Blue is sure that there must be some nostalgia in her, at some point before the fourth of July became synonymous with Joseph Kavinsky in her mind -- and he had only had the last two years to make that mark, but between the effect at her own school and the horrific mess that was last July, it was a pretty indelible one.
She can't summon it. Her family isn't really the barbecues type. She's not especially patriotic, and too many boys in Henrietta take it as an excuse to get drunk, ride around on ATVs and try to set themselves on fire. Or other people: once when she was small she'd gotten a firework thrown at her. She'd accepted the colossally stupid risk of picking it up and throwing it back while the older boys laughed.
So when Henry texts her, she texts back, I'll rally the troops with a little firework emoji.
Well, they didn't all look rallied, but they were here, which is the best she can do as a stand-in general. She refills her cup and plunks herself down next to Henry on the sofa declaratively, and doesn't think too hard about Gansey not being here. "I didn't say thanks for all of this," she waves at the party favors, "earlier."
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Date: 2016-07-05 01:12 am (UTC)She can't summon it. Her family isn't really the barbecues type. She's not especially patriotic, and too many boys in Henrietta take it as an excuse to get drunk, ride around on ATVs and try to set themselves on fire. Or other people: once when she was small she'd gotten a firework thrown at her. She'd accepted the colossally stupid risk of picking it up and throwing it back while the older boys laughed.
So when Henry texts her, she texts back, I'll rally the troops with a little firework emoji.
Well, they didn't all look rallied, but they were here, which is the best she can do as a stand-in general. She refills her cup and plunks herself down next to Henry on the sofa declaratively, and doesn't think too hard about Gansey not being here. "I didn't say thanks for all of this," she waves at the party favors, "earlier."