Room 511, Wednesday Night

[thatsamilkshake]

After today's trip out to talk to Katchoo, Francine wasn't feeling very social. More thinky, not that her thoughts were really going anywhere except in circles.

So instead of going downstairs for the weekly shirtless vampire fix, she was camped out on her bed with a bowl of vanilla wafers, a glass of milk, and the beginnings of a letter home about everything she'd been doing for the past few months. If by 'beginning' you mean five lines worth of I was a super-hero! Booze is evil... Katchoo is...

Dunk. Crunch. Scribble.

[OOC: For the eeeeears.]

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"It's a two person job it seems," Merlin informed her seriously.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Well, there's a lot of cookies!"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"A damn good thing I came by," Merlin said, grinning widely at her.

[thatsamilkshake]

"I don't know what I'd have done without you," Francine answered earnestly. Well, yes she did. Scratch more stuff out and eat more cookies, and go up another jean size.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Well, he'd probably be nervously reading and re-reading his magic book all night...

"How are you today?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine gave a little shrug, tucking the pen behind her ear. Where it would stay for a maximum of 30 seconds before falling into her lap. "Fine, I guess." Whatever that ever meant. "How about you?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Fine," Merlin answered in the exact same tone. He looked down at his milk, taking a sip before... "Was this watered down?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"...The milk?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Well... yes." Said the boy who drank milk damn near fresh from the cow.

Pasteurization and homogenization were both just odd words to him.

[thatsamilkshake]

"It's skim," she said, pointing at the carton. So... pretty much yes, not that she thought of it in those terms. "Less fat."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin made a face and put it down next to the carton. "I'll stick to just the biscuits."

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine made a note to buy some whole milk next time. "Is milk different where you're from? I mean when?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Well--" Merlin paused to think about it. "Have you ever milked a cow before?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"Actually, yeah." She nodded. "My grandparents had a farm when I was little."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Didn't you drink that?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"I was five!" she said, laughing. "I don't remember what it tasted like."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"We need to find a cow for you to try it now," Merlin decided, taking a bite of the biscuit.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine stared at him. "Well, that would definitely qualify as someplace I've never been on a date."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"What? Getting you proper milk isn't romantic?" Merlin asked. And, okay, even he was having trouble keeping a straight face there.

[thatsamilkshake]

"I don't think the cow would think so."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin thought about what one was doing to the cow and shook his head. "Francine. No."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Trust me, you don't want them to start calling you Cow Guy."

Said someone whose nickname for the 4th quarter of sophomore year had been Naked Girl. She knew whereof she spoke. Not that she was going to trot out that credential.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"I'm already Porn Guy," Merlin pointed out. "Or Ears."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Ears isn't bad," Francine said. "I like Ears. It's better than Badgerface, that's for sure."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"You don't have a badger face," He assured her. "Least badgery face I've seen."