Fifth Floor Common Room - Sunday Evening

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie was humming along to the radio as she baked cookies. She and Jamie had had a good date the night before and she had spent the day doing some online shopping.

Now she felt like being social and the cool weather had her in the mood to bake, so here she was. She'd brought her portable CD player with her and was listening to upbeat country music, dancing her way around the kitchen.



[ooc: open - but definitely post defeating teh emoo - looking for interaction with non-emo characters!]

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[demonbelthazor]

"What kind?" Bel said, dropping himself down on the couch. Not that he cared exactly what kind, because, hey, fresh cookies.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Chocolate chip," Marie said. "And I have the ingredients for oatmeal too."

[demonbelthazor]

"Chocolate chip is good," Bel said. "So what's got you in a baking mood? Not that I'm complaining."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie shrugged. "The weather, for one. Fall always makes me want to bake. Plus I'm in a good mood."

The timer went off and she put down her spoon and went to grab oven mitts.

[demonbelthazor]

"Let me get that," Bel said, getting up to move in front of the oven. He opened it up and pulled out the cookie sheet sans oven mitts, then set it on the counter.

No, he wasn't just making sure he got first dibs on the cookies.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Show off," Marie teased. "Well, if you want to make yourself useful, can you put that tray in?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Who, me?" Bel said innocently. He picked up the indicated tray and slipped it into the oven.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie rolled her eyes and went back to mixing. "So, have you asked Phoebe to Homecoming yet?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Not yet," he sighed. "She's not back until tomorrow. Hopefully."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie had no idea where Phoebe was or what had happened to her. "Okay, since she's not around, I can give you a pass, I suppose," she said.

[demonbelthazor]

"I wanna do some sort of Cinderella thing for her," Bel said. "But I need a coach."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Lots of pumpkins in the stores now," Marie mused. "Maybe Willow could cast a spell for you?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel nodded. "I'll have to ask her to see if she can come up with something like that," Bel said. "Maybe I'll call her tonight about it. And ask Pippi if I can borrow her horse."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Awww," Marie said. "That sounds very romantic."

[demonbelthazor]

"I'm not good at this stuff but I want it to be special," Bel said.

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"I think that you're definitely on the right track," Marie told him.

[demonbelthazor]

"Cinderella is her favorite story," Bel said. He frowned a little. "I don't know if she's had time to go dress shopping though."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"I haven't gone yet," Marie said. "Willow and I were talking about going together. I'm not sure when. Maybe she can come with us."

[demonbelthazor]

"That's be great if you could invite her along," Bel said. "She'll need some fun with friends after what happened."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Wait, what happened?" Marie asked, finally cluing in to the fact that something was wrong.

[demonbelthazor]

"She went home to visit her family," Bel said. "And she got mugged while she was there."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Oh no! Is she okay?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Yeah, she's okay," Bel said. "Just really shaken up. Her grandmother wanted to keep her close for awhile to keep an eye on her."

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm glad to hear that," Marie said. "But I'll be even more glad when she's back here safe."

[demonbelthazor]

"Me, too" Bel agreed. "I've missed her."