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A Dorm Parking Lot, Los Angeles, CA, Wednesday Morning

Aug 22, 2007 00:15

After driving halfway across the country with Rat, Zero and Dave dropped him off at LAX early Wednesday morning (her parents didn't care if he actually helped her move in, they just wanted him to make sure she didn't die on the interstate) and picked up another passenger: her new roommate, Janine Berkowitz of Newark, New Jersey. There was one ( Read more... )

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mparkerceo August 22 2007, 05:32:00 UTC

Parker arrived with iced mochas in hand, and a look of dismay for all the stuff. "You didn't have this much stuffwhen you moved out of the dorm, did you? I swear, I'd remember if we'd needed a forklift." She folded her sunglasses away and nodded to Janine. "Hi. Thanks for letting me crash here for six weeks. Mocha?"

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 05:46:11 UTC

Janine was your basic wannabe goth, with clothes from Hot Topic, dyed black hair, and the slightly desperate, mostly relieved expression of a person who has just escaped across the entire country from her parents. She took the mocha and said, "Oooh, caffeine. I'm Janine. And it's totally no problem. Zero said you were having family issues?" Behind Janine's back, Zero nodded frantically and mouthed 'go with it.'

"When I moved out of the dorm that was just my stuff, Parker. This is my stuff and Janine's. Minus whatever we'll need to buy. We'll make a list after we get in the room," Zero said.

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 05:52:05 UTC

Parker gave Zero a look of "whaaa?" Then caught on, rolled her eyes, and gave Janine a put-upon sigh. "Yes. Well. I'm avoiding my father. It's way too complicated to get into." And how. "But I'm very appreciative of this. I've got an air mattress, we can put it out of the way during the day. I swear I'll be as inobtrusive as possible." She gave Janine's wardrobe a once-over, and added, "You can borrow some of my shoes, if you like." Major concessions to roomies, yes. She turned to Zero and said, "I'm good for helping out with the decorating, since I'll be here a while. As long as we're not talking IKEA."

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 05:55:42 UTC

Zero's eyes glinted behind her rabbit sunglasses with a light one who knew her well might describe as 'evil.' "Oh, but Parker, we are. There's a special dorm trip. But this one's not on an island. We'll also be hitting Target."

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 05:58:35 UTC

"Target?" Parker pronounced it as if it were a word in an unfamiliar tongue, possibly meaning 'cricket guts' or better yet, 'dodo entrails.' "Please be kidding?"

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 06:11:16 UTC

Zero rolled her eyes. "Target is cheap, Parker. And this is a dorm. Now go get one of those trolley things for us."

"Yeah," Janine added. "We tried, but apparently we're not intimidating enough to fight off the hordes."

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 06:20:39 UTC

Parker shuddered, then sized up the trolley thing area. "You're just taking the wrong approach, that's all." She meandered over, weighed her options - bribery, bludgeoning, and flirtation - and settled on a likely-looking Freshman, giving him her most deadly smile. "Hi. I'm Parker. You don't know me yet, but it would be a very good idea if you gave me that trolley. Now."

"Ummm, what...?"

"You don't need it as much as you think you do." Her smile widened, and she waved over to Janine and Zero. "C'mon, I got one!" She turned back to her prey. "Thank you so much." She jerked on the handle and the weedy-looking newcomer lost his grip on it and stood there gaping. "Bye!"

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 06:25:11 UTC

Zero and Janine's muttered conversation (words such as 'surprise' and 'dragonpox' and 'desert' might have drifted) was interrupted by Parker's conquest. Realizing they can has trolley, they rushed to put their stuff on it before someone else decided to attempt a conquest of their own. "Wow," said Janine. "That was the coolest thing I've ever seen."

"That's Parker," Zero said proudly. "Help me get the minifridge on there."

"Uh, Zero," said Janine. "The room has a minifridge."

"I know. This one is better. Right, Parker?"

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 06:28:04 UTC

"It makes milkshakes," Parker agreed, hoisting her main steamer trunk onto the trolley, and picking up one of Zero's before pausing. "There are many advantages to having Zero as a roommate, Janine. Hmmm." She contemplated the rest of their stuff a second. "Hey!" She smiled at another freshman guy. "Want to make an easy twenty?"

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 06:34:27 UTC

Zero snickered behind her hand as she watched Parker reel in her new slave boy. Minion? Whatever. Then she glanced into her van, which still contained suitcases for both girls, two laptops, books, Zero's guitar and amp, a box of records, and a DVD player. There was no TV. They were going to buy a plasma TV in LA, rather than risk Zero's cross-country driving hurting the poor dear. "We do have a squalling lot of stuff," she admitted.

There were also a few mysterious boxes that were slated to stay in Dave. Zero hoped Parker wouldn't notice them just yet.

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 06:40:35 UTC

The minion had a friend, as it turned out, and one who favored the Goth look as well, and immediately started asking Janine where she'd gotten her jewelry, if she had any tattoos, what she thought of Blue Oyster Cult.... Between the five of them, they managed to load up the trolley and get it to the elevator without too much hassle, and Parker didn't even have to break a nail.

"You really, really do have a ton. Some creative re-design of your space might be in order, or I'll be sleeping in my trunk. Hold the elevator door, Vern," Parker ordered her minion. "You and -- what's your name? Keanu? Riiight. Grab that end, would you?" Parker turned back to Zero as the boys went by, straining to move the trolley. "So when do classes start?"

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 06:44:16 UTC

"Monday," Zero said. "But don't worry about that, the first week is just syllabi and silly getting to know you things."

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 12:29:11 UTC

"Point," Parker conceded, waiting for Zero to unlock the door to her and Janine's room. "Just remember, any time you guys need to study, I can go shopping for shoes. Or help with your movies, if that's what you're doing."

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 18:09:03 UTC

Janine seemed to have gotten distracted by flirting with Keanu, so Zero dug out her keys as she said, "We're all doing the film thing, Parker, this is the Cinema Floor. Oh, hey," she turned to Vern. "Are you on this floor?" He nodded. "Yay!"

Zero finally got the key in the lock and flung open the door to their room. "Behold! Our palatial estate!" Only not, 'cause it was a dorm room.

mparkerceo August 22 2007, 18:47:22 UTC

Parker gave the room a deadpan glance, then looked back at Zero. "Palazzo Rico, yup. I love the sink." Relenting a little, she added, "Larger than what I'm going to get at Oxford, though."

swerval_zero August 22 2007, 18:53:59 UTC

Zero attempted to push their trolley further into the room, but despite being wiry, she was still but little. Luckily, Vern decided to help her. "Yeh, the sink cost extra." She put her hands on her hips. "We can make this better."

((Don't be so sure, I had a corner room when I was at Cambridge and it was freakin' huge. Of course, Cambridge is not Oxford.))

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