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Karolina Dean ([personal profile] solarhippie) wrote2019-03-12 12:45 pm

Guidance Counselor's Office, Tuesday

In the end, Karolina had had most of extra flowers from Friday carted to a women's center on the mainland. But, she'd also taken some home, and she'd Googled for how to dry roses, too, so now she had a box in her office filled with silica desiccant and some roses she wasn't supposed to open for a few weeks. She realy wanted to peek in and see how they were doing, but she didn't know if that would disturb the process, so... A few hours into her work day today, she went ahead and moved the box from her desk to on top of one of the filing cabinets, where it wasn't constantly in her line of sight.

There were also a few flowers still in a vase on her desk. Starting to wilt, sure, but not too badly. They were okay enough that she didn't think they'd give her office an unwelcoming air or anything.

The door to the office was open, and the guidance counselor was in and doing some paperwork.

[ooc: Open, with bouts of slowness until I get home tonight!]
notallbluemonks: (Smug)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-19 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
No, Beau really didn't stand a chance. And she was actually okay with that, so there was another surprise.

"Work, bugging Fjord, the usual mostly," she said, shrugging. "Kinda got press-ganged into the radio station by a bunch of squirrels last week, though, so that was nice and embarrassing." Mostly on account of being called out on the dorky grin that no one would have known about otherwise, so thanks for that. Keyleth.

"You can surprise me all you want," she added. "I'm totally good with it. Gonna have to come up with some new ones myself, though, since you'll be expecting the coffee . . . I mean, I'll still bring you some, but I might have to spice things up a bit."

Not like that. Well, not just like that.
notallbluemonks: (Smiling (?!))

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-19 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Last Saturday, I think? I'm not even sure how it happened, but the whole squirrel thing is kind of creepy," Beau grumbled, albeit with less heat than usual, so it sounded more like whining than she'd ever admit to. "Anyway. Food, huh? I'll make a note of that."

You were going to end up getting so many snacks, Karolina. So many.

And okay, that cute little pout had only lasted a moment or two, but Beau had the unprompted impulse to lean down for a quick kiss anyway, as if she had to make up for causing it in the first place. Why? She didn't know, but it seemed to make sense.
notallbluemonks: (Kissing)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-19 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hi," Beau mumbled against her lips, grinning like the biggest dork in the world. "I've been wanting to do this, so I kinda feel like bringing you coffee was a solid choice now."

She could at least be somewhat resigned to the squirrels as long as they shared the rum.
notallbluemonks: (Smiling (?!))

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-20 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
No, that was definitely the kind of behavior where Beau could stand to get some positive reinforcement.

. . . she hoped it wasn't too obvious that she was leaning into Karolina's hand a bit; it was kind of sad, really, how novel little gestures like these were to her.

"I've been wanting to see you," Beau admitted, her eyes half shut and a dopey little smile on her face. "It might have been turning into like a withdrawal situation a little bit there."
notallbluemonks: (Worried)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-22 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"It was already a problem," Beau replied -- whined, to be totally honest about it. Soooooooo yeah, she maybe had it bad. You could make a good argument for that, especially since she was reaching up to cover Karolina's hand with her own.

"We could do something later, maybe? Like after you're off work."

What was so hard about just saying you'd missed her, Beauregard?
notallbluemonks: (Arms Crossed)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-22 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, dinner would be awesome," Beau blurted out a little too quickly for someone who'd also been making a losing effort (no matter how much she'd been telling herself otherwise) at playing it cool. "I mean, both. I'm down for both."
notallbluemonks: (Yikes)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-22 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure, sure, that works," Beau agreed. "I'm pretty much down for whatever when it comes to food."

Then blinked. "So . . . is this like a date then, I guess? Am I doing this right?"
notallbluemonks: (Thinking)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-22 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean --"

That did sound really official, now that Beau thought about it. Which was . . . so not her usual thing, and while she was wondering how she'd gotten into this situation she wasn't looking to get out of it either.

"It doesn't have to be, if you don't want it to," she offered finally. "We can just, you know. Hang out. I mean, unless you're sure . . ."

She was so bad at this. Help.
notallbluemonks: (Smiling (?!))

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-22 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You know what, it wasn't as if Beau had a track record of being cautious or prepared before she threw herself into a situation so really, why should she start now?

Karolina wasn't the only one having a butterflies situation here, either; in between that tone of voice and the warmth of her hands against Beau's face Beau was . . . forgetting how to breathe, just a little bit.

She nodded, though, looking relieved and very, very pleased. "Okay then," she said, her voice a little huskier than usual because she was all over the place emotionally right now. "Okay, cool. Date, check. You and me, tonight. Dinner and then . . . maybe other stuff afterward?"
notallbluemonks: (3/4 From Behind)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-23 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Beau would have been concerned if she hadn't been a dork, really.

As it was, she burst out laughing before replying with a sly grin, "I'm not gonna say I wasn't looking forward to that part, 'cause I definitely was."

Surprising no one, most likely.

"The rest of it too, though. Really." Even if she did look a little bit nervous because holy crap official date.
notallbluemonks: (Worried)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-23 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Beau tilted her head, thinking, then turned to brush a kiss lightly against the palm of Karolina's hand.

"So wait, does that mean we've -- kind of -- been doing that already, and we didn't realize it?"

Which would honestly be pretty on brand for their disaster selves.
notallbluemonks: (Arms Crossed)

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2019-03-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay." Beau got visibly more relaxed at that and exhaled a long, slow breath. "I don't really do well with rules anyway."

Guess who else wasn't prepared to admit to that either!

"Besides, that way I don't have to admit that I have no idea what I'm doing, except I kind of already did?" She snorted a quiet laugh, aware that she wouldn't have even said that out loud if she didn't already feel comfortable enough around Karolina. "Gods, I'm a mess. Sorry."

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