“Jesus Christ, they really weren’t joking when they said the weather was gonna be a little moody these days, huh?” Ethan huffed after finding shelter under the next best canopy of a random building, along with a few others who’d been surprised by the heavy rain. “It’s been sunny all day - had I known I’d get caught in a goddamn downpour, I would’ve at least taken an umbrella with me,” he rambled to the person standing beside him, shaking his head as he reached up to brush a soaked strand of hair from his forehead. “So...what’s your plan - are you gonna wait it out, too? I mean, I’m already drenched so it wouldn’t make too much of a difference going back out but...who in their right mind would wanna do that, right?”

“I wasn’t expecting it to be this warm already up here...” Tristan just hopped off a plane from Orlando, glad to be back in New York.  He had a Give Kids the World event to go to, and he was more than happy to help out such a great cause.  He turned to the person sitting next to him on the bench.  Maya would be out of school at some point and he wanted to surprise her.

The sun had already set by the time Silas left the university and started making his way down the pavement towards his apartment complex.  Walking down the cement, he plucked a cigarette from his pack and was about to light when his hand slipped and dropped the lighter, “frick,” he grumbled, bending down in order to retrieve it. Suddenly he heard something, causing him to pause and check his surroundings.  “Hello?”

The gallery opened a month later than planned but in the extra time given, Lucas was able to help the gallerist find a few more pieces that were authentic, very valuable, and -- even more importantly in Lucas’s opinion -- special. Without a deadline hanging over the heads of everyone involved with putting the exhibit together, they were able to value quality over the pace in which things came together and present a wonderful collection of theater material to be viewed for the very first time on the gallery’s opening night. It was busy but this was no surprise, Manhattan was home to Broadway which hosted some of the biggest theater productions in the world so there was an abundance of people who loved the craft. Standing near a tall table in a finely tailored suit, minding his own business and observing the observers, he was nearly startled upon the realization that someone was standing by him near the tray of bubbly. “Thank you for coming,” Lucas said with a kind smile while reaching for one of the flutes on the table, offering it to the person in his company. “Would you like some champagne? My nerves have got me nearly polishing off the entire tray by myself.”

The soft click-clack of black pump heels was heard against the pavement as Poppy looked around, soaking in the crisp freshness of the park she once visited every day. “Quelle belle journée,” Poppy spoke through a wide grin as she turned to the person standing beside her, “I think May is my favourite time of the year, summer is here but the crispness of spring still lingers in the air. Isn’t it magical?” Her love of the city shone through as she continued to ramble, “I mean, it’s all very well living in Paris and it is beautiful but I truly don’t think there is a more spectacular city than New York. Even in a land of skyscrapers, there’s just this abundance of green right in the heart of it all, it’s perfect.” Poppy then stopped, and shook her head, laughing to herself, “And here I am rambling away as if I’m a total tourist who’s never seen New York before, when in reality I just happened to get the afternoon off of work so decided to spend it here. Embarrassing.”

“Working in a bar may not be the grandest of jobs, but at least I’ve been able to develop a steady list of Tinder pick-up lines. None that I would ever use, of course, but it’s always nice to know that they’re there, y’know?”

“500 Dollars? Come on dude, you can’t be serious.” Scott wasn’t sure if the guy was joking or not. But if he was, it wasn’t funny at all. He just wanted warm water to shower with again and not the cold stuff that came out of his tubes right now. “Do I have to pay it right now?” He sighed and the guy nodded at him. “Well...let me go check how much I have here.” He turned away and swallowed.