dancing on my own

I don’t have many regrets in life. I like to think things happen for a reason. But one thing I do regret, and immensely so, is not buying the house that has a garage. My car is covered in leaves and bird shit. 

I would advise you to invest in one of those tarp car covers, but I feel like that could potentially make your problem even messier.

Quinn was sure she could feel the blush starting to form on her cheeks, the butterflies in her stomach, she tried to push them both down, god she hadn’t felt like this in so long, it terrified her. “Oh of course, I did the same for all of Noah’s siblings kids, and Frannie’s too of course. I know right? I can’t say much though for the things we performed back in high school, I mean “Rocky Horror Picture” was pretty crazy, this just may have us beat. He really was, he may get his looks from his dad but I swear the acting and dancing, I’m taking credit for it all.” She said with a soft laugh.

“Rocky Horror? God, I’m glad Ryder wasn’t around for that one.. I cringed during Grease. My Mom yelled at me when we got home because I kept reading books on my Kindle app during. But, in my defense... He’d been a jerk earlier in the evening.” Stiles could only imagine the kind of hi-jinks Quinn and the originals had gotten into back in the day- his own experience in school definitely boring in comparison. “Maybe Lacey will do a complete alumni show eventually.. Give you a chance to show everyone you’ve still got it.”

Quinn just couldn’t resist coming to see CATS, mostly because of Jack having performed to help even out the gender ratio, but also just to see all the kids she loved so much perform. She may have been a bit biased, but Jack was of course her favorite, she had been talking to him for a bit after the show, but she knew he probably had other plans so she let him go, figuring she would leave herself.

On her way out, when she was getting close to her car, a certain head of curls caught her eye. She had only seen him a few times, bumping into him for certain cases and of course knowing him from being so close with Kitty, and subsequently Ryder. He was such a sweetie, she couldn’t help the smile on her face at his words. “Hey Stiles, here to see the kiddos? They did great up there.”

Unsure of where he’d planned on going with stopping her, Stiles could only offer an awkward chuckle and nod as his brain tried to scramble together a few sentences. “Yeah, gotta give out some Uncle-y love and support. While the thought of human-sized cats prancing around and singing is objectively terrifying, I have to admit they made it look cool. Ten out of ten in my opinion. Your son was phenomenal, too. I understand why he was one of the ones they pulled back in for it.”

“I still don’t know why you were so freaked out dude, I mean Kitty and I were raising them you just got to be the cool uncle. That they did Stiles, I can’t believe it either, we’re gonna really be an empty nest soon even Parker is leaving on tour.”

“I’ve just.. Never been good with babies. They can sense how awkward I am and they judge me. It’s a main reason that I’ve never wanted the whole marriage and kids situation. Uncle time? That’s fun. You can give them back. When you have them yourself there’s.. Too much responsibility. I mean, I could always come pester you and Kitty. She makes the best food.”

“i still can’t believe that all of my babies are now high school graduates, where does the time go? i would say it feels like just yesterday that i was changing diapers, but i still am changing them, just for my granddaughter now.”

“It feels like yesterday that I was groaning because you were becoming a Dad and that meant I had to be around babies. They still sorta freak me out, but your little babies grew into some pretty cool kids. Seems insane that the twins are out of highschool.”

Anxious about the parking lot full of cars, he’d decided to wait til things had cleared out a bit to start towards home himself. For the most part he hadn’t been paying attention, that is, until a certain blonde came into his vision as she herself headed to her car. “Oh, hey Quinn.” He greeted, awkward as ever. They’d seen each other both through their jobs and chatted about crime shows a few times. She was... Well, nice. The fact that she was friends with his sister-in-law was also a bonus.

“Oh I will most definitely be starting another, I’m too deep in now to stop, oh any recommendations then?”

“Have you seen Homicide Hunter? That one’s really, really good. I’ve binge watched it more than I like to admit.”

“Well I have officially kicked the last of our ice cream in the house, and I’m completely caught up on my true crime show, I know they say not to bring your work home but it’s not my case so it doesn’t count, right?”

“I mean, you could either work or start another true crime show.  I practically live and breathe the ID channel.”

“why is it that i have smelled some of the worst things in the hospital, and been fine, but the second i come in contact with greek yogurt i nearly lose my lunch?” 

“Because greek yogurt is gross.”

“My ma’s porch won’t stain itself.”

“That’s... A pretty hefty task. I love my Mom, but I might have to tap out if she asked me to do something like that.”

“I’m a teacher, so I get the week off, technically.”

“Using technically means that you won’t rest for a second, huh?”

“someone tell me why after nearly eight years of medical school, my mother tries to remind me to wash my hands during flu season? i know she means well, but… i spent a lot of money to figure out why the flu even gets us sick.” 

“Because mothers... Just don’t know when to quit. You could be the top authority in the world on medical information and she’d probably still do it. Force of habit, maybe?”

“Told my mom Spring Break was coming up and she replied with a list of things she needed done around the house. so My week is booked, what about you?”

“Regardless of the fact that Spring Break is just another week for me.. That’s exactly why I fear telling my Mom I’m headed home for a visit. My brother and I both always get the ten mile long list.”

Hope: Really? You're such an idiot.

Hope: Is this your way of asking me to come over and help you eat the food?

stiles: I ordered Chinese food online and must've accidentally duplicated everything on the order.

“sometimes, lima is a pretty decent place to live, minus how fuckin’ boring it is half the time. but it has it’s perks,”

“I think that’s an Ohio thing. Dayton was about the same way.”