Tourist ROAD TRIP (mingle)

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Touristas and visitors
Broadcast: as needed
Action: The Tourist!
When: The month of June

[ Get bit by the June Bug and mingle to your heart's content! ]

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

Not unless you're Little Debbie.

It's a kind of inexpensive pre-made pastry.

But I bet you can get Winn to call you that if you want.

[passingthrough]

We had Little Debbie honeybuns before the decline of civilization. And Kitty works just fine.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's kind of hard to know, you know?

[passingthrough]

[She waves a hand.] All good. I know how it is. Lots of references I don't get. I only have to hang out with Winn and Cisco together or a couple of minutes to realize that.

[takingkarabusiness]

Hey, I'm even from Winn's dimension, and I feel like a 13 year old alien all over again when they're talking. It's freaky.

[passingthrough]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels super out of place around them. [Which is probably just as fun for a best friend as it is a girlfriend.]

[takingkarabusiness]

It'd be easier for us if they just spontaneously developed telepathy and kept their voices down. But I think that's also what makes them so great, you know?

[passingthrough]

Mmm...yeah, I guess so. [She doesn't sound like the fully supportive girlfriend she totally is, does she?]

[takingkarabusiness]

Spill it, Ms. Pryde. What's on your mind?

[passingthrough]

Hm? Oh, nothing. I already told Winn anyway. Trying to just get over it. [You know the "it" she was supposed to spill.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm glad you talked to Winn about it, but it seems like there's still stuff for you to process, here.

I know I haven't always done my best, but nothing we talk about will get back to Winn or Cisco before you decide to tell them.

[passingthrough]

Just that it's easy to feel kind of left out and generally insecure and kind of jealous. [Yes, these are fun things to admit. Watch as her eyes dance away from Kara's.]

[takingkarabusiness]

That surprises me. Are you jealous about me and Winn being friends?

[passingthrough]

You'd think so based on everything I know, wouldn't you? [She shakes her head.] Nope, not at all. Maybe because you were a pre-exisiting condition.

[takingkarabusiness]

That's me, the big ol' boil.

So, it's not romantic jealousy. I don't think, anyway? More like emotional jealousy, maybe.

[passingthrough]

I don't think Cisco and Winn want to run away together, no. [She is very secure with that part of her relationship. She just...also wants to be a best friend. She feels like she dropped back to third place at beast when Cisco got here.]

[takingkarabusiness]

Look, I'm just saying.

So... where are you with it? What's going through your head?

[passingthrough]

I'm trying not to be snippish with Cisco and so far so good? [Is that what you meant? The symptoms?]

[takingkarabusiness]

Do you think it's possible to address the underlying issue?

[passingthrough]

No. We're probably doomed. [Are the jokes helpful?]

[takingkarabusiness]

Abandon all hope ye who enter here.

[passingthrough]

There's just really nothing to work on. It just is what it is. I know he loves me. That's the important part.

[takingkarabusiness]

You can't change the way they get along, and I don't think you'd want to. But Kitty, I've known Winn for years, and I've never seen him look at anyone else the way he looks at you. Not me, not Cisco, not his brand new kitted out gaming laptop. Sure, he and Cisco speak some exclusive nerd language (not that that's a bad thing) but you're 100% irreplaceable in his eyes.

[passingthrough]

I know.

[Softer.] I know. [She has seen the look. Felt the look.]

Just being greedy I guess. I'd never want him to have less.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ kara squeezes kitty's arm lightly and affectionately ]

I know that about you. But sometimes feelings are just irrational. It's okay.