Friday early morning: Outside the dorms (mostly)

[anextimeagent]

It was morning. Dawn was just breaking. Jack was awake.

His last class ever - not that he was thinking about that, nope, not at all - wasn't until later, so where he should be was curled up in his bed. But he'd slept badly and woken early, so where he was was standing on the lawn outside the dorms, staring warily at the sky. It looked like a

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[moonbrain_tam]

River had woken early too and decided to go for a walk, so as to not wake either Buffy of Berthold. She had picked up a few oranges and some biscuits in the common room kitchen on her way. Standing outside, the weather didn't look entirely promising, but she noticed Jack lying on the ground under a tree, and walked over to him, smiling.

[anextimeagent]

Jack caught movement out of the corner of his eyes and smiled when he saw it was River. "Good morning," he said, sitting up and leaning back on his elbows. "Did you sense my sudden desire for breakfast?" Or his sudden desire for company of the River persuasion.

[moonbrain_tam]

River sank down on the ground next to him. "Sensed my desired for breakfast. But sharing it with you is better." She threw and orange at him, grinning. "Catch!"

[anextimeagent]

Jack snagged it out of the air and laughed. "Sharing is even better." The mild funk he'd been in since he'd woken up was rapidly fading away in the face of River's company. He sat up so he could lean over and kiss her. "Thank you."