Second Floor Common Room - Tuesday Night

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg was bored. Bored, bored, bored. She was far too used to having class five days a week. She had on her pj's (a green tank top and Neptune High cheerleader shorts) and was lounging on the couch. One leg was laid out in front of her and the other was hanging off the side of the couch. Not the most lady-like of poses, but she was feeling lazy. She was flipping through the channels, hoping there was something decent on.

"Oooh! Blue Planet!"

[Tis open...yo]

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[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Good!" Charlie leaned over to offer a hug as she settled onto the couch. "Well, sick. But getting better." Her smile brightened a shade. "And I'm seeing someone now. Rodney. Have you met him?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He pulled her close and hugged her tight. "Missed you," he said and brightened at her smile. "Hate that you're sick but getting better is great and Rodney? Nope. Haven't met him? Do I need to have a talk with him?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie hugged back and then grinned. "Good. It's reciprocal then. No! No talks!" She laughed, leaned her head against his shoulder. "He's very smart, Canadian, and we've only been going out a little while. You'll like him, though, so you can meet him and... not tell him anything that'll make him run away?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He laughed. "I'm going to light myself on fire and tell him it won't matter how smart he is, he'll be fodder for my fire if he hurts you." He was teasing her of course. Well, maybe.

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie face-palmed. "I don't know if he'd take that as a challenge or start questioning your sanity. And mine." She kind of thought Rodney might yell back, from a safe distance. Or build another bomb. "Do I get to warn Savannah, if you do that? Maybe light something of *hers* on fire?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I get it. No scaring your newly acquired boyfriend type," Johnny said smartly, though his eyes were twinkling.

"What do you think anyway, about my having a girlfriend? Surprised?" He sure as hell was. Not now so much, but then, when he first thought about it? Yeah... blew him away.

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Thank you. And... a little?" Charlie admitted, looking anxiously at him. "I thought you didn't want to date any one person. But Savannah changed your mind?"

Which made her feel a *little* bad, about giving up on dating him so soon... but she'd done it for good reasons, and she really liked Rodney. So. Things had worked out, really.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"She did," he said, ducking his head a bit and appearing a tad bashful. No one would have ever thought that he'd have a girlfriend. At least for longer than a night.

Everyone who dated him early on gave up on him. But it was his fault - he wasn't stable and he was playing the field.

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Good for her," Charlie said, giving his arm a squeeze. "She's lucky." She grinned at him, teasing a little. "So you're good with it? No urge to suddenly kiss people for random reasons?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He laughed. "Will I ever live that down? But no... it's just Savannah and I and honestly, Charlie, I hope it stays that way."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Yaaay," Charlie cheered quietly, bouncing a little. "Good. And yeah, you'll live it down... someday. After the 10 year reunion, maybe?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Do I need to tickle you into submission?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie's eyes widened in combined worry and laughter. "No. No, really. Noooo. I'm forgetting. Now. What were we talking about?"

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Let me think, umm, we were talking about my awesome catwalk skills." Yeah, Johnny totally sucked in Top Model today. Different subject.

"What classes are you taking?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Are you too sexy for your shirt?" Charlie asked, giggling. "And math." She made a motion as if to strangle herself. "And Debate. And hopefully I can be on the newspaper. That's it, I wanted an easy semester if I had to take... math."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Hate math uh?" yeah, he was ignoring the too sexy for his shirt comment. Unless, you know, Charlie wanted him to take it off. He could do that.

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie would totally ask, except hey, Savannah. Rodney.

Hmm. Maybe she could get someone else to ask him to do that....

"I don't hate it, but... I'm scared of it. I feel stupid when I have to do it. I love words. And word problems? Suck. That tells you all you need to know about math."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Math isn't too bad. But Science is freaking great. I'm in Mad Science. We played laser tag today. I don't get the science part really, but hell, it was fun."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"I like hearing about it, and I loved Explosions class this summer. But math..." Charlie shook her head, then grinned. "I think our Debate teacher may be insane. Or? He's a secret genius."

[and I fade out and craaash. SP to tomorrow, if it's okay w/you]

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Do you need to be tutored in math, Charlie?" Johnny asked, seriously. "I might could be of some help."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Maybe? Rodney's supposed to help, but I don't want to burn him out." Charlie squeezed his arm. "Thanks. I could use a little assistance, I think."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you need me... Room 217 now," he grinned. "I sort of moved in with Savannah."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Awwww," Charlie gushed. "Okay. I'll do that. But I'll definitely, definitely knock first."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

He blushed. "No... no... it's just sweet, Charlie. There's none of that going on..." And he had no idea why he felt the need to explain that other than to defend Savannah's innocence.

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie boggled a little, then looked thoughtful. "Really? Wow. Kinda serious with you two, hunh? If there's no... stuff, going on, but you're living in the same room..."