Fifth Floor Common Room, Wednesday Afternoon

[stars_and_money]

After his one class of the day, Jeremy thought he deserved a lazy afternoon. (Yes, despite the fact that he had barely done anything in said class. Shush, just be glad he chose to somehow rationalize his laziness today.) He got himself a bunch of food (mostly snacks) and soda and camped out on one of the common room couches, grabbing the remote and

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[shes_got_legs]

There was always a need for food, and so Ariel was eventually drifting into the common room to find some, but she was, momentarily, distracted by the television on the way in.

"What's this?" she asked, with a frown on her face that suggested she wasn't sure if she really wanted to know.

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"Kids' show," Jeremy informed her with a rather despondent sigh. His life was so hard. "Which we're going to be stuck with forever because it's all that's on, and the set won't even turn off."

[shes_got_legs]

Ariel considered the show a moment longer before looking over at Jeremy. "Were you the one who turned it on?" she asked.

[stars_and_money]

"Yeah." He nodded, but then felt another spike of defensiveness that caused him to add, rather quickly, "But it's not what I was wanting to watch."

[shes_got_legs]

The defensiveness only prompted Ariel's chuckle a little more.

"Awwww!" she said, grinning. "You're the television's new crush!"