Sixth Floor, Thursday Evening -- Merlin's Birthday Party

[bitchprince]

If Arthur had still been back at Camelot, the idea of holding celebrations for a servant's birthday would have seemed preposterous. But he wasn't, and it didn't, and if he were really honest with himself he'd admit he enjoyed it (or at least in as much as it involved picking out presents that made him fret some on the inside and yelling at people about getting decorations in).

The Sixth Floor was decorated rather decadently for a birthday party. There were some CDs of painfully carefully selected songs playing through the system - the ones Arthur had judged least likely to shatter eardrums (and maybe tending towards the classical and medieval).

And there was food. Courtesy of Francine.

Arthur didn't like half-measures much.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Not... really," Hurley admitted. "She's gone. And it's over. Life goes on and stuff."

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[glacial_queen]

"It might go on but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt," Karla said with unfeigned sympathy. "She was a big part of your life and now it's like there's a hole there, where she used to be. It's okay to be sad about it."

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley nodded. "Lucky for me, it's kinda hard to get your heart broken twice. Kinda... just hits the scars, I guess."

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[glacial_queen]

"Did you want to go out for coffee or ice cream some time?" Karla asked, tentatively. "Since it's too cold to go riding I mean."

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Hurley said. "Everything's better with ice cream." He nodded. "Thanks, Karla."

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[glacial_queen]

"Anytime," she said, giving him a small smile. "You have my number, right?"

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "I'll figure out a good time. So, uhhh... how have you been?"

He smiled a little, just happy that someone cared, really.

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[glacial_queen]

"I'm a TA in one of my classes," Karla answered happily. "And the Duchess of York in the play. Speaking of--you should absolutely come see the play. It won't open for a few weeks--today was our first rehearsal--but you should come anyway." She gave Hurley a smile. "Our first rehearsal and our director spoke nothing but Portuguese. I'm hoping that was a one-time Fandom thing and not par for the play."