The Roof, Thursday Afternoon

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So Miley was having an issue with the rather noticable lack of world-class dance studios on the island. She needed to practice her choreography, and more importantly, she needed to let off steam. So that brought her and her giant pink iPod speakers to the roof in dance clothes, where she proceeded to blast one of her songs as loud as the volume would allow and get to practicing.

She had definitely needed a good workout for a while, and before long she was sweating and too hyped up on adrenaline to even think about stopping.

Enjoy the crazy loud music, Fandom.

[[Open roof, which is uncharacteristically devoid of emo!]]

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Freddie was chasing a rogue honey badger, which had led him up to the roof.

So when he finally caught up with the transmogrified Sam and spotted Miley, he stared puzzedly.

With a honey badger in his arms.

"Jazzercise?" he joked, in lieu of a hello.

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And Miley was way, way too busy rocking out to "I've Got Nerve" to even hear him.

Until she spun around, spotted him, and shrieked and leapt up.

"Sweet niblets, don't you say hello when you walk in on a dance practice?"

Like that was the normal thing to do, or anything.

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Freddie, of course, responded to her shriek by joining in with a shriek of his own.

"I said... something sort of like hello," Freddie said, making a little sad face. "I think the music was too loud."

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"Oh."

Which prompted Miley to pause the music, then grab her towel off the ledge and sling it over her shoulders. That much dancing led to an abundance of sweatiness.

"Sorry," she said as she started to towel-dry her hair. "I was... sorta in the zone."

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"Yeah," Freddie said, before he suddenly shouted "Ow!" and he dropped the honey badger in his arms, which promptly ran off.

"...Awww man, I just had found her."

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"Hey, wait, was that a honey badger?" Miley asked, in a demonstration of her incredible animal know-how that came from being raised in the south. "Did you try luring it? Badgers really like insects and small rodents."

TRUE!

"But they're also nocturnal," she added. "You might have better luck checking at night."

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"It's Sam. There isn't any food it doesn't like," Freddie said. "I'd probably have better luck luring her with Fat Cakes."

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Oh.

"Well," Miley offered, "I don't know about Fat Cakes, but I have a low-cal post-workout energy drink in my backpack. Think she'd go for it?"

...It was a good thing she wasn't the one who was actually responsible for her horse's nutrition.

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"Okay, I take back what I said," Freddie said. "The words lo-cal, diet, and sugar-free are definite Sam no-nos. You really are into your dance exercise, huh?"

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"What's with the badger?" Kenzi asked, tilting her head sideways to watch Freddie. "Anyone I know?"

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"It's Sam," Freddie said. "She kind of poofed into badgerdom last week after iCarly."

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Kenzi snickered, sitting up to peer at Sam. "And I missed it! We could have hung out and done rodenty things together while I was still a raccoon! Too bad I left early."

After playing DJ Mix Master with everything she could get her paws on.

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"Waaaaaait a minute," Freddie said. "Raccoon? As in... keyboard smashing rascally raccoon?"

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That smile probably looks really familiar, even if she's not actually wearing a black mask and a tail at the moment. "Heh."

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And then Freddie pouted.

"Why did you do that?" he asked, just a little bit whiny in his tone.

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"Because I could?" Kenzi suggested. "Also, raccoon. Shiny things. Like I had the self-control not to." She'd barely managed to keep her fingers off the controls the night she dragged Bo-the-Something-Mouse to appear on the internets.

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"Wait, so you weren't still all you when you were a raccoon?" Freddie asked, curious. "There was a lot of raccoon instincts in there?"

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Kenzi was slacking. Summer was almost over, classes were done, she wouldn't be the new kid in another week, time to just hang out.

She followed the music up the stairs, then stopped, smirking a little, when she saw who was practicing. "Oh, hai."

Yes, she made that sound like a LOLCat.

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Oh, but "Rock Star" was just getting to the really complicated dancey part!

"One sec," Miley said in a rush, and then proceeded to run through some of the most elaborate pop dance moves she had in her repertoire, finishing with a twirl that left her momentarily airborne.

And then she landed, immediately reaching for her water bottle and towel.

"Hey," she panted, pausing the music and unscrewing the cap of her water bottle. "What's up?"

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"Nothing much. Being laaaaaaazy," Kenzi said, draping herself on the edge of the roof railing and looking over, remembering climbing it while a raccoon. "So I heard your very favorite pop star won some award thingy. That ought to be good for a shiny shiny statue."

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"Yep," Miley agreed after a long swig of water from the water bottle. She was so jealous of Kenzi's laziness, she decided as she panted from her workout. "Too bad it doesn't have a naked person on it or anything..."

And it was currently being kept in the safe confines of her bedroom back home. So don't be getting any ideas, Kenzi.

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Awwww. It was like Miley knew her!

"I guess H.M. could always get one etched on there," Kenzi speculated, putting on her shades and staring up into the sky. "I mean, it's hers and all. Why not?" She yawned happily. "Hard work. Yay trophies."

Kenzi would just steal someone else's, thanks. Work work work, bah.

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"Glad you approve," Miley said dryly. "I'll pass it on."

Which brought her to her next point.

"So," she said. "I can't help but wonder, uh, what brought you to the whole... naked and hanging from the dorm building thing the other night?"

She had already ruled out a misguided suicide attempt.

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"Ohhh, maaaaan," Kenzi whined, grumbling, and folding her arms with a sigh. "So totally not my fault. Not!" More grumbling and a Latvian curse or two. "So, did you turn into a pony when everyone else did?"

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"Yeah, nice try," Miley scoffed, passing that off as a bad attempt at a subject change. "Back to the dorm building thing." She hopped onto the ledge, leaning forward in interest.