Girls' Night [Sweet Princess Iris]

[kennedyk]

Kennedy's laid out several blankets and pillows on the distressed hard-wood floors of her top-floor apartment. It was a long day at work, but thankfully a productive one. Several customers came by to commission her after visiting her booth at the art festival, something she'll call a win. Now that there's a nice open space on the floor free of her canvases, paints, and as clean as it's been since she's moved in, Kennedy pops a big tub of Neopolitan ice cream into the freezer and sets a bottle of wine in a bucket of ice to chill. She picked up everything from the market on the way home.

"I hope Iris doesn't mind eating on the floor..." she worries, but furniture such as a dinning room table really seemed like a waste of money when she needed the space for her art. She shrugs, figuring her new friend will be so excited, she'll love absolutely everything. Laying a box full of jewelry-making supplies on the floor along with their stash of beads from the festival, she pulls out her notebook, quietly working up a quick sketch of the man Owen she met at her booth as she waits for Iris.

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[kennedyk]

"I'm a very pushy person, you're gonna have to learn to love it, Iris." She takes their plates, getting up to set them in the sink before she grabs the bottle of wine and returns to Iris' side. "So," she grins, pouring more wine. "Are you going to keep going there then? Gonna talk to these boys some more?"

[littleredsiren]

"Alright, alright. I love it," she laughs, sipping at the wine. "Well, I mean, I've committed to volunteering there already so I kiiiinda have to. And we're all friends so, um, it'd be pretty weird if I didn't talk to them."

[kennedyk]

"Making friends with all the hot dudes. You make great choices." She gives Iris a wink before sipping her wine. Kennedy pulls a plate of cupcakes, a tub of ice cream, and her box of jewelry supplies within reach. "What are you doing over there?"

[littleredsiren]

"Mostly just cooking meals for the other volunteers," she explains, spooning up a bowl of ice cream. "Eli is absolutely hopeless with cooking so I get big lunches together for them all."

[kennedyk]

"Dang, they lucked out with you cooking for them." Kennedy scoops out a few scoops of ice cream and plops them on a plate along with a cupcake. She hands the plate to Iris before making herself a plate as well. "Tell me about Eli! I haven't met him yet. Is he cute?"

[littleredsiren]

She takes a bite of the ice cream before answering. "He's super cute. I think they breed the boys out here different or something because I don't remember this many attractive men in Seattle," she laughs. "He's super nice too. He's the one who helped get me that teacher's assistant job. And he danced with me all night at the big Coombs ball."

[kennedyk]

"Sure as hell weren't this handsome back in Oklahoma. Oh! Do you mind cursing? If so, I'll keep that in mind when I talk." Kennedy smiles and bites into the cupcake. "He sounds like a sweetheart. And he works at the community garden? I guess he likes to help out."

[littleredsiren]

She shakes her head, finishing off the ice cream. "It's okay. I don't do it much myself but I don't mind if other people curse," she smiles. "My aunt said that people who curse were foul spirited but I never really understood why she gave such silly words so much power."

"He really is. And he's a teacher as well, so I guess he's just a super helpful guy?"

[kennedyk]

"Foul spirited or fun spirited? Maybe she was just confused her words."

"Dang, sounds like a good guy. I'm glad you'll have someone like Eli at school with you." She repositions, laying on her stomach as she shoves their trash aside. "What movies did you bring?"

[littleredsiren]

Iris laughs. "Somehow, I don't think my aunt knows the meaning of fun."

"Ummm..." She pulls them out, fiddling with her hair with her free hand. "I wasn't sure what good sleepover movies were so I asked the guy at the counter and he recommended some..." She spreads them out for Kennedy, showing her some fairly classic 'girl fun' movies like Mean Girls and Clueless.

[kennedyk]

"My aunt has a skewed definition. It involves wreaking havoc on the town and destroying anyone who doesn't bow to her feet. Such a lovely woman."

