Room 402

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Wes sits there, reading another book. It's a quiet life, but he prefers it that way, or so he tells himself. Octavia has wandered off to do something catlike.

[[Shep, could you stop by?]]

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

[OOC:Lana could come in *looking* for Shep and we could see if Wes would flee... *evil grin*]

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[Go for it.]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana knocks on the door. "Anyone home?"

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"Come on in!"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana comes in with a mischievious smile. "Hey, I thought I'd come by and - " She stops dead as she realizes it's Wes in the room and not Shep. "Oh, Wes... hi. I'm sorry. I was looking for Shep." She hesitates, not sure if he's going to flee on her again or if she should go so he doesn't feel he has to leave his room.

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Wes is startled. "Oh. Hello. I'm afraid Shep's not here; I haven't seen him since breakfast." After a pause, he continues "Er... can I help? I mean --" he blushes "-- um, answer any questions?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana's clearly been spending too much time with Shep, since a smart-alec remark runs through her head. She discards it, though, and just smiles at him. "No, I didn't really need anything in particular. Just wanted to stop by and, um..." she blushes, "Uh, see if he was ready to do his PT."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

"I'm sure he'll be sorry to have missed you." Given that the pair of you locked me out of the dorm room for three hours the night before last, I'd wager money on it. And is that stubble burn on your cheek?

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm sure I'll catch up with him sooner or later." Lana smiles as a stray thought crosses her mind, then blushes again. Not that you showed up and *knocked* or anything, and it's not like we *weren't* decent the whole time. Stubble burn? On my cheek? Not just there... ;)

Lana looks at him curiously. "You're actually having a conversation with me. Without taking off. I feel... relieved."

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The blush deepens; Wes looks at the fascinating bookshelf at the end of his bed and ums for a bit. "I assumed that two was company, three a crowd."

Well, I devoutly hope that all the other stubble-burned areas are covered at the moment.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana starts to say that it wasn't like that at all, then realizes that well, things have changed quite a bit in the past few days. But how to express that without admitting the change in status... Or blushing herself to death.

"No, hey, at the hospital and the other night in the common room... *I* was the one who interrupted. If anyone left it should have been me. And three doesn't have to be a -" She stops, blushing furiously. "What I mean is, if for some reason I had wanted you to not be around I would have said something or arranged to meet at another time or something."

Neck? Upper chest? ;)

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And the Blusholympics continues. Wes's current effort rates only 7.5 out of 10. "I was only trying to be discreet. Truly. Nothing personal."

A thought strikes him. "Actually, can I ask a favor of you?" (Blush scale 8.3) "Do you know Jonathan at all?"

Unless you're wearing a ballgown (and why wasn't I invited?), yes.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana smiles at him reassuringly. "Don't worry about it, I'm pretty good at speaking up for myself." Memories of yesterday have her flushing again. Good gods, these two are going to think that each other's natural color is crimson.

"I appreciate the thought, but if I'd like you to make yourself scare, I'd ask."

She thinks for a minute. "Jonathan Crane? I know him by sight, but I don't think we've ever talked. But sure, I'd be glad to do you a favor."

Have you *seen* the clothes she wears? And no one could have invited you because you wouldn't stick around long enough. ;)

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"I've never talked with him, either. And I'm supposed to "--he blurts as one word--"findhimapresent". "Apart from a general-purpose anti-transformation spell, which damned well ought to be added to the water here if it only existed, I can't think of anything."

Well, she looks decent enough in the icon. (attempts to peek down her pixels

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"A present, huh." Lana thinks about it for a moment. "I don't know anything he'd like in particular, but maybe a generic Christmas thing to start off? Ornament or something? And, he does therapy at the clinic, doesn't he? Maybe a coffee mug with a funny saying on it or something?"

I'll have to find something more revealing.

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"Are we sure he's even Christian? For all I know, he worships Baal."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana looks at him curiously, "That's not really the point of the Secret Santa thing. It's just a fun way to get caught up in the giving part of the season. If he signed up for it, he's obviously cool with it, right?"

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"I hope you're right. An ornament it is."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, glad I could help." She hesitates, "You know, I've been playing elf for a couple of other people. I'd be glad to deliver it for you if you wanted."

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(Blush 9.2 and climbing! Ah-oo-gah!) "That would be very kind of you; are you sure I'm not imposing?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no, not at all. I'm kind of having fun with it." She smiles at him.

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"You're too kind. Thank you." He smiles back. "I'll hand it over the next time I see you, which I suspect won't be too long from now."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana blushes. "Well, you're probably right. But, um... if for some reason you don't run into me, well, *here*. Um... My room is in the West Attic."

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[[Oh, frell. We aren't supposed to mention our SS people in-thread, are we? But Wes genuinely doesn't know him from Adam, and he has to ask SOMEBODY.]]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

{OOC:Eh, we'll live. If he reads the thread he won't have to guess. Not like it doesn't happen in real life too, sometimes. ;) ]

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

After classes and other nonsense, Shep comes in and tosses his backpack on his bed. He grabs a bottle of water and a couple of cookies from the fridge and flops down to muck about on his computer. He sees Wes and Lana only *after* he's done all this.

"Oh hey. Fancy meeting the two of you here."

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"Hi, Shep." He grins at Lana. "Should I leave now?"

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep blinks in confusion. "I thought she was the one who had you fleeing in terror."

He smiles at Lana, "So, how'd you finally get him to stay in a room with you? Superglue his jeans to his bed?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"No, he decided to stay all on his own apparently." She smiled at him, debated giving him a kiss and thought better of it since Wes was thus far *not* fleeing.

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"She swears she doesn't bite."

It's your own fault for being nice to him.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana darted a glance at Shep and blushed again. "Um... no... no biting."

I know, but this is so much more fun!

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Wes pulls to a stand. "As it happens, I do have errands to run. It was nice to see you." He bows slightly and heads for the door because he knows damned well that biting is about to ensue.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

No, no, don't go! You wanted to talk with Shep. Lana can plan to meet him later. Is Shep Mun even still around?

"Don't leave on my account," Lana said quickly.

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"I really do have errands -- Christmas ornament, remember? --, but thank you for being concerned."

[[OOC: Actually, I needed Shep because I needed to ask him about Jonathan. You solved that problem nicely.]]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Right. Christmas ornament. I look forward to playing elf again." Lana smiles at him. "And I'm glad we got a chance to talk."

[OOC:Okay then. :)]

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He smiles. "So am I."

[And I'm gone.]

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

[ooc: damn comments aren't coming through agian!]

I'm here. sorry]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"No, you're fine," Lana said, blushing furiously.