Third Floor Common Room [Monday evening]

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime had popcorn, chips and salsa, and candy corn (hey, it was that time of year!) spread out and was flopped back on the couch sorting through a small stack of DVDs. He wasn't entirely sure what he wanted to... Aha!

Giant robots with over-the-top (if somewhat awkward) CGI effects were just what the doctor ordered. Not that the movie was really good, but Jaime wasn't looking for good.

And at least it wasn't the sequel.

[Open as such things are.]

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[weldedtomyspine]

"Sure. Just grab that list while you're at it."

[heromaniac]

She couldn't help the laughter that bubbled up, and she reached out to bump his leg with the popcorn bowl. "Fine; have it your way. I admit I was bluffing about the list. This time."

[weldedtomyspine]

"What?" Jaime tried to look super-surprised. "You lied to me!?"

[heromaniac]

"Bluff." Momoko reminded him. "I totally don't lie; I'm a heroine of Justice."

[weldedtomyspine]

"A bluff, huh. And what was your bluff supposed to achieve?"

[heromaniac]

Silly Jaime.

"That you'd make me a better offer, of course!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"And what, precisely, did you want me to offer?"

[heromaniac]

"What do you have to offer?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"You're going to tell me you bluffed without any goal in mind?"

[heromaniac]

"Yep!" Momoko snickered and tilted her head to look up at him. "Anything I got extra would totally be icing on the cake!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"What if I decided that I couldn't trust you anymore and that we couldn't be friends?"

WHAT WOULD SHE HAVE DONE THEN?

[heromaniac]

She laughed, her head falling back to a more natural position. "Like that could happen. You know me; I don't have any secrets that you don't already know."

Well, except for that one where she liked him as more than a friend. Shh.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Hey," Jaime said, shifting just a bit uncomfortably. "A few secrets are probably a good thing, you know?"

Like him being a superhero. That was a good secret to keep.

Yep.

[heromaniac]

"If the secret is going to hurt someone, sure. Or if it's not your secret to share..." Momoko was sitting up and staring at the screen. "Hey! I think I flew one of those planes!"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime was totally glad for a change of subject. "Wait... really? When?"

Because that was awesome!

[heromaniac]

She nodded, not really noticing the change in subject. Hello? Flying?

"In Flight club, I think. Maybe class? I recognized the Osprey earlier because that was cool to pilot, but that one jet... it looks totally familiar!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Did yours transform into a giant robot?" Jaime asked with a smirk, rather doubting it.

[heromaniac]

"I wish," she answered, settling back against him. "Nothing we fly here does. Believe me you'd totally have heard about it, if I'd piloted something that transformed."

"Oh, well," she shrugged her shoulders. "Technically the Osprey changes from helicopter mode to airplane mode?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Not the same," he said, shaking his head. "And I will point out that this is the first time you've told me about flying awesome jets and stuff!"

[heromaniac]

"Really?" Momoko shifted and looked at him in disbelief. "Maybe I didn't mention the classes, but you totally knew I was in Flight club."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Sure! I knew you were in it, but you never gave me any details!"

[heromaniac]

...

"What did you think we did? Read books?" She rolled her eyes, amused. "We fly lots of things. Planes, helicopters, freighters, fighters... even simple stuff, like hang gliders and dirigibles!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Derigibles do not sound as awesome as jets," Jaime pointed out.

[heromaniac]

"They're not. TOTALLY not," she sighed. "Neither are freighter ships. They're so sluggish and slow and hard to maneuver. Not at all cool."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I guess they still fly, though, so that's cool." Jaime smirked. "Less cool when you can fly, I suppose..."