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Birthday Party for Laura/X-23
It's a pretty low-key party, all things considered, and not significantly different than the one Parker or Meg would have thrown in a dorm room for a friend at home, not-exactly-traditional menu not withstanding.
There's music, low enough to talk over (and maybe with a little more folk in the mix than one expects to find a party). Balloons and streamers in purple and blue and red. A place to leave presents. People to meet or catch up with.
And, most importantly, a chance to wish X-23 (or Laura) a very happy birthday.
There's music, low enough to talk over (and maybe with a little more folk in the mix than one expects to find a party). Balloons and streamers in purple and blue and red. A place to leave presents. People to meet or catch up with.
And, most importantly, a chance to wish X-23 (or Laura) a very happy birthday.
Re: Hang out with X-23
Then--
"Oh."
Beat.
"You have known Parker. For a while. It is useful."
Right?
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"And it's very useful for planning birthdays."
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"Yes. And other things?"
Maybe?
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"It's very, very good to have friends."
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Beat.
"It is easier. Now."
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The rest--the rest she is not sure about.
Yet.
She worries.
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For what it's worth.
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X has no idea how to deal with that.
"I worry, too."
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"But not all of it."
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Beat.
"I do not mind."
It's not really a lie.
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"So don't worry about that."
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Beat.
"You get confused, too?"
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"Especially here."
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Beat.
"You do not like it here?"
X is trying to understand.
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"It's just . . . at home, I tend to have a lot of shared experience and references and things like that, with people I meet. Especially now that I'm at university, and almost everyone I talk to is also a student and about my age. But here . . . when I'm just meeting someone, there can be a lot more to bridge, and people think of things as normal and routine that I've never even imagined."
Like, say, being a mutant. Or an angel.
"Does that makes sense?"
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Beat.
"Yes."
This pause is longer.
"That is what it is like for me. At home. Sometimes."
They're like bookends. Kind of.
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"That makes sense."
Meg is almost aggressively normal, for her world.
Laura is less so.
"I'm glad you have here, too."
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"I do not--"
She breaks off, frowning. Sometimes words are challenging.
"It is useful for retreat. And reinforcements."
And--
It made X better. Not that she could articulate this if you paid her.
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Sometimes words are not only challenging, they're also a little unnecessary.
"And the spaghetti's good, too."
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You know, in case Meg has not had any yet.
"And the root beer floats."
But not the milkshakes.
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Even better than the root beer floats.
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She's a little fierce about that.
Go figure.
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"But I'm really glad you let us throw you the party."
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But maybe she tries. Kind of.
"Thank you."
Any other words are too hard. But it's good. Really.