Second floor common room: Saturday evening

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

It was Saturday night and Jack was feeling pretty damn pleased with himself for sucessfully teaching a class at short notice yesterday. And having expended such a huge effort, he figured he was entitled to be incredibly lazy this weekend, just to balance things out. So he'd gone for ice cream - of which there were several flavours currently residing in the freezer, which had a sign saying 'Ice cream: Help Yourself' stuck on it - and camped out in the common room.

He had a pint of Kahluah ice cream and a spoon, and was sprawled on the couch watching a movie marathon of something called westerns. Life seemed to be much simpler in whatever time period they were set: the bad guys had black hats and the good guys had white.

Jack thought it was a sensible policy -- it would certainly save a lot of misunderstandings.

[ooc: Open, of course - mod your ice cream flavour and help yourself!]

Comments

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'd forgotten about him." Jack laughed and leaned against Isabel. "Suddenly I understand why Sam didn't want me to come."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Nope, we want to keep Sven all to ourselves," Isabel grinned. "We were afraid you'd charm him away."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"If his hands are that good? I might have to charm him right out of fandom." He leaned closer and whispered conspiratorially, "I could do without the competition."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No!" she protested. "We need Sven! And trust me, you don't have a thing to worry about. We might visit Sven, but we come back to you."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"See that you do." Jack snickered and poked her gently in the stomach. "And be careful, Greg will get jealous."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Never, he knows my heart belongs to him," Isabel said, smiling happily.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack shook his head and sighed in mock-disappointment. "How far I've fallen. I can't even make Magic-Hair Boy jealous." He flashed her a wicked look and settled his hand between her shoulder blades. "This might call for drastic action."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh? Should I be a afraid?" she asked with a grin.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Nah. Excited? Maybe. Brimming with anticipation? Definitely. But never afraid," he teased, stroking his hand down her back and letting it fall to rest on his thigh. "I'm completely harmless, after all."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel gave a very unladylike snort. "Harmless, sure."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack grinned and tried to cover it. "You don't think I'm harmless?" he asked innocently. "Izzy, I'm hurt."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"To me you're harmless. Since I'm invulnerable to your charms," she grinned, ruffling his hair. "It's the rest of the world I worry about."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"And sadly, that's true," he said woefully. "Luckily you haven't taught the rest of the world the secret of resisting me. Or my life would suddenly get very boring ."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh and we can't have that. A bored Jack would be a sad Jack."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Very sad." Jack demonstrated how sad he'd look if everybody could resist his charms. "Not to mention how devestated everyone else would be. Imagine a whole school of people who could no longer appreciate my charms. How would they cope?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"The flirt factor would definitely be toned down," Isabel laughed. "And I think the emo level would definitely rise."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Oh no, no emo. Not around me. I don't do emo." Jack waved his hands around, as if warding off the lurking forces of emo, and smirked. "I'll pit my flirting against emo any day."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But you've got a very good shoulder for an emo person to cry on," she smiled, squeezing his arm. "But if it came down to a fight between you and the forces of emo? My money is on you."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Very wise. My crying shoulder's reserved for certain people only." He smirked and leaned into her. "But the rest of me is up for grabs, so it balances out."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'll stick to your shoulder thank you very much," Isabel smirked back. "I don't feel like fighting the crowds of your admirers."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Who said you were one of them?" he asked, eyes wide.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel suddenly looked incredibly sad. So sad that her lower lip stuck out and started to tremble.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack stared up at Isabel, ninety nine percent certain she wasn't serious, but he couldn't make himself take the chance. "Hey, I was only kidding," he said and pulled her into a hug, knowing he was being played. "You can cry on my shoulder anytime you want."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Funny how Isabel could go from sad to bright smiles in about point six seconds. "I don't plan on doing that anytime soon. But it's nice to know I can if I need to." She squeezed him back and kissed his cheek. "You're the best."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I know," he said, making no move to let go of her. "You're not so bad yourself."