Third floor common room- Friday night

[solo_sword]

Jaina finally decided she had to get out of her room and away from her comlink for a while. These moments of self-preservation were rare, and it was good for her to take advantage of them when it actually occurred to her to do so.

Which was why she'd made her way into the common room, rifled through the kitchen till she'd found ice cream (hope no one was gonna miss that, but there seemed to be enough to share so she didn't feel bad) and sat herself down in front of the TV.

And stopped on CNN. Obviously someone had to be saved from herself.


[Clearly I am bored. Fix that.]

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"This is all you've eaten today?" Absolute horror was written on his face. He'd probably eaten five meals.

[solo_sword]

"If I say yes, do I get to keep it?" she asked, and shrugged. "I've been on the comm most of the day, I think. I haven't had a lot of opportunities for breaks."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"No. You get me making you a sandwich or something," he replied. "No buts about it, just tell me what you like on it."

[solo_sword]

Jaina grinned at him. "I think you just want the ice cream for yourself," she teased. "It's not a big deal. I could have made myself a sandwich, I went for the junk food."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Call me concerned," he smiled, standing up. "Besides, as long as I'm making you a sandwich, I can make one for me."

[solo_sword]

She gave him an exaggerated sigh. "All right, surprise me." But she was keeping the ice cream.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I always surprise you," John smirked, wandering to the kitchen for a few minutes.

He returned with a plate bearing four sandwich halves and a lot of potato chips. Call him hungry. "Peanut butter and jelly, madam?"

[solo_sword]

She took one of the halves with a little nod of thanks. "It's been too long since I've had people bring me food. I should work on that. My goddess skills are lacking."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

He picked up a sandwich half with affected manners, pinkie sticking out. "Well, your worship, maybe I should hire someone to make sure you eat."

[solo_sword]

"I think that's a little unnecessary," Jaina assured him. "I'm trying to prep Twin Suns remotely. Once they get through this next set of raids, things'll calm down. And I can do things like eat like a normal person, no employees needed."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Not going back for it?" he confirmed, wondering if he'd get an invite or not.

[solo_sword]

He would have if she were going. "There doesn't seem to be time for me to get there before they ship out, so there's not really a point. So we're doing things like conferencing me in to give them pep talks and yell at them at the same time."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Aww, I'm sorry I'm missing out on you yelling at people," he told her.

[solo_sword]

"Just think, if we were back there you'd be with the squdron getting yelled at," she pointed out. "Still sorry you missed it?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That's kinda why I'm sorry," he said through a mouthful of food.

[solo_sword]

"I'm going to have to find new reasons to yell," she said. And pick non-serious ights more.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I bet you wouldn't have a hard time doing that here," John replied.

[solo_sword]

"No," she said. "With a good reason, it's sort of cathartic."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"You in need of some catharsis?"

[solo_sword]

"I've been on the comm all day." She thought this served as an answer.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Sorry," he said. It was too bad she had to do that so often.

"Consider me available for screaming."

[solo_sword]

Jaina opened her mouth, then closed it, trying not to giggle.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"What?" And then he realized what he'd said. "And you think I'm dirty!"

[solo_sword]

"It's been a long day," she explained. Even if she needed to laugh.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Then you can have any kind of screaming you want," he teased with a laugh.