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Library (12/20/05)

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)

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Parker smiled and swallowed the caviar she'd been eating. "Hey, Gavin. What have you got there?"

"Gifts!" Jake called back, using his pencil to pull another bracelet from the pile. "Got a bracelet for you, if you want it."

"Turn down jewelry? Are you nuts?" Parker grinned when she picked it up. "Tiny books! Thank you!"

Jake grinned back. "You're welcome. I got one for each of you. And... stuff," he added vaguely, going back to his sketch (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/000q5ke2/g30).

"What are you working on?" Parker asked, admiring the bracelet as she snapped it on her wrist.

Jake shrugged. "Nothing really. Santa girls. Waiting for dad to call, so..."

"Ah," she says, having been in that place herself. Leaning over, she admired the sketch. "Pretty. I like the floating hair. Are you going home for the break, or staying here?"

"Going home, hopefully. That's what I'm waiting to find out," Jake explained. "I mean, if there's been a crisis now, I'm not going to bother, but if not, I'm going. Can't do much about crisis happening once I'm home, but I'd like to avoid it if I can. ...It's just dull and nobody tells me things anyhow."

Parker nods. "Work crisis?" she guesses. "My dad's cancelled a few things for those."

Jake nodded back. "It's happened before. Dad likes to keep me out of the way." He pouted a little. "Although I could totally help, if he let me."

"My dad expects me to read the annual reports and summarize them. Talk about boring." Parker made a face. "Although it does mean I can keep up with the cocktail party chit-chat with the executives. And when I go to work there, I'll be prepared. What's your dad's company do, anyway? And how did you want to help?"

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*pops out from under the Collections Desk, creme fraiche on the corner of her mouth*

Did I hear gifts?

Jake grinned. "You did. I have a bracelet and a drawing (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/000fy05a/g30) for you. I'm not so good without models, but I hope you like anyhow." He pointed at it with his pencil.

Oh, this is swerval! Thanks, Jake! *admires drawing* It's very fierce, innit?

"You're welcome," Jake beamed. "And you're a library wench. Library wenches are fierce. Pretend the dude in armour tried to take off with a Special Collections book without proper forms."

*giggles* That makes sense. Thanks! I'll put this on my wall!

"Presents?" Rory asked, tilting her head and walking over. "But you already got me prezzies, Jakey."

"I did," Jake agreed. "But not the bracelet of bookness. So you'll get it now." He pushed one of the remaining bracelets towards her with his pencil.

"They're books!" Rory said happily, slipping the bracelet on. "Thanks, Jakey! You didn't have to do this!"

Jake grinned. "But they're bracelets! With books! Really, how could I resist?"

"You brought gifts?" Angela asks, pausing with a forkful of cheesecake on its way to her mouth. "Anything for me?"

Jake nodded. "Yup. Bracelet and a sweater (http://pics.livejournal.com/courier_gavin/pic/000p3k32/g57). Come get."

Angela puts down her plate and takes the presents. "Oh, a book bracelet! That's awesome."

She laughs when she reads the sweatshirt. "This is really cute," she says. "It's a total lie -- the hair comes out of a box -- but whatever. I still count as a redhead, right?"

"You totally do," Jake grinned. "At least to me, and I'm the gift-giver, so what I say goes."

"That totally makes sense," Angela says, reaching over to give Jake a quick hug. "Thank you."

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