time to take a stroll

[formercheerio]

Who: Quinn + EVERYBODY
Where: The beach
When: June 25
Rating: --
Summary: Quinn announced a beach party on the network. Or just a get together. Bring your own whatever you want to do. Mingle mingle mingle

Comments

[stoptheviolence]

It's fine.

I can just ask the closet for another one. I'm sure it won't mind.

[rattus_rattus]

[It was awkward again and he couldn't help but feel like he wrecked it. He had an opportunity to branch out, to meet someone new and he just stepped in it.]

Yeah. I guess you can.

[He looks down at the shovel and the jagged hole he has just dug.]

I'm sorry I wrecked your sandcastle. Maybe I should go.

[stoptheviolence]

[The irony was that Brittany felt similarly. She said something stupid again, and she ended up upsetting her new friend.]

You don't have to if you don't want to.

But if you want to, I'd understand.

[rattus_rattus]

[HE doesn't know what to do. He feels like he's stuck - part of him saying he'd be a fool to walk away now and the other part saying he was only just going to humiliate himself further if he stayed. He tried to glance around to see if he could find James. He was still stuck depending on the one friend he had here rather than come up with an original thought himself.

What should he do? What would James want him to do?]

I don't really want to. But I ... don't think I should stay. I"m just going to end up making it worse. So maybe... maybe we try this again, yeah? Another time?

[stoptheviolence]

[She wasn't going to force the issue any more than she already had.]

Yeah, sure. Okay.

I'll see you later?

[rattus_rattus]

Yeah. Later. I promise I...

[Peter doesn't know how to finish that sentence. He just forces a bright smile onto his face and nods. Pretend everything didn't happen. It's the best defense he has against the voices that were now telling him what a stupid sod he was being right now.]

Right. I'll talk to you later. Have a lovely rest of your day!

[His words are overly cheerful and falsely bright as he stands up and walks away from her, his head held high as he tries had not to run until he's far away from the beach and he's certain that no one can see him and no one is watching.]