“A pond?” Unable to hide her surprise, Kathy looked at Crash while trying to recall yesterday’s events. There had been a decent amount of time since they separated and met up for the party, but she hadn’t thought that he could have gotten into another mishap during that gap. ‘And here I thought I had a busy time yesterday.’ She thought, half amused and half amazed in a sense.
Watching Lion pace around seeming to be searching for Little Feather’s scent, she became slightly worried. ‘Little Feather went somewhere without him?’ Then seeing the comical pose Lion was putting Crash in, she smiled and nodded. “He’s a friend. Don’t worry, he doesn’t bite.” Drawing a little closer to the table she began to tell Lion, “She couldn’t have gotten far, we should just go and sear-”
Taken by surprise, her thought processes stopped completely. Luck and her own balance had kept them from falling over completely, but that meant she was in complete contact with Crash. Her face turning completely red as she subconsciously held her breath and she found herself frozen in place. She couldn’t even form coherent thoughts let alone figure out how to move properly. It got worse for her when they made eye-contact. Kathy could feel her heartbeat drumming away in her ears and she was sure she was going to die from high blood pressure and/or an irregular heart rate. As Crash jumped away, she finally let go of the breath she was holding and brought her hands up to her burning cheeks. “Th-That’s okay… It wasn’t your fault.” Taking in a deep breath, she thought, ‘At least he seems flustered too. It’s normal to be embarrassed in that kind of situation, right?’
“Caleb! I can’t take anymore today please, for the love of this library get your books and go”
‘Caleb? Who is- oh.’ In a rather unexpected and indirect way, she ended up learning Crash’s full name from the lady at the desk. Unless he had a middle name she didn’t know about, but she was never particularly concerned with middle names because people rarely used it in an actual conversation. She felt sorry for Crash, but at the same time she could sympathize with the lady behind the desk.
“Yeah, thank you. I’ll be out soon.” She told Crash, giving him a small wave in response to his offer to help. Kathy let out a small sigh. She wished her blush would go away as quickly, but the red tint still remained in her cheeks. Luckily for her, Lion had the perfect distraction. ‘Uh oh.’ Glancing once at the mess of papers, her attention quickly turned to the librarian who was clearly not having her best day at work. Watching Crash make a hasty escape she picked up one of the books he had left behind and called out, “Wait! Don’t you need these?” Looking at the title, she raised her brow. It was a paperback copy of Romeo and Juliet. Not a book she particularly enjoyed, and it was rather unexpected to see Crash interested in the tragedy sold under the category of romance. Before she could ponder any further, however, at the next moment the book was taken out of her hand and thrown at the red-haired shape shifter at the exit. The librarian must have really had enough.
Turning to Lion hiding behind her she commented, “Hey, don’t hide behind someone weaker than you. That’s cheating, and turning me into a scapegoat.” With the mess around them, she began to gather the paper again before she was stopped by the librarian. The lady was massaging the bridge of her nose while sighing, “It’s fine, please. Just let me do my work and…” Kathy got the message. Murmuring a quick apology, she went upstairs to where Eric was. Finding him engrossed in a book between the shelves, she tapped him lightly on the shoulder she whispered, “Sorry, but I think I’ll be leaving now. It was very nice meeting you Eric.”
Returning back downstairs, she was just about ready to leave when she saw that the girl with wavy blond hair was back next to Lion. More importantly, something seemed off about her. “Are you alright?” Worried, she knelt down next to them and took a closer look. The girl was sweating a lot and seemed unconscious, which was setting off alarms inside of Kathy’s head. Lightly tapping the girl’s cheeks she tried calling out again, “Hey, can you hear me?”
((There's a tl;dr version I made in the OOC for people under a time constraint. xD))