A Pink Corner House, Bristol, Saturday Morning

[vanillajello]

Kate was still in Bristol. Still dealing. She thought she was doing okay, actually. She hadn't forgotten about Wednesday because that was impossible and she had the nightmares to prove it, but... At least some things seemed to be kinda righting themselves now. At least Mitchell was talking to her again. She'd missed that more than she would have cared to admit.

And she'd gotten to go shopping for clothes since she hadn't exactly packed for staying this long. That had been fun, because even after all the trauma lately she was still a slightly shallow girl of seventeen.

She wasn't doing anything quite that productive right now, though. Nope, she had coffee, and was hogging the couch in front of the TV. There was some random show on, where a really tall, really gay Chinese guy was helping a middleaged former biker chick pick out an outfit for the Queen's garden party.

It was random and very British, in Kate's opinion, but she wasn't really watching too intently. It wasn't catching her attention quite like that one show had the other night, the one where the geeky guy suddenly turned out to be smoking hot. Kate thought she'd have to catch up on that once she got back to her computer and could download stuff.

But right now it was just this.

[ooc: NFB, open for phonecalls and messages and people in Bristol! Now I want to watch something with Gok Wan in it too. ...Or that other show mentioned there, mmmm.]

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[bitten_notshy]

Jack waited until Emma had taken herself shopping before he called. He wasn't worried, exactly, but checking in still seemed like a minimal thing to do.

Ring, ring, ring

[OOC: Weekend SP warning in effect!]

[vanillajello]

Kate took a sip of coffee before lazily picking up the call, after checking who it was. "Morning, Mr. Priest."

[bitten_notshy]

"The same to you, Miss Gregson," Jack answered. "What are you up to? I'm supposed to be studying."

Which he wasn't, because the words on the page weren't quite making sense, but it would do.

[vanillajello]

"I," Kate drawled, "am drinking coffee and watching some random but kinda awesome gay Chinese dude dress some lady up for a party with the Queen."

So, nothing much.

[bitten_notshy]

"What's he dressing her in?"

It was the obvious question!

[vanillajello]

"Some pretty cute flowy number, right now," she reported. "But I don't think she likes it. She used to be a biker chick, apparently."

[bitten_notshy]

"But I thought you said she was meeting the Queen."

Apparently Jack was a snob.

[vanillajello]

"At some garden party," Kate clarified, shrugging. "The English are weird."

[bitten_notshy]

"Everyone's weird," Jack shrugged. "It sounds better than those American shows about women who think they have tumors and then suddenly give birth."

[vanillajello]

"I didn't say it was bad," she pointed out. "It's better than anything else that's on, anyway. What were you supposed to be reading?"

[bitten_notshy]

Jack had to look at the book to get the title. "Principles of British Common Law, as Established pre-1500," he reported. "Almost as exciting as it sounds. I miss Fandom classes."

[vanillajello]

"Mm, yes, there's something to be said for classes like Food Appreciation," Kate agreed, leaning back on the sofa. "Doesn't really require much academic effort or anything."

[bitten_notshy]

"I should have taken more things like Food Appreciation while I had the chance," Jack said, flopping against his pillows. "... are you applying to colleges?"

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell wandered into the living room eventually, having checked up on George and Nina upstairs. He came to a stop in the middle of the room, squinting at the TV, a cup of coffee in his own hand. "...Why are we watching Gok Wan?"

So he wasn't completely awake yet.

[vanillajello]

"Because everything else sucked ass," Kate replied idly, glancing up at him. "Least he's kind entertaining."

[chosehumanity]

"Americans," Mitchell muttered, regardless of his own love for really ridiculous TV shows (at least The Real Hustle had a point to it. He was learning!) and stepped back towards the sofa.

He made a sort of backwards flop into it that seemed about half intent and half 'oh, who put that there?'

[vanillajello]

Kate snorted and gave him a vaguely amused look, curling up into her own space a little more. "Yeah, because you have such impeccable taste."

[chosehumanity]

"The Real Hustle is educational television," Mitchell countered, taking a wary sip of his own coffee. "You don't need more fashion advice."

[vanillajello]

"Showing how totally stupid people are is educational?" Kate wondered, then shook her head. "God, how were you ever a teacher?"

Of course, Kate was an avid fan of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, so she didn't have much room to talk. But then she wouldn't feel the need to claim anything she watched was in any way useful, either.

[chosehumanity]

"Hey, hey," Mitchell said in protest, and waved his hand in her general direction. "It teaches you a lot about how to avoid scams!"

And was totally hilarious because you got to see how totally stupid people could be, but still!

[vanillajello]

"Riiight," Kate drawled, taking a sip of coffee while rolling her eyes. Multitasking for the morning. "Think I'll stick to my fashion tips and stuff, thanks."

[chosehumanity]

"Don't come crying to me if someone leeches off your mobile plan," Mitchell said, ever-so-kindly. He squinted at the television. "Is she...?"

[vanillajello]

"Such little faith in my ability to take care of myself," Kate replied, shaking her head, before turning her attention towards the television again. "What?"

She hadn't really been keeping track of it too closely.

[chosehumanity]

"Oh, that is disturbing," said Mitchell. Apparently he wasn't about to answer her question now.

[vanillajello]

Kate quirked a brow, after watching the TV for a moment. "You find weird things disturbing, Mitchell."

Not surprising, really, considering who and what he was.

Also, Kate may have been lying about whether she found the stuff on the screen disturbing or not.