Fifth Floor Common Room [evening]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie had had better, and less upsetting days. That afternoon, her brother had actually finally returned a phone call -- not to really check on his baby sister, though he did ask after her, but to tell her that he couldn't come to visit that weekend.

But that wasn't enough. Scarcely ten minutes after getting off the phone with Jason, just as the sun was going down, her phone buzzed with a text.

pam & i coming to visit. arrange accommodations. sleeping in the ground is hell on hair.

Because that was exactly what she needed. Eric and Pam, in Fandom. All weekend. Terrorizing her friends and teachers and people who could conceivably be either of those things, but now wouldn't, because some stupid vampires had ruined it.

Wonderful.

So Sookie was in the common room, whisking her second batch of banana pudding. She'd already poured the first batch over vanilla wafers, and admittedly, maybe she was whisking a little harder than necessary. She had some aggression to work out. But at least there was pudding coming out of it.

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[therewaslife]

Bod hadn't been down to a common room lately so when he smelled something good and found the smell gave way to someone familiar, he decided to stop in.

"Hullo, Sookie," he said pleasantly, giving a brief wave. "Whatever you're making smells quite good."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Bod. Like bananas?" she asked, gesturing to the bowl she'd already made. "Help yourself."

[therewaslife]

"I do and since there's no chance I'd ever make something like this myself, I might take you up on the offer," he said, giving her a smile.

"How are things?" he asked while he retrieved a bowl. "I haven't seen you in awhile."

[glacial_queen]

"I love being friends with people who enjoy cooking," Karla agreed. "And know how to make all sorts of tasty things. How're you, Bod? Anyone coming this weekend?"

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Karla. I'm well," he said before adding, "No, no guests of my own. Most of the people I know are ghosts and they really can't leave the graveyard. What about you?"

He wasn't holding out hope for a Silas visit either.

[exspeedydotcom]

Roy entered the common room carrying shopping bags, and paused when he saw Sookie. "I hope you don't mind sharing the kitchen?" he asked hopefully. "If you do it's cool, I can totally just go invade one of the other floors."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"It's a big kitchen," she said with a smile. "Don't you worry -- unless I'll be in your way? I'm just 'bout done with this second batch, and therapeutic as this is, I'm not sure anyone needs this much pudding."

[exspeedydotcom]

"No, I don't need a whole bunch of space," Roy said. "I'll try and stay out of your way." He set his bags down, opened one of the top cabinets, and dug around until he found his secret stash of chili spices.

Yes. He was making chili. That chili. So basically this was therapeutic, too.

He beamed at her and said, "There's no such thing as too much pudding," because he was totally a teenage boy.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully sniffed at the chili, then gave Roy a hopeful look. "I'll trade you a sandwich for a bowl?"

[exspeedydotcom]

"Don't need a sandwich," Roy said. "I have chili. But you can totally have a bowl. It's just about ready." She was probably safer with that sandwich.

[longislandiceme]

Coincidentally (or perhaps not so, given that the weekend in question was only two days away), Bobby had just received news of his own regarding Parents Weekend visitors, and had been heading upstairs to talk to Sookie when... there she was in the common room.

"Hey!" he wandered over to give her a kiss on the cheek. "I was just coming to see y- oooh, pudding."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I hope you're in the mood to eat pudding. I made a lot," Sookie said with a little shrug as she tilted her head to kiss his jaw in return. "What's up, honey?"

[therewaslife]

"Hullo, Bobby," Bod said, giving his girlfriend's roommate a wave. "How are things with you?"

[exspeedydotcom]

Roy finished adding things to his vat of chili before he said, "Hey, 'mano, how's it going?" to Bobby.

[glacial_queen]

"Sookie's making a lot of pudding," Karla said, eyes wide and happy. "We get to eat it."

It was like heaven. Pudding heaven.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"It's very very good," Scully mumbled, unable to stop herself. "I think your girlfriend might be magic in the kitchen."

[glacial_queen]

Karla was restless. Yesterday had been, overall, kind of a lousy day, between debates at the Magic Reserves and then her small breakdown at the theater. And while waking up and finding unicorns outside the dorm had been great originally, these were kind of vapid. There were only so many compliments Karla could take before needing to get out of the conversation, apparently.

Staying on the second floor wasn't possible. She could still hear them calling through the windows.

The fifth floor, however, had no unicorns, tasty food smells, and, once she poked her head into the common room door, people she knew and liked. Excellent.

"Kiss kiss," she called. "Who's making what, and can I have some?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Sookie is making pudding, and you can have as much as you want," she called, peeking out of the kitchen and waving her whisk. "I kinda overdid it."

[exspeedydotcom]

"Roy's making chili," Roy told her, "and you can absolutely have some," if you didn't mind having your mouth set aflame, "but it's going to be a while." He nodded toward Sookie and added, "But you can have your dessert first!"

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully waved a spoon at Karla, her tastebuds screaming at her in agony. Damn you, Roy Harper, for making fatal chili. Damn you. Now she was mute.

"Mmmph."

[dontvotemeout]

It had been a while since Jason had had a chance to talk to Sookie, so when he saw her in the common room, especially making food, he decided it was time to say hello.

"Hey," he said, watching her for a moment. "What are you making? It smells good."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"I'm making pudding," she said with a little wave of her whisk. "And Roy's got chili going, so you'll have to eat dessert first. Hope you like bananas, hon."

[exspeedydotcom]

Roy waved with a spatula and said, "Still working on the chili, but I'm told the pudding's ready."

It was somewhat distinctive chili, if you happened to be from a certain cluster of universes.

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully hadn't had dinner yet, so she'd headed out to the Common Rooms to make some, and followed her nose up a couple flights. "That looks delicious," she commented, opening the fridge to make a sandwich. "Anything I can do to help? Or is it almost done?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"You can eat it," Sookie said with a small smile. "Making it's kinda like therapy right now, or I'd offer you the whisk."