The Deck - Saturday Afternoon

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

It was sunny out, and the cold felt more like nearly spring to Rose than the middle of winter.  And it was sunny out which is what she was really looking for.  Sure, it'd be sunny all next week in the Bahamas and maybe she should spend her time packing instead, but the sun now was the point. 

She stretched out on one of deck chairs, feeling the sun on her face.  She was trying not to think about anything.  Definitely not the past few weeks, definitely not wondering how it'd be to go back to living completely nocturnally again once she returned to Lissa, and definitely not what was going to happen with whatever understanding she and Dimitri had reached over the past few days.

Except as happened so often, between not actually doing anything and trying not to think about things, Rose found herself pondering all of them and paying less attention to the warm sun.  She so needed to get up and find a distraction. 

[OOC:  Deck, open, no roof, all that, yes]

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Why get up and find a distraction when distractions would wander up to you?

He could have avoided her. It wasn't like the stink hadn't been warning him who was out on the deck, but trouble seemed to draw him in and he was smirking a little when his nose proved right. (Not that there'd been any doubt.)

"Shouldn't you be packing like the rest of the girls?" he asked.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Why, you wanna make sure I pack all the extra cute stuff for you?" she asked dryly, her eyes flashing open to track him.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Nah, thanks," he shook his head. "It just makes Morgana reek of you when she wears your clothes. I'm sure she appreciates the offer, though."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"The girl has good taste in clothes," Rose said, giving a little shrug. She was amused but not quite showing it. "Pretty sure she's not going to appreciate you making that decision for her too."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I don't think she appreciates anyone telling her what to do," Jake agreed and he leaned his elbows on the back of one of the chairs.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose just grinned at that. "Maybe you're not as dumb as I thought."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Ooooh, was that a compliment?" he smirked. "I'm going to start thinking you like me if you keep that up."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Oh, don't worry," Rose snarked. "No danger of that."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Good, my pack would mock me forever otherwise," he must have been bored that he was still hanging around. "I'm kind of surprised you haven't threatened my life again."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"You have a pack?" Rose got distracted with amusement. "God, that's so cliche."

And, eh, he was distracting. He could stick around.

She glanced over to eye him. "Reason I should?"

[therewaslife]

One more day before the trip and Bod found himself, once again, wandering the island aimlessly. It was more to be outside than anything so he was grateful to spot someone familiar outside.

"Hullo, Rose," he said, winding his way towards the deck. "I don't have your baked goods, yet."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Like "good" leeches aren't," he emphasised by drawing the parenthesis in the air.

"You know, the traditional speech: hurt my roommate and I'll poke you with my silver stick again. The usual."

[solo_sword]

It was still a little cold to Jaina, but not so bad that she wouldn't take advantage of the sun in order to go for a run outside. Heading back to the dorms, she spotted Rose and asked, maybe a little hopefully, "Preparing for this week?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"No, garlic and crosses are cliche," she told him. "But you like stepped out of an episode of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker or something."

Silver stick. Rose had never heard it referred to that way, but it probably better than a dull sword. Annnd she didn't want to think about that.

"Morgana's a big girl. I'm pretty sure she doesn't need me defending her." Rose rolled her eyes. "Besides that whole 'dun hurt my friend thing' just makes you look like an idiot."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Disappointment of my life," Rose told him. "What better things could you be doing with your time?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"God, I hate that show," he made a face.

"I thought you were used to that by now, so it wouldn't matter much if you did."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Jaina so got a smile. "Perfecting my 'sitting in the sun' technique. Doesn't get a lot of use what with the whole nocturnal thing."

[therewaslife]

"Preparing for a trip?" he tried, shrugging. "Taking midterms? Exploring? I am still new. And I still don't know how to cook."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Why? Are they totally biased?" she asked. "Completely full of the wrong information without checking to find out? God, that must suck. I wonder what it's like."

"And you're getting me confused with you again. Sucks, doesn't it."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Fine, be logical," she decided. "So much less fun. I can teach you how to cook mac and cheese?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob rolled his eyes at her. "They suck human blood, don't they?" he asked. "There's not a whole lot of ways to get that. Besides stalking the blood bank, most I can think of involve munching on someone."

[therewaslife]

"How gourmet," he teased before taking a seat. "If you wouldn't mind, it'd be welcome. I didn't cook back home. Either my guardian brought me food or one of my tutors made it. There was never a need to learn."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose fixed him with a glare. "Not getting into this with you today," she snapped, the subject of feeding and 'snacks' too close to the jagged spots she didn't want to think about.

She was going to try to change the subject. Hopefully. "You getting flack about Morgana?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Hey, it's that and ramen," Rose told him. "Grew up at boarding school, same sorta thing." But she nodded. "Totally will, whenever you want. Even can show you the gourmet version and add hot dogs."

[solo_sword]

Smiles were good! It meant Jaina had no problem finding her own chair, too. "I didn't realize there was a technique to it. You must be much better at it than me, then."