The Perk [Saturday morning]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh was drinking coffee.

Lots of coffee.

And though J,GOB indeed served the finest muffins and bagels in all the land, he was parked with a copy of the Washington Post in the coffee shop.

Certainly not because the last time he'd been in J,GOB, Aly had used the oh-so-original "who are you again?" approach to dumping him.

Really.

Move along.

[IT WAS ALWAYS IN THIS COMM OMG]

Heavily Broken - The Veronicas

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[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Lots of coffee was a great way to start the weekend, Jake decided and went to the Perk. He ordered a cappuchino and settled down with a book. Every time he moved his head glitter glittered all over the place. Damn cheerleaders, he thought with amusement.

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh raised an eyebrow. "Did Jamie Madrox finally get that orgy he'd been asking for all year in Student Council?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Possibly," Jake replied after a moments thought. "I didn't stay to watch the aftermath. I was at the cheer assembly yesterday. It ended in glitter." He shook his head again, demonstrating.

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"You know, I'm probably supposed to be surprised by that but...yeah, not really." Josh took another sip from his mug. "You graduate next week, right?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Yup. I think I might actually miss this place," Jake said thoughtfully. He sipped his coffee. "I know I'm going to miss the people. Are you staying to teach during the summer?"

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac immediately grinned when she saw Jake, and made her way over, holding her coffee cup carefully with both hands.

"Hi Jake!" she said cheerfully, putting her cup onto a table and hopping up onto a seat near him. "You're all glittery." Nothing like stating the obvious.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"I am," Jake agreed, smiling to the kid with the coffee, before grimacing. "I'm not your dad, am I?"

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac wrinkled her nose and giggled. "Don' be silly," she said. "My dad's home." She leaned forwards to poke at the shiny bits, experimentally. "Why are you all glittery?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly had what could loosely be termed a hangover from the previous night at Caritas and her attempt to forget the events of the week. She'd decided she would stop at the Perk then go to find Josh and apologise.

She wasn't quite ready to find him at the Perk though. And stopped for a second, looking possibly more nervous and tentative than he'd ever seen her before.

It would have been a good idea to actually get coffee first, but she moved quietly over to Josh's table. "May I have a seat?" she asked.

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"That depends," Josh said, spinning the mug between his fingers. "Do you know who I am today?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She nodded and dropped into a seat. "I hate alternate timelines," she said conversationally.

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh raised an eyebrow. "Most people around here go with gremlin bite as an excuse."

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Even when she's five, one thing that is always on Mac's mind is coffee. The barrista did at least give her decaff, though.

She thanked the perplexed woman serving her, reached up to dump a handful of change on the counter and took a firm hold on the take-out cup she'd been given.

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh stared.

"Any chance you're related to Rory Gilmore?" he asked.

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac looked up at the big man, a little in awe, as he is a lot taller than her, and shook her head solemnly. "Nuh-uh," she responded.

After a second she added, "I know her!"

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh smiled a little warily. "That's great! How do you know her?"

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Why, yes, that was a six year old stopping in for coffee on her way to work. Turtle had clutched in her hands a bunch of packets of sugar and had messily dumped them into her cup before returning to the nice lady at the counter and announcing, "I don't think I have enough sugar."

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh stared like a staring thing.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Looking around while she was waiting for the nice lady to come back with more sugar, Turtle spotted Professor Lyman and waved excitedly. "Hiiiiii, Mr. Lyman! Look!" She lifted up her coffee cup, spilling some of it on the counter. "I'm a real prof'es'nal!" She dropped her voice to a grumble, trying to imitate her daddy in the morning before he had his coffee. "Can't talk, need coffee, no work without coffee, blarrg." And then she giggled.

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh cracked up. "Hello, Turtle," he said. "Off to work, huh?"

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

The regular cup of coffee wasn't going to cut it this morning...not after she'd been awake half the night, trying to get in contact with Galactica. After three weeks, she wasn't just beginning to get nervous; she was nervous. And so it was to The Perk she went, in search of a double-shot white mocha, complete with whipped cream.

It wasn't until after placing her order, receiving her drink, sitting down, and managing a few sips that she realized she was surrounded. By kids.

This wasn't a bad situation -- not by a long shot. But it was a bit...unusual...for a coffee house. Well, for this coffee house.

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

A little girl dragging a stuffed frog with her approached, wrinkling her nose. "Ch'c'late?"

Because when you're four, that totally counts as a proper greeting.

[hera-rises.livejournal.com]

Laura chuckled. "Ah, no, I don't have any. But you should probably start with something a little better for you, anyway." She gave a kind smile. "Did mom and dad feed you breakfast this morning?"

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

"Mum an'daddys not here. I is a big girl! Had gummi bear! Tasted funnies." It was only a few, thankfully, because no child should be allowed to have ANY of the special seahorse gummi bears Deedee had found this morning.

Special meaning alcoholic. The rest were on a shelf much too high for a four year old to reach, or even see.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John popped in for some sugar. Responsibly. Cuz.... Chocolate cake is the best breakfast.