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Bix had thought about it. He wanted to be fun and cool and nice without being obvious or geeky.

He wanted to hang out with Molly again. He got blushy just thinking about it because the inklings of a crush were always a bit blown out of proportion in his mind when they were new.

Tough luck making a plan. Sssss ssss ssss. Mina laughed at him.
Thanks a lot for your support.
Oh ssssexy snowflake, you could do better.
For some reason I feel like you would say that no matter who it is.
Because I am the perfect woman. Only me.

Bix just shook his head as he stared at the blank text message. He gathered his thoughts and sent it after a few moments.



After hitting send he flopped back down in his bed with a sigh. He kind of an idea what he could show her but of course he was second guessing if it was impressive enough...

Bix jumped a little when he got the response. He hadn't expected to get an answer so quickly.

What elssse is there to do around here? Mina sounded hopelessly bored by this cute crap.

Bix just frowned at his 'feminine side's' opinion and only took a second to text Molly back. It had to be neutral ground so as not to become awkward but also be private enough where they wouldn't be bothered by others (or made fun of for looking at more LotR stuff).

Did she text a heart to him?

Looossssser.

He tried not to think about it. In the internet world he came from, throwing hearts around was meaningless. People were hugging, smooching, glomping, unfing.. But he'd been away from all of that for so long now that even the tiniest textual affection made him guess and second guess.



Winky-face could cover this one. Good ol' winky-face.


Bix actually rushed through his morning routine of jogging and breakfast. He skipped the gym and went straight on to showering in order to go back to his room quickly and find some good stuff to show Molly. He ended up with some big books and a comic or two. He didn't have much of anything amazing except for his family's picture in his old wallet. He didn't think about it much as he stuffed it in his pocket and headed outside the dorms at the appointed time to meet her.

He was actually carrying a small bag with some little bonus goodies in it but they were tucked away. The albino hunter bobbed on his heels then leaned against the wall and then began nervously twirling the end of his braid as he waited for her.

Bix quickly smoothed his coat and shirt and adjusted his belt and pants when he saw Molly coming. When she arrived he was doing his best to look casual but probably only looked like he was leaning at a strange angle on the wall.

"Hey Molly." He popped upright and grinned. "I'm good now. I'm glad you came." Why wouldn't she again? This was just two normal friends hanging out. "...because it would suck for you not to come. ... ... because I was looking forward to doing this." Somewhere in his head something told him to stop talking. It sure wasn't Mina either, her raucous hissed laughter was bouncing around in his brain and making it hard not to be embarassed.

"I figured since it was nice out we could go along the path to the beach and maybe find a hill to sit on?" Despite the swirling mist around the island, it had a nice view if you could find a spot. "I got some cool books to show you. How do you like Lord of the Rings? Did you finish the Hobbit?"

Bix started to walk, then paused when they started talking, and then started walking again. There was an awkward start-stop again until they both finally fell into step. He was smiling and a little pink in the face. Mina, had enough of laughing, was now attempting to instruct him mentally on not being a doof.

Act smooth.
I'm trying.
Nothing about what you are doing is sssssmooth.

"I'm glad you like them. I think it's crazy amazing that one man invented all that stuff. Even the languages! And the songs and everything." He adjusted the bags he was carrying. "Have you done any duties here? Some of them are good for reading. Pod duty and lighthouse duty. Almost nothing ever slips through defenses." Almost. "Well except Christmas but that was..."

He remembered, vaguely, seeing her there and not knowing who she was. He of course had been dressed like Santa and was necking with Julie.

AWKWARD.

"Oh see I haven't done that one yet!" Bix sort of hadn't for a reason. He'd grown up far away from the ocean and while he thought it was amazing, something about the unknown depths made him uneasy. "Sounds cool. I'll have to sign up for it sometime." Maybe with Molly?

Their walk wasn't a far one. The path from the buildings curled around the cliffs and then took a winding path down to the beach. Bix veered off of the path while still in view of the common area and picked a nice view of the beach under a tree. His blanket was more like a bedsheet but he had it folded in a perfect square and he set it down on the grass.

"Voila." He then plopped and dropped his bag next to him. "Back on topic.. no it hasn't happened much. Christmas.. and then I think the death-ponies." Was she in his trial? He didn't know. "The horsemen were here. Or at least their kids or something. When I was in my trial, they were there screwing things up for everyone. Whenever we fight those Amityville kids, those horsemen are with them."

He frowned in remembrance of the fire. Why was it always fire? And the white pony who wanted them to bow to him and the other squad killed Gale instead. He didn't know it was Gale at the time.. but it was still messed up. He'd spaced out for a moment, looking at her but clearly not quite there. A side effect of being a hunter. When he snapped back into reality he simply smiled.

"Wanna see what I brought?"

"Cool." Bix perked and pulled out a hardcover book with a flimsy cover made of nothing more than what looked like parchment. It was actually just old and worn after years of being flipped through. There was a large intricately drawn dragon, the lines heavy and black, and the colors faded in age. It said 'A TOLKIEN BESTIARY'.

"I brought this from home. It's like my favorite book ever. It's like an encyclopedia of all the races and people and monsters from Lord of the Rings." He passed it over to her.

"The pictures are the best part."

"Since I was ummm... maybe ten?" He twirled his braid idly, a bit of a regular bait of his. He'd run the tuft of hair over and over through his fingers. "This old guy in the neighborhood passed away. He wasn't very friendly or anything so I don't remember him but his family had a house sale to get rid of his stuff and I got this. It was like a dollar or something." He shrugged. "The internet said it's 'innacurate' to the canon of the books but I don't care much."

His nerd moment of talking 'canon' made Mina immediately break out into laughter in his head.

"Did you bring anything from home? Oh .. yeah.. your violin." He nodded knowingly. He wanted to ask her what home was like but his nervousness stopped him. What if she got upset for some reason?