Book Haven, Wednesday, July 1

[not_a_moonie]

Alana hadn't planned on committing any crimes on her way to work that day. But then the maple syrup kept blowing under her umbrella somehow, and there was a rickshaw abandoned on the sidewalk, and the I Never game was still fresh in her head, and, well ...

She was peddling away on the rickshaw before she could overthink it.

It turned out rickshaws were really fun to drive. Alana wondered half-seriously if she might be up for a second part-tme job driving one as she unlocked the shop and started unpacking a crate of supernatural romances.

[OOC: I never strikes again! Open shop, open post.]

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Johnny rushed into the store, covered in burned syrup. "I learned something today. Don't be on fire in a syrup rain."

[not_a_moonie]

"That sounds like a good way to get a crispy candy coating all over your body," Alana said sympathetically. "Ouch. Was it already raining when you lit up, or did you get stuck?"

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty sure I'd be a delicious candy bar," Johnny mused. "But it was already raining. I figured it would evaporate or something like regular rain does, And it kind of does, but not fast enough!"

[not_a_moonie]

"You'd be like ... bacon coated in maple syrup," Alana decided, which sounded tasty but slightly gross. "And ... oh, sweetie."

That really was the kind of logic that required an 'oh, sweetie.'

"You can go wash up in our bathroom, if you want."

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Look, he very specifically did not science. It was one of his most endearing traits, according to him!

"That would be great. Thanks, babe," Johnny said, stepping over to give her a literally sweet thank you kiss.

[not_a_moonie]

It was literally sweet, and it was really too bad Alana had to hold back a little because she didn't want caramelized sugar allover her shirt.) She was a practical girl at times.)

"No problem," she said. "You weren't the only one whose decision-making was a little off today, anyhow."

As he might have guessed,if he had noticed the rickshaw still parked outside the store with no rickshaw driver in sight.

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Why do you say that?" Johnny checked. "Did... you have something to do with the rickshaw outside?"

[not_a_moonie]

"I blame the party," Alana confided, looking half-guilty and half like she was about to start laughing. "I'd never even thought about driving one, but then I was walking here, and the stupid rain was getting my legs sticky even under the umbrella, and the rickshaw was right there. And I remembered somebody mentioned joyriding during the game, and, well..."

She gestured vaguely at the window toward the purloined rickshaw.

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Ha!" Johnny laughed. "Just put it back where you found it before tomorrow and I'm sure nobody will have a problem with it."

Considering he was the person who suggested it during the party, he couldn't object. "How'd it ride?"

[not_a_moonie]

"Like a dream," Alana said, grinning at him. "Seriously, if I had known that they rode that smooth,I would have taken a joyride on one years ago."

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Wanna go for a ride whenever you have a break?" Johnny asked. "Because the only thing that could be hotter than you in the afterglow of joyriding like that would be you joyriding like that."

[not_a_moonie]

Alana made a delighted little sound. "That sounds ... really hot. Scrape the maple goo off and I can take a break in like 15 minutes."

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Not a problem. I'll be clean as a slightly dirty whistle in a few," Johnny said, almost skipping in his first step toward the bathroom.

He stopped. "Which was is the bathroom?" He never really spent time in book stores.

[not_a_moonie]

Alana smiled again at that. "It's the door that says employees only past the romance shelves. Don't worry, I won't tell on you."

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"You're breaking all kinds of rules today," Johnny said as he started making his way back. "I have to say, it's a fun twist. More the joyriding than this. But still."

[not_a_moonie]

"It's my new carefree rebellious side," Alana called after him. "Maybe I'll go really crazy and, I dunno, torrent something from HBO to watch this weekend."

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Color me intrigued," Johnny said on his way into the bathroom, mainly because HBO showed boobs, but also to play along.

[not_a_moonie]

"I have many fascinating dimensions," Alana said,and then busied herself reshelving misplaced books until Johnny reemerged.