Room 222 | Tuesday Afternoon

[pursuedthestars]

So, Jim had gotten drunk last night. That wasn't surprising. He'd gotten drunk, gone out to the mainland, gotten a little drunker and then come home where he'd passed out. Getting up the following morning for class had been...interesting but he'd managed it and now he was back in his room, back in bed and recovering from that little bender.

Jim really couldn't even explain it. At first, he'd started drinking just to get Frank's voice out of his head and then it just turned into wanting to have fun which meant he got to deal with the headache and the general gross feeling the next day. But, he was an expert at this.

Yes, at sixteen, he already knew how to deal. He'd had some water, taken some pills (he preferred futuristic shots, thank you) and propped himself up in his comfortable bed with blankets, pillows and pajamas. And by that, he'd wriggled into a pair of pants and that was it.

He really wished for a television or something in the room. How could Jackson not have that? It was a mystery. Maybe he'd try and convince his roommate to get something like that.

Blackmail was always an option.

[Door cracked/post open.]

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[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Goblet, no, but I swiped some loser's wallet at the picnic, so my choice is better than something from Bob's House of Kebab and Booze," Cade replied.

[pursuedthestars]

"Why am I not surprised that you swiped a wallet?" Jim wondered, shaking his head. He'd hooked up with a girl and Cade had been making money. Sounded like they'd both had fun. "And whose wallet did you swipe? Anyone interesting?"

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Not really," Cade said. "Some guy who was way too excited about scones or something; never even saw me."

[pursuedthestars]

"Aww. Did the guy at least have a good amount of creds?" Jim asked, giving Cade an oh so sad frown. "Did his excitement over scones transfer to a lot of scones buying money?"

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Cade said, "and a credit card I told the clerk was my dad's. That won't work for very long, though."

[pursuedthestars]

"You spending money on anything interesting?" Jim wondered. "And yes, booze does count."

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Can't exactly buy a new blaster here," Cade said, "and I can't think of a new tattoo I might need, so I'm sending some of it home for local specialties."

Drugs. Cade meant drugs.

[pursuedthestars]

"Awww, are you ordering yourself a pretty little dress from home?" Jim cooed, smirking. "Cade, you'll look so pretty!"

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but only if it really accentuates my ass," Cade replied. "Do I want to to know why your brain immediately jumped to karking cross-dressing?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Probably not," Jim admitted with a laugh. "Also, you threw a party half naked while you were a girl. You don't get to hold that over my head. You enjoyed that more than me, Cade."