The Tiberius J. Swann Education Facility

Who: Kim and Maggie
When: Wednesday afternoon
Where: A mall near Danvers
What: Kim's helping Maggie do some shopping.

One of the weirdest things about the virus (aside from the fact that supernaturals were getting sick) was the fact that the children began to age rapidly. That had resulted in Kim's pregnancy advancing four months as well as Kamea aging about five years, but right now, Kim was helping another girl who had aged significantly. Before Charlie left, Kim and Starbuck had become quite close with him and, subsequently, close with Maggie as well. So when Charlie asked if Kim could take Maggie shopping for clothes and other things for her newly teenage self, Kim didn't hesitate to say yes. Charlie was going through a rough enough time and she wanted to help in whichever way she could.

Both girls were currently strolling through the mall after finding a store that seemed to fit Maggie's new style. Kim really wanted to stop for a snack, so they had headed to the food court which had tons of choices. But most importantly to Kim, it had ice cream. She happily ate her waffle cone with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream as she sat down at a table with Maggie. "So what do you think? Successful so far?"

Who: Nico and Lyle
What: A date and discussions
Where: Boston
When: Evening
Rating: TBD

Lyle had taken Nico to Bistro du Midi, a little French place in the heart of Boston with excellent wine and really decent food. Lyle had ordered everything in flawless french, which had confused the waiter and made the vampire laugh. He wanted this night to be fun, because he honestly didn't know how Nico would accept what he was going to say to him. It could go either way. On the one hand, Nico might not care and say he was perfectly fine with everything, and life would simply go on as it had before. Or he could not like it whatsoever, and then they'd have a problem. Lyle was really, really hoping there wouldn't be a problem.

It wasn't until after the dinner plates had been cleared away, and they had been left to debate over dessert, that Lyle decided he wanted to bring up The Discussion. He knew he shouldn't have been looking at it as such a big deal, because if he didn't think or act like it was a big deal, it wouldn't be. "So," he said casually, swirling the dregs in the bottom of his wine glass (his third). "I guess now is as good a time as any to get to the ulterior motive, hm?"