http://notlikejack.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2011-09-03 08:00 pm
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Laundry Room - Saturday Evening

Bobby loved Fandom. There was absolutely no doubt about that. He loved the people who came from all over and the fact that a lot of them liked studying and learning stuff as much as he did. He especially loved not being called a geek and a nerd by the other students every day.

But sometimes what he liked the most was that his big brother was all his at times when he'd never ever have been caught spending time with his kid brother. Like doing laundry and studying for their online classes on a Saturday night. Bobby thought it was the best way to spend a Saturday evening ever, but he also knew that Jack would completely disagree.

It made him feel kind of selfish sometimes since Jack had come to Fandom so Bobby could go, but he liked it anyway.

He stared at his French homework again. Enjoying conjugating the pluperfect tense was nerdy even beyond Bobby's ken and today, he couldn't even pretend to keep his mind on it.

"Hey, Jack? What do you think about high heels?"


[OOC: Laundry room open for all, and Jack modded with gracious permission.]
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[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Jack tossed a handful of shirts into the washer and glanced over at Bobby. "Please tell me this isn't a new phase you're going through."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
"No!" He felt his cheeks go hot as he realised how that sounded. "I mean on girls!"

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
There were no words for the relief Jack felt. Mom was supposed to deal with things like that. He shrugged. "They make their legs look good. Why?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"They look really painful," Bobby admitted. "I mean, I feel badly that girls feel like they have to wear all these uncomfortable clothes and makeup and stuff, and we don't have to. I don't want to, but..."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Girls do whatever girls want to do. Where did the high heels question come from?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I was talking to Caroline, and she asked me what I thought of her shoes," he explained. See? Perfectly reasonable explanation.

The dryer's buzzer sounded, and Bobby made a face, standing up to go pull the laundry out of it.

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"The answer is always 'they look great' and an impressed look."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
The way Bobby stayed silent as he started to fold one of the shirts probably indicated to Jack just how much he didn't say that.

He'd remember next time.

"Does it seem weird to you that everyone running for Student Council just wants to plan dances?"

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
"What else would they be doing?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Shouldn't they focus on more important stuff?" he asked. "I mean, they're governing the school. There's so much more that could be done!"

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Teachers govern the school. Student council acts as unpaid help. What do you think should be done?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
"They could run fundraising or food drives and donate what's collected to charities. Not the United Way because of their anti-gay agenda, but somewhere good. There's volunteer work that can be done on the island. I mean, not a lot, but we're right next to Washington D.C. There's thousands of people in D.C. that need assistance, and we can't do everything, but we're so lucky that we're all at this private school and safe. Why couldn't we go help tutor kids or work in social justice or start a volunteer program of some sort!" Bobby scowled at the basket of laundry. "But everyone just wants to plan dances."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
"No, they want to get elected and planning dances gets you elected."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"...no, I think Caroline actually wants to plan dances," he said. "But, I mean, that's Caroline. There was a sophomore guy in the lobby who was giving away jam for a vote, and he said I was taking it too seriously to think of doing anything else."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
"They're kids, Bobby. Not everyone is as serious about saving the world as you are."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't want to save the world," Bobby protested. "I just want to make it better! That's not that weird."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
"No, it's not," Jack admitted. "But most kids weren't raised by an activist. They just want to have dances and parties and pep rallies and talk about what they're going to wear and who's going with who. That's not that weird either. Isn't there a club fair coming up? Why don't you start one? Then you don't have to deal with the politics. They don't even mind nerds here, so you won't get beaten up like you would have with that space club idea."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't get beaten up! Courtney thought it was a good idea anyway," he replied, a little sulkily. "But it's not the same thing. I mean, the only people that would join that club are people who'd do stuff like that anyway. If Student Council started it, everyone would have to."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"No, you'd end up getting voted against the whole time and nothing would get done. You can't force people to save the world, Bobby."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Bobby scowled down at his laundry. "It works like that everywhere else maybe, but it shouldn't here."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Why would here be any different? It's still a high school."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
"It doesn't have sports teams," he pointed out with a shrug. "And a lot of the kids here are soldiers or princes or whatever."

Which meant it should be different. Duh.

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Jack felt bad for Bobby. He moved to place a hand on Bobby's shoulder. "Run your club. Maybe some of the soldiers and princes will show up. Talk to people. You're getting better at that. Tell them what you're telling me. They'll probably think you're an insufferable geek with no hope of saving, but what else is new?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Not that," he admitted, a little reassured by Jack's support. "Will you come? If I start the club?"

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
He hesitated. "That's not really my thing..."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
"It'd look good on your college applications," Bobby said slyly. "And everyone should give back. You did community service back in Hart."

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Jack rolled his eyes. This was never going to end. "I'll think about it."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll let you know when the first meeting is!" Bobby said excitedly, knowing (for once) when enough was enough. "Maybe we'll go into Washington D.C. and meet with people there!"

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Whatever keeps you busy. Speaking of which, homework."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Obediently Bobby turned back to his screen, but French conjugation still couldn't hold his attention. "What are you working on?"

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Math." Jack was clearly unimpressed by the work. "Boring."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"What kind of math?"

Look, math was better than stupid French. And talking was better than working.

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Calc. It's only exercises for homework. Have you told mom about classes yet?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, but at least calculus sounds interesting. All the exercises for Algebra II are boring," Bobby complained.

That was a no.

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Calculus is not interesting."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"If we didn't have calculus, we'd never have gone to the moon!" Bobby argued. "Of course it's interesting!"

"I told Mom classes were starting for real next week. This week was just a trial period."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Noooo," he said, looking away as he drew out the word. "They are sort of. I mean, you could drop a class. If you wanted. Um."

He just really hoped Mom would get Jack on the phone to hear about Mr. Bond's class first.

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm impressed. You're learning."

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
There was a big smile at that. "No I'm not. I'm talking to you."

Dork.

[identity profile] notlikebobby.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
"How else are you gonna learn?"

[identity profile] notlikejack.livejournal.com 2011-09-04 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh, teachers? Mom? Books?" Bobby replied even though they both knew he'd rather learn from Jack any day of the week.
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