Kathy

"James!" Kathy shouts excitedly, rushing passed Jennifer as if she wasn't even there and jumping into your arms, nearly taking out down in a flying tackle.

Some metahuman you are?

"Hey," you say smilingly at her.

"I haven't seen you in, like, forever!" Kathy declares.

"Who's fault was that?" you inquire playfully. "I know for a fact you'd been invited to my graduation."

"Same place as your rotten sister, who failed to tell me you were moving up here," Kathy complained playfully.

"To be fair, YOUR COUSIN, failed to mention you'd be here until we parked downstairs," you responded in kind.

The red head in the room giggled at the byplay. "Must be 'Pick on Jenny' Day."

"Oh, ha-ha," Jennifer replied unamused. "Little brother, this is Annabeth. Beth, this is James."

Kathy doesn't release you, and tucks herself under your arm as she keeps a firm hold around your waist.

"It's nice to be able to put a face to the name," Annabeth replied as she approached with a friendly smile, shaking your hand. She actually surprises you with a proper handshake. So few ever bother and it's one of your pet peeves.

"Wish I could say the same, but you've been kinda sprung on me at the last minute too," you tell her.

"To be fair, I think me and your cousin are last minute guests," Annabeth replies in defense of Jennifer.

"Not his cousin," Kathy quickly states.

"Jen and I are only half-siblings," you clarify.

"Oh," Annabeth says in surprise before shifting her expression back into a smile, though not quite as genuine as before. "Gotcha!"

Jennifer cuts in. "Allie still making dinner?"

Annabeth nods in response. "Though she says it's almost done."

"Whatever it is, it smells awesome," you state as you direct yourself and Kathy to the nearby couch. Kathy disengages from you as the two of you sit down. Annabeth takes the recliner. You're quite surprised at all the furniture in the apartment. If it had been your apartment, you figure you'd be lucky to have milk crates to sit on, but Jen's apartment seems to be fully furnished.

"It's just homemade lasagna- my mom's recipe- with garlic bread," said a blonde you quickly surmise is Allie.

You are surprised at how good looking both Allie and Beth are, though you shouldn't be. Especially when you take into account that Kathy and Jennifer are both quite attractive as well.

"You didn't have to go to all the trouble," you say to her.

"It's all right. It's sort of my thing," Allie replies with a dismissive shrug. "I don't get to do it often, but when I do, I like to go all out."

"Well, thank you, in advance," you respond.

"And, if you haven't figured it out by now, I'm Allie," she needlessly informs you of the obvious.

"James," you reply back with a smirk.

"I figured," she stated amusedly.

"Just in case," You tell her.

"Did you at least know I'D be here?" She asks with a smirk and a quick glance towards Jennifer.

"Believe it or not, I did," you gasp with fake surprise.

Jennifer sighs. "You are all horrible, horrible people!"

The rest of us merely laugh in response. It takes a moment for the laughter to die down and Jennifer takes the light teasing graciously.

Annabeth, meanwhile, seems to be barely able to sit still, barely able to contain her excitement. "So, what's it like, you know, being a metahuman?"