Nudged into action.

[brokendoors]

It's been an interesting few weeks. Far more interesting than usual, and Ivy finally gets a moment to sit down.
But once she's on her butt, she can't sit still.

Caleb's spending the Thanksgiving weekend with his grandparents and isn't due until Monday afternoon, and she's lonely. This why she gets the urge to pull out her cell phone, and scrolls through the list of names.

And stares, bites her lip, and begins texting a message.

Hi, Casper. I doubt you remember me. Ivy, from the Nexus. Got a little boy with asthma. If you do, I was wondering if you were busy? Maybe get a coffee or something.

He probably doesn't remember her, and it's been so long that she's had an actual friend so she'll be really pathetically awkward.

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[ivyandcaleb.livejournal.com]

She nods. "Yeah. My mom used to say that she had to figure out how to become a friend and mentor more than a protector."

[watchingsparrow.livejournal.com]

"Something like that, yeah." Even though Seth hadn't been a child when he arrived, he had been stripped of his powers and thrown out from the world he'd known. Casper had been a protector of sorts in the beginning for the boy, be he in his late teens or not.

[ivyandcaleb.livejournal.com]

"I'm definitely not looking forward to it with Caleb," she confesses.

[watchingsparrow.livejournal.com]

"Oh, but you have a long time until then. And I suppose that it'll come gradually." Once the coffee is done and water poured, Casper motions Ivy out into the living room. No sense in standing around in the kitchen. There's a few comfy chairs around, and a sort of old and worn leather couch that damn comfortable.

[ivyandcaleb.livejournal.com]

And Ivy will definitely make a beeline to that couch. It does look really comfortable. "Yeah, I know. I just hope I'm prepared then."

[watchingsparrow.livejournal.com]

"Well, things change and people change with them." Casper does think that it will come naturally.

"Anyway, when should be do this videogames and pizza night?"

[ivyandcaleb.livejournal.com]

She shrugs. "Well. S'up to you, really. We can do it whenever you like. I haven't done schedules yet, so just tell me when and I can schedule myself off."

[watchingsparrow.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty much between assignments at work right now. So I'm on payed leave until I get a new one. Which means that pretty much whenever is good. But a Friday or Saturday night would be best." Seph does go to school, after all.

[ivyandcaleb.livejournal.com]

"That sounds good, then. Next Friday night?"

[watchingsparrow.livejournal.com]

"I'd say we have ourselves a plan. Just one question, though?" He pauses, sitting his coffee. "What would you guys like on your pizza?"

[ivyandcaleb.livejournal.com]

"Caleb likes cheese and pepperoni. I'm flexible."

[watchingsparrow.livejournal.com]

He makes a mental note to buy pepperoni. And then he'd just have to use his imagination for the rest.

He's already looking forward to Friday night.