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Cass fumbles with her bag and takes a precursory glance at the funeral plot. She recognizes just about everyone, Austin's girlfriend, best friend, and that one guy she shared a lot of classes with--Jaxon, right? Or was it somebody else? Her eyes flick away for a moment. Jaxon was name she hadn't thought of since she moved away, but she remembers liking the guy well enough. Cute--that was the extent of her old thoughts, nothing more.

A tinge of awkwardness hits her body the moment she looks at Summer. [color=2A3F91]"Oh god,"[/color] she mutters to herself. She was far enough from Summer that she wouldn't hear it. [color=2A3F91]"I'm so sorry."[/color] Yeah, she hated Austin, but Summer was his girlfriend. She just lost a loved one. That was probably devastating.

Chris kept his sunglasses on, despite being in doors. He had noticed his eyes were red and puffy when he had checked the mirror in his car. He stood against one wall, with his arms crossed. He had exchanged pleasantries with Austin's loved ones on the way in. It had been a while since they had spoken much. It was pretty obvious that Chris was trying to appear less rattled than he was. To distract himself he set his eyes on the door, watching the attendees trickle in. One of their teachers from high school. The town librarian. Expected faces. Then came a small woman with a dark ponytail; it took a Chris a moment to recognise her. But once he did he didn't hesitate to approach her. He strode up, he walked like a man in his element. Completely sure of himself. The sunglasses hid any cracks in his persona.

"Cass Warden? Is that you? It's been so long."

She loses herself in a few deep breathes until she notices Chris approaching her.

Chris.

That was a face she hadn't seen in a long time. He still looked as confident as ever. [color=2A3F91]"Chris? Hey, yeah,"[/color] she clears her throat. [color=2A3F91]"We used to have Home Ec. together, right? I remember you. I moved away to the city after graduation, I didn't mean to leave you so suddenly. I mean, me and my family were in a real hurry, a lot of things happened, I really meant to keep in contact, I just--"[/color]

That's way too awkward. 

[color=2A3F91]"It's... great seeing you again, I'm sorry for not keeping in touch after moving." [/color]

Still too awkward. A glint of frustration appears in her eyes as she stumbles her way through conversation. [color=2A3F91]"God, I'm so bad at this stuff. How have you been, though? Did you keep in touch with Austin? What's happened in Elysian since I left?"[/color]

Frustrations with herself aside, she was, at the very least, glad to see Chris was doing okay still.