Kennedy excitedly grabs at Mean Girls. "Classic! Have you seen it before?" She gets up, pulling her TV, a small screen on a cabinet with wheels, over to their pallet of blankets. She pops the disc into her DVD player before sitting back by Iris' side.

[littleredsiren]

"Our aunts should meet up. They both sound so wonderful, I bet they'd be best of friends."

She shakes her head, curious. "I, uh... I've kind of never seen anything with a rating above PG. And even then, I missed out on a lot," she admits.

[kennedyk]

"Wonderful friends until my aunt decided to devour her in some freaky way of preserving her youth. She's a real witch," she says with a mischievous grin.

Kennedy can't help but stare at Iris in disbelief. "Oh girl, you're in for some wonderful things with me." She grabs the remote and presses play. "This one is a teenage classic." She hands Iris a strip of leather and some beads. "We can work on some bracelets while we watch. Just watch me loop a few beads and then you'll have the gist of it."

[littleredsiren]

"...So, how old are you, exactly?" she teases with a matching grin.

Scooching closer, she watches her hand movements carefully before trying to imitate her. "Like this?" she asks, frowning slightly in concentration.

[kennedyk]

"Teenage classic as in 'I watched this all through high school'," she grins. "But I'm twenty-five, by the way." She says it jokingly like she's super mature for being twenty-five.

"Mmhmm, little looser though. Too tight, it'll start to misshape itself."

[littleredsiren]

"Are you sure? You haven't been eating people to stay young like your aunt?" she laughs.

Frowning, she undoes her previous work and redoes it looser. "Better?"

[kennedyk]

"She may or may not have fed me people while I lived with her, I really can't be sure," she shakes her head, hiding a smile.

Kennedy leans over to inspect her progress. "Perfect! Just repeat until you're out of leather and then I'll show you how to close it up, okay?"

[littleredsiren]

"Eww... Stop! You're gonna make me throw up!" she laughs, gagging a little.

Iris grins happily, continuing on, her tongue sticking out a little in concentration. "This is fun... I like making jewellery, I think."

[kennedyk]

Kennedy waves a hand at her. "You'll never be able to watch Silence of the Lambs will you."

"It's a nice little distraction. Something to do with your hands with you're a bit fidgety." Or when her muse left and she couldn't pick up a brush. She finishes her bracelet and holds it up to Iris, the blue and green beads they bought shimmering nicely in her apartment's lighting. "What do you think?"

[littleredsiren]

"What's Silence of the Lambs, exactly? It sounds like one of those Christian movies about how everyone is forgetting about Jesus..."

"Oohhh..." she coos softly, eyes sparkling. "It's so pretty..."

[kennedyk]

"Um, yeah there's no Jesus in this one. It's about Hannibal Lector, a man who's locked away for eating people and a badass female FBI cadet who uses him to try to find another killer. Except he escapes. It's...creepy but another classic. For different reasons than Mean Girls, obviously."

"Thank you!" She hands it to Iris. "This is yours."

[littleredsiren]

Iris freezes, going a little green around the edges. "Seriously? That sounds disgusting..."

She finishes up her own bracelet, holding it out to her. "And that's yours! It's not nearly as nice but I hope you love it," she grins, tying the one from Kennedy around her wrist happily.

[kennedyk]

"Probably not your cup of tea, but it's an interesting movie. No worries, you never have to see it. I will make you watch Pacific Rim though!"

Kennedy admires it before placing it around her wrist. "I love it! It's so Iris," she grins.

[littleredsiren]

"Is that one a classic too?" she asks warily. "There's no people eating people in it, right?"

Iris ducks her head with a happy little smile. "That's a good thing, right?" she laughs. "Think I can make a couple more?"

[kennedyk]

"A new classic. It's about people of the world working together to fight aliens with giant robots! Hot dads, Iris. It's got hot dads."

"Sure is! Of course." She nudges the box of beads toward Iris. "Pick whatever colours you like."