Fourth Floor Common Room | Evening | Monday | June 27

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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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"And that's it?" Nathan asked. He suspected it wasn't because she knew he wouldn't mind shit like. In fact, he'd probably be pleased as punch and prod her for more details of her troublemaking shenanigans. "That's the big secret?"

Nathan also realized she hadn't denied his previous observation. Hmm.

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She shrugged. "Not impressive enough for you?"

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"I just don't think that's what it is," Nathan said honestly. "You wouldn't keep that a secret, not from me. You know I've been arrested before so what do you think I'd do? Pin you with a proverbial scarlet letter?"

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She shrugged, pushing against his hands some. "It's what you're getting. I was a bad kid. Still kind of am. I'm trying to reform, though, at least a little. It's the truth."

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"Yeah, that's not your secret," Nathan decided, shaking his head. "One, that's no kind of fucking secret unless you'd changed into some Bible thumping, Catholic girl who'd managed to stay away from the penetrating fingers of the priests when she was a kid. So yeah, that's not your secret. I know it."

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"Well." She couldn't really argue there. "I'm not telling you the rest of it. I have my reasons."

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"It's because you used to be a dude with a dick," Nathan decided, nodding. "And now, you're just a chick who misses her dick. I get it. I don't judge."

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"If you really believe that, then you've had tons of sex with a girl who used to be a dude," she pointed out. "I dunno, you're pretty familar with what I look like downstairs, given how often you put your face there and all. Remarkable lack of scarring, if that's the case, wouldn't you agree?"

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"Medical technology has come a long way," Nathan said, smirking. "Perhaps you've just have extensive, extensive plastic surgery. I mean, the drapes don't match the curtains so whose to say that you didn't once have shag instead of oriental?"

What the fuck was he even saying?

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"You're an idiot," she told him, wrinkling her nose a little.

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"I know you are but what am I?" Nathan retorted very maturely.

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"The girl with the secret you'll never crack," she taunted.

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"Not losing sleep over that, Ramona," he replied, rolling his eyes. "You're not the only one with a secret and I bet mine are better."

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"You'll never know for sure," she replied. "Unless you're proposing a trade."

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"Yeah, something tells me you'd try to get my secrets out of me and then toss me some shitty secret that fails to live up to this hype you're giving it," Nathan decided, shaking his head. "I don't know if I trust you to play fair."

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"I'm hurt," she said, pouting and twisting her wrists in his grip. "I'd tell you something good if you did. I mean, if you think about it, who of the two of us has been sharing deep dark secrets or whatever lately? Totally me."

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"Wasn't that after I got a little pissed about how secretive and closed off you were being?" Nathan asked, rubbing his chin. "I think that's what happened, yeah."

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"Still. I gave it up, and, now that I think about it, without anything on your end. That's a huge admission of secret shit from me, especially without reciprocation."

Not that she was smarting about that or anything. Even if she had already pretty much figured out that it was mutual, he hadn't said that, and she had lost her upper hand.

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"What the fuck are you talking about?" Nathan asked, shaking his head. "Without anything when on my end? Was there a mutual offering of secrets I missed? I gotta tell you, I don't remember this so maybe I was down off in the sweat lodge, smoking opium while you were being one with the earth."

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"Never mind," she said, shaking her head. Though she did squint at him a little. "Becoming one with the earth?"

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Nathan shrugged. "It either meant humping the ground or eating dirt. I figured you'd choose whichever one you thought sounded best. I've heard it's the new hip fade!"

Or something.

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She just sort of stared at him. "...why would I be doing either of those? Ever? What is wrong with you?"

What was wrong with her for being into him? Get a grip, Ramona.

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"There is nothing fucking wrong with me!" Nathan said, frowning at her. "Why do you always ask me that?"

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"Because you say weird shit," she said logically, smiling at him.

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"And?" Nathan asked, shaking his head and seeing no problem with that. "Keeps me from sounding like a fucking boring banker, doesn't it?"

Ugh, banks.