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Kate Gregson ([personal profile] everyonetakes) wrote2014-07-26 11:20 am
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It's still sort of hard to believe.

There are only a few people Kate has gone out of her way to tell about the fact that she and Newt are actually, seriously, for real engaged and it's not because she doesn't want to tell people, but just that she sort of wants to hold onto it on her own for a little while. She wants it just to be hers. She'd never really imagined herself getting married, but then, she'd never really imagined there was someone like Newt out there for her, so she knows plans change.

She knows things about her life, her family, she knows about the things she's done since coming to the island. The same sort of thing has happened to other people, too, and she's always been a little nervous, but it had turned out to be a good thing. She feels better for it. It's proof that her family, while irrevocably fucked up, is also still hers, no matter what happens to them. And even if she's not there with them, they love her, and she's okay. She's not as terrible at being an adult as she thinks.

So she's going to marry him even though her family isn't here to be with her, because she has other family now. People she loves, people she needs, people who are just as important and people she needs to tell about this whole thing.

So she sends a text asking them to meet her that evening at the really awesome diner not far from her apartment building. And she's nervous when she gets there, but she smiles in greeting and waves, and the ring flashes on her hand in a way she's still not used to.
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[personal profile] a_capella_boy 2014-07-26 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
If it was anyone else but Kate, Jesse might have blown them off. He still wasn't in the mood to be social, the struggle it took to fake that he wasn't miserable was exhausting. He still hadn't really told any of his friends that Rebekah was gone. While he wasn't hiding it he wasn't annoucning it because... because he wasn't sure exactly how he felt about it, other than crushed.

But Kate was Kate and if anyone could inadvertantly cheer him up for a bit, it was probably her. When he entered the diner he gave her a grin and a wave before sliding into the seat across from her in the booth.

"So this was kind of unexpected. Welcome, but unexpected. What's- oh my god he finally asked!" Jesse shouted, spotting the ring on her finger.
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[personal profile] pontmercyfriend 2014-07-27 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Marius smiles reading the text from Kate, wondering briefly if Newt has finally asked her the important question. He makes his way to the diner, keen to enjoy Kate's company either way. He enters the diner nonchalantly, making his way over to the table where various other people sit. He spots Kate instantly, and as he heads in her direction, he catches a glimpse of a flash on her hand. His grin widens.

"I take it you have good news to share?" He asks.
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[personal profile] pontmercyfriend 2014-07-28 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I was on my way home some nights ago now when I ran into Newt and he asked for ideas on how to propose," he admits with a sheepish grin. He remembers how nervous the other man seemed then; he is so glad to find that both Kate and Newt now are quite happy.

"So he did inform me before he proposed," he says. "But he never told me the idea he ultimately settled on to propose, so that part is still a mystery to me."
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[personal profile] a_capella_boy 2014-07-28 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Only by accident!" Jesse said, raising his hands in a defensive gesture. It was probably not the sort of thing that you wanted to hear, that everyone was clued in to the fact that you were going to get married except for you. Still, she had to know it was probably coming, right?

"I came across him while he was looking at engagement rings. It's pretty much impossible to pretend you're doing anything other than shopping for engagement rings when someone sees you doing it. But show it to me proper like I haven't already seen it."
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[personal profile] pontmercyfriend 2014-07-28 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"That sounds lovely," Marius says, surprised by how romantic it sounds, considering what Newt has told him about his relationship with Kate, how they like to do things without as much focus on tradition. But then, considering what Kate tells him about the roof, it seems like the perfect spot for them to become engaged. "I'm so happy for you both. Do you know when the wedding's going to be?"

"Really?" He asks, curious. "Would they not be happy for you? Or would they feel insulted because Newt did not ask them for your hand first?"

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[personal profile] a_capella_boy 2014-07-29 05:50 am (UTC)(link)

Jesse couldn't deny that there was a bit of an ache in his heart at this, that it made him think of Rebekah and the conversations they had had about spending their lives together, unnaturally immortal. In hindsight it seemed kind of crazy, or at least very surreal. Jesse had been thinking of becoming a vampire. Craziness. But for Rebekah?

