Room 239/240, Monday Afternoon

[janet_fraiser]

After going to the gym and chatting with Molly, Liz, and Alanna, Janet came back to her room, lay down on her bed, her elbows propped on a pillow, and started reading.

OOC: Open for interaction. Thread with Liz is locked, and kind of nws, and while the fact of the conversation is okay, the contents are NFB. Janet has been affected by Piper's

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[notcalledlizzie]

Elizabeth was still bright red as she entered the room a few minutes later. "Um," she began eloquently.

[janet_fraiser]

Janet had stopped blushing for the past couple of minutes, but started again when Liz walked in. "Hi," she said.

[notcalledlizzie]

"Hi," Elizabeth repeated, her eyes wide.

[janet_fraiser]

"That was pretty public," said Janet. She might have looked slightly panicked. She looked down at her book, then up at Liz. "Am I distracting you now?"

[notcalledlizzie]

"It was," Elizabeth agreed, moving across to sit at the bottom of the bed. She bit her lip, and looked down at Janet, nodding.

[janet_fraiser]

"How come we started talking about that in the middle of the gym?" asked Janet. "You're pretty distracting right now too."

[notcalledlizzie]

"I don't know. That's really not us," Elizabeth replied, her head in her hands. "I was just saying these things and I couldn't stop myself." Her eyes followed the length of Janet's body. "That's good to hear. I like that."

[janet_fraiser]

"You don't put people in charge of classified bases or their medical staff if those people talk about everything all the time. Which is why I can tell myself that it's okay that I never talk about my feelings," said Janet, closing her book and sitting up. "That I find you just as distracting as you find me?" Janet chewed on her lower lip. "I liked what you said in the gym, about you liking me being in charge."

[notcalledlizzie]

"I'm just more used to talking about other people and other things. As I tend to be the neutral party, I don't need to talk about me," Elizabeth replied, sighing slightly. She nodded. "Uh hu." Elizabeth blushed slightly, looking down shyly. "Not something I wanted to share with the gym, but um, yeah."

[janet_fraiser]

"But I like talking about you, and you're never the neutral party with me. And also when we're talking about you, I can avoid talking about me." Janet covered her mouth, her eyes wide. "We could do that again, because that was fun. But can we never tell them that in the gym again?"

[notcalledlizzie]

"But I don't like talking about me, because I'm worried that there'll be something about me that will scare you away," Elizabeth said, before immitating Janet with her hand over her mouth. "It was, and I'd do just about anything with you. And, uh, no, not at all."

[janet_fraiser]

"There's nothing about you that could scare me away. Why do you think you'll scare me away? I'm the one who's messed up." That look on her face? Deer in headlights. "Just about anything? Like what?" Janet shook her head. "I don't want to go back to the gym for a while."

[notcalledlizzie]

Elizabeth shrugged. "You know my past record with relationships; I just don't want to lose you. And I don't think you're messed up," she sais softly. Elizabeth started blushing again. "Lie tying me up, or roleplaying," she muttered. "We can just work out together?"

[janet_fraiser]

"At least you have past relationships; I had a divorce, then nothing, and then I started mooning over Daniel, and he was married at the time. I'm messed up. You know everything I've been through. How does that not mess anyone up? But you're not going to lose me." Janet's cheeks flushed almost as red as her hair. "That would be fun," she said quickly.

[notcalledlizzie]

"I know and I still love you. But you are a strong, beautiful, capable woman and none of those are in my definition of messed up," Elizabeth said firmly. She hid her face behind her hands. "I still want you in your lab coat and nothing else."

[janet_fraiser]

"It's nice that you don't think I'm messed up," said Janet, smiling wryly. "I think you're wrong about that, but it's nice that you see mostly the good stuff about me. I could wear heels and my stethoscope too." Janet squinched her eyes shut. "Why did I just say that?"