After all these years. (Laine and Open)

Mac couldn't help but laugh as Esmes excitement started to build about the house, and about Finley, and about the invitation for Lainey to live with them. If there was one thing Mac missed the most about Esme, it was her completely amazing ability to stay upbeat even in dark times. The girls love and excitement was an incredibly strong force, something that Mac couldn't deny she was jealous of. Mac stayed positive often, sure, but the only way she did that was by acting like she didn't care about what was happening around her.

She gave Laine a nod as she said she'd have to think about it, "take your time," she said. She nodded at Fin also as he asked if she'd like to join them taking care of the registration and whatnot.

(should we end this thread soon? o.O then @esmeralda and Mac can start their own with mac showing her the house!)

Esme really wanted to push Lainey further about bunking in with her and her friends, but decided that giving her time to think was better.  She couldn't be too pushy.  But she turned to acknowledge Finley, who had approached her.  She smiled back at him.  "Thank you...Colonel Rockefellar," she said, the sound of it still foreign on her tongue.  "It's good to see you, too."  She wanted to bombard him with questions about his new rank of his and how it came to be established and if the military here had a totally new structure that differed from the Legion, and what rank she would be enlisted in.  She had a feeling that now was not the time to ask such things, though, but she would ask Mac later.

She looked at Lainey when the other girl said she wanted to speak to her old friend.  Esme understood, even if she wanted Lainey to be with her and Mac right now.  But, it seemed that they would all be together for a moment, as Finley was going to help them get registered.  "Oh, yes, that sounds nice," she said.  "I can't wait to be a citizen of this place!" She took Mac's arm in hers and followed the Colonel to the designated immigration office.

((I don't mind if we end it!))