Then I suppose that I should go see if there's anything salvageable about my hair or this swimsuit. Thank you for forcing that to be a concern of mine, by the way.

[she stands as well, angled a little away from him and still brushing at stray patches of sand on her shoulders. Rose feels like she's made a misstep despite apparently sidestepping everything, and she likes that about as much as she's liked anything she's been feeling in the past few minutes.

this beach party was a bad idea. she really should have learned her lesson from the last social gathering she went to.]