2nd Floor Common Room - Starting Late Afternoon - PARTY!

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Logan had hooked up his gamestation to the flatscreen TV and was playing a videogame involving a lot of women in bikinis bouncing up and down. He was drinking a non-descript beverage from a plastic cup, and anyone within two feet of him would notice the odor of tequila wafting off him.

A couple of coolers with beverages (all non-alcoholic) were set up around the room, and bags of chips and other snack foods were laid out on the table.

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter was caught off-guard by the out-of-the-bluedness of the question. "Um, yeah, I'm in Journalism 101. Why?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Just curious," John says, smiling. "You know she's married right?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"The less I know about my teachers' personal lives, the better," Peter said. He's been listening to the radio. He knows John has a deathwish.

Peter didn't wish to join him.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John laughs. "Not a problem. I'm just spreading the good news, you know."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Like a good journalist, right?" Peter laughed. He nearly suggested that it should really count as extra credit. But that would be one step closer to deathwish.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Exactly!" John nods and grins. "She asked for investigative journalism and that's what I'm doing. Investigating the possibility of her having a husband!"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Have you found any information that suggests she does have a husband?" Peter asked.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"A few vague things," John says even though he might be lying slightly. "But, she's from somewhere far away and I'm sure the information's there somewhere."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Those are some hard facts, John," Peter laughed.

"So, aside from trying to get killed by a teacher, how do you like her class? I'm still undecided."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I like it okay," John admits. "Professor Skeeter seems knowledgeable in the subject but she's got an ego. Stuff's interesting and she doesn't scare me as much as Professor Jerusalem did but...I don't know. I just feel that she hates us all."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I can definitely see that about hating us," Peter said. "Compared to the guy I worked for at a newspaper back home, though, she's the nicest person in the world."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I dare you to tell Professor Skeeter that she's nice."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Not a problem," Peter said. "Of all the things you could dare me to call her, that has to be one of the least offensive."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Well, she already hates me so if I told her that, she'd think I was lying." John shrugs. "You could always call her Rita and see what she does."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"No way. I'm nowhere near that stupid," Peter said. "I already agreed to 'nice.' I'm sticking to that."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John shrugs. "Maybe next time. Are you scared of Professor Skeeter, Peter?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't say 'scared.' I'm mindful that she can conjure fire, and I'd rather she didn't do so to me," Peter explained. "Also, I try to show respect for my teachers. Sometimes I fail, though." Peter may have been smirking. He might one day call Skeeter "Rita," If he were annoyed enough.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I try to show respect," John says, shrugging. "You're a better man than I, Peter Parker. Dude, how have people not mixed up you and Maureen yet?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter smiled a little. "One, she's a girl, two she's taller, three my hair isn't long or dark enough, and four she goes by Parker, I go by Peter." Peter shrugged. "I'm surprised nobody has assumed we're related, though."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

Now John's wondering about that.

"Are you related?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Nope, no relation," Peter said. "I walked right into that question, didn't I?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Yep," John replies. "And good thing. Parker's kinda scary. Be weird to be related to her and see that scary on a daily basis."

Shrugging again, John asks, "Plans for this weekend?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I think I got on her bad side teasing her about her would-be boyfriend yesterday," Peter said. "Oh well."

"Not much for this weekend. I have something to do for the paper. I'm interviewing Dean Zordon."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

That immediately gets John's attention.

"Dean Zordon who lives in the tube?" John asks. "Really? What about?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"He lives in a tube?" Peter asked, confused. "It's just a short 'Getting to know you' kind of thing. A tube?"