Location: Blue Cabin
(Then heading to the Dining Hall for breakfast)Interacting With: Alex Novak @reiko |
Luca Cardwell @Undine"Alex!"
Casper barely had time to react after calling her name, suddenly finding himself thrust around before being pushed against the wall. Then again, what was he to expect, the two had been parted for an entire year, after all. It almost felt surreal to him, stumbling across her so suddenly, and it took him a few moments to properly register the situation before finally throwing his arms around her in a warm embrace. A larger-than-life smile was plastered on his face as he rested his head against her own, still coming to terms with the fact that she was
here. The two had finally been reunited, and they could look forward to an entire summer together, yet only two minutes prior, Casper had been fussing and fretting over the upcoming leaders meeting and his late arrival. That stress now seemed to be a world away. One of the most important people in his life was in his arms, and there was nothing that could ruin that moment.
Now completely calm, having all but forgotten of his earlier troubles, Casper spoke softly while maintaining the tight embrace,
"..fancy seeing you here!" He allowed a gentle giggle to escape his lips at his own joke, before continuing on,
"Thanks for saving my bunk. I owe you a few midnight snacks for it, I guess, huh!"Alex pulled back slightly, yet kept her arms locked around Caspy's neck, to look at him, her smile not faltering one bit. Cocking her head a little to the side and humming lightly in a teasing manner, she replied with a cryptic, "Maybe." Chuckling, she straightened herself before running one of her hands through the boy's hair slowly, soothingly. In contrast, she began to talk to him animatedly about anything that came to her mind. "Oh my god, I've missed you so much! How are you? Did you get here okay? How long have you been here? You look tired. Are you okay? Are you
okay? Have you eaten?" Alex's ramble was only interrupted for a short moment when she gasped. "Oh my god I almost forgot. Congratulations on being team leader." Exhaling with a languid smile, the girl began to calm down. Cupping her best friend's face in her hands, she looked him directly in the eye. "You're going to do so great. I know you are. Because you're so amazing and I'll be with you through it, I promise," she assured him, knowing this was what he needed to hear. Smiling a little more, she leaned in to kiss his cheek before tightening her hold on him once more, resting her chin on his shoulder. Sometimes it felt like they fit so perfectly. Gently, she whispered, "I really missed you."
Casper met her eyes with his own as she worked through her questions in quick succession. He knew better than to try and actually answer them there and then, and so simply maintained a soft, reassuring grin with the occasional nod. Only upon the mention of his leadership did his smile falter somewhat, his anxiety evident, though before he even had time to descend into his earlier panic she was reassuring him. She was
amazing that way. She always knew exactly what to say, as if she had each conversation somehow already planned out in her head, and without her, Casper would've no doubt caved in to his fears long ago.
After planting a kiss on his cheek, and resting her head on his shoulder, Casper found his eyes closing naturally. Delving into his thoughts, he couldn't help but wish as though he could freeze time, and simply stay in this moment forever. Yet even more than that, he wished he could tell her how he
really felt, and encounters such as this brought him excruciatingly close to doing so. He'd run through similar scenarios in his head countless times, as a matter of fact, though every time he couldn't help but envision a rejection, followed by a break down in their friendship, and that was something he wasn't prepared to face. Bringing himself back to the situation at hand, he slowly opened his eyes and gave her a slight squeeze before speaking softly, almost whispering into her ear,
"I missed you too.""Knock knock...?"A voice broke Alex and Casper out of their moment. When they looked at the doorway, they saw Luca leaning at the door with a sheepish expression on his face. His eyes were purposefully averted away from the two as his pointer finger was absently scratching his cheek. Of all the things that Luca expected to walk into... This was definitely not it. Casper never told him that he had a girlfriend or whatever! If he had known, Luca would've never came over.
"Uh, sorry. Am I interrupting something?" Luca asked awkwardly,
"Um, I can leave if you're busy Casp..."As Casper heard the familiar voice at the door, his head jolted upward and his eyes fixed on Luca. It wasn't the fact that Luca had caught the two in a rather intimate-yet-platonic moment, so much as it was how he reacted to the sight. Casper's mind ran ahead, desperately trying to figure out how to properly address the situation, though he only found himself stumbling over his words in his attempts to explain what was going on. No doubt, if he didn't
actually have feelings for the girl in his arms, explaining the situation would be effortless, but unfortunately for Casper at this moment in time, he did, and to make matters even worse, Luca
knew he did.
"What if he 'congratulates' us on finally dating, or something?! He doesn't think we're dating, right? Right?! ..damnit, Casper! Just speak!" His thoughts continued to run on, while his incoherent stammering likewise continued.
Opting instead to shut his mouth for the moment and 'compose' himself as much as was possible, he dropped one of his arms from Alex and angled his body to face Luca. Taking a deep breath, as Alex would no doubt remind him to do if his stammering continued, he finally managed to squeak out
"..not interrupting anything, no, no! We only just ran into each other, is all! This, uh...this is Alex! Alex - Luca, Luca - Alex!"Alex slightly started in surprise at the sudden voice of another person. Pulling away from Caspy to look at the stranger that had addressed them, she was momentarily confused. She didn't recognize the tall boy at all. Was he new? But he had called out Caspy's name which meant he knew him right? Maybe he was a new member... Alex didn't get much time to dwell on it when she was pulled from her inner musings by Caspy's slight stuttering.
