main campfire | evening | sunday | july 5

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

It had taken Alex all of ten minutes to pack and then unpack. Unpacking, in this instance, meant kicking his bag under his bed and leaving it there. Once that was done, he wandered down to the main campfire, a place he'd frequented during the previous trip to the cabins. Claiming a spot on the first night seemed like the right thing to do so he settled down, legs stretched out in front of him.

The clouds looked a little threatening but rain would only bother him if he lit a cigarette and had it go out. He'd just have to light another or something. Not like it hadn't happened before. For now, he'd take the warm, cloudy night and his last bit of relaxation before classes started again.

[open like the vegas strip!]

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

...stupid Alex having a stupid point.

"Shut up," she said maturely. "Maybe you'll realise awesome isn't something you can learn."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I don't need to learn it, I inherited it but maybe I can spread my gift while you're learning about serving spoons," he said, not shutting up.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"You inherited it?" she snarked back. "I haven't noticed any awesome. That something you hide?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You're a liar, Rose," he chanted at her, all sweetness. "You know how awesome I am. You've experienced it a few times. And don't tell me you were faking because you weren't."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I'm not saying that at all," she smirked. "But it's kinda telling and sad that that's the only thing you think you're awesome at."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'll admit, you're a lot better at whining than I am," he said, almost preparing himself for some kind of physical reaction now.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Her hand shot out, trying to break his cigarette off. "You should just get used to admitting I'm better."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Well, there went one cigarette, lost to his massive ego. He scowled at her and then reached for another one.

"Wasn't I just doing that?" he asked, pleased to have gotten a rise out of her if anything.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"It's a start," she said. "Everything else should follow."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Why don't you practice your etiquette now and apologize for ruining my smoke?" he asked, not expecting her to really agree.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Because you already got an example of my good manners when I didn't punch you."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Touchy, touchy," he taunted easily. "Reactions like that mean you hit a nerve."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Were you trying to hit a nerve?" Rose asked. "Is this you trying to cover up your awesome inadequacies?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You're the one who lashed out physically," he said, eyes wide. "I could go tell on you for assaulting me."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Because the cigarette is part of you?" Rose inquired mildly. "I'd just claim you liked it."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, would you make me like it, Rose?" he asked, hand to his heart. "Punish me until I agree to go along with all your evil plans?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yes, you know me so well, Alex," Rose snickered. "My evil plans know no bounds."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Maybe the class on etiquette will just be a facade," he suggested. "Giving you the means to cut someone with a teacup."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Which would actually be kinda useful.

Rose grinned at him. "Maybe even use a teaspoon as a stabbing weapon."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I've used a pencil before," he told her. "Sometimes the most inane things make the best weapons."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I heard that," Rose said dryly. Not that a teaspoon would kill a Strigoi. "Be nice if that was actually what the class turned out to be."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You could always just skip." He thought that option was a good one if he hated the class.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She made a face. "Can't. I have to stay in good with the Principal so she'll give me a good report at the end of the summer."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Aww, how cute!" Alex said sweetly. "Rose has to be a teacher's pet!"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose's hands clenched into fists, and she wasn't going to smack Alex even if he deserved it. "Not even going to happen."