lovemykilt. Room 211, Friday afternoon

So. Priestly had a date with Claudia this evening. An actual date. With kissing. And no extra people.

He wasn't freaking out. The way he was throwing all his clothes on his bed and wailing about not having anything to wear and comparing the various benefits of his blue "free sample" t-shirt with his yellow "lesbian" t-shirt and his hair was sticking up with far less direction than usual had absolutely nothing to do with freaking out.

Okay, so the flopping down on the floor with a shell-shocked look, surrounded by t-shirts, hair dye, and CDs for making her mix tape might have had something to do with freaking out. But only a little.

[ooc: Door and post are open, yo]

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Claire was randomly on the second floor (as you are) when she happened to glance through Priestly's open door and leaned in.

"Dude, did your closet explode?"

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"If my closet exploded I might have something to wear." Claudia would be all over the 'my clothes are shredded by random explosion' look.

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Claire thought about that.

Nope, it didn't make sense.

"Huh?" she asked, still hovering in the door. "What are you trying to get dressed for?"

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Priestly ran a hand through his hair -- a habit he usually didn't let himself indulge in, what with the fact that his hair was usually gelled into something more resembling concrete. "Have you met Claudia?"

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"Yeah, she's in art club and we've talked a little," Claire nodded. "She's sweet."

And dressed like she escaped from an insane asylum, but Claire didn't hold that against her too much.

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Priestly nodded. "I have a date with her, tonight."

Surely anyone who'd ever seen what she usually wore would understand his dilemma.

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"Oh," Claire said, then, more sharply as she considered and came to appreciate the problem, "Oh! And you, uh, you really like her, huh?"

It was a guess, but she couldn't imagine a guy worrying too much about his clothes if he didn't.

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"As evidenced by the fact that I've turned into a complete and total girl," Priestly agreed. "I'm doomed, aren't I."

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"Well, not doomed," Claire said. "I mean, she agreed to go out with you, right? Just look like you normally look, except, y'know, more." There was a vague gesture to accompany the vagueness of "more."

She stepped a little into the room. "What are your choices?"

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"Like me. Only more." Wow, that so didn't help. "Right, that clears things up." He sighed, holding up his "Orgasm donor: ask me about my free samples" t-shirt in one hand and his "No one knows I'm a lesbian" t-shirt in the other. "Are these too obviously a cry for help?"

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"Like, y'know ..." No, Claire couldn't explain it. "Like you tried but not like you tried."

Because that was much more helpful. She looked at the shirts anyhow. "Orgasm donor one's kinda a lot for a date," she decided. "I like the lesbian one."

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Dinah had wanted to stop by, because last night's Radio mentioned stuff that she had to know about, so she rapped her knuckles on the doorframe before peeking in, and blinking. "Eeek?"

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Priestly looked up. "Dinah! You gotta help me. I'm completely out of blue hair dye."

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"I can run get it now?" Dinah looked gleeful and concerned at the same time. "I did hear right? You've got a date with Claudia? How did you run out of hair dye!"

Because seriously!

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"I've been using the blue more than the others. Do you think I should try green? Or does that clash with the light pink? We're going to the movies and she promised no one else would be coming along."

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Dinah screwed her eyes shut and tried to picture it, and then popped them open and said, "Blue, definitely blue, don't go anywhere I'll be right back!"

She ran up the stairs, ducked into her room, grabbed the blue, then grabbed the purple while she was at it, then buzzed back down the hallway, taking the steps two at a time to get back.

"I got the blue and the purple and yes! A real date! A movie date! There is no way that's not a date!"

Yay for more vicarious dating!

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Wow, she was excited. "Yeah, which means I could totally screw it up for real." Yeah, Priestly was kind of terrified. He'd never gone on a real date as a punk before. He took the blue and the purple and lined them up on the edge of his desk with the red. "I could do three rows? Or just alternating colors on the one?"

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"You will not screw it up, Claudia's very cool, and it's a movie, I mean, if you guys just show up and no one barfs, you're set." Dinah stared at the colors, and said, "I'd go with the rows, but that's me. What are you gonna wear? Ooo, what movie are you seeing?"

If she and Priestly weren't gonna date, and they really weren't, he needed to have someone who appreciated him. Claudia already got the unique thing, so yay on that.

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"This 3D horror thing. She got way excited over a movie date that required accessories." Claudia was something else, alright. "And how do you know? I happen to be very adept at screwing things up. It's like my only talent."

Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached the self-pitying stage of the panic.

"Uh, the pink 'meat is murder' t-shirt over there. And jeans, I guess. And my army jacket. Is that enough? Should I be getting her something or something?"

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Dinah poked him a little in the shoulder. "No! No jinxing! You didn't screw up coming here, did you? And you asked her out! Yes!"

Dinah quit bouncing for a second to check out his proposed wardrobe. "Yes, that's cool, I think. I mean, I dress from dorkville, but that looks like you, only like you took a little time to be more you." She frowned. "No, I don't think you should get her anything, but, you're paying for tickets, right? And the popcorn and stuff?"

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"Me but more. You're the second chick to tell me that and it still doesn't make sense. You don't think she'll get offended if I try, do you? Some girls do that. And, uh. The asking was kind of an accident." Priestly blinked, realizing how that sounded. "I mean, I meant to ask, but I kind of managed to ask while trying to ask about finding a good place to ask where the kitchen guys weren't watching."

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"Like that thing that your parents say, about being neat and all, only in your case it's not about being neat, it's like, colors and attitude, just dialed up?" Dinah was hopeless at explaining this. "Anyway. And no! It's a first date, you asked, it's totally good for you to pay. And if she offers tell her that you invited, so she's the guest! It's not a feminism thing if she lets you." Dinah had that much of dating down. She giggled. "So, you were just trying to figure out when she'd be around somewhere less busy, and the whole why you wanted to know slipped out?"

Awwwwwwwww.

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"Well, it was more 'we should get together somewhere that isn't class or a job,' and she was like 'yes! any suggestions?' and I was all 'uh.' and she said 'I like movies' and it was a date. And then I kissed her."

He smiled a little doofily at that last bit.

"She's a good kisser."

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