Mouse: hmmm, I think I may be too old to climb out of a window to go home...
Vincent (to Mouse): Y r u climbing out windows? What did u do?
Mouse (to Vincent): Just fell asleep at Eep's. I can tell that Wanda & Robert are out in the common area... I wanted to avoid the looks. We were up late watching movies. He's still asleep. Wanda has this look that makes me feel like a guilty teenager.
Vincent (to Mouse): Sweetie, ur an adult #1 & #2, u've seen both his roomies do worse. If Wanda gives u a hard time, just give her 1 back 4 making out w/ Ur little brother's g/f.
Mouse (to Vincent): Wait! She did? Oh, I'm totally going to give her grief for that!
Vincent (to Mouse): She & Poppy were quite the spectacle. Walk out the door w/ ur head held high. :-P (to Eep) Hey Gloomy Gus! WAKE UP and go escort ur g/f past ur spooky roommates!
Mouse (to Vincent): Well, now that I know all of that, I 'll have no problem. Thanks.
Vincent (to Mouse): Glad 2 b of help. U cld always just make ur lazy buns b/f get the heck out of bed.
Mouse (to Vincent): Well, I could do that, but we were up until 5am watching old Sherlock Holmes movies, so he probably needs to sleep.
20 minutes later:
Vincent (to Mouse): He needs 2 wake his skinny butt up. Don't say I never did anything 4 u. ;-)
Eep (to Mouse): Fat CHRIST! Your brother just scared the shit out of me. He called my cell like 15 times and just screamed when I answered.
Mouse (to Vincent): What on earth did you do!?! I managed to get myself home & embarrass Wanda in the process. I was fine. (to Eep) I'm sorry... I have no idea what the hell was going on in that tiny brain of his.
Vincent (to Mouse): RLLY? I thought 4 sure u'd take "the high road" & try 2 be all prim & proper.
Mouse (to Vincent): Nope... sorry to disappoint you. I was even tempted to muss up my hair a bit before I walked out, but I decided against it.
Vincent (to Mouse): Awwww! U totes shld have. There's always nxt time, I guess. What did Wanda do when u embarrassed her abt Poppy?
Mouse (to Vincent): She asked me how did I know about it, then asked if you were mad at her and then she stomped off to her room.
Vincent (to Mouse): Oops. I didn't mean 2 upset her. Yikes! Think I shld call her?
Eep (to Mouse): God. It's alright. He just... Jesus. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. Sorry I kinda slept all day.
Mouse (to Vincent): You might. (to Eep) It's okay... I woke up around 3pm and you were dead to the world, so I didn't want to wake you.
Eep (to Mouse): Wow. Um, thanks. I hate that I spent most of my day off unconscious, though. Guess there's always tonight.
Mouse (to Eep): Well, that's the price we pay for staying up into the wee hours watching movies. That'll teach me to have coffee so late. :-P
Eep (to Mouse): Yeah, me too. I feel like I got hit by a train. Driven by the Incredible Hulk.
Mouse (to Eep): Awww, do you want some coffee? :-P
Eep (to Mouse): Ugh. Yeah. Wanna get some with me?
Mouse (to Eep): Really? I was just kidding, but I'm up for a walk. I could get some tea, I suppose.
Eep (to Mouse): Oh. Um, you don't have to go with me if you don't wanna. I just need to stretch my legs. I spent too much of today sleeping. And I need coffee or something. I feel like warmed-over death.
Mouse (to Eep): I would like to go with you, I just don't know if I want coffee since it made me stay up sooo late last night.
Eep (to Mouse): Heh. Yeah. We were kinda wired last night. If you want tea or hot chocolate or something, I'll treat you. Consider it an apology for pumping you full of caffeine you and keeping you up to stupid o'clock.
Mouse (to Eep): Oh, hot chocolate sounds nice... I'll grab my jacket.
Eep (to Mouse): Cool. See you soon.
Several hours later:
Poppy (to Mouse): So, honey, how well do you know Wanda?
Mouse (to Poppy): Oh god, not you, too. Here's a novel idea... how about you talk to her?
Poppy (to Mouse): Honey, what are you talking about? Not you, too? Was someone else asking about her?
Mouse (to Poppy): Look, I am staying so far out of this, but let me just say one thing. If you break my brother's heart, I will hurt you. (to Vincent) Sweetie, I don't know what is going on with Poppy & Wanda, but they're both being awfully curious about each other...
Vincent (to Mouse): I don't think anything is going on, sweetie. They had a bit more intense of a make out than either 1 was expecting is my guess.
Mouse (to Vincent): Well, I've just been accosted with questions about each other. And, I really don't want to be involved. Really, really, really don't want to be involved. Really, really, really don't want to be involved.
Poppy (to Mouse): Don't get your knickers in a twist, honey... I love Vincent, I wouldn't do anything to hurt him. Oh. Wait... uh, gotta run...
Mouse (to Poppy): You get back here, you little Clara Bow Wannabe...
Poppy (to Mouse): No.
Vincent (to Mouse): U sure? It cld b HAWT 2 get involved. I'm just teasing u. Don't let either 1 of them draw u in. I think they both like a little drama. ;-}
Mouse (to Vincent): God, you're telling me... Poppy just said something pretty intense & then ran off.
