Room 234/236: Friday late afternoon to evening

[mparkerceo]

Parker opened up the doors to both rooms, set out the half-vanilla, half-chocolate cake from Jeff, God of Biscuits, and put a sign outside the hallway of 236:

Happy 18th Birthday to ME

Come on in and have some cake!

Booze and prezzies welcome.

Then sat down to contemplate her present from her father. Who'd sounded ridiculously pleased about

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[courier_gavin]

Jake wandered in. "I come carrying gifts and coffee!"

[mparkerceo]

"Jake?" Parker blinked at him, recognizing the voice. At least, she thought she did. "That is you, right? Thank you!" She looked gleeful. "I have Christmas presents for you that I never got to deliver," she said, gesturing to a pile of goodies next to the TV.

[courier_gavin]

"Yup, totally me!" Jake grinned at her. "I'm done changing now. I think. Ooooh, presents!" He handed over his gifts to Parker and went to study his own.

[mparkerceo]

"It's a good look, I like it. What's Krycek think?" She pulled open the wrapping on her boxes, then stared. "Ohhhhh, Jake, god, these are *beautiful.* And they match the necklace I just got.*" Parker immediately put the earrings in, and said, "I so owe you better prezzies. All the coffee you can drink. And the boots!" She hugged them to herself. "You can never have too much Prada. Thank you!" She gave him an impulsive kiss on the cheek, then went back to spinning around with her boots.

[courier_gavin]

Jake's grin widened. "I'm glad you like them!" He opened his first prezzie. "And you did get me coffee! Awesome!"

He sat down to poke at the collection. "Krycek would like it if I stopped changing for a while, I think. Something about wanting to know who he's gonna wake up with or something."

[mparkerceo]

"Like I'd forget?" She grinned, and pulled one boot on, admiring how it made her leg look. "How can he be so unreasonable?" Parker teased. "He needs to be more flexible, or by the time he's forty, he'll be completely calcified."

[courier_gavin]

Jake nodded solemnly. "Truly. I mean, what kind of person doesn't want some unexpected excitement in their daily life?" He gave her an amused look, and bent to open another present. "Oooh! Art stuff!" He beamed at her. "I can draw all the newbie now!"

[mparkerceo]

Parker snickered, then nodded vigorously. "We need more Jake art. I still have the ones you drew of me last year, I love them. And god knows you have enough subjects to work with here."

[courier_gavin]

"I still haven't drawn the shirtless twins," Jake said thoughtfully. "I should do that. Maybe as a present for Jaye, do you think?"

[mparkerceo]

"As a present for all of us," Parker said wickedly, "but yes, especially Jaye. She'll love you forever." She cocked her head. "It's sad, but now most of the newbies? Look awfully young to me. I'm old, Jake."

[courier_gavin]

Jake winced and made a face at her. "God, don't say that. I'll be twenty in two months! I'm gonna be ancient."

[mparkerceo]

"Awwwwwww, poor Jake." Parker pouted sadly at him. "Although you don't look it." She grinned mischeviously. "And never have to if you don't want to, I guess. What are you doing the summer after graduation?"

[courier_gavin]

"There are advantages to being me," Jake agreed cheekily. "I have no idea what I'm doing for the summer. Why?"

[mparkerceo]

"I'm going to Moscow. Then Oxford in September. I figured you were one of the people who might be able to dimension-hop and visit me there with Krycek when you've got time." She shrugged. "I'm going to miss people. Sue me."

[courier_gavin]

"Moscow," Jake repeated, blinking. "Yeah, we can totally do that." He paused and gave her a strange look. "You think Krycek will be with me?"

[mparkerceo]

"Don't you?" Parker looked hopeful, then thoughtful. "Although, I guess, maybe that's a huge assumption. I just thought you guys would be going to college together, or doing whatever's next."