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"Whoa, really?" Heidi looked very interested in this. She had never left the east coast before now--wait..were they still technically on the East coast? They were in the bermuda or something, right? Hm. Regardless she wanted to hear about the places he'd been, especially overseas. "That is so cool."

The promise of movies was nice. What kind of selection did this place have? "Thanks! Black's fine. It's how my dad drank it and I usually just had what he had so I'm used to it." She took the mug and sipped carefully at the drink so as not to burn herself, looking to Tuck again as he continued on about planning a party for her. Man, he was serious about this!

"That's some pretty good advice, my best friend's mom said pretty much the same thing going up." Heidi adjusted to sit indian style in her chair, her elbows on her knees. "I'd totally try and do the same for you, yeah. And you're right! Man, I should get to know more Moons to..it's best if we all know each other, yeah? Like, family or something." That was important! You couldn't work properly as a team with people you didn't know!

A brotherhood, huh? That sounded nice! "Mm, yeah. We're the main line of defense sooo..yeah...it makes sense. It's like in WoW. Don't piss off your healers, man." Heidi grinned. She couldn't see herself actually applying that little rule to life but it was still okay to joke, right?

"I don't jog as like a daily thing but I'm cool running and stuff. But sure! I'd be totally up for joining you!" On mornings she woke up in time. They needed to train, right? Morning jogs sounded good for keeping fit. "What else does Mister World Traveler like to do?" Football, the army, jogging, movies..what else? Music?

Heidi drank the coffee despite the taste. She didn't like wasting food, so she would suffer through it...and then possibly see if anyone knew where to get actually decent tasting coffee. "Well I can agree with the first two, not so much the third one. I always got along better with guys than the girls I grew up with." She shrugged and didn't seem at all bothered by it. So she related better to guys. That was just how that worked.

"Movies, books, music. I just like hanging out, really. My best friend's mom was pretty much my mom growing up, she was always telling me to enjoy my younger years and do what I wanted within reason. Don't grow up too fast, y'know? So I did that." And now she was here. But she could still not grow up too fast, right? Just because she was eighteen didn't mean to had to get entirely mature yet. She hoped.

Whoa there cowboy, that really was a personal question. "That's not exactly first date conversation," Heidi teased with a grin, sipping at her coffee some more before she set it down on the table. She shrugged. "Eh. She and my dad split when I wassss..ffffiiiiive? I think that's how old I was. She moved..somewhere." She waved her hand dismissively as if it made no difference to her where. Sure, every now and then she wished she'd known her own mother but it wasn't as if she didn't have a nice mother figure in her life. One who cared and loved her. "My dad wasn't really all that great at being a dad, but he must've been pretty good if he won a custody battle over my mom, eh? S'no big. I had my brother, and my best friend's mom pretty much raised me. I used to spend, like, entire weeks at their house sometimes. She used to joke I was just another daughter to her, and she let me call her mom. It was nice. He tried, I guess, but he could'a tried harder. I'unno." Again Heidi shrugged. Throughout the whole explanation she didn't frown once. Her voice didn't break, she didn't falter or get quiet, she was just very matter-of-fact. It was how things had been, it wasn't like she could change them especially now that she had chosen this. Besides, she had planned on moving out when she was eighteen anyway.

"Back atcha, Forest." Get it? Forest? Trees? They were tall. "Mom and sister? You got a dad? Brothers? The family dog?"

Aw, that sounded sweet! High school sweethearts who stood the test of time~. Haha. "Cute! I was going to get a dog after I moved out, but I prefer big sturdy dogs. Like a lab or a shepherd." A..stroller for a dog? That was a new one for her. Heidi laughed at the idea. "Sounds like um...what's it called? When all of a mother's babies are leaving...uh..oh! Empty nest! The dog became her new baby." Empty nest syndrome or whatever. Did she even dress her dog in little outfits? That would be pretty dang adorable, dude.

Heidi was completely straight-faced as she lied her butt off. "You are the most clever man on this entire island, Tuck." Yup. Sure are. Totes. She grinned again.

Finally she finished the coffee and almost looked relieved when she had. She was glad she was having it just as a drink and not as a pick-me-up or that would call for a reeeeeally bad morning. On the one hand it made sense, buy the cheap coffee in bulk to provide for an entire island of people, if people wanted better stuff they had to pay out of their own pocket, but on the other hand...it sucked, dude. "I don't know about you but I think I'm going to look into how to get a better source of caffeine after this."

"Thanks, I try. I make up for my lack of height with my wit and charm. Try not to fall in love with me, I'm bad news." She even put a hand on Tuck's arm and gave him the brooding look of regret a sparkly vampire would give a girl he was going to stalk endlessly anyway so why the hell did he keep telling her to stay away. "I'm no good for you, Tuckella."

Nailed it.

She let the topic of parents go when it was clear Tuck didn't want to continue down that road, giving his arm a pat before moving her hand away to instead hold her head in the palms of her hands. "Yeah, it's definitely not the best."

And then Tuck spoke her thoughts almost verbatim.



"You're a witch!" She gasped. "You can read minds!"

A moment later she calmed down and appeared to be preening, puffing her chest with pride. "Or great minds think alike." Because she was pretty great.

"Tuckella, please. I'm warning you." Her voice cracked from the laughter she was trying so, so hard to hold in.

Heidi finally lost it at the declaration of needing their glittering skin. She snorted, which made her just laugh that much harder, and covered her mouth with both hands. She had been trying not to laugh for so long that finally letting it out was like opening a shaken soda; she felt like she might never stop. "I was team rocks fall~." She had to remember not to lean back or she might fall.

Oh man. She couldn't remember the last time she had laughed this hard.