Room 303, late afternoon

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia knocked on the door to 303 to see if Al was in before unlocking the door and letting herself in. She should probably apologize to Al for teasing him on the radio just to make herself feel better.

But right now, she was possibly to the point where she might be able to sleep, since she hadn't done that last night. Her hand felt okay thanks to the Doctor's pain pill, and she was hopefully tired enough that she wouldn't get too bogged down in worrying about Walter and Cally right now.

She could, of course, have just gone to her own room, but last time she'd been there, Jamie had been twitching on the floor.

She flopped over onto Walter's bed. It still smelled like him, but then, he hadn't been gone that long, had he. she wrapped both arms around the pillow and watched Cuddles nap on Alphonse's bed, waiting to fall asleep.

[ooc: 303 invaded with permission. Open to Al, of course, and I'm guessing anyone else who has any reason to show up.]

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Later in the day, Alphonse decided to head back into his room for the evening. He was surprised to find the door already opened-- maybe he'd forgotten to lock it on his way out. Once he came in, Alphonse immidiaely noticed that Walter's bed was occupied. His first thought was maybe Walter had came back and he was sleeping from the trip, but that idea was quickly discarded when he realized that was definately not Walter.

Huh. Nadia was in his bed. Alphonse made a face, but quickly shrugged it off; he didn't have any reason to stay mad at her. Instead he let her sleep, and as quietly as he could, dragged out a textbook and a small pile of papers, and sprawled out on the floor. Cuddles mewed and jumped to the floor, plopping down beside the only awake person in the room.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia wasn't sleeping terribly deeply and blinked her eyes open when she heard someone come in.

"Sorry I teased you, Al," she said quietly.

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Mm?" Alphonse looked up from the papers in his hand. "It's all right, I guess." He set the papers back on the floor to keep himself from getting distracted. "Are you okay?"

[nadiathesaint]

"I didn't really sleep last night. So I decided to try to take a nap."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"In here?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Jamie's twitching on the floor in my room."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse lifted an eyebrow. "Did he hit his head on something?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Dunno, but there's a note on him in his handwriting that says he's okay."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Huh. Then again, it is Jamie," Alphonse said. He fell silent again before asking, "Are you sure you're okay? You seem a little bummed out."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "I'm just worried. About Walter. And Cally. And everything else."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Ah, but Walter will be fine, right?" Alphonse said, trying to sound assuring. "He's no pushover. I'm sure whatever he's dealing with out there, he's all right."

[nadiathesaint]

"That's what everyone keeps saying." Nadia rolled over to stare at the ceiling. "Even Pippi after she did the crystal ball thing. But I heard . . . things. And Pippi seemed really upset by whatever she saw."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Eh?" Alphonse's face became a mixture of surprised and worried. "What did you guys find out?"

[nadiathesaint]

"I just heard . . . a lot of fighting. And someone saying that Walter didn't look good, and him yelling, crying out. . . ." Nadia shuddered. "It didn't sound good."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"B-But he'll be back... right?" Alphonse asked hesitantly. "I don't really know what exactly he's doing or how his line or work runs, but..."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded, rolling back onto her side. "He'll be back. Pippi wouldn't lie about that. I'm just . . . not sure he'll be okay when he gets back."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Oh..." Alphonse stared down at the floor again; obviously this was a topic that was bothering her, and he didn't want to linger on it much. "Um, if you want to go back to sleep, I don't mind. I'll try to keep quiet."

[nadiathesaint]

"That's okay, I don't think I'm very tired any more."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Alright." He stared down at his book and papers before flipping it closed. "I guess I'm not in the mood for reading, myself. I think I might head out in a bit."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia sat up. "Yeah? Where you going?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Dunno, I might wander around for a while," Alphonse replied. "I've been sitting around too much lately, so maybe a walk will be good. But you're more than welcome to stay here if you want."

[nadiathesaint]

"No. I shouldn't have invaded your room. Maybe I'll go to Caritas, or something." Nadia pushed herself to the end of the bed, then paused. "Do-do you mind if I sleep here, tonight?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no, not at all," Alphonse slid his stuff back under his bed, standing up to stretch. "You've got a key. Just come and go as you please."

[nadiathesaint]

"Thanks, Al. You're sweet." Nadia stood up and walked over to give him a kiss on the cheek. "Even if you do have weird ideas about magic."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse blushed and managed to stammer out, "Not magic."

[nadiathesaint]

"If you say so."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"It's true," he insisted. Now was probably a bad time to spark up that debate again, however, so he shook his head. "If you come back before I do, I'll try not to disturb you. Otherwise, don't worry about me."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia smiled. "Okay. Thanks again, Al."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Mm-hmm. I'll see you later then!"