The Deck [Friday Evening]

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Joan had an inexplicable craving for s'mores. After a handwavy trip to Turtle and Canary to pick up supplies, she returned to the dorms and built a fire in the pit by the deck.

She was totally impressed with herself that she managed to get it going on her own. And now she was going to sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor. Which were more of the chocolate, marshmellow and graham cracker variety than actual fruit.



[open deck/fire!]

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Or a saltlick.

"Have you ever been woken up to do it yourself?" she asked. She always wanted to see how people's experiences might differ. While she was having a great time and was spending most of her time enjoying herself, there was a part of her mind that was always looking for information, always checking to see what might be around the next corner.

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"I did it once," Joan said. "But the squirrels didn't wake me up to do it."

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"You went voluntarily?" which seemed, well, kind of odd to her.

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"Uh huh," she said. Which, wasn't entirely true. God made her do it. But, details.

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To be fair, considering her family situation, she would probably just shrug.

"I guess it's sort of interesting. Everyone listening to you."

Fiona laughed and shook her head.

"Sorry. I'm weird."

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"It was kind of fun," Joan admitted. "But not something I would want to do all the time."

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"I feel sort of sorry that some people get brought there all the time. But I guess after a while, it's sort of fun. At least, if you bring some rum," she mused.

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Joan smirked. "I'm not really a drinker."

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She ducked her head and hid behind her hair.

"It's one of the things I can do, drink, I mean. I don't know why, but the alcohol doesn't seem to settle in my stomach like other things. Then again, I might just be tipsy when it does."

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Joan gave her a confused look. "Huh?"

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Oh.

"I don't usually eat. Like. Anything."

She knew how bad that sounded and immediately continued.

"I'm not anorexic or anything," she was sure to assure Joan, "it's just something that happened. Don't worry. I won't get sick."

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"Oh. Okay."

Joan didn't get it, but she would trust her.

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"So!" she continued briskly, "missed the campfires from earlier this summer?"

There was a gesture to the marshmallows.

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"Kinda," Joan said. "Mostly I was craving s'mores."

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She just nodded, not really sure what to say about that. The smell of s'mores was nothing to her, but she longed for the experience. She'd never had one, never would get to taste it properly. She couldn't hunger, but this was as close as she got.

"The deck is nice, though. I wouldn't think most schools have so many nice places to hang out."

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"Yeah, we have really great amenities here," Joan agreed.

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"My brother got sent to another school. You have no idea how jealous he gets when we talk on the phone."

Then again, that might have as much to do with hearing about Peyton and Dinah as anything.

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"What's his school like?" Joan asked.

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"More traditional. There's uniforms and eight hours of classes a day; there's not really any 'common' rooms. There's a curfew and certainly no drinking."

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"Ugh, uniforms would suck," Joan said. "And common rooms are fun."

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"Yeah, I'm going to try and convince my family to send him here instead. I think he'd have a great time."

She leaned back a little.

"And I miss him."

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"I'm sorry," Joan said. "That's got to be rough."

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She waved it off, but it was pretty obvious that it was something pretty important to her.

"It was, but we talk on the phone and we text each other all the time."

Fiona was a much less grumpy girl when she could play vocabulary insult a few times a day with someone who got it.

"We've been through worse. And everyone has things."

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"Sounds like you guys are close though," Joan said.

It made her miss Kevin. And even Luke a little.

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"We were raised together," she explained, "pretty much alone, otherwise. And we're twins, of course."