Jung (Thursday, 03/23/2006, 7th Period)

[romanywitch]

There is a sign-in sheet on the desk and a sign that reads "Please sign in and spend the hour quietly studying."


OOC: OMG, ate something bad. Not even attempting anything today.

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[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel signed in. He'd been kinda hoping to avoid talking to Jenny today, so this worked out well for him.

[ooc: Feel better!]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin smiled at Angel, the gesture pulling at the scar healing on his cheek, when he came into the classroom.

He read the note, signed in on the sheet and sat down.

"Heard you had a tough month," he said quietly.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Something like that," Angel admitted. He nodded to Anakin's cheek. "You?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin reached up to touch the scar. "I've had better trips home," he said. "Had to take care of something that made study group look easy."

He shrugged. "I wasn't quite as fast as I needed to be. Turns out getting shot hurts. Could've lived without learning that."

He leaned a little closer to Angel. "You're doing okay, though? Rory didn't give me a lot in the way of details about what happened."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Been shot," Angel said, sympathetically. "Kinda no fun. And... yeah. Got poisoned. Darla. Nearly died. Actually this is my first time back to this class since then. Happened right before Spring Break."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin bit his lower lip. "Sorry to hear that," he said. "Nearly dying--" his eyes stared off into the distance. "Yeah. Not good." He shook his head. "Not that it was that bad at home. Um. For me, anyway."

He studied the top of his desk. Fascinating thing, desks. "Obi-Wan gave us a scare, though. Kind of why I took off out of here without much warning."

He tried to smile. "And welcome back to class. This place wouldn't be the same without you."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel gave a small smile. "Same here. So you and Rory..."

The nice thing about being known for stoicism is that you could cover a lot of ground without saying anything.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

The color drained out of Anakin's face. "...are really good friends?" he tried, looking around the classroom somewhat spastically.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel facepalmed. "I was going for 'Enjoyed seeing each other again' but yours works too."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin tried to recover. "Yeah. That's totally what I meant."

"Smooth" and "Anakin" being not at all acquainted with each other, it wasn't the most convincing reply ever.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Well not like Angel could judge on that area. Because Lord knows he was the king of smooth.

On the other hand...

"You know," he said, doodling perhaps far too casually in his notebook, "Rory and I had a great conversation while I was sick."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Did you?" Anakin asked, his cheeks going a little pink. "About coffee? Or books or something?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Nope," Angel said. Doodle, doodle, doodle. "'bout her and me. Did you know she thinks of me like a big brother?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I didn't," Anakin said, finding it a bit hard to breathe all of the sudden. "Bit of a change from a few months ago, huh?"

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel chuckled. "Yep. Tell me about it. Rory of all people, sitting by my deathbed and telling me she cared about me like a brother. That makes an impression on a guy."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin lips curved into a soft smile. "She's pretty amazing," he said.

He coughed. "Not that you don't deserve it or something, I mean. Um." He blushed. "I'm going to stop talking now."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"She really is." Angel smiled. He reached over to put a friendly hand on Anakin's shoulder. "Which is why, as the guy she wants for a big brother, if she was ever unhappy... well heck I don't know want I'd do. But you're on the same page with me, right? Because you're such good friends."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Jedi don't say "eep." And even if they did, Anakin would certainly never say "eep."

So what came out of his mouth might've sounded "eep"-like, but it wasn't.

"I'm right there with you," he said, trying to sound normal. "I'd hate for anything or anyone to make her unhappy. Yes."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Cool," Angel grinned at him and let go.

He went back to his doodling as though nothing had happened. "So how the hell did you avoid Logan when you needed to?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin frowned. "I'm very, very sneaky. Enhanced senses are useful," he said. "Helped me avoid common rooms or hallways where he might be walking." He shrugged. "Classes you can't really do anything about, unfortunately."

He raised an eyebrow. "What'd he do now? Is this part of the whole he-messed-with-magic-and-now-Rory's-arms-come-off thing?"

[OOC: *kicks bad posting-fu*]

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel looked sheepish. "More a makes me feel all vampy inside kind of a thing. Except not so much the inside part."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"A potential 'welcome back, Angelus' kind of thing?" he said, lowering his voice and glancing around the room.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel met eyes with him for a second and gave a brief nod.

"Maybe. I dunno. Little freaked here."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Understandable," Anakin said. "Avoiding the problem is good, then. I'm a big fan of avoiding." He glanced at Rory, then back at Angel, face serious. "So far, just the one person being the trigger?"

He paused. "Oh, and, um, not sure you'd be interested, but I have some meditation techniques for, you know, keeping the darkness away."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel looked up. "Actually I'd be very interested. Don't suppose you're free tonight?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I need to make an appearance at Jaye's party, but other than that, I've got nothing going on."

He smiled. "I actually needed to meditate anyway. Helps with the healing process. I was going to spend a few hours after this class was over up in my room if you want to stop by."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Love to," Angel said. "Though - uh - invite. I get if you don't want to give me one."

[ooc: leaving work soon, will be back on ASAP once I do]

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin smiled. "I trust you," he said. "Come on over (http://emo-padawan.livejournal.com/25380.html)."

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel smiled back. "Thanks."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory signed in and took her usual seat, absorbing herself fully in her studies.

So fully, in fact, that she didn't even notice two of her favorite guys having a rather intense conversation.

[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

Broots signed in and wondered why there were more people in class than usual. And then he wondered if he was in the wrong class. And then he wondered about dinner.