The Cafeteria; Lunch [ 09/09 ]

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad was glad he followed his instincts and went down the cafeteria today to see what they had for lunch instead of making his own because it appeared to be taco day. He loved taco day. It had been, for a long time, a rather love-hate relationship, though, considering how he felt that liking taco day was like fulfilling some sort of blatant and uneducated stereotype, but...

Tacos were tasty. He couldn't help that. So Chad embraced the taco day, filled a plate up, grabbed a bottle of Tabasco, and found a seat.


[[ and now I want tacos. This is why you don't do cafeteria posts when you're hungry. Open for all your lunch neeeeds! ]]

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[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"It can be mildly intimidating," she said, sitting down. "I have a difficult time believing in some of the things I've seen and heard about. A frog spoke to me at the picnic."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, me too," Hurley said. "Robin's kinda cool, though."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"So it's true? He's not just a puppet?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so," Hurley said. "I mean... I guess he looked kinda puppet-y, but... I didn't see a puppet guy."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Nor did I. The more I think about it, I tend to believe what I saw. Hard not to," she said and slipped her straw underneath her scarf to take a drink.

"What grade are you in, Hurley?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh, me?" Hurley said. "I'm a junior. Kinda, like... yeah. You?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"A junior too, but I admit, this is my first experience being in school."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh wow," Hurley said. "Homeschooled, huh? That's cool."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Penelope nodded, grinned, glad that he got it. It might not have been cool for her but she was here now, learning the social aspects as well as she could. "What about you? Where are you from?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Santa Monica," Hurley said. "That's, like, California, if you don't know. But it's kinda, like... 14 years ago, back home."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Over half of the people I've met here come from California. I hear that's where all the movie stars are," she said, smiling. "The timeline I am still trying to understand. I'm from England. 2008."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, never met any movie stars," Hurley said. "I'm kinda from... a poor neighborhood, you know?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

No, Penelope didn't really know what that was like. "Oh."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Hey, like, not trying to make a big deal of it or anything," Hurley said. "We're all fish out of water here and stuff, right?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Fish out of the water?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"You know," Hurley said. "Like... in different places? And... having to adjust?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Oh," she nodded grinning. "I see." Poor Penelope had been very sheltered, you see.

"Are you adjusting well enough?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley nodded. "Yeah," he said. "Once, like, you get used to talking frogs and robots and roommates from space, you just sort of... accept things, man."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"You have a roommate from space? Are they green?" she asked, thinking GREEN ALIEN OMG. "Oh, I'm not a man," she giggled.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I just... I didn't think you were," Hurley said, blushing a little. "That's just, like, the way I talk. And Tahiri's not green. She's, like... normal looking. You know?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm apologize, Hurley," she replied, blushing now herself. "Is she very nice and..." something dawned on her "...you share a room with a girl?"

[Running out any second now, sp okay?]

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "Believe me, I was as surprised as you are."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Did the administration mix you up accidentally?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Apparently, like, they just sort of... go co-ed," Hurley said.

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Oh my goodness."