In the Gym: Tuesday Lunch time

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Lana looked at the food offered for lunch and decided she just couldn't take any more chemical compositions while she was trying to eat. Instead she went back to the gym to work on her kicks with the standing bag.

She's hungry and a little grumpy, but absolutely interruptable. She'd probably welcome it, in fact!


[OOC: Gym, is of course, totally open for anyone's gym needs.]

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Maia came into the gym in a huff. "Ugh, she has just gone to far." Maia said hitting the punching bag a few times before sighing and looking at Lana. "Hey girl."

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"Hey, Maia," Lana said between kicks. "What's up?"

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Maia punched the bag again "C.J. is what is up, she has totally gone off the deep end. Making up stand up and give a speech just because she didn't like our papers. What the hell, I wrote about lego figures and God complex" Maia hit the bag harder.

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"Oh, that paper?" Lana said curiously. "I thought it was supposed to be something about the movie or book 1984. Shep said something about it yesterday."

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"Yeah well, the woman has lost it, I mean really. I missed class on Friday so she is making me pay. Like she never missed a damn class in her life. I'm going through a tough time and she points out to me yesterday that had I been in class on Friday I would have gotten the whole paper right. Like I don't have other issues pressing in on me right now then 1984. What the fuck I was in a ball of light in 1984 and I am older then her anyway." Maia hit the bag even harder "Give me half credit because I didn't write about 1984..."

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Lana raises her eyebrows. "Okay..." she says and goes back to kicking the bag.

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Maia sighed heavily "Sorry, its just...I work hard in my classes you know it just pisses me off, having to write about something I don't have any idea about. How is everything with you?"

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"Oh, I'm just peachy," Lana says with an extra hard kick to the bag. "Except for the part where everytime I taste something I turn into some kind of chemical compound spouting thing."

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Maia stared at Lana "It's still doing that?"

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"Yep," Lana says. "And it's starting to really get to me. Starting... hah! It's gotten to me. There are things one is simply *not* meant to know the chemical composition of. Lots and lots of things actually. And lots and lots of situations where not being able to shut this... whatever it is... off, is just sooo not right."

She kicks the bag again and follows up with a flurry of punches before stepping back to take a breather.

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Maia sighed punching the bag harder where she was standing. "Have you talked to someone at the clinic or to maybe I dunno Tonks or something?" Maia gave the bag a left hook and mumbled about 1984 being a shitty year.

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"No," Lana says with a sigh. "I talked to Ms. Sidle when it started happening Friday, but I figured it was a typical Fandom High thing and would have worn off by now. Besides, what's the clinic going to do, other than look at me funny. And I don't know Tonks, so..."

She takes another deep breath and goes back to practicing her kicks. "And I'm not the only one having weird problems. Mac turns paper stuff - including my Forensics textbook - into tortillas, Isabel bounces... the list just goes on."

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"Well its fandom, the whole place is whacked. Tonks is a witch I thought maybe she could help you but it's just...one of those things isn't it." Maia sighed. "What the hell kinda school did our guardians send us to anyway?"

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Lana rolled her eyes. "I actually fought to come here," she says. "Took a lot of convincing and arguing and getting Nell to let Lex act as my guardian, but I finally did it."

She sighs again and reaches down to pick up her bottle of water and take a drink. "Yes, I know," she says sharply to herself. "H2O, yes, and yes all those stupid little trace elements. God, you do *not* want to know what trace elements are in drinking water - arsenic, selenium, chlorides... Uranium for god's sake!"

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Maia's eyes got a little wide "You know you could be useful in the cafeteria though, for the mystery meat. You know tell us what's really 'in the burgers'"

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Lana gives her a look. "Oh yeah, *that's* exactly what I want to be doing. Shep keeps saying we should run experiments and I swear, one of these days he's going to show up with a bag full of stuff and want to test me out."

She sighs. "Which would probably only be fair since he's been really good about just doing a lot of snuggling lately and not much of anything else."

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Maia smiled at this, she was very happy that Lana was happy with Shep. "That's nice. He's a good guy. Though I have always been curious about what is actually in a smartie"

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Lana rolled her eyes. "Bring me one and I'll tell you," she replies.

