Library [07/25]

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Rory opened the library, and positioned herself behind the desk with the fan and a book.

[Apologies on the late posting. Am battling the flu - if responses are slow, it's because I fell asleep.]

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After class, John, feeling a little risky, sneaks into the library. He's carrying a rather large bag. He heads straight back to a section that's hidden from the front desk.

Once hidden, he starts digging things out of his bag. Some books, a small pillow, cereal boxes etc. And he starts building a fort.

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Rory watched John disappear into the back, and, not thinking anything of it, just kept reading.

Silly girl.

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He grabs a few chairs from around the library, always trying to play it cool if he came in sight of the desk before dragging the chairs back like they were precious gold and he was a miner.

Those go up as sort of a fortifying wall. And he's even got a flag. That goes in one of the cereal boxes which, unfortunately, is full and spreads Cheerios on the floor.

Oops.

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Yeah, she heard that, but it was too hot to move.

"Everything okay?" she called.

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Oh no! John seizes and checks to make sure Rory isn't actually coming back. When he's satisfied she isn't, he makes up an excuse.

"Fine, fine. I'm reading..." He picks up the first book he can and reads the title, "...The Fountain!"

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Willow stopped by the library when she had a moment. Seeing Rory at the desk, she looked at her nervously.

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"...okay," Rory replied. "You know you're allowed to check it out, right?"

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Rory glanced up, and upon spotting Willow, suddenly looked very nervous herself. "Hi. Are you feeling better?"

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"Mostly," Willow said. She came over to the counter. "I was able to go to my class yesterday and thus avoid a black mark on my attendance record. Plus the nurse says I'm allowed to be around people without worrying I might kill them accidentally."

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He's taken the time since he answered and her subsequent reply to stack books around his cereal boxes and pillows.

Also, there's a pair of his boxers at the forefront of the fort. THEY ARE CLEAN. They're just there for color.

"Sure sure," he replies distractedly. "In a minute. I'm looking for something else."

Yeah, like the two dictionaries he just came upon. Hello columns of power!

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"Can I help you find anything?" she asked.

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"Good. I'd rather not die accidentally," Rory said, nodding. "Um. At least you missed the craziness on Saturday."

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"Yeah. I heard about that." Willow said. She decided not to say anything else just to see what Rory might say.

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"NO!" John shouts. And then remembering this is a library, he shushes himself.

"No, I'm fine. Done in a minute." Yeah, right. Once he has the fort built high enough off the ground, John reaches into his bag and pulls out a quilt from his room.

He drapes it over the top of the fort and now he's got a ceiling!

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Rory poked at a pencil on the desk.

"Um. Did Peter talk to you?"

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"...is everything okay?" she asked, starting to get up.

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"Last night," Willow said.

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"It didn't mean anything," she blurted out, still looking down. "We were both under a spell. He is so very, very much yours and I have no intention of ever, ever kissing anyone else's boyfriend ever again. Ever. Even under a spell. I have no idea how I'm going to manage that, but I'll find a way."

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"Fiiiiiiiiine," he sing songs, climbing under the quilt. "I'm just really into my reading. Go reading go!"

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"...why do you sound muffled?" Rory asked, heading towards where his voice was coming from.

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"It was just the spell, right?" Willow asked. "Because I've been through about every variation of cheating, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends and really not so much friends that I care to ever go through and I'm really tired of losing people. Which, um, would include being friends with you, by the way."

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"Your ears must be clogged with fluid," John says, rapdily making stuff up. "You should get that checked. I sound fine!"

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Rory looked up and smiled. "No, seriously, it was just the spell. And honestly, not that this probably helps that much, but as far as things that went on that day, it was very tame. Dean and Ivanova had sex, and Anakin and Parker were all over each other. This was one tiny kiss. My...person who I thought I was was still pretty shy, I guess. So yeah. It was just the spell, I promise. No designs on Peter."

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That would be when Rory reached him.

"...what are you doing?"

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John, who is under the quilt, tries to be very quiet in hopes that she'll think he's fled.