The Perk [Early Afternoon]

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Fraser's wandered into the Perk, having decided he spent far too much time in his room. And, of course, he feels a little more comfortable coming out of his room now that his hair is no longer pink. And, his hair no longer being pink is beneficial, especially since he'd lost another hat during detention. Diefenbaker, still slightly angry with that whole situation, is with him and no longer ignoring Fraser.

He ordered a black coffee and took a seat at one of the tables.

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[scrabblecyborg.livejournal.com]

Hannelore wandered in, Winslow tucked under her arm. She had her coffee ordered and everything before she noticed two things.

1. Cute guy! Yay! He looked clean! Double-yay!

2. ...dog. Scratch number 1.

"Hey," she said, waving a little.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," he said, smiling. "How are you?"

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"Good," she answered.

"Salutations!" Winslow yelled at the top of his wee voice.

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"Hello," Fraser said slowly, not quite sure where that voice had come from. Even Diefenbaker popped his head up.

[scrabblecyborg.livejournal.com]

"Do you own a business?" Hannelore asked curiously. "I haven't seen you around."

"Hannelore counts things!" Winslow announced, waving his tiny arms excitedly.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"I work at the school," he said and Fraser, having finally caught sight of Winslow, smiled. "Does she? I'm sure she's quite good at it."

[scrabblecyborg.livejournal.com]

"It's a gift," Hannelore said, patting Winslow to get him to shush. "Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham, hi."

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Where there's coffee? There's Dale.

"I know I've told you this before," Dale said to the barista, "But this is, if you pardon the expression, a damn fine cup of coffee."

He then waved to his fellow coffee drinkers. "Good Afternoon, everyone. A fine day, isn't it?"

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"Indeed," Fraser said, nodding a greeting. "Good afternoon. How are you?"

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"Perfect now that there is coffee and donuts," Dale returned. "Allow me to introduce myself. Dale Cooper."

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"Benton Fraser," he said, introducing himself. "A pleasure, Mr. Cooper. Are you new to the town?"

[pieandcoffee.livejournal.com]

"You would be correct Benton," Dale replied. "I've been here over a week. Quite a charming and strange town you have here. Been here long?"

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"Actually, yes," he answered, surprised at that answer. "Well over a year now. I work at the school."

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

Aiden can very much sympathise with the 'not getting out enough', which is why she's got the same idea. Coffee and baked goods are never, ever a bad combo.

She sent a smile and a quick, "Afternoon," of greeting at the familiar-looking guy as she made her order, not quite able to place him.

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"Good afternoon," Fraser greeted. "How are you today?"

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

"Not half bad," Aiden replied. "Nothin's tried to invade the place anywhere near me lately. No complaints about that."

She collected her drink from the barrista along with a muffin. "Yourself?" she returned.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"Very well, thank you kindly," he said with a nod. "I'm not completely sure if we've met. Benton Fraser, head of school security at the currently destroyed school."

[outofbrooklyn.livejournal.com]

Ah. Yeah, that was it, and now she's desperately trying to remember what kind of first impression her six year old self might have left.

Aiden laughed awkwardly. "We have, in a sense," she told him. "Aiden Burn, I run the PI office in town."

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"In a sense?" He was getting the distinct feeling he hadn't been himself when it happened. "Was I...singing? Or doing something else?"

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

Arashi was out of coffee in the house, so to the perk it was!

He ordered his coffee as black as he could get it with one of those fruity scone looking things and looked over to get a table and noticed Fraser.

"Hello Benton, you fixed your hair," he smiled.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"Professor," Fraser greeted. "I didn't actually. A student was kind enough to do it for me at the luau."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"It still got fixed though," he smiled and pointed out. "How's your dog?"

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"He's not as angry at me as he was before," Fraser answered. "Probably because Miss Evans fixed his coat as well. We're doing much better now that we're less pink."

[konoha-flash.livejournal.com]

"That's very good," Arashi grinned. "It's not goo to have any sort of animal angry at you. How was she able to do it?" He asked curiously.

[just-add-starch.livejournal.com]

"With her hands," Fraser said. "She ran her hands over the affected pink area and changed it back. Really quite remarkable."