Room 417, Friday morning

[fates_jaye]

Jaye has no classes today, and she's actually in a good mood. No reason.

At the moment she's hanging out and waiting for the Spooky Things torrent to finish downloading and looking over at the still-silent lion. "I like you better this way," she tells him.

[Open.]

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker's been good. Really, really good. But it's the day after the date now, and she just can't resist.

She knocks on Jaye's door. "Jaye. It's Parker."

[fates_jaye]

Jaye looks over at the brass monkey bookend and tells him, "If it gets bad, you become a projectile."

Then she raises her voice and calls, "Come in!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker opened the door, carrying a small package, and cocked an eyebrow at Jaye. "Haven't seen you since I got back," she said, placing the package on her desk, and glancing at the download program. "Merry Late Christmas, Happy very late New Year." She wandered over to a chair and settled into it, watching Jaye carefully. Smirking a little.

Intimidate? Her? Nah. Okay, maybe a little....

[fates_jaye]

Jaye's not fazed. "Thanks," she says. "I'm still working on actual shopping. The way I'm going, it'll be April. So how was Christmas."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Interesting. Athens was cool. Fireworks on Christmas Day. L.A. was fun, although the Hyperion Hotel crew are all nuts." She studied Jaye a little more, and her lips quirked up. "Hung out with Weiss a lot."

[fates_jaye]

"Cool. Tell him I said hi," she says. "I haven't seen him much since he dumped me for a girl with a boyfriend and then told the radio I have issues. Hope his next relationship goes better."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker paused, looking intrigued and annoyed. "So do I. Although that's not how he tells it. Which-- wait. He dumped you for Molly? While she was getting together with Ray?"

[fates_jaye]

"Uh huh. In fact, he dumped me just before taking her out and I got to report it on the radio. That was fun," she says, making a face. "But hey, I wasn't ready for a new thing yet anyway. He is a nice guy, though. I blame bad timing. My timing's much better now." Because she totally knows why Parker's here.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"So I gather," Parker drawled. "Have fun? Eat your weight in popcorn? Or was that just Jarod?" Her fingers are tapping, and when she notices, she freezes them in place, annoyed at herself.

[fates_jaye]

"I did have fun. And there was no popcorn. But it was a good time," she says. "You can get the 'hurt him and I kill you' portion out of the way, too, if you want. Seriously, me in this good a mood is a rare, rare thing."

Happy Jaye is kind of scary. Maybe that's why the animals are so damn quiet.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker kind of hates that she likes Jaye. It makes this much more confusing.

"I really will, you know," she says, keeping her voice conversational. "I may not even plan to. There's just a very good chance-- no, pretty much a certainty-- that if he gets hurt, I'll go completely ballistic. I figured you deserved the formal warning. Not that you couldn't guess."

[fates_jaye]

"Yep, counted on it," Jaye says. "And I really like him, so I'm thinking it's not going to be a problem."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Okay, ow. It doesn't hurt as much as it would have a month ago. Or two. But it's still a sore point. Parker gets up to pace around the room, fingers tapping again.

"Really like him, hunh?" She fiddles with the computer screen, then snatches her fingers away. "Does he really like you?"

She so doesn't want to know. Why the hell did she ask?

[fates_jaye]

"Well, we talked about hitting up a chapel in Vegas this weekend and getting hitched by Elvis," she says, frowning. "I haven't had him fill out like a customer comment card or anything, but it was a good date."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Good." Parker reminded herself of this. Happy was-- "Good." She let out a breath, and then smiled a little, remembering Weiss, and her own upcoming plans that she was pretty damn sure would work out. "If you do that and I'm not invited, you'll come back to a room full of Cheez Whiz."

[fates_jaye]

"Which flavor?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Mmmm, pepperjack?" Parker grinned a little, picked up the monkey, made a face at it, feeling vaguely ridiculous but relieved, then put the figure back down. "Or possibly the nasty Lite stuff." She headed for the door. "I'll tell Weiss you said hi." Just not right away, or anything.

[fates_jaye]

"Cool," she says. "See you later Parker."