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"C'mere," he muttered, irritated that he had come ALL this way, just to sleep, and she was ruining it for him. "I won't do nothin," he promised, looking at her. "I just need sleep. Please, Taryn?"

"I shared my bed," he said. "You share yours. And it ain't like we're sleepin sleeping together," he added. "Please? Just for a couple of hours--um... unless you're worried about the snake. She can bite me, it's okay. Jove bit me tons of times." He yawned, his eyes slowly closing.

He kept watching her. But slowly, ever so slowly, his eyes closed and his breathing evened out. He'd been right! Taryn had special sleepy skills!!

He had no clue how ridiculous that thought was at the moment. Seriously, man. Not enough sleep makes you totally moronic.

Hours passed, Roch sleeping heavily in her bed, not touching her, just as he'd promised, not that he was even aware that he was keeping his promise.

And then, at almost noon, he woke up. Slowly he looked around. "Taryn?" he asked. "Where you at?"

And what the jack had he just done? "Jack," he muttered, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. "What was I thinking?"

He climbed out of the bed, still fully dressed, and stretched. "I'm sorry, Taryn, seriously," he said as he headed into the room she was in. "I was so jackin' out of it, I guess I did something stupid," he admitted. "It was either come here or take Xiu up on her offer of tea, and... well, I don't trust drinks and stuff that's supposed to make you sleep much at all."

He frowned, thinking for a moment. Had he told her he was no longer crushing on the other ghoul? He probably should, but this seemed like a really awkward moment for it for some reason. "Thank you," he said, instead. "Jack, I haven't slept that solidly in weeks."

"Word?" he repeated blankly. "Oh, to not do anything?" he asked, his attention on the snake that was looking him over. "Yeah, um, Dad said that that sort of stuff is only for people who've been dating for six months or longer," he said, a bit confusingly.

Then he sat on the ground, summoning his guitar. "But I DO remember wanting to make friends with your snake," he told her. "So I'm gonna try something, okay?"

Then, not giving her a chance to explain, he started playing a simple snake charmer song on his guitar.

"Too boring, huh?" he asked the snake. He would have told Taryn to go on with her work if she hadn't been already. This was between him and-- "It's Abigail, right?" he asked Taryn. "I think you told me once." At least he hoped it was Abigail, otherwise he might be bit for being such an a** as to not remember her name.

"But gimme a second, I can do something better," he informed the snake before thinking a moment. Then he started playing his favorite laid back song, Perfect Waves.