The Perk [Wednesday Late Morning]

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Veronica was at the Perk, wondering if she could consume enough caffeine that she would never sleep again. Yesterday had been weird dreams. This morning after her shower, she had dozed off and had an absolute nightmare.



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[tyler_gone]

Tyler walked into the Perk and spotted Veronica.

And promptly experienced a full-body shudder that made him turn away.

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Veronica glanced up when the door opened and immediately made a face.

But she didn't want to tip Tyler off to the fact that she was having sex dreams about him. "Durden."

[tyler_gone]

"Veronica," Tyler said, as if absently. He went to order his coffee, sneaking a glance at her out of the corner of his eye.

Please, don't let her be wearing pink.

"Having a nice day?"

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"Better before you walked in," Veronica snarked. Snark was safe. And even true. Sort of.

And of course she was wearing pink. It was striped with green though.

[tyler_gone]

Tyler clucked his tongue. "Break my heart, Veronica."

Snark was definitely safe. It kept him from wondering what her bra looked like and -- seriously, sex dreams? About Veronica Mars? That was worse than the ones about his students.

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"That implies that you have a heart, Tyler," Veronica said, smiling sweetly.

At least that part of her dream sort of made sense. The part where she was also apparently soul-less? Not so much.

[tyler_gone]

See, missing a soul wasn't really Tyler's problem. He had those kinds of dreams pretty often.

The sex thing, on the other hand ...

He'd change the subject. "You listen to radio. Did you hear it last night?"

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

At some point in the morning, if she had her cell phone on her, she might just find that it was ringing. Friends do have the best timing to distract from bad dreams on occasion.

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Veronica glanced at the caller ID before picking up the phone. "Mac! How are you?"

Friends were a good distraction, yes.

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"Good, pretty good," Mac answered. "Got a week off, which makes it even better. You? Getting into the whole teaching thing?"

"And a Happy Birthday for the other week," she added before she could answer. "I am so sorry, completely late on that."

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"Weeks off are always good," Veronica agreed. "Teaching is fun, but I'll be glad to go back to LA in a few weeks." Or sooner, if things didn't improve with Angel soon.

"Thanks. I didn't do much to celebrate this year. We'll probably have a party at the Hyperion when I get home."

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"Benefits of having your very own hotel," Mac said with a bit of a laugh. "Never have trouble finding a venue."

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"It's not mine, but, yeah, living there definitely has some perks," Veronica said. "How's Neptune?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim had gone to bed early the night before. And woken up a few hours later with no intention of going back to bed. He desperately needed coffee now, after a long walk designed to ward off sleep.

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"You look as bad as I feel," Veronica remarked.

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"Didn't sleep much last night. Bad dreams."

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"Me too," she said. "The island is doing something."

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"Really? Did we piss it off or something? What did you dream about?"

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"Bunch of weird stuff," she said vaguely.

[gunandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Dani entered the Perk for coffee and saw Veronica, remembered what she said.

"You look like crap."

Yes, Dani, that's the way to greet people.

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"Yeah, I've had a rough couple of days," Veronica said. "Weird dreams."

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"Weird dreams," Dani repeated then shook her head. She didn't want to get into other people's heads. "Hey, about the other time, just wanted to say, you were right."

People always assume she could never admit she was wrong, Dani seriously wondered why that was. She could admit it.

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Veronica gave her a confused look. "Right about what?"

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"About this town bein' weird," she explained. Remembering not everyone could pick-up her mental acrobatics like Crews. "I didn't believe you."

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"Oh, yeah," Veronica remembered getting that vibe now. "What convinced you?"