[for Declan] Can't stop coming in hot

[girlsolo]

In the game of I never, Kate almost always loses. She grew up fast and grew up hard, and she's done all the things people usually ask about and plenty they don't. But if the question was I've never arranged a date for my boyfriend on his birthday, Kate wouldn't have to drink. She probably would drink, because truth isn't an absolute for Kate. It's what she wants someone to know or not know about her.

She's given up lying like breathing but she didn't tell anyone (but the one person who counts) she's never done anything like this before. The whole package. The individual parts are familiar. Like the LBD she put together from scraps of black fabric from the clothing box. The black heels which she hates to walk in, but are fine for standing, eating, and fucking in. The bland beige belted trenchcoat (hand-fitted, but not re-pieced). Even the loose shoulder-brushing curls and hints of kohl around her eyes. All familiar. Dinner reservations, check. Surprise dessert (or breakfast, depending on how they roll), check. Note in his mailbox and on his door, check. It's just putting them all together and making them work she's not sure about.

Not that she's ever admitting that to anyone. What Declan doesn't know, doesn't hurt him. And right now all he knows is to meet her at her place at sunset. Where she'll conveniently not be, just long enough for him to sit down and wait while Kate watches, invisible from behind some nearby trees.

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title lyrics from Pink's Raise Your Glass

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[girlsolo.livejournal.com]

"Why wait?" Kate eases back off his lap and props herself up on her elbows, legs stretching forward behind his hip. "It's not like there's anything else to do here."

[duerespectguv]

"It's true, not much to do but have as much sex as humanly possible," he agrees. Back home, he'd have taken her out for fine dinners and to meet his family and off to do all manner of touristy things too but it's just not an option here.

[girlsolo.livejournal.com]

"Sad truth: I'm so bored I've even started to like talking to people. Maybe I'll learn to cook or something." Kate sighs and she's only half playing for attention. "Until then, it's up to you to keep me out of trouble." She quirks a small smile. "Guess that makes me your birthday present."