Room 210, Sunday Afternoon

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Ava and Lock had meant to come visit this weekend. Or possibly Ava or Lock, since they were still being weird around each other. Because they were idiots. But in the end, neither ended up being able to come by. Some Coterie whatever, the usual. Alistair with an errand or something.

So, Ezra was spending his Sunday the way the gods had intended him to: by sprawling on his bed. And flirting with people over texts.

It was pretty great.

[ooc: Method RP as far as the doing nothing goes. Open!]

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"Which, okay, is weird enough to hear--" though Sarah was pleased her nerdy big sister was making friends at all, so go her, "--but I heard that you also taught her how to flirt. Which, like, blows my mind every time I think about it. Is it true? Did you? Is she actually any good at it?"

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"Oh, she'd very good at it," Ezra said, nodding very seriously. If you disregarded the smirk. "She's a very attentive student like that. Very committed to learning the art of flirting."

And other things.

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"Oh, that explains it, then!" Sarah said, snapping her fingers. "She sees it like a class or something. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Trust my sister to make flirting nerdy."

She was still watching Ezra was interested eyes. "Are you guys dating? You're not, like, her secret boyfriend or something, right?"

Oh, Sarah, no.

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Ezra was nice and didn't snort or otherwise act overly amused. He shook his head. "No, I'm perfectly unattached. We're just friends." He shrugged a shoulder. "I mean, of course we've kissed, but still. I'm single."

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"You kissed my sister?!" Sarah didn't know whether to be shocked, disbelieving, proud, or appalled.

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Oh, sweetheart.

"Repeatedly," Ezra said, smiling in a mock innocent fashion. "Should I not have done that?"

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"Repeatedly?!" Sarah squeaked, her hands clapping over her mouth. "But--that's, like, more than just once!"

Very good, Sarah. Excellent grasp on vocabulary.

"How?!"

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Now he looked amused. "The usual way, you know, lips to lips," he said. "She's a good kisser."

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Blink. Blink blink. Blinkblinkblink.

"...Are we talking about the same Kathy?" she asked finally.

Look, it was the only thing she could think of.

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"Kathy Li. Cute, Korean, heart of gold?"

He shrugged.

"That's the one. You can always ask her if you don't believe me."

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"She won't tell me," Sarah complained. "She doesn't tell me anything. She didn't tell me she was going around getting good at kissing hot guys!"

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"Well, that's her right," Ezra replied, still amused. "But it was either that or suggesting you call her down here for a practical demonstration."

He was a troll, sometimes.

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"Oh my god, do you think she'll come if you did?" Sarah asked, eyes wide.

...Phrasing, Sarah, please.

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Ezra couldn't help snickering at that one. Sorry. (He wasn't all that sorry, but still.)

"Mm. She might."

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Ezra was never sorry.

"You should call her!" Sarah said. "I want to see what she does! Tell her I'm here! No, wait, don't tell her! I want to see what she's like when I'm not around!"

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"And how do you propose to do that?" Ezra wondered as he reached for his phone. What the hell, right? "Do you intend to hide in a closet if she shows up?"

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"Can I?" Sarah asked. Because of course this seemed like a brilliant idea to a fourteen-year-old. Spying on her perfect big sister? This would be amazing. "Do it do it do it!"

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She was maybe trusting Ezra to play along a little too much. But he wasn't going to tell her that – for one thing, he was yet to decide how much he intended to play along.

It depended on what would be the most amusing to him.

But, he dialed Kathy's number.

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The entitlement of youth.

"Hi Ezra," Kathy said when she answered her phone. Was she surprised to be getting a call from him? At least a little. A dirty text would have been one thing, but a phone call. "What's up?"

It took serious effort not to add, Is everything okay? to that. Parents' Weekend and her protective instincts were in overdrive.

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Dirty texts were not efficient enough for right now.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to come down to make out with me."

That was efficient.

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Sarah's jaw dropped just hearing someone ask Kathy that, never mind whatever her sister's answer was going to be.

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"Just make out?" Kathy asked, laughing a little. "Ezra, are you feeling okay?"

Please don't have her on speakerphone, Ezra. Please don't say she was on speakerphone.

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He didn't. Please, he had no need for speakerphone.

"Oh, just splendid. We can just see how it goes."

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"I should really find out where my sister's wandered off to and make sure my parents aren't being horrible to someone..." Kathy said with all the enthusiasm those tasks warranted. There was a long pause as she wrestled with her sense of responsibility and her overall doneness with Parents' Weekend.

"...So we're either going to have to be quick or you'll have to help me come up with an amazing excuse why I didn't do those things, okay?"

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"Well, you know me," Ezra replied, with an idle glance at Sarah, "I'm always good for either. See you in a bit, darling."