Fourth Floor Common Room | Afternoon | Sunday | May 8

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Earlier today, Nathan had shoved all of his things into bags and piled them up near his bed. He'd left just a few things out for tomorrow (clothes, cigarettes, small bottle of alcohol, and wallet) but other than that, he was ready to go.

But, he wasn't leaving right yet. He still had a whole day to do nothing but kick his feet up in the common room and relax. He'd dug out a bag of chips that clearly wasn't his (or was it?) and was flipping quickly through various channels in the hopes of finding something halfway decent to watch. He didn't want to be preached to or bitched at or lectured. He just wanted something mindless but Sunday mornings were proving harder for that than he'd originally thought.

Eventually, he settled on some news program. The broadcaster was some older, distinguished lady wearing a see through top and Nathan was counting the number of times her chest pressed hard enough against that top and made it able for him (and everyone) to see things. He was up to four so far. Who knew news was so entertaining?

[It's an open CR and this might be the last time Nathan's out and about before he leaves. He's probably going to sneak out and not tell anyone and then go die. Oops. Anyway, yes, wide open.]

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[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"I kind of figured a boat would take too long," Angelica said with just a touch of sarcasm. God, Nathan, you were really winning points here.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he was an all around great guy and just made absolutely no apologies for it either. He was comfortable with his asshole label.

"It might have taken too long but I've always wanted to go on a cruise," Nathan said, popping some more chips into his mouth. "You ever been on one? Do they literally do anything you want there?"

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

Angelica shook her head. "I went on a whale watch once when I was little, though. But I guess that's not really the same."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Whale watch?" Nathan repeated, making a face at that. "If I wanted to watch a bunch of whales flop around in the water, I'd go down to the local pool and pay two kids to jump in there and fight the fuck out of each other. I think they'd be cool with it too."

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"They're really cool," Angelica said defensively. "And we saw dolphins, too."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You're not like...a secret mermaid, are you?" Nathan asked, glancing down at her feet and then back up at her. "Or do you just really, really like fish?"

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"No," Angelica said. That was the other redhead in the room. "I like horses though."

That wasn't going to help the conversation.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah?" Nathan raised an eyebrow, looking interested. "How much do you like horses?"

Stop that, Nathan.

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"I used to have a horse at my old school," Angelica said wistfully. "I used to ride him everyday."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

That was not helping Nathan not be a giant jackhole about this. "And, uh, why isn't this horse here? Get too big to ride? Too much pain?"

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"He, um, died," Angelica said. She rubbed a hand across her eyes to stop any tears because she didn't want anyone to make fun of her for crying. "There was a fire in the barn."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Oooooookay, that put the brakes on his behavior. It was hard to poke someone when they were clearly upset. Dammit, his stupid heart needed to stop existing.

"You can't get another one?"

[whitequeensfire.livejournal.com]

"Maybe?" Angelica said, though she wasn't sure she could trust herself. "Faramir told me he has a horse at the school, and that there is a stable in town. I might see if I can go riding."