Second floor common room: Saturday Bed Time

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

The second floor common room looked more like nap time at a pre-school than the coolest common room in the dorms. That would be because there were blankets, pillows, the cushions from the couches and some foam pads set out around the room, forming comfy nests for wee tiny people to curl up in and sleep.

Jack - who was still wearing his kitty ears and had whiskers drawn on his cheeks - was there to tuck Emma in, but he'd be happy to do the same for any wee tiny people who wanted to spend the night.

[ooc: open of course, for wee tinies and others!]

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"The adults this time. Teachers, at least," he explained, keeping his voice low. "It's...interesting."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Wow," Lana said, looking around. "Is it, do you know if it's the same all over the island?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I never made it out of the dorms, but I'm guessing so. I think most of the kids are from town." Jack shook his head. "How are you anyway, Lana, apart from still being tall?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I'm good," Lana said with a smile and, remembering his too sharp look the other day, glanced down again to make sure she was wearing a loose sweater. "Jim's feeling a little bit better. How's your arm doing?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Glad to hear it, and it's okay." He lifted his right shoulder in a shrug. "Hurts less than it did, which is good."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Did you have fun at the dance last night?" Lana asked. She might have looked just the tiniest bit wistful.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"It was interesting," he finally answered. "And fun. There were chinchillas in the punch, or so I'm told."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Chinchillas?" Lana said curiously. "And that was some hesitation there, but fun... that's good."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Nah, it was fun, it just had some unexpected bits." He snickered. "Usually the punch just gets spiked with booze."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana laughed, remembering a dance from the year previously when Han had all but carried both her and Shep home. "Very true. I certainly don't remember chinchillas before. In fact, I'm not sure I'd even recognize a chinchilla."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Small, fuzzy, but if it's splashing in the punch, it probably doesn't matter what sort of small fuzzy critter it is," he laughed. "Just don't drink it afterwards."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Now, that's a given!" Lana said with a grin.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Yup. Chinchilla hair is not a cocktail, it's just annoying."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shuddered. "I can only imagine. Well, Jim and I had a nice quiet night watching movies. He's such a dear. When I got home he was trying to get dressed to take me to the dance, even though he could barely stand up."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"That's sweet," Jack said with a smile. "Glad you kept him home, though. I don't think going out in this cold would be very good for him."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"He hasn't left the room in almost two weeks," Lana said. "I think going down the hallway wouldn't have been good for him. But yeah, I would have loved to go to the dance, but I couldn't let him go."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack nodded in agreement. "Next one. One thing that this place doesn't lack is holidays. And hell, if there's isn't an official one, you can always hold our own."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana grinned. "Very true. We could always hold an impromptu dance on the roof or something when things warm up."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"See? That's good thinking. Don't rely on other people to make the fun, bring the fun to you."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana's smile took on a bit of a sly quality. "Oh trust me, I manage to have quite a lot of fun."

"But a dance on the roof... Jim's not big on crowds, so that might be ideal. Not to mention incredibly romantic to be dancing under the stars."