riverviewlogs | I am Sixteen, going on Seventeen (Open

who: EVERYONE
what: Lola Pacini's Seventeenth Birthday
when: 4/16 - late afternoon
where: The Sunset Diner
warnings: FUN!
note: This is a Mingle, tag each other, make new CR, it'll be fun! I'll leave some specific places to poke Lola, but if you wanna put in your own top level or whatever... go for it!

It took some haggling, but Lola got her boss to give her the space for a few hours today. Lola did all the set-up (minus food prep, which she wormed out of some of the fry cooks). She took over the sunrise side of the diner. The room of warm oranges and reds, but more importantly it had less booths and more tables. So some of those could be cleared out for the day. S he put soft blue and green bows and streamers everywhere. Put linens over the tables, swept the floor, made sure everything was clean and nice.

She set out some of the food already, serve yourself at one table. Most of it is an attempt at Mexican cuisine but given how the ingredients aren't exactly right she can't really call it authentic. She left a table aside for people to bring foods from home, she's still curious to try things that aren't of her Earth, or of Earth at all. She didn't bother with a table for gifts, she wanted them, but she didn't feel they would happen. She didn't want to get her hopes up. That never ended well.

Honestly Lola doesn't really know what she wants out of this. Friends? Maybe? Or maybe just to make something happen. If some other people become friends at her party that'd be enough.

Right?

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It feels a little bit weird, attending a teenage girl's birthday party, but Eddie's had enough birthdays alone that he doesn't want to risk her having one of her own, especially so far from home, and especially considering how hesitant her post had seemed. As much as any adult could, Eddie understands the poignant fragility of being a teenager, and how much it can matter to be acknowledged and shown some attention - after all, it wasn't like his own teenage years had been easy.

So he sucks up the awkwardness, reminds himself they'd met and had a pretty good conversation at the rave, and grabs some cupcakes at a bakery and a present for her, then comes to the party. If it's well-attended and she's busy, he can leave his things and duck out. If not, she'll have a familiar face there, at least.

When he steps inside the diner and spots her, he offers a little wave, heads over to leave his cupcakes on the table, and grins as she comes over to him.

"Hey Lola! I saw your post and thought I'd pop in. Sorry I didn't reply to it, but...I brought cupcakes? And this..."

There's no table for gifts, so he holds out a little gift bag containing a leather wrap charm bracelet, infinity looped, with three different cord colours and small silver charms. There's a card from the shop he bought it at with instructions on how to record her fingerprint if she wants it engraved on the charms, while the backs are already engraved with her name. There's also a little gift card that came with it for the price of three or four additional charms for her to pick out.

"I hope you like it. The bright colours reminded me of you."

It's been a while since he paid attention to what teenage girls like, but it seems safe enough, as long as she doesn't think it's childish.

If any part of Lola was concerned about an adult at her party it didn't show, she had that same airheaded smile she usually had going about her day to day life. It didn't mean anything other than she wasn't upset, it grew a little at the word 'cupcakes.' Lola was kinda, well, really easy to please on that front.

"This is a strictly casual affair, I wasn't looking for R.S.V.P.s." Lola offered, her hair had turned copper colored as she walked over. She was only vaguely aware her hair changed from the people watching her. She was inspecting and reading over the charm bracelet. "It's charming, but... I think it might be a few days before I can wear it. I have to think about how to wear brightly colored things with my new hair. That and finding the cutest charms for it!"

Lola. She had priorities. They were... hers.

She seems happy.

Eddie can't help but feel a burst of relief at the way she smiles, inspects the presents, brightens at the mention of cupcakes, and assures him that he didn't have to RSVP. Laughing softly, he shakes his head.

"It's been a while since I've been to a casual party. Not since college, I guess. And I'm glad you like the bracelet. I mean, I hope you do."

A beat, and then-

"Your new hair? I...saw it changing colour. What's up with that?"

I am Sixteen, going on Seventeen (Open | Mingle)

A million years late.

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