Fifth Floor Common Room [evening]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

After Sookie had said goodbye to her grandmother, she was at a loss for what to do.

After a long moment's thought, she made her way back to the dorms, washed her face, and retrieved the product of what she and Gran had done early that day: three freshly-baked pies -- in apple, pecan, and strawberry -- from where she'd left them in her mini-fridge in her dorm room.

She took them out to the common room, curling up with the pecan one and thinking about the pie she'd rescued from Maxine Fortenberry, just like this one. To get her mind off of the day -- as best she could -- she turned on the television to provide at least some ambient noise. Not everyone on the island was sad. (Though, of course, she could tell that many were.)

[open for all your post-departure emo needs!]

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[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle had only been on his way back to his room, but the sight of pie as he glanced into the common room made him change his mind. He went to investigate, and then saw Sookie. "Are these for sharing?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

She nodded mutely, then decided it would be polite to answer verbally. "They are. Apple and strawberry." She was keeping the pecan one for herself. "Help yourself."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." He cut himself a slice of apple and came to sit down. "Rough weekend." It was more a sympathetic statement than a question.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Yes," she agreed, nodding a little. "Yes, it was."

"Anyone visit you?" she asked after a moment.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle shook his head. He was dealing with that a lot better today. It seemed that whether or not someone had come for them this week, almost everyone was having trouble dealing with it. "Someone did for you?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"My grandmother," she said, picking at her pie. She felt bad for everyone who hadn't had someone show, she really did. Mostly it confused her as to why some showed, and some hadn't. "She died last month. She baked the pies, just so you know."

[longislandiceme]

"Hey, man," Bobby waved to Kyle around his rather ridiculously large slice of pie.

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"Hey Bobby. That there is a big piece of pie."

[longislandiceme]

"I've got a big stomach," Bobby said offhandedly, with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "This could count as dinner, right?"

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"If it fills you up, it counts as a meal," Kyle said, returning the smile. "You okay?" He figured he'd get the pressing question out of the way.

[longislandiceme]

"Well enough," Bobby said. "All things considered, I guess."

[longislandiceme]

So Bobby had absolutely not been moping, really. Except for how he kind of had been. He'd even tried to go out into the woods and find... whatever it was the people who'd had visitors had found, without any luck.

"Hey," he greeted Sookie, wandering over to the pies and giving her an inquiring look.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie glanced up, gave him a tiny smile, and said, "Gran and I baked before she left. Want some?"

[longislandiceme]

"If I ever turn down food, that's how you'd know something was either terribly wrong, or I'd been replaced by an alien clone," Bobby pointed out.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Someday, it really will be aliens," Sookie decided, clearly trying for levity and...pretty much failing. "And then you'll be sorry."

[longislandiceme]

"Nah, then I'll just get to be all smug 'cause I was right."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You are cute when you're smug," she added, but her heart wasn't really in it.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

Dandelion had no dead people visiting her. In fact she had planned to spend the day at the beach basking in the blazing hot sun.

But every damn secluded spot was taken so she flopped down in common room.

"Okay, peoples! Where's the free food?" she demanded. "I need sugar. Or salt. Maybe both."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie could have done with a 'hello' or a 'please,' she thought. But she glanced up, all the same, and said, "There's pie, if you want."

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Oooo. Pie," Dandelion said looking appreciative. "Please and thank you twice. What kind?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Apple and strawberry," Sookie said, gesturing. "Help yourself."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"It's really, really good pie. Really." He needed to emphasize how good this pie was.

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Okay, if I take a bite will my head turn around three times?" Dandelion asked. "Because if so I'll need to make an appointment with a chiropractor."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

"My head stayed where it was," Kyle pointed out, "but I can't make any promises."

[kissytheface.livejournal.com]

"Eh. I'll take the risk," Dandelion said as she grabbed a slice. "I crave the food."