Week 31, early morning

[rita_anne_terry]

After showering after her morning run, Rita-Anne stood naked in the girl's bathroom, looking at herself critically in the mirror. Am I too fat? No... Ugly? Nope! Still... something's got to change... My knight-life is alright. Not great... I haven't fought any huge evil thing lately... but it's alright. School work is fine... except for math

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[mopple]

The reply from Hob is a little slow in coming; Hob is not one to make use of computers on a regular basis.

When the answer comes, it reads:

"Where, o, where says Robin-a-bobbin,
Where, o, where says Richard to Robert,
Where, o, where says Jack in the land,
Where, o, where says everyone."

[rita_anne_terry]

Re: Prank.
To: Hob@Rowan.edu
CC: Ash@Rowan.edu

Makeover parties are for woosies and I'm positve they're not fun at all! Especially if they're going to be held next week. Or maybe on the weekend. I'm not sure which would be worse.

Got stuff for putting stripes in hair?

[mopple]

Re:Re: Prank.
To: Rita_Anne@Rowan.edu
CC: Ash@Rowan.edu

"HEY! KOOL-AID!"

[rita_anne_terry]

Re:Re: Prank.
To: Hob@Rowan.edu
CC: Ash@Rowan.edu

Ya!! You know... you gave me an even better idea than I had! In fact, it might be the "bestest" (I still use the word "bestest". Can you believe that? Holding on to youth is one thing but that's not quite far enough) idea ever!

Thanks!

*BIG VIRTUAL KISS ON THE NOSE!*
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMUA!

-The R.A.(and T.)

[rita_anne_terry]

Ash does what any normal satyr would in these circumstances - kisses her back. He smiles charmingly at her and gestures to his room. "You're very welcome to come in. And I'm not expecting any visitors..."

Ash's room still has all the furniture standard in a double, but there are certainly signs that Ash has taken over the entire room. The second bed has large pillows on it, leaning against the wall, turning the bed into a couch. The second desk has a computer on it, an older model with a mismatched monitor. And some of Ash's odds and ends have made their way onto the other dresser, including shiny foil packets and large tube standing on end.

"Ugly..." Rita-Anne says as she goes inside. "How'd you get a double turned into a single?"

[studentsatyr]

"My roommate left, and I never got another." He says with a smile, "So I get to have friends over whenever I want to." He gives her a wry grin. "Though sometimes it gets lonely all by myself."

[rita_anne_terry]

"You?" Rita-Anne says, raising an eyebrow. "Lonely? And here I thought I was the pooka! You're, like, the most popular guy on campus! I should know. I took an opinion poll for my intro to prodigals class that I'm taking next year."

She sits on the "couch" and grins back at him, but it seems a bit forced. One of her legs is shaking very quickly, like she's trying to burn off some extra energy.

[studentsatyr]

Ash sprawls on the 'couch' near her. "Yeah, sometimes I do get lonely." He gives her a wry grin. "But I grew up in a house with four kids - me and my older brother and my older and younger sisters. So I'm used to having a lot of people around." What she said earlier sinks in. "I was really the most popular guy?" he asks, sounding as if he doesn't believe it.

[studentsatyr]

Rita-Anne's bouncing boobs holds Ash's attention until she speaks.

Ash says the first thing that comes into his head, "Being a virgin?" And he immediately changes his mind, "Nah, 'cause you don't know what you're missing. So then it'd be if you have someone and loose them... in a humiliating and painful way." What he's said sinks in and his face falls. "Oh, Rita-Anne, I'm so sorry. Terry told me a little bit and..." Impulsively he drops to one knee in front of her. "I swear I have no intention of doing anything like that to you. I do love Merry and you should know that, but there is room in my life for other people, and Merry knows that. But if having to share would hurt you, I don't want to do that, even though you are really hot."

[rita_anne_terry]

For a moment, Rita-Anne got confused, and wondered what exactly her trusted companion told Ashton... but since Terry is her trusted companion, she figured it wouldn't have been much... expecially considering the Virgin comment.

"Actually, it get's a little more complicated than that... as in almost eight and a half months down the road more complicated..."

[studentsatyr]

It's not often Ash reacts with stunned silence to anything, but with Rita-Anne's statement, there is a nociceable pause as As recovers from his obvious surprise.

"Whoa. So if I'm getting this right now, you're not olny a not a virgin but you got to the point of being eight and a half months pregnant - I assume sometime after being run out of Finland by Duke Droesem." Ash blinks and his thoughts come out of his lips, "Which means I can think of several things that you might think of as the worst thing that could happen to a girl at that point..." Ash's face is downfallen as he puts himself in Rita-Anne's shoes. "I'm so sorry, Rita-Anne. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but..." Impulsively, the teary-eyed satyr gives the pooka a hug.

[rita_anne_terry]

Rita-Anne wasn't expecting the hug, and she definately wasn't expecting the tears! The situation was not going quite as she expected it to go.

"Closer to wearing a too-too than a size eight and a half," she said, trying to sooth Ashton. "And it was ancient history. Water under the bridge, and all that sort of stuff."

So if it's water under the bridge, why bring it up at all? nagged a little voice. Why not just do it?

Rita-Anne mentally told that little voice to shut up.