Going from celebrating their school graduation to showing up suddenly in the middle of New York City was some kind of geographical whiplash. Not only that, but the sun had just started to come up on the Montana horizon. Now here she was on the street in the middle of the day with the sun shining down on her and minimal shade. Thankfully, she'd somehow appeared a block away from St. Patrick's Cathedral, so she was able to stand under one of the large archway entrances for relief from the sun. She could have stood the direct sun for a while, but she didn't want to risk anything considering how little she knew about this place. She considered going inside the church, but she'd rather be able to see Rose coming once she was close. And it was probably best that their reunion didn't happen inside a quiet church.
This was another one of those times that Lissa was jealous of the one-way bond between Rose and herself. She would have felt so much better if she could know exactly how close she was or even feel how she really felt about this place. She knew she would feel a hundred times better as soon as she was able to see Rose for herself, but she still had trouble processing how this was actually real.
A few minutes passed, and she awkwardly smiled at a couple that walked past her to enter the church. Thankfully, it was only another minute or so that she saw the familiar brunette break into a run as soon as they saw one another. Lissa couldn't help but smile, both in relief and happiness to see her, nearly tumbling back from the force of the hug as soon as Rose was on her.
"Hello to you too," Lissa said, laughing, not at all minding the tightness of the hug. She squeezed her friend tightly and might have hung on longer than she normally would. It reminded her a little of their other reunion that had happened only a couple months ago.
"I know you already explained everything, but Rose... it's still hard to believe this is real."