Dorm Lobby, Monday After Classes

[swerval_zero]

Zero set up camp at a card table with a hand-lettered sign on the front:

EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE!
Sign this petition to show you want Alec to stay
Get a discount on admission to my new movie!

He does not have hairy toes!

It's not a bribe, it's an incentive.

Oh, yeah, she also had a basket of lollipops for petition-signers.

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders didn't waste any time unwrapping the lollipop, and looked at her apprehensively with the stick poking out of his mouth. "I dunno. Bad things happen when I have a life."

[swerval_zero]

"We need to get you a good life," Zero amended.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders sighed indulgently. "Can we get one on eBay?"

[swerval_zero]

"I don't think they sell those on eBay," Zero said. "We could try Craigslist?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

". . . who's Craig?"

Anders had gotten much better versed in the ways of the Internet, but secondhand online shopping was not exactly one of his areas of focus.

[swerval_zero]

"You know, I'm not sure. But he has a list!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Are you on the list? Of what? Lives for sale? You realize you can buy anything on the Internet and that sounds kind of creepy, right?"

[swerval_zero]

"I think it's apartments an' jobs an' couches an' things, but they might have a life for sale," Zero said hopefully. "Hey, s'not like I'm tryin' to buy a kidney!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I don't even know why you'd want to -- no, not going there," Anders replied. "But hey, if you can find me a Playstation 3 while you're at it . . ."

[swerval_zero]

"It could happen," Zero said defensively. "I said a life, Daisy. Playstation 3s are fun, but they are not substitutes for friends and bar fights--I mean. Good clean wholesome fun."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Awwww!" Anders pouted at her for just a second, then smiled. "That bar fight was kinda fun, wasn't it?"

[swerval_zero]

Zero grinned back at him. "It really was."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"You saying you think I should get arrested more often, Hopeless-Savage?"

[swerval_zero]

"I'm not saying that at all, alien boy," Zero said. "The trick is to get in a brawl and not get arrested. S'called slipping out the back. Although, my parents raised me to save it for mosh pits and parking lots, but pshh. Rules."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders snorted and waved a hand dismissively. "I save my rules for the Pyramid court. How come you got the fun bringing-up?"

[swerval_zero]

Zero grinned impishly. "My parents were punk rock stars, remember?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I feel so cheated," Anders teased. "It's not too late to learn at my age, is it?"

[swerval_zero]

"It's never too late to learn, Daisy!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Well, then," Anders said, tapping his pen on the table, "sign me up for class."

[swerval_zero]

"I shall teach you, grasshopper," Zero told him.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I look forward to it, um . . . praying mantis?"

[swerval_zero]

"Good enough," Zero decided. "You may have another lollipop."