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Maia chuckled and walked over to her bag and pulled a pack of smarties out. Unrolling it she handed Lana a pale green one. "I have low blood sugar." She said by way of an explanation.

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Lana shakes her head. "I should have known you'd have one on you."

She takes a deep breath, then touches the smartie to her tongue. "Okay... Dextrose, Citric Acid, Calcium Stearate, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake. Dextrose: 6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol. Its chemical formula is C6H12O6. Citric Acid aka 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid. Its chemical formula is C6H8O7. Calcium Stearate, also known as Octadecanoic Acid Calcium Salt. Its chemical formula is Ca(C18H35O2)2. Blue #2 aka indigotine. Red#40 aka allura Red AC. Yellow #5 aka tartrazine."

She looks over at Maia. "Happy?"

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Maia was doubled over laughing at Lana "Oh my God." She couldn't stop laughing "That's- that's incredible. We could put you on that television show Ripples Believe Me or Not."

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"If you so much as *mention* that idea to Shep, I swear I will kill you!" Lana laughs.

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Maia managed to stop laughing and grinned at Lana. "I won't I promise. I'll be good as gold."

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Lana drops her head to her hands. "Oh God. Now I'm dead."

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Maia patted Lana on the head and giggled.

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Lana gave her another look. "Be careful or I'll start telling you what's really in some of your other favorite foods and you'll never be able to eat them again!"

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Maia's mouth fell open an little as she held her smartie roll close to her heart. "I swear I will not get you a spot on Ripples...That's Amazing or The Worlds Funniest Videos...Think of the prize money." Maia popped a smartie in her mouth.

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Lana shakes her head. She's smiling despite herself. "Just rememeber. You telling Shep equals death. I'd hate to lose a good friend, but at this point..."

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Maia giggled harder, "Scouts honor babe, good as gold. I won't breath a word of it to Shep." She grinned "He won't get the idea from me"

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"Oh great." Lana starts running through all the possible people Maia might get to mention it to Shep.

She finally gives up and goes back to kicking the bag.

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Maia watched her for a few minutes then went back to hitting her own bag. She glances at Lana. "Shep is nice."

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Lana smiled over at her. "Shep is nice. He's really super nice."

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Maia beamed at her. "I never told you this before but, well I am happy for you Lana. You deserve someone to be wonderful to you more then anyone I know. I just wanted to say that." Maia blushed slightly and went back to hitting her bag for a moment.

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Lana is speechless for a moment. She finally goes over to Maia and hugs her. "That is probably one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. Thank you."

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Maia hugged her back and smiled at her. "Your welcome." She said in a quiet voice.

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"I honestly don't know how I got so lucky." Lana says equally quietly. "He's... so much more than I deserve."

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Maia smiled "Your so much more then anyone deserves Lana and don't ever forget that."

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Lana's eyes fill up and she has to turn away. "Couldn't prove it by me," she says quietly

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Maia looked surprised by Lana's reaction. "Hey." She said quietly rubbing Lana's back for a moment. "Hey now, don't, don't be upset Lana. Of course you are. Why-why would you think you weren't?" Maia was concerned now as she was unsure if she should keep rubbing her back or pull her into a hug or what. Lana's reaction was so unexpected.

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"No one I love stays. They all leave me or they're killed. My parents, my best friend drowned in front of me after saving my life, my boyfriend - all dead. Nell, Ben, Michael, Archie... they all go. There must be something terribly wrong with me."

She still can't look Maia in the eye. "And I'm scared to death that sooner or later Shep's going to figure it out, too."

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"Lana no!" Maia said stunned by Lana's outburst of emotion. "No he won't. All those other things, were not your fault Lana."

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Lana looked upset and very embarrassed. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have... You know, I have to get going. Need to... shower and ... whatever before my next class. I... I'll see you later."

She grabs her stuff and all but flees from the gym.

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Maia stood looking around the empty gym and Lana's back as she fled the gym. "What the hell...." She said to herself with a sigh. Looking at the bag she gives it one more half hearted hit and then heads off to her dormroom to worry over Lana. I should call Shep.