The Roof, Sunday night

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

 Johnny had handwavily gone off island today to buy Savannah a birthday present, and the time alone was spent in much thought. Funny how a guy like him could be so reflective.  Sue would like it, Reed might be proud, but Ben would totally call him a dork.

Whatever. Ever since Homecoming and his dance with a certain someone, Johnny hadn't been able to think real clear. He should talk to Savannah, be open and honest... but damn that was going to be hard. And then hearing the radio and... yeah. He wasn't so sure just how much that dance meant and maybe he was just reading into it more than necessary.

Anyhow, he was on the roof, being reflective cause he could. And being a roof, it was totally open to anyone else who wanted to be on it.

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Hoshi was perfectly comfortable in her room about 95% of the time. She was also proud of herself for surviving the homecoming dance without an attack of claustrophobia. But today she was feeling cramped wherever she went in the dorms. She finally emerged on the roof, gasping for breath, looking a little pale and praying that she wouldn't have a full-blown panic attack like the one she had at her grandfather's funeral.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Instict told him he wasn't alone, that and the sound of gasping breath. Turning his head he raised a brow. "You okay?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"I will be when I can actually breathe," gasped Hoshi.

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Johnny who's mun can't spell tonight took a step towards her. "What happened?"

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"Nothing. I just need space," said Hoshi, looking very shaky.

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"Hoshi, you look like you've just been chased down by Von Doom or something." What? It was his version of Doom.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"No, nothing like that happened," said Hoshi, shutting her eyes. "It felt like the walls were closing in on me."

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"Claustrophobic?" he asked, making sure he didn't invade her personal space.

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"Yes," said Hoshi. "I was so worried about making it through the homecoming dance and instead it hits today."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"That sucks," he said, seriously looking concerned for her. "Anything I can do for you that fresh air can't?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes it helps to have a distraction," said Hoshi, opening her eyes. She was having an easier time breathing but still looked really shaky.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Seriously? Okay, um... Flame on!" Johnny lit up like a Christmas tree.

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That was definitely distracting. "Oh my God, you're on fire!" said Hoshi.

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"Oh my god, I know!" Johnny cackled.

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"And that's not a problem?" asked Hoshi. The panicky feeling that was controlling her earlier had dissipated and she was looking a lot better.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Which Johnny was thankful for. Entertaining her had also helped him. "Nope. It's all genetics, sweetheart. And right now I'm not that hot," he said because seriously, he'd blow up the island if he went Supernova.

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"That is so weird," said Hoshi, staring in amazement.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Laughing, he extinguished himself and was totally thankful he was wearing his fire suit. "But extremely useful, Hoshi."

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"I bet it is," said Hoshi. "I can't do anything quite that useful, except for speaking a lot of different languages."

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"Hey," he said. "You never know when you might run into a gangster or something." Johnny always had a hard time understanding some of them mafia people on TV. They all seemed to have super thick tongues.

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"Like I can get rid of a gangster by yelling at him in Russian? No, wait, it would work if he was in the Russian mafia," said Hoshi, thinking.

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It made sense to Johnny. "Exactly." No way could he ever learn Russian. Not that he couldn't, really, but man, the hours involved in studying. If it didn't involve flying or extreme sports, he wasn't much interested.

"You look much better," he offered with a cute grin.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

It was a lot easier to devote hours to studying when you were home-schooled and didn't have a choice.

"I feel better," she admitted.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Did it just come on you, all of a sudden? Were you like, under your bed or something? In your closet?"

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Hoshi shrugged. "I was just in my room trying to write a letter to my parents when it hit," she said. "I'm not sure why."

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"Were you under any kind of stress?" he asked.

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"I was trying to convince my mom and dad not to come for Parents Weekend," said Hoshi. "I'm a little worried that they may change their minds about sending me here."

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"Ah," he said. "I got that same thing going on with me except with my sister and the rest of the four. Eh, at this stage, I don't know if anyone is going to come or not. Really? I don't care."

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"My parents were really strict, and they wouldn't even send me to a regular school. They were worried that ordinary teachers wouldn't push me hard enough academically. If they find out that Fandom is actually in the past for them, I think it would be back to home-schooling for me," said Hoshi, looking glum. "And God forbid they ever meet Professor Stinson."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Then lie to them," he said, because hell yeah, it's what he would do.

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"Like, tell them how well I'm doing in advanced calculus and that I've picked up five new languages already?" asked Hoshi. That was a lie. She only had two new languages since arriving in Fandom.

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"Exactly. Or tell them parents weekend has been cancled." he said reasonably. "I mean, cause come on, it totally can."

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"Even better," said Hoshi. "I like the way you think."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"I'm kind of cool like that," Johnny said, winking at her.

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny wandered up to the roof to smoke, as one does.

And yes, she was still wearing her tiara, thank you very much.

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

The tiara caught his eye first, then the blonde hair, then the..."Oh, my fake little sis whom I haven't seen in forever."

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny eyed him for a long moment before saying, "Oh, yeah, I remember you. You said you'd call me and never did."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

Ouch. "Are you sure I didn't call? I distinctly remember picking up my phone... after that it kind of gets fuzzy. But I'm almost sure I called. Nice tiara by the way."

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny shook her head. "I'm pretty sure you didn't, but then you're a guy, so failure to call girls is probably part of your genetic makeup. These things happen."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"My chick calling days are over; got myself a girlfriend," he said with a grin. "But I so would have called you did that not happen."

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny folded her arms and looked doubtfully at Johnny. "As your little sister, I should probably be offended that you ditched me for your girlfriend."

[fantastic-torch.livejournal.com]

"Do you... wanna kick my ass?"

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny rolled her eyes. "No, I don't want to kick your ass." Boys, really.