Fourth Floor Common Room | Evening | Monday | June 27

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

It was nice to be back in the dorms where there were walls and doors and bed that he didn't nearly roll off of every single goddamn morning. It was nice to be able to go down the hall and flop down on a comfortable sofa instead of sitting his ass down on a log and risking splinters in that unpadded area. Yes, he had a flat ass, what of it? It came with the skinniness.

In Nathan's opinion, dorms were much better than cabins and, to him, his opinion was gospel. The telly was on but Nathan wasn't really paying attention to the dill, boring drone of the news. He'd gotten an interesting text from Kelly telling him about their new probation worker (called Shaun, apparently) and how he hadn't tried to kill anyone yet. Sally was still missing in action, apparently. Nathan texted Kelly to ask Simon about that because he had the sneaking suspicion that the little pervert was keeping her in his closet but Kelly just told him to shut the fuck up and be nice.

Nathan scoffed at that text and was now trying to get Kelly to admit she missed him. It wasn't going well. And eventually, he got bored and start channel surfing while he waited for Kelly to stop being such a fucking stick in the mud.

"God, I should just read a book if this shit is all the choice I have to watch," he muttered and made a face as he kept flipping channels.

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[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"I can't imagine what you reading a book would look like," Caroline remarked, sprawling on a chair, her legs hanging over the side as she watched the flipping of channels. "Do your lips get tired really fast?" Yeah, she was apparently bored enough to find a reason to tease him.

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Nathan stopped flipping channels long enough to stick his tongue out at her, showing off his massive well of maturity. It was a little tamer than giving her the finger, at least.

"I'm more shocked that you didn't go for the illiteracy insult," Nathan said, flipping a few more channels and finding nothing but crap and shit and crappy shit. "I can fucking read. And I can write. And I know my ABD's too."

He did that on purpose.

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Caroline laughed, knowing Nathan would at least be entertaining, even if they were arguing. "I considered it, but I'd just be lying to myself, knowing you're capable of texting, which requires some level of reading and writing. I bet your version of the 'ABD' song is impressive, too."

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"It is but I'm not singing it for you," Nathan decided haughtily, stabbing the buttons on the remote and scowling when it didn't produce anything worthwhile. "We've got a new probation, by the way."

That was a bit of a non sequitur so Nathan waved his phone at her. "Back in England, that is. This is our third one."

Of course, he hadn't told anyone what happened to the first one and he had no fucking idea where Sally went but he could make shit up, he thought.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Well that was an interesting bit of sharing. "What, like there's someone else in charge of you on the other side of the puddle? Um, not that we're necessarily on either side of the puddle right now, but geography is so not my thing. How do they keep tabs on you from afar? Don't they worry you're like, lapsing back here?"

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"He thinks I'm still dead," he said and laughed about that. He didn't think it was too morbid since he wasn't dead and didn't even have a scar after the whole roof to fence incident.

"Can't serve out your community payback if you're dead, yeah?" Nathan pointed out, shrugging. "Kelly's keeping me up to date when she's not too pissed to even reply. She says I'm taking advantage of being fake dead."

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"You totally are," she said, shaking her head at his story. "But I guess I would totally pick school over community service if I had to choose. Especially this school." What with it being borderline fake to her with most classes. "I bet Kelly's jealous."

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"Kelly just misses me," Nathan said, taking advantage of Kelly not being there to put words into her mouth. "Didn't you get a sense of the intense attraction we had to each other at my funeral?"

No, Nathan wasn't thinking that there were other things on people's minds there. Look, he was a self centered asshole.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah, she was totally wrapped up in wanting to jump your corpse," Caroline answered, making a face. "I think I was the only one who managed to stay composed for the whole thing. And that was only because I turned off my emotion and before you ask, yes, Nathan, I was upset enough that you died that I had to shut down."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"Reading books is usually a better choice overall," Elphaba remarked, having overheard Nathan's muttering as she entered. She fetched an apple from the kitchen area and went to sit down on a couch. "Especially if you insist of flipping from channel to channel like that."

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"And where the fuck's your book?" Nathan asked, actually speeding up the channel flipping now. "Instead of reading, you're eating and packing on unnecessary pounds. Don't come crying to me when you can't see your fucking feet in a few weeks."

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"Oh yes, an apple is really going to ruin my figure," Elphaba said, partially amused. "And if you really need a book, the school has a wonderful library. I personally don't have a book with me, because I'd only planned to stop in long enough to fetch the apple. Now, well... I've found something else to occupy me."

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"You eat enough of them, anything can put on the pounds," Nathan said, still flipping channels. "And I really hope you mean the fucking telly's your entertainment because there's no way I am. You're not really my type. It's the green, I can't get past it. Sorry."

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"Please, I hardly meant like that," Elphaba said, more annoyed with the idea what he thought she'd be interested than the insult to her skin. "But you do seem pretty amusing, when you can't seem to cure your boredom. You're like... well, like a dog chasing its tail, I think."

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"Very creative," Nathan said sarcastically. "I'm like a dog chasing its tail. Oooh, I've been properly whipped now and I'll surely shape up and fly right to make myself less entertaining for you."

He rolled his eyes and started turning the volume way up and way down. "My boredom's just fine, thank you. Your concern's not noted or needed, really. Besides, you're the one that can't keep your eyes off me. If you keep undressing me with your eyes, I'm gonna get all shy and maybe have to report you for sexual harassment."

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

"I thought you'd appreciate the compliment," Elphaba said with a shrug. "But I see you've lost your sense of humor, and so I see no point in talking with you."

She stood up. "Enjoy your evening."

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"I'm enjoying everything about my evening!" Nathan drawled at her, giving her a look. "And my sense of humor's locked and loaded, equipping me with wit and charm to boot. It's not my fault if you can't see it but don't go making assumptions that it's not there. That's just not very nice."

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"Bored," Ramona announced, flinging herself onto the couch. Yes, her hair was green. She'd gotten her twitchy, restless feeling a couple of days ago, and as soon as they'd gone back to the dorms, she'd changed it. She was starting to wonder if she'd ever feel comfortable in one color ever again.

She glanced at the television and added, "You're watching the news? You can't even see that chick's boobs through her shirt or anything."

She expected certain things of him.

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"Do I look like I'm watching?" Nathan asked, holding his up phone and sending something to Kelly before glancing over at her. "It just happens to be what I stopped on when Kelly sent me a text. Why the hell would I voluntarily watch news? Maybe if they legalized marijuana."

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"You should communicate with her entirely in text," Ramona suggested. "Save yourself the translation confusion."

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"Her accent's fucking insane, ain't it?" Nathan asked, laughing. "It took me some time but I think I pretty much got it down. And when I don't understand what the fuck she's saying, I just nod dumbly and hope she doesn't pick up on the fact that I just don't know what the fuck she's talking about."

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"It's like she's speaking in tongues," Ramona offered. "I thought she was, like, Swedish initially."

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"Kelly's pretty cool," Nathan said honestly. "She actually made me dinner once after I'd been eating shit out of vending machines for awhile. Chicken nuggets. They were truly orgasmic too."

[dabblinginbitch.livejournal.com]

"There's a joke in there about sauce but I'm a lady and I'm going to leave it alone," she decided. "She seemed nice enough at your funeral, anyway."

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"Don't judge a book by its cover," Nathan said and laughed at something only he seemed to know. "I'm pretty sure Kelly would beat the shit out of you, piss on your face and strut away like a fucking boss."