2nd Floor Common Room [Friday Evening]

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge? Is currently in the wrong body.

Also, he doesn't have a date. And he's not the kind of person to snark on other people.

So he's here in the Common Room, flipping aimlessly through the channels and desperately hoping something good will come on.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly came into the common room. "Hey, Cally. How's it going?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John waves at Molly. "Hey. No dance for you either?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly shook her head. "No date and a Valentine's dance seems kind of like a date type thing. It also looks like I don't have the right clothes for it even if I did have a date. I've seen some pretty fancy dresses, including my roommates."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"No date for me either," John says and shrugs. "We can be no date buddies. I would've brought Bertram if I knew you were gonna be around."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly tried really hard to control the sad look she gave him at his first statement and was pretty successful. She grinned at his second statement. "Okay, 'Buddy'. We could always go get Bertram, couldn't we?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Lemme go get him," John says and heads out of the common room. When he comes back, Bertram's in front of him, skittering along and scooting right up to Molly.

Since the last time Bertram's been out, John's painted JC+AS on the top of him and drawn a few doodles.

"Ta da! Here he is!"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Yay, Bertram!" Molly said and applauded lightly. She leaned over and petted his eye stalks. "And how have you been lately?"

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"He's been busy because I'm messy," John says and takes his seat on the couch. "I've been keeping him away from his friends. So, he's probably really happy to see you, Molly."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly grinned at John then looked down at Bertram. "So, the mean man has been keeping you locked away from us, has he? Well, you get to pick what we do then, Bertram."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

Bertram answers that by making DRD noises and bumping lightly into Molly's ankle.

"He's good at fetch and, um, hide and seek. Tell him to hide and he will and then pretend to find him."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Okay!" Molly said happily a she moved to sit down on the floor so that she could talk to Bertram easier. "Alright, Bertram. I'll close my eyes and count to... twenty? Will that be enough? And then I'll come find you."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

Bertram chirps happily and, as soon as Molly starts counting, he scooters away and takes up residence...under the couch but close enough to Molly but not touching.

Hey, he's not that inventive of a DRD.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly counted to twenty and then spent a few minutes looking everywhere in the room except under the couch.

She finally sat down on the floor and leaned back against the couch. "Man, that Bertram is a good hider. I need a rest before I start looking again."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Would you believe me if I said I wasn't Cally?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly blinked at her a moment. "If you could tell me who you are and why you're not Cally I probably would."

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"I'm Bridge and I'm not Cally because Cally is in Anders' body which means he's in mine," Bridge explains with a sigh.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly watched her and listened to her talk. She thought about it for a moment. "So, not a good day for you then, huh, Bridge?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"So very much not a good day, no." Bridge says. "You?"

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly sat down near Bridge and made a face. "I've definitely had better days than today. Any clue how you ended up in Cally's body?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"No idea, dude. I just like... woke up like this."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"That... sucks. So, where are Cally and Anders right now?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"That, Hat-Girl, is a very good question. They're probably off... doing whatever it is they do," he turns over so that his face is buried on the couch. "Not that I want to think about it, since it probably involves *my* body."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly really didn't blame Bridge for not wanting to think about it. A change of subject was in order. Quickly. "So. No dance for you tonight?" Maybe not the best topic, but she was desperate and it was the first thing that came to mind.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Nope," Bridge shrugs, "even if I was in the right body, I don't have a date."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Me either," Molly said and also shrugged. She sat there quietly for a moment, really not sure what to say. A mopey Bridge was something she really wasn't used to. Not that she blamed him, but it was just... unnatural.

She tried again. "Had any good toast lately?"