Dorm Roof [Monday, Late Afternoon]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Maybe Effy had just got used to being out in the cabins, but sitting around in her new dorm room after she got her workshop out the way felt somehow really cramped. Something which prompted the grabbing of a few things, and exploration for somewhere better to be.

That somewhere, wouldn't you know it, ended up being on the roof.

It was quiet, it had some nice views, and while it might not have been outright sunny it was definitely humid and she stretched out on a deckchair, half soaking up a little warmth and half reading a book she'd stolen from Tony before she left home.

[[Open roof is oooopen!]]

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Since Griff was in the room and Alex really didn't feel like dealing with his whining, he went up instead of down for some fresh air. The roof wasn't deserted like he hoped it would be but at least it was someone he recognized.

"Isn't the beach better for working on your tan?" he asked by way of greeting as he walked towards the ledge.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"This was nearer," she replied simply. "And quieter." Or, so she imagined. Who hung out on a roof, anyway?

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"And here I thought you were a social butterfly," he joked. "I'm very unobservant."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"But apparently working on it," she said, smirking and finally looking away from her book and at Alex.

"What you doing all the way up here?" She assumed not working on his own tan.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"My roommate's unpacking," he said, waving a hand in the air, "and I didn't want to listen to him whine. He's like a tiny kitten, always getting pissed off when he doesn't get his way."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Sure you don't go out of your way to piss him off?" Effy asked. She could somehow imagine Alex doing that. Wonder why?

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Because she was observant, that's why. "Out of my way? Hell no. He's just that easy to piss off." It was kind of fun. "I'm just letting him have an easy day today. We get to live together after all."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Think I'm gonna enjoy messing with mine," she decided. "He's far too polite to get pissed off." And far too naieve to really recognise what she was doing, she imagined.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Aww, you found a pushover," he quipped, managing a smile. "Lucky you. Mine...apparently has a protector."

Oh, Griff was never hearing the end of that radio.

"Come to think of it, she tried to warn you away from me too. I didn't know you had a protector. Your very own bodyguard."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy smirked. "Think I can handle you all by myself," she said. "Sweet as the idea of a bodyguard is."

"What'd you do to piss her off?" Even Effy managed to get along with Fiona, and she was hardly a prime example of friendly.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I didn't keep track," he said and he had tried to remember. "I don't know, I was too charming for her."

He was the epitome of charm, really.

"Threats against my life aren't anything new." He'd heard those from people who were supposed to love him, after all. "I found it more amusing than anything. But oh how glad I am that she didn't influence you. That would have had me crying into my pillow."

Just ignore all that sarcastic tone.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Too charming?" Effy snickered. "Sure. I can see that making her want to threaten you."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I insulted her or something." He shrugged and leaned back against the roof's ledge. "I really can't remember and I don't make notes on people. I really don't care that much either. She can threaten me. It's very cute."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck had been away from the roof for a couple weeks. It was only right for him to come up and do his favorite thing his first day back.

"Fancy seeing you here," Chuck said before lighting up his joint.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Of all the rooftops in this tiny island," Effy replied dryly, pushing her sunglasses onto her head after a moment so she could see him better.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I don't usually find too many people up here," Chuck explained, blowing out smoke as he talked. "Save for people knowing I'd be up here and looking for weed."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Well, that was something to remember. You know, if she got too lazy to make an excursion to the mainland for that.

"Better for the lack of people," Effy remarked, quirking a bit of a smile. "Pro to all the stairs it takes to get here."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"That lazy, huh?" Chuck asked.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"We're the ones up here," Effy pointed out. "It's everyone else is fucking lazy."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Good point," Chuck allowed. "Of course most people aren't interested in the, ah, extracurriculars that tend to go on up here."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"And most people are pretty boring for it," she decided easily, flipping her book shut and smiling at him. "Their loss."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"There is a sad lack of interesting people here," Chuck agreed as he held out the joint to Effy.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Never one to turn down the offer of weed, Effy stretched out to take it. Definitely a draw for the roof.

"So, what makes a person interesting to you?" she asked.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I like somebody who isn't afraid to get into trouble," he told her. "The people are entirely too into their heroics and morals. It gets annoying."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy pulled a face and offered the joint back. She had noticed that one going around.

"There's one keeps nagging me about fire safety." Worf definitely came under the heading of excessively moral. Fucking irritating that was getting.