coming home to kiss away night

[_dawnie_]

Let's see, status report for Dawn's week:

-- Sister still lost in the past but okay as far as I know.

-- Home life: increasingly lax with not much supervision. I can deal with that. Everyone's still being all researchy and working on how to get everyone back where they should be, and I'm wondering if there isn't something to what Jordy told me

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[_janice_]

"It was kind of a shock to me, too! I mean, yeah, Jordy flirts with everyone in sight, but Sophie didn't seem like she thought of him like that." I shrug. "But who knows, maybe she just saw something in him that she didn't notice before? It happens."

Yeah, like suddenly noticing he has some weird ability to give you goosebumps--okay, so glad Avasa isn't around to read that.

"Man, I need a boyfriend," I mutter.

[_dawnie_]

I'm not sure what to say to that. I can't commiserate with her since not only do I have a boyfriend, but we've been together long enough to take that next step... which I don't really want to tell her either.

And don't call Psychic Friends just yet, but I'm getting a weird little feeling that it'd kinda bug J if Jordy hooked up with Sophie.

"Boys are weird," I finally say. Heh, that leaves Avasa out of it because technically he's a man.

[_janice_]

I glance at her and smile, really glad she didn't want an explanation for that. "Think I'm better off without one? Considering the last two guys I've been interested in--one was a vampire, one just went a little psycho over the play. Maybe it's safer."

My smile fades into a worried frown. "But Eric isn't the only one acting strange. Seriously, Jordy was total mood swing guy the other night and acted like he didn't remember who I was at first. It was weird."

[_dawnie_]

"You're better off without one if it isn't the right one," I say wisely. Yeah, easy for me to say, right?

I glance at her again. "Think it was a wolf thing, maybe?"

[_janice_]

My stomach jumps unpleasantly when she says that, and my heart starts pounding a little. Crap, is Avasa's thing rubbing off on her? But no, no, she's got it backwards, if he'd been going wolfy, it was after he remembered who I was, after he mentioned the hug.

I really hope I'm not blushing much. "I don't think so. Maybe the mood thing was, but the acting like he didn't remember me? He was totally calm right then."

After that I'm calm enough to roll my eyes at her and add in a teasing tone, "And hey, no gloating just because you found Mr. Perfect."

[_dawnie_]

"Huh," I say, deciding not to point out that I've noticed her blush. "And hey, I'm not gloating. I had to endure a vampire who tried to burn my house down and a guy who lived in a vacant house and kept disappearing on me before I found the right one. I'm entitled."

[_janice_]

"But did it happen all in like three months? I think I may have you beat on the speed of the boyfriends going wacko."

I smile at her. "Seriously, I'm glad you and Avasa are together, he seems really great, even if he has his little oddities." And who doesn't? I wonder to myself. Like me kinda getting off on the wolfy side of Jordy...

I quickly avoid that train of thought. "So, um, you see him lately? I haven't seen him around the auditorium, looks like they finished the balcony."

[_dawnie_]

"I saw him the other day," I tell her. You will not blush, you will not blush, you will NOT blush... Nonchalantly, I glance away, as if I'm terribly interested in the spirit banners hanging on the wall.

"And I guess you do have me beat as far as speed of wacko boyfriends goes. Vamp boy was summer before last, and weird on-and-off boy was last summer."

[_janice_]

Uh huh, like I'm not gonna notice she's looking anywhere but at me. It's cute how goofy she gets about Avasa. I stop to look at the banner that caught her attention. "Thinking of joining the pep squad?" I tease. "Might be safer than drama club."

Finally I decide I better voice what I'm really worried about, especially since she doesn't seem to be affected...yet. "Seriously, Dawn, I'm thinking maybe they're drugged or hypnotized, or maybe--I dunno, maybe some supernatural something. I had a pretty bizarre chat with Sophie on AIM last night."