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[phone call! book call? whatever!]

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

[he doesn't know Alice very well himself, but he knows her through Jack. And this is a little... awkward, but--whatever.]

Oi, Alice. [A beat.] Er. Hello, I mean.

[whatevs same difference]

[cruelwonder]

[She sounds surprised but certainly not put off.]

Oh, hullo, Sirius. How are you?

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

I'm-- yeah.

What are you doing?

[cruelwonder]

Reading.

[She quirks a brow at her NV book.]

Why?

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

'Cos I wanted to ask you something, and I wanted to be sure that you weren't busy. That's politeness.

[It's a strained attempt at humour, which means it's not actually humourous at all. Merlin, but he sounds an idiot. Right.]

I wanted to ask you to come over. On Jack's behalf. Which sounds weird, I know, but he didn't put me up to it, or anything, I was just-- He's perfectly capable of asking on his own.

[cruelwonder]

Quite. Thank you.

[She pauses, considering. It's not that she would decline to come over, but--]

Is he all right? He's not hurt, is he?

[Blind, certainly, but that's not the point.]

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

No. He's all right--all things considered.

[That's also not a joke, though he wishes it was or could be. There's a pause on his end as well.]

It was his birthday the other day. The twelfth. I was going to do something bigger, but it seemed-- Anyway. Whenever you like, you can come over.

[cruelwonder]

[She understands. She's quiet a moment before she responds.]

I'll be over. We can do something special for him.

[Even if it's just the three of them.]

...I'm rather atrocious at baking, though. Does he even like cake?

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

Loves it, unfortunately, but don't fuss. I can manage to get that bit of it together--I made him a cake for the day of it, but we already ate it. And you can't reuse cakes, y'know, that's cheating.

[Her easy acceptance is definitely helping to make things a bit brighter.]

As long as you're there, he'll be happy. So. [On his end, he shrugs, though she can't see it. The situation is a bit brighter, yeah, but not without a touch of awkwardness still. Feelings, what are they.]

[cruelwonder]

I could...pick something up from Funtom. What do the two of you like?

[She sets her hands on her hips.]

The both of us. You shan't convince me that he won't be happier with you there as well, Sirius. [He just wanted his friend to come home, the last time she saw him.]

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

[Guilt suffuses him for a moment, but he shoves it away as quickly as possible.]

Yeah, well, you're different. He sees me every bloody day. Er-- [He has the grace to wince just a little.] You know what I mean.

And chocolate, that's what we like best. Loads of chocolate.

[cruelwonder]

I don't believe... Ah, well--

[Awkward. She glosses over it.]

Chocolate. Anything specific? Any...kind?

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

All kinds. And I mean that, miss, all kinds, every chocolate out there. All in one cake. [A beat.] Except white chocolate, that isn't even really chocolate.

When, er, when d'you want to come?

[cruelwonder]

I'll head to the store now... Hm. In an hour, perhaps? Would that be all right?

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Yeah, that's brilliant. I'll tell him. Send me a message when you reach the firehouse, I'll tell you the password.

[cruelwonder]

All right. I should be there in about an hour. I'll call you.

WOULD YOU LIKE an action thread or a log or what... I can have Thleen jump in right here....

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

Right. Until then, miss.

I AM GOOD WITH WHATEVER *^*

[cruelwonder]

YEAAAH JUMPING IN

[allucinator]

[Jack is sipping a cup of coffee, curled up on the couch, scratching at Yorick's ears.]

[cruelwonder]

[She's brought what she's promised, as well as a few other things she found in the shop, and she sets them on the table once Sirius has let her in. She goes over to him and touches his shoulder.]

Hullo.

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

[Sirius follows her in, a little over-eager to compensate for nervousness and uncertainty. He leaps onto the couch on Jack's other side.]

Surprise.

[allucinator]

Oye!

[He reaches up, tangling his and Alice's fingers together, and glances toward Sirius' voice.]

You invite her over?

[cruelwonder]

[She smiles warmly and goes to sit on his other side, keeping her hand in his.]

He did, in fact.

[atrumcanis.livejournal.com]

[He glances up at Alice, with a grin, and then back at Jack again.]

Yeah, yeah, and it took loads of convincing to get her here. Anyway, I've a surprise!

[He jumps off the couch and goes to his trunk in the corner.]

Guess what I'm doing, Jack, guess.

[allucinator]

Wavin' your wand?

[He grins widely, leaning against her.]

Though I doubt it took much convincin' to get you here, mm?