Multicultural Fair! [The Gym - After Classes]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

The benefit of doing something like this for the second time meant that Joan and Turtle had a much easier time of setting things up since they knew what worked and what didn't.

Turtle had, once again, provided decorations from Turtle & Canary. There was the requisite refreshment table, though it was primarily there to provide beverages, since most of the booths featured culturally appropriate food.

After set up was complete, Joan and Turtle sat down to catch up while they waited for the fair to begin.


[wait for the ocd or Turtle will kick you in the shin OCD up! No shins were harmed in the making of this post!]

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Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Work was done, the sorority was later, and she was very fond of cultures, so Valentine made some time to swing by the gym, nibbling on a cookie was she drifted around with interest.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat grinned at her. "Who's giving out cookies?" he asked.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine finished chewing and swallowing before giving a faint grin back.

"Awww," she said. "You just missed them. This is the last one."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat pouted prettily. "I'm absolutely distraught," he replied. "I come from a place where we only eat cookies, you see."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine arched an eyebrow, and took a second to look the guy up and down.

"And what do they put in those cookies? Because there's no way you could exist on a diet of only these cookies and not look like Dukes."

Pause.

"He's the very, very massive phsy ed teacher, in case you were wondering. Can't miss him."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"Oh, the usual," Mat lied easily. "Carrots, spinach, mutton. I also exercise frequently."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"I think," Valentine said with a grin, "you'll be very surprised by these cookies, then." She held out her uneaten one for him to take. "I'll even sacrifice the last one just so you can have the experience."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"How can I ever repay you for this great gift?" Mat asked, taking the cookie.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Please," Valentine held out a hand. "Consider it charity."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat leaned forward to kiss the hand anyway. "You're all heart," he replied. "Would I also be privileged enough to hear a name to go with such greatness?"

He was laying it on thick and thoroughly enjoying it.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Well. That was not at all what Valentine intended when she put out her hand, and she had to admit, it caused her to blink a moment in a very rare moment of genuine surprise that actually surfaced.

"Valentine," she said, her voice dripping with the irony involved in following up 'all heart' with that. "Valentine Wiggin. What's yours?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"Mat Cauthon," he said, grinning. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Valentine. You have beautiful eyes to go with your cookie generosity."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"And you," Valentine said with a small laugh, "have a lot of consistency in your bullshit, don't you? I admire that in a man."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

He laughed. "You don't believe that I find your eyes beautiful?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"It's not that," Valentine said, laughing a little herself. "It's just that I'd believe you might have been able to come up with a better line than that."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"I prefer to wait and see if I can get by without having to work very hard first," Mat said, winking.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"If that's the case," Valentine said, and twirled a finger in the air, "you might as well turn right around and seek your easier pastures elsewhere."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"And you're sure this isn't just a chance to see how well my breeches fit," he teased.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Well," Valentine said, "not anymore, I'm not."

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"You're missing out on quite a treat," he wheedled.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"You do seem like the sort of person who wouldn't mind proving another person wrong, though," Valentine offered back.

Re: Arrive and Mingle -- 09/09.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat laughed. "Not at all."