Fifth Floor Common Room: Monday Afternoon

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It was an exciting Monday afternoon in the common room. There was a Space Battles marathon on the movie channel and absolutely no classes to worry about.

Andrew and John were sitting on the sofa, engrossed in the program. And probably geeking out a little. "Dude, Hanno totally shot first, I hate when they show the special edition," John complained. Okay, a lot.

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"Somehow I don't think Friday's going to forget happening," he said. "Unless you don't want Friday to happen."

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"I would really like for Friday not to happen," Jeff said, pulling his increasingly nervous-looking head back out of the choke-hold he'd had it in.

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"You got family coming to visit?" he scrunched his nose, understanding that particular pain.

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Jeff sounded like he was being strangled. Underwater. In a bag of cats. "My mother."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was some way to sound. Poor cats.

"Don't hold back your feelings, Jeff," he teased. "You sound thrilled to see your mom."

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By far the foulest look Jeff had ever managed fixed itself on John. "She's evil," he said. "Her coming will be cataclysmic. Doves will fall dead on the street. If she finds out I've got a girlfriend--"

He came to an incredibly shocked pause. "Oh no," he said, "I've got to hide Turtle."

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"You're going to hide Turtle from your mother?" John didn't see the point in that. "Somehow I don't see that working out well."

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"You don't understand," Jeff said, his foul look becoming increasingly more panicked, "I imagine she'll be bringing the guillotine. Oh, god."

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John stared at Jeff, "Your mom travels with a guillotine?"

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Jeff nodded. "A miniature one."

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"I don't think I want to know what it's for, do I?" John was a little worried about both Jeff and his mother.

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Jeff's only response was to return to turtling. Arms over his head.

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John felt he should try to help Jeff somehow. "Do you need a place to hide while she's here?"

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"She'll find me," Jeff answered immediately. "Save Turtle."

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"That's very brave of you," he said. "Tell Turtle my room's a haven for refugees of Parent's Weekend."

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"Thanks," Jeff said, with the air of a dead man.