deck | early evening | sunday | june 28

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex hadn't hung around the brunch too long. Just long enough to get some free food and coffee in him before making his way back towards the dorms. He'd contemplated going back to his room and just spending the rest of the day there being a bum but the weather was warm (but not overly hot) and Alex couldn't resist sitting out on the deck for awhile. He'd found himself liking this particular for the quiet and the view. It wasn't something he got to do that often, back home. Too much time spent doing other things that he wasn't going to dwell on. He'd had a nice weekend and he didn't want to go there.

Alex took a seat, kicked his feet up and opened a bottle of water (just water) that he'd snagged from the brunch. Considering he didn't have to go to classes tomorrow, Alex felt that the complete wasting of time by sitting around doing nothing (while still being interesting, thank you) was deserved.

[the deck is an open thing. lazy sunday is lazy.]

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"That mean you're gonna follow me around while observing?" he quipped. "Because, you know, I'm a little shy."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"I don't really have to follow you around," Valentine said. "I'll probably just have to come out here and you'll be here."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Probably," he agreed because it was true. "And you actually stayed this time. I don't know whether I should be thanking you or I should be suspicious."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Well, you said," Valentine pointed out, "that maybe next time I should stick around for more than five minutes."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I did," he said and nodded. "Has it been worth it so far?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Eh." Valentine shrugged a little, but there was a wry smirk on her face. "At least my throat doesn't hurt from shouting."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You're a hard one to please," he said, leaning back and glancing up at the sky some. "Feel like I should do a jig or something."

Not that he'd be doing that.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"I can give you a tempo," Valentine offered with a light grin.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I'm not doing a jig for here," he said dryly, shaking his head. "It takes at least five drinks and maybe a promise of something nice in the future to get me to dance. All I've gotten tonight is splashed with water and proof that you're not a robot."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"The five drinks and something nice in the future might have to wait, then," Valentine said, just as dry, "I wouldn't want to overstimulate you after the water and robot disproving."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like you're making tentative future plans with me for five drinks and something nice," he quipped teasingly. "Got an open spot on your schedule or something?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," Valentine shrugged. "I do know the future better than you. You'll have to wait and see."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Dangling crumbs in front of me," he said and shook his head slowly. "How am I supposed to sleep at night?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Counting sheep?" Valentine offered. "A glass of warm milk? Valium?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Boring, gross, and I would if I had some," he answered respectively. "That how you get to sleep at night?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"No, I just flick my OFF switch," Valentine said.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You flick your OFF switch?" Alex repeated. "And that works?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Valentine lied, because she couldn't help it. "Everyone's got those in the future."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"...uh huh." There was some disbelief evident in his voice. "Where's yours at?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Why would I tell you?" Valentine asked. "You might try to flick it off when I'm not paying attention."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Because you want to satisfy my natural curiosity and I don't think you really have one," Alex said. "It's not nice to lie, Valentine."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

There had to be some sort of nerve or something that, with the right amount of pressure, would cut out consciousness, right? So it wasn't completely a lie.

"It's not nice to accuse other people of lying, either, Alex."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You don't have a stupid OFF switch," he scoffed and shook his head. "You're not a flashlight. You're trying to get the stupid country boy to believe you."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"So you admit that you're stupid," Valentine noted, because, not only could she not help it, but because it continued to allow her to utterly avoid giving any straight answers.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You're kind of irritating," he said mildly and without any real heat behind it. "No, I don't admit that I'm stupid. I was using the typical stereotype given to guys where I'm from."