Fourth Floor Common Room | Morning | Saturday | January 22

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Being up before noon was a fucking lousy way to start the weekend but it couldn't be helped. He was up and, even more horrific, he was awake so there was no way faking sleep would turn into real sleep. Nathan barely knew what morning looked like and know he was turning into some morning person. Good fucking lord.

After showering and getting himself into some warm clothes, he'd shuffled down to the common room to try and find something to eat. Of course, the only uncooked thing he managed to find was an apple (pass) which meant he was going to have to try and cook something. Waffles seemed like the easiest thing so he'd dumped them on a plate and shoved them into the microwave.

"Now," he said to the microwave as he started to get the waffles cooking, "if you catch on fire, this is not my fault and I'm absolved of all guilt. So don't fucking catch on fire."

He wanted breakfast that wasn't burned to a crisp. Blackened waffles might be a delicacy somewhere but they were not going in his stomach.

[Common rooms are open things so open post!]

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[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"You never lie?" Since she did it a fair chunk herself, she found it difficult to believe that there were people who just... didn't.

And this guy didn't feel like the most trustworthy sort she'd ever met.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Does this look like the face of a liar?" Nathan wondered, pointing to the face in question (his face, of course). "Be honest, now."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Face of someone full of bollocks," she decided, after looking at him for a moment before she pushed away from the table and wandered over to find herself a more comfortable seat.

"Sorry," she added as an afterthought.

She wasn't.

"Not as convincing as you imagine, I guess."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Ah well, you're wrong then," Nathan said, shrugging a shoulder. "It's okay though, I forgive you because, in addition to being an honest man, I'm a forgiving man as well. Compassionate and shit."

He chewed happily on a waffle, grinning at her the entire time. "You always make such extreme judgments of someone you've just met?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"You asked," Effy pointed out, finding a space on the sofa and shrugging once she'd sat down. "If someone asks, I usually tell."

"They don't ask, I just don't say it out loud."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Did I ask?" Yes, he'd asked and he definitely remembered asking but admitting that outright was a little too easy. "Does that mean I get to make my own judgments about you since we're both being so open and all?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"If you want." She couldn't exactly stop him if he wanted to anyway, but-- "Promise I won't get all offended."

"What's your judgment?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan pretended to think about, pretended to study her very close and then popped a piece of waffle in his mouth.

"Virgin." And then he grinned. He figured it wasn't true but since they were making judgments and all, why not go for super extreme?

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Yeah, because Effy just radiated the untouched virginal thing.

"You got me," she said after a moment, smirking. "Saving myself for that special someone, you know?"

And she called him a liar.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"So, if I offered up some of this waffle, would I qualify as someone special?" Nathan asked. "I mean, this is a very special waffle, you know? I made it with love and affection and I wouldn't just offer to share with anyone. Oh no, I only share with those that touch my heart and touch my soul."

He was a huge liar.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"So far, you're 'that guy who offered waffles for my virginity'." Which... didn't sound that special, when you said it out loud. But she didn't have anything else to call him, so she was going with that.

"But it's sweet you find calling you out as a liar so... soul touching."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"And you're the girl that didn't say no when I offered up waffles for your virginity," Nathan countered with a smirk. "Which either means you're thinking about the offer or you've already thought about the offer and you're just trying to delay the inevitable 'yes' answer. Either one's good with me. I can wait."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"I've had worse offers." But she also didn't actually have virginity to give up at this point. So it was kind of a moot point.

"But that doesn't mean you're getting a 'yes'. What sort of girl do you think I am?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I dunno," he said, shrugging a shoulder. "All you've done is come in here, refuse to cook for me and then labeled me a liar. What am I supposed to think other than you're a mean, unhelpful, virgin. I mean, it's the only logical conclusion."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Not cooking for you might've been for your own safety." Effy wasn't quite that bad. But she could've been. "And everybody lies."

Including her. Most recently regarding the sex she apparently hadn't had.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"So then, Miss Everybody Lies," he said around a mouthful of waffle, "what sort of girl are you? Set me straight, show me the light. I am listening and I will hear you."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Sort of girl who likes a little mystery," she replied after a moment, smirking and taking a bite out of her apple.

"I like making people guess. Gives their imagination some exercise."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"That's just code for you being dull," Nathan decided with a shrug of a shoulder. "People who don't want to share don't have anything to share and they cover it up by trying to look enigmatic."

He smiled and slouched down a little further on the couch. "So, you're a dull girl. I'm learning more and more each minute. Fascinating."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"More and more bad judgments every minute," she told him, cocking her head with that ever-present smirk "Not a great start, Guy with Waffles."

"Want to try again?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"No because I'm pretty sure I'm right and you've got nothing," he said, shrugging a shoulder. "Look what I've offered. Look what you've offered. I mean, it doesn't even compare."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"What the, 'brains, brawn and a big cock' thing?" It did at least stick in the mind.

"How could I ever compare?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You don't," he quipped, shrugging a shoulder. "It's good of you to recognize that though. I'm feeling lazy and wouldn't have wanted to school you on how much better than you I am."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Not the most traditional way to try getting into a girl's pants." Which is what he'd started this conversation with.

Not that trading for waffles was an every day choice either, as far as she knew.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"If you're really as boring as the vibe you're giving off, who says I would want to get in your pants?" Nathan wondered, shaking his head. "Boring girl, boring sex."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy breathed a laugh. "I'm fucking interesting and you'll never know," she told him, shaking her head. "That's very, very sad for you."