Fourth Floor Common Room, Evening, Thursday Oct. 22

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Since there were people watching scary movies in his common room, Hurley ventured down a floor and started baking cookies.

He'd cheated and was using dough out of a tube, but still. He didn't even have the TV on, leaving it to whoever came in to choose to do so.

Instead, Hurley was baking, humming to himself and... sneaking bites of the leftover dough.

Om nom nom, cookie dough.

[ooc: Opeeeeeen!]

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Of course Porthos would manage to get away from Hoshi and make a dash for the common room.

She wasn't far behind, though. "Hey Hurley," she said, finally catching up to her puppy. "I think I need to find someone's leash if he can't understand what heel means."

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"Oh, hey Porthos," Hurley said. "Hoshi." He laughed. "Way to be like Buster, Porthos."

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"He spends several months with the captain and totally forgets all the obedience training I did last year," said Hoshi, scooping Porthos up. "Guess he's going to be keeping me busy."

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"Ha!" Hurley said. "Well, if you stick around a bit, there's gonna be cookies. Chocolate chip. Not so good for Porthos but I think you might like 'em."

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"I certainly won't say no to them," said Hoshi, grinning. "So, how are you doing? Better than last week, I hope."

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"Yeah, I mean... it takes time and stuff. But I think I'm getting, like, better about it all," Hurley said.

He kinda made a face as he debated internally about something. "Actually, uhhh, there was something I wanted to ask you."

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"What's that?" asked Hoshi, trying to keep her grip on a squirming Porthos.

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"You, uhhh, want to go to Homecoming with me?" Hurley said. "Not like a date or anything. Just friends. I kinda had been looking forward to it and... I don't think staying in my room feeling sorry for myself is the better option, you know?"

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"I'd be happy to go to Homecoming with you!" said Hoshi, smiling. "I'm so glad you asked, because I hadn't found a date yet and worried I'd waited too long."

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"Heh, I was worried you'd be taken or you'd be, like, going with that Ronan guy or something," Hurley said.

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"Ronan's a great guy and he certainly won't have trouble finding a date, so I had planned on not being able to snag him," said Hoshi.

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"Heh. Probably has two dates," Hurley joked. "You, uhhh ,want any of the leftover dough?" He held up a spoon.

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"Aren't you supposed to bake that?" asked Hoshi.

Hey, the girl had never had cookie dough before. It wasn't a big thing in the future.

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Hurley blinked. "Well, yeah, I fit as much as I could onto the baking sheet," he said. "You've never had cookie dough before?"

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"Noooo... Most of the cookies I've had came out of a box or a food replicator," said Hoshi.

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"Dude." Hurley held out the spoon now, with what bits of dough were on it. "You have to. Now."

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Hoshi took the spoon, but she still looked a little surprised. "What am I supposed to do, lick it?" she asked.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "It's kinda straight forward and stuff."

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Hoshi still looked a bit doubtful, but she lick a little bit of dough off the end of the spoon. "Wow! That's not bad. It's almost as good as the finished product," she said, amazed.

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "And you can just mix the dough without egg if you want, and you don't even have to bake it for it to be awesome."

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"This is amazing!" said Hoshi. "Every time I think I know food, someone shows me something new. A few weeks ago, it was Angela telling me about making chocolate cake in a coffee mug."

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"...dude, you can make cake in a mug?" Hurley said. His egg timer then went off. "Cookie time! Or, well... time to take them out of the oven."

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"Yes, and you can do it right in the microwave, too!" said Hoshi. "I've found some recipes but haven't had a chance to try it out yet."

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"Huh," Hurley said. "I gotta think that doesn't taste as good as real cake."

He opened up the oven and retrieved the baking sheet full of cookies, which he set on top of the oven.

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"You won't know until you try," said Hoshi. "I plan on at least giving it a shot at some point."

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"True," Hurley admitted. "Kinda like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. Didn't think I'd like that, til I had one."

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"Okay, that just sounds wrong on so many levels," said Hoshi.

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Hurley laughed. "I don't make them anymore. They make your breath stiiiiink."

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"Well, thank goodness for that!" said Hoshi.

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"I promise not to have stinky breath tomorrow," Hurley said. "Honest."

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"Good!" said Hoshi. "You, uh, don't mind if I want to dance with Ronan and some other guys, right? I'm sure there will be other girls that want to dance with you."

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"Dude, like I said, it's just as friends," Hurley said. "Who you dance with or... yeah, that's totally up to you."

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"It always helps to clarify," said Hoshi. "And do we need to coordinate colors? I kind of waited until the last minute to pick a dress."

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"Oh, right, flowers," Hurley said. "I can pick some up tomorrow, since I work the shop. What color are you wearing?"

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"Probably something in basic black," said Hoshi. "It's the most elegant thing I have."

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"Black, easy," Hurley said. He said that, though he'd be asking someone for ideas as to what flower color to get. "Elegant's cool. I just got the same suit I wore last year."

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"Saving the new stuff for the prom? Or just scared of walking into Pixie Dust?" asked Hoshi with a smirk.

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"Or just... don't have the money for a new suit," Hurley said, pulling a little face.

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"Oh," said Hoshi, blushing. "Well, they might have sales sometimes. Or there's some pretty decent stuff at that resale shop in town."

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "I should stop in some time Harper is working."

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"Alex's friend, right? The girl who wore a dress made out of fruit snacks to the last dance?" asked Hoshi. "I'd be careful of whatever she picks out."

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"Yeah," Hurley said. "I just figure she could cut me a deal, since she's my little sib."

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"And she probably knows where to find all the good bargains in the store," said Hoshi, nodding.

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"Yeah, she's pretty awesome like that," Hurley said. "Might have to do that for the next dance."