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President Cell Phone (he hates that nickname, but then...Jane so he doesn't much have room to talk) called a meeting. It's about time they properly saw Monmouth in and got this quest off the ground. Really, Gansey just wants to see all of his people in one place. He's still a bit unsettled about everyone's position in the city. Blue has moved into Monmouth, which Gansey likes, but it's also changed the dynamic of things, or at least he thinks that's what's changed the dynamic. Ronan has been by Monmouth and rattled through his room, taking stock Gansey thinks, but he hasn't stayed the night. It's not unusual for Ronan; there are nights back in Henreitta that his bed goes unslept in as well. Adam hasn't ever lived at Monmouth, but Gansey wants to give him one last offer and he wants to make certain that everyone knows they're welcome to stay here.

Not to mention the quest. He's not certain if it's the same quest to find Glendower or whether it's a different quest, to find a way out of here so they can return to the Glendower quest. Either way, it's something for Gansey to research, something for him to take notes on and something for him to occupy his time with. It's an important facet of Gansey. He's secretly (not so secretly) an obsessed individual that can easily fall into depression without something to focus on, something productive to obsess about.

In any case, meeting. Yes. There's pizza and Jane has cleaned up a bit. Gansey had to run her out of the main room because things are scattered just the way he likes. He's shuffling through papers on his desk and making notes, mint leaf between his teeth when everyone starts to arrive. He'll put that aside to mingle.

[Open to Ronan, Adam, Noah, Blue and Gansey. Mingle style. I'll probably do a formal 'let's get this meeting started' gansey thing further down. No particular posting order. Let me know if you want Ronan or Gansey in particular, otherwise...have fun? I just wanted TRC buds things]

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Good to Noah has been when the others fully accepted him for what he was, no questions asked. Even when they grieved for him when they realized that he was dead (he told them, after all).

"Then we should go back inside. Ronan will wonder where we went." Because he noticed. Ronan notices.

Noah is the one person who has never been frustrated with Adam. Which is a feat because Adam knows how frustrating he can be for any number of reasons. Noah never seems to expect more than what Adam can give, or begrudge him for what he can't give, or reject what he is capable of offering or judge him when he fails or makes mistakes. Adam doesn't understand why.

Right now he feels like he's been given some kind of gift that he doesn't deserve. Yes he accepts Noah as he is. But Noah is so easy to accept because of all the reasons stated above.

At mention of Ronan, Adam looks up to the windows of Monmouth. The lights on upstairs where the others are, where Ronan is. Noah is right. Ronan will notice he left.

To Noah, he has one request. "Don't tell anyone, okay?"

"As long as you make sure no one makes me eat pizza," Noah says, offering a small crooked smile.

As long as it seems like Adam and Ronan aren't fighting, he won't say a word.

"No one will make you eat pizza. But I bet there's Ramen." There's always Ramen in Monmouth. It's easy to make on a hot plate like the one in the kitchen/bathroom.

They start back toward Monmouth, walking this time instead of running. Sorry about that, Noah. Adam can be skittish sometimes. "Want me to make you some?"

"I'm okay," Noah tells him. He's got his crackers and he can have some peanut butter or something.

And he'll at least do more walking. Not so sure about the running.

"I'm glad, you know," he says when they're nearly inside. "For you guys."

It was almost a let down. Making Ramen would have given Adam something to do with his hands. As it was, he was already crawling out of his skin wondering if Ronan had used this opportunity, him out of the room, to tell Blue and Gansey about them.

He pauses just outside the main room at Noah's response. Adam, being Adam, is looking for the angle in Noah's accepting it so easily. Of course there isn't one. Adam is just not used to anything in his life being easy.

"Thanks." Thanks for being glad. Thanks for taking it so well. Thanks for keeping it a secret if it was still a secret. Thanks for not judging them. Just thanks.

Noah's smile is crooked and sincere.

Maybe he'll have something like that. He knows that Whelk was sleeping with his girlfriend before he died. He knows Whelk just used him. It's only with Gansey and the other - once Noah was dead - that he was accepted. Does he dare wish for more?

Noah isn't sure. He does know, though, that they should go back inside. "Ready?" he asks.

He's not the most optimistic individual to have ever existed. Wishing sounds like a futile effort to him. He's more about making things happen. Don't wish for more, Noah. Strive for more. You still might get let down, but at least you'll know you worked damn hard for it.

Adam takes a deep breath, briefly looking into Noah's eyes before nodding. "Yeah."

Yeah, working hard for things isn't something that Noah is so familiar with. Adam can help him with that.

In they go.

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