The Library [Thursday, January 29]

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Claudia, in celebration of the lights being back on in the library, was wearing one of her brightest outfits: pink (pinkpinkpinkpink) tights under a green plaid miniskirt, a turquoise button-down shirt over a tan cropped tank top. Her boots were shiny and black, and her hair was tucked up under a bright orange beret. On anyone else, the outfit would make the baby Jesus cry. On Claudia, it looked great.

She dropped three bags of Twizzlers onto the top of the counter before settling down with a fashion magazine.

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Re: Third period [1/29]

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Are you sure? Because he was lifting stuff with his mind, or so he said and I figured that he was so high that I must be hallucinating too," Claudia babbled along before pausing. "Did I say the drug thing out loud?"

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"Um. No," Sookie said slowly, and bit her lip. "I'm not on drugs either. I can read your mind."

Since Claudia seemed to be in the minority, as far as thinking this was abnormal, Sookie was a little bit worried about telling her. But she'd probably find out soon, anyway.

Re: Third period [1/29]

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

No way, Claudia thought.

"No way!" she said aloud. "You can hear everything?"

Not that most of Claudia's thoughts weren't immediately verbalized.

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"Unless I try not to," she admitted. "And it's not like most people's thoughts are coherent sentences. Um, a lot of people think in pictures." She smiled. "Yours are very colorful."

Re: Third period [1/29]

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Claudia smiled back a little nervously. "They are?"

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"I try to stay out of people's heads, don't worry," Sookie reassured her. "But I can't always help it. But you're nice to be around, 'cause you don't really have a lot of, um, secrets?"

She lowered her voice. "I met so many guys back home who were cheating on their wives, or who borrowed their pumps and stockings when they were out of town, and I had to listen to that."

Re: Third period [1/29]

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Oh Lord, ew," Claudia said. "Your poor head!" She frowned as the tiny hamster wheel in her head started turning a thought struck her. "Is that why you don't date? Because high school boys are total pigs?"

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"Imagine if you could hear every time a guy admired your figure," she said, nodding. "Or thought about what he'd like to do. Or criticized you."

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"I'd spend a lot of time slapping guys," Claudia said wisely.

Re: Third period [1/29]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"And that's why I don't date," she said simply, shrugging. "Toby's going to look out for cute boys who think nice thoughts, but I don't know."

Re: Third period [1/29]

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Are there boys who don't think any thoughts?" Claudia asked. "Like...really dumb but pretty?"

Re: Third period [1/29]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"I know one of those at home," she noted, "but what would we talk about?"

Re: Third period [1/29]

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Claudia grinned impishly. "You don't have to talk," she said, "but yeah, I'll admit that it helps."

Re: Third period [1/29]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Well, no, but...." Sookie blushed. "I mean, talking is better than...not talking."

That made sense.

Re: Third period [1/29]

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Than sitting there awkwardly in a restaurant? Definitely," Claudia replied.

Re: Third period [1/29]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Right, that," Sookie said, taking the out. Her issues with not talking and all it entailed didn't only include the telepathy, after all. "I mean, it's got to be awful. I wouldn't know."

Re: Third period [1/29]

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Claudia spun a Twizzler between her fingers. "Do you want to know?" she asked.
"Because the talking and the not talking...it's fun."

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"I'd think it'd be nerve-wracking," she admitted.

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"A little bit," Claudia admitted, "and that's even without knowing what they think of my hair or outfit or my deeply held love of junk food."

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"You always dress so differently, though. If they didn't like it, they shouldn't be on a date with you," Sookie replied, shaking her head.

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"My first date here," and only one, but details, "was during that clothing strike?" Claudia said. "And I didn't have any shirts."

Re: Third period [1/29]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

And now Sookie was blushing all over again. "What did you wear?"

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"A jacket and a lot of double-sided tape," Claudia admitted with a grin, "and an attitude that said 'I totally meant to wear this.' I think the attitude helps the most."

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"I could never go out in something like that. I hid in my room when the laundry was all weird," Sookie admitted shyly.

Re: Third period [1/29]

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"If I'd been able to hear what people thought of my outfit, I might've hidden too," Claudia replied.