Third Floor Common Room, Wednesday Night

[the_merriest]

Rikku was chilling out in the third floor common room, in her PJs and with some of her birthday gifts in tow.

Hey, Hamlet had gotten her a candy basket, that meant he wanted her to have it, right? And some Lucas guy had brought her a whole case of some neat-tasting stuff to wash it down with

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[saltandammo]

Dean sometimes seemed to have a sixth sense to free food, especially junk food. this would be one of those times.

"Hey, candy," he observed with a hopeful grin .

[the_merriest]

"Totally!" Rikku bounced. "Come in, have some! There's some of this stuff too and I don't know what it is but it's soooooooo good." She gestured vaguely to the case of Jolt, which already had a couple of cans missing. "Come party with us!"

[saltandammo]

Dean grabbed some candy and glanced over at the Jolt cola. "That's pretty much just a caffiene delivery system," he advised around a mouthful of sugar.

[the_merriest]

"Oh!" Rikku stared at the can. "That's good, right?! Caffeine like in the mochaccinos!? Whoa. I'm gonna start talking fast, huh? Wait, I think I am already. Hey, I kinda feel better, though. Is there, like, a downside to caffeine? Do you know?!"

[saltandammo]

"Only if you want to sleep and stop vibrating," Dean said.

[the_merriest]

"I kinda don't mind vibrating, and I'm not ready to sleep just yet anyway," Rikku noted, with all the innocence of someone with very limited exposure to caffeine highs.

[saltandammo]

"Think more in terms of days," Dean advised.

[the_merriest]

"Oh," Rikku said, stopping short. And still shaking some. She looked at the can and at the candy and made a face. "That's, uh, that's not good, right? Oh. Whoops."

She considered. "Kinda too late now to worry about it, right?"

Brilliant reasoning, as always. More chugging of the Jolt.

[girlzippo]

Charlie waved from her cushion, wearing pj's and scarfing Jolt. "Hey, Dean. Join the party." Four days later, and she felt a little awkward saying 'hey' to him, but not too bad. "How's it going?"

[saltandammo]

"Not bad," Dean said, grinning at her. "You're not planning on sleeping for a week are you?"

[girlzippo]

"No! Although, I could stay up 'til sunrise, maybe?" Charlie looked thoughtful, then gave him a grin. "I have class and Groovy Tunes tomorrow, being sleep-deprived and wired on candy would make them both real interesting, hunh?"

[saltandammo]

"Not to mention the Jolt vibrating."

[girlzippo]

"Rrrrrrrrrr." Charlie gave him her refrigerator imitation. "HMmMMmMmMMM." Then she paused. "Wait. Tomorrow's your dad's class."

[saltandammo]

"Yep."

[girlzippo]

She dropped her head to the cushions, her voice muffled as she said, "So showing up sleep-deprived would be a big no, then."

[lilpunkinbelly]

"And Jolt!" Dawn added from her spot on the floor where she was cracking open a can. Sadly, it was her first. "You should have some!"