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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[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."

[littleredsiren]

"Hot... dads?" she laughs. "That's a good thing, right?"

"Thank you!" she grins, digging through the box. "I wanna make one for Eli, if that's okay!"

[kennedyk]

"Sooo good," Kennedy grins, resting her chin on her hands. "You'll understand soon, my child."

"Go for it, girl. I'll make one for Owen, think he's a pink man or a bright purple man?"

[littleredsiren]

"Can we watch that next then?" she asks, incredibly curious about what's so amazing about this movie.

"Hmm... Pink. He seemed very sad when I spoke with him. I think it'd cheer him up."

[kennedyk]

"Um yes! I actually have that one in my very small collection."

"Pink would look lovely with his eyes," she jokes, grabbing a few beads. "Did he? He seemed to cheer up a bit the more we talked."

[littleredsiren]

"Yay! So that's next?"

"Yeah, I think he was maybe having a bad night. He was very cheerful for awhile though! He told me about his old job on the boardwalk," she explains with a smile.

[kennedyk]

"Most definitely! And I'm going to watch your face the entire time because I want to see how you react to every scene," she grins.

Kennedy frowns. "I'm glad he was chipper some. I think I had a vision about him...before I met him."

[littleredsiren]

"Really?" She cocks her head slightly. "Can you tell me what it was? I mean, if it's private, that's okay too!"

[kennedyk]

"I don't know what happened, but about six months ago, I saw a man sleeping. And a woman kept telling him to wake up. It was very sad and I don't think the woman made it...Owen kept looking at the painting I made of it."

[littleredsiren]

Iris shivers, frowning. "Do you think it was him? And someone he knew?"