4th floor common room.Friday morning. Spirit Cookies!

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

Claire loved spirit baking almost as much as she loved cheerleading.

Well, she did, when it was something she'd do at home. But even without the mother-daughter bonding thing she still took an inordinate amount of pride in her range of butter cookies, all made from scratch. So she was up early in the common room, icing blue and yellow patterns on to the cookies as she waiting for the first person to turn up.

[OOC: open post, no need for an OCD.]

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Claire!" Molly called. "Wow, you got a head start, huh?"

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Molly."

Claire glanced up, a bag of blue icing in her hand still.

"Well, I missed it yesterday, and I thought I'd make up for it."

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly giggled. "You missed some interesting cookies yesterday. I think the fifth floor might be a bit jealous when they find out what fourth is getting."

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"It's my Mom's recipe," Claire said, and picked up an uniced cookie to toss to Molly. "When I told her there was camp, she got all excited and emailed me all her cookie hints."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Karal had come out of the stairs (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhighdorms/1198273.html?style=mine), walked past the common room, and heard Molly's voice. He didn't even stop to think, just trotted inside and hugged her, wrapping his arms around her from behind and pressing his face into her shoulder.

Probably not the best idea, considering he was in a different body.

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly was startled very briefly, but the sensation was familiar enough that she grinned and rested a hand over one of the hands around her waist. But, then she saw that rather than Karal's sandy curls, the hair was dark and straight.

Her grip on the wrist under her hand tightened significantly and she quickly pulled and twisted so that she could escape the grasp. "Who in the frell do you think you are!?" she demanded before she even got a look at who it was.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Karal bit his lip, pressing his hands together, and backed off several steps. "Molly, I am sorry," he said, sounding very apologetic. "I reacted without thinking. It's -- Sunlord, this is strange, but I am Karal."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River appeared in the fourth floor common room, quietly watiching Claire. Finally she said: "Impressive."

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

Claire wasn't really paying attention until River spoke, which was why she jumped and squirted yellow frosting across three cookies at once.

"Thanks," she said, amused.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River smiled. "Reminds you of home."

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

A beat, and Claire smiled back. "Yeah," she admits. "It does."

Which was why she did most of the work on her own.

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy showed up a little after River, having woken up when she left the room. "Hey guys!" She waved happily, before yawning hugely. "Um. Sorry."

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Buffy," Claire said, lifting a plat of cookies up in triumph. "Cookie?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Buffy grinned. "The best breakfast ever." She walked over to Claire so she could grab a cookie. "Have you been up long?"

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"No," Claire lied, then caught herself in the lie. "Well, yeah. But only cause I like making cookies."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

On his way to class, John stopped in the common room to grab a cookie.

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"Hey, John," Claire said, proffering a plat towards him.

"Old family recipe."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Claire," John grinned and grabbed a couple cookies. "I'm pleased to see I missed the working part of the cookie party today."

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"You'd only ruin them," Claire said with a smirk.

[multiplez]

Z froze in the doorway. "We have to bake the cookies?" she semi-wailed. "But I can't bake!"

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"Not today," Claire said. "You missed the cooking this morning. I decided we couldn't take the risk."

[multiplez]

"Oh, good," Z said, sounding relieved. "Can I still eat the cookies, though?"

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah bounced in. "Hi Claire"

[savedfornow.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Savannah!" Claire said happily, holding out a plate. "Cookie?"

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"Love one." She took a cookie and grinned. "So, what kind are we baking today?"