4th Floor Common Room - Wednesday Evening

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Rose had a box of donut holes and some coffee on the table in front of her.  Some of the donuts smelled like maple syrup, but they tasted good which was all that really mattered.

The TV was already on when she came into the Common Room, and Rose didn't change the channel from The Mountie Show quite yet.  The Mountie was cute, after all, and if he would just wise up and kiss his partner, maybe he'd relax a little.  But if he didn't, at least he looked really good in that red uniform.

She lounged comfortably on the couch, typing an email with half her attention and watching the Mounties with the other half.  Weeks without classes were seriously nice.


[HAPPY CANADA DAY!  I want Timmy Ho's.]

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"Oh, come on, how many cows could a shark eat?" Rose said. "I mean, they still have to swim and stuff so they can't eat too much."

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"But," Zayne said, trying to reason things out in what he was sure was going to prove to be a futile effort, "when they're swimming around, they're working off all the cows they just ate. So they'd be working up an appetite all over again."

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...well, okay, that logic just sucked.

"What if we fed the cows glue?" Rose replied. "And then when the sharks ate them, their teeth would get glued together."

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"... Would that work?" Zayne asked.

He had no clue.

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"I have no idea," Rose admitted. "Wanna go to Tahiti and find out?"

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"If I did, I don't think I'd ever be able to look another cow in the face," Zayne said. Not that he had ever even seen a cow in person.

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"They're not that interesting," she replied. Hey, growing up in Montana gave her opinions on that stuff. "Big brown eyes, lots of mooing."

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"Big, sad, brown eyes that plead with you to not fill them with glue," Zayne corrected.

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Rose frowned. "Dammit, now you're making me feel bad for the cows. And we're just using them to survive shark week."

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"Sorry," Zayne said. "I guess we'll just have to stay on land."

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"Sounds like it," she agreed. "I don't want to get eaten by sharks either." Rose shrugged, flashing him a grin. "And here I was looking forward to a tropical island with ya."

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"There's still plenty to do on a tropical island without going too close to the water. There's..." Zayne paused for a moment. "Well, I'm sure there's something."

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"Like a pool? Without sharks?" she said. "Or - I don't know, a volcano."

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"Well, between the volcano and the sharks, at least it would be exciting," Zayne said.

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"Well, we wouldn't want to get bored," Rose said wryly. "Cause that's when trouble happens."

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"Exactly. The last place you'd want to get in trouble is a place like that island," Zayne mused. "Unless you have some kind of getaway craft that you know how to steer. I guess it could be fun if you could run away eventually."

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"Well, it's a good thing we both learned how to fly in Skywalker's class," Rose pointed out. "We could commandeer a plane."

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"Well, now that we have our escape worked out, when do we leave?" Zayne joked.

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Rose laughed. "Why don't we just steal a plane or spaceship or something from here and fly there," she said. "Tomorrow good for you? Can even get back for classes if you insist."

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"I would have to insist," Zayne said. "But I didn't sign up for anything before Thursday, so that could still give us plenty of time."

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"I don't know when my classes are yet," Rose said, obviously not caring. "So Thursday works for me. Plenty of time to see if it's possible to set off a volcano."

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"I'll bring the snacks," Zayne offered.

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"That's all you," Rose agreed. "I'll find the ship."

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Zayne had a moment where he questioned - at long last - whether Rose was joking about that. But c'mon. She had to be. Right? "Make sure it's a nice one." Yeah, she was.