Room 417, Friday morning

[fates_jaye]

Let's get something straight. Jaye is not a motivated person. For instance, her college acceptance letters are still sitting on her desk unopened. She hasn't even looked at them. She really should get on that.

Now that that's out of the way, it's utterly ridiculous that she set her alarm to call Rose just to see if she can wake her up at 4 am and annoy her. Skewed priorities, this girl.

Of course the problem with waking up at ass o'clock in the morning is that it's sometimes hard to get back to sleep. Which sucks, since she doesn't even have classes today. Especially when the stuff that's already there in her head is kind of making her worry, which is stupid and she's got no reason to worry anymore and if it was really her business- which it's not- someone would have said something before. Not that she's worried about something being her business. It's practically her cosmic duty to interfere. Or something.

When it's finally daylight, and a more decent time of the morning, Jaye makes another call, then looks over at the lion to say, "Don't look at me like that."

[Expecting someone, but open if you don't mind SP.]

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[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec would maybe do as he was asked and ignore the call if it were any but one of a few people. Jaye's one of them, so he goes to bother her like she told him not to.

He knocks and waits and will totally pick the lock if she doesn't say something.

[fates_jaye]

By now Jaye's already dressed and ready for a full day of totally not worrying. Which is why she's camped out in a chair at her desk, just staring at the lion. "Come in!" she calls.

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He does, and closes the door behind him. "Is he a good conversationalist, at least?"

[fates_jaye]

"Never," she says, looking back at him. "Pretty bossy, really."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"I say ditch him. You don't need that kind of crap," he says brusquely, waving a hand.

Alec smiles then, trying for cheerful and landing somewhere around hesitant while trying not to fidget. "I'm okay. Mostly," he offers.

[fates_jaye]

"Really?" she says, turning herself around in the chair. "How mostly is mostly?"

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He shifts his weight to one foot and back, tilting his head as he thinks. "Like, I'm here, so it's fine now," he says. "Except when I think about it. And then I just kind of want to stop thinking altogether."

[fates_jaye]

"So it really was that bad," she infers, not looking happy about it.

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"It really sucked," he says, sitting on her bed like he's just remembering it's there. "Let's all try not to get kidnapped by them, ever again."

[fates_jaye]

"Sorry I wasn't there," she says.

Let's have words Jaye Tyler never thought she'd say for $500, Alex.

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad you weren't," Alec says, but he smiles a little. "I'd feel kind of responsible and that doesn't sit right with me."

[fates_jaye]

"Wouldn't want that," she says. "Seriously, though I'm going to start apologizing again for some reason and that's kind of freaking me out."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"You really don't have anything to be sorry for," he says. "So, um, don't? That's my advice. Also you should give me a hug."

[fates_jaye]

"So demanding," she teases, but gets up to give him a hug. He's Alec. He's allowed.

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He grins and hugs her tightly. "This helps," he says quietly.

[fates_jaye]

"Good," she says, smiling. "Hey, check it out, I'm useful."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Totally," he agrees happily, and squeezes her again before letting go, looking guilty. "I'm sorry I worried you."

[fates_jaye]

"Well, it's not like it was your fault," she says. "Unless you like, called them up for a reunion or something. Then we'd have to have a talk."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec wrinkles his nose. "Yeah, not happening. With the whole 'if I'm lucky they'll just kill me' thing."

[fates_jaye]

"They're not like, coming back or anything, are they?" Jaye asks. Damn serious thoughts.

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"I really hope not," he says, and it's hard not to feel unsettled at the thought.

[fates_jaye]

She actually flails a little. "Okay no more talking bad stuff! Happy! Deformed bunnies and stuff!"

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Deformed bunnies are happy?" Alec asks, curious.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye sticks two fingers up so it makes a little deformed rabbit shadow on the wall. "See? Bunny."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

He stares a moment, then grins widely. "Okay, that's awesome."

[fates_jaye]

"isn't it?" she says, totally smiling at her own finger-bunny. "I have this plan that if by some chance it doesn't work, it can also be used in a tickle attack, but that would be way too lame of me and so far it's a foolproof plan as it is."

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"That would be very lame," he agrees solemnly, just before he lies his ass off. "Since I'm not ticklish at all and the deformed bunnies are really really cool."

[fates_jaye]

Okay, lame or not, she can't not test that. She tries to poke him in the side with her bunny, looking totally innocent.

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec certainly doesn't eep, not at all. Except for the part where he does, leaning away from Jaye with a suspicious look. "I said not ticklish."

[fates_jaye]

"No, of course not. I would never suggest such a thing," she says.