Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Isla was still in the process of lacing up her ice skates when she happened to glance over and catch Missa smiling at her. Isla returned the smile, and when Missa asked her to come over, she silently declined. Not for any reason of not wanting to be social or whatever. She just noticed Eiji joining her, and Isla figured the last thing two older students wanted was a thirteen-year-old joining them. So she just let them be.

Besides, she was kind of hoping one of her friends would come along soon. Bernie, Blake, Kitt, or any of the other younger ones she'd taken a liking to hanging out with. Speaking of which, and almost as if on cue, she heard somebody calling her name. She looked up to see the translucent figure of Kitt Lazarus joining them at the lake. Even though he was super see-through, it made her happy to see him. She'd felt the same way when she'd seen Blake at the Christmas event. She had approached panic a few times over the last few weeks, but her friends were keeping her grounded.

"I'm on my way!" she said, finishing the lacing process in a hurry this time and less in a somber mood. "Can you skate, or is this going to be one of those times when I have to help hold you up and you eventually drag us both down?" She laughed. "Either way would be fun, but I'm just asking." She had a feeling that with this being Kitt, they'd end up crashing, but who knew. Isla had had a few run-ins with disaster herself this year.