Fifth floor common room- Wednesday later evening

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Between class and showing up at the party, Sia had gone to rent a movie for the very first time. She felt like it shouldn't have been that difficult, but she'd never spent much time watching holovids for fun at home, and she didn't know much of what this place had. So she'd finally asked someone for recommendations for something mindless that would get Jessica's mind off things, that didn't have death, violence, or superheroes.

This would be why the table had various Meg Ryan movies in a pile on it, along with a lone Bro, Where'd You Put My Vehicle? because someone had insisted it was an instant cheer-up even after Sia'd spent a good while frowning at the cover.

There was popcorn and When Henry Met Suzanne on, and Sia would claim this was only half her fault.


[It's Cheer Up Jessica Day AND an open CR.]

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"What have you done, Marsie?" Olive asked, wandering in and frowning at the screen.

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"I've rented movies," Sia replied easily.

What, it was mindless. And Meg Ryan was a national treasure till she was a harlot with a weird face.

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"They don't seem like your style," she admitted, wandering over to the couch. "A little too meet-cute-y for you."

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"I didn't pick them as much as I asked more experienced people to pick them for me," she said. "This is an effort to distract Jessica."

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"I feel like we missed out on a wonderful bonding experience, Marsie," Olive said, shaking her head. "And yeah, I gathered. This is better than what I picked out for her. More laughter."

Olive in particular couldn't wait for that one scene in the restaurant. Because really.

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"It's been a busy day," Sia explained. "Classes, and I went to Juliet's party for a bit."

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"How was it?" Olive asked. "I got a semi-apology from Topher and hung out with Victor for a bit before I came here, so I didn't think it was worth it to trek out to a party when I wanted to be here for Jess."

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"Juliet and her brother pulled out all the stops," she said, which was code for 'threw a lot of money into it.' "It was actually pretty impressive for this place."

She paused, asking, "Semi-apology?"

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"The counselor sent him," Olive sighed. "And he told me. So. Awesome apology. Now I'm kinda wishing I'd made it to the awesome party, though."

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"Is this what I think this is?" Jessica asked as she walked into the common room. She had been staying quiet after work, so she skipped the party and everything.

But when she recognized the movie, she was very glad that she came out of her room for this. This was the joy of letting Sia pick movies that she knew nothing about.

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"I've no idea," Sia admitted. "What do you think it is?"

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"The one with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan," Jessica said. "You're going to witness how New York is weird in good ways that make for entertaining comedy movies."

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"Oh, so I did this right?" She was honestly surprised by that. Seriously, Bro, Where'd You Put My Vehicle? She had her doubts.

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"It kind of falls apart at the end, but it's mostly a pretty good comedy. And that's the kind of thing I could use. Thank you," Jessica said.

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"You're welcome," she returned. "Should I ask if today's better or should we skip that?"

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"I got back into a little bit of a routine. I went to class, my shift at Stark's," Jessica said. "That's about all I can ask for right now."

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"That's still doing better than a lot of people would be," Sia said. "And things aren't too stressful here, which might be a plus."

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"Man, if the kid thing from this weekend waited until I got back, I'd finish that thing out by just being a complete mess," Jessica said. "Give me a few normal days and some stuff to do and I'll be as close to fine as possible."

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"I couldn't find a Lucas Lee movie fitting your ramifications," Olive said, waving apologetically. "Marsie delivered on that end. But I bet I can still find ice cream!"

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"I appreciate the effort," Jessica said. "Sadly, that guy's nothing but explosions and the one cancer movie, right?"

She was assuming it was cancer. And probably father issues.

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"Cancer and kissing, from what I could tell," Olive tsked. "Not my thing, though I would've sucked it up if all you'd wanted to watch was Lifetime-style stuff."

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"Only if it stars Tori Spelling and has a completely ridiculous name," Jessica said. "And that is why you're a treasured friend."

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"I like being treasured," Olive said happily. "I'm gonna put that in the friendship scrapbook I'm starting for us."

There was no scrapbook, of course.

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"You have to put a picture of my friendship scrapbook in yours," Jessica said. "And vice versa."

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"Okay, but only if I can take a picture of the picture of my scrapbook in your scrapbook, for my scrapbook."

This was already getting out of hand.