5th Floor Common Room - Stupidly Early Monday Morning

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The sun wasn't even up yet, so Kyle wasn't sure if now counted as morning. He eventually decided it was close enough, which meant it was cereal time. And toast time. And Pop Tart time. And eggs time. The television was on with some show about psychic private investigators and the table in front of the couch had several plates and a jug of juice. Anyone would think he'd had a busy weekend or something with the way he was packing away the food.

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For some insane reason, Rose was up even earlier than she had to be to get down to town for training. She got out of her room to keep from waking up Morgana but the smell of actual food drew her up a floor.

"What are you doing up, crazy person?" Was the greet Kyle got when she wandered in. It was soon followed by a flop on the couch and theft of a piece of toast.

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"I haven't been to sleep yet, toast stealer," Kyle replied with a mouth full of cereal. He wiped milk off his chin, then picked up the peanut butter and moved it over to her side of the table. "What are you doing up?"

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"That piece looked poisoned," she informed him. "I'm just helping you out."

She reached for the knife to spread some peanut butter onto the toast. "and I'm always up this early. Gotta be at the gym in an hour or so. Why haven't you slept?"

Give her a second, she'd realise he'd been mia all weekend.

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"I don't always sleep at night," he replied, shovelling more cereal into his mouth. "Are you training with the Russian cowboy?"

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"Habit? Or you just wanna be different?" She asked, playing with the peanut butter. There was a little smile at his nickname. "Yeah, Dimitri. Twice a day."

Rose eyed him suddenly. "You didn't go to the dance. I don't think I saw you all weekend. What's up with that? You can't hate carnivals."

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"I sleep when I'm tired," Kyle shrugged. He chewed thoughtfully on his cereal. "That was this weekend?" He failed at the whole innocent thing when he really wasn't. "Guess I must have forgotten."

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"You just didn't notice 50 million new people on the island?" Rose said, totally disbelievingly. "You notice everything. Come off it."

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"I was busy," he replied with a straight face, largely because it was the truth. "I didn't really get into town." He had milk dribbling down his chin again.

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She laughed and reached for a paper towel to throw at him. "Get up to trouble?"

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Kyle looked confused for a moment as he caught it, then realized he had something on his face and wiped it away. "Do I seem like the kind of person who gets into trouble?"

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"You get into trouble so often you don't even realize it's trouble anymore," Rose told him with a snicker.

She should know after all since she was that kind of person herself.

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"Is it really trouble if it's normal though? Trouble sounds like it's causing problems that don't normally happen."

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"Depends on who yo ask," Rose said. "And you're avoiding the answer. I totally should take advantage of my queen powers and make you tell me."

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"You're a queen? How'd that happen?"

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"See what you miss?" She teased. "Disappear for a weekend and now I rule the school."

Rose chuckled, shaking her head. "Homecoming tradition. You elect a couple out of each class - your two partners in crime ended up princes."

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Kyle grinned. "They are never living that down. Neither are you by the way," he finished off his bowl of cereal and went for some toast.

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"Long as you do what I say, soldier," Rose teased. "I don't mind a bit."

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"Yes ma'am. Whatever you say, ma'am. Or is it Your Highness now?"

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"Eww, you make me sound ancient," Rose protested. "Rose is fine, my peon-friend."

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"Do I get royal favors now?"

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"Of course," she teased. "If you tell me where you disappeared to, Tiny."

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"Mainland. Why so interested? Did you miss me that much?"

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"Nope, just curious." Also stubborn. "Wondered if the crowds had gotten to you."

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He gave a little shrug. "Maybe. I had something to do and it seemed like a good weekend." Which was to say yes, yes they did.

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She gave him a sharp glance but nodded. "And hey, you didn't even get arrested. So it worked out."

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"If I got arrested, you probably would have got a phone call."

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"And you'd probably get mocked forever for it," Rose said lightly.

Not that she would hesitate in calling in whatever she needed to bail him out.

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"You'd mock me when I call you for help?"

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"Probably," she admitted lightly. "Not if it was an emergency. Wouldn't you?"

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"I'm doing it right now."

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"Nope, sorry, Reese," Rose laughed. "Nothing to mock me about. ur you're doing it wrong."

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"I'm a stealth mocker," he insisted, chomping on his toast. "And you're a toast thief."

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"I'd've given it back if you asked," she said sweetly.

Probably after licking it.

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"I would have given you some if you'd asked," he countered.

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"Maybe," Rose admitted. "But where's the fun in that?"

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"Food isn't meant to be fun. It's meant to be filling and tasty."

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"Everything's meant to be fun if there's time for it," Rose corrected. "Gotta stock up your fun piles for when there's no time is the thing."