Pixie Dust, Wednesday, 9/24

[withoutverona]

Either Romeo stayed too late at Ino's party the night before, or that vixen morning came too early. Either way, he was groggy as he unlocked the store, and he must have slept funny because his shoulder was aching.

He dry-swallowed a capsule of Tylenol-3, then, blinking, decided he might as well make himself useful and started to organize the new fall shirts. It was slow work with a bad arm, and there seemed to be about twice as many as there were space for on the racks.

Pixie Dust was open, and Romeo would be glad for any distraction.

[OOC: Open but OCD-free!]

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[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke was here partly to check out whether there was anything new for fall yet, partly because she'd been downloading and listening to radio. And sort of staring at it a lot. "Hey there, stranger," she greeted.

[withoutverona]

Romeo used his elbow to stop the shirts from sliding off the rack, then lifted his head, grinning. "Hello yourself," he returned. "It has been a while, hasn't it?"

[gobrookeyourself]

"A little bit," she said with a smile, coming over automatically to try and help him with the shirts. "Soooo. How've you been?"

[withoutverona]

Romeo stepped back, willing to let her help if she wanted to. "Not counting the shoulder, well enough," he decided. "Ino had a good birthday party last night."

Yes, he knew the shoulder was kind of a big thing to brush off.

[gobrookeyourself]

"First off, yeah, I meant to go, but I had this whole order thing to finish to ship it off, and I want to hear all about it," Brooke said. "Second, don't think you're getting out of it that easy. Seriously, you okay?"

[withoutverona]

"What kind of order?" Romeo asked, raising one eyebrow. "It was just a nice party. Liir cooked, Ino bounced at people, there was music. Oh, and Amber decorated, I think. The room was all purple."

He bounced the sling slightly. "I didn't think you'd let me," he admitted. "It hurts. It will heal. I think seeing him again was the worst of it, this is just ... aftermath." And there was an impressive snarl on that him.

[gobrookeyourself]

"For the website. I had to ship off an emergency homecoming dress but she paid me really well," Brooke said, but was frowning at his arm. "You actually knew the guy?"

[withoutverona]

"There are emergency Homecoming dresses?" Romeo could only blink; he supposed he'd heard of stranger emergencies, but still. "And yes. From home. He ... has his reasons for not liking me." He couldn't remember how much of the whole story he'd told Brooke when they were doing whatever-you'd-call-it. "Of course, to me he's supposed to be dead."

[gobrookeyourself]

"...This place sometimes," she sighed. "But this means he's got it all out of his system, right? Everything's okay now, except for the ow factor?"

[withoutverona]

"Only sometimes?" Romeo asked. "And yes. He's back in hell, I get a sling for a few weeks, so I'd say I have the better end of the deal."

[gobrookeyourself]

Okay, that was slightly alarming. "Yeah, you're definitely the lucky one here. What's a little limited mobility."

[withoutverona]

Luckier than she knew, really. "It will pass," he agreed. "Have you ever broken anything? Life with one arm is more annoying than I expected."

[gobrookeyourself]

"I sprained my ankle once," she said, knowing it so wasn't the same. "I know it sure as hell felt broken then." Which of course was why she needed two extra strength painkillers at once, right Brooke? Yeah, thought so.

[withoutverona]

It was close enough for Romeo, anyhow. He winced. "Ouch. I'm glad I can walk, at the least."

[gobrookeyourself]

"Well, you know, I barely remember it. So when do you get the sling off?"

[withoutverona]

"A few weeks," Romeo answered. "Ino healed the gunshot itself, but she can't heal bone, so it has to do that on its own."

[gobrookeyourself]

"And that's not something she could learn?" Hey, she didn't know. "Well, okay, being able to do anything has kinda got to rule."

[withoutverona]

"I didn't ask," Romeo said, blinking because it hadn't occurred to him to ask. "I know she's studying, though. Maybe in a year she will be able to." Not that it would do him much good by then.