First floor lobby: early Friday morning

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Barefoot, Jack trotted down the stairs, shoes and socks in one hand, feeling strangely energetic for this hour of the morning. He was going to go for a run, figuring the cold and occasional smattering of rain would be excellent motivation to move quickly.

He flopped onto one of the couches to pull on his shoes. After several minutes he was still sitting there.

The couches were awfully comfortable -- maybe he could just stay here.

[ooc: Jack's primarily here for Parker, but post is open!]

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker had already been outside, feeling virtuous (slightly) for finally having gotten the Teal Dear posters up. So she grinned when she saw Jack. "Hey, Jack O' Hearts. You're looking ready to run. Kind of."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Looking? Yes. Feeling like it?" He grinned up at her and waved a lazy hand at the couch. "Not so much now. What are you doing awake this early? Up to something fun?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Posters for Teal Dear. Brace yourself, contest winner. You are going with us to La La's Voo Doo Lounge in Wheeling, West Virginia, next week." She grinned and took the spot next to him, curling up to get warm, rubbing her hands on her face. "And tonight's appearance at Caritas is the last for this semester."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'd forgotten about that. Me and three people, on the road with Teal Deer. In Dave." He snickered as he put an arm around her and rubbed her back. "You need to me to do roadie duties tonight?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"That would be much appreciated," Parker said, smiling back. "Since it's our last show here. And Nadia's got a broken wing, so a little more help would be good." She leaned into his hand, and purred a little, looking happy.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"In that case I solemnly swear I'll be there. Word of honour." Grinning at her reaction, he kept up the rubbing. "You're in a good mood this morning - I take it the trip went well?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Very successful." Parker tilted her head. "No problems. We'll see how useful it was after there's been some analysis." She smirked. "Plus, I got to scare the life out of Ben while I was at his Inn. Always fun." She stretched out her neck. "And I managed to avoid any difficulties with the guy my father was trying to set me up with. All worked out."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Excellent, excellent. When I didn't hear from you, I figured you were okay," he explained, shifting his hand to her neck, digging fingers and thumb lightly into the muscles of her neck. "What about things working out with guys you set

yourself

up with?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I left you the message about Gun Club," Parker pointed out, but then added, "And I should've been more specific. Sorry." Her eyes drifted shut, then snapped open about his question about her dating. "Um. Hmm. Well.... fifty-fifty?" She rolled her eyes. "I just had my second date with Booth last night."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I got it, it wasn't a problem. I can take it whenever you want. And I meant hear from you about the reason for the trip." Jack gave her a little shake, then smoothed his thumb down her spine. "And how did your date with Mr Booth go? He still in one piece?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

She bit her lip, leaning back into his hands, and said, "Reconnaisance, really. And to prove to myself that I could do it." She looked down at her hands. "I wasn't sure I had the nerve." Parker snorted. "And he's still in one piece, just mildly bruised. Idiot," she added, her tone affectionate but very exasperated.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack nodded as she spoke, understanding perfectly the need to prove something to yourself, then snickered. "Oh this I have to hear," he said. "Share, Parker." His hand paused, slipped down to settle unmoving in the small of her back. "Full disclosure, or I'll stop."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Rolling her eyes, Parker gave him a pout, and said with some derision, "Awww. C'mon. Aren't I hot enough that you'd just do this for me anyway?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Briefly tempted to reply in kind, he made a snap decision to go for something far more effective. "If I was doing it because you were hot," he ran his hand up her back, then met her eyes, careful to hide his smile, "you wouldn't let me do it." He returned to massaging her neck. "You let me do it because I want to do it for you. Doesn't matter that you're gorgeous."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker made a face. "Exactly." She shook her head. "Booth can be lead around very easily by his hormones. Very easily." She turned her head to look over her shoulder. "Would you, hypothetically speaking, drop trou in a public pool hall when you were sans underwear? Just because a girl told you to?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Depends on the girl - or the guy. Depends on the reason. Depends on how cold it is." He smirked, letting his hand fall away from Parker. "Nakedness and cold tend to minimise my natural impressiveness. So I guess my answer is gonna be I doubt it."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Well, in public on the second date is too soon for the full frontal clause. Not that it wasn't a good show," Parker said, a smirk curling around the edges of her lips. "But yeah. We had a good time after I stopped hitting him and he put the pants back on." She shuddered. "And they were leather. Gah."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"In public? In a pool hall? Yeah, good show or not, I guess it's a bit tasteless." Not that he didn't spend a couple of minutes with a pleasant mental image. "Remind what's bad about leather? I've seen Seely - thought he'd look exceptional in leather."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"What he looks like is a human copy of Angelus. Leather pants were a thing with him." Parker shuddered again. "Well, he couldn't know that. And we were playing strip pool, and it got out of-- hand." She smirked. "If he asks me out on another date, maybe I'll go. But I'm not asking him out again. His turn, damnit."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Strip pool? I don't think you and I are going to be playing that one. Though we do have to play. You promised to give me pointers," he reminded her. "His turn, but kiss him if you get a chance. According to Sam, he's pretty good."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair had gotten up for Yoga and found he couldn't concentrate. Which led to wandering which led to finding Jack on a couch.

"Hey, man."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack had been staring out the doors, trying to decide if he really wanted to go for a run, so he hadn't noticed Blair. "Hey. You're up early."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Yoga." Blair looked at Jack for a moment. "You kissed River?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack raised an eyebrow at the unexpected directness. "She asked if she could kiss me. I said yes," he said mildly.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"No, definitely not. You can play with Sam, though." Parker rolled her eyes. "Jeezzz. Between the puppet thing, random bets, and God knows what else, Booth is going to get mono. He *is* a good kisser, but this is ridiculous. When did he kiss Sam?"