Three-Toed Sloth Campfire - Sunday [just after sunset]

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie spent the majority of the day hiding in her room. She was avoiding talking about last night packing for the two week trip to the cabins.

Now that she was comfortably ensconced in Alcove B4, she decided to be brave sociable and start a campfire.





[totally open, yo]

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[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"You're roommates with Willow, aren't you?" Joxer asked.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Marie smiled. "Who's your roommate?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer gulped. "Max Goo-vera," he said. "She's pretty, but she's pretty rough, too. Living with a girl is not the trip to the Elysian fields you'd expect it to be."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I've met her," Marie said. "And I'm sure it's not easy living with a girl. I don't think I could have handled having a boy for a roommate."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"You know how hard it is to get a girl to go on a date with you when you have to say you live with one?" Joxer said. "They take a little bit of offense at having to share closet space."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well, just because a boy is sharing a room with another boy doesn't mean things are innocent," she scoffed.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer raised an eyebrow. "You don't know my brother Jace, do you?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Does he go to school here?" Marie asked.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer suddenly realized she couldn't, so tried to cover up his slip up.

"Does who go to school here?"

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Your brother," Marie said. "You just asked me if I knew him."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"What brother? Jett? No, Jett doesn't go to school here," Joxer said quickly.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Oh, then why did you ask me if I knew him?" Marie asked, not realizing he'd used two different names.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer realized his charade wasn't working. Or, at least, he was convinced it wasn't.

"I... I don't talk about my brother Jace," he said. "Because Jace likes other boys, and Jett and I agreed to never acknowledge his existence in public."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"There seems to be a lot of that going around lately," Marie said sympathetically.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"You having trouble finding somebody special?" Joxer asked, looking sympathetic.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie shrugged. "I went on a date last night and it didn't go so well."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer nodded. "You know what makes everything better?" He pulled a flask out of his armor. "A nice drink."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"I don't drink," Marie said. "Willow and I were supposed to eat ice cream, but we didn't have time."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer unscrewed the cap of his flask. "You can drink this, cause it's only water," he said, offering it to Marie. "It's the sentiment of sharing it with a friend that makes it special."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie smiled and took the flask. "Well thank you," she said, taking a tentative sip.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Joxer said. "I'd offer to be your personal hero," he added, pressing a hand against his breastplate. "But my heart belongs to Kaylee."

Even if his eyes and hands had a tendency to wander. A lot.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"You be faithful to her," Marie said. "And you can just be my friend."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't dream of being anything else," Joxer said. "Faithful, I mean. If there wasn't Kaylee I could dream about you, I think. But I can't, since, you know, girlfriend, and oh, isn't this log made of wood? I think it is." He knocked on it with his knuckles. "Yes, definitely wood."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"That's good to know," Marie said, not touching the rest of Joxer's stream of consciousness.

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Always, yes," Joxer said, with a slight cough. "So who was the dumb jerk who screwed up trying to date you?"