3rd Floor Common Room- Monday evening

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie had had a weird last week, and this one wasn't exactly off to a normal start, either. Sure, the weekend had been seriously messed up, what with smuggling alcohol and making out with someone she'd never even talked to before and oh yeah, dying from trying coffee just once, but at least it was over.

Then she'd woken up in a supply closet.

And then she'd gone back to the common room to retrieve her backpack from last night before going to class, and found alcohol in it. A lot of it.

At first she'd just hidden it in her room, and as long as she was away from there, it was fine. But when she'd gone back after class, she found she couldn't concentrate because she knew it was there. It wasn't that she wanted it. It was just that even in a town where Caritas didn't card and she'd reported on students smoking pot and drinking, she became really worried that she'd get in trouble for having it. Add in worry about going to tomorrow's NA meeting and wanting to share but all she had was that she got addicted to something and died from it and again with having the alcohol and then she started feeling stressed and guilty.

That was when Annie panicked and checked to make sure no one was in the common room yet, then dragged the bags of alcohol bottles to the kitchen area. And now all she had to do was pour them down the sink...

[Yes another dorms post. I know, and I'm sorry, now for the love of god, SOMEONE STOP HER.]

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[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi was looking for food, and had already pillaged a bag of Tostito's from the Second Floor Common Room. Now she was staring at the spectacle before her.

"What are you doing?!"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie about jumped out of her skin, like she hadn't thought anyone would come to the common room or something. "Nothing!" she said quickl. "Just... cleaning the drain!"

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"With fifty proof?" Kenzi asked, dismayed and coming forward to stare at the other girl. "No no no, we clean it with Draino in this dimension. World. Whatever. That stuff's for drinking, I swear!"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but..." She really should have thought ahead for this possibility. Finally she sighed, "This isn't what it looks like?"

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi paused to look at what it looked like, and then her eyebrows headed for her hairline. "Hey. I don't judge." She held out her arms, voice coming back down to normal. "But, uh. What is it that isn't what it looks like?"

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"Not a fan of wasting alcohol?" Dave asked.

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"It is a pricey commodity, and also, fun," Kenzi told him, flashing him a quick grin. Sophomore Candidate Dave, right. "I got in enough trouble when it all disappeared from Caritas, I'd like to taunt Tino with more of it." She paused. "Also, you know people would pay good money for it right *now* after the weekend."

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"Or they'd pay normal price for it at the bars," Dave suggested. "You can't forget that part."

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Truuue." But if she'd managed to talk Annie out of it, it would be free booze, so every drink would be a profit and she could undercut the competition, and that is how the Mafia stayed in business!

... she was a little scared she knew all that. "But there is the convenience factor," she said. "No pedi-cabs needed... Or chance of running into some people." She tilted her head. "I'm just glad it's all back and we're not crazy at the same time."

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

One of the real bright spots of the weekend for Dave was that he still had a whole lot of coffee in his room. He was thinking about that when he walked into the common room and saw Annie. ANNIE! HE LEFT HER IN THE SUPPLY CLOSET!

"Oh my god, Annie, I'm so sorry about..." And then he stopped. "What are you doing?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie winced, wondering if she could like, hide the bottles maybe. "Oh, you know... things."

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh. So, what kind of things?" Dave asked, generally curious.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Um. Purging myself of the weekend things, so to speak?" she said.

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

Dave winced. "Is it coffee?" he asked. "Because I'm so sorry about that. Especially hiding you in the supply closet. I really can't tell you how sorry I am about that."

[hurtingzeebo]

Sam . . . had spent the day madly gargling and pretending that Carly wasn't messaging her every five minutes.* She finally made her way into the common room and spotted the booze.

"Are you sharing that?"

* that wasn't an exaggeration. It was every five minutes on the dot.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Actually... I was trying to dispose of it," Annie admitted, because it wasn't like she hadn't been caught.

[hurtingzeebo]

"Oh." Sam wasn't sure how she felt about that. On the one hand, she was from a Nickelodeon show, she'd never thought much of drinking alcohol. On the other . . . . "They say that stuff will kill off any weird bugs in your system, right?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"I kind of think that's something people say to make it okay," Annie told her. "I'm trying to make it go away without enabling anyone and now I'm realizing it was probably a bad idea to bring it in here?"

[hurtingzeebo]

"People gotta have some reason to drink it," Sam said. "You know, other than just being total losers or my uncle Carmine."

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Kenzi said with a wave, trying to look like she hadn't been on Twitter with Freddie (http://fh-im.livejournal.com/4064.html?thread=239584#t239584). Not that she knew what was up with them. "So, do a shot for every regret?"

[hurtingzeebo]

"Why? Do I look like I regret something?! Don't you judge me!"

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

"I can't judge you! I don't know anything!" Kenzi waved her arms, eyes wide. "I swear!"

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"You don't think this town's had enough of people being out of their minds the past couple days?" Dave asked.

His only experiences with alcohol had left him dancing poorly and feeling sick the next morning. He might not fully understand that drinking in moderation was a thing yet.

[hurtingzeebo]

"After last weekend? There might not be such thing."

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"I'm almost afraid to ask, but how bad was it for you?" Dave asked.