Anyway, this was Kate's moment and he wanted to be excited with her. And she was excited, he could tell, because this was an awesome moment and she and Newt were both crazy in love with each other and just belonged together. He hoped that neither of them would ever leave the city.

"You're going to be Mrs. Dr. Newt someday," he said with a grin as he admired the ring. "You could do a mash up of names? the Geizsons. Gregszlers?"

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[personal profile] pontmercyfriend 2014-07-29 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I imagine just becoming engaged must bring its own sense of wonder," he muses thoughtfully, eyes flicking to where she glances, smiling as he catches the shine of her ring. It perfectly suits her, he thinks; Newt found the perfect one. "Beyond marriage itself."

"Well, I think you're quite capable," he tells her, surprised that her parents apparently do not feel the same way. "And I think you and Newt are both going to, how do you say, 'kick ass' at engagement and marriage."
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[personal profile] pontmercyfriend 2014-07-29 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
He can never really picture Kate as the type of person who gets nervous, not after she saved him from those thugs just the other month. To him, Kate always appears at ease in her surroundings in a way that reminds him of Courfeyrac, which is part of the reason he finds himself so comfortable around her.

"Did I use the right slang?" He asks with a sheepish grin, still unsure as to many of these modern day words.
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[personal profile] jianhuo 2014-07-29 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Saffron has an idea of why Kate might be asking to meet her, and when she returns Kate's wave and goes over to join her her suspicion is confirmed when she catches sight of a familiar ring on Kate's hand. She doesn't say anything, though, just smiles and hugs her before sliding into the booth across from her. Getting engaged is a big deal to most girls, and Saffron doesn't want to steal the thunder of her announcement.

"Hi, honey," she says cheerily, ordering a water when the waiter comes by to see what they want to drink. "I'm glad you texted me, we should get together more often."
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[personal profile] babochka_x899 2014-07-29 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Alex has been busy with a secret project the past couple of weeks, and she's just leaving an appointment when she gets Kate's text. She has the good luck of the diner being on her way home, but even if it hadn't been, she isn't going to ignore a text like that. A last minute invitation to dinner usually means something more, and when she finds Kate in the diner, Alex is quick to see what that more might be.

She crosses the diner quickly, her heels clicking quietly against the floor, and slides onto the booth bench opposite Kate. "Okay, spill," she invites, waving her hand in a gimme gesture. "Tell me everything. Let me see. You know, all that good kind of thing."
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[personal profile] babochka_x899 2014-07-29 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's beautiful," Alex says first as she admires the ring. It's maybe not a surprise her thoughts go back to Michael and Nikita, and she hopes, whatever else happened after she left, they have managed to stay together.

"And no, I didn't. I had no idea. Maybe this will finally convince Newt I'm not the spy he thinks I am." She hasn't been checking in with Newt as much as she should have recently, so many it's not a shock she didn't know. Of course, it's also not a shock that half of Darrow might know. Newt's not exactly the most secretive when he's excited. And Newt was always excited about something.

"I'm so happy for you. Did you know? I mean, was this all planned out and carefully discussed and everything, or was it some big surprise?" She's betting on surprise, but she also doubts it beats taking down a Hong Kong police detective in order to get the ring back, while handcuffed and escaping from custody. It's just a feeling Alex has.
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[personal profile] pontmercyfriend 2014-07-30 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, good," he says, brushing a hand through his hair with another grin. He still has much to learn about modern idioms, and he suspects that he will misuse one or several of them in the process. He's just happy to be able to express himself in terms Kate is more familiar with. As someone who once made his living based on languages, Marius is determined to study any and all aspects of any one he happens to come across.

"No, I suppose I really can't," he laughs. He agrees; he feels different than when he first arrived, though it has only been five months, now.
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[personal profile] a_capella_boy 2014-07-30 05:19 am (UTC)(link)

"I get it," Jesse said with a nod. Especially in a place like Darrow where you didn't know if and when you'll ever see your family again he could understand wanting to keep that connection. Besides, it was hard to think of her as anything other than Kate Gregson. It fit her too perfectly for her to give that up.

"So do you guys have a date or anything yet or are just enjoying the engaged phase without having a date and wedding preparations hanging over your head?"

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