It hadn't really bothered Ryan when Jess left, she'd waved happily, then slowly waltzed her way home. Jess had mentioned a party on the beach, but it really wasn't Ryan's sort of thing. And anyway, she needed to train.
Reaching home however, came with a text from Adelisa, something about getting her backside to this party. With a sigh and a good-natured groan, she obliged, heading off down to the beach.
Having wandered round the beach, weaving carefully between people, she had searched for Adelisa and Jess to no avail. Dropping her self in the sand, she muttered a single choice obscenity, nothing too bad, just… sour. Shrugging she decided to head home, nothing to be gained from staying here, when her phone chirped, telling her of yet another text. Well ain't I popular? she thought, tugging it out and reading the text from Jess. "Oh come on" she laughed, pulling herself up and shedding the party, heading out across town, by foot, again, to get to Jess's house.
A minor, uneventful hike later, Ryan reached Jess's door. knocking once, she let herself in, slipping quietly through to the lounge where everyone else was. "hey guys" She grinned leaning against the door frame, "I thought you were trying to lead me on a chase, first the beach, then Jess's house, next would be school, ……or something." she had delivered that with a vaguely straight face, but really couldn't hold it anymore, letting her grin inch it's way back onto her face. "But really, Happy Birthday."