Room 322, Thursday Morning

[living_endless]

The mortal incarnation of the anthropomorphic personification of life and death itself was propped up with pillows against the headboard of her bed, knitting something gray and maroon striped. She hadn't decided yet if it was going to grow up to be an afghan, or if she'd get bored by the time it was a scarf.

She was thinking, too. About Atropos'

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[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime walked into the room from wherever he had been (JGOB by the scent of fresh baked goods wafting from the bag he was carrying) whistling an annoyingly jaunty tune. He stuttered to a stop when he suddenly remembered that he had a roommate and that she might, you know, be sleeping.

A relieved grin settled onto his face when he realized she wasn't. "Muffin or donut?" he asked her. He could share. Even if he had bought plenty of both with the intention of eating them all himself... What? He was a growing boy!

[living_endless]

"Muffin," Didi decided, smiling up at him when she got to the end of her row and happily setting the knitting needles aside. "You were out early. Special occasion?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"I could totally say yes and then pretend to be all mysterious..." Jaime mused teasingly as he reached into the bag and came up with a pair of mufins, chocolate chip and blueberry, which he held out for Didi to pick from. "But I just woke up carving fresh baked breakfast foods."

He sounded a bit sheepish about that.

[living_endless]

Didi reached out her hand and took the chocolate chip one. "Well, thanks for your cravings," she decided. "I hadn't eaten yet."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Er, yes, that was my plan all along," Jaime declared, trying to strike a heroic pose (hands on hips and everything). This was somewhat spoiled by the fact that he still had a bag of baked goods in one hand.

[living_endless]

Didi laughed and made as if to toss one of her balls of yarn at him. "Very cunning of you."

[weldedtomyspine]

"What can I say?" Jaime mused as he flopped back on his bed and reached into the bag to retrieve a chocolate-covered Boston-creme donut (sugar on top of deep-fried pastry stuffed with more sugar... it does a body good). "I'm just that good."

He glanced idly over at where she was sitting. "I didn't know you knitted."

[living_endless]

"I don't do it a lot," she answered. "I have the day off and it's good to have something to do with my hands, y'know?"

She held her work up with the hand that wasn't busy with the muffin. "Do you think it wants to be a sweater or a scarf when it grows up?"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime considered the question as he munched on his donut. "I don't know... does it want to grow up by the end of the year? Because that suggests a scarf to me." But that was because Jaime was just the tiniest bit lazy by nature.

[living_endless]

"It says it's not in any rush," Didi informed him. "On the other hand, if I finish by the end of the year, it could be a Christmas present, which doesn't suck."

She smiled. "Do you have any random hobbies like knitting?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"I used to do some tinkering. Electronics, cars, that sort of thing." He smirked in sudden memory. "Got grounded for a week the time I took the blender apart and then couldn't figure out how to put it back together right."

[living_endless]

Didi laughed. "It's the only way to learn sometimes, right? You have to see all the pieces. Did your folks make you buy a new blender, too?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"No," Jaime laughed back. "Which is a good thing since I couldn't have afforded to, anyway, and we wouldn't have had a blender at all."

[living_endless]

"And then you would have had to take apart the microwave or something," Didi said, giggling. "And then they would have been really annoyed."

[weldedtomyspine]

"And then I would have cried because there would be no way to heat up my hot pockets." And that? Would be a massive tragedy.

[living_endless]

"And that would be a massive tragedy," Didi said, reading his narrative. "What's the deal with Hot Pockets, anyhow? Is that real cheese in there, or is it actually very sophisticated plastic?"