Vincent (to Mouse): U R a bit of a perfect foil, sweetie. U & ur beau both. Ur so earnest & so easily scandalized. It makes u hard 2 resist. ;-} Don't wrry abt whatever it is Poppy said. She has a tendency to dash off if she says more than she intends.
Mouse (to Vincent): It was about you, though... Aren't you the least bit curious as to what she said?
Vincent (to Mouse): Abt ME? Well I am now. I thought she just told u she rlly admired u.
Mouse (to Vincent): No, it was about you... & her feelings. Probably, not anything you REALLY want to know about. I'll just forget she said it.
Vincent (to Mouse): Oh. Oh my. I suppose it's something she'll talk 2 me abt sooner or later, then.
Mouse (to Vincent): Oh. You didn't want me to tell you? Because, I can.
Vincent (to Mouse): No, it's alright, sweetie. I mean, I LOVE 2 know what ppl r saying abt me which, of course, u know, but I'd rather get bad news frm Poppy herself, rather than 2nd hand. It's alrite.
Mouse (to Eep): Sweetie, why do you always assume it's bad news? She told me she loved you & wouldn't do anything to hurt you. It was sweet. Which, of course, should have made me suspicious...
Vincent (to Mouse): She DID? I... That is not what I was expecting u 2 say @ all. Good gracious. Do u think she was serious?
Mouse (to Vincent): I have no idea... I was going to ask her & she ran off.
Vincent (to Mouse): Well... I wish I had something clever 2 say.
Mouse (to Vincent): That's probably the best response.
Vincent (to Mouse): Well, I'll just have 2 see what happens. I don't know what 2 say. Or what 2 even THINK. I don't suppose Poppy does either.
Mouse (to Vincent): Well, it might explain why she was so upset after the dosing incident...
Vincent (to Mouse): It rlly cld. I thought it was b/c getting roofied is more than a little terrifying. It's like a violation. I didn't suppose it's b/c of her feelings 4 me.
Mouse (to Vincent): Yeah, that Poppy... she's such a mystery. Well, how would you feel if roles were reversed? Wait... I don't want to know.
Vincent (to Mouse): U cut me deep, sister o' mine! U always expect the worst of me. I can have a conversation w/o being an unrepentant perv. :-P 4 the record, if Satanica's parting gift had made me randy rather than ill & *I* had woken up w/ Leon, Delia & Poppy was the 1 who woke up on the couch, I wld have felt terrible.
Mouse (to Vincent): Little brother, I know you would have... I just wanted to make sure you realized it. I also know that you like to prove me wrong... And for the record, I don't think you're an unrepentant perv, but I do know that you like to pretend you are.
Vincent (to Mouse): Start talking like that & u'll have ppl thinking I'm a decent human being. The horror! I know she was upset, sweetie. & I know I wasn't there 4 most of the time she was dealing w/ this. I was hardly rite in my head.
Mouse (to Vincent): No, I meant that you would feel terrible if roles were reversed... because you have actual feelings for her, maybe?
Vincent (to Mouse): Oh. Rite. Of course.
Mouse (to Vincent): God, and you think Eep is oblivious...
Vincent (to Mouse): I'm also 10 yrs his junior. It's cute on me. :-P
Mouse (to Vincent): It's cute on him too... Trust me I had to spend half the night explaining why he shouldn't EVER take his shirt off in front of Wanda or anyone for that matter as a means of distraction.
Vincent (to Mouse): WHAT? This is behavior u shld be ENCOURAGING, dear heart!
Mouse (to Vincent): Robert asked me to & he said to save your perversion for someone who can appreciate it. It's what he does.
Vincent (to Mouse): Well boo hiss 2 Robert.
Mouse (to Vincent): Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'm still not sure it sunk in... and, I even used examples. :-P
Vincent (to Mouse): Examples? Dear, if u took off ur shirt 2 prove a point, he's never going 2 remember ANYTHING after the 1st flash of bra.
Mouse (to Vincent): Who said I was wearing a bra? I was kidding anyway...
Vincent (to Mouse): Suuuuuuuuure u were.
Mouse (to Vincent): I actually used you as an example...
Vincent (to Mouse): Well, if I can't b a good example, at least I make a fabulous warning.
Mouse (to Vincent): Yeah, I told him that if he removed his shirt in front of Wanda, Poppy or you, that's like waving a red flag at a bull.
Vincent (to Mouse): U know, 4 some1 who is supposed 2 b SO TERRIBLE w/ romance, he has quite the collection of admirers. If I didn't know better, I'd suspect it was all an act.
Mouse (to Vincent): Yes, in his room he is like Don Juan, Casanova & Cyrano De Bergerac combined, planning his next sexual conquest... and you are all just his hapless victims.
Vincent (to Mouse): Don't tease!
Mouse (to Vincent): Huh? Oh sorry, I was getting a wee bit carried away in my brain.
Vincent (to Mouse): I'm not surprised! U vry nearly gave me the vapors. Anyway, I do appreciate u talking 2 me, sweetie. I'm just... Well, I'm at a bit of a loss abt Poppy. I'm going 2 sleep on it. I'll talk 2 u 2morrow, sweet sister. I love u. Pleasant dreams.
Mouse (to Vincent): Sweet sleep, little brother. (to Eep) Sweet dreams, handsome.
Eep (to Mouse): G'night, Killer. Love you. See you after the Yog Hut!
