Fifth Floor Common Room [Wednesday evening]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie had gotten phone calls from both her grandmother and Tara earlier about the coming weekend. Gran had said she definitely wouldn't be able to come due to a recent storm taking out some pretty heavy damage on the house, so finances were limited. Tara had said she'd do what she could, but to expect a visitor no matter what. That was...cryptic and weird, but Sookie had kind of dismissed it as Tara being Tara.

In any case, to cheer herself up a little, she'd moved out to the common room and was whipping up a batch of chocolate-chip cookies. Partly because they made her feel better, and partly because she owed them to someone, so it'd be a good idea to have them on hand. She turned the TV onto Squee, because even if she couldn't sing, other kids could, and they'd make her happier. Plus, fake baby storylines were always amazing.

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"...kinda," she said, shrugging. "But at the same time, if I couldn't block 'em out, I'd have to hear everything they thought about my hair or my kissing skills or my butt or my boobs or whether I'm boring or if they think I'm dumb -- the list goes on. It's kinda nice to just have a little silence now and then. I'm blocking everyone out right now, so it's not a problem, but it's nice when I can relax."

[brat_inslayage]

"...huh." Kennedy chewed on her lower lip. "I never thought about that. I always thought it'd be cool to have a superpower. Didn't really think there could be a downside to it."

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"It kinda sucks. Better since I started training," she volunteered, "but still, that whole, uh, being close to people thing is tough, 'cause touching makes it worse, and...stuff. I've had some bad dating experiences."

[brat_inslayage]

This was where Kennedy wanted to say something about how maybe that was the problem with dating guys, but--

"That's always a risk of dating guys. So I hear."

Yeah. At least she tempered it somewhat?

"That has to suck. And you have to train to... what, shut them out of your head?"

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"More like I'm shutting myself out of everyone else's," she said, shrugging. "If I don't shield myself, I have to hear everyone's thoughts. Y'all are a noisy bunch, too. Plus it feels intrusive."

She paused, and had to add, "And that might be the problem of dating guys, but I've never dated a girl to know the difference. I do know that girls have dirty thoughts near as much as boys do, and that's one of my big no-datey problems. I don't need to, um, overhear anyone's, um, plans for how the date might end."