Oh so very bored in the Second Floor Common Room

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::Cally has returned to the dorms after spending the afternoon helping Han work on the Falcon. Instead of showering or changing, she just wanders into the common room and plops down on the couch, still wearing her father's bright orange flight-deck jumpsuit::

::She sighs, and grabs the remote for the TV, and begins flipping through the channels, hoping somebody might drop in::

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[chasingangela]

Angela can tell she probably won't like the question, but...

"You know how people never say that when it's something good? Why is that? But, um, ask away," she says.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory laughs and looks at her hands.

"Um, if Logan is friends with Angelus...is that going to be a problem? Because I think I know what's going on there, and...it's nothing bad."

[chasingangela]

Angela thinks about it for a second, then cautiously shakes her head. "I don't think so. From what Logan was saying, it sounds like he somehow identifies with Angelus, and I guess I can understand that in a way -- I mean, he can seem okay if you don't get on his bad side.. I think Logan is wrong to trust him, but ... a lot of people at the school seem to."

She cocks one eyebrow. "Is Logan going to have a problem with me? I was probably a little upset."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory shakes her head. "I think he's fine. And I think part of his deal is that he wants to stay on Angelus' good side." She shugs, and takes a sip of coffee.

"And...wait," she says, freezing. Something Angela said has hit home. "He identifies with Angelus? Because...he feels like alienated or something?" she says, almost to herself.

Something's niggling at the back of her mind...something horrible had happened awhile ago to a boy named Logan Echolls, she remembers. It was all over the news...something that would be cause for him to feel like that. She bites her lip, trying to remember.

[ooc: Rory's about to finally realize that Logan's the Logan Echolls she spent the summer hearing about, re: the Lilly murder and all of that. Just FYI.]

[chasingangela]

Angela frowns. "I think I meant with, like, the ex-girlfriend stuff. I don't know anything about it, but I heard that he and Lilly had some huge fight when Homecoming tickets went on sale, and it sounded like he felt I was really wrong to ask Buffy about Angelus. So I kind of figured there were issues there."

[OOC: Cool. Angela's from a different point in time, so Logan's name won't mean anything to her, though his dad's might, if we're assuming all the normals at FH are from the same earth.]

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Oh my God," Rory murmurs.

Angela saying Lilly's name triggers it. All the names fell into place. Aaron Echolls, the celebrity who killed his son's girlfriend after she threatened to go public with the sex tapes he had made of her. It had been all over the news this past summer.

Aaron Echolls - the man Logan had thought he was during the zombie attack. Logan's father had slept with his girlfriend and killed her.

Her hands are shaking, and she unconsciously drops her coffee cup. She jumps when the hot liquid hits her legs, however.

"Oh, ugh, I'm sorry," she says distractedly, pulling a few napkins from her purse and wiping the floor. "Did I get you, Angela?"

[ooc: Still figuring out how Rory would take this realization...and that worked out nicely, with the mentioning of Lilly. :)]

[chasingangela]

Angela looks down. "Just my jeans. I'm fine."

She goes to the sink and gets Rory some paper towels. "Are you okay?" she asks.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"What? Oh...yeah," Rory says, still shaky and pale. She attempts a smile, takes the paper towels and blots up the coffee. "Just...realized something."

She glances up at Angela. "Have you ever heard of Aaron Echolls? Y'know, the movie star?"

[chasingangela]

Angela nods. "Yeah. He does all those cop movies, right?"

She furrows her brow. "Is Logan related to him somehow? And, um ... you look really upset."

[OOC: I don't know VMars well enough to know canon on Aaron's filmography, so I kept it vague.]

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"He's his dad," Rory says softly. "And if I'm remembering correctly...he was the one who killed Lilly."

She shakes her head. "Sorry. I just...I didn't realize he was that Logan Echolls. It was really highly publicized this summer, but I don't usually pay attention to celebrity crap like that."

She leans back on her haunches and sits heavily on the floor. "Oh, God. It all just makes so much sense now," she says, shaking her head. "I'm so stupid. And why didn't he tell me?"

[ooc: That works perfectly. I discovered VM mid-season, so I'm not that familiar either, but from what I understand, Aaron did cop movies and action stuff.]

[chasingangela]

Angela blinks. "Lilly Kane? Someone killed her? But she's ... she's here. I saw her dancing with Rover yesterday. How can she be dead?"

She realizes that's kind of beside the point right then, and puts a hand on Rory's arm. "I don't know why he didn't tell you the whole story. Maybe he was just trying not to upset you," Angela says. "I mean, I know that's what was going on with Marty's secret."

"Do you want to call him and try to work it out?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory shakes her head. "I...I don't know. I mean, if he wanted me to know, he would've told me, right?"

She stands up, picking up the paper towels, and throwing them in the trash absently. "I think I'm going to go check out some stuff online, see if I'm right, and then head over there," she says quietly to Angela, biting her lip.

[chasingangela]

Angela nods to Rory. "Do what you need to do. I'll be around later if you need to talk about it."

She is clearly worried as she watches Rory fussing with the paper towels.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory offers a small smile. "Don't worry. It'll be fine," she adds, more to reassure herself than Angela. "And, um, I'll definitely take you up on that talking thing. I think I'll be needing it," she sighs.

She gives Angela a quick hug, and walks off towards her room, calling, "Wish me luck!" over her shoulder.