2nd Floor Common Room - Sunday night

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Her room was always big, but it seemed even larger and emptier now that Elizabeth was the only one in it.

So, with a blanket thrown around her shoulders and a box of chocolates in her hand, she headed to the common room and curled up in the corner of the sofa and started flicking through the channels.

Ooh, Insomnious on Lake Union. She loved this movie.

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders finally emerged from his room after a long day of Totally Not Writing, Really.

"Wow," he said, kind of groggily. "There are other people around. Who knew?"

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Anders! Hey," Elizabeth waved. "Yes, people. Around. Here."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"It's a miracle! Except it's not." Anders grinned, then smacked himself in the forehead. "Frak! Be right back."

He dashed off to 201 and returned shortly with a very large tray of assorted, and very nicely iced, cupcakes, which he put ceremoniously on a table.

"Okay. Now it's a proper common room gathering."

He stretched out in an armchair and glanced up at Elizabeth. "So how you been, Weir? Don't need to tell you you can help yourself to the cupcakes, of course."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth grinned, leaning out to take a cupcake. "Ooh, thanks, Anders," she said. "I've not been too bad. How about you?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good," he answered. "Totally behind at meeting all the new kids because I've been sort of . . . well, uh, got a little project I've been working on."

His ears might have turned fairly red at that.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth glanced across at him, noticing the red ears. "Oh? Spill?" she asked curiously, breaking a bit of the cupcake off and eating it.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders squirmed a little lower into the armchair cushions. "Just thought I'd try my hand at writing lately, 's all. Nothing brilliant, but it's fun for me."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Writing's nothing to be ashamed about," Elizabeth said, still picking apart the cupcake. "Have you signed up for the writing workshop?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"There's a writing workshop?" he asked. Suddenly he was having a furious mental debate over the wisdom of this, given his subject material of late. "I totally didn't even notice!"

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah. Chloe's running it on Tuesday mornings."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Huh." Anders retrieved a red-iced cupcake from the tray for himself and started peeling the paper back. "It's definitely something to think about, yeah. It could be . . . interesting."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth nodded, licking icing from her fingers. "Yeah, that's what I thought, so I signed up for it."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"You're in it? Maybe I will sign up for it then," Anders said around a mouthful of cupcake. "Mmph. Sorry."

He swallowed, then went on, "And maybe I'll actually talk to you in class this time around. Or . . . workshop. Whatever."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth just snickered slightly. "No worries. Three brother's; can cope with talking with mouthfuls."

She nodded. "Yeah. I tend to, um, be a little focused in classes. But summer workshops won't count towards my GPA, so I'll try to relax more."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Hey stranger," Jamie waved in greeting. "I'm Jamie Madrox, New guy."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"There are a lot of those," Anders noted, offering a hand to him. "Nice to meet you, dude. Name's Anders, and I have cupcakes. Help yourself to 'em; that's the rule."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Well I'm secure enough in my manhood to accept a cupcake from another guy," Jamie said with a chuckle. "So I'm glad I don't have to break any rules. Nice to meet you Anders."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I am the official dorm cupcake dealer or something, apparently. I actually have no idea how this started, but I'm going with it." He eyed Jamie speculatively for a moment. "So. From Earth, or not?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Earth," Jamie said with a nod. "Different reality from most of the people here though. You?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that dimension thing happens a few times around here. And nope, not from Earth. You've probably never heard of Caprica, but that's where I'm from."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Actually I just did," Jamie said pointing his thumb over at Cally. "Are you two brother and sister or something?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"What?" Anders's eyes widened, and his face twisted into a comically horrified expression. "No, no, no, frak no! That would -- gah! No!"

He shook his head violently as if he thought it would get rid of disturbing mental images and said, "I'm her boyfriend. So not related. Gah."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Oh... Sorry about the brain melt there," Jamie said with a wince. "Listen, it was nice meeting and thanks for the cupcake, but I need to go drop in on my roommate in the clinic."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"In the clinic already?" Anders grimaced. "Yeah, yeah, no problem, man, you should go do that. See you around?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"You bet. Thanks again for the cupcake," Jamie said with a wave.