Third floor common room [Wednesday afternoon]

[weldedtomyspine]

Once he'd encountered a few people and figured out what was going on, Jaime had almost locked himself in his room. Not because he wasn't used to weird stuff, but because he wasn't used to being more off-balance than the Scarab. Usually he was calm and collected and the Scarab flipped out an told him to blow things up

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[living_endless]

"Roomie! You're cooking," Didi said as she wandered in. "Favorite person."

If the nickname hadn't let Jaime know who she was, the dark hair, black shirt, and ankh should have helped.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime managed, barely not to double-take. "You too, huh?" he asked with a snort. "Just when I was starting to get used to rooming with a girl, too."

He waved at the skillet he was currently watching. "You want some?"

[living_endless]

"People say it wears off," Didi told him. "So don't get too used to this. Thank God."

She liked being a girl, okay?

She padded over to stand next to him. "Sure. What is it?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"All I know is that I'm glad nothing happened to me," Jaime grinned cheekily. And, that was good news. He liked her being a girl, too!

"Well, I was going to make fajitas, but then I realized I wanted some mole sauce, so..." he shrugged helplessly. "Beef and onions and peppers and mole sauce, I guess."

[living_endless]

"Awesome. I bet there are some tortillas in the fridge," Didi said hopefully as she went to poke around in it. "I forget, do you have classes today?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"No. And I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I sort of think the distraction might be useful, but then I'd run into more people..."

Jaime Reyes was not freaking out, but he was kind of close to it.

[living_endless]

"... and then you'd freak out and start talking to yourself?" Didi suggested, as she surfaced with a packet of corn tortillas. "No offense."

[weldedtomyspine]

Judging by the way Jaime laughed at that, no offense was taken.

"It's always possible," Jaime admitted. "Though... I'm getting pretty good at not doing that these days."

[living_endless]

"You are," Didi had to admit. "But if you gave it up, I'd have to find something new to tease you about."

She was a big sister. Teasing came with the package.

[weldedtomyspine]

"In that case I'm going to have to keep it up even if I have to fake it. I shudder to think of what you'd focus on if you had to switch targets."

Jaime even threw in a theatrical shudder to drive that home.

[living_endless]

"Probably your skinny legs," Didi said, flashing a smile. "I still haven't gotten you into a kilt to show off their full glory."

... she was kind of flirting with her (mortal) roommate while she was a boy. This was weird on levels even Death had problems with.

[weldedtomyspine]

"And never will," Jaime insisted. "Besides, it's horribly wrong of you to even be thinking about it when your awesome roommate is feeding you. For shame."

[living_endless]

"So you don't want me to think about your legs," Didi said, mock-thoughtfully and mostly to fluster him. "Good to know. But thank you for feeding me."

[weldedtomyspine]

Didi had rather good aim for that sort of thing, at least if Jaime's flush was anything to go by. "Hey, if you can't count on your roommate to feed you a random assortment of Mexican food when you're in the body of the wrong gender, who can you count on?"

[living_endless]

"And I totally missed that was in the roommate contract," Didi said. "Does that mean I have to feed you if you turn into a girl? 'cause, uh ... not the best cook."

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime froze for an entire second as that possibility penetrated.

"If I wake up as a girl, I think that feeding me will be the least of your worries." Dealing with a totally spaztastic girl would be a bit higher on the list.