Library (12/20/05)

[janet_fraiser]

Janet ran towards the library. She'd overslept, and it looked like no one else had gotten it open yet. She flipped on the lights, unloaded the food from last night's shopping trip with Parker, made sure that no one but library staff could get to the food, and sat down to start eating while she finished up her Classics project.


Assortment of four French cheeses - Epoisses, Buche Chevre,
Chaource and Gruyere de Comte
4 pounds of Jumbo Shrimp with cocktail sauce
Mousse of Goose Liver pate', with black truffle mushrooms mixed in
Maine Lobster tails, with garlic butter
Russian Beluga, Sevruga, and Osetra caviar, with mini blinis and
creme fraiche
Blinis with raspberry preserves
French bread
Grapes
Pears
Granny Smith and Tulip apples
Belgian Chocolate truffles
Chocolate Marble Cheesecake
Maple Walnut fudge
Wine and champagne (hidden)

Comments

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good, Wrench Carter. Just finished my Spanish final. I am free as a bird!" Parker twirled, then grinned. "How are you this morning? We missed you at the, uh, celebration of end-of-term in my room."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Congratulations. I have a final project due tomorrow, then I have to show my work to The Doctor, and then I'm done."

"Yeah, I was sorry not to be there," Sam smiled, "but I had an eight a.m. practical final for Shop that I had to be mostly alert for. Did everyone make it?" She put a slight emphasis on the word, trusting that Parker would catch her meaning.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker nodded reassuringly. "Everyone. Lee and 6 crashed in my room, and the rest wandered home after many many shots and many games on my new toy." She shook her head. "Sorry you still have a final project left. What did you make?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like fun. I'm sorry I missed it." And she was. She cursed the Carter gene or training that made her so responsible, recent stint as a lockpicker notwithstanding. "The project's a short report and visual aid on Cyclopean Masonry. I focused on the Acropolis at Mycenae. The other stuff is just some equations and formulae I have to show The Doctor to get credit for my Independent Study in Quantum Physics."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Cyclopean Masonry? That sounds more like Shop, and less like Quantum Physics," Parker said, scooping up some caviar with a little toasty slice. "And what's your Independent Study on?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam blinked. "Sorry, Parker. Low sleep levels. I'm doing the masonry project for Classics class."

"The Independent Study's on wormholes. John, Janet and I have been working together on some equations for Professor Eppes, but I'm trying to apply those equations and figure out how to create them for The Doctor."

She wrinkled her nose at the caviar, unsure why anyone would want to eat fish eggs.

"I strapped a frozen turkey to some metal shelves with duct tape to get myself out of a walk-in freezer for shop class, though. Most fun I've ever had doing a final, I think."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Wormholes. Hunh. Better you than me, although I'm sure the end result is interesting. The math would be a challenge to stay focused on, though. Not my favorite thing. But the Shop final sound like fun. Heh. How did strapping a turkey to the wall get you out of the freezer?"

Parker grabbed up a shrimp and popped in in her mouth, chewed, then added, "And by the way, you're one of the last couple people I haven't given my presents to yet. Grab me sometime tonight so I can get them to you."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I disassembled some metal shelves, then taped them to the turkey and used the whole shebang as a battering ram. Shattered the lock," she said, simply.

Sam took a deep breath and prepared to expound on the glory that was wormhole physics, then remembered to whom she was speaking. "Yeah, the end result is great."

"I'll have to hook up with you later," Sam said, "since I've still got yours, too. Didn't seem prudent to show up with them yesterday."

She grinned at Parker. It looked like they were going to get away with it, and it had been a lot of fun. Maybe breaking the rules occasionally wasn't so bad.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker smirked gleefully. "I'm so glad I dared Drake. Guy's usually a stick-in-the-mud, but get him on authority, and he looooves to mess with them. Not that we did anything untoward," Parker added sweetly. "Maybe we can run a 'team exercise' again, sometime. Although I'd like to know what the new principal is like, before attempting it."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I had fun, except for that last part," Sam winked. "And I could always use more practice. Not that we did anything that would require me to use skills that may have gotten a bit, er, rusty."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Of course not. Just good old bonding, and sharing, and... yeah. Last part?" Parker frowned, then smirked. "Ohhhh. That. Heh."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Shut up, Parker. One word and the shoes get it." Sam's tone should have conveyed that she was mostly kidding. Still, she didn't want anyone mentioning anything to Jack until she was around to do damage control.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker shrugged in amusement, and said, "Hey, line of duty, right? You took one for the team. Far be it from me to tease, I wouldn't have wanted to be facing the choice between either Bristow or 6 myself."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Yep, team player, that's me." She made a face. "And it was definitely a spur of the moment plan. Not one of my best, even if it was ultimately successful."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Hey, no detention. That *has* to be better than having to kiss 6." Parker looked curious. "Was he a sloppy kisser, or just way uptight? He sounded like he was going to bust something when he was talking over the radio. And how the hell did you guys, ahem, precipitate that situation _{with the alarms?} anyway?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Only Parker asked these questions. Sam sighed. "It wasn't horrible. It's just...he's pretty much a complete stranger, and he's got Wednesday and I've got Jack. I've never kissed anyone where at least one of us didn't want to be involved before. It was very odd."

She leaned forward and lowered her voice, "I don't know what tripped it. I was getting down from reaching up to Callisto, and the next thing I knew, the door slammed shut and the alarm was going off."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker frowned. "Okay, that does sound weird. I forgot he has a girlfriend, or had one, since she's not around any more. I suppose if you were actors, it'd be different, but...."

"Hmmm." Parker leaned forward to, motioning with her hands. _{"So, you were just stepping down, and they went off? Was Callisto leaning so far out there was cleavage, or what?"}

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Sam said, nodding emphatically. "Six had given me a boost, so I could reach up to Callisto, because of the high ceilings. Then I lost my balance and almost fell. I didn't notice any cleavage. Of course, I wasn't really looking, either."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker looked thoughtful, then picked up a pencil and a cup, and did some balancing back and forth. Her eyes widened. _{"Uh, did you fall against him when you were on your way back down?"}

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Fall? Er, no. I kind of grabbed on for a minute with my feet, but I'm sure..." She trailed off, remembering the age and gender of the other half of that partnership. "Oops."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

_{"Note to self: next foray to the lounge, use same-sex teams to avoid hormone detector problems,"} Parker agreed. "Ah, well. The teamwork was a success anyway. I haven't seen the others yet today, although Lee's over there, looking peaked. Earth booze is a funny look on him."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I think that depends on the same-sex team in question, Parker," Sam said, also spotting Lee. "Poor guy. I think he's been having a rough couple of days, with Kara being out of commission."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker couldn't help giggling at that comment. _{"Too true."} She looked over at him. "Yeah, I picked up a few things in New York for him to give her, but she's been hiding out so much, I don't know if he's had the chance to give them. I might track her down before Thursday just to be sure she gets them. Is Liz still studying like a crazy woman? She's one of the other people I haven't gotten presents to, as well."