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Jacob had woken up to a lot of snow, a powerless dormitory and a growling stomach. The latter two had cause a problem because cornflakes were just cornflakes and Jacob wanted to more. The blizzard hadn't caused much of an obstacle, not when you could change into a werewolf built to brave cold weather. He'd been across the island in a flash and while he'd gotten some strange looks for showing up in just a pair of jeans at J,GOB, the baker hadn't asked any questions. Which was once more evidence of how much the people on the island had gotten used to situations like this and luckily, the bakery had a back up generator. So Jacob had gotten a huge bag full of pastries for 'those poor students'. He suspected that J,GOB hadn't really been expecting a whole lot of customers.

So now, said bag had been upended on the dinner table. The bag itself had been thrown into the bin in Jake's room. It wouldn't do to have anyone take notice of the teeth marks on it. Jacob lay sprawled upon the couch in just a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, his hair still a little wet, while he munched on a muffin. In his boredom, he might just end up eating his way through the stack of food.

Best not to let him stay bored.

[Brought to you by Food Delivery Services Jacob Black. Open, of course.]

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"Whole box," Didi agreed, and set to work tearing open the little envelopes. "So, little brother, how are you settling in?"

"Not too badly," he said, emptying the milk carton in the pot. "This place at least won't let you get bored." Not with two Bella lookalikes walking around and there were some other nice girls too. Shhhh.

"That's about what I've found," Didi said. "And then there's the random stuff. Like, I had tiny purple frogs at work this week."

She gave the powder-and-milk-mix a good stir or two.

He glanced up at her. "Maybe they knew a storm was coming and they wanted to find somewhere warm?"

"I like that idea," Didi nodded. "Or they wanted to bug my coworker. His name is Apu and he never leaves as far as I can tell. It's kind of spooky."

She looked at the mixed milk and cocoa. "Want to carry it over to the fire?"

"Sure, sure," he said, picking up the pot. He'd rather be the one to burn his fingers, really. "Maybe he needs to get a girlfriend," he grinned.

"Maybe," Didi agreed, carefully watching his progress with the pot. "Why, do you know someone who needs to be set up?"

"No," he snorted. "I don't think I'd be a good matchmaker anyway."

He seemed pretty lousy picking out girls for himself, he had the feeling he wouldn't do any better for someone else.

He squatted down in front of the fireplace, managing to actually not spill anything. "This would be easier if we had a cauldron," he mused, trying to decide where to put it. "Just put it by the side?" he asked.

"I think, yeah," Didi said. "As close to the fire as you can get it without having to burn yourself to turn it."

"I'll see what I can do," he said, putting the pot down and sliding it very close to the flames. "I think that will do."

"Very nice," Didi said approvingly. "I like that you can cook."

Hot chocolate was cooking to her, yes.

"Lot of people freak at the idea."

"I just put a pot down," he chuckled and he sat back down in front of the fire. While Jacob wasn't cold, it was still a nice heat. "But I can cook a little. It's just me and my dad, so it's a matter of survival. Just don't expect any high cuisine."

"I don't really like high cuisine anyhow," Didi said, going over to sit by him. "I even like crappy street hot dogs."

"There's nothing wrong with street hot dogs," Jacob laughed. "Hey, I actually had a question for you."

"Sometimes I can answer those," she said obligingly.

"I can actually call home from here," he said, "but I actually have no idea how I'm supposed to get back home. I didn't do anything special to wind up here, but how do you actually travel back in time?"

"Y'know, as far as I know you just go," Didi said. "There are portals, but if you want to fly, you'll be in your world when you reach the mainland. I know it doesn't make sense."

"Nothing here makes sense," he said, waving it off. He did look relieved. "How do those portals work?"

"Kind of like airlines," Didi said. "You go online and book a ticket, and then you just go where they tell you to go and the portal takes you wherever you were trying to get."

"Huh," he leaned forward to check on the hot chocolate as it was starting to smell good. "That sounds easy. Is it expensive?"

"Not especially?" Didi said, watching him with some anxiety. He was getting awful close to the flames. "It's about what it would cost to get places on a plane or a train, a little cheaper if you go through hubs and at weird times."

"That's good to know. I'll have to check it out," he said. "I think it might be warm enough, unless you like burning your tongue on it."

"Then it's probably right about perfect for me," Didi said, and went over to get mugs.

Jacob reached out to grab the pot, only remembering it would be HOT when he burned his fingers. "Ouch," he drew his hand back, shaking his fingers.

"Okay, that was dumb," he said, pulling his sleeve down when he tried to grab the pot again, pulling it away from the fire.

5th floor common room - Morning

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