Sunnydale AU: simple words

[americas_son]

School is, finally, over.

Cal has shoved everything he's not bringing back home into his locker (so, pretty much everything) and now he's gone to find Tina.

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[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"When's that?" Cal asks.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

"It's supposed to be 11:00 on school nights, but if my mom is working a night shift, it's whenever I get home. I'm usually not out late anyway."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

Cal nods.

"We'll get you home before then."

Okay, so maybe he wants Tina's mom to think he's responsible.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

"I guess that would be the right thing to do. But it's a long time until then."

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"I guess we'll have to find some way to pass the time," Cal says, with great solemnity.

- then he laughs, because that is the oldest line in the book and he knows it.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

She laughs, too.

"Nice try, but I'm not that kind of girl. Get out the checkers. Or Monopoly."

She's joking, but she's also making a subtle point.

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"I don't think we could fit them onto the couch with us."

Well, they probably could, but the pieces would go everywhere.

He smiles, though. Point taken.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

"Battleship Travel Edition?"

Now she's just being silly.

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

Cal laughs.

"Or we could watch a movie."

Or two.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

"Oh, right, right. Movie. Whatcha got over here?"

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"Everything."

Which isn't entirely true - Cal moved his DVD collection into this room just in case, but he's the only one who watches movies regularly, and he tends mainly toward actiony, cheesy scifi. So if that's what Tina wants, she's all set, but if she was hoping for something a little quieter, the pickings are on the slim side.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

"Do we want to save The Matrix since we talked about it with Sherlock?"

Tina has not had enough actiony, cheesy scifi in her life!

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Cal says. "How about Armageddon?"

Management apologizes for Cal's taste in cinema.

And for getting that Aerosmith song stuck in your head.

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

"That sounds- cheery! Bring it on."

It's all good. Actiony, cheesy scifi has its place in the entertainment pantheon. Later Aerosmith songs perhaps less so...

"Oh, do you have Independence Day? I watch it whenever it comes on TV."

(Such a superior actiony, cheesy scifi flick.)

[americas-son.livejournal.com]

Sadly, Cal's collection is sorely lacking in turn-of-the-millennium cheerleading flicks.

He does have Independence Day, though.

"Yeah!" Cal brightens. "I haven't watched that in ages."

[take-youaway.livejournal.com]

How sad!

"Then let's watch both."

She picks up another bunch of grapes to snack on. This is a great date!