Second Floor Common Room, Sunday Evening

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle really appreciated having down time that wasn't of the 'making camp for the night before hitting the road on another incredibly dangerous adventure' variety. She also appreciated modern amenities like food delivery and television, so why not combine all three?

This was the sort of brilliant idea that led to things like containers from Taste of Thai covering half a table in the common room while Gabrielle sat on the couch idly flipping through channels -- and skipping past anything on the History Channel that had to do with Rome, thanks.

[OOC: Open common room, free Thai food, woo.]

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[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Something smells good in here," Annie said, deciding that the smell just might have to end her search for other people.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

"A few somethings smell good upon further inspection," Gabrielle replied. "Further inspection yet says that they taste good, too, so please, help yourself."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Oh, thanks," she said with a smile, and then saw just how much there was. "I'm assuming that wasn't all for you to begin with."

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

"Not at all," Gabrielle laughed. "I started thinking about ordering food, and then I decided I didn't want to eat by myself, so --"

She gestured at the table.

"It seems like food tastes better when it's shared, anyway."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"I can back that up," Annie decided, picking up one of the containers to check it out. "So... how've you been?"

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

"Enjoying some time to relax," Gabrielle said diplomatically. "I had some unexpected business to take care of at home and things got . . . busy. Did anything interesting happen here?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you know, things have been a little quiet." Thus giving Annie ample time to work up to what might be a total breakdown. "I'm sure we're all going to get turned into boys soon or something."

Bet a boy would get a scholarship...

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

"The calm before the storm, as usual?" Gabrielle guessed. "I think we are just about due for something."

Like how prom was coming up, and nobody had had kids show up yet this year, so . . .

"Gods, how is the school year almost over already?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea," Annie sighed. "It's too soon. We just need to... make it stop. Does anyone here have that power? Can we make someone do that?"

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't be surprised if someone did," Gabrielle decided. "Or at least knows someone who does. I know; I'm not really ready for it to be almost over, either. And I don't know if I'm looking forward to graduation, or not."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Don't have all your plans set yet?" Annie wondered. Since that was really the only reason she was iffy on graduating.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

"My plans consist of 'go home, meet up with my best friend, and get back to traveling with her,'" Gabrielle explained. "I never know what's going to happen to us when we're out on the road, so it's a little hard to make plans more concrete than wanting to drop in and see a friend if we happen to be passing through that area, or making sure to find a blacksmith for the horses' shoes as soon as we can."

Making concrete longterm plans would be giving the writers too much credit for continuity. The itinerant lifestyle was unpredictable that way.

"How about you, Annie? Know what you're doing after graduation?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Several possibilities popped into Annie's head: Food service. Living in a van down by the river. Getting pregnant and going on welfare since that's all she'd be good for anyway. Tracking down whoever was in charge of giving out scholarships and doing something unseemly and humiliating in order to get one.

"It's a little up in the air right now," she said after a pause.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

". . . is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Gabrielle had to wonder. Some people liked their spontaneity more than others.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"It's... not what I planned, but sometimes that's a good thing. Every cloud, silver lining. And things like that," she tried.

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle smiled vaguely and leaned forward with her elbows on her knees, chin resting on her clasped hands.

"It sounds like one of those things people just tell you to make you feel better about things, doesn't it? But I think it's true. Things never really seem to go according to plan for me, but I get the most amazing surprises out of how they turn out, and looking back, most of the time, I don't think I'd want to change how everything unfolded."