Fourth Floor Common Room; Monday Evening [ 01/19 ].

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

One would think that after having sat through two marathon sessions of the first season with two different people, Cal would have been a little more lenient about his pretensions about watching Rumor Gal. Alas, the remote control still wound up 'lost' beneath the sofa and Cal found himself too 'burdened' by a bowl of popcorn to bother getting up, and the TV was staying on the CW, dammit.


[[ open, of course. God help him. ]]

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[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Crappy teenage soap drama," Cal answered, shrugging. "Not much else on on a Monday night, you know?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Hurley said. "Uhhhh, how lost would I be if I started watching now?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Not very," Cal offered. "It's pretty predictable stuff."

He wouldn't say anything more; anything more might suggest that he actually knew this stuff.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Huh," Hurley said. He started scouring the fridge for spare snackfood. "Save me a spot on the couch."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Got it," Cal said, shifting to make some room for whenever Hurley found what he wanted.

"It's at least entertaining," he assured him. "And there's hot chicks."

Always the fallback.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Well hey, that's all I need," Hurley chuckled. He found some cheese and closed the fridge. He plopped onto the couch. "Seriously, other stuff just gets in the way."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Plot? Character development? Riveting action?" Cal asked.

"Pssssh. Bring on the warhorse legs."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Warhorse legs?" Hurley said. That wasn't a phrase he was familiar with.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal cocked his chin toward the screen. "The blonde. You tell me that isn't the perfect description. Granted, I can't take credit for it. Aravis thought of it; I just sort of grabbed it and didn't let go."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley watched for a moment. Then he snorted a laugh. "Yeah, I think Aravis got it."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Yes, see, see?" Cal said, each word punctuated with the enthusiasm of having someone understand. "She so did. And they're gorgeous."

He tried very hard not to sigh.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley watched for a few moments, studying the TV. "This is all about rich kids, isn't it?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Hey, no, the whiny guy and his sister with the bad new haircut and their artsy dad are from Brooklyn."

Not that you could even really tell.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, I'm from Santa Monica. I have no idea what being from Brooklyn means," Hurley said.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal thought about how to make a metaphor work in this situation. He hadn't been to Santa Monica, though, but he could glean a least a little about California in general when he was in San Francisco. "It's, like....being from the Valley."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Ohhhh," Hurley said. "I think I get it. Not that... it really matters if I'm watching for the girls."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Exactly," Cal nodded. "Totally doesn't matter."

No matter how much you could relate to it personally.

"Although it is nice to have at least a little bit of background..."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "It gives it more... impact. Yeah."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal nodded. "It helps keep one hot chick straight from the other, by more than just hair color and various expressions."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Exactly," Hurley said. "Not that I wouldn't mind the girls deciding to not be so straight."

Ohhh, Hurley. Your inner horndog is shameless, sometimes.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal tried to just roll his eyes at a comment like that, but his laugh (and his very noticeably creeping blush) completely gave him away.

"Yeah, I've been waiting for that, too," he said. "I mean, the blonde? She gave away her spot at Yale for the brunette. She'd totally hook up with that in a second. But I bet the brunette would be all 'oh my God, no!' but secretly want it, too."

Not that Cal was displacing a certain relationship between himself and a redhead into these characters or anything, no.

He put way too much thought into these things.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"...Dude, I think I might have to watch this show more often," Hurley said.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"It's all in the subtext," Cal pronounced with a convinced nod of his head.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"...dammit, I've totally been sucked in now. This is how they get people into cults, isn't it?" He laughed as he said it.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"No," Cal shook his head. "Cults have Kool-Aid."