Room 527, Sunday night

[solo_sword]

To be completely honest, Jaina wasn't sure why she was here. Today had been entirely messed up, and suddenly she was agreeing to meet her twenty-years-older apparent ex at his "old" room. She really did want to talk, to find out what was new and how he was, and also because anything else they usually got up to might be considered a felony here at the moment.

Taking a breath, she knocked on the door.

[For the room's owner!]

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like you," he agreed, thinking it was better than the alternatives. "Or at least the you I knew."

[solo_sword]

She really didn't want to get maudlin, so she tried to shake it off before it started. "So, yeah, sorry for not telling you sooner."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, about that," he said. "I know it's probably unnecessary, but you won't tell, you know, me anything about me, right?"

[solo_sword]

She shook her head. "It wouldn't be fair to. Timelines and all," she said. "And it's Fandom. I might be the one in the wrong time."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Well, given you and the state of this room, I'm betting it's me," he was sorry to admit. It made him suddenly wonder where the younger him had gotten to.

[solo_sword]

"Then you lucked out. Everyone wants to be a teenager again," she said, trying for light.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"One thing's for sure, I feel like a teenager again," he smiled, shaking his head at himself. "Just don't make me do homework."

[solo_sword]

"Did I ever make you do homework?" she asked with a tiny smile.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I take it back," he laughed. "Doing homework with you was one of my favorite parts of high school."

[solo_sword]

"Okay," she said, smile widening at that reaction. "I am going to ask one thing about the future that I really do want to know."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Shoot," he said, curious about what she wanted to know.

[solo_sword]

"Did we ever finish a movie?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John cracked up. "That is a really good question."

[solo_sword]

"Well...?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I can't tell you that!"

[solo_sword]

"Yes, you can!" she laughed. "Let's face it, telling me is a timesaver."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"If I say no and you stopped agreeing to watch movies with younger me, I would be doing him a disservice," John reasoned. "And if I said yes, you'd be wondering which movie and how in the hell we managed it and it would ruin the fun of the watching."

[solo_sword]

"All I'm asking is for a simple yes or no. No strings attached to the question, but now that I've asked, it will drive me insane wondering, and younger you will have to put up with it."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Fine! I wouldn't wish an insane you on any version of me," he teased. "Yes."

[solo_sword]

That was surprising. She hadn't actually expected the answer to be yes.

And because she was still seventeen and kind of a brat, she smiled and teased, "Which movie?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

He shook his head, "Not telling." Stubborn teenage self still very evident in the nearly-forty-year-old's attitude.

[solo_sword]

"I didn't actually expect you to," she said. "I am very proud of us for that, though."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It was really impressive," he agreed. "Something for you to look forward to." He was obviously teasing, since there would have to be special circumstances involved for the two of them to ever make it through an entire movie.

[solo_sword]

To be completely honest, if he'd said no, the movie night guise really probably would have been over. "I don't know how I'll stand the anticipation," she said, very seriously.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Your best bet would be to constantly choose movies that I-he would hate," he said, trying not to smile.