Fourth Floor Common Room; Saturday Evening.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

His weekend, Cal decided, was just going to be full of new sorts of things, and he decided to stop being lazy in his room and go down to the common room to be lazy there. The common room had the added benefit of television, and he realized that he really hadn't bothered watching much modern TV.

...After a little while of flipping through the channels (after another while of trying to figure out the remote), Cal understood why he hadn't bothered. It was a weekend of new things, but he decided that watching TV wasn't one of them, and he soon turned it off, leaving for his room and coming back with a book and his script for the play to just do some good old reading.


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[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"It was pointless," Cal said. "It was unnecessary. Unless you can think of a good reason why it wasn't? I mean, if you were so concerned about my well-being in dating her, you should have told me, not tried to scare her off by being a bitch to her."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"You started dating her yesterday and I spoke with her Wednesday," Temari replied. "Should I have run right over to share my thoughts with you before then? You're a big boy, you'll figure it out on your own."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"You sure as hell should have shared your thoughts with me first before you did with her."

But there was something about how Temari said that which stuck to Cal like a staticy sweater. You'll figure it out on your own. Was there a specific it that Temari had noticed? Something that was said that Amber didn't mention that...?

He shook his head; that was ridiculous. What could there be wrong with Amber and him? Fanbutt was just being difficult, although he just wished he could understand why.

"Listen," he said, "I like her, okay? And there's a lot there that I don't expect you to just understand, so lay off of her, okay? It's stupid."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"I haven't said a word to her since," Temari said, crossing her arms over her chest. "So just who are you protecting?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Ask yourself that question," Cal said, reflecting her action of folding arms.

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"My friend. And you?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"My girlfriend. Who I really don't see why I need to be protected from."

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"And I said I haven't spoken to her since and I really have no urge to do so again." She was... well. Not worth her time. "So, a real answer would be nice."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"As long as you're done being unnecessarily mean to her," Cal said, "then I've said all I needed to."

And Fanbutt had still avoided the topic of whether or not there really was something about Amber that he should worry about. Damn. That was going to stick with him now.

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Of course."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

True to his words, then, Cal didn't say anything more. He just rolled his eyes, drawing in a deep breath to help deal with all the crazy, and tried to focus on the play without really even reading any of the words. He wondered if he could effectively convince himself that it was just Temari's time of the month, or something.

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

The smirk never wavered. "Enjoy your book," She said, turning to leave.