FTEC, Wednesday day shift

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Tommy was up.

Well, 'up' was a very broad definition involving a great deal of coffee, J,GOB donuts, and Tommy being even grumpier than usual, but he was awake and that's what counted.

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Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Kinda like people wondering when you're going to turn evil again?" Angel guessed.

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana looked at him with empathy. "Kind of like, I'd imagine. Though I don't have to worry about anyone sharpening stakes."

She tilts her head and looks at him quietly for a moment. "I didn't know you when... before. It seems hard to believe you could ever have been... like that."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad you didn't," Angel said. "Besides, this way my memories of you are mine. Plus they don't have to have a big ball of guilt attatched to them."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

She smiled at him. "That's such a nice thing to say. I'm guess I'm glad I've only ever known you like this, too. That I've only seen the good side of you. Though," she said, rolling her eyes, "Shep would say I'm like that anyway. But at least I don't have any bad memories of you."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"You're a good person," Angel said. "I've seen the best and the worst people have to offer. You're definitely - " he had to pronounce that one carefully to get it to sound right " - on the former."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana's eyes filled and she looked down quickly. "Thanks," she said softly. "That means a lot."

She took a moment to compose herself then looked up again. "Am I tiring you? I can leave if you need to rest."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Feel like I'm sleeping all the time now," Angel said. He gave a rueful look. "Guess I'm not great company."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"You're fine," Lana said firmly. "And I can stay as long as you want. I just don't want to overtire you."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"'m okay," Angel said. "Just sorry if I go to sleep on you. I think that's been happening."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I came prepared," Lana said holding up a book. "Lots of practice, I told you." She grinned.

"I just didn't like the idea of your being here alone. Sounds stupid, I know, but..."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"No, it's nice," Angel said. "Cal's stayed a couple of nights. And Aeryn once. Logan stayed when Cal couldn't."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Well, then I'm happy to hang out till someone else comes. And if you fall asleep, that's fine. Until then, we can chat."

She tucked one leg up on the chair and settled down comfortably. "I'm just glad I can do something, you know?"

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"I get that," Angel said. "Feeling kinda useless m'self."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I bet," Lana said with feeling. "And it's got to be much worse for you since you're *used* to being able to do things. Me... This is a pretty common feeling for me."

She wrinkled her nose. "Okay, so... here's your chance - captive audience. Tell me anything you want. Or ask me something and I'll tell you."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel looked at her curiously. "What would you do if you could do something?" From tone she could probably tell he meant in general, not just for him.

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Make it all better," she said promptly, then shook her head, laughing at herself a little.

"Really, I think that so often for so many things. I just see something and I wish I could wave a wand or something and fix it. But if we're talking sort of super-powers or something - which honestly, I've been thinking about a lot after the whole Logan fiasco...Healing, maybe. Or premonitions so I could see what was going to happen and maybe be able to stop it."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel opened his mouth to tell her about Cordy, but then shut it when he remembered maybe she didn't want people knowing about the visions.

"What happened to you with Logan?"

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

She laughed again and shook her head. "I can laugh about it now, but at the time... I developed the ability to identify anything by taste. Which sounds very cool. Except that I couldn't turn it off, so I ended up identifying *everything* by taste - right down to it's chemical compounds - every time I tasted *anything*. Like food and um... well, it made anything more than cuddling with Shep kind of... problematic."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Ohhhh," Angel said, sympathetically. "That's rough. Sounds a little like how my sense of smell works."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Lana looked curious. "I didn't know... you have a really powerful sense of smell?"

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Vampire thing," Angel said. "I can track people, know when someone's been around somebody, what they were doing, that kind of thing. Gets a little TMI sometimes."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I can imagine. I could at least just *not* eat or... other things, but you can't really turn off your nose, can you."

She shook her head. "Just, yeah, more information than you'd want sometimes. What other... abilities do you have - if you don't mind my asking? I never even imagined vampires could be real before I got here - and I was never really into those kinds of movies..."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"All crap anyway," Angel sniffed. "I mean come on - pretentious Eureo-trash vampires with fussy clothes who whine all the time? Please."

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana laughed. "So... no fussy clothes and no whining. What then?"

Re: Exam 1 - Angel

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"Blood's true," Angel said. "Um, strength. Speed. Can jump pretty high or far. Hearing's good too. Plus there's the fangs and bumps."