5th Floor Common Room, Tuesday Night
After a terrible day in class, Kathy just wanted to do nothing more than forget that today had ever happened. That, combined with the fiercest hunger pangs she'd ever had, had her limping down the hall to the common room on her floor, ordering more pizzas than she ever had in her life. And then some Chinese food. And a bit of Mexican to go along
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It kind of looked as though the ravenous hordes had already been through, plundered and pillaged what they could find, and then left, was the thing.
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Because seriously, he was pretty sure people died eating that much food.
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Noooo?
"It didn't seem that long," Kathy hedged. "But it also didn't seem like I'd eaten that much either, so..."
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"... They... don't make burritos like they used to?"
Yeah, he was trying, here.
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So was she.
"Maybe I should clean all this up so no one, err, has to be bothered."
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Look, Sparkle wasn't a bleeding heart or anything. But there was clearly something going on here, and even he knew when not to push too much.
Sometimes.
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She paused and added, "I'm not going to go get sick in the girls' bathroom after this. Just, you know, throwing that out there."
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Well, it wasn't so much that he thought she was doing it on purpose.
"Look, you just looked about as surprised as I was when you actually stopped to count. And this has to be like hundreds of dollars of food. I'm mostly just trying to figure out how you manage to do this and not notice."
All said as he set his food down - out of Kathy's reach, thank you - and started gathering up discarded food containers.
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And now she felt like a horrible daughter.
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He chucked a pizza box into a pile in the corner, near the garbage can.
"Well, what they don't know won't hurt 'em. I'm impressed, though. Like. Remind me to never get into a hot-dog eating contest with you or anything, okay?"
Insert inappropriate joke about liking weiner, here. Sparkle was trying to puzzle one out, so it was probably a good idea to interrupt before he could, soon.
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Never mind four of them. And other food besides.
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He was teasing, yes.
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Looks like you found a spaz button, Sparkle!
"I couldn't even--I haven't ever--No!"
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"Like that even matters around here. I bet an island like this has some kind of, like, 'Immaculate Conception' weekend every other year or so. Oh! Maybe it's triplets!"
As if he could resist pushing with a response like that. Honestly.
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