Hangout
"No i'm not swimming." Sel pulls his hoodie tighter around him.
"I mean I could but it's not really ideal swimming weather to be honest." Dabria agrees.
They're all standing on the grass, a couple meters from the water. A small but chilly breeze is blowing in their hair.
"They even pulled up the jetties. Maybe there's something else we can do?" Bree suggests.
Katkin walks down to the water and puts her hand in it. She stand up and turns to the group to tell them the result.
"Nope, no swimming today. Let's go to the mall and buy some muffins or something instead."
They all agree.
They squeeze in around a table at the cafe. They all have a muffin each and a cup of hot drink. They make some small talk for a while, but then Bree asks a question she's had with her since earlier.
"So Katkin, where do you live?"
The group falls silent. Bree notices this, but looks to Katkin to see her reaction. Katkin swallows the piece of muffin she had in her mouth, and shrugs carefree.
"Up towards the forest. You know where the stable is? In that area."
The others release their tension a little.
"Oh, I've never been up there. Is it a big house?"
"Not like Thea's I'd imagine." Sel cuts off before Katkin can answer.
"It's not that big!" Thea tries to defend herself.
"My house could fit in your living room." Dabria says with a serious nod.
"That's a full on lie."
"Barely!"
"Isn't it weird that none of you have been at Katkins home?" Bree takes back the conversation.
"No. I've never invited anyone over." Katkin says calmly.
"Not to be like that. But Bree, we've known Katkin for all of high school." Dabria says.
"Two years" Sel helps.
"And you just started hanging out with us yesterday. I don't think it's time to start to question our relationships to each other just yet."
Bree sits quietly. She realises she might have overstepped a little.
"I'm sorry, I just felt that it was a bit weird, and wanted to be a good friend and-"
"No worries. Really. We'll let it go. Let's just have a nice saturday instead, huh?" Katkin puts her hand on Brees shoulder.
"Who wants to see if there is any good movies showing now? Maybe we can go catch one?"