From: cantspell	Date: April 24th, 2011 07:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Ciaran wasn't so sure that being at CCI was making him any stronger than he was in Colorado. "I still have two more years here," he muttered, getting back to his enchilada. He had to admit, the girl could cook. This had to be better than the stale nibbles being served up at the school dance.

"I don't have the right footwear for the weather here," he added. "Guess I'll have to wear my sneakers when it gets warmer."

	From: soleada	Date: April 24th, 2011 07:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Two years?" she asked her eyes getting wide. "That sucks," she shook her head. "I've only got one after this and I'm getting out of here. Back north where I belong," she smiled whimsically. "I want to open a bakery," she said proudly.

"I usually run around barefoot," she grinned. "I don't know how you're going to survive the warm weather in sneakers. Maybe a cooling spell," she suggested.

	From: cantspell	Date: April 24th, 2011 07:27 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah, well." He shifted awkwardly. "I'm in grade 10." Ciaran turned his attention back to finishing what was on his plate. "My uncle works at a dragon reserve in Romania, I went to see it when I was fourteen. I wanna do something like that."

He gave Sunny a half smile. "I'll get some lo tops. I don't get that overheated."

	From: soleada	Date: April 24th, 2011 07:35 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I wouldn't have guessed that," she said, pulling a stool over to sit. "Dragons sound pretty cool though," she nodded. "Dangerous though," she added her eyes getting bigger. "I bet you could talk to professor Baer and see about getting an apprenticeship or something when you graduate," she took a sip of tea.

She smiled, feeling a little silly. "That's probably a good idea," she laughed in spite of herself. "I forget other people are more adjusted to heat than I am. My boyfr..." she stopped herself and swallowed hard. Fuck. "My ex practically lives in the desert," she said softly. "Sucks for him," she tried to shrug nonchalantly but just didn't have it in her to act like everything was fine and dandy.

	From: cantspell	Date: April 24th, 2011 08:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I got held back," he mumbled, setting his empty plate down. Picking up another one of the churros, he continued to munch. "I could, but my uncle could probably get me one too. He's worked at the reserve for years. Plus I'd be closer to some of my family, and there's a few Bulgarian minorities living in Romania, so everything wouldn't be totally alien there." He licked his fingers. "And it's dangerous, yeah, but you just have to be careful."

Ciaran picked up a piece of fruit dipped in chocolate and ate it. She seemed kind of...sad all of a sudden. "My ex lives in Utah. My ex best friend lives there too."

	From: soleada	Date: April 24th, 2011 09:58 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Ah," she said understanding. "That's true," she nodded moving right along. "It might be nice to be near family," she smiled warmly. "I'm sure you'll learn all the safety techniques along the way. Just watch your fingers," she grinned. She was pretty pleased to see that he was enjoying the food so much.

She nodded and forced a smile. "Must be hard, the distance and everything." She figured her distance from Anastas would help over the summer but right now it was just hard. "Though distance makes the getting over it part easier," she shrugged.

	From: cantspell	Date: April 30th, 2011 07:07 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Well yeah. They're pretty into their food too. My grandma cooks like she's feeding the whole village." He gave Sunny a half-smile, glad she hadn't probed any further into why he'd been kept behind. "I don't think it's my fingers I need to worry about as much as...like, my limbs," he replied, continuing to pick at the fruit. "But yeah, I guess I could learn a lot."

Snacking on a couple more churros, Ciaran shrugged his shoulders. "Her being a bitch helps me get over it. Someone shows you their true colours and if they suck? You have to be pretty pleased that things ended when they did. It feels shitty but you just dodged a bullet, so you know, you're better off in the end."

	From: soleada	Date: April 30th, 2011 08:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sunny laughed. "I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who cooks too much," she grinned. "That's true," she said laughing despite herself. "Limbs are bigger targets than fingers I suppose."

She listened and nodded but she didn't feel like she was better off, she felt worse somehow. She like she was abandoning Stas. "I'm still in the feeling shitty phase, i.e. all the cooking," she admitted. "I just... ugh... boys," she flipped her spatula back a little, flipping some vegan cheese behind her on accident.