They Don't Need to Understand

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Vermont, her home, a place that held so much and yet so little all at once. Adrianna's flight had landed late last night from California and she still wasn't sure if she was happy to be back home or if she should have just stayed there to take care of Mags and maybe work at the diner. The thought sounded good to her, but she knew her mother would be disappointed in her choice if that's what she had done. Amelia expected big things for her daughter and following in her mother's footsteps wasn't one of them. Adrian was almost nineteen, was headed to her second year of college and wasn't pregnant, so far so good right? But she was also alone with hardly even a friend now because of her closest friend's ex. She missed Lani's birthday and she was pretty sure he hated her now because of it.

Now that she was back, with all of the stress piling back she decided that she needed a drink. Something to take her mind off of it. Back in California, Mags had helped her get through the year mark of her mother's death with some alcohol to at least numb the ache. It wasn't easy by any means. Reliving the scene in her mind of the last day she'd talked to her mother. Amelia had been doing so well...and then Adrian's father showed up and it all went downhill from there. But she was on the mend, in a much better mental state than she had been a year ago. She was fully intending on making an appointment with Sean to tell him about her progress once she was settled back into her life again.

Of course he wouldn't be too fond of what she planned for tonight, but he also didn't need to know. It was just for tonight, just to have some kind of fun for a night. It had been over a year since she'd had a good time without the burden of her problems hanging over her head. This was what she needed. What she fully intended on getting. Who knew? Maybe she'd meet someone new and hit it off. She needed more friends. Ellie was great, but having one friend was pathetic and Adrian hadn't always been like this. She wanted to go back. She wanted to be the fun-loving and happy girl that came into Hammel, not the depressed girl that left Hammel.

Walking into the Churchkey in a cute little black dress, Adrian picked a spot at the bar and waved at the bartender, one that had seen her around before, luckily. "Just a beer for now," She ordered with a faint smile.

[Mason "Ace" Walker]

Ace was still new to the area, so he wasn't real sure where one should go in order to wallow in the troubles of their lives. But during one of his recent explorations of the town he'd found a small little bar called 'Churchkey'. Which seemed about as good as any other bar to wallow in the fact he'd just found out his best friend was a meta. A meta for Christ sake. And he'd know for a year before he ever got around to telling Ace. Hell. Ace didn't even get the honor of finding out directly from Oliver. No, he had to find out about it when his roommate told him that Hammel was a meta school.

He didn't know which part hurt him more; that Oliver was a meta, or that he hadn't told Ace.

But no. He wasn't going to think about it. He was going to go out and do the adult thing by finding his solutions at the bottom of a glass. Maybe he'd find a pretty girl and spend the night drinking and flirting. Yes. That sounded like a much better plan. He'd forget all about the fact Oliver was a meta and. Didn't. Tell. His. Best. Friend.

Ace walked into Churchkey, dressed in a wrinkle-free, white button up shirt with the sleeves pulled up and a pair of relatively nice jeans. He made a quick bee-line to the bar and offered the bartender a smile as he ordered. "And one for me." With that he glanced over at the female standing beside him in an adorable little black dress. "Looking for company, Miss....?" He trailed off with a small smile in hopes she might offer up a name.

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Adrianna was trying her best to stay in high spirits. Things could be looking up for her, she just had to wait things out. Lani may not even be upset with her, though that would be shocking and probably upsetting. She didn't want him to just overlook her skipping his birthday because he knew she was going through a tough time. Then again, she hadn't completely skipped out, she did send Ellie. Oh well, it didn't matter, she needed to stop thinking and worrying about him and only him. Just because she knew he would be the one she had the most issues with coming back, didn't make him the center of her attention span. Nope, not this time around. She needed new people to focus on.

And as the thought crossed her mind, she was given her drink and was accompanied by a pretty attractive male. She glanced at him briefly, not capturing all of what he looked like, but noting that he was in fact non-powered. Which meant he wouldn't be someone she recognized from Hammel. Thank. God. She was half-expecting him to ignore her completely, but then again, she couldn't speak for all guys. Maybe she looked like an easy target tonight? Adrian glanced at him again when he too ordered a beer for himself. She sort of smiled to herself before pressing the bottle to her lips and taking a drink. Ew. She forgot how disgusting beer really was. Much more of a liquor girl.

Her face soured and she chewed on her lower lip as she pulled the bottle back from her lips in order to answer his question. Looking for company? Was she? Well, yeah, but she hadn't expected it to be that easy. Miss...well hell, he was expecting a name that quick? Might as well have some fun with it. Adrianna smirked a tiny bit wider before looking directly at him and tilting her head to the side, "I am as a matter of fact. However, my mother told me never to offer my name to a stranger, so it seems we'll have to get to know each other a bit better before I offer you that information, sir." She smiled a bright flash of her teeth and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear before blushing and looking down.

It had been so long since she had flirted. What if he didn't take the bait?