<div class="floatleft">(https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.net/-2583461070047100229/5898889936010511894.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Katie Ward (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15172731#msg15172731)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>21<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>Seattle, Washington<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>5 July, 2019 | Late morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Front door of the villa<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>This outfit (http://melissabenoistupdates.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_066~69.jpg)<br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Dom | Jon | Harlan | Logan<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Katie maintained her warm smile even as Jon looked at her with owlish eyes. He grinned and suddenly Katie’s smile was stretching. Apparently Jon had a contagious effect on her when it came to smiling. He began to sign, very shakily and with long pauses as he tried to remember each sign. She nodded in awe of his efforts, her lips parting as she watched him. When he signed ‘stupid’ instead of ‘funny’ she giggled, shaking her head at him.<br/><br/>“Wow, I’m impressed.” She honestly exclaimed. “You know more ASL than most people.” She leaned over a little closer, gently taking his signing hand into hers and guiding it back to his face. She had him make a fist and press it against his forehead. “This is the sign for ‘stupid,’ not funny.” Katie released his hand and turned to face him a bit better. “This is the sign for ‘funny,’” with her palm facing her, she stroked a few fingers down the bridge of her nose.<br/><br/>Her expression became animated - another must for ASL - and she mouthed the word ‘funny’ while grinning ear to ear, almost expressing the emotion of laughter, only without any noise. Setting her hand back down again, Katie addressed him through ASL, with her own signing. Her hands were fluid as they moved, gracefully and confidently. She spoke softly while she signed. “I’m pleased to meet you and looking forward to finding out why you’re called a funny man.”<br/><br/>When she finished the signs, she went back to her eggs, almost taking the cue from Jon, who was eating his by then. She couldn’t help noticing that he used ketchup on his eggs, too. “Mm, have you always eaten scrambled eggs with ketchup? I thought it was only a Midwestern thing.” She perked her brow at him, keeping a subtle smile on her face. “Where are you from?” She asked, wondering aloud if her theory would be proven right.<br/><br/>Jon mentioned that he had a friend with a kid - something she couldn’t relate to just yet - who was deaf. He picked up some signing through their interactions. “Aw, that’s so sweet.” Katie shrugged a shoulder when he brought up being an interpreter. “Well, I do freelance interpretation. When I get the time, I interpret for deaf people who conduct business, or need to communicate online.” She chuckled softly. “I’m on a webcam, but I wouldn’t say I’m a webcam girl.”<br/><br/>Katie made a humming sound when Jon mentioned more friends having kids, and how he would color with them on occasion, but had no familiarity with adult coloring. “Wow, you have more than one friend with a kid? None of my friends are settling down yet,” she smirked. “I mean, my friends are mostly 21, just like me.” She paused, looking him over curiously. “How old are you, Jon?”<br/><br/>Jon finished up his eggs soon after and Katie was reminded to eat a little faster. So, she took a few more bites of her own eggs. Jon spoke about missing college. “Well, I’m still in college. You can come and visit me if you want.” She offered, sounding a little flirtatious for the first time in their interaction. She finished off her eggs with another bite, and then drank from her personalized water bottle, which had her name on it, in hot pink cursive.<br/><br/>He talked about some of his hobbies and Katie gladly nodded along, finding a napkin to blot at the sides of her mouth with. “I like being outside too. I mean, I like tanning outside a little more than I like jogging outside, but still.” She laughed softly. “I plan to go for the BSN.” She sighed a little bit. “I know it’s a lot of work, but I think it’s worthwhile. I hope to teach a course on nursing after I’m finished with my nursing career. That’s my hope, anyway.”<br/><br/>Katie noticed someone emerging from the villa just then. She looked around to notice the others and saw that even the new arrivals were already starting to pair off. This caused her to bite her lower lip. She wondered if Jon was feeling any sort of a spark with her, or if he was only sitting beside her because of circumstances beyond his control. The first person to come outside introduced himself as James, mentioning that all the faces might be worrisome.<br/><br/>Jon quickly asked why it would worry him to see new faces. “Maybe it’s just because this show is pretty unpredictable sometimes.” She guessed, giving a small wave when Jon introduced her. It was a good sign that he remembered her name, but then again, he was remembering everyone else’s names too. Another islander emerged shortly after James, a gorgeous fitness model looking woman, who called herself Elsa.<br/><br/>Katie accepted the hug with a squeak of an “Oh!” Clearly, she hadn’t expected it. But, she returned the favor just the same, and smiled as Elsa talked about her date from the other night. “Sounds like fun,” she mused aloud, already wondering if Owen was tired because of something that may have taken place during their little date. She wore a knowing smile, as if she were keeping a secret. But Elsa left almost as fast as she arrived.<br/><br/>At least there was someone to keep Harlan company now. Katie felt a bit bad about how their interaction went. Or, more appropriately, didn’t go. Jon leaned over with his phone and snapped a quick selfie with her, his closeness already making her smile before he told her to say cheese. “Cheese!” She exclaimed, leaning close to him, their cheeks grazing during the picture. He went on to take some other photos and then started fiddling with his phone.<br/><br/>He wondered aloud about how many people might show up today. “I have no idea,” she confessed. “What is it that you’re looking to find here, Jon? Like, if your perfect girl walked through the door next, who is she? What does she look like?” Katie gave him a moment to think about his answer, pulling her own phone out. “Wait, first, let’s take a selfie.” She chuckled again, leaning into him and lining their faces up in the screen, pointing it to them so they could see it all the while. “Smile!” She practically sang the word, then just as she pressed the button, kissed his cheek.<br/><br/>Katie only pulled away after making sure that her lips were pursed against his cheek enough to leave an imprint. When she leaned away, she reviewed the picture on her phone. “Aww, you’re so cute.” She showed it to him, biting her lip as she studied his reaction.