Library, Saturday

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Sholeh had been very happy to get a call that morning to ask if she could cover today's library shift. Not for any reason other than because she liked being helpful and enjoyed the library of course. There couldn't BE any other reason for her to want to get out of her room and go somewhere calming and relaxing.

Most certainly not because of any insinuations on radio today. That would be ridiculous! Presposterous! Utterly foolish! And, of course, wholly unnecessary, because she trusted Evan. Even if he was in some girl's room complimenting her flexibility. And offering to "spot" her. He was nice. Compliments and offers to help were just what he did.

See? She was completely unbothered. Totally. Undeniably. Completely.

*Sholeh, are you sure you're all right?*

"I AM FINE!" Sholeh snapped and then stomped away to load up the return cart. With possibly a little more force than necessary.

See? She was great!

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If, say, stomping library aides weren't your cup of tea.

Talk to Sholeh

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Who could probably use a cup of tea.

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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Evan needed... Evan didn't know what he needed today. A book. A book that he hadn't read before, because he was busy flapping his hands every time he remembered the radio broadcast, and was panic a good word for it? He hadn't done anything wrong! He'd just wanted to check up on a classmate that was having problems with maybe-some-powers-or-something and she'd had her feet on her head and they hadn't done anything!

... He didn't expect Sholeh to be in today. Today was supposed to be Cassidy's day, and that was absolutely the wrong redhead to be manning the desk. Still and all, he steeled himself to approach her to say hi!

... And then noticed the look on her face.

And then decided that approaching her a little more warily was the way to go.

"Um... good morning, Sholeh?"

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Oh great. Look. It was the ONE person she didn't want to see today. Well, one of two, if she knew who this 'Kathy' person was.

"Evan," she said, very pleasantly. Overly pleasantly, perhaps. She even gave him a smile. Her smiles, it should be noted, always had clenched teeth. That was totally normal. "Enjoying your morning?"

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... Oh. Yeah. That was the sort of smile that a tiger might use before deciding that your face looked delicious. Evan wasn't a fan of that smile.

"It's been mostly okay, I guess. Radio this morning said something weird and completely inaccurate, though, so I've been kind of wondering what was up with that."

Because really, there were only so many reasons Sholeh would look like a homicidal jungle cat at him, too. Right?

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"Oh?" Sholeh asked, her shoulders still tight with tension. "Well, you know radio. It's reported by drunk squirrels. It can hardly be expected to be accurate."

It wasn't like she believed what had been said for any reason.

She was still angrily stacking books, though. For, uhh, no reason.

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"Actually, it's reported mostly by students who are trying to decipher tiny notes that were written by drunk squirrels," Evan replied, sighing. "I did broadcasts for a whole semester once, remember?"

He was sure he'd reported on some inaccuracies in the past, himself. Now he was feeling really, really bad about any lives he might have ruined in the process.

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"Mmm," Sholeh agreed, noncommittally. Another book got placed on the cart with a thunk.

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"... You believe them? You're mad at me?"

It sounded bad, he had to admit. He couldn't deny that he'd gone up to Kathy's room, or complimented how good she was at gymnastics or even that he'd offered to be her spotter. But they hadn't done anything. That thought hadn't even crossed his mind.

"Sholeh, would you at least talk to me, please? I went to check up on a person I barely even know that I've been worried about. I stayed in the doorway the whole time."

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"Of course I don't believe them!" Sholeh shouted, then winced the way the library seemed to pick up the echo. "I know you didn't do anything! I know you wouldn't do anything! I don't even know why I'm mad! Or jealous! Or whatever!"

She just knew she wasn't some gorgeously alluring girl (because Sholeh had no illusions about how pretty the other students were) who could fold herself into a pretzel while talking to a cute boy about being flexible. She was just quiet, bookish, freckled Sholeh, more rabbit that person sometimes.

And even if Evan assured her again that she was exactly the way he wanted her, that didn't mean she still wouldn't feel the keen sting of comparison.

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"But... there's nothing to be jealous of." Evan had winced a bit at the yelling, even found himself taking a step backwards. "She's just a girl who was watching Mister What in the common room one night and she's really out of place in one of the classes I'm in and I wanted to make sure she was doing okay."

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"I know that," Sholeh said, shoulders drooping now as Evan stepped away from her. "Well, I mean, I didn't know all of that, but, I mean..."

She didn't know what she meant. Or why there was a big ball of emotion in her throat that now wanted to make her cry.

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Uncle Clus-- Fantomex had never warned Evan that girls were going to be like this. It might've been useful if he had.

"What do you mean, Sholeh?"

Because he seriously had no idea what was going on, anymore.

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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Yeul did not have tea, but she did have hot chocolate to share, which was almost the same thing.

(Although not really.)

"Hello...," Yeul trailed off as she watched Sholeh. "Are you alright, Sholeh?"

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Because hot chocolate was better than tea. By a factor of a millionty.

"Just fine," Sholeh groused. "Just dandy and peachy-keen."

She was none of those things, Yeul. Don't be fooled by her excellent acting skills.

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Luckily, Yeul was far too experienced for that to fool her.

Try again in a couple thousand years, Sholeh.

"Oh, Sholeh..." Yeul said, wandering further into the library and wondering what to continue with. Yeul held out one of the hot chocolates. "I brought you a drink."

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That got through her cloud of grumpiness. Sholeh looked up at Yeul, then at the proffered chocolate, and then back to Yeul again. Some of the sulkiness left her face, replaced with chagrin. "You did? Thanks. I guess I could use it."

You thought?

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Yeul smiled slightly.

"I thought it would be nice," she said lightly. "It's a rather cool day outside."

Nevermind that they were inside now. Shhh.

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But they'd had to go outside to get inside! And had gotten cold from that, surely.

"It is nice," Sholeh assured her. "And really thoughtful. Thanks, Yeul. But--oh. Were you coming to visit Cassidy? I know this is usually her shift."

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"I was not visiting anyone in particular," Yeul admitted cheerfully. "I simply thought that I would get two drinks and then visit, and whomever I found would perhaps be convinced to take the second drink off my hands."

She hoped it didn't hurt Sholeh's feelings that the hot chocolate had not specifically been for her originally, though there was no one else she'd give it to now.

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Not at all! Sholeh was glad she was not stealing someone else's hot chocolate! She was a little touchy on the subject of people taking things that were supposed to be for someone else.

...No reason.

"You're so thoughtful," she said, taking her first sip of cocoa. "I don't think I've ever just randomly bought an extra cocoa or something to share with the first person I met."

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"I do not do it all the time," Yeul replied easily. "But when I think of it, it rarely seems like a bad idea. Most people are pleasantly inclined towards a free drink, and it is a good way to talk to someone you have not met. Or even those you have."

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"I should start doing that more," Sholeh decided. "Trying to get out and talk to people. That's something else I don't think about often."

She had a few good friends, her sisters, and books. That was enough to make her happy most days.

Days that didn't include vile insinuations on the radio that she didn't even believe in anyway.

Talk to the Librarian

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...Does he even like tea?

OOC

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*cackles*