Ye Olde Secluded Corner of the Beach: Saturday Evening

[thatsamilkshake]

Celebrating the first week of classes by hitting the beach before it got cold totally required an entire picnic basket worth of food, two bottles of sunscreen, a blanket, towels, several sorts of castle-building tools and a small bag from Turtle and Canary containing as-yet-unrevealed ...stuff.

It did.

Francine was an expert in packing for the

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[bigdamndestiny]

"I don't think we'll need the sunscreen at night," Merlin chided. Because he was dim on the effects of sun on pasty Irish British skin still somehow.

[bigdamndestiny]

"...do you think Bryn is one?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine paused, and looked at him, trying to frame this answer delicately. "Um."

[bigdamndestiny]

"She is still rather young," He pointed out.

[thatsamilkshake]

"She is," Francine agreed kindly. "Blind Seer might be able to tell!"

[bigdamndestiny]

"I'll ask!" And be so, so disappointed.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Good idea." At least Francine wouldn't have to be the one to break it to him. "So I stopped by your room today." Segues were for sissies. "Said hi to Cal."

[bigdamndestiny]

"Yes, he came back while we were gone, I think." Which meant no more privacy.

[thatsamilkshake]

Or bribing Cal with porn cookies to go sleep someplace else for a night. Or--

"Sneaking off the the cabins is starting to look like less of a joke idea."

[bigdamndestiny]

"...really?" Merlin asked, eyes going wide.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Or an empty dorm room?" There were a bunch of those on every floor, if you went by the address directory. "Those might be locked, though."

[bigdamndestiny]

"I could learn how to unlock them," Merlin offered quickly. With the magic. Actual lock picking implied skill.

[thatsamilkshake]

"That could work!" Or he could blast the door off the hinges. "...Or we could rent a hotel room."

[bigdamndestiny]

"Oh, I like hotel rooms. Those are fun! You can order food and they bring it to the door." High class there.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Oooh, room service. I've--" Francine grinned. "Seen that in movies." It was kind of high class for her, too, so at least they were even.

[bigdamndestiny]

It would be terribly romantic and Pretty Woman. If Merlin knew what Pretty Woman was.

Minus the hookers.

"We should do that then. It would be fun for us both!"