Fifth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Evening

[wantstobehuman.livejournal.com]

George was in a good mood.

Scratch that, George was in a very good mood.

He bustled around the kitchen area of the common room, wonderful smells spreading out as he set out a couple of serving platters. There was a salad of diced vegetables -- red, green and yellow peppers, mushrooms, red onion, and broccoli florets cooked just 'til warm, not actually cooked, and dressed with a cracked-pepper-and-lime balsamic vinaigrette; a pile of hamburgers, big, juicy patties on whole-wheat buns, with an array of toppings just to the side, and pretty much any moddable condiment you could want; and, finally, thanks to the ancient ice cream machine he'd unearthed (and thoroughly cleaned) -- God only knew where it had come from -- there was lime-and-rosewater sorbetto chilling in the freezer for anyone who wanted it for dessert.

George filled his own plate -- three burgers tonight, topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions, swiss and cheddar cheese, and a thick slice of beefsteak tomato each, and a large helping of the salad -- and sat down to watch whatever brainless movie was on TV.

[Don't mind me! I'm just continuing my tradition of making everyone hungry. :D ]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

There's been a lot of running around today, in and out of a carwash, down to town and back, and checking in with the Magic Reserves, and Dinah got back to the dorms without grabbing dinner. The smells wafted her down to the Common Room, her mouth watering.

"Fooooooooooooooooooood." She caught sight of George and grinned. "Did you do this? If you did you are my new most favorite person ever."

[NOM NOM NOM.]

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"Then I guess I'm your new most favorite person ever!" George responded, grinning. "I did make it, yeah. And there's dessert in the freezer. Rosewater-lime sorbetto."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer wandered in, absolutely enraptured by the smell.

"Oh, George, did you do all this?" she said.

[withoutverona]

It was a very, very, very smug Romeo who left his room toward the evening. Smug and STARVING.

"Are you cooking for everyone?" he asked.

[OOC: SP likely for next hour and a bit.]

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"Eeee!" Dinah squeezed George's shoulder fast before hurrying over to the food, and dishing up a burger with cheddar and 'shrooms, tomato, yummm, and lots of peppers, then grabbed a drink and flopped down next to George, beaming at him, feeling all kinds of affectionate and squeeze-the-George. "You rule." She bit into the burger with a sigh of relief and nearly rolled her eyes in happiness. "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."

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"Guilty as charged!" George replied, practically sing-song. "Feel free to help yourself!"

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"Anyone who comes in, at least!" George said. "I can hardly eat it all myself, can I?" Never mind the dent he was putting into it.

[Whee, SP. :D ]

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"That good?" George said, laughing. The physical contact was... nice. Very niche. He found himself responding to it a little more than he was used to -- just the moon, he told himself. Nothing more than that.

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"You're amazing," Jennifer said. "I don't know why I ever had doubts about you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Mmm-hmmm," Dinah nodded, eyes wide, licking juice off her fingers as the tomato dripped out of the bun. "I was running through a car wash today, then biked all over, and I had an energy bar but this is so much better. Mmph." She bumped his knee with hers, playfully, and grinned, settling back into the sofa next to him contentedly. She popped a pepper into her mouth. "So how've you been since alligators? Did you watch out the window at all?"

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"Oh, well, I just do my best," George replied. "It's just cooking."

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle absolutely, positively, no doubt about it could not be in her room right now. No way, no how, ugh, she hated this week.

But there was food.

"Oh, please, please, please tell me you've made lots of that...."

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George shuddered at the alligators -- that, at least, is what he told himself, although the thrill was half from the knee bump, and from watching her lick the juice off her fingers. "No, not at all," he admitted. "I just holed up and ignored it."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah waved to the girl she didn't know with her burger, and when her mouth wasn't full, cheerfully pointed to herself. "Dinah. Food consumer."

[wantstobehuman.livejournal.com]

George waved at the serving platters on the counter. "Help yourself," he said, grinning.

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"Ohmigod," Turtle gushed, closing in on the food. "I love you. You're incredible. I could kiss you right now."

And she could. She thought about it. But that's why she was stuffing her face, distracting one hunger with another.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"George," she chided, tilting her head back as she looked at him. "Next time. You have to. You gotta, you know. What's that thing, where you expose yourself to an allergen, or a poison, and then get used to it?" Dinah took a slurp of her drink. "Acclimate! That's the word, right? You have to be exposed to the danger and get used to it, and then it'll be all la la la no worries. Promise. Mmmmm." Foooooood. Comfy. Still warm in here, though. Hmmm.

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"You're still great at it," Jen said. She bounced over and proceeded to try and give him a friendly smooch on the cheek. A bit more tactile than she was usually, but... she was in that sort of mood.

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"Jennifer. Likewise," she said. "I'm George's roommate."

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Diana had run out of things to waste time on, and wandered into the common room. "You cook?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hi Romeo," Dinah said, beaming at him as she waved a pepper slice, then gulped it down in two bites. "How goes it?"

He was so cute. Not her usual type, except maybe the hair. "You have great hair today."

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"Nice to meet you, George has mentioned you before." In tandem with flailing about oh my god my roommate's a girl! "Did you guys get a screen yet?"

Dinah might have shifted just a liiiittle closer to George there. Without even realizing it.

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"... Well, I had my first exposure," George pointed out. "Next time I'll wait five minutes before I run away."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah bumped his knee again, then reached over to pat his head, which turned into hair-stroking for a second. Just comforting, really. "Seriously, you're doing good. I threw up, on my first invasion. And I kept flailing about stuff for weeks." She settled back in, her shoulder brushing against his, and took another happy bite of her burger. "And now look at me! Well, everyone who's here, really. It's adaptation. Inevitable. Inexorable."

And too warm in here. Dinah ditched the blouse she had on over her tank top, and sighed in relief. Whew. Much better.

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George was a little non-plussed at the kiss, but he smiled and said, "Thanks. I just enjoy it, that's all."