Fourth Floor Common Room - Saturday Morning

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Thursday he'd started getting a cold. Yesterday it had gotten worse. Today, Friday wanted to curl up into a ball and die. He settled for the curling up in a ball thing. Said ball was on one of the couches in the fourth floor common room, swaddled in blankets, staring blearily at the cartoon cat and mouse on the TV and feeling very sorry for himself. The occasional cough or sneeze was the only sign that he was actually still alive.

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"There was money involved," he admitted sheepishly.

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"Well that does make more sense," Angela said with a laugh.

"Did you at least win that bet?"

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Friday managed a grin. "Yeah, I did. Fifty quid off that one. Not the most I've won, but it was the only one where unconsciousness was involved. Not the only hospital trip though."

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Angela shook her head in amusement. Oh, boys.

"Anyone ever suggested you might be crazy?" she said, putting out teabags.

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"Lots of times. Crazy, insane, foolish, of poor judgment, lacking in faculties, not all there. Only when I do something stupid, though. Don't you do stupid things sometimes?"

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"I like to think of them as quirky and in the interest of making life that little bit more exciting," Angela told him, smirking broadly.

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"That's a good way to get around them being a bit stupid too. I'll have to try to remember that."

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"I like to be able to put a good spin on the slightly strange things I do," Angela said, looking back to actually pour the hot water. Looking at him while she did that could go so badly wrong.

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"It's a good way of doing things. Makes for good stories, I bet."

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"Oh yeah." Angela smirked to herself a little at that.

"Way more interesting when it comes to making small talk at parties."

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"I'll have to try to remember that if I live long enough to go to any parties." Yeah, he was getting dramatic now.

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Angela snorted lightly. "In which case, you should use your near death experience," she advised.

"Melodrama goes down great with the right crowd." Not that she'd tried it, of course. She just knows these things. Or if nothing else, sounds like she knows.

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"Next time there's a party, I'll definitely try that one. If you're there, remind me?"

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"I'll try and do that," Angela promised, bringing over a couple of mugs and a rather artfully balanced plate of poptarts.

"Want breakfast with your tea, or are you too close to death?" she teased.

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"I think I'll just settle for the tea, thanks. I'm not that close to death yet, but my stomach thinks otherwise."

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Angela shrugged, offering him one of the mugs. "All the more for me," she decided.

"I hear tea is a fix-all," she said. "Maybe you'll feel better in a few minutes."

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Friday pushed himself up so he could sit and took the mug with a grateful smile. He sipped the tea and sighed. "Thanks. Would've taken me ages to get up and make a cup myself. I owe you one."

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"I'm sure I'll think of some method of repayment sometime," Angela said, smiling at him. "Such potential there," she joked.

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"I'm at your disposal. Just...wait until my head stops feeling like it's going to cave in."

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Angela chuckled, sitting down with her own mug and breakfast.

"I'll hold you to that," she warned.

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He set the tea on the table near the couch and laid back. "I don't mean to be rude, but I'm going to sleep for a bit. If I snore, poke me?"

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"Sure," Angela agreed, giving him a little smile as she nodded. "Nap well?"

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"Thanks Angela." It didn't take him long to doze off.