Third Floor Common Room: Friday Morning

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Jack really was loving his schedule this semester. Why? Because he had a four day weekend.

So after finishing up at the radio station, he swung by J'GOB's and the Perk before settling down in the common room. Apparently fate was in Jack's corner today because instead of evil TV Programming, the TV was letting him watch a whatever the meta is for Three Stooges marathon.

Coffee. Doughnuts. Three Stooges.

Yep. This weekend was looking up.

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Nathan didn't have any classes on Friday either and typically, he'd be spending a day off sleeping off a bender. But, he hadn't had anything to drink last night so he was up bright and early this morning.

He only had to go one floor down and he found sweets and some bloke watching some dumbasses beat each other up on the telly.

"Sweet, I love these bastards," he said when he realized who was on the telly. "My mum used to say I've got hair like Larry. I think she was full of shit."

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Peter, still unaware of what the rest of his day would hold, was bored.

So eventually he ambled into the common room and pulled a face at the TV, but not before sitting down. "Damn, that's old."

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"Hey, hey, hey," Nathan said, waving a finger in Peter's direction. "It's fucking classic. Better than half the shit that people put out there these days. Classic is different than old."

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"Oh, it's old," Peter said, rolling his eyes. "This is, what, two centuries? Age doesn't make a classic."

Not that he really took the time to watch a lot of vids anyway.

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"Yeeeaaaah," Jack said looking at Nathan's hair. "Have you looked in a mirror recently?"

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"The fact that it's still around and still making people laugh qualifies it as a classic," Nathan argued, smirking at that eyeroll. Wasn't the first time someone had done that to him. Not by a longshot.

"People beating the shit out of each other is timeless. Ageless." Nathan finally found a spot to flop down in and stretched his legs out. "Besides, whoever came up with this is fucking rich now, mate. Bet you wish you'd gotten there first."

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"Hey now, my hair's beautiful!" Nathan argued, shaking his head. "Besides, Larry has the fucking bald spot. Do you see any scalp poking out of his lush head of hair up here?"

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"Well, yeah," Jack said with a chuckle at Larry smacking Moe. "That's part of its charm."

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"Well, no. Not yet," Jack admitted. "Maybe your family has a history of hair loss."

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"We don't." That was one thing his dad had been good for. The Young hair genes were fucking fierce. He didn't have to worry about losing his hair.

"Could you imagine what I'd look like without my hair?" he asked, mussing the curls with a few fingers and wincing. "God, I'd look like an enlarged zi with a sunburn."

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"Well actually you'd probably look a lot like Curly then," Jack mused. "You know the shaved head look is very in this year."

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"Yeah?" Whether Jack was right or not, there was no way Nathan was giving up his luscious locks. That was his trademark, his pride and joy, his reason for living!

Okay, maybe not quite that much but his hair was important. "That mean you're gonna rush out to a barber this weekend so he can take the shears to you, decorate his floor with your hair and then later bag it up and take it home to smell?"

Barbers were creepy.

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"Noooooo. And thank you for that disturbing image," Jack said as he self-consciously ran his fingers through his hair. "I'm guessing you have some scary experiences with barbers?"

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"I just think they're creepy, mate," Nathan said, shrugging. "Barbers and priests, that who I watch myself around the most. One's got access to sharp things like scissors and shears and one has no problem with a little illegal groping in the confessionals."

That had never happened to Nathan but he did keep up somewhat on the news. The downward spiral of the Catholic church especially in Ireland was big time news.

"Trusted figures that have access to all kinds of sensitive areas. You gonna be completely comfortable around them?"

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"Well I'm not exactly a religious kind of guy," Jack noted. "And I'm pretty sure my old barber wasn't a pyschopath. I'd be okay trusting the local police, probably."

Y'know. Since Jack was the local police. And a former marshall.

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"They could be corrupt!" Nathan pointed out just to be contrary. "Can any lawman really resist the lure of a donut stuffed with creme and covered in eighteen kinds of sprinkles? I'd turn in me own mum for one of those right now."

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"I'd need a lot more than donuts to turn over my mom," Jack said shaking his head. "Maybe an eclair. Or a bear claw."

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"Oooh, bear claw. Good call, mate," Nathan complimented with a nod. "I could really go for a bear claw right now. See, that'd be my trouble right there. When I get arrested -- "

When, not if.

" -- and I tried to offer up a bribe, I'd want to keep the shit for myself. Bear claws, hookers, money, whatever. That shit's awesome, why can't I have it?"

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Jack laughed, shook his head and pushed the box of donuts towards Nathan. Yes. It had a bear claw. "You know if you don't get arrested you can actually keep the donuts and the money for yourself," Jack pointed out. "And I'd recommend staying away from hookers. Easy way to catch something."

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"Being rich doesn't improve everything," Peter retorted, draping himself across the couch. "Though it helps. Besides, throw a tennis ball in someone's face and they're laughing, too."

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Peter snorted, though he did look at least a bit amused. "Charm, smarm, whatever," he said, eyeing the TV. "But I guess it'll do. Hey."

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"You know that from experience?" Nathan wondered, helping himself to the bear claw, yes sir. "Or is that just a general rule of thumb for hookers? They should really carry little laminated cards with their various diseases, shouldn't they?"

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"Let's just be thankful that the television is letting us watch something completely reasonable," Jack pointed out. "I'm pretty sure it has some sort of creepy artificial intelligence that punishes us with bad programming whenever it feels like it."

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"Well that would probably be helpful," Jack noted, "But I've really have not had that kind of experience with hookers. I've usually been pretty successful with women who I haven't had to pay anything for."

Except Allison. But that's a story in progress.

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"If I threw a tennis ball at your nose right now, you'd start laughing?" Nathan asked dubiously. "See, I've heard of masochism as a turn on but not as comedic relief. That's a new one even for me."