Office hours- Monday

[solo_sword]

Jaina would have never figured that her first real office would be the one she had as a teacher at Fandom High. Nothing about it made any sense to her. Yet here she was.

She figured no one would be coming in on a holiday, so she wasn't too hard on herself for coming in later than planned when her training ran long. (Trust her, there were reasons for training to run long this morning.) Leaving the door open, she sat behind the desk, trying to get everything set up the way she wanted it.

You don't want to know how long it took her to get her chair to the right height. It was a little embarrassing.

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Please, like she hadn't been trying to start something with that. "There's a bottom for a reason."

[solo_sword]

"But I like it this way," she said, putting the stapler back the way it was. She had absolutely no preference as to where the stapler went. She couldn't fathom why she'd even be using a stapler.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John's gaze narrowed on her. "You don't."

[solo_sword]

"Why else would I move it?" she asked, narrowing her eyes right back.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Because I made the mistake of showing you it bothered me," he answered, just a little self importantly.

[solo_sword]

"Or maybe I moved it back because you took it upon yourself to move it," she pointed out. Were they really having this conversation?

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Just for that, John reached out to right the stapler again.

[solo_sword]

"I believe you're touching my things again," she pointed out helpfully.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"When I leave you can fix your things," he suggested.

[solo_sword]

"So I should leave my things the way you like them until you go?" she checked.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It sounds bad when you say it," he complained, knocking the stapler back over and leaning his hip against her desk in defeat.

[solo_sword]

She shouldn't find that cute, but she did. So with a barely concealed smile, she righted the stapler again. Just for him. "Don't get used to it."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Way to make the triumphant smile return to his face. "Have I mentioned you look very official behind that desk?"

[solo_sword]

"No, you haven't." She also looked tall. "I think I like it."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Did you grow since last night?" John asked, noting the tall part again.

[solo_sword]

"Not at all," she said, realizing she might not be able to get up from this chair. Lowering it would be obvious, and in order to get out of it, she'd have to hop a little. "Why?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Considering he was leaning against the desk as he would any other, John figured it wasn't the desk making her look so tall. "Nothing. Just thinking out loud."

[solo_sword]

"Thinking aloud about my height?" She was so waiting for a joke from him at some point.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I'm not allowed to make observations?" John asked, feigning offense with a hand over his heart. "You wound me, Jaina."

[solo_sword]

"I'm just surprised you're thinking aloud on my height when I'm sitting behind a desk, that's all," she said. And it would have been said innocently if she wasn't wondering if she was flirting with him again. She wasn't even sure at this point.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Does your chair roll?" It was an innocent question. "Mine rocked more than rolled."

[solo_sword]

"It rolls," she answered. "And rocks a little if you set it up that way." It was going to be embarrassing if she actually had to do either.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Did you set yours up to rock?" he inquired, tiny smirk at the thought of her rocking the chair.

[solo_sword]

"It'll tilt back if I want it to," Jaina said. "What's the smirk for?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Oh, nothing," he shrugged. "It's weird to think you, a leader among your people, are entertained by the movement of a desk chair." Now John's amusement, that was expected.