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Aug. 21st, 2009 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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"Tess!"
"Tessa," she corrected absentmindedly. Her attention was on her laptop and the DOS screen. But she adjusted the boom mike on her headset anyway.
"What are you still doing up?"
"Working. The question is what are you still doing up, Richard? I get paid to be a night-owl. Don't you have classes in the morning?"
"Tomorrow's Friday."
"And?"
"And the university has a limited class schedule on Friday. I thought you knew that."
"I always figured you were a typical American guy who didn't want to take afternoon classes if he didn't have to."
"Yeah...well...that's also true."
Contessa looked up at her desktop monitor and smiled. "Uh huh, I bet. So why are you calling me?" Her hand paused on her mouse. "How'd you get my skype number?"
"Um, you gave it to me."
She had? Okay. "Okay. And you're up because...?"
"Couldn't sleep. Saw you were on and decided to give you a buzz. Hey so do you want to come over tomorrow night? I bet you haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. Have you?"
Contessa rolled her eyes. Not that Richard could see it. "You know I have it. But I do have a social life you know."
"Really? Since when?"
"Since I got asked out on a date."
"Tess!"
"Tessa," she corrected absentmindedly. Her attention was on her laptop and the DOS screen. But she adjusted the boom mike on her headset anyway.
"What are you still doing up?"
"Working. The question is what are you still doing up, Richard? I get paid to be a night-owl. Don't you have classes in the morning?"
"Tomorrow's Friday."
"And?"
"And the university has a limited class schedule on Friday. I thought you knew that."
"I always figured you were a typical American guy who didn't want to take afternoon classes if he didn't have to."
"Yeah...well...that's also true."
Contessa looked up at her desktop monitor and smiled. "Uh huh, I bet. So why are you calling me?" Her hand paused on her mouse. "How'd you get my skype number?"
"Um, you gave it to me."
She had? Okay. "Okay. And you're up because...?"
"Couldn't sleep. Saw you were on and decided to give you a buzz. Hey so do you want to come over tomorrow night? I bet you haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. Have you?"
Contessa rolled her eyes. Not that Richard could see it. "You know I have it. But I do have a social life you know."
"Really? Since when?"
"Since I got asked out on a date."