4th Floor Common Room - Sunday Morning

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There wasn't enough facepalming in the world to cover what had gone on over the past few days. That was why Edmund was in complete denial. Instead of dying of embarrassment, he was sitting on the floor in the common room, occasionally eating from a bowl of increasingly soggy cereal and trying to reply to a letter he'd received.

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"Plenty more to spare. Bottom cupboard," he nodded in its direction.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose made a face and got up again, grabbing the box and bringing it back to the couch. She didn't need no bowl.

"Mmm, sugar cereal. Good call."

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He set his pen (ballpoint was the best invention ever) and paper down on his lap. "Despite what the box says, I really don't think there's any nutritional value in there."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"That's why it's good," she said, swallowing a mouthful. "Wouldn't be half as good with bran or something."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"What's wrong with bran? Fibre is important."

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Rose made a face at him. "What's wrong with you?" she teased. "You have tons of time to eat healthy when you're old."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"If I don't eat bran, it's very likely I won't live long enough to eat healthy when I'm old."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Edmund had a handful of sugary cereal thrown at his head. "You're all kinds of practical and stuff this morning."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Just this morning?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I don't know you well enough to judge," Rose told him. "But you're still eating sugary cereal so I'm not too worried you're totally boring."

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"And I made you a proper fire once. That has to count for something." He picked a stray piece of cereal off his shirt.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"That's fair," Rose agreed. "I'd ask for another but there's the whole inside issue."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Somehow I don't think the school would take very kindly to arson." Although there was an idea to get out of here if he ever really needed one. He didn't think Aslan would really approve. "I'll have to find some other way to be practical. Preferably one that doesn't involve singing the praises of bran?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Now Rose chuckled, making herself more comfortable on the couch. "Awww, you're not going to actually sing?"

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Edmund shook his head. "Believe me, this is a good thing. If you want singing, you'll have to do it yourself."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Not a chance, buddy," Rose said quickly. "So what have you been up to?"

Definitely a good thing she didn't run into him over the past few days. He was cute, but there was that whole kid thing."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely nothing," he said all too quickly. "The last week has been completely uneventful and boring."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Dammit. Rose so wished she could raise an eyebrow right now.

"Uh huh," she was smirking so hard. "I'm sure it was. You totally wish that whole leaving in the middle of Etiquette was this week, don't you."

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"Oh no, no that wasn't this week. This week I read a book and went hiking and ate a really good pizza and that was about it really."

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Rose rolled her eyes. "I know it wasn't. My brain wasn't completely destroyed." She paused. "What kind of pizza?"

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Er," Ed hesitated. "Pepperoni." He hadn't entirely thought his story through.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

And that was her snickering. "Must have been some pepperoni."

Dirty, Rose.

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, Ed completely missed the innuendo. "It was the most memorable part of the week, I assure you. What about you? Do anything interesting?" Or anyone, but he was too polite to ask that.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"It's been a fun and exciting week for a lot of people," Rose said. "That's what radio says anyway."

[once-a-traitor.livejournal.com]

"Radio lies." He hadn't heard radio this week. Had he been mentioned? Yes, yes he had, but he was hoping he hadn't. "Or at the very least embellishes."