Remember that rubber tree plant?

[leylined]

it grew.

Comments

[safe_as_life]

Seems like you're taking care of it just fine if it's growing. Though I still think you should have opted for a mint plant.

[leylined]

Mint is a filthy habit that I won't support, Gansey. We're actually planning an intervention.

[safe_as_life]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with my mint! There is no coming between us, either. Don't even think about it.

[leylined]

I have a bottle of weed-b-gone and I'm not afraid to take...extreme...measures.

[safe_as_life]

That's not even funny, Adam. You should feel my heart right now.

[leylined]

I may have to. Steve is getting jealous.

[safe_as_life]

...Steve?

[leylined]

Blue named it.

[safe_as_life]

I didn't know naming plants was a thing.

[leylined]

Apparently it is. I...guess it's named Steve.

[safe_as_life]

Well, if Jane says it's name is Steve, then it's Steve.

[leylined]

Also Steve didn't look so refined earlier. I found beetles in the apartment, so I went to town. Oh, fun fact: Rubber trees attract beetles.

[safe_as_life]

You should have asked Ronan to bring Chainsaw over. I'm sure she would have had a field day with the beetles.

[leylined]

Hindsight's always 20/20. It does seem kind of lonely, though, doesn't it?

[safe_as_life]

Steve, you mean?

[leylined]

Yeah, Steve. Maybe some other plants, too? But it's starting to get late in the season, and I don't think I have room for another tree.

[safe_as_life]

I've never really thought of plants as being lonely, but... I suppose it does look a little lonely over there. Do you think my mint plant is lonely? Maybe they can hang out together.

[leylined]

You have a ton of those mint plants stashed around Monmouth. If you weren't allergic to bees, you could probably breed them.

[safe_as_life]

I'd rather talk about Steve. You could fit another plant in here if you wanted to.

Or, you could get a bigger place. [Shrugs]

[leylined]

Not while Kavinsky's there.

[safe_as_life]

And if he wasn't?

[leylined]

I don't know. Maybe.

[safe_as_life]

He'll go home eventually. He's only staying here until... his mother gets back, I suppose? Ronan only gave me pieces of the story. She got taken away.

[leylined]

Taken where? [Taken away could be anything. Hell, he could be in foster care, or his mother might not want to come back.]

[safe_as_life]

I think to a psych ward. Apparently she wasn't doing very well. Ronan said someone else took guardianship of Kavinsky, but he's still allowed to stay in his home. I'm not sure how they got around all that. Ronan didnt want him there alone, though. It's why he's been here and in school every day. I think it's part of some deal. I don't know.