Room 527, Friday after the dance

[solo_sword]

There was something a little sad about this being their last prom with both of them as students, but Jaina told herself it wasn't like it was going to be their last dance ever or anything, and just like that, she felt better about it. And going back to John's room after wasn't exactly shocking, though she was definitely curious about the why.

"So what did you want to give me?" she wondered.


[For the boooooy and look I get to use my Leiay icon again! *happies*]

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"Something," he hedged, pulling off his tie because he didn't like it. "And you're not allowed to complain about size or cost."

[solo_sword]

And her heels were coming off. She was happy to be taller for things like dancing, but no. Time for them to go away. "Oh really. Does that mean I passed up my chance for 'no, you shouldn't have'?"

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"Hmm," he considered this, getting more comfortable with a few less buttons and no shoes. "You can say it, but yes, I really should have and I should have long ago."

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"Why does this sound like you're leading into something?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

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"Well, it's something I probably should've done before Prom, but I was worried we might not make it there if we were in the room too long," he admitted.

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"Good point," she admitted. "We have a sort of track record."

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"Yes, and as much as I like our track record, I didn't want us to miss our last school dance," he said, moving over to take her hands. "Sit with me?"

[solo_sword]

"Sure," she said slowly, thinking that so far this wasn't like most present-givings they'd had.

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He pulled her toward the bed, his hand sneaking under a pillow for something when he sat. "Have I mentioned how much I like you in that dress?"

[solo_sword]

She took a seat, not sure where the subject change came from. "I think it was implied," she told him.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It shouldn't go as implied," he decided. "Even if I think you'd look amazing in anything, doing anything, but that's not the point here."

[solo_sword]

For some reason his compliments never got old. "So what is the point?" she asked curiously.

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"That I love you," he started, his focus on her hands much like a few days earlier. "And we've been through a lot together."

[solo_sword]

Why was she feeling nervous all of a sudden? "We really have," she said, still wondering where this was going.

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A small velvet box sat in the palm of his hand. "And this is sort of a custom on Earth. Admittedly, I don't know much about how these things work for you, but I'm willing to learn given the chance."

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Jaina took one look at the box in his hand, and very eloquently said, "Um."

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"Um what?" John asked, mildly concerned.

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She nodded toward the box. "I was just waiting to hear what came next." Those nerves seemed to have multiplied, funny that.

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John smiled, knowing what she was thinking and wondering for a moment if he shouldn't swap out boxes.

"Well, I'm not all that eloquent so I'll just say that you deserve all the shiny things I can offer." He popped the box open.

[solo_sword]

When Jaina saw the earrings, she let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding. "They're beautiful," she said, maybe still sounding a little surprised.

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John grinned, glad she seemed to approve of his taste. "Hold on, there's more," he promised, hand sliding back under the pillow for a longer velvet box.

[solo_sword]

Much more comfortable now. "You really didn't have to do this," she said when she saw the necklace, fingering it lightly.

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"I did this a few weeks back," he said. "In honor of your promotion." And compliments of Chuck Bass and Sam Winchester making out in detention.

[solo_sword]

"You actually bought me shiny," she said, smiling. "Thank you." She still thought he didn't have to, but she did appreciate the gesture.

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"You're welcome. You know," he smirked just slightly. "You looked a little scared before I opened it."

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She raised an eyebrow. "You have to know what it looked like," she said, not denying it.

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John shook his head. "I was sitting next to you. Also, that wasn't a ring."

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"I didn't know that," she pointed out. "And does how you're sitting really matter?"

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"It does on my planet," he shrugged. "How do people propose in your galaxy?"

[solo_sword]

"They ask," she said simply. Her family at least didn't do things conventionally.

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"Is there jewelry involved?" John wondered, not like he was making plans, just curious.

[solo_sword]

"There can be," she made stuff up said. "It depends on where you are and the customs there, and the situation. You ask in the middle of a firefight or something, you're not going to have a ring on you. Probably."

Jaina lived a weird life by most people's standards.

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"You might, if you were waiting for the right moment," John pointed out.

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"And that would be the right moment?" she asked, one corner of her mouth turning up.

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"If it had been, I would have asked," he pointed out.

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...Huh. The thought didn't scare her at all when she didn't think he was doing it now. "Really."

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"Wait, that's not what I meant," he said, trying to backtrack. "I'm not sitting around waiting for the right moment."

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"Good. I imagine it'd be easy to get bored that way," she said lightly. "So what did you mean?"

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"There are things that make it right," he shrugged. "I don't have those things yet."

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Consider her curious. "What kinds of things?"

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"Like a job or a place to live that's not a dorm room," he suggested. "And..." No, he wouldn't say it. "Yeah, that's it."

[solo_sword]

She was curious about that 'and'. "Both things would definitely make things less difficult, yes..." she agreed. And there wasn't a lot on that little checklist, either, but that wasn't saying that getting settled couldn't take some time.

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The 'and' was the big part. "But none of that is anything to even be thinking about now," he reminded her.

"I'm about to start four more years of school and you're a lieutenant colonel in a galaxy far, far away. Obviously we should be getting undressed." His voice was teasing to distract from his words.

[solo_sword]

The undressing could wait a bit. "Hold on. Does that mean you decided what you're doing?" she wondered.

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"No," he sighed. "I'm just being testing the waters of realism."

[solo_sword]

She brought her hand up to his face, not for the first time being glad that she'd always known what she was ultimately going to do. "Now's when you go realistic on me?" she asked with a small smile.

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"Would you prefer something else?" John wondered.

[solo_sword]

"Undressing," she replied.

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"You don't have to tell me twice," he grinned.