Room 528 -- Wednesday Morning

[icecoldfrost]

It was lucky for Emma that ermines likes burrowing into things, such as blankets. Because it meant when she woke up person-shaped (and without clothes) on Wednesday morning, she wasn't freezing or in a hideously embarrassing situation. Well, no more embarrassing than being a rather cuddly ermine had been in the first place.

Blanket firmly wrapped around herself, Emma hopped out of bed and headed over to her dresser to pick out some clothes and find her shampoo. After a week of being small and furry, a hot shower and something to wear that wasn't a blue ribbon sounded fantastic.

[OOC: For the roomie, should she wish, and open to other visitors once Emma is happily clothed.]

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[bitten_notshy]

"I never would have noticed," Jack said roguishly as he went to kiss one palm. "Do you have special plans for your hands, or are you just excited to have them?"

[icecoldfrost]

"No plans in particular," she answered, tilting her head at him. "Besides the fact my hands -- and I -- will have to go to class at some point. Why? Did you have a suggestion?"

[bitten_notshy]

He tilted his head right back. "I could come up with several," he said. "But ... I've missed talking to you. And you missed Valentine's Day. Did you at least find my flowers?"

[icecoldfrost]

"I tried to go exploring in them," Emma replied mock-seriously. "They're beautiful, Jack, thank you."

"So what did I miss out on at the dance? Besides the punch; Beka kept pulling me out."

[bitten_notshy]

"She told me," Jack said. "I didn't know there was such a thing as an alcoholic ermine."

He shrugged. "Nothing. I might have kissed Tony."

See, totally nothing.

[icecoldfrost]

"If you were suddenly an ermine, wouldn't you want a drink?" she asked, and then the second part of what he said sunk-in, and Emma raised an eyebrow. "You did or you didn't, darling? Most people know if they've kissed someone; it's not exactly something that's ill-defined or nebulous."

She was going to kill Tony if he was screwing around with Jack after dumping him. And she was possibly going to kill Jack, for being so damn changeable and frustrating. What happened to 'not seeing other people'?

[bitten_notshy]

Technically, Jack only promised not to sleep with anyone else.

... yeah. It might not be good to look too closely at that.

"I did kiss him,, but only because we were drunk and Lee is an ass and I thought you'd decided not to give things with me a chance after all," Jack said sullenly. "I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you."

[icecoldfrost]

Oh fantastic.

"I don't care about the kiss," Emma snapped, pulling her hand back from him. "People get stupid when they're drunk. Whatever." But Tony? Really?

"But I am a wee-bit annoyed that you so easily thought the worst of me, darling."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack closed his eyes, leaned back against the wall. "The last time we talked," he pointed out, "The best you could say was that you 'needed to think about it.' How was I supposed to know you hadn't thought about it and decided the answer was no?"

[icecoldfrost]

"I said you already had me, but I needed to think about the monogamy," she answered. "I'm not going to make some promise like that without talking with the other people I've been...involved. With. You're the one so convinced I have a heart, so I was trying to do the right thing."

"And you couldn't bother to call me? Or stop by my room? I could have been gremlin bitten or sick with a migraine from all the excitement, had to rescue Bobby, again, or even been in another coma. It's not like you don't know where I live."

[bitten_notshy]

"Because I didn't think to look for you until the dance," Jack answered. "I wondered a bit, but it's not odd for us to go a few days without seeing each other. I have a life, Emma. I don't spend all my time mooning over you."

He brushed his hair back, arrogant. "Anyhow, you know where I live too. I wouldn't have ignored an ermine at my door."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma gave him her patented 'Jack, you are a Moron' Look. "Have you ever tried stairs as an ermine?"

[bitten_notshy]

Jack facepalmed. "I take it that it's not as easy as it sounds."

[icecoldfrost]

"I seem to remember someone calling me thimble-sized at one point," she replied crossly. "Everything was a lot bigger than me."

[bitten_notshy]

"You were adorable. Violent, but adorable," Jack informed her. ".... am I still yours?"

[icecoldfrost]

"You deserved every bite you got," Emma said loftily.

"...I don't know. Are you sure you want to be?" Since he'd been kissing Tony, of all people.

[bitten_notshy]

Sometimes, Jack would have been sardonic.

...usually, Jack would have been sardonic.

This time: "More than I want to be almost anything else."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma let out a huff of air, pushing her hands through her hair.

"If you want me to trust you with this, you need to trust me too," she said finally. "Give me some credit, Jack. I'm not deliberately cruel with the people I care about."

[bitten_notshy]

"I'm not much good at trusting," Jack admitted. "I don't expect to be able to just trust people. I should have known better."

[icecoldfrost]

"Yes, you should have." Her lips quirked into a small smile. "But are any of us any good at it?"

Really. Look at their friends.

[bitten_notshy]

"Nobody I know, I'm afraid," Jack said ruefully. "I guess we get to make it up as we go along."

[icecoldfrost]

She held out a hand to tug him closer. "That means we get to make our own rules, though, which could be fun."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack did not fight the tug, bumping her with his hip. "Or we could throw out the notion of rules all together."

[icecoldfrost]

"If we don't have rules, how will I know if I'm doing it right?" Emma asked, letting her free hand brush against his waist.

[bitten_notshy]

"I think we're doing all right if we're both happy," Jack said, reaching down to trace his fingertips over hers. "I missed your hands too."