Fandom High Lawn, Tuesday Morning

[multiplez]

After SPD Officer Blake dropped Z off at the gates, she shouldered her backpack, picked up the SPD issue duffel bag she'd been given, and headed off to find someone who could help her find her new dorm room. She was wearing an SPD cadet's black and grey uniform because, well, it was clean, and hopefully it would help her to ID this other cadet. If it didn't, the giant 'SPD' emblazoned across her bag probably would. Space Patrol Delta, it seemed, really liked labeling things.

As she was crossing the lawn, she almost ran into a petite girl hauling a duffel bag of her own. The girl had messy blue hair and clothes with a lot of safety pins, and seemed kind of cranky. Z guessed, somehow, that she was going to meet the woman in black in the convertible down at the gates, the one Officer Blake had tried to flirt with until he realized she was pregnant. There was definitely a family resemblance.



"Watch it!" the blue-haired girl snapped.


"Sorry! Hey, I'm new here. Do you know where I need to go?"


"Uh, yeah, they're settin' up some kind of welcome thing over there."


"Thanks! I'm Z."


"And I'll have forgotten long before I see you again, so...later."

The blue-haired girl headed off, and Z shrugged. Whatever, she was used to unfriendly people by now. She headed for the front lawn, since the blue-haired girl didn't seem to be wrong about that. Time to make a good first impression.

"Okay, Z," she said to herself under her breath. "Whatever you do, don't replicate."

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Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

"We travel a lot." Zero was very relieved to find the weight she was carrying more than halved. "Thanks."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Peter said. "Really, I'm just trying to make sure you have a couple more fond memories of me before you go. 'Peter carries heavy bag. Aww.'"

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

"I've got a good boyfriend. He carries heavy objects for me." Zero shot Arsenal a 'be nice' look as they approached the car.

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I can also juggle. I'm both nice and potentially entertaining," Peter said.

He turned to Arsenal and gave a bright smile when they closed in on the car. "Hi. It's nice to see you again."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

Arsenal made a, "Hmph," noise and settled her sunglasses more firmly on her nose. Zero shot her a Look and then turned to Peter, smiling brightly. "Hormones. You know. And some guy in a uniform was hitting on her before I got here."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Ah, okay. That explains it," Peter said. "So. This is it. Four months."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

"Yeh. Four months."

Fish squawked, "Guten morgen!"

"It's not too late to put him in the trunk," Arsenal offered.

Zero ignored them both in favor of gazing at Peter.

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter wasn't sure if Arsenal was talking about him or Fish. Either way, he was ignoring everything but Zero and the way his own heart was beating at the moment.

"Zero," he said. And then he paused, looking for words. "Okay, I have no clue how to lead into this, but I can't let you go home without letting you know that I love you. So. Yeah. I love you. So you'd better not find an excuse to not come back in the fall unless you want me to go all emo."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

"I love you too. Hooskspider. And nothing could keep me from coming back in the fall, I promise."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad to hear that," Peter said, visibly relieved. "And in the meantime, I'll just have to spend my time at the brothel." Remembering that Arsenal was right there, Peter looked up. "Just a joke. No brothels for me."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

Arsenal's eyebrows were all the way up in her hair. Zero ignored her and said, "Yes, please don't go to the brothel. I want you still in one piece when I get back."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I will be, I promise. And assuming its okay with your parents, I'll be over by you next month. I don't want to be cut in half for that," Peter said. He gave her one more kiss and then a smile. "Have fun at film school."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[swerval_zero]

Zero kissed him back, then smiled at him. "I'll see you then. Bye, Peter."

Re: Say Bye to Zero!

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Bye, Zero."

Peter stuck around until Arsenal pulled away. He waved and started counting down to June.