Fourth Floor Common Room [late evening]

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis could, once again, not sleep. So tonight she was curled up on the couch (where she had absolutely not fallen asleep the night before) and was watching whatever had come up on the television while sipping tea and poking at a roll of something called Rolos that she'd handwavily gotten earlier, along with a heap of other candies.

She would probably welcome company. And maybe share her candy. Maybe.

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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I am fighting you because you took it," she said. "And yes. What of it?"

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Well, when you have too much sugar too soon, it's like every cell in your body is drunk. They're all happy, and it makes you all hyper and energetic," Seely said. "'Cept the thing is, the energy just runs out, like that." He clicked his fingers. "And you crash. And then your cells are hungover."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis stared at him. "That made no sense."

Didn't help that she didn't know what cells were.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely facepalmed. "Hold out you hands," he said. "And try to hold them steady."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis held out her hands. "I am fine, see -- Oh."

Her right hand was shaking no matter how hard she tried to still it. "Oh dear."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely reached up to rub her hand. "See what I mean?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I am still fine," she said, intrigued by the shaking.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"You hand shake like that often then?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"...sometimes." No.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely raised an eyebrow. "Like when you've driven yourself to exhaustion?"

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Who's exhausted? I'm not," she protested, attempting to roll out of his lap.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Stay a while then." Seely held on. "Maybe I'll get lucky and you'll fall asleep on me again."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I didn't sleep on you," she said, her expression darkening a little.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"You did," Seely grinned. "And you were adorable."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I did not! And I was not!" she said, eyes wide.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely continued grinning. "Yes, you were."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"No I wasn't!" she protested. "And I was not asleep, I was merely resting my eyes."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Completely adorable. For several hours."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"...you stayed that long?"

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"I didn't want to wake you up," Seely said, as if that should have been perfectly obvious.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"You could have!" she said, starting to blush now. "Not that I was asleep."

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"It wasn't exactly a great hardship," Seely pointed out. "Regardless of whether you were asleep or not, which you were."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't, and I wouldn't want someone asleep on my shoulder all night. It sounds tedious," she said.

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

"Pity," Seely faked a yawn. "Because I'm kind of sleepy, and very comfortable here."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis squirmed, and hid a yawn of her own. "Well, you should let me go," she said. "And sleep."