Over the course of the last few weeks, Nepeta had just found something to pass the time and probably to let out the pent up zing that had made the bounces in her steps a lot bigger.
The tree in her backyard was amazingly tall with branches placed in a way that Nepeta had been able to climb up without even needing a boost!
It was a win/win the way her house was modeled allowed her mother to see her up there whilst cooking up dinner.
And by the end of the month she'd found herself to be able to reach halfway up the old pine tree where she had commonly sat on the firmest branch to enjoy the peace of which at being such a height would offer.
Nepeta was never afraid of doing such a feat much to her friends' surprise.
It seemed to have been among a many favourite pastimes in generations of the Leijon line. Her mother never seemed to worry claiming that even her older sister; Meulin had begun the same thing at a young age.
And with this thought in her mind the young girl had obviously started becoming a bit too confident.
Grinning at a waving Meulin, who was stuffing pop tarts into her mouth all the while reading a book on the kitchen table, Nepeta jumped to grab the first branch. Scaling the tree with more bursts of speed than ever, she'd hope to set of record of how fast she was able to climb too.
Now on the branch she had stopped on just yesterday she steadied her footing.
And when she thought she was ready, she jumped for the next one before even getting a good hold on the branch.
Everything was a dizzying blur on the way down and even more so when she reached the ground.
In the background she could hear the kitchen door swing open and Meulin's voice shrieking frantically for their mom.
She wasn't sure what to think except for how the world distorted in a strangely funny way.
And of course, that meant that she'd start the next month with a cast.
But at least Meulin had been somewhat optimistic about it, offering her younger sister a secondhand set of markers to make the situation a lot less miserable after a few days off; holed up in her bedroom.
It wasn't long until her cast, once completely blank, was filled with tiny scribbles of names and little drawings mostly by her group of friends who lunged at her with the news of her incident from Equius and his family who had been in contact with her own.
"Wait, give me a sec." Terezi mumbled, inscribing yet another silly doodle on Nepeta's cast. Among the sea of names written on the cast and a few words of positivity a lot of the contributions was Terezi's.
"So, did Ms. Aranea say when the field trip was? If…it is happening."
Asked Nepeta, her arms stretch as much as she could for Terezi to finish her latest addition.
Aradia tapped her chin as if in remembrance, "She told us it was next week…on Monday."
"And we're going to an Oceanarium! I don't know about you but I'm super excited for it!" giggled Feferi who spoke the words with wide-eyed wonderment, her bubbly perspective definitely radiated off of her.
"Of course, you'd be." laughed Aradia at the girl's obvious excitement at the very idea of anything related to the big blue.
Returning a serious gaze to Nepeta, Equius suggested, "But maybe you shouldn't come. What if something bad happens and it makes your broken arm worse?"
Typical Equius! Nepeta thought. "No way! I've been waiting for this I'm not gonna have a silly arm keep me from going!" she tapped her cast, "It isn't fair if you guys get to go over there and meet your pen pals without me!"
Concluded Equius, "Just as long as you're careful." His arms crossed.
"Aren't I always?" responded Nepeta with a cheerful smile.
"And that's coming from the girl who broke her arm while climbing up a tree." Quipped Equius who smirked just a little bit, his uneven set of teeth gleaming behind his lips just enough to emphasize how proud he was of that comment.
Nepeta, somewhat flustered, stuck out her tongue with a loud "pbbbthhh!"
to the amusement of the other children.
"Ms. Aranea did say we could bring someone to look after us…you could have your mom go with you." Terezi muttered, switching the marker in her hand with a yellow one.
Speaking of Terezi,
"Wait, hey! Leave some spaaace!" droned Nepeta, shooing her friend away.
"What? Why?" Terezi whined in return. Dejectedly stuffing the yellow marker back with its colorful companions in the container.
"To make space for Karkat, duh!"
Bwahaha! Yes, after dragging out when Karkat and Nepeta actually meet...you'll see it happen next chapter!
Promise, cross my heart!
Also, I'd like to thank you guys for all the kind reviews I've gotten and you might hear this a lot but it really motivates me to update a bit quicker.
SRSLY!
Also, a final note.
Does the cover picture of your stories change when you upload a profile picture? Or is it just me...?
I'm sorry, I'm noob! If it's an odd occurrence how can I reset the fanfic's cover picture?
A-anyway, reviews and ideas for future chapters are always welcome!