<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0d/9f/5a/0d9f5af13c932977d4e3b048e13f14da.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Conner 'Tidalwave' Almasy (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg13091869#msg13091869)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Inside the bar<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 9th, Evening<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Bridges (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg13062037#msg13062037)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Meeting an old friend.<br/><hr/><br/>Conner couldn't believe she was still here.  Him and Bridgette had been good friends when he was here originally.  In fact, the two had been lovers and on more than one occasion, he had found himself laying in between between her and Beta.  He'd always enjoyed that, but the truth was it had been much more than that.  She had helped to heal him in a way.  She was the first person his age that he'd been around that accepted him without question.  She accepted his mutation and his quirks and his issues and didn't ask too many questions.  And he did the same for her, or at least he'd always felt that he did.  In fact, she was the reason that he'd almost not left at all.<br/><br/>But he'd gone anyway.  He needed to spread his wings and get his education, or so Xavier had convinced him.  But there was no denying that leaving Bridgette here had been a painful decision for him.  And he had been worried that she had hated him for going.  However, as he listened to the girls speaking in French to one another, he couldn't resist but speak to them and when Bridgette said his name, he smiled.  She still couldn't get the 'r' quite right, but it still sounded so good coming out of her mouth.<br/><br/>As Bridgette spoke, he remained quiet, knowing that the girl liked to get her point across before anyone else spoke.  And he allowed this, knowing that she would give him a chance to speak.<strong>"I was gone for nine years,"</strong>he pointed out,<strong>"But I was asked to come back, so I did.  I didn't really expect to find you still hanging around here.  They haven't gotten tired of you yet?"</strong>He chuckled good naturedly as he took a moment to take them both in.  They both looked healthier than the last time they had met, but their obsession with expensive clothing seemed to be intact the same way it was when they were young.  He knew she came from money, so he didn't blame her for that.  If he had money, he'd probably do something like that as well.<br/><br/>As he was invited to sit with them, he did, taking his place between them as he had when they were younger.  It had been the way of things with them and he had plenty of fond memories with these two on either side of him, not all of them sexual, though plenty were.  As she poured him a glass of wine, he accepted it with a nod of thanks and sipped it.  It was an expensive vintage, he was sure, but he didn't care about that.  He was more concerned with the girls around him than he was with the wine in his hand.  But he did take a moment to sip it in order to collect his thoughts.  After all, seeing Bridgette here wasn't something he'd been expecting.<br/><br/><strong>"I ended up eating before I came here,"</strong>he told her when she asked if he was hungry, chuckling when she actually complimented the food,<strong>"But I shall remember your praise for the food when hunger finally strikes.  I take it it's very much improved from when we were younger?"</strong>He laughed, remembering some of the less than appetizing meals they had been subject to when they were younger before this place was a school.  As he looked on either side of him, he couldn't help but smile.  This moment made him feel so much younger and he loved it.  It was an unexpected surprise and he was glad that Xavier hadn't told him that Bridgette was still around since it was an amazing feeling to be around her again.<br/><br/>Sipping at the wine, he eventually set the glass down and looked from Bridgette to Beta with a smile.<strong>"It's been far too long,"</strong>he said with a grin,<strong>"I've missed you both so much.  You have to tell me what you've been doing all these years.  Don't hold back.  You never did with me."</strong>He smiled playfully at both girls, knowing that they'd understand he was just teasing them in much the same way they teased him.  And he was very eager to know what they'd been up to for nine years.