Seahorse cabin, right around midnight Thursday

[fates_jaye]

Jaye stays up late, for a specific reason. In her pajamas, she puts on shoes and goes outside and hangs out by the side of her cabin to make a phone call.



Darrin sounds tired when he picks up the phone. "Hello?"

"Hi, it's me," says Jaye, trying to sound cheerful even though she could hardly be more tired.

"It's midnight. Is something wrong?"

"No, but you wanted to hear more from me and this is really all the time I've had."

"Oh," he says. "So everything's okay?"

"Yep. Moved into the cabins Sunday night, got reaquainted with my cabinmates," she says.

"Good. That's really good."

"Had two classes so far. Economics, where I got some good practical experience, and... Ethics. Which was an interesting discussion."

"Good things for you to be taking," Darrin yawns.

"And besides that, I've just been hanging out with friends, mainly. Being social, making connections that are deeply important in a teenage girl's life."

"That's good. You should be going out, having fun."

"I am," Jaye says. "Trust me. I'm sorry, did I wake you up?"

"No, no, of course not, I'm up."

"You should have told me," she says. "I'll let you go. Bye, Dad."

"No, it's okay, I'm awake now-"


If she'd heard the last part, she probably wouldn't have hung up.