Room 313, Sunday afternoon

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After yesterday's trip into the common room, Jaina decided maybe she'd stick to her own room today, at least until she knew this current bout of Fandom weirdness was over. She could only deal with so much patheticness in one weekend and she was pretty sure she'd filled her quota of being yelled at, cried at and accused of liking other boys better.

So until then she was going to keep working on her homework. With the door closed.

[It's still knockable, though.]

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After practice, John was heading back to his room, but something, specifically shame, told him he should make a stop on the third floor on his way.

He drummed his fingers lightly on the door, knowing full well if she was there, she'd already know who it was.

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Jaina sat up a little more on her bed, pausing just long enough to assure herself that he wasn't going to cry at her or anything. "Hi, John," she called, assuming he'd let himself in.

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He entered and shut the door behind him. "How's your day going?" he asked, completely pretending nothing abnormal had happened.

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"You know. Calm so far," she said, tossing the notebook she'd been working in aside. Raising an eyebrow, she asked, "Yours?"

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"It's been good," he said, taking a seat at the foot of her bed. "Took a run, went to practice."

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"Did you ever get a hold of a stuffed animal?" she said easily.

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"No," he said. "And don't think your refusal to cuddle with me will be forgotten."

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"Uncle Luke was right there and crying about how he was going to die alone," she reminded him. "I think that counts as extenuating circumstances."

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"Maybe it's better to forget any of it happened," he offered, not particularly fond of the memory of sobbing guys and lap dances. "I can be forgiving."

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"Thank you," she said. "But I'm not sure forgetting's so easy. What was with everyone yesterday?"

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"I have no idea," he admitted, shaking his head. "But I sure didn't feel like myself."

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"Didn't sound like yourself either," she admitted.

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"Sorry?" he offered, making a rather pathetic face.

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"You didn't really mean any of that, did you?" she wondered. Because if so, some things needed to be cleared up and it was better to do that now.

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"I'm trying really hard to repress anything strange I might've said, so unless it was about killing Gavin, I'm pretty sure I didn't mean it," John told her.

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'Pretty sure' wasn't what she was looking for, and something just wouldn't let her drop it at that. "Good. Because you know you've got no one to be jealous of when it comes to me, right?"

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"Of course," he agreed. "And yesterday, well, I really don't know why I would even think that way."

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"Subconscious desire to freak me out?" she teased, relieved to hear that.

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"Always," he replied. "Why else would I do half the things I do here?"

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"Good point," she said with a little smile. "So what'd Gavin do that wanting to kill him is what you're not repressing?"

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"My telling you is going to depend on whether it made radio or not," John teased. "So you tell me what you know and maybe I can fill in some details."

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Radio hadn't been that detailed, but now she really wanted to know. "It started out saying you bitched at each other. I think that was a direct quote," she said.

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"Hmm," John considered if there was any way he could tell her any part without looking like a huge idiot. "Let's just say he was insulting and I socked him for it."

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Jaina's eyes widened. "You hit him? Last I saw no one was moving from their spots. What did he say?"

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"Um, something really horrific that I wouldn't want to repeat," John replied. "But it's all good now, I'm sure." Assuming Gavin was willing to play the repression game along with John.