Man, Caspy must be really embarrassed if he's rambling. I mean I know he doesn't like to be publicly affectionate but it'll be okay, we'll clear it up.Concerned, the girl shifted her green eyes upward to look at her best friend with worry and placed her hands on his arm, one on his wrist and the other rubbing his upper arm, hoping it would calm him down. After a few moments, Caspy finally calmed down enough to utter out a small reply. Smiling in relief, Alex continued to rub his arm just a little bit longer knowing that he was still a little frazzled even after he had answered. He smiled at her which was the sign that he was okay now and that he appreciated her help. Giving a reassuring one back, Alex removed her hands and turned to address this Luca person.
Walking up to him, she faintly smiled in greeting before holding out her hand. "Nice to meet you. And don't worry, you weren't interrupting anything. Caspy and I are best friends and we hadn't seen each other for a while, that's all. Do you two know each other?" As Alex waited for Luca's response, she took a moment to look at him. He was a lot taller than she had originally thought and was cute now that she could see him up close. Also, she noticed he had a British accent when he spoke before. What was a guy like him doing here?
An
aha! moment went through Luca's mind when he recognized the name "Alex". After all, Casper and Luca have only been best friends for years now, and all year Casper had been gushing about a girl named Alex. And now, Luca had accidentally walked into Casper hugging an "Alex" very tightly and intimately. Coincidence? Luca didn't think so. But from the way Casper had panicked slightly, Luca perceived that as of now, there was nothing going on between them... Yet. And of course, Luca would've been the first to know if they were an item.
Luca would have to ask Casper to elaborate upon this later.
As for now, he directed his attention to Alex. This was the first time that Luca was able to put a face to the name.
"Oh! What a coincidence. Well, excuse me ma'am, there must be some sort of mistake. You see, I'm Casper's best friend so you couldn't possibly be." Luca teased with a warm smile as he grasped Alex's hand in both of his own. Perhaps it was a bit too presumptuous to tease someone he just met, but it was Luca's subtle attempt to diffuse the awkward air.
"I suppose that we must come to a compromise of sorts about this. And no Miss Alex... The pleasure is all mine."Shooting a sly grin at Casper, he asked
"Shall I embrace you too, Caspy? After all, I'm also a best friend that you haven't seen in quite a while. If this is how you greet all of your close friends, I'm afraid that we must've been doing it a bit wrong!" Luca couldn't resist the urge to tease Casper as well.
Breathing a sigh of relief after hearing the two speak, Casper shifted his weight against the doorframe to the bathroom, looking on. Of course, Luca handled the situation perfectly, and Casper's worrying proved unjustified. He almost felt somewhat guilty for even worrying about Luca 'dropping him in it', or letting him down in any sort of way. He never had before, and he certainly didn't now.
He couldn't help but laugh as he overheard Luca addressing Alex, and he gradually made his way toward the duo,
"Heck--..or, more appropriately for our British compadre, 'Golly Gosh!' Try not to fight over me when you reach the compromise." Positively beaming at the sight of quite literally his closest friends in the entire world finally being together, he turned his attention to Luca, mocking a laugh,
"Ha ha ha. So very funny." Returning a sly grin, he promptly continued on,
"..in the Blue cabin, Luca? I ought to report you. Sneaking around like this! ..but, thanks for coming along, honestly."It was when he uttered those last words that he suddenly remembered why Luca had turned up in the first place. The leadership meeting. His hair was a mess.
Richard. The few, precious minutes of bliss were well and truly over, and he couldn't help but voice his concerns.
"Crud! Bugger! ..breakfast, the leadership meeting! ..and I still haven't even unpacked my things! Ugh!" Casper let out a huff of annoyance, turning his back to the two for a moment to cast his gaze over to his suitcases, untouched since he lay them against the bunkbed. Spinning on his heel to face the two once more, he declared
"Okay. Okay. We need to get breakfast! ..and then I need to sort out my things..or, will I even have time to do that and fix my hai-" Casper cut himself off with another huff of exasperation, throwing his hands up somewhat, as if he were surrendering to the fates.
"Breakfast! Can we go get breakfast?"The first thing Alex noticed was how big Luca's hands were. They felt nice wrapped around her own small, delicate hand.
Oh geez, he's so cute and funny and... wait, did he just say he was Caspy's best friend? Being pulled out of her brief daze, the shorter girl furrowed her brows in confusion. However, before she could question why she hadn't met him before if they shared a mutual best friend, the English boy had stilled her heart once more.
Alex was granted a brief moment to collect her thoughts as Luca addressed Caspy. What was that suppose to mean? Was he just being polite like the English stereotype or actually flirty? A part of her wished it was the latter. Subconsciously, she placed a hand over her chest. But wait, what was up with Caspy not telling her that he had
another 'best friend?' For a second, worry washed over her. Was Luca a better friend than her? Did Caspy withhold this information from her for some reason? Pushing those thoughts away, she turned to the two boys teasing each other. Well they certainty seemed to get along really well.
"Caspy!" she exclaimed before taking his hands into hers. "It's fine. We have plenty of time. Come on, let's go get breakfast and when we have the time, I'll help you unpack because
I'm your best friend and we're in the same cabin which means we're meant to be together." Toward the end, she turned to face Luca with a mock smirk before dragging
her best friend toward the dining hall. She'd ask him about Luca later.
"Well, I did sneak into the Blue Cabin to help you unpack Casp," Luca sighed, jamming his hands into his pockets.
"But if you're meant to be together, by all means. I don't want to sit by and watch you two lovebirds fuss about how you're going to decorate your home."With a wry smile, he trailed behind the two at a slower pace. Casp and Alex seemed to be in their own world, and Luca wasn't really fond of being a third wheel. Being the nice guy that he was, his friends back in England would often drag him to dates that they didn't really want to go on and he had more than enough of THAT experience.
It seems that things were going to be interesting this year. Very interesting indeed.
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