Room 324, Saturday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

Originally, Kate had been pretty thrilled to find herself alone in 324 for the weekend. She liked having a roommate, but she loved having the space to herself, with the freedom to hang out in as little clothes as she wanted to. What was there to not love about that?

And that was how it had worked for most of the evening. But then late night, after going to bed, she'd just become super aware of being alone in the room. Alone in the dark. She'd told herself it was just stupid and ridiculous and sad to be scared but the feeling didn't leave her alone. It was the first night she'd slept all alone (or at least without a territorial, protective vampire in the same house) since... all that traumatizing, life-threatening crap. She knew she'd get used to it with time, but knowing that didn't help with the fear at hand.

She'd done most of her sleeping in the morning, sleeping way in, and was now seriously considering luring someone into spending this next night with her. Right now, that mostly consisted of having her door open with music drifting out into the hallway. She wasn't feeling like going out to find people, though she did at times wander over to stand in the doorway, just... watching. It was that kind of a day.

Occasionally, she fiddled with her phone and wondered whether she should just call someone over, but she wasn't sure that the phonelines weren't still messed up, and anyway, how desperate would that have looked?

[ooc: Door and post are open, people who come by may or may not be subtly roped into having a sleepover.]

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[vanillajello]

"I'm sure you would." Eyeroll. "I don't know, if I'm not stopping entirely I'm just gonna start targeting the absolute lamest guys, the ones that get off on just watching my fabulous cleavage while I prattle on about inconsequential shit."

[Good niiight at an almost sensible hour! Ugh back to school.]

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"What, no more cakes?" Nathan asked, stricken. "Why the fuck not? I would offer to pay for dry cleaning for your shorts if you're so worried about cleaning. Come on, now. Don't get extreme here."

[GOOD NIGHT!]

[vanillajello]

"It's not really worth the skeevy feelings," she said, shaking her head. "And it's not like you would ever get to see it, anyway. I have a strict policy on not doing that stuff with anyone I actually live around."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"That feels fucking backwards," Nathan said, glancing at the computer screen once more before shaking his head. "Wouldn't people you live with appreciate it more than some twat whose only contact with a girl is a virtual handjob?"

[vanillajello]

"This might surprise you, but I don't actually care how much they would appreciate it." It probably wasn't surprising at all. "I'm keeping those two parts of my life separate, thanks."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"And just how has that been working out for you?" From what he'd heard, she'd been doing a right shitty job of that.

[vanillajello]

Kate made a face at him. "Partly failing doesn't mean I'm gonna just give up on it altogether."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I'm actually surprised you admitted you failed," Nathan replied, snickering. "I thought you'd just blame it on something else so as to avoid a hit to your ego. How very humble of you."

[vanillajello]

"Pretty sure the hit to my ego has already happened," she shrugged, like it was no bbig deal. "No point in not admitting it. Plus, I would hate for you to think you've got me all figured out after less than a week."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I think I've figured out enough for tonight," he decided, sighing and getting comfortable again. "Time is our friend, Kate. It's what drives each amazing day we live in."

[vanillajello]

Kate snorted as she grabbed her laptop again. Couldn't very well store it on the bed.

"Where did you get that amamzing piece of wisdom?" she wondered, getting up again.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I have a large assortment of knowledge, you know," Nathan answered, sounding like that should be obvious. "I'm a wise, wise man on the same plane as Confucius. Or Lady Gaga."

[vanillajello]

"Sure," Kate replied from her desk, setting the laptop down. "I can just picture you wearing a suit made of meat any time now."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"It is oftentimes the responsibility of those in the public eye to make political statements that sometimes involve meat dresses," he said oh so wisely. "And if said person is paid quite handsomely for that responsibility, well, all the better."

[vanillajello]

"You're such a total guru or something, Nathan," Kate drawled, as she wandered over to the door to shut and lock it. "Really, I feel smarter just for being in your presence."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," he said because he was certain that had been her version of thank you. Somehow.

[vanillajello]

Kate looked amused as she crossed the room to go to her dresser and open up one of the drawers.

"That wasn't meant sincerely, but I'm sure it doesn't matter much to you."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"It doesn't."

He shrugged and crossed his legs at the ankle, getting his lanky frame comfortable.

"And you might not have meant it sincerely outwardly but I'm sure inside, you're totally grateful to me."

[vanillajello]

"Well, you are staying, essentially as a human nightlight," she replied idly, digging through the drawer for a shirt to sleep in. "I suppose there's some vague gratitude to be found for that, if not really anything else."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"So, reading between the lines, you think I'm awesome and are grateful I'm sharing my awesomeness with you," Nathan decided. "Well, you're very welcome. I am always happy to help those in need."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, I'm sure you are." She picked out a few pieces of clothing before shutting the drawer and straightening up. "I'm gonna go change in the bathroom, try not to go through my stuff."

It was probably some sign of trust (or plain not caring) that she didn't stop to listen for a possible reply before disappearing into the bathroom.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Pfft, he was too comfortable to do something like that. Instead, he rolled onto his stomach and buried his face in a pillow, completely ready to take up space in some chick's bed.

He was a little sad that she hadn't changed in front of him. Maybe next time!

[vanillajello]

It was a pretty big maybe. Or perhaps it wasn't. Kate was so playing things by the ear these days.

She emerged from the bathroom soon enough, compensating for the not-quite-tiny (but still pretty short) shorts with a t-shirt meant for someone twice her size, with the words Four Winds Lanscaping printed on the front. She'd taken the scarf off, too. The bruises were a funky yellow now, blending into her pale skin a little better in most places, but still there.

Didn't matter. She was amused when she wandered over to the bed again. "You look comfortable."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I am," he muttered, voice muffled by the pillow. "But hey, if you'd like to make me even more comfortable, I'm not going to stop you."

Yeah, yeah, he planned on being good but that didn't mean he had to be a fucking monk.

[vanillajello]

That earned him a light thwap on the back of his head, from where she was standing beside the bed. "I took my bra off," she informed him. "That's gonna have to be comfortable enough for you."