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Roof, Monday night

The dorms, they were full of people. Cass? Wasn't so good around people.

Besides, knowing that you were supposed to sleep in room 212 when you were illiterate just wasn't that useful. So Cass fled to the roof, where it was quiet and peaceful. She'd slept outside plenty of times over the preceding months, and she could always find her room in the morning.

After finding an out-of-the-way corner of the roof, Cass tossed her backpack down and laid back with her head pillowed on it. Not sleeping, just thinking. Of all the things she had planned for, wandering into town and ending up enrolled in school wasn't one of them.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Occasionally, Jenny did something nice, like go somewhere other than her room to smoke. Which would be why she went up the stairwell to the roof to sit on the ledge and light up. It was a nice night, she decided as she dug her packet of cigarettes and her lighter out of her pockets. "Great day to be alive," she murmured.

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Cass had always been an alert girl, and at the sound of someone else on the roof she sat up and looked around. With a smooth, silent movement she stood up and ghosted toward Jenny, frowning just a bit. "Yes," she said simply.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Jenny jumped at her words, then whipped around toward Cass. "Don't do that!" she snapped. "I could've fallen off the roof! Or killed you!"

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Cassandra tilted her head, "Sorry. Not used to people not noticing me."

Then she frowned at mention of killing people, "Probably not."
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
"You'd be surprised," Jenny muttered. She took a soothing drag off her cigarette and said, "Just...don't do it again, all right?"

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
With a considering look still in her eyes, Cassandra nodded, "Sure." She continued to examine the other girl silently, trying to pick up what details she could in the dark.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
What she'd see was a girl who looked fourteen, with a hardness to her eyes and mouth that said she was far, far older than that. "I'm Jenny. I don't know if we've met--please don't tell me I made out with you, too. I really have to lay off the Schnapps."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Cassandra shook her head, "No. I'm new." Other than that she stood silently, still looking.

Eventually, "Cigarettes are a bad habit."
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I know," Jenny said, exhaling a plume of smoke. "They're not my only one."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Why then?" Cassandra was genuinely curious.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Jenny actually thought about how to answer that for a moment. "Lots of reasons. I've been doing it for a long time, so I'm used to it. I enjoy it. And I have a self-destructive streak, but I can't be destroyed. And," she shrugged, "why not?"

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Cassandra gave Jenny's questions the same sort of thought before answering. "It makes it harder to breathe, and that can slow you down enough to get killed." Then she frowned, "And it's a very distinctive smell. People don't have to see you to know you're nearby. Harder to be sneaky."
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't have that first problem. Might, if I ever did any running, but. And I don't do sneaky," Jenny said with something like a smile. "At least, not the way other people do sneaky."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
"What do you mean," Cassandra frowned, watching Jenny's body language to try to pick out what she meant.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Jenny's body language wouldn't shed much light, but it would show that she had total confidence in what she was saying. "Can't show you here. But...let's just say I'm not regular people."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Most people aren't," Cassandra frowned, thinking. "I'm Cassandra," she eventually offered.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Jenny," said Jenny. "Nice to meet you."
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Jenny shrugged. "Not long. Couple of months. I came here halfway through the summer."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Cassandra nodded silently, and there was a long silence before she asked, "Do you like it?"
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Jenny thought about that. "I don't know yet. But it's better than the last boarding school I went to by a long shot."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've never been to school before," Cass admitted. "I think it might be a good thing to try."
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lucky," Jenny told her, then, "You never know, right? You might learn something. Meet some new people, at least," she added with a wry grin.

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah." Cass shrugged, "I've been meaning to learn to read anyway."
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Jenny didn't blink, because who was she to judge? "Yeah, s'a good thing to learn. You kinda can't do jack without it. I'm a crap teacher, but if you ever want help that won't go, 'You can't do what?' I'm in room 401."

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"401," Cass repeated quietly to herself. "I can remember that. That's on the fourth floor?" Even finding a room could be hard when you couldn't read the numbers on the doors.
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[personal profile] ashockingbitch 2007-09-04 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. It's the first door on the left after you come off the stairs. Next to the common room. My roommate's another blonde, Claire. She's nice. Tolerant, at least," Jenny added, gesturing with her cigarette.

[identity profile] iseewhatyoumean.livejournal.com 2007-09-04 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Another slow nod seemed like sufficient answer to Cassandra, so after giving it she just stood silently, looking out over the grounds.
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