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self_composedBella still brings her lunch most of the time. Today, she is chipping away at the leftovers of the pasta monstrosity her father made when left to fend for himself. She has not yet had a chance to talk up Hilary's cooking because it would have seemed cruel in the aftermath of the... meal.
It's actually pretty edible after she added all that garlic and butter.
Jessica sits with her, and Angela, and then Mike; Eric's with some other friends today. There's an empty chair to her left; Angela's on her right, and the other two face them.
It's actually pretty edible after she added all that garlic and butter.
Jessica sits with her, and Angela, and then Mike; Eric's with some other friends today. There's an empty chair to her left; Angela's on her right, and the other two face them.
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Date: 2012-09-15 10:39 pm (UTC)There is no longer an empty chair to her left.
"Hi, Bella," says Alice as he deposits his tray on the table. His lunch is almost entirely cafeteria-sourced, with the exception of a mysterious opaque Tupperware container.
He bears no more visible injuries than he did yesterday, nor does he have the stiffness of movement that might indicate extensive non-visible injuries.
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Date: 2012-09-15 10:41 pm (UTC)Angela, Jessica, and Mike are nonplussed.
"Also," says Bella, "more to the point, does that container by any chance serve as a container for cake?"
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Date: 2012-09-15 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-15 10:49 pm (UTC)"Hello," says Jessica gamely.
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Date: 2012-09-15 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-15 10:54 pm (UTC)"I didn't know you were friends with Hammond," says Mike.
Bella's mouth is full of cake. If Alice wants his nomenclature corrected he might have to do it himself.
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Date: 2012-09-15 10:56 pm (UTC)...While technically true, this is perhaps a tiny bit misleading.
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Date: 2012-09-15 10:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-15 11:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-15 11:08 pm (UTC)Bella doesn't really want to let Alice answer that one. "I was bored," she says. "And you were still sick and Angela was babysitting so I couldn't really try either of you for plans. We went and hung out at his house. He violated the spirit of Mozart and we invented a fictitious sport."
"You could've asked me if I wanted to do something," Mike mutters.
"Perhaps I would have thought of that eventually," says Bella.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:11 pm (UTC)Alice, on the other hand, is demonstrably fond of pissing people off.
"Whassamatter?" he inquires of Mike, cocking his head with slightly over-exaggerated innocence.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:15 pm (UTC)Bella's cake is gone. She drops her forehead onto the heel of her hand and looks exasperatedly at Mike, but doesn't make any effort to add to this line of conversation.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-15 11:20 pm (UTC)Cake.
Bella takes it.
"Thank you," she says.
Mike is now actively glowering at Alice.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:22 pm (UTC)And back to his inferior cafeteria food!
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:23 pm (UTC)"I'm fine," Mike mutters.
"Maybe you're getting Jessica's cold," Angela suggests.
Bella enjoys her cake. Mmm, cake.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:27 pm (UTC)Alice doesn't miss it, though. There's more where that came from. And taunting Mike and pleasing Bella are both more than worth it.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:36 pm (UTC)"I'm amenable," says Bella.
Jessica looks at Mike, and at Alice, and says, "Delaney can come too. If you want to, Delaney."
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:38 pm (UTC)"Sure, that'd be fun."
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:40 pm (UTC)Bella returns an empty Tupperware to Alice.
"Great," says Jessica. "So that's us five, plus Lauren, and Eric - is your car the kind with extra seats in the very back?"
"Yeah," Bella says.
"Then we can all squeeze in," Jessica says.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:46 pm (UTC)He is really not trying to be subtle about the taunting, is he.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:48 pm (UTC)"Sometimes there's a weekend nice enough that a raincoat will do," Angela says, "even in January."
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:54 pm (UTC)"I don't even know where that is," he contributes.
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Date: 2012-09-15 11:56 pm (UTC)"Quileutes," Angela says, possibly in lieu of correcting Jessica on her ethnic terminology.
"There's nice scenery," Bella says. "The residents don't mind people hanging out there, generally."
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:03 am (UTC)"Whoa," Eric says to Mike, upon spotting Alice. "You weren't kidding."
"It'd be a dumb joke," Lauren says, "just to say that someone was sitting here if he wasn't."
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:08 am (UTC)"I don't really have a good sense of those dynamics here yet," Bella says.
"It's not like we're cheerleaders and football," Jessica says. "Well, I'm going to try out for cheer next year, but you know what I mean."
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:10 am (UTC)"Mike," says Bella testily.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:14 am (UTC)"Apparently," Bella says in a dark, level tone, "I have poor taste in companions."
That one takes Mike a second. He spends that second in rather adorable triumph, which evaporates.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:17 am (UTC)"Well, that was kind of a bitchy thing to do," Lauren remarks.
"So was that," says Bella without any particular heat. Or interest.
Angela's trying to hide her face in her shoulder.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:20 am (UTC)He doesn't say 'I love you', but he thinks it pretty loudly.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:21 am (UTC)Bella then conspicuously asks if Angela wants to start heading for Bio, because she actually likes Angela.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-16 12:27 am (UTC)Jessica was about to leave, but apparently can't pass up the chance to hear the answer. Eric's leaving anyway.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:28 am (UTC)He grins.
"I could tell you that," he says with a wink, "but I'd have to kill you."
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:32 am (UTC)Lauren cocks her head, then leaves, apparently mostly because she and Alice are the only people left at the table.