Roof; Friday Afternoon

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck was bored and tired of hanging around his room so when he finally got out of bed on Friday he decided to get out for a bit. Not to a common room since his post-Thanksgiving hangover wasn't allowing for him to be quite that social at the moment, but he knew he could handle being out on the roof for a bit. It was cold, but nothing Chuck couldn't handle. The scarf did more than make him look fantastic, you know.

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[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I'm not much into the whole Thanksgiving thing," Chuck said. "Something about passing out into a plate full of mashed potatoes doesn't appeal to me. No idea why."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"There are other fun things you can do on Thanksgiving," he said, smirking. "Doesn't have to be about food. Just gotta find the fun stuff."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah? What qualifies as 'fun stuff' on Thanksgiving?" Chuck asked.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Watching the parade," Alex said, sarcasm tinting his voice. "What, that doesn't sound fun to you?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck rolled his eyes. "Yeah, it's tons of fun. I love my hometown being clogged with traffic and filled with more tourists than usual."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You ever go to that thing?" Alex wondered. "I could see you as a float guy."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I used to go as a kid," he admitted. "The novelty of the floats wore off after a few years."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Unless they popped and injured people, right?" Well, he thought that was funny, at least.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Well that's a given," Chuck said. "Nothing like being up close and personal when people are getting hit with a giant Snoopy balloon."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Makes for a good story, at least," he said, snickering. "Anyway, that's not what I did yesterday. Forgot the stupid parade was even on. I helped one of your fellow cooks out on her break."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Well that's one way to work up an appetite," Chuck said with a smirk. "Though now I'm glad I didn't eat any of the food."

Lord knows if there was hand washing after that break.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Figured it'd be better than just sitting around and saying thanks for all the good things I've been given," he said, shrugging. "You helped cooked but didn't eat?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I only helped with the cooking because it was a school assignment," he said. "That whole family dinner thing really isn't me. And that's not some lame faux-badass loner line, I mean that my family just doesn't do it."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Neither did mine," Alex shared, shrugging. "Doesn't mean I'll pass up free food. I just didn't talk to anyone. Really not a fuzzy sweater wearing guy. Besides, you don't look like a badass loner, anyway."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I am lacking the requisite leather, aren't I?" Chuck asked. "It's just so tacky..."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Can't really call yourself a badass loner without three days worth of stubble and a leather jacket," Alex told him, shrugging. "That make you some wealthy drifter instead?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I don't know, drifter implies I hitch for rides or hop on trains," Chuck said. "Let's go for aloof. Sounds classier."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I can work with aloof," Alex agreed, nodding. "So, if you didn't eat the food, how did you spend yesterday?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I went to church and then I spent the evening getting drunk at the bar." Your typical Thursday, really.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Went to church?" Alex repeated, making a face. "What in the hell for?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck shrugged. "I go every Thursday. I'm friends with the guy who runs the place."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"So, you're not going because you're some religious fanatic?" he questioned. "I really don't wanna be preached to when I'm smoking or anything."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Chuck had to laugh at that because really. "God, no. I'm not that kind of church person at all. That's just scary."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"So, you go just be supportive to your friend?" Alex asked, not quite following. "I didn't think you did that sort of thing."

Of course, Alex didn't know Chuck all that well but, taking him at surface level, he thought that was a good guess.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"You haven't seen what he looks like. That's reason enough to go." Sure, that's not why Chuck went anymore but he wasn't about to get into that squishy friendship crap with Alex, thank you.