Third Floor Common Room [Saturday Afternoon]

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

It was snowing again though not SNOWPOCALYPSE but luckily not as much as last time and the power was still on. It was still enough to keep a Texas girl from wanting to go outside though.

So Claire headed down to the common room and decided to bake some cookies. She had found hot cocoa in the cupboards too. Perfect way to spend a cold, snowy day as far as she was concerned.




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[vanillajello]

Kate wandered into the common room in search of snacks. Possibly also company.

Or at least someone to whine at. "Why's it snowing again?"

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"Cause Mother Nature needs a Midol?" Claire suggested with a smirk. "I don't know but I'm just grateful we have power this time."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, I don't think I could deal with another power outage like that," Kate said, shaking her head and heading for the fridge. "That sucked so much ass."

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"No kidding," Claire agreed. "It was completely miserable. I'm so not used to this cold weather."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Maybe it's just Fandom?"

[vanillajello]

"... If it turns out to be some freaky Fandom thing, I'm holding you personally responsible, Robin," Kate told him.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Eep! Don't blame me, I'm just the banjo player."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

So, Hinata had taken a long look at the snow falling outside, spared a moment to be glad she had nothing planned for the day, and had calmly scooped up Yei and headed out to see if there was any company to be found.

Her room got boring after a while, you see.

"Good afternoon," she said, stepping in and setting her kitten on the ground. Yei rubbed against her ankles cheerfully purring. "At least, I would say it is a good day while inside. I h-hope the weather doesn't worsen again."

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, same here," Claire said, offering a smile. "I'm baking cookies if you want some."

She was going to avoid offering the kitty scritches for the moment since cat hair was not a yummy addition to cookies.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Yei, for her part, was just going to wander over and inspect the Very Interesting Couch. Exploring! Exploring was the best thing ever.

"I could not refuse an offer like th-that," she answered lightly. "Did you need a hand with any of it?"

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"Just with the eating part, I think," Claire said. "Unless you want to make the cocoa. I haven't gotten that far yet."

[vanillajello]

"Hi," Kate greeted the new girl with a smile. "Yeah, I'll flip out if we get another insane blizzard. Doesn't really look like it, though."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"One weekend freezing was more th-than enough for me," she agreed. "Right now it looks lovelier than that weekend, but I confess it makes me a bit uneasy. Snow isn't common where I'm from."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"It's already almost over my head so I hope so too."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

She smiled down at him.

"I am sure th-they'll have the sidewalks and roads cleared soon enough," she said reassuringly. "So then you'll be able to go out."

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

The smell of something baking was enough to draw Jonas from his room and down the hall to the common room. Following his nose seemed like a better time to spend the day than going outside and battling the cold.

"Hello," he said once he'd slipped inside. "Whatever you're baking smells very good."

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Claire said with a grin. "There's chocolate chip cookies on the cooling racks. I've got peanut butter in the oven and I'm mixing up a batch of oatmeal raisin now."

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

"You've baked all those already?" Jonas asked, pleasantly surprised. "I think I'd have destroyed half the common room if I tried."

[vanillajello]

"Hey Jonas," Kate greeted him. "How've you been? Been watching any more soap operas?"

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

"I've been well." Very well, in fact. Jonas was proud of himself for not blushing there. "And no, actually. I've taken more to books to prevent my mind from anymore soap opera assaults. How are you?"

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

"Good afternoon," she said softly, to the guy she was sure she hadn't met before. "Are you pretending it is not snowing out as well?"

[see-beyond.livejournal.com]

"Yes," he said, laughing a bit. "Yes, I am. I do like the sight of snow but the last time we had snow, the power went out and I'm hoping that doesn't happen again."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin was from Florida himself. So he also felt little desire to go outside. Though he probably would later.

"Hi Clair, whatcha doing?"

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

"Baking cookies," Claire said. "There's chocolate chip, peanut butter and oatmeal raisin."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Ooh! Can I have some? If I help?" He didn't want something for nothing after all.