4th Floor Common Room - Monday Afternoon

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For once Rose didn't feel like being outside - something about the humidity or the thunderstorms or whatever. She didn't feel like being in her room which still felt too empty without Morgana there either so she found herself down in the common room with the music turned up loudly.

Even better, in the refrigerator, there was a tube of chocolate chip dough. Rose eyed it warily. Should it be eaten with a spoon or should she try to make cookies? The oven was on and a cookie sheet was out, but the possibility of ruined cookies was high once they actually went in the oven. Difficult choices for a Monday afternoon.

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"Me cooking? Yeah, not really my thing," she said, rolling her eyes as she stepped around him to lean against the counter. "But now you're doing it so all's right with the world."

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"I know, I do have that impact," he agreed, placing little piles of dough that would possibly become cookies on the plate. "I'm a self reliant man. It's impressive."

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"You're a man now?" she teased. "When'd that happen?"

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"Oh don't pretend you don't know," Jake smirked at her. "I've seen you ogling me. Can't get enough of my manliness."

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"Holy crap, you've gone right around the corner into crazyland," Rose said, pretending to be shocked.

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"You should know since you live here," he rolled his eyes at her.

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She snorted, her eyes dropping to the counter as she considered the very real possibility for a moment. "Well, now that you're there too, at least I've got company I can entertain myself with."

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"Awwww, you're making me feel all warm and fuzzy," he put his hand over his heart, grinning at her. "Okay, let's get these babies in the oven."

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"Honey, you're already warm and fuzzy," Rose smirked. "I didn't have anything to do with that." She eyed the oven warily. "I turned it on..."

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"I'm glad you finally recognise that, baby," he snorted and glanced at the oven. "Was the turning knobs hard?"

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"Nah, I'm good at turning things on," she smirked, more than happy to take advantage of that opening.

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Jake laughed loudly. "That was terrible," he told her. "Just so you know, absolutely awful."

He pulled the oven open and slid the platter inside.

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"You're the one talking about how warm and fuzzy you are," Rose laughed. "I thought I better keep up in 'terrible' comments."

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"Oh, but I surrender. Now way am I beating that level of terrible," he said, turning back to face her once the cookies were in the oven. "You're the queen of terrible."

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"I'm the queen of a lot of things," Rose smirked, tossing her hair back over her shoulders. "When do I get my crown?"

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"When you make one in cookie dough," he said. "I'll even put it in the oven for you. See? I'm nice."

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She looked at him, pretending to be confused. "You're...nice? Since when?"

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"Always have been, but momma told me not to be it to nasty girls," he said, barely keeping from snorting.

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Rose cracked up. "Shouldn't you be especially nice to nasty girls so they learn how to be nice too?"

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"Nah, apparently they're hopeless. Sorry," he didn't sound it at all.

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"Sounds like the hopeless girls have a lot more fun," Rose said smugly.

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"So they think at least," he allowed.

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"Oh yeah?" she challenged. "You wanna prove otherwise or something?"