Abernathy hadn't planned on stumbling around drunk in the woods, but then she didn't plan on spending Halloween sober and the woods were the only "safe" place she could stumble around drunk without fear of being expelled.
She darted from tree to tree looking for people and drinks. The crowd she'd been with weren't really her people. She was hanging on the periphery and sipping out of a flask she bought off one of the older kids. It was filled with some foul tasting vodka, but the burn made her head ache in a way she enjoyed.
She lost the kids in the woods, not paying attention, staring up at the stars. AB always did like astronomy more than most people. Stars were reliable, easily readable. Shame about having to sort through all the damned math to make any sense of it.
She eventually heard some noises nearby and headed directly toward them, stomping headlong toward the tree that Leon was grasped to. At first AB didn't see Adelaide on her knees in front of him, but as soon as her eyesight stopped swimming long enough to understand the picture before her AB gasped.
"Oh shit. Oh fuck. Sorry!" She turned her gaze from the horrifying sight in front of her. She didn't really want to get into a fight with Addy tonight. She was too drunk to defend herself properly.
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