[closed log] the band reunion

[jono-stars.livejournal.com]

Characters: Jono, Ali, and eventually Kevin
Setting: Jono's room.
Content: After both getting yelled at, Jono and Ali need moral support and comfort!
Status: Closed, incomplete.

[After Jono survived the verbal assaults from Emma and Forge (and Bobby, if you counted that one, and Jono did), he managed to unwind just a bit by going out for chicken wings with Bobby. But he's still feeling a bit shaken. He's draped on his bed right now, and sighs. What a week.

He lifts his head to survey the room. His acoustic and electric guitars had been sitting unused for several weeks now, and he groans when he thinks about how out of practice he must be by now. Ever since Warren left, Jono's had a lot of space in the room to lay out his stuff, and because of Kevin being missing, he hadn't really spent any time doing stuff like cleaning. Now, he realizes, it's a mess.]

When the hell am I going to fix up this room?

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[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

Right?!?

[Ali follows Jono's gaze around, his room is messy, but not as messy as hers she decides. She remembers, then, why she came up in the first place.]

Oh, hey, so I've been looking for my Last Waltz DVD. You don't have it, do you? You know, it's that documentary about The Band's last tour? I'm totally jiving to watch it, but I can't find it for the life of me.

[jono-stars.livejournal.com]

[Jono doesn't even bother looking around for it before answering.] Nope. [Obviously, this isn't the biggest thing on Jono's mind right now.]

Why? Need inspiration? Cause it's been donkey's years since I've had a crack at my guitars.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

Pfffft! [Ali looks at him, offended almost.] I do not need inspiration, thank you very much. I haven't been slacking like you and Kev. [This is actually true, one of the few things Ali is always diligent about is her music, but she knows the boys will have a lot of practice ahead of them before the band is any good again.]

I was actually thinking of grabbing Kev and watching it with him--you know, whenever I find it--if you want to come, too. The kid needs to see the glory that is Levon Helm in action; a singing drummer! Something for him to aspire to!

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[Jono just shrugs disinterestedly.] Whatever, sure. Whatever you want. He's kinda still pissed or moping about or keeping to himself or something, I think. I don't know.

[Then Jono turns to sit up and look at Ali.] Do you know if he's okay? I mean, he's tiptoeing around the school, so, he's probably okay. Or maybe like until the staff decides what they're going to do and start slapping him around for his dumbness, or something.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

Don't you get all sad bastard on me. [Ali tosses a wadded up t-shirt at Jono, hitting him in the face.] The last thing we need is all three of us sulking about.

[She sighs and shrugs in regards to Jono's question about Kevin.] Who ever really knows how things are with that kid? I heard him banging around on the drums for a bit earlier, and he's been showing off all these really...random skills he's picked up. I think he must just be lying low until this blows over. I know the last thing I'd want to do if I were him is get on Frost and Logan's radar.

[jono-stars.livejournal.com]

What? I'm not! [Jono's still not sure if he's quite got the hang of expressing himself properly. He was trying to say he'd go along with Ali's suggestion, but, after the t-shirt hits his face, muses that he probably could've been a little more enthusiastic.] We could definitely have a movie night. Sure. I'm all for it.

[Then he shoots Ali a weird look, and continues.] What kind of skills? And yeah, I hope that's the case... I hope he is just laying low and not... cooping himself up in his room again like before.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

Oh, the weirdest shit imaginable, dude. [She frowns, trying to think of specifics.] Like, I overheard him asking around for crochet hooks and wool; he wanted to make an afghan? Whatever the hell that is.

[jono-stars.livejournal.com]

[Now Jono has a really strange look on his face.]

What?! My gran crochets. What is that all about? And, Ali, you don't know what an afghan is?!

[He picks up the corner of one that's conveniently on his bed.]

That, Ali, is an afghan. My gran made this one.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

[Ali hops over to the bed, tugging at the afghan, holding it up in front of her to inspect it. She shoves Jono over a little with her hip so she can sit down on the bed, wrapping it around her.]

It's so soft! [She laughs softly, nuzzling a cheek against the wool.] Kevin better be making one of these things for me!

[jono-stars.livejournal.com]

[Jono snorts a little at that and shakes his head.]

Ask him. Oh, and while you're at it, ask him if there are any little old ladies in this newest incarnation of the Brotherhood, because I can't see how else he learned how to crochet.

[dazzlerock.livejournal.com]

[Ali's still marveling at the blanket, almost rolling around in the awesomeness of it. Almost. Jono's too big and in the way to allow for full-on rolling around.]

Magneto is an old man...though I guess, that wasn't really Magneto in the end, was it?