Fourth Floor Common Room - Friday Evening

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep and Lana are admiring the sad, sad little tree they made with Faith, Bel and Wes. It's a sad little thing, but it kind of sums up last night's performance pretty well.

They had better foresight than they thought.

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I still can't believe you put bombs and barbed wire on a Christmas tree," Lana says, ostensibly massaging his hand and wrist as part of his ongoing physical therapy, but really just enjoying the contact.

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

You saw that debacle... er... show last night. Tell me this thing doesn't go along perfectly with it. I think all the performers were bombed and should have been tied up with barbed wire. Makes perfect sense.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana grins up at him. "It was pretty insane."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

I will never sing Aude Lang Syne the right way again. And the baby-Jesus-gremlin.

Was I the only one having flashbacks to "Wicked" when they were looking at Bridge in the green and going over the bit about how Jesus' daddy wasn't really the daddy? And the gremlin was green? I was expecting someone to burst into "Defying Gravity" at some point.

You know what would have been funny? The same story done as a talk show. Oh, the baby mama drama!

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I just keep seeing Angel coming crashing down on poor Rory. And you know, for a straight guy, you sure know a lot about musicals." She laughs up at him.

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Straight is subjective. I'm... flexible. (He's fairly sure they've had this discussion, but whatever, he's comfortable in who he is)

Besides. Wicked rocked.

Tell me you never wanted to grow up and be Galinda the Good Witch?

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"True," Lana smiles at him.

"Is this a bad time to admit I'm not at all familiar with Wicked? But actually, I always saw myself more as Dorothy. With my little dog, going off to write wrongs, meeting interesting people along the way. Glinda always bothered me in the movie because she didn't *do* anything. Just came down in her bubble and waved her wand."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Well, if anyone's ever insane enough to tour through Fandom, I'll take you.

Dorothy wasn't in Wicked and Galinda was kind of a bitch. He was pretty airheaded and only got to be a witch because the wicked witch - before she was the wicked witch - told the prof to let her into magic class. But Elphaba... talk about an awesome character. She was green and she flew. And she was the leader of the creepy flying monkeys which were even creepier in the show than in that old 1930's movie.

Yeah, okay, I'm really starting to look like a Kinsey 6 here... next topic?

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"You'd really take me? That would be sweet of you." She smiled at him.

"Elphaba sounds a lot more interesting to me. Unless... you're not suggesting that I'm air-headed?" She made a mock offended face.

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Of course I would. Consider it a thank you for all these damn torture sessions.

And no, I think we've established that I'm the resident air-head. OH! HEY! Turned in my ethics assignment today. I officially get to play dumb again.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Your hand does seem to be doing much better." She gave him a mischievious smile.

"All right then, just so long as we have that clear. Brat. And you know, as much as I hate to admit it... I really like it better when you're doing your clueless act and I'm one of the only ones who gets it." She leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. "Makes me feel kind of special."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Shep was silent for a minute, he could let Lana drag him into the mushy moment...or not.

"So you come to school on the short bus?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Yep. You're back." She shakes her head. "Can't believe I missed this."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

He just grinned impishly.

"So anyway, about the P.T. Doc Wilson was impressed. I now have *this* nifty new toy," he pulled a tennis ball-sized pink rubber ball out of his pocket, I'm supposed to tell you that I'm supposed to increase the reps on the P.T. by 50%."

He stops and smiles, giving the last a little emphasis. "And I'm supposed to start therapudic massage. That is, as the Doc said right before I asked for the condoms, if I can find someone to do that."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana raises her eyebrows. "Pretty."

She looks up at him and gives him a slow smile. "Therapeutic massage, huh? Got anybody in mind?"

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

"Well, you know, I had a good time hanging out with that Faith girl in here the other night. And she seems the sort who would just love to inflict pain on someone three times a day"

He smiles sweetly at her.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Oooh!" She pokes him in the stomach. "Now, that one you're going to have to pay for!"

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

"Promises, promises."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

She arches an eyebrow. "Name a time and place."

[wraithbaitjohn.livejournal.com]

Sure, share a bed with a girl once and she thinks she owns you.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

She goes bright red. "Shep!"