Room 308, Friday Morning

[bitten_notshy]

Jack was up half the night Thursday scrubbing pink dye out of his hair. After the fifth go at it with shampoo and a quick self-administered trim to a few scraggly bits that had absorbed more than their fair share of the dye, it was all but back to normal, with just a few blush-tinted strands around his ears.

This was, in his eyes, an essential first step.

After a call to Tony and a nap, he woke up and started to pack. Rationally, he knew he was not the first person to have something odd and embarrassing happen to him -- a love spell, or whatever it had been. He wasn't even the first person to waste time chasing after a straight guy. (And bless Mitchell and Kate for trying to talk sense into him, for all the good it had done.) But he still needed the brief escape of a respite with Sebastien to get him centered in his own head.

He packed quickly and neatly, door cracked open as usual so he could watch the motion in the hallway.

[OOC: Open if you need a Jack!]

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[vanillajello]

Kate was heading to the common room for breakfast, but as she liked to keep an eye on any weirdness she knew about – in the hopes that if she did, it couldn't creep up on her – and she saw Jack's door was cracked, she stopped to knock lightly on it.

[bitten_notshy]

Jack went over to open the door. "Hi, Kate," he said, a little sheepish. "I'm back to myself."

He'd apologize. Eventually.

[vanillajello]

Kate raised an eyebrow, lips curving into a slight smirk. "Well, that's good to hear. Weirdness over."

[bitten_notshy]

"You say that as if it's ever really over," Jack said. He tried for a matching smirk and didn't quite succeed. "For all I know, I'll wake up tomorrow as a bearded lady."

[vanillajello]

"I don't know, that might even suit you," she remarked. "Probably better than the pink, and acting like an idiot."

[bitten_notshy]

"An idiot?" Jack managed a laugh at that. "You wound me, Kate. I was just very much in love."

... with a straight guy. Yeah.

He stepped back, gesturing for her to come in. She'd probably notice the suitcase on his bed.

[vanillajello]

"I know, you told me," Kate said, stepping into the room. "And it made you an idiot. You're going somewhere?"

[bitten_notshy]

"I'm grabbing Tony and going home and not thinking about this place until Monday," Jack said resolutely. "... and I was not an idiot."

He paused. "Maybe a little bit of an idiot."

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered. "A little bit, definitely. You made some pretty weak arguments back there."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma had totally not been eavesdropping over the entire dorms to make sure certain people got back to normal. Nope, not at all, because certain people sometimes got vexed when she was peeking without asking.

Although to be fair, this was less-peeking and more-listening -- since anything people projected was totally fair game -- and once Jack had gotten a chance to sleep some of it off, Emma was tapping at his door both mentally and physically.

"Feeling a bit more like ourselves, are we?"

[bitten_notshy]

"Much more," Jack said, stiffening a bit as he waved her in. "Did you amuse yourself, toying with me on Tuesday?"

He sounded peeved, but not too upset. He likely would have done the same, and they both knew it.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma came in and made herself at home on the bed, nestling herself between suitcase and pillows. "It does bring a tear to one's eye to see two of her dearest friends find love in each other's arms," she deadpanned.

Of course he would have done the same.

[bitten_notshy]

"Quoting me back at myself, Miss Frost?" Jack said, and moved things around so he could lie next to her. "I didn't know you and Priestly were such bosom companions."

He was still sulking. He was just ... sulking a little less. Yes.

[icecoldfrost]

"Don't sulk at me," she chided, shifting close so she could idly trace over his wrist with her fingertips. "Besides, someone forgot to set rules for our little game. I was fully intent on meddling if it looked like you were going to win."

"I'm going to have to think about what I want for my forfeit."

[bitten_notshy]

It took Jack a second to realize what she was talking about. "You know, I didn't think about the wager much after we spoke?" he admitted. "But yes, you won. Though I did talk him into kissing me."

[icecoldfrost]

"Yes, because kissing you is clearly such a hardship," Emma teased, rolling her eyes. "I'm just happy that you're back to your regular hue; pink is not your color."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack snorted. "Professor Mitchell said I looked like I fell out of Hot Topic. I don't think punk is my look."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

After storming off from Claire (and feeling pretty silly about it now), Dinah had gone into town and bought a few things. Stopping by Jack's room was easier than heading up one floor to Jak's room just yet. She tapped at the door lightly, pushing it open a little. "Hey. How much do you love being sane again?"

[bitten_notshy]

"Like I loved Priestly last night," Jack said gratefully. "You didn't elope overnight, did you?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah laughed, and leaned against the doorway. "Noooo. I got stopped at the border before we made it to Canada, metaphorically speaking. Excuse me, Canadia." She gave him mischievous smile, and said, "Want some ice cream or cookies to take off the edge? I am so, so glad you're not heartbroken over Priestly. Poor guy was so relieved he didn't have to try to figure out a better way to let you down easily."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack shook his head. "I'm not really one for sugar. I'm going to go home and try to forget this place exists for a few days."

He smiled. "I talked Priestly into kissing me, at least? So now he can say he has kissed a boy."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"True! And I don't think he hated it. Probably the suddenness of it all didn't help, as much as anything." She tilted her head and smiled. "Going to see Sebastien? That can only help make the last of it go away." Dinah sighed a little glumly. "Jak and I were supposed to go bungee jumping this weekend. Now I hope he's still going to speak to me." Well. Jak-speak, anyway.

[bitten_notshy]

"I hope no one would hate kissing me," Jack said in a light voice. "And yes. The island has it in for me, and I think getting away can't hurt." He needed familiarity.

"... did you talk to Jak yet?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"No." Dinah twitched her shoulders, looking down, and said, "That's what the cookies and ice cream are really for. Peace offerings. And the beginnings of a big apology that starts with 'I was crazy' and ends with 'I don't want to marry Sam and I'm sorry I told you I did.'" Wince.

[bitten_notshy]

"I'd do it the other way around," Jack offered, with his own wince. "You don't want to make him wait to hear you aren't really in love with Sam."