Fifth Floor Common Room | Morning | Sunday | March 20

[therewaslife]

Most mornings, Bod's breakfast consisted of cereal or some toast. This morning, he'd splurged a bit and gone into town for a dozen donuts. He didn't know why he had a particular craving for sugar of the donut variety this morning but he had the extra money and he had the time so there was nothing stopping him.

Of course, he wasn't going to eat them all in one sitting. He'd done that before and ended up with an awful stomachache and a few learned lessons. Never again. He'd eat just a few and he'd do so while lounging lazily on one of the couches, watching some early morning news program. It wasn't that exciting but he hadn't bothered to find the remote so laziness it was.

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[stars_and_money]

Jeremy was yawning when he wandered down into the common room, his red silk dressing gown hanging open over his space-themed pyjama bottoms and bare chest. There was no reason not to look good (well, his idea of good at least) even if he was just barely awake yet.

"Morning," he mumbled, mid-yawn, as he walked in. Look, the general cheer would only come once he'd had his fill of caffeine.

[therewaslife]

"Good morning," Bod said, sounding a little amused at how groggy and not awake Jeremy was. "Long night?"

[stars_and_money]

"Hard morning," Jeremy corrected as he made his way to the kitchen area and started fumbling with the coffee machine. "All mornings are hard, I hate them."

[therewaslife]

"I don't think they're that bad," he said, chuckling at poor Jeremy. "Why get up and face the mornings if you dislike them?"

[stars_and_money]

"Well --" He didn't get further than that because he'd just nearly dropped the pot but had caught it just in time, and being startled by that deserved a pause. "There's... stuff to do, and people to meet."

In short, he had no idea. Mornings were pointless.

[therewaslife]

"Well, I've sugar over here if you need an additional aide in awakening," Bod offered, waving the box of donuts over his head. "There is absolutely no way for me to eat them all so please help yourself."

[stars_and_money]

"Thanks, dude," Jeremy replied sincerely. "Definitely saves me a trip into town. Not that I was gonna be able to make one anyway."

[therewaslife]

"Have you at least had a good weekend to warrant a long morning?" Bod asked, settling back down against the couch and reaching for another donut. "It's not as stressful as last weekend, I hope?"

[stars_and_money]

"No way, this weekend's been heaven compared to last," Jeremy said, emphatically, as he sent impatient looks the coffee machine's way now that it was actually doing something. "Last weekend I had to tell my dad and my sister I was doing an experiment for a social psychology class, it was a major nightmare."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Sov said. "I'm Sov. I'm invading your common room."

[stars_and_money]

"Hello, Sov." Jeremy had a cup of coffeesafely in hand by now, and was therefore far more prepared to be smiling and friendly at strangers than he had been earlier. "No problem, dude, invade away. I'm Jeremy, Jeremy Darling."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"Good, because my common room was empty," Sov said. Sometimes they craved company. At home they had been the one who sought solitude more often than others, but here that just turned into loneliness.

"Do you know Juliet Darling, then?" Perhaps it was a common name.

[stars_and_money]

"Know her? She thinks she can read my mind, dude!" Jeremy grinned. "Jules is my twin sister."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, Juliet had mentioned a brother, come to think of it. And as Sov liked Juliet they now decided they might like Jeremy too.

"Can she?" they asked with a grin.

[stars_and_money]

"No," Jeremy said, shaking his head. "Well, I think she sometimes has pretty specctacularly good guesses, but I don't think she can really read it."

Which was just as well since a lot of the time there wasn''t a whole lot up there to read.

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"I guess that's for the best anyway," Sov replied. "I like your sister, and she taught me to dance."

[stars_and_money]

"Well, she's totally nice like that." And the brotherly love was kind of obvious from his smile. "I mean, I'm assuming she didn't stomp on your feet or anything."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

Having understood that visiting other floors meant meeting new people and the possibility of being offered food, Sov decided to check out the fifth floor this morning. They were pleased to find other people there.

"Hi," Sov said. "What are you watching?"

[therewaslife]

"I believe it's a morning news program," Bod said, smiling over at Sov. "Hullo there. You're welcome to change it. I just hadn't looked for the remote."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

Sov slumped down on another couch. "I don't mind the news," they said, smiling back. "I just don't know any of the places mentioned on them. Do you?"

[therewaslife]

"A few but not all," Bod said, reaching for the box of donuts to offer Sov one. "A lot of the names are familiar but more than that is a bit of a blank spot for me. I haven't done any in depth research on some of the countries mentioned."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

"Me neither." They looked at the donuts and picked one. "What's this?" They smelled nice, and very sweet.

[therewaslife]

"They're called donuts," Bod provided, putting the box back down. "It's deep fried flour dough that's covered in different kinds of sweets. Glaze, sugar, sprinkles, chocolate, and on and on. They're good."

[child-of-rer.livejournal.com]

Sov took a bite, then nodded with enthusiasm. "Very good!" they commented, then took another bite.

[therewaslife]

"I thought so too when I first tried them," Bod said, smiling at Sov's enjoyment. "They're usually a breakfast food but I've found that eating them anytime works for me as well. They're a very multifaceted food."