Room 417, Sunday afternoon

[fates_jaye]

Jaye picks up the phone.



"Hey," Mahandra greets her.

"You're too far away for an air hug, so I'm sending off a phone hug," Jaye greets her back.

Mahandra pauses. "Um. What?"

"I've been made wanting to hug my BFF," she explain.

"Awww," she says. "That's nice. Weird, but nice. So how goes it in the land of weird?"

"It's fun," answers Jaye, sprawling onto her bed. "Traumatized a teacher."

"And on your summer vacation, too. How productive!" Mahandra says. "What the hell."

Jaye almost giggles, because the last time she heard Mahandra say that, she was wee. And teaching it to everyone else in school. "I almost feel bad for her."

"Oh my god."

"I said almost. Oh, hey. If you're going to call, not that you ever do-"

"Hey."

"-call my cell, because we're moving to cabins for a week. Unfortunately just a week."

"Cabins?"

"Summer camp."

"But you already have dorms."

"SH, OKAY, I AM ROOMING WITH HOT GUYS."

Mahandra pauses. "Now you have to elaboratinate."

Jaye raises her eyebrows.

"Forget I said that."

"Make me."

"Bitch."

"Yuh huh. I'm in with Alec-"

"Guy you hooked up with," Mahandra recalls.

"Yeah, and Dean who looks like him. Okay, he's cute, shut up."

"Hussy."

"No no no. Just talking. I've dated two guys and had one random hookup, no hussiness."

"Don't care."

"Bite me. And then there's his brother Cute Sam."

"His name's Cute Sam?"

"Is now."

"You're the only girl?"

"Shhhh. On the other side there's D'Anna and Pretty Sam, and Cedric who is British-"

"Ooh."

"Cute, too."

"Ooh."

"And Jack. Okay, in retrospect, the first thing I said to him should not have been 'dirty'. At least he doesn't have a doppleganger."

Mahandra pauses. "What?"

"I keep hooking up with guys who have a doppleganger. Archie looks like Lee, Cam looks like John, Alec looks like Dean. It's a little disturbing."

"You need help."

"Do not."

"I will so call Dr. Ron for you."

"I'm taking away your phone hug," Jaye tells her.

"So you get to spend your summer flirting with boys," Mahandra summarizes.

"I'm planning on spending it being lazy and meeting the occasional new person. The rest is just a bonus. Well, and messing with King Dork."

Mahandra doesn't even question who King Dork is. "I'm still moving in with you."

"Do it," Jaye challenges. "My roommate graduated. I have a whole big double all to myself."

"I'll make arrangements," she says, though Jaye knows it's not going to happen. "It's boring here, Jaye."

"Sorry..." And she is.

"We need snark dates."

"I don't know what my TV watching schedule will be like for a while, but we should watch soap operas together when I do."

"Oh, you'd better call me for that."

"I will."

"I have to get going," Mahandra says. "Call me when you venture into the trampy place again?"

"Will do," says Jaye. "Later."

"Bye."




[Door, btw, totally open. Well, actually, it's closed, but metaphorically, it is open.]

Comments

[fates_jaye]

"Who's the instructor?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Crazy Hooker," he says, using the nickname he'd heard for her.

[fates_jaye]

"Oh-kay, suddenly glad I couldn't get into that class now."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Yes, well, I'm hoping to get on her good side," Cedric says.

[fates_jaye]

"Just don't let her hit on you because she's skanky," she says seriously.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't planning on letting her do that," Cedric replies. "Unless it's part of the class and part of my grade."

[fates_jaye]

Jaye facepalms.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric laughs.

"I can handle myself, Jaye."

[fates_jaye]

"I'm sure you can, but I can't not facepalm at that," she says, still facepalming.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Do you and she have some sort of past?" Cedric asks curiously.

[fates_jaye]

"Well, she tried to throw me in the duckpond when I was wee, made me apologize to her stuffed moose and for all I know I might be kinda related to her," she says.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"You and she are related? Are you sisters?"

[fates_jaye]

"Hahahaha, no. She looks like Rory, only monochrome," Jaye explains. "And Rory and I kinda look alike and we should belong to each other's family and maybe we were switched at birth six months apart, so in theory, if I can kind some monochrome on one side of the family or another..."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Well, that's quite the tangled family tree that you might or not might have," he tells her. "I had no idea you and Rory might be related."

[fates_jaye]

"Well, probably not, which is good as I made a comment about propositioning her double yesterday, and I think this conversation just got out of my hands."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"You and Rory's double...are involved?" Cedric asks, misunderstanding her.

[fates_jaye]

"NO! NO! OMG! I was teasing Rory, that's all. Me and Crazy Hooker are a big no. Maybe I'll set her up with my sister next time she visits, but me? No. She's psycho and boys are good."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Right," he says, smiling again. "Was slightly worried for a moment."

[fates_jaye]

"...Worried that I was involved with Crazy Hooker?" She might shudder a little.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"That you didn't like boys," he clarifies.

[fates_jaye]

That's better. "No, I'm a big fan of boys," she says.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure that will serve you well this upcoming week," he says, grinning. "I should go. I'm sure I'll see you down in the cabin."

[fates_jaye]

"See you there," she says with a little wave.