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Seth's eyebrows arch. You're not the baby! I'm the baby!

"He had bananas yesterday and the books says to give them variety." He tries a little of the plums himself and winces. "Ergh."

"Well, maybe mix them. Or mix the plums into rice cereal or something. It should dull the taste." Sam nods.

"I'll have to try that." He looks for a waitrat and Jeremy scampers over. "A little bowl of rice cereal, please, Jeremy? Thanks."

The little rat scurries away.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm alright. Bored. I finished my book." Sam plays with her finger.

"The bar will give you more books if you ask. She's got a good variety. Can get books from anywhere, literally."

Sam nods. "I know...I just want to do something other than reading. If I could go home, I'd probably be riding on my boyfriend's motorcycle going to some weird place with his friend Mark." She shrugs. "At least that's what we did before he left."

And showed up here...way before she did.

"There's a lake to swim in and stables, and you could probably persuade someone to teach you to ride a horse. I do yoga and go running when I need to stretch."

"I went swimming a few days ago, and I know how to ride a horse...I love animals." Sam nods. "I know there's things to do here, I just suppose I'm a little homesick. I go through this every few days or so."

Charlie nods in sympathy. "I can't go home at all," he says quietly. "Through the door it's just a deserted island, and for a few months I couldn't even go there.

"It's easy to get stir-crazy. But there's stuff to do if you look for it. People to talk to. Things to learn."

"There are worse places to be stuck I guess." Sam grins. "At least Milliways has Charlie Pace and Seth."

Charlie laughs. "There, you see? The best way to pass the time is to find people you like talking to, and talk to them. If you're very lucky you'll fall in love--very insane, you'll get engaged--"

"I am in love already!" Sam laughs. "My boyfriend is here after all."

"He is? Grand. There's one thing down.

"I met mine my . . . second day here. I think. Or third. I was a bit ill at the time. Details are fuzzy."

"Oh don't you tell me to get engaged! You'll be the fourth." Sam shakes her head. "And your...what? You can say boyfriend if that's what you have. I don't care. If you're happy, I'm happy."

"I'm not going to tell you to get engaged," Charlie says, grinning. "I never tell people to do something I wouldn't do myself.

"Boyfriend. Yes. Thank you for your approval. He's a lovely bloke. I quite adore him. Makes the relationship with Seth's mum a bit interesting but we're working on the family thing."

"Good. Because Andrew and I will get married when we're ready." Which for Sam, is any time now. But then again, she might be one of those girls who planned their weddings since they were six.

"Well, you seem to adore him, and so everything is fine with me. But if he ever hurts you, I'll...get Andrew's best friend to beat him up for you. I can't take someone down, and neither can Andrew..." She cocks her head thoughtfully. "I...don't think."

Charlie laughs. "I can look after myself but I appreciate the offer. I'm small but I'm wiley."

"Well good, because I don't know if I could persuade Raph to do that anyway...and he scares me sometimes." Sam wrinkles her nose. "I don't really like talking to him, but if I bring up Andrew and his feelings or something, I can make him feel bad."

"Raph wouldn't beat up Bartleby. They're friends. Better friends than I am with Raph--he scares me, too. Bit gruff."

"Well I'm glad I'm not the only one he scares...and I think gruff is an understatement." She laughs. "I like him...because he's a good friend to Andrew...but he's scary."

"I'm good friends with his brother Mikey--how one family got two boys so different is a wonder of the ages. Have you met Mike?"

"No, but I met his roommate and his girlfriend. I'll probably meet him at some point."

"Seth's got him under his spell. If you ever hear someone shout 'BABY!', that's Mikey."

[ooc: sure.]