Outside the Dorms [Friday Morning]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

After making a trip to the NPC Girl Scout last night, John's now loaded down with boxes and boxes of Girl Scout cookies. He keeps several boxes for himself, stowing them in his room before heading outside the dorms and deciding to just give the cookies away.

"Hear ye, hear ye, free Girl Scout cookies for one and all! All varieties! Completely and absolutely free! A nice pick me up before class!"

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[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

She nodded and made a note to buy some vanilla ice cream or stash the cookies in the freezer later. "Make sure you show Aeryn. I know she thinks we're nuts--it'd probably be good if you showed her that some of our traditions are actually worth it."

A thought occured to her. "Speaking of weird traditions, any plans for Thanksgiving?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Thanksgiving?" John frowns. "No, I'm not going home. I'm gonna stay with Aeryn here probably."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

She decided not to ask why he wasn't going home--she remembered Parents' Weekend. "We should do something," Sam said as she resealed the package of cookies. "I can't won't be going home either. I even promise not to cook."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, sort of like a Thanksgiving here?" John nods. "I'd like that. I think Aeryn would like it too. Spend time with people she actually likes and not my stupid family," he says just a little bitterly.

[janet_fraiser]

"Hey." Janet nudges him with her shoulder and then leans against John. "I'm sorry. Maybe your dad will come around eventually."

"Can you cook? Or at least help? I'm not doing this all by myself."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John leans back and tries to smile. "Eventually. Maybe. I can help. Cooking's not my strongest suit but I'm good with some side dishes."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I can set the table. And do the dishes," she volunteered. "But where are we going to do this?"

[janet_fraiser]

"I could ask Daniel if we could borrow his apartment while he's gone," said Janet. "I'm sure he'd give me the keys."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Or I could always pick the lock," she shrugged. "It's not like I've never done it before."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet laughed. "You've picked the lock on Daniel's apartment before?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Well, not this apartment, but the one in Colorado? Sure. He lost his keys, and it's not like we were exactly in a position to go back for them, if you know what I mean."

[janet_fraiser]

"He took his apartment keys along on a field trip?" asked Janet disbelievingly. She covered her face with her hand, shook her head, then looked back up at Sam. "How did he survive for so long? Wait, no, don't answer that."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam laughed. "It was back when he'd just started...teaching. I don't think he ever did it again."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet snickered. "I imagine he wouldn't. I'm sure that after the lectures and the teasing stopped, the learning experience had sunk in."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam looked confused for just a second at the idea that teasing had stopped. Last trip they'd gone through the 'gate, Jack had still been telling Daniel to check his pockets and go to the bathroom before they left the locker room. "Uh, yeah. Sure."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet reaches up and rifles her hand through his hair. "Thanksgiving here will be fun," she says firmly. "And small, which is good. I'm not making enough turkey for the second floor. If you can handle some side dishes, that'd be a help. We'll let Sam measure the ingredients for us."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John smiles and lets her mess his hair up. "I could side dishes. Macaroni and cheese and potato salad are my strong suits. I bet we could get Lee to make a bread product.'

[janet_fraiser]

Janet sticks her tongue out at him. "One or the other should be plenty. We can do fresh vegetables too. Is Lee not taking advantage of the holiday to go home? Oh, I could get him the recipe for turkey stuffing."