blue birds

Location: Rhythm & Waves Festival Grounds, open to all

his head tilted side to side, the last five years flashing through his mind, and then the five years before that following soon after. “honestly? time's kind of slowed down.” for many reasons, not all of which he's willing to name, but he's grateful for it all. “sometimes it feels like i've done it all, slow motion, speed run. here, i've just…strolled. but i agree, it's nice that everyone's so involved. community's important here, you know?" cheeks warm, he shrugged, couldn't help but feel as though he showed the hand he didn't realize he was hiding. “no, nothing like that," he laughed easily. “i teach english at the high school. so there is a desk, but i don't sit at it a whole lot. the kids keep me on my toes…” 

"Did you like it?" The question leaves her lips before she can stop it. It's not a bad question, of course, but it feels like asking him to weigh in on discourse he might be trying to avoid. Her work had divided the internet, and though his answer won't change whether or not Nora is drawn to it, she's interested to see where he lands. "I'm also a sucker for a hyped book, I'll admit," with warm cheeks, "and as sad as it sounds, whenever I have a popular book in my book journal video for the month, it always does a little better than when I don't." Not that Nora chases views at all, but it feels like a fair trade: reading something that feels a little risky, to maybe make enough back in ads to buy a book she really wants. "Have you seen My Sister's Keeper? That's hers. If you haven't, don't. It'll wreck you." She laughs softly. "That's so worth it, though. I've heard it's really good. The wait for it at the library is crazy right now."

“for  real,”  she  repeated,  giggling  and  giving  a  nod.  “would  you  want  to  take  care  of  him  this  weekend?  maybe  for  an  hour?”  eyes  glanced  from  him  down  to  cerberus,  watching  as  he  enjoyed  playing  around.  “having  a  german  shepherd  would  be  cool  though. do  you  usually  have  a  busy  schedule?  if  you  ever  decide  to  get  one,  i  hope  that  means  cerberus  will  have  a  new  friend.”

"but what theme? should it be silly? or something like wear and outfit you have nowhere to wear?" in which this case the blue dress might be a poor option. but vada tells her that the colour is perfect and she's tempted to go and try it on "should i? you're tempting me now." charlie says with a grin giving the dress another look before nodding "yeah, i think i should try it on." she agrees, already turning towards the fitting rooms "but i could also try and organize a pool party? the weather is getting warmer and all."

starter: charlie ( @stup1d4u ) location: penny park

maybe charlie really shouldn't have pouted in the direction of the dog when it ever so vaguely glanced in her direction, but she doesn't regret it a single bit with the ball of fluff almost taking her out. "no, no it's okay-" she says, trying her hardest not to smile too much as her hands find their way behind the pup's ears "me?" she looks up at the owner, nodding her head confidently "absolutely!" her attention turning back to the dog she was petting "who wouldn't be with such a cutie! what's their name?"

charlie .☘︎ ݁˖ ⋆.˚ national pack rat day, summer library / @stup1d4u

charlie can't help but look at the two pots in winter's hands, brows raised a bit sceptical "i mean.." she starts, pouting, trying to figure out what to say that made sense "but you picked them up to trade them, didn't you?" she asks, reaching over and wiggling her fingers at winter as if to hand over one of the pots "why change your mind suddenly?" the pots look like pots, but she was never a big flower person so maybe she misses something important.

"not more than usual as you can tell." charlie says, glancing down at her legs. she's had worse days at the farm washing animals, which usually consisted of the animals not being washed and her being covered in mud either way. she lifts her fingers crossed when xavier tells her there is some hope of an early finish "if you jinx it, you're buying me a beer next time we go out." she says, obviously teasing as she closes the door of the stable once the horse was safely in. charlie looks at him, lips pursed together like a toddler trying not to laugh at the mentions of any goat issues "now that you say that..." she looks through the barn doors, like she would be able to see anything happening with how big the ranch was "twenty bucks?" she asks, turning her attention back to xavier.

Location: Rhythm & Waves Festival Grounds Status: OPEN (@ciderstarters)

this was definitely charlie's scene to say the least. the music, the vibes, the people she doesn't remember seeing before blurring in between the familiar faces. it's exactly where everyone should be with the way the weather has been warming up. she brings her beer to her lips, nodding her head in approval at the singer wrapping up their set. however, her attention quickly shifts to the person next to her speaking. in a desperate attempt to answer quicker, charlie almost chokes on her drink, but she is quick to recover.

starter: charlie ( @stup1d4u ) location: shirley's diner, day after the fight

"i thin i could put two and two together." charlie says with a raised brow as if captain obvious didn't just slide into the empty seat across from her. however, it still felt a bit surreal to hear todd admit it. she scans his face closely, openly grimaces at the bruises that are still there and looking worse than she would like to admit "so.. fine, but ego bruised? yeah, okay." she says, rolling her eyes and handing him a menu "what did you do this time?" charlie asks, arms folding over her chest as she very obviously and on purpose ignores his attempt to change the topic.

“well,  if  you  ever  want  to  spend  time  with  one,  you  can  always  take  care  of  cerberus  for  a  day.  or  babysit  for  an  hour  or  something,  if  you  want,”  she  stated,  glancing  his  way  with  a  small  smile.  “he  always  loves  company  anyway.”  her  eyes  turned  back  to  the  two  year  old  dog,  happily  running  toward  the  ball  before  bringing  it  back  to  danny.  “if  you  were  able  to  get  one  now,  what  breed  would  you  want?”

"for real?" the suggestion surprised danny. a very dangerous idea, what if he wanted to get a dog after taking care of cerberus... he looks from layla to cerberus, before leaning down to at least try and take the ball from the dog's mouth, turning into something like a tug of war "i really don't know. i like big dogs, always wanted a german shepherd but i don't think i have the time to properly take care of it, enrichment and all."