From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 11:28 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Open

Mari had flitted off after Emilie had gone after Ciaran, feeling a little smug at bringing the two of them together, however far that went. She was pretty good at hooking people up, it was just a shame she couldn't hook up herself. Not one to dwell, Mari had bought a six pack of beer off of Charlie, shotgunned two with a hot senior and now found herself back in the kitchen debating whether she could walk on her hands in her current state, for five bucks. Not one to turn away from a challenge, Mari gave her cigarettes to the kid next to her to hold, and attempted, swinging down and somehow staying stable, upsidedown and managing five "steps" before she lost her balance, smashing to the floor and claiming her money from the floor.

"I am the winner!" She shouted, holding the five bucks in the air triumphantly, though she didn't move from her horizontal position. "I need help" she admitted, giggling.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 05:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Sometimes, he had wonderful timing.

While venturing into the kitchen for, well he couldn't really remember what he was after. He'd gone in there for some reason and his goal was forgotten in seeing his house mate walking on her hands before tumbling over. Yup. Mari was drunk already.

Keegan walked over once the others cleared the way after she claimed her prize, standing there looking down at her with his hands on his hips. "You need plenty of help, Mari," he said with a laugh. He leaned over and offered his hand to help her up. "You only did that for five bucks. You could have done better."

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 05:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Mari blew the hair out of her face to reveal Keegan standing over her. Ofcourse, one of her faithful housemates would be there to lend a helping hand! "Keegs, did you see? Was I great?" She grabbed onto his handand hauled herself up, wobbling unsteadily and choosing to lean against the kitchen counter.

"Don't worry my love, I have a vast array of tricks up my sleeve my later" she slurred, locating a beer and pulling the tab off.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 06:34 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"Yes, I saw. And you were fantastic," he answered with a grin. He had seen and it was indeed fantastic. Keegan himself couldn't have tumbled over better. He let go of her hand only when she moved to lean against the counter; there was no point in letting her fall over again.

Though, by the end of night, she probably would.

"Good. As long as you make them even more epic than a five dollar hand walk."

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 06:44 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"Oh yeah. I reckon I can do a backflip off of this" Mari said, patting the kitchen counter. "I'm an expert, me" she informed Keegan with a giggle.

"How was your Christmas? Any good loot?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 07:22 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

His eyes went momentarily to the counter that she patted, and he almost sighed. Even in his imagination, Mari doing a backflip off the counter didn't end well. Not that he wouldn't do something very similar if he was drunk enough. "Make sure someone is filming that when you do."

"Yea, Christmas was alright. The fun happened on Yule really. Christmas was dinner with the big family. Loot was good." Keegan nodded a little too much. The upside of that holiday was the stuff he got. "How was yours?"

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 07:47 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"What a beautiful invention the camera phone is" Mari joked. She was pleased Keegan had a good break, a good break made for a good start to the new term. "Ugh, spending that much time with my little brother is not cool, I'll be happy tobe back at school. Except for the lessons." Her smile falted and she looked vaguely crestfallen.

"I think I still have dention when I get back. At least three Saturdays worth!"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 08:41 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Keegan nodded. "Always except for the lessons. But being at school has it's upsides regardless." Like seeing friends, getting to be away from home for a while. He certainly didn't forget being back in the warmer weather. Winter in New England was just awful.

He finally remembered what he had come in there for: to steal more booze. He'd already run through what he brought along. "Detention? What did you do, Mari?" Keegan held up a finger, "Wait, no. Scratch that. What did you get caught doing?"

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 08:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Mari feigned offendedness that Keegan would assume she was guilty for whatever crime she had committed, but really she wasn't quite sure. "Oh I don't know, I've lost count." She pouted and crossed her arms, sloshing some drink on the floor and discreetly rubbing the puddle with her foot.

"Speaking of dentention, have you got any plans on how we can get some more after break?"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 09:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Somehow, he was unsurprised that she didn't remember what it was. Or which one it was. It reminded him of the fact that he hadn't done much since Halloween.

Mari nearly voiced his thoughts, then, and he smiled. There certainly was a certain mindset within the Rienzi kids. "I can probably come up with a few ideas. Got to bring in the new year with a bang, right? You got anything?

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 10:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"You know Keegs, I am totally out of good ideas. I mean, I've done stink bombs, I've used up that crate of treats from that joke shop in London. The one my aunt sent me, remember?" She sighed, now being completely propped up by the counter. "Maybe I'm losing my touch."

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 10:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Keegan forced himself to ignore the nickname again, moving over to lean on the counter himself. "There's tons of other things. Exploding powder dinner rolls, the note on the wall where the fist comes out and hits them - that's always a classic. Set up a bunch of those dark-activated noise makers."

"You're not losing your touch, Mari." He grinned at her. Mari losing her touch would be like him forgetting how to skateboard. "Besides. April Fools is in a few months and you can't miss that, right?"

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 10:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

The pranks he rattled off were like music to her ears and Mari sighed longingly. "Classics" she echoed. "Itchy armpit deodorant! In the Quodpot locker rooms!" Plus that had the added bonus of maybe seeing a boy in a state of undress.

"Oh yeah man, April Fools needs careful, precise planning. I should start brainstorming!"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 11:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"Yea! That... too..." The itching powder in the locker rooms had sounded good to him for about five seconds before he realized that included him, if she targeted the Rienzi team. Hopefully Mari would skip the opportunity to get her housemates.

Keegan nodded in certainty. "You should! It's the best day out of the year to do it. I... still need to come up with something..."

	From: londonloves	Date: December 27th, 2010 11:22 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Of course, Mari wouldn't dream of inflicting her own team. Besides, LaLaurie had the hottest guys anyway and probably the guys more inclined to be in a state of undress.

"Oh man, maybe we should all like, club together and buy an invisibility cloak" she joked, knowing they were very rare to find. "Endless fun" she added whistfully.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 27th, 2010 11:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

The wistful words that came out of her mouth matched the wistful look in his eyes at the thought of an invisibility cloak. "I would absolutely chip in on that if we found one. I doubt that'll ever happen but... one can dream."

	From: londonloves	Date: December 29th, 2010 04:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"It's a great dream. Well, not as good as some dreams, if you catch my drift." She winked at Keegan, or what she assumed was a wink at this point.

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 29th, 2010 09:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"Well, yes," Keegan admitted, getting Mari's drift and agreeing with a good nod of his head. He grabbed himself another beer, as that was his original reason for coming in, as he continued. "Though, there are ways to get by without a cloak. Like a good disillusionment charm."

	From: londonloves	Date: December 29th, 2010 09:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

Mari stroked her chin thoughtfully. "Disillusionment, eh? You'll have to teach me. That could come in handy, I suck at stuff like that. Man, it'll be so good when we can do magic outside of school!"

	From: howemuchtrouble	Date: December 29th, 2010 09:37 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Mari/Keegan

"Then it'd be a practice together as I haven't perfected it myself. Yet. But almost!" But he would conquerer it, damnit. Eventually. Because he said so. "And yea, it's fantastic. No worrying about breaking a rule."