Fifth Floor Common Room, Tuesday Evening

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John had homework. He wasn't fond of it, so he took it to the common room where hopefully people would come by and distract him away his history textbook. That or he'd end up watching the premiere of that show about the anthropologist. Hey, the dude in the show shot a clown, it had to be good programming!

[ooc: OPEN OMG YAY Bones!]

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Molly wandered in and plopped down on the couch with an "oof."

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"It really is an 'oof' kind of day, huh?" he commented.

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Molly shrugged. "It hasn't been bad or anything. My mind is just kind of somewhere else."

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"Where's that?" he asked, ready to listen to his friend.

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Molly gave him a small smile. "Karal goes back to his world every week now," she said by way of explanation.

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"Ah," he had no idea what that was like but he thought he ought to try. "I guess you...miss him?"

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"I do, but it's not that," she said, scrunching up her face. She sighed and turned to look directly at John. "I have issues with people leaving," she explained. "I'll be just a little bit anxious until he gets back on Thursday. I'm better this week than I was last week though." She gave him another small smile.

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"Now that I wasn't aware of," he said. "Remember, I'm right across the hall, and I've got some awesome new furniture." He was going for cheering.

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Molly gave him a big grin. "I wouldn't be intruding on any snuggle time?" she asked teasingly.

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John rolled his eyes, "If you were, I'd tell you."

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Molly chuckled. "I'll stop teasing now. I promise," she said.

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"Thank you," John said. "Right now I'm trying to remember why I told you anything about it in the first place."

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Molly grinned. "Because I'm your friend and you know I tease because I'm happy for you."

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"You make a valid point," John acknowledged. "Just don't forget that the teasing can go both ways."

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Molly's eyes widened slightly. "You make a good point," she said, aware of how well positioned John was to notice how often Karal stayed in her room. "I'll be good."

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"Good, now you can help me make up stuff about U.S. History for my homework," he grinned.

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"Why do you need to make stuff up?" Molly asked.

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"The professor seems to make up his lessons, so I make up my homework. It seems a fair trade-off," John said cheerfully.

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"Has he noticed yet?"

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"Not that I can tell," John sighed. "I'm thinking of starting a coup. Or at least an anti-bad information rebellion."

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Molly laughed. "Would you teach the class then?"

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"Yeah, no." He hadn't thought it that far out. "Maybe just have a free period instead."

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Molly grinned. "Okay, so what are we making up?"

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"Something about colonial times," he said. "And possibly mulch."

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"Hmmm, colonial times and mulch," Molly said thoughtfully. "Oh! Didn't the colonists come over to America to flee gardening persecution?"

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"Yes, I believe they did," John grinned. "And if I remember right, their new greenhouses were burned by people who didn't like cilantro."

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"Ooo, yeah! Those cilantro haters were the worst." Molly nodded. "Although not as bad as the group who wanted to force everyone to put parsley in every dish."

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"What with parsley having no flavor whatsoever," he agreed. "Maybe I should write something about the butter churning. The prof. seems to be into butter."

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Molly giggled. "Maybe you could bring in some flavored butters for extra credit."

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"Now that would be funny," John laughed. "Maybe some cilantro butter!"

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"Yes!" Molly agreed. "That would be perfect."

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"I bet they carry something like that at T&C," he said thoughtfully, really enjoying the idea.

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"I wouldn't be surprised if they did," Molly said.

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Andrew walked in and plopped down on the sofa next to John.

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"How's it going?" John greeted Andrew.

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"Things are... great," Andrew replied, frowning because it was true.

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"Shouldn't you be happier when you say that?" he asked, wondering about the frown.

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Andrew realized it had been a long time since he had actually talked to his hero.

"I'm seeing someone." That got a grin out of him.

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"Excellent!" John grinned, pleased for his friend. "How long's it been going on?"

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"It's been building for a while now. It's still not like, you know, official. But it feels like it's official. You know?"

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"Yeah, I think I do," John said, 'cause he thought he did. "You thinking about making it official?" He really didn't know why he was asking.

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"I'm thinking about it," Andrew replied. "What about you? Seeing anyone special?"

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"Too soon to tell, but I'm working on it," he said. "Have you heard about this homecoming dance thing?" John felt the need to share Dawn's information with others.

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"When is homecoming?" Andrew asked.

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"In a couple weeks," he said. "Dawn was giving me the rundown of pre-dance events and it sounds like quite the party and quite the date opportunity."

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"Sounds like fun," he said. "Neil's a pretty good dancer. I'll have to see if he can give me some lessons before the dance."

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"Ah, so is this thing between you and Neil," John asked, remembering their talk when Andrew looked like him. And went on a date with Neil looking like him. John pushed the scary bits of those thoughts out of his mind.

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"He's amazing, John. He's like smart and cute and clean and I think he actually likes me," Andrew gushed.

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"Cleanliness is...a virtue," John smiled. "Of course he likes you, he'd be stupid not to." John thought only pure, friendly things about his excellent sidekick.