3rd Floor Common Room - Friday morning

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

With nothing to do and no roommate to talk to, Penelope wandered down the hall to the common room with her box of Ho Ho's tucked under her arm. She poured herself a glass of milk and walked over to the couch and made herself comfortable before she reached for the remote to turn the TV on. Finding nothing much of interest, she left it on the food channel, settling in to watch this man make pastry.

Penelope should really learn to cook.


[Common room is open, of course.]

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[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Oatmeal cookies is as close as I'll come to oatmeal in the morning," Claudia declared. "Mmm, raisins and brown sugar."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that does sound rather good. Perhaps tomorrow morning I will have to give oatmeal cookies a try," she commented with a single nod of her head.

"Are you looking forward to the new students who arrive tomorrow?"

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

Claudia nodded. "I remember how overwhelmed I was that first month," she said. "I thought everyone was on drugs."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"I was too," she admitted. "But I think everyone thought I was the one on drugs. It took me some time before I removed my scarf."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Aww," Claudia said. "Not that the scarf wasn't a totally cute accessory, but your nose isn't that bad."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Thank you, Claudia," she said, grinning. "For my birthday, I recieved a number of silk scarves and now I feel like they're just being wasted. They are so very pretty."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"You can use them in other ways," Claudia said. "Around your neck or in your hair or as a belt or as a skirt..."

Only Claudia would probably use one as a skirt.

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"A skirt?" Penelope actually blushed thinking about it. "Oh, no. I couldn't ever do that. It would... show my knees."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"And?" asked the girl who had made a skirt out of flippers.

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Blink. "Skin. I would be... there would be my knees and they only lead to my thighs and... I've never worn anything so short. I don't know how."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Is it a religious thing?" Claudia asked.

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

She felt her cheeks go hot. "No. No. Definitely not. It's just that mother said it wasn't proper..."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"But your mom's not here," Claudia said brightly. "My mom hates most of my clothes. That's part of the fun."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Claudia," she practically whispered, "who would ever wish to see my knees?"

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"What's wrong with your knees?" Claudia whispered back.