Fifth floor common room [evening]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla had noticed plenty of new faces and in an effort to make the ones on her floor feel particularly at home, had gone to J,GOB and picked up some cupcakes to go with the tea she was brewing. (Rilla was also learning the extent of her baking prowess and icing wasn't among her talents yet.)

She'd ignored the television, but had found the only radio station around that played music she found particularly interesting to listen to, so if you were wandering past the fifth floor common room, you'd hear the kettle shrieking and the sound of jazz playing.

Rilla was ahead of her time on music--just a few decades behind the rest of the school.

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"I'm making tea," Rilla said with a laugh. "Would you like some? And I've discovered that I really love jazz."

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I couldn't. The coffee around here might start feeling jealous if I start drinking something else," Dave joked.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Have the beverages gone sentient?" Rilla asked, looking a little alarmed.

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"What?" Dave asked. "Oh, no, no, I was just... it was kind of a joke. And even if it did turn sentient, it can't really do much outside of a cup."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"It could stain my dress," Rilla mused, "or burn me if it's quite hot."

A year ago, she wouldn't have thought this way.

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"I don't know, I still find it tough to fear something I drink six times a day," Dave said. Although he should. It was going to stunt his growth.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Six times a day?" Rilla gasped. "That's a great deal of coffee!"

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"It's possible that I'm a little bit of a caffeine addict," Dave admitted.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Only possible?" she teased. "But you're loyal to coffee primarily? Not soda or tea?"

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"Of course. It just tastes better than anything else," Dave said.