Room 238, Friday morning

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Between getting snarky in Ethics and making up with Jamie yesterday, Aeryn's oddly okay. However, that didn't mean she was very talkative yesterday.

She's up early today, doing dishes early as quietly as possible.

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John is not out of bed especially because he has no classes today so he'd planned on sleeping in. Of course, the other part of that plan is now out of bed and he's left mumbling and squirming around on the bed.

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Aeryn turns off the water and finishes putting the dishes out to dry, coming back out of the kitchen. "Hi," she says quietly.

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"Why're you up so early?" John asks in lieu of a greeting.

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"I just am," she says, taking a seat on her side of the bed. "I didn't mean to wake you."

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"You didn't," he says and shakes his head. "I was just reaching for you and you weren't there."

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"Sorry," she says, reaching over to rub the side of her hand along his jaw.

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"Everything okay?" he asks, waking up a little.

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"More or less. Nothing to be concerned about," she shrugs, because Aeryn can never give up anything that easily.

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"What's wrong?" he asks because he knows better.

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"Nothing's wrong, you just won't be happy," she warns.

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Now he's awake. "What is going on?"

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"I'm seeing Jamie later and I think I really can't kill the Ethics teacher," she says, letting him pick which one to go for first.

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He blinks. He has just woken up, after all. "Seeing Jamie how?"

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"I went to see him after class yesterday. He's going to introduce me to a Klondike bar," she reports.

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"Where?"

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"It wasn't really specified. Probably 209. Most people don't know I'm usually here," she answers.

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He takes a deep breath, trying to control the automatic snap that was about to come out. "You should do it here."

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"I don't want to make him uncomfortable," she says honestly, because she knows he'll hover.

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"I won't do anything," he says tightly.

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If she agrees to that, she's really going to hold him to that. "I'll be all right," she assures him.

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"I'll stay in the bathroom the entire time he's here," he says.

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"And if someone needs to use it?" she asks patiently.

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"I'll go in the kitchen," he says evenly.

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She sighs a little. "Despite what happened, I consider Jamie a friend. I don't want to make things more awkward. If he's all right with it, we'll do this here. If he's not, then I'm going to trust him and come back here as soon as he leaves."

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"I won't do anything," he says again. "I'll even leave the room if you keep the door open."