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.

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[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Then why tell her?" he asked. "Mom'll just get mad."

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"That's the point," Jack said, leaning back. "If I'm a smartass about it, she'll think I'm making it up and then when you slip up and tell her about what goes on here, she'll think you're playing along instead of freaking out."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Wow, Jack, that's so smart," Bobby told him, offering him the Oreo sandwich again. "But I won't tell her anything. I didn't even tell her about Mount Everest! Or the Planetarium."

That last one really hurt. Why couldn't he tell her about the Planetarium!

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Jack took the sandwich and bit into it. When he'd chewed enough, he shrugged. "We can't keep lying to her forever," he admitted. "But we can keep her off the scent until it's too late to pull us out. She won't risk you screwing up a semester by transferring home once we hit October, and then we can work something else out to keep her off our backs." He was always thinking a few steps ahead. "You went to Mount Everest?"

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"She's gonna want to come for that Parents Weekend," Bobby pointed out. If she could afford the tickets. But Mount Everest was so much more exciting. "Yes! In the Doctor's class. He's so cool. Did you know I get to be a TA for him? He said I could go to Mars."

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"You can't go to Mars," Jack said flatly. "Not without getting Mom to sign a release form." She would kill them both. Jack was stuck on Parents Weekend. "There's no way we'll keep Jason and Percy from her on Parents Weekend." He glanced at Bobby. "Or you living with a girl. She's not going to like that."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"I don't know, the Doctor didn't sound worried about permission slips," he said thoughtfully. "Maybe it's part of the one she signed to let us go on all the trips for that Culture class. Jason and Percy will be okay. I mean, people look like each other all the time, right?" Not really, no. "I haven't told her about Leda."

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Jack smothered a laugh and shook his head. "Yeah, you have fun with that. I think she's going to freak when she finds out a teacher took you out of the country without her express permission. And no, people don't look that much like each other all the time. It's weird and wrong."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"I hope I look like them when I get older," Bobby said thoughtfully. "Do you think girls would like me if I did?"

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Jack raised his eyebrows. "I am not answering that question."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's a good question," he retorted.

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but it makes me have to think about what girls would think about you and the guys that look like you and I'm not going there."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I'll email Courtney and see what she thinks," Bobby said thoughtfully, totally aware he was poking at a sore sport of his brother's.

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Jack resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Tell her I said hi," he replied. "Why all the talk of girls? Got your eye on someone?"

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"There's not all the talk!" he said defensively. "I just asked!"

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"Now I'm convinced there's a girl," Jack said, surprised by the defensiveness. "Who is she?"

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"There isn't a girl!" he protested again. There were just - a lot of pretty ones.

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"Not the girl you're living with? Or Kate? She has a boyfriend."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

He made a little face at the comment about the girl he was living with. "I know Kate has a boyfriend," Bobby argued. "His name's Nobody. Isn't that weird?"

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"Not as weird as some things, but yeah. It's weird. So it is Kate?" He didn't deny it after all.

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"I don't have a crush on Kate!" Bobby retorted. "I mean, she's pretty and she let me have a pudding cup and everything, but she has a boyfriend. Duh."

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Jack said with an air of skepticism. "Not Kate. Sure. Look, if there is a girl, don't worry about it so much. Just talk to her. Don't make a big deal out of it."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

Bobby heaved an exasperated breath. "You're the one making a big deal out of it."

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

"I'm your big brother. I'm supposed to."

[notlikejack.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah, well, what about you?" Bobby asked, still frowning. "Got your eye on anyone?"

Not that he expected Jack to answer.