★ 01 [Video/Action] Well it's not the semi annual sale at Macy's...

[mightbeconcussed]

So I told him that I thought we were better as a special occasion sort of thing. Like the classic car you keep in the garage because if you drove it every day it’d always be in the shop. I’m not entirely sure he bought it but he agreed to leave our face to faces to parties and booty calls—Jill are you even listening to me?

[Lucy is standing in front of the fountain with a really fantastic Prada bag –price tag still attached--in her hand. She’s looking around wildly.]

Jilly Bean?

[She looks down at the bag in her hand]

Oh Holy Bear Bryant…does this mean I shop lifted? I swear I was going to buy it. Not that that ever works in the movies or the TV shows. It’s like the standard excuse for shop lifters. I bet it’s the excuse Wynona gave but honest, I mean it. I was going to pay for it until I got—where is this? Kidnapping carries a very serious penalty and I am not someone you want to abduct. Especially if you’re an alien. Oh God…it’s aliens isn’t it? I want to chime in with being opposed to aliens. Unless you’re Max Evans. Then you can abduct me anytime.

[She pauses to take a breath and note that the scenery is not one she recognizes]

This is definitely not Roswell, New Mexico.

[And a final glance down at the bag before she tucks it firmly beneath her arm]

At least I got to keep the bag…

Comments

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Oh Sweetie. Keep working. You'll get there.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

But you know, I wanted to work on academics instead.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Very commendable. [She might be giggling at you right now]

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

Hey, it turned out pretty good. Besides, I mean, let the jocks have their moment of glory and all that, it's not fair if I did well in school and on the field.

By "did well in the field" I mean, "get knocked on my ass so hard I can't think straight".

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Tell that to McElroy. They don't let guys that only know how to hit hard into Oxford.

Aww. At least you can take a hit. That's very sexy. Sort of. I mean as long as you got up and didn't cry like a girl.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

Well, trust me, the jocks at my school couldn’t even tell you where Oxford was or spell it, let alone go there.

I totally got up and all the crying was of the very, very manly kind.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Sucky school

Well then you're golden, Sam.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

You get out of it what you put into it, I think.

Go me.

So have you figured out a place to stay the night yet?

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

That's what they say.

I'm going to do some apartment shopping I guess since it seems like it's sort of cop a squat kind of thing.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

It's true though, I pretty much screwed around first few years of high school and didn't really learn anything.

Well, if you need a place to stay until then you can crash with my roommate and I.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

See, I screwed around in high school and when I got mandatory vacation I was in the process of screwing around through almost four years of college.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I'd lose my scholarship and get kicked out of college pretty hard if I screwed around in college. And my dad would give me that whole, "I'm disappointed in you" speech.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Oooooh so we're talking like scholarship brains. You should have said something. I'm spoiled. Daddy pays for college and I keep my head above water. It's sort of our deal. What were you majoring in in College? And where did you go?

Also, thanks for the offer of the place to crash. I'll keep it in mind.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

It's not that big of a deal, seriously, they give out full rides to Princeton like... all the time for normal non-brainy kids. It was just a really convincing application essay, honestly.

No major declared just yet, but probably astrophysics.

No problem. It's a huge place and lots of rooms so it's not like you're crashing on the couch.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Riiiight. Blonde and screws around at school does not equal totally stupid. Plus astrophysics? You're a total brain.

Okay. I'll let you know?

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

Maybe a little bit. Like, there's a little brain there, part of one.

Sure, if you decide to crash with us I can pick you up wherever you are.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I never really got modesty. If you're good at something, say you're good. If you're not, same thing.

Okay. Thanks.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but then you get pigeonholed into being "that guy" and if I have to get into a hole with a pigeon I don't want it to be the brainy hole, I guess.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

So what hole are you going for?

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

I'd settle for the "Definitely not the guy that the evil aliens were threatening to destroy the world over if he wasn't handed over to them" hole.

Alternately, the "that guy who most everyone likes" hole would be nice.

[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well that's a long label for a pigeon hole.

I think everyone wants to be in that one.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess it is.

I don’t know, I’ve met some people who like being the person everyone hates.