2nd Floor Common Room, Thursday Afternoon

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Logan was in the kitchen. Cooking. Because when you were in a kitchen, working with a blender, you could call it cooking. Even if the result was more beverage-y than food-y. It was practically summer, anyway. Perfect time for a cold iced drink. With tequila.

The television was playing "Annie".

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly grinned back at her. "I just don't want to ruin our friendship," she said with a shrug. "That is me being selfish."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Not really. It's reasonable," Rory shrugged.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly shrugged back. "Whatever it is, it's what I have to do right now."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Best of luck to you, then. Let me know how it all turns out," Rory said. She frowned. "Would you rather I not talk to Cam about this? Because I'm sure it'll come up next time I see him, but if you'd rather I didn't...."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly shrugged. "You can talk to him if you want to. Just please don't blame him. I'm the one who started this by kissing him last week."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Will do," Rory said, tossing off a small salute. "And I won't beat him up. Scout's honor."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly smiled. "Thanks, Rory. And I really do appreciate you worrying about me. You're the only person who has talked to me about it without there being drama first."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"There's been violence performed supposedly on my behalf of the 'overprotective brother figure' versus the boyfriend sort," Rory said with a crooked smile. "So I sympathize."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

With Rory's first statement a bunch of stuff clicked together in Molly's head. She looked at Rory in surprise for a moment. "Ohhhhhhhh," she said eventually. "I really should have figured that out sooner. So much stuff makes much more sense now." She gave Rory a sympathetic grin.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Figured...what?" Rory asked, going red.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly wasn't completely oblivious. If it had been going on for as long as she now suspected and she hadn't heard about it, there was obviously some reason to keep it quiet. It shouldn't be something she just blurted out in the middle of a common room.

"I finally figured out why two people I thought were friends had a really stupid fight a while back," she said quietly.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory raised an eyebrow and lowered her voice. "They're dumb, aren't they?" she said with a small smile, figuring she may as well go for broke. "And, um...yes. Don't tell anyone, okay? I can give you a full rundown on why not, but suffice it to say that someone can pretty much have their life ruined if this gets out."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Considering some of the pieces I just put together? I'm not surprised that it's a secret," Molly said. "I promise I won't tell anyone."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," she said, grinning. "Um, there's a whole list of people who know - Parker, Bridge, Xander, Angel, Angela, Cal, Sam, Peter, Zero...and I know there are others." She shook her head. "It's a horribly-kept secret. But it needs to stay mostly secret for various reasons."

She looked at Molly. "That's who I was talking about earlier, by the way. With the friendship thing."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly thought about what Rory had said earlier and nodded with better understanding. "Thank you, Rory."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome. And thanks for keeping this, um, thing quiet," Rory said, smiling. "I owe you."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly smiled back. "Nah. You don't owe me anything."