Hallways - Thursday night

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette was walking up and down the dorm hallways carrying a large silver tray of cupcakes. Well no, she was marching sort of. Her contingent of weetiny penguins were following her, marching along. Between every two, they carried a cupcake, and they handed them to anyone who bent over to ask them nicely for one. If one did not ask nicely, there was, uh, no telling where that cupcake might end.

"One, two, three, four, keep up fella's. We've got a lot of cupcakes to give away!"

Much weetiny squee'ing commenced and the pitter-patter of wobbly penguin feet.

(ooc: hallways are open like hallways are!)

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[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

Dick poked his head out of his room. "Hey birthday chick! With cupcakes!"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Yo, Dick. Want one?" Annette grinned as her little army of weetiny penguins marched to a halt at her heels.

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Yeah but hold on a second. I got you something." he said, slipping back into his room. He came back holding a plushie (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/images/1189/). Beaver had showed him the site and the mun he couldn't resist. Now she could tell people that he gave her syphilis for her birthday! Well, he thought it was funny.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She smiled and tilted her head, watching him. When she saw the little plushie she laughed, knowing what he was thinking. "You are too cute for words. Thank you. But do not expect me to tell anyone what you are thinking." She giggled and shook her head.

"Stick it in my back pocket for me please? My hands are currently full."

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Oh you have to tell someone! Cally will think it's funny." he said. He put the plushie in her back pocket, with the little smiley face of it facing forward. He might have taken a little longer than necessary.

"How did you get the penguins to work for you? One of the ones in my room tried to break my lamp. He was a penguin rebel without a cause."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"I'll tell Cally cause you're right, she'll love this one." She grinned.

"It was easy - they came with me to Ares' class today." Her smile this time was sneaky and well-pleased. "They think their my little protectors. Be careful when you bend down to get a cupcake from them."

Oh, and she just remembered! "Thanks for singing to me. That was sweet."

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, I know how much you love my singing voice." he said, grinning. He bent down carefully to take a cupcake. Last thing he needed was an angry wee!tiny penguin after him.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"You have to say the magic word." She whispered when the two of the little guys looked up to her. They were frowning though. They looked at Dick then to her, then back to Dick.

Annette saw three of them standing behind get their rolled paper spears ready.

"You might have to prove your worth for a cupcake, Dick." Hee hee hee

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"How do I prove myself worthy to a penguin?" he asked, looking warily at the penguins.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Gee, Dick. I don't know." Annette giggled quietly. "I guess you might have to sing them a song or something."

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Um..." he tried to think of a quick song to sing. "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, deedle dee dee! There they are all standing in a row, bum bum bum. Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head!"

He smiled at the penguins and hoped they liked the song. He was hungry, dammit.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette stared at Dick then bust out laughing. Looking down at her little buddies, she nodded gently.

"Okay, Dick. Now you just have to say the magic word. And no, it would not be coconuts."

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

Dick bent down to talk to the penguins. "Can I please have a cupcake?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

They might have grumbled but the slowly handed one over to him. They settled back in formation and glowered.

"What can I say? The little buggers love me." She teased him. "And here, take another one from my tray for your singing. It was great, really."

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"I'll try not to get jealous." he said, winking. He took a cupcake off her tray. "Cupcakes are totally worth the singing."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"They totally are." She agreed.

Then, just randomly you know, "Dick? Will you kick someone's ass for me? If you know, it was for a good cause?"

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

Dick raised an eyebrow. "Sure, depending on what the cause was."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"He was mean to me...on my birthday? Fought with me and everything up close in my face." Annette purported a pout. It might be cute. But really, she was upset.

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Who was mean?" he asked. Okay, this might not warrant a beating but it'll definitely be worth a stink eye and possibly a wedgie.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Okay, maybe Annette didn't want his ass kicked (because Annette totally believed Dick could do it). He was just mean. He didn't hurt her or touch her or anything.

"Steerpike. Told me some ugly things about myself. Which are so not true, I swear it. But...he was my friend and he...well, he was just unkind and we argued. And..." She shuffled her foot and her weetiny penguins shifted and held their rolled paper spears at the ready.

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Steerpike." Dick said to himself. He'd heard that name before. "Oh right, I've only seen him as a her. "I have no doubt in my mind that whatever that dude said was not true." He assured her. "Next time I see him, I'll talk to him."

'Talk' was a word being used loosely here. 'Threaten' would be more like it. It was the boyfriendly thing to do, even if they weren't dating. He remembered a birthday and actually got a present, which would cause most people he knew at home to die of shock.

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette held his gaze, leaned in and whispered a little. "Be careful. I think he might be a little bit willy." She nodded. "I wouldn't want you to get...you know...hurt or something. And I don't want him to be mean to you because of me."

Maybe Annette shouldn't have mentioned Steerpike. Dick wasn't her boyfriend. She should be able to fight her own fights, right? "You wouldn't happen to have a taser gun or anything like that would you?" She asked with a lift of her brow.

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry. I won't get my ass kicked. Or kick anybody's ass." he said. "Unless they really, really deserve it. I just said I'd talk to him."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette was seriously thinking Steerpike really really deserved it. "Maybe I could punch him." She leaned her tray against her hip and made a fist, showing Dick. "I can could punch someone, I'm sure of it."

[surferboy-09er.livejournal.com]

Dick laughed. "Go ahead and punch him. He can't do anything back to you since you're a girl. I'll support your punching him one hundred percent."