She leaves August to nap after their post-arrival activities, heading down to the sauna to heal herself up a bit. Her body is sore from everything, the debt collection, the car ride, the... activities.

"Hmmn." Eden sighs as she steps into the heat, closing her eyes. Fuck yes.

When she hears a familiar voice griping at her, she looks over and raises an eyebrow. "Summer Prescott. Is that any way to treat someone you've known since childhood?" She asks.

Of course, Eden wasn't the same girl Summer knew back then - not just in her appearance, either.

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"The one and only." Eden hums her reply, and crosses the room to sit down on the bench. "I didn't think anyone was in here."

She licks her lips and tightens her towel around her too-small frame. August was probably planning to fatten her up on the holiday, anyway. After all, he had been feeding her cookies and things from his grandmother, too.

"I can leave, if you'd like?" She makes no move to get up - a display of dominance. They both came from powerful families, and she had just knocked her own father off the pedestal; she had the higher ground, if it was to be a fight.

But once upon a time, they had played in her parents gardens, danced in fields of green grass and spun in circles holding hands with Knox until they fell onto their backs laughing.

Hopefully a display of power isn't what she wanted.

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Getting my ass constantly handed to me, coupled with the crushing workload of being a medical student. Eden wants to say, her nails gently digging into the wood on the bench. It's soft from years of use and hot air.

"Around." She says instead, looking at her nails. She flicks some of the wood from them and sighs, leaning back against the wall of the sauna. "You?" The question is returned, because she hasn't heard much from Summer's side of the woods, either. Knox never really mentioned her anymore, and she figured she had fucked off to be some big shot.

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"Mm. Sounds productive." Eden retorts, grabbing one of the warm cloths from a bucket on the wooden bench. She flops it over her chest and inhales deeply.

When Summer mentions Knox, not enough heat in the sauna could thaw the way her blood runs cold. She grips her towel a bit and shrugs.

"Sometimes." She lies. "Not as often as I'd like." A partial truth. Not as often as I would, if he would deign to awaken from his stupor and contact me. The full truth.

"You?" Eden knows they're not on the best terms.

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Eden nods, thinking for a moment as Summer goes quiet. But when she asks if she has plans, she shakes her head.

"No, not that I know of. Unless my boyfriend has planned another romantic weekend away." She lets out a soft laugh, eyebrows raising. "Why do you ask?" Her interest is piqued now, but only because she's glad to be off the topic of Knox.

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Having @augustus connected to her was a blessing, but she also worried about him - worried about his safety when so many rockets knew what she had done. And how he supported her on it.

"I'll ask him if he wants to." A pause.

"Will Knox be there?" She asks softly, narrowing her eyes at the floor. She's not sure if she's ready to see him.

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Eden chews and chews and chews her lip, thinking about what Summer's said.

"Oh really?" She murmurs. "I don't know anything about that." I don't know anything about Knox, anymore. Is what she really wanted to say.

"Well, I'll think about it. And I'll ask August. You've probably met him before - his father is pretty important to..." She glances around, making sure there were no speakers or anything in the room. "Business."

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