Fifth Floor Common Room, Thursday Morning

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff would be lying if he said he wasn't just a little bit afraid of his girlfriend right now. Which was exactly why he'd parked himself in the common room, wearing his Vote T.R. Wexler for Sophomore Junior Class Representative t-shirt, supporting several flags calling out for much the same in his hair, and...

...eating from a very large bowl of crisps while trying to focus on the TV.

He really was kind of scared. If she lost, he'd... he didn't even want to think about it.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle found Jeff in the fifth floor common room, and decided she could manage a break. She let out one of the biggest sighs ever as she dropped down onto the couch beside him. "Ohmigosh," she gushed, "campaigning is hard. work."

There was a pause as she glanced over. "And you're wearing the shirt!"

[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

"I did say I would," Jeff said. He was way too lazy to get up off the couch right now, and so he sank into it some more, the bowl balancing on his belly.

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"I know," Turtle said, with a faint, tired smile. "It's still just good to see it."

She leaned over, shoulder against Jeff's slouching figure, and, a bit too late, said, "I'm gonna just lean on you for a second, is that okay?"

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Jeff's head tilted up just enough so he could ascertain that yes, she was uttery Turtle. "Okay," he said, moving so she could lean a little better.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle, getting comfortable, let out a great big sigh; it was necessary so that her body and brain could stop for a second and realize that, yes, it was okay. It was time to relax for just a wee little bit. It started to get the hint and she smiled a little. "Anything good on TV?" she asked, glad for five minutes of just not thinking about campaigns.

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Jeff's arm managed to unsquish itself from where it had previously been squished against the couch, and he brought it up around Turtle's shoulders instead. Might as well use her for a pillow. She was all warm and girlfriendly. "Just some nature programmes," he said, "There were monkeys earlier, those were exciting."

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"Were they the cute, little monkeys?" Turtle asked, shifting a little again, easily, comfortably. "Or were they the smart monkeys that they try to always teach to do human things? Or big ugly gorillas?"

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"Well, they were doing some human things," Jeff said, tactfully, and offered her the bowl of popcorn.

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"Typing out the works of Shakespeare?" Turtle wondered, hopefully, as she reached for the bowl to take a handful of the proffered popcorn. "You always here people talking about monkeys doing that, but you never actually see it."

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Jeff couldn't quite resist saying, "Sort of like Shakespeare!" with a grin on his face. It quickly dulled before, hopefully, she could get wind of it. He quickly grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it in his mouth before he said anything else.

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"What do you mean?" Turtle asked, frowning as she realized she didn't get it. "Sort of like Shakespeare?"