Title: hotel fire
Author: ness
Disclaimer: not mine
Her cheek chilled to the bone where her face had rested on the cold window, a crick in her neck and her eyeballs feeling dipped in sand, Jake squinted round the coach. "Are we nearly there yet?"
"Only a few more miles, man. I don't know how you slept through that."
Jake shuddered. "The frat boy rendition of ten green bottles. Oh yeah what a tragedy I missed it. Did Finn say it was teambuilding?"
Hamilton smiled. "More than that, he convinced us it was teambuilding."
Jake looked at him.
"Well he convinced Will."
Jake smiled.
Will looked faintly huffy. "This is our first big crew event. Lots of schools will be here. You ought to take it more seriously."
Scout decided to back his roomie up. "Yeah Jake you've got such a Ryder of an attitude. How come you're on the team?"
"I'm not a joiner" Jake responded tranquilly. "For me this whole deal is just a great reason to yell abuse at over muscled cro magnons ..so, Ham" turning to him"got the lowdown on how the hotel rooms are gonna be assigned?"
Hamilton was hoping he'd get to share with Jake as he knew they'd be put two to a room. He could get on all right with any of the guys but Jake was the best company, unfazeable, funny, endlessly interesting. Sometimes he worried that Jake tolerated him only out of politeness. His default facial expression was pretty neutral. Ham knew he went out of his way to hook up with Jake far more often than Jake did with him. But then they'd be arguing about music or teasing each other about game skills and Jake's face would be lit up with a big incredible grin and Hamilton would think - he's just as glad to be with me - "Didn't you, uh, find out yourself?" he asked knowingly.
"Nah. Spent my free periods writing up class notes. Since we're away till Monday. So? Who's with who?"
Hamilton shrugged. "Parentals couldn't tell me. Finn's worked it out."
Scout rolled his eyes. "Hey! Finn?"
"Mr Calhoun?"
"How're the rooms assigned?"
Jake laughed at herself and Hamilton. "Ooh. The direct question technique." Then she stopped laughing. - I'm with Will? Maybe I should have teased him less about being a brown noser. Huh. He doesn't look too overjoyed either -
Her cheek chilled to the bone where her face had rested on the cold window, a crick in her neck and her eyeballs feeling dipped in sand, Jake squinted round the coach. "Are we nearly there yet?"
"Only a few more miles, man. I don't know how you slept through that."
Jake shuddered. "The frat boy rendition of ten green bottles. Oh yeah what a tragedy I missed it. Did Finn say it was teambuilding?"
Hamilton smiled. "More than that, he convinced us it was teambuilding."
Jake looked at him.
"Well he convinced Will."
Jake smiled.
Will looked faintly huffy. "This is our first big crew event. Lots of schools will be here. You ought to take it more seriously."
Scout decided to back his roomie up. "Yeah Jake you've got such a Ryder of an attitude. How come you're on the team?"
"I'm not a joiner" Jake responded tranquilly. "For me this whole deal is just a great reason to yell abuse at over muscled cro magnons ..so, Ham" turning to him"got the lowdown on how the hotel rooms are gonna be assigned?"
Hamilton was hoping he'd get to share with Jake as he knew they'd be put two to a room. He could get on all right with any of the guys but Jake was the best company, unfazeable, funny, endlessly interesting. Sometimes he worried that Jake tolerated him only out of politeness. His default facial expression was pretty neutral. Ham knew he went out of his way to hook up with Jake far more often than Jake did with him. But then they'd be arguing about music or teasing each other about game skills and Jake's face would be lit up with a big incredible grin and Hamilton would think - he's just as glad to be with me - "Didn't you, uh, find out yourself?" he asked knowingly.
"Nah. Spent my free periods writing up class notes. Since we're away till Monday. So? Who's with who?"
Hamilton shrugged. "Parentals couldn't tell me. Finn's worked it out."
Scout rolled his eyes. "Hey! Finn?"
"Mr Calhoun?"
"How're the rooms assigned?"
Jake laughed at herself and Hamilton. "Ooh. The direct question technique." Then she stopped laughing. - I'm with Will? Maybe I should have teased him less about being a brown noser. Huh. He doesn't look too overjoyed either -