Title: Hotel Fire
Author: ness
Disclaimer: not mine.
Jake had longer than expected to wash and get into suitably enveloping sleeping clothes. She had primed Will with a paleontology museum the net said was on the local campus and sent him in Finn's direction to talk about it. The geek in her hoped he could talk the teacher into arranging a visit. Whatever, he was taking ages.
- great. Plenty of time to argue with myself about keeping this idiot binder on .. I'd better - She sat staring at the contents of her pockets on the bedstand. Wallet. Comb, vital. Keys. Swiss army knife. - the last is a dead giveaway that I learned how to be a boy from books. I must be the only guy in Rawley who could get stones out of horse's hooves if I needed to -
"Hey Will. You were a while."
"Stopped off at 314" (at her look) "Scout and Ham's room. Scout was onto room service. Hamilton was dribbling over the menu."
"Hamilton likes to eat" said Jake. "Is that a problem?" - he's totally the right size on it - she thought. - he's a pleasure to look at. Yesterday at crew he looked so fine.. -
"I'm not criticizing" said Will. "It just seemed characteristic of both of them."
Jake kept her head turned away while he undressed.
Will: "It's afterhours for room service. Afterhours stuff. Beyond the call of duty stuff. Stuff people didn't intend to do. That would be Scout."
"Manipulative you mean." - is this some weird kind of peace offering? Why's he abusing Scout? I thought they were friends -
"In a good way. He has a good heart."
"Yeah he seems like an okay guy." Jake climbed into bed congratulating herself on a peaceful end to the day.
"Uh, Jake? You going to bed like that?"
"Like what?"
"Well, what about a quilted fleece if you're not warm enough."
"Jeez I knew you had body issues but this is stupid" he muttered.
"Just shut up Krudsky" dropping any self congratulation. - not peaceful, and not the end of day - she thought a couple of hours later. The rest en route had taken the edge off her fatigue and she was too nervy to fall asleep. When the fire alarm went off she was up and grabbing her stuff in a minute. Will was right behind her.
Jake had longer than expected to wash and get into suitably enveloping sleeping clothes. She had primed Will with a paleontology museum the net said was on the local campus and sent him in Finn's direction to talk about it. The geek in her hoped he could talk the teacher into arranging a visit. Whatever, he was taking ages.
- great. Plenty of time to argue with myself about keeping this idiot binder on .. I'd better - She sat staring at the contents of her pockets on the bedstand. Wallet. Comb, vital. Keys. Swiss army knife. - the last is a dead giveaway that I learned how to be a boy from books. I must be the only guy in Rawley who could get stones out of horse's hooves if I needed to -
"Hey Will. You were a while."
"Stopped off at 314" (at her look) "Scout and Ham's room. Scout was onto room service. Hamilton was dribbling over the menu."
"Hamilton likes to eat" said Jake. "Is that a problem?" - he's totally the right size on it - she thought. - he's a pleasure to look at. Yesterday at crew he looked so fine.. -
"I'm not criticizing" said Will. "It just seemed characteristic of both of them."
Jake kept her head turned away while he undressed.
Will: "It's afterhours for room service. Afterhours stuff. Beyond the call of duty stuff. Stuff people didn't intend to do. That would be Scout."
"Manipulative you mean." - is this some weird kind of peace offering? Why's he abusing Scout? I thought they were friends -
"In a good way. He has a good heart."
"Yeah he seems like an okay guy." Jake climbed into bed congratulating herself on a peaceful end to the day.
"Uh, Jake? You going to bed like that?"
"Like what?"
"Well, what about a quilted fleece if you're not warm enough."
"Jeez I knew you had body issues but this is stupid" he muttered.
"Just shut up Krudsky" dropping any self congratulation. - not peaceful, and not the end of day - she thought a couple of hours later. The rest en route had taken the edge off her fatigue and she was too nervy to fall asleep. When the fire alarm went off she was up and grabbing her stuff in a minute. Will was right behind her.