Third Floor Common Room, Saturday Evening

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori was camped out in the common room, attempting to study for finals. She only had one on Monday, so it wasn't so bad, but she wanted to at least brush up on the other two classes.

The television was on, and it just so happened that it landed on the Food Network. And it happened to be Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals. So now, instead of studying, Tori was watching intently, jotting down notes about what Rachel was making.

[OOC: OPEN!! Come hang, I'm around.]

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle was feeling a little bored and her mun needed a break from paperwriting, omg, so she went common room hopping and found a Tori.

"Hey, Tori!" she said, dropping on the couch and taking a look at the TV. "Oh, man, now I'm hungry. What kind of food you guys keep up here?"

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"Hey Turtle!" Tori grinned and chuckled a bit. "Me too. I honestly don't know. There's cereal, I believe."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, cereal." Turtle pushed up off the couch immediately and bounced over to go get some. "Pour you a bowl?" she offered as she started searching the cupboards.

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori smiled brightly. "Oh, sure. Thank you." She appreciated it. Turtle was right about the show making people hungry.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

A few moments later, Turtle returned to the couch with two bowls in her hand, plopping back down, carefully to not spill the milk. She handed Tori the bowl with less cereal in it. "No problem!" she chirped, and then shoveled in a spoonful.

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori smiled gratefully, glad for the cereal. She could use some form of sustenance, especially when studying was concerned.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle, food still unchewed and unswallowed in her mouth, nodded toward Tori's books. "What'cha studying for?"

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"Conflict Management." Tori explained. "And browsing through Villains and Villainy and Folklore and Fact, even though they're not until later in the week."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Cool," Turtle nodded. "I should really probably study for my Fairy Tales one. It's gonne be harsh."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Hey, teammate-type person," Conner said, poking his head into the common room. "What's on -- oooh, food."

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"Hey Conner!" Tori smiled and waved, when she spotted him. "Yep. I love this network." She admitted, happy to see that Good Eats was starting up.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Me too, but it always makes me hungry and you know I can't cook," Conner said, plunking down onto the couch. "Even if Alton Brown makes it look so easy."

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori laughed. "Yeah, same here. Except for the can't cook part." She teased. She could make a few things, but was totally not up to par with Alton or any of the chefs on Food Network. "He really does." Tori couldn't believe how easy it appeared, it was bewildering.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"At least he doesn't make ice cream out of, like, fish and stuff," Conner remarked. "Good thing one of us can cook, or Kimberly would've starved," he added, grinning.

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori made a face at that. "Oh, that would be so wrong." She shook her head in disgust. "Oh, yeah. A very good thing." Tori smirked. "I doubt any of our friends would've let that happen, though." She added.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Lucky for Kimberly," Conner laughed. "And Mia, I guess, come to think of it. I wonder if Mia's mom could cook."

He tilted his head. "Do you know who Aiden's dad is?"

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Tori chuckled, grinning in an amused manner. "I'm sure she could."

She sighed and shook her head. "I'm not sure, but I think I have an idea."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"C'mon, spill," Conner wheedled. "Was it one of your Ninja Academy guys?"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Yo, Conner," Turtle smiled at him and waved a little from her spot on the couch.

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"Turtle! My esteemed sponsor! How's it going?" Conner said cheerfully.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle beamed a little at her prestigieous title. "Gooooood. How are you?"

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

"I'm doing awesome," Conner replied, "despite the fact that this network is bruising my ego by reminding me that I can't cook. And I'm trying not to think about finals."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Pssh," Turtle said, deftly avoiding mentioning finals because, hey, he said he didn't want to think about them. "Who needs to cook? All the best food come prepackaged anyway. And, if you really want something fancy, well, then, that's why you hire people to do it for you."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

And Conner, who was a) lazy and b) a menace in the kitchen, decided this sounded like the most profound wisdom he'd ever heard in his life.

"Have I ever told you how much I love the way you think?"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, it didn't end up ending the way Turtle's head was hoping it would, but good enough, she'll take it. Turtle's face turned a shade a pink as her shoulders lifted bashfully and she bit her lip, positively beaming. "Reallllly?" she nearly squeaked.

Eeeee, Conner McKnight loved...the way she thought! Whooo!