xp_logs | Angelo and Lorna, Monday noon

Before going out to join Forge, Angelo goes to visit Lorna and ask for his job back.

He'd been meaning to come and talk to Lorna before, but the trip to Madagascar had put paid to that idea. Nothing was stopping him now, though, as he headed purposefully along to her office.

The door was open, as it usually was when she was in, and Aretha was strutting her way through some high tempered song. Lorna herself was no where to be seen at first though she was clearly around judging by the muttering that counterpointed Aretha. "How the hell did...what is that? Shoe!"

Angelo blinked at what he could make out of the muttering, and reached up to rap on the doorframe, calling out a tentative, "Lorna?" at the same time.

She appeared from behind the desk, her hair held back from her face under a handkerchief. "Angelo! You're back. How were the lemurs?" She climbed to her feet, holding a black heel in one hand and a dust rag in the other. She dumped the rag on the desk and tossed the shoe at her bag then rounded the desk.

"The lemurs were cute an' fuzzy", he said with a grin, holding up the stuffed one in his hand as evidence. He'd brought it as a peace offering of sorts, if one were needed. "Havin' a clear-out?"

Cute stuffed animals were irresistible. Lorna grinned and pounced on the big eyed stuffie. "Look at him! So cute!" She gave it a hug and clutched it close while she glanced around the half-disarray of her office. "Yeah, I'm trying to get things sorted out. Between classes here and classes at Westchester, I'm starting to lose track. So, spring cleaning it is!"

"You're takin' classes here?" he asked curiously, not sure what she could mean in that context except maybe powers training. "Or d'you mean the ones you teach?"

Lorna laughed, "Teaching, yeah. I started getting lesson plans for here mixed up with homework for there and well, mostly it was just time for a scrub down. An organized workspace is the sign of an organized mind and all that."

"Don't want to think what that says about our office before Juliette got her hands on it", Angelo commented wryly. "An' speakin' of teachin'... how's Garrison doin' with the class?" No need to say which one he meant.

Lorna hesitated, played with the lemur's ears to stall then shrugged, "He's...I mean, he's an okay teacher. Gets along with the kids, I think." She glanced up at him, "Are you asking because you're giving up the class entirely or because your vacation is over and it's time to come back to work and let me beat you up some more?"

"Just okay, huh?" Well, that did make it easier to not feel guilty about walking in and asking for what he was about to. "'Cause I want my job back. Second job. Whatever."

"Really? Really really? Don't toy with my emotions here, Angelo." Lorna shoved the lemur practically in his face, "Swear on the lemur you're coming back."

Angelo laughed, but obeyed. "I swear on the lemur I'm comin' back. If it really won't look like breezin' back in an' expectin' it just to be waitin', whatever Garrison thinks."

Lorna and the lemur did a spontaneous dance of yay. "You're the teacher, he's the sub. You get to come back and have your job waiting because it's your job."

The dance of yay got more outright laughter. "I guess it's settled, then."

"Awesome." Impulsively, she hugged him and made the lemur kiss his cheek. "I'm glad you're back. I'll stick the lesson plans in your box, okay? They're around here somewhere but I'm in that middle stage where nothing is findable."

"Sounds good", he said with a grin. "Not like there's any rush, with no classes this week anyway."

"Yeah, but I'm out of here on Thursday to spent the holiday with family, so it'll be before then." Her smile flashed nervous just for a heartbeat then was back to normal. "Anyway. Was there anything else? Because I have a ton of stuff to do before that and I don't want to seem like I'm kicking you out but...I kinda am."

"Nah, that was it." He smiled. "I'll leave you to the cleanin' then. Have a good holiday!"

"You too, Angelo. Happy Easter."