Third Floor Common Room - Sunday Evening

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Sunday wasn't exactly a study day, but he'd had a slow week and didn't want to fall behind. He worked better with other people around and so had his Chemistry homework out in front of him. Jack was sitting cross-legged on the floor, occasionally glancing at the door as if hoping for a distraction.

[OOC: HI!]

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[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

Bobby wasn't looking for his brother. He was ransacking all the other common rooms for cookies since his common room was shamefully out of Oreos.

But his brother was a welcome bonus. "Hi Jack!" he said happily. "Do you have any cookies down here? Oh, are you doing homework? What are you working on?"

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

And of course the distraction came in the form of Bobby. Of course. "Cookies are in there," he pointed out one of the cabinets. "Bottom shelf behind the marshmallows." Jack tossed his pen down. "I'm working on Chemistry. Mostly working on Chemistry." Not really concentrating on Chemistry, if he was honest.

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Marshmallows?" he asked eagerly, scurrying to the cabinet to find both them and the cookies. "Do you think Oreos and marshmallows would taste good together?" Maybe if he made them into some sort of a sandwich.

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba was out and about the dorms that evening, and stopped when she saw Jack in the common room.

She stepped in, dressed in a simple black dress as usual. She peered over the rims of her glasses at him. "A strange choice of places to study," she said, barely restraining her smile.

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"I study better with people around," Jack explained. "But my usual study partners are a few states away so I thought I'd try my luck in public."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"Well, what are you studying?" Elphaba said, coming over. "There are a few subjects I may be able to help with, if you truly do need assistance. I'm limited in what I know of many subjects, however."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Hi Elphaba!" Bobby called, waving excitedly. "Want a cookie?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"What sort of cookie?" Elphaba asked, giving him a smile. There were few people she felt truly comfortable with at this school, and Bobby was easily one of them.

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

And this was a very bored George, making her way to yet another common room that wasn't hers.

She glanced at the homework, then laughed.

"Chemistry?" she said. "I think I dodged a bullet on that one."

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"You bet you did," Jack agreed, offering a smile at his snark buddy. "This was a lot easier when there was a live teacher and classmates to borrow study notes from."

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"You should look up who else is in that class," George suggested. "Or find out if there are online notes and study guides or ... whatever."

Or possibly answer keys, but her dad was a teacher so she wasn't supposed to say that out loud.

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"But if you don't take chemistry, how will you get into college?" Bobby asked artlessly, waving at George.

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"I'm ... not going to college," George said, lifting her shoulders. "Next question?"

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba nodded to George, pleased to see her again. "You do not like studying Chemistry?" she asked, intrigued by the girl's sentiment.

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

"I don't like studying at all," George said brightly. "Chemistry sounds hard."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

So, while Hinata was making sure that Yei didn't go anywhere near Bobby specifically, she wasn't really too concerned about anyone else meeting her kitten.

Which would be why there was Yei, a tiny white kitten with big eyes, investigating George's ankles.

Ankles were interesting!

[onapalebicycle.livejournal.com]

There was -- oh shit, George had accidentally almost knocked over a kitten, before she saw it sitting there on the floor.

Awww. Cute kitten. George leaned over and scooped it up, carefully, before plopping it on her lap.

"So who do you belong to?" she asked. "I shouldn't keep you. I have bad luck with pets."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

So.

There was a small white kitten wandering into the common room like she owned it. A little bit after her came a girl with long dark blue hair and white eyes who looked much less like she owned the place.

Really, all she'd wanted was apricot juice that the floor below was out of. Hinata hadn't expected all of the people and paused, a bit dubiously, in the doorway--they were all new people--while Yei went to investigate a... bit of fluff on the floor.

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Jack noticed the cat before the girl. "We don't bite," he assured her when he saw her hesitating.

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

She flushed a bit.

"I was merely surprised," she admitted, stepping into the room. "I was not expecting," a crowd of people she didn't know, "the room to be so busy."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Bobby said, enthusiastically waving to the girl in the doorway. "Is that your cat? I like cats, but Mom never let me have one cause I'm allergic. Also I don't think she likes them very much."

[shyest-eyes.livejournal.com]

Her eyes went wide.

"I can--I can take her out of here," Hinata said, a bit worried. "I'm sorry. I d-didn't think about allergies." Ahhhh.

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Well, if you asked Will (which Jack hadn't, since they had yet to meet), every day was a study day, as evidenced by the books tucked under one arm. This particular moment, however, was a searching-for-food moment, and although his own common room was certainly well stocked, there was a dearth of people around to explain just what most of the cupboards' contents were, exactly.

Which was all a very long-winded way of saying William was poking his head into the third floor common room. "Ah! Excellent. Good evening, all," he greeted.

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Jack replied with a casual nod. He noticed the books and decided to take a chance. "I don't suppose you know your way around a Chemistry textbook?"

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Bobby replied. "What's excellent? What books do you have?"