4th Floor Common Room [Monday, After School]

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac returned from school and took over the fourth floor common room in order to start some semblance of a cookie production line. She'd already ordered a whole load of supplies off the internet, so she pulled out the recipe Izzie left her and some funny shaped cutters, and carted it all down the hall with her.

She's now lying on her stomach on one of the sofas fiddling with some JAVA coding on her laptop while she waits for them to bake. The smell of banana-oat cookies is probably infusing the entire floor by now.

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[lovelymissbrown.livejournal.com]

Lavender followed her nose into the common room.
"hey, Mac."

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac rolled onto her side to get a better view, and grinned at Lavender. "Hey, you up for cookies by any chance?"

[lovelymissbrown.livejournal.com]

Lavender grinned. "Ohh I think I might be able to choke down one or two." She grinned. "What are you doing?" she asked looking curiously at the computer.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"Well, I think they're pretty much done," Mac said. "You can go grab one anytime. The stars taste the best in my opinion."

She waved a hand at the screen. "I'm attempting to program an embedded game into my website. It's starting to come together I think."

[lovelymissbrown.livejournal.com]

Lavender stared at Mac. "Uh I was with you until attempting and I have a vague notion of what a website is." She tried to remember what Cedric had showed her this morning.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac blinked, "You're only from '96 right? I thought they had computers then?" She's still amazed by the concept that there are people without technological knowledge.

[lovelymissbrown.livejournal.com]

"1996, yes. Uh Fandom is first place I've lived that reallyused electricity. I mean my parents house had it but we only used it if the neighbors came to the door and electrical stuff won't work at Hogwarts, my old school"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake was looking for free food and coffee, and she thought she had finally found it on the 4th floor. "Oooh, cookies! ...No coffee?"

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac grinned, "there is coffee... you know, in the world. Sadly I ran out yesterday, and was hoping someone else would supply that part."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake looked at her with wide eyes. "But that's terrible! There must always be coffee."

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"This is what I'm forever telling people," she laughed and rolled her eyes, "never seems to catch on though." There was something very familiar about that coffee addiction, but she had to ask. "Are you new here?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake was starting to wonder if it was time to be a guy again. She was getting tired of that question. "No, I'm Jake. I... Wait." She pulled out her cellphone and hit speed-dial. "Krycek? Yeah. There's an emergency, 4th floor common room. Yes. Take enough for lots. Thanks!"

She hung up and tilted her head at Mac. "Um. You were in CAS, right?"

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"Jake?" Mac paused, "You were a guy before." Yeah, talk about stating the obvious.

She shook herself out of her surprise. Fandom. "Yeah, I was. Uh, in CAS."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Shapeshifter," Jake explained. "So, do you think you'd want to join if CAS started up againn this semester?" She looked hopeful. "I've talked to Rory's mom and she says she'll sponsor us..."

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek came up to the 4th floor common room, carrying a large metal thermos full of fresh-brewed coffee. He sighed and placed it on the counter in the kitchen area, but it was really too late in the game to be bitching about where he came in the list of important things in Jake's life.

"Coffee's here for whoever wants it."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake beamed, and shuffled over, stealing a kiss on the way. "Best boyfriend ever!" she announced and poured herself a nice big cup.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Of course," he agreed, smirking as he watched Jake until he could get a cup for Mac.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake sipped her coffee blissfully. Now the world was all right again. "Hey," she said, thoughtfully. "I'm thinking about turning back. What do you think?"

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"If you want," Krycek said with some surprise. "Not really bikini season now anyway. But it's your call." He paused slightly before continuing, diffidently. "It'd be nice to see you again, though."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake's eyebrows went up a little. For some reason she was always surprised that Krycek seemed to prefer her default shape. It probably said interesting things about her psyche, but Jake wasn't particularly interested in knowing those very interesting things.

She sipped her coffee again. "...It's not like have winter clothes for girls anyway," she said, ignoring her collection of shiny credit cards.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"Ooh! Me." Mac waved from her position on the floor. "I have cookies to offer in return," she added.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"Sure," he said, grinning at the offer of cookies. "Cookies are always good."

He walks over with the full cup, bending down to hand it over. "Who did I get the coffee for exactly?

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac grinned, "Yay, thank you!" She took a sip, and her grin widened. "Jake has you well trained. This is good stuff. I'm Mac," she added. Coffee comes way above introductions in her mind.

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Krycek pursed his lips somewhat ruefully. "It's get coffee or hear him whine about it until I do. Self-preservation, really." He nodded to her as he stood back up. "Alex Krycek."

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"Well, at least it's given you a new skill, and it's totally a useful one." She grinned, and took another large sip. "I'm guessing you've been around fandom a while and I just haven't really met you before. You don't have that deer in the headlights newbie look."