Dorm Lobby - All Day Tuesday

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan didn't have any classes on Tuesdays. So she was sitting in the dorm lobby with some crappy handdrawn posters that said "Joan Girardi for Junior Class Rep".

She also had cookies, but don't worry, she didn't bake them, they were from J,GOB.

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[unddann]

Lola headed through and paused when she saw the posters.

". . . Rep?"

Yeah, she didn't know that one.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Representative," Joan explained. "I wrote too big to fit the whole word."

She offered Lola a cookie. "It's for Student Council."

[unddann]

"Ah." Lola took the cookie and nibbled at it for a moment. "If you win, I'll start calling you 'Burgermeister'."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan raised an eyebrow. "I don't think that there's anything to do with hamburgers."

[unddann]

"Nein, of course not. You're not from Hamburg." Yeah, Lola knew a lot of her country's cities had managed to turn themselves into names of foods in the US. But she was discovering that misunderstanding could be a lot of fun.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Wait, there's actually a place called Hamburg?" Joan asked. Geography had never been her strong suit. "Is that where hamburgers were invented?"

[unddann]

Lola honestly didn't know. "Maybe? Hamburg is a big city in Germany. If you are from there, you're called a 'Hamburger'. If you're from Berlin, you're a Berliner." She grinned. "But you must be careful how you say it, because 'Berliner' is also a donut."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan giggled. "Yeah, I could see where it would be bad to introduce yourself as a donut."

[unddann]

"Your president already did so. I don't remember which one. It was before the wall was down, maybe even before the wall went up?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"I don't know much about history," Joan admitted with a shrug.

[unddann]

"If you were German, you would know about this," Lola said calmly. "American presidents are often fools, but it's not always so, ah, obvious. So we remember it."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan chuckled. "Oh, I think a lot of Americans are well aware of how foolish our presidents can be."

[unddann]

"Will you be foolish as the, ah, rep?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"I hope not," Joan said. "Mostly I think we'll be organizing dances and bake sales and stuff."

[unddann]

"Bake sales." Lola looked at the cookie. "So you are showing you are a baking pro?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Well... I didn't actually bake those," Joan admitted. "But I'm a good organizer."

Sometimes. Sort of. Depending on what God told her, really.

[unddann]

Lola grinned. "Will you 'organize' my homework for me?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," Joan said, grinning back.

[unddann]

"Then maybe I will vote for you."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan figured a maybe was better than a no.

"I'll take that," she said.

[unddann]

"Good, because I have nothing else to give."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"How are your classes going?" Joan asked. She hadn't really talked to Lola much lately.

[unddann]

"Good. I have only two a week, which is much better than back home."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"I have three, but yeah, so much nicer."

[unddann]

"Three? And you are running for office? Are you sure you will have time?"

Yeah, there's some sarcasm, there.