Saturday Morning, 3rd Floor Common Room

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter had woken disgustingly early in a disgustingly good and sober mood and decided to make breakfast for his floor, or anyone who happened by.

Pancakes were Pippi's thing, crepes were Pip's, Walter decided on omelettes. After a quick run into town, he has most of the ingredients one could hope for in an omelette and several dozen eggs.

Remember, he doesn't just work as a waiter at Cafe Fina, he cooks there, too. Come on in for some free food.

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Then allow me," Walter said cheerfully, hopping up from his seat to pour some eggs into a pan. "Will you be trying out for the big theater production I have been hearing about? And what do you want in your omelette?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"You seem really happy this morning, Walter. Did you go to the dance last night?" Blair grinned and bounced. "Yeah, I'm really excited about trying out! I've got my song all picked out and stuff. How about you? Are you going to try out?"

"Um...veggies and cheese?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"It was a good night," Walter said, grinning.

"As for the play, I am a behind the scenes sort of person," Walter said, shaking his head and adding cheese and a variety of vegetables to Blair's omelette. "I will volunteer to help out with the stage crew."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair grinned back and resisted the urge to ask who else was at the dance. "That's awesome man. So behind the scenes? Have you worked in the theater before? Do they really say 'break a leg'? Is the theater subculture hard to get into?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"No. I have no theater experience." Walter handed Blair a plate and fork. "But I have experience in coordinating things. It is what a butler does, after all."

He grinned ruefully. "Besides, I cannot sing."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair took his plate and settled on the floor to tuck in. "That's true. Although I've never met a butler before you, so I have very limited experience with them." He ate thoughtfully for a moment. "Is there a butler subculture? This is a great omelette, man!"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

A butler subculture? Walter blinked at the idea of large convocations of butlers.

"Not per se. Although there are some fairly strict rules of conduct." He smiled and nodded at the compliment and returned to his own breakfast.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...it's possible that Blair's contemplating a paper on bulters. Or he could just be happily eating his breakfast and thinking about the upcoming audition.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter was contemplating his omelette. He would not have volunteered that there were three English butlers on the island, partly because he was only aware of two of them.

Really, Fandom has a surfeit of English butlers when you think about it.

"Have you worked out any of your dating problems, yet?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair sighed. "Not really. I talked to Molly about it and that went even worse than Nadia."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I am sorry to hear that." Walter cocked his head. "You come from a very different background from me, clearly. Is it typical where you are from to see many people at the same time?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair finished up his food and shrugged. "Yes and no. I was born in America and as I've learned this week it's not so common here. But I grew up traveling around the world with my mom, who's a firm believer in free love. No boundries, no regrets was her motto and she and her boyfriends never seemed to have a problem with her having more than one partner at a time."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Hm." Walter said noncommitally. "Arthur generally stuck with paid company for that sort of thing. Do you think it is something you will be able to tolerate? Monogamy, I mean."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Paid company? Paid...oh...oh!" Blair blushed and shook his head. "I wasn't really thinking that I was not going to be monogamous eventually. I just didn't realize that you had to start out that way, you know?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I don't think you do, actually," Walter said, knowing he wasn't exactly the poster boy for that. "But it seems like it would be a matter of self-preservation to make sure everyone involved is aware of each other."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Full disclosure from now on, man. I'm not hiding a thing from now on!