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[ She glances up when she hears his voice, her furrowed brow of concentration gives way to a bright smile. Closing her book and quickly tucking it into her purse, letting him close the distance between them and taking a few steps of her own to help. She moves to grip his jacket, fingers curling in the lapels as she draws him closer.]

Hey. [ She leans in to press a gentle kiss to his lips in greeting, her arms moving to lazily wrap around his neck.]

[ He missed this, and by missed I mean really missed this in the time since they last saw each other. It's kind of crazy how much he loves her, how much he can feel that he loves her now that they're not constantly distracted by all of Riverdale.

He returns the kiss, hands going to her waist and sliding over her back. ]

Did I keep you waiting?

Not too long. [ It was why she had the book. She'd gotten there a little early so she could enjoy the day, luckily the weather was holding nicely.

And well, she'd wait forever for him, she finds herself thinking. She also wonders if love always feels this intense, without distractions or heartache. It feels good, really good.

She lets one hand slip into his hair just beneath his beanie, fingers massaging his scalp lazily, not caring a lick of anyone might be bothered by their PDA.]

Thanks for coming all this way.

[ Hey, if anyone has a problem with teens kissing then that's on them. It's not like they're being indecent in any way. ]

Of course. I want to see De Chima. [ And her. Mostly her. Okay, entirely her. ] It's weird. Back home I barely left Riverdale and now we can go almost wherever on the east coast in no time at all.

I know. [ She smiles at him, reaching up to touch his cheek just because she can.] Before coming here, I hadn't even been on a plane. Now... I've been to space. [ She laughs a little before she presses a light kiss to his lips and then pulls back to take one of his hands so they can walk.]

If you could go anywhere here, where would you go?

[ He holds her hand, thumb rubbing idly over the back of it as they walk. ]

Is it weird if I say New York? Archie always talked about us moving there after high school. I've never even visited.

[ They were going on a road trip on the fourth of July weekend, but we all know how that turned out. ]

It's not weird, [ she says, glancing at him with a gentle expression. She'd done an internship there last summer. It's an amazing place.]

We should go sometime. We can take my car and go stay in the city overnight.

I like the sound of that. [ He smiles, gives her hand a little squeeze. ] What about you? Where do you want to go?

New York, actually. I want to see what it's like here. If it's different. [ She'd been to the city back home, she imagines it's different here.]

New York it is, then.

...Have you thought about finding Riverdale? [ He's curious but also not sure if he actually wants to know. ]

I didn't know if... I thought that might break something. [ She gives him a sheepish look.]

Like... bumping into someone we know? [ Like time travel? ]

I don't know... [ She looks ahead.] I didn't think anyone else was here. I've posted to the network, so has Reggie. No one from Riverdale responded.

So maybe there are people here, but they don't know us? [ Or didn't see the message. Nah, that sounds stupid. ] Is it weirder if there is a Riverdale or isn't?

[ She laughs lowly because it's a conundrum, his question.] That's a question for the ages. [ She looks at him again.] Do you want to find out? If it exists? I guess we could find a map.

I'm curious. I don't know what I'd do if it's actually still there, but... yeah, I think I want to know.

Would you want to go there?

Maybe? If only to go to the bottom of this mystery.

Maybe after we go to the city, we can drive up.

I like the sound of that. Make it a proper road trip. [ They've never gone on any kind of vacation. Getting away from a while would be good. ]

[ She lets go of his hand and instead, moves to loop her arm through his so she can walk closer to him.]

We can use only maps, [ she grins.] Make it a low-tech road trip. An adventure.

Even better. [ He smiles, gently nudging their shoulders together. ] Drop off the grid for awhile.

How do you feel about the whole ImPort celebrity thing?

[ They probably are the only two teenagers completely comfortable with the idea of dropping off the grid. It sounds refreshing to her, to be honest.

At his question, she shrugs.]

I don't think I'll ever get famous myself, which is fine by me. I think hero worship can be dangerous.

Agreed. [ In so many ways. ] So no one bothers you..?

I haven't done anything particularly heroic. Or showy. [ She glances towards her car that's parked on the street nearby.] I've used my powers to drive my car, to help a few people who have broken down on the road. [ She glances back at him, again a little sheepish.]

When I first got here, I didn't have good control, I sort of... threw a car at a thief but I missed him and he got away.