Third Floor Bathroom, Tuesday Morning

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There really was nothing like waking up with your face pressed against cold tile floor.

And then seeing clippings of your own hair coating the floor around you.

John sat up quickly, and then groaned because ow, that made his head throb. He rubbed his hand on his head, remembering Dawn and the haircut.

This might be worse than the Nightmares.

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Lois walked into the girl's bathroom. She was going to try to put on her make up one handed without any interruptions from her roommate. She practically dropped her make up bag on the floor when she saw John.

"What the hell, John?" she asked. Lois' eyes then trailed up to his hair. "What. The. Hell."

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John wanted to become one with the floor even as he got to his feet. "Hell is right," he muttered, rubbing his really screwed up hair.

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"Why...?" Lois asked, not sure whether to ask about his hair or his being in the girl's bathroom first.

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John looked at her, head pounding. "No more drinking. No more. Oh god, my hair." He was so not going to have a good day.

Possibly week.

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"Yeah, there are few things you don't want to do when drunk. Playing barbershop is one of them," Lois said, moving to get a closer look. "Er...it's not that bad?"

Lois thought it was really bad.

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Horrified, John glared. "What do you mean?! It's awful! Where is Dawn?" She had so better hide until it grew back.

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"Okay, it is awful. Just...bad. Really, really bad," Lois said. She wasn't even going to mention how stupid it was of him to let somebody else cut his hair. "You might just want to shave it all off."

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Grief was a terrible thing, especially when hair-related. "Shave it? Maybe a day or two'll make it better."

Better was not possible.

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"John, you look like somebody attacked you with a weed whacker," she said. "A day or two is not going to make it better."

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Looking in the mirror, he couldn't deny she had a point. "Oh god, I'm going to have to walk through the hall like this."

"You don't have clippers, do you?" And no, he was not going to question why she would, okay.

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"Clippers are not part of my process when I put on my make up, sorry," she said, lifting up her bad. "I think you're better off just running for it. Or you could use your shirt as a turban."

Yeah, because that wouldn't attract any attention to him at all.

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"Smart thinking, Lane," John said, liking this turban idea and finally noticing her state. "What's with the cast?"

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"Hades. He grabbed my wrist and did this to it," Lois said, lifting up her good hand and making a crushing motion with it. "Luckily I wasn't conscious long enough to really feel the pain."

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"Damn," John grimaced, remembering that night. "Oh wait, I saw you unconscious over Professor Deadpool's shoulder! Glad you're better-ish."

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Lois hadn't known that Deadpool had been the one who had taken her to the clinic. She should probably thank him or something later.

"Thanks. You can sign my cast later, if you want," she said. "Jaina and Ned's signatures are lonely."

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"Oh god, Jaina," John's head dropped to his chest in defeat. "I'm never going to live this down. I should probably sign your cast now in case I don't survive the day."

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Lois fished around in her bag for that marker she had stolen from the clinic yesterday. "Oh yeah, she's going to laugh at you. A lot."

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"There's never a priest of Vkandis around when you need someone to pray for you," John sighed. Karal was probably the only person he knew who'd feel badly for mocking him.

"I promise to keep my note clean," he told her, holding out his hand for the marker. "Wouldn't want a god-fighter to kick my ass."

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"That'd be smart," Lois said as she handed him the marker. "This cast doubles as a weapon."

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"A powerful weapon," John agreed, taking the marker and scribbling on the cast.

Thanks for saving me from hell and the girl's bathroom - John Sheppard

"There. And now I should probably turban-up and find some clippers before I have to go to class." There weren't words for how much he wasn't looking forward to that.

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"Nice," Lois said after she read what John had wrote. "Good luck with the whole hair thing. Just remember that it'll grow back to it's former beauty eventually."

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"Thanks, Lois," John replied making a face before whipping off his shirt and wrapping his head. "Let's hope I don't get caught."

He headed for the door. And no, he wasn't cleaning up the hair clippings.