Lawn of the Dorms, LATE Sunday Night

[bitchprince]

Just a few hours ago, the flamingoes had given up on their sudden, magical performance, and retreated to their usual perches for the night. The lights had gone out across Fandom Town, and so no one was awake to witness the start of the gentle tinsel snow. Glittering paper floated down, spreading across the fresh snow, coating it in shimmering colours. It was pretty, it was unnoticed, it was...

The fire alarm cut through the air without warning. The fragile peace of Sunday night shattered into tiny little shards, like a lunatic firing bullets into Christmas decorations with utter abandon. The tinsel? Kept falling. The alarm? Would not stop blaring. The firemen? Were out on the town. It was time for the annual 'strange weather' drill, and no man, woman, or angry pseudopod was going to dissuade them from ushering all the students away from the school.

As they rushed into the school, the tinsel kept falling. Enjoy, kids. We hope you stole a coat upon leaving, or you're going to be plenty cold.

[[ HAVE AT THE FIRE DRILL! Go here for our previous fire drill. Y'all know the drill! ... bad pun. bad. ]]

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[icecoldfrost]

He had cigarettes. Emma was going to drift closer to Alex and make puppy-eyes at him. "Share, darling?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Share what?" he asked, knowing perfectly well what she wanted but deciding to feign confusion. "I've got lots of tinsel to share, if you want."

[icecoldfrost]

"I can get plenty of tinsel on my own," Emma sulked. "My cigarettes and lighter, however, are inside the not burning building."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex couldn't help it, he laughed and looked a little smug. "Your nicotine addiction's that bad, Emma? Maybe there's an internal fire that we just can't see."

Oh yes, he was taking advantage of this opportunity.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma made a face at him. "Fine, be a Scrooge and don't share," she sighed. "My addiction isn't that bad. I'm simply in a foul temper due to someone's poor idea of a practical joke, and I was hoping nicotine would soothe the savage beast."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I never said I wasn't going to share," he said, rolling his eyes and digging out his cigarettes. "Being a little melodramatic, aren't you? This isn't refreshing for you?"

[icecoldfrost]

"I had a nice warm bed, and now I have tinsel in my hair." Emma was just going to pout at him adorably. "I adore Christmas, but this is absurd."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"And if I share, you'll be all better and ready to show off that perkiness I know you have?" Alex asked, holding out his pack of cigarettes to her.

[icecoldfrost]

"Sunshine and roses, darling, just for you," Emma promised, taking one cigarette before handing the pack back to him.

"But I make no promises about what will happen when I catch the prankster that thought this was a good idea."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What if it's just a drill and the school administration planned it?" he asked, handing the lighter over this time. "You gonna make them pay too?"

[icecoldfrost]

"Don't tempt me," she sighed, lighting up happily. "If there was even the remotest chance that Jeannie wouldn't rat me out, I'd do it in a heartbeat."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"She that much of a tattletale?" Alex asked, glancing around for said person and remembering that he still hadn't seen her since that weekend. He'd have to find her and tease her or something.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma shrugged. "She doesn't like me," she explained. "And she doesn't like that I actually enjoy using my powers. You do the math."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"If she doesn't like you, fuck her," Alex said, shrugging. "Why does she care what you do?"

[icecoldfrost]

"Because she's meddlesome, and doesn't like it when people don't play by her rules," she answered, rolling her eyes. "If she knew half the things we did with my telepathy in Kirk and Algren's class, there'd be screeching on the ethical uses of powers."

Emma was pretty sure that ignoring the teachers and sharing dirty thoughts with one of your friends during classtime was a no-no in Jeannie's book.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What, really?" Alex asked, trying not to laugh. "We weren't doing anything bad."

Well, not right then.

"It wasn't like I was doing you on the desk or something," he said, shaking his head. "Never pegged her for such a goody two shoes."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma hummed thoughtfully. "Well, that depends if you view what happens in the mind as real or not. Because we definitely played with that idea once or twice..."

But they hadn't actually done it, so really, they'd been absolute angels.

"But yes, total teacher's pet type of girl." Emma grinned brightly. "That's who you were rescuing me from cooking with during the Thanksgiving dinner."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Ah, I feel like I did a good deed, then," he said and smiled. "If you've told her to leave you the hell alone and she doesn't, it's her fault if you accidentally slip and punch her."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma perked up. "True. I nearly scratched a guy's face off once, and he was bigger than me. I bet I could take her."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"She must be jealous if she's that meddlesome," Alex said, shrugging. "Maybe she's jealous or something."

[icecoldfrost]

"Well, who wouldn't be jealous, when I keep such charming company?" Emma asked, giving him a bright smile. "Most girls probably want to be me."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Are you implying I'm charming?" he asked, looking amused. "That's not a word most people would apply to me."

[icecoldfrost]

"You can be very charming, when you want to be," she replied. "Besides, you're hot, and that always lends a certain air of charm to a guy."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"You only like me for my looks," he said and mock sighed. "I see how it is."

[icecoldfrost]

"I called you charming first!" she laughed, swatting lightly at his arm. "You can't even take a compliment without being a pain, can you?"