Library (12/14/05)

[janet_fraiser]

After Classics--and a quick trip to visit Daniel--Janet opened up the library, dropped her backpack in a corner, and started finding excuses not to work.

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[janet_fraiser]

"I hadn't been hinting," said Janet. "Ususally if I want something, I'll tell somebody."

She was going to ignore that wink. She was very, very good at ignoring those kinds of signals. She'd practiced it often enough back in Colorado. Denial. Denial was a very good place to be.

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Angel's smile grew more intimate. "And what do you want, Janet?"

[janet_fraiser]

Janet's eyes widened. "Peace on Earth and goodwill towards men?" she suggested quickly. And not in panicked way at all. Really. "Don't you think that would be nice?"

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"True," Angel agreed. "Though a fur coat's probably more accessible."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet choked on the coffee she'd been sipping on. "High school and fur don't mix?" she tried. She grabbed some books and came around to the front of the desk. She could go shelve books. "Maybe just a card? A book? I like books. I have a lot of books. Biology's a nice subject. Chemistry?"

If she sent out enough geek vibes, he'd calm down, right? Something had to work here, and being oblivious was apparently not enough.

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"Chemistry sounds fascinating," Angel said. "I feel like I don't spend enough time thinking about that subject."

[janet_fraiser]

"Oh?" asked Janet. "I think there's a class on it. That they're offering again. Next term?" She started talking a mile a minute. Why had she come out from behind the Collections Desk again? "Chemistry's fascinating. There are all kinds of new discoveries. For example, did you know that they're studying the uses that pheromones--"

Janet stopped, blushed, and took a step to the side. Unfortunately, she caught her foot on a hole in the carpeting and dropped all her books. Crap.

"Like perfume." She bent down to pick up the stack of books. "Or, um--" She blushed again, and tried not to think about some of the more speculative scientific papers she'd read on the subject.

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Angel bent down to help her pick up the dropped books. "I get that. You know vampires have a better sense of smell than humans do. The right perfume, the right mood... it gets to us." He handed a book over to her. "In a good way."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet took the book Angel handed over and froze. "Idon'twearperfume," she said. "Um. I have allergies. To pollen. And artificial scents. And just about everything, actually."

She gulped. "Oh. Really?"

She'd tried obliviousness. She'd tried denial. She'd even tried playing the geek card. Oh, God. Sometimes it was hell being small, mostly innocent-looking, and cute.

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"Really," Angel smiled. "But that's okay. Natural's nice too."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet's jaw dropped, and then she recovered. Mostly. "Um." She shut her mouth, then opened it again to say something else. "You do realize I have a boyfriend, right?"

She really, really hated using that one, even if it wasn't a lie. Especially given the fact that she was dating a teacher.

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"Huh?" Angel blinked in confusion. "Weren't we talking about books?"

[janet_fraiser]

Janet rolled her eyes, grabbed the rest of her books, and stalked off in a quick wrap-up that she forgot to post last night, muttering something about hating the entire y-chromosome dependent half of the human species right now.