Room 232, Friday Night

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Tony sat on his bed, sorting through the various treats and one bottle of rum he'd picked up during trick-or-treating. Okay, maybe it had been fun to dress up.

The door was open.

[Open! I'm working on Halloween. Entertain me?]

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Peyton knocked on the door jamb, still in costume. "So I went," she announced.

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"Went where?" Tony asked. He had removed the cloth serving as a ninja mask but still wore black clothes and smudged black eyeliner.

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"Out to do the Halloween thing," she said, gesturing idly. "Like you told me I should on Wednesday?"

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"Did I? How wise of me," Tony grinned. "Did you have fun?"

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She shrugged. "It was okay."

Then rolled her eyes. "Okay, yes, I had fun."

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"Good," Tony grinned. He gestured to the treats spread on his bed. "Want any candy? Or rum?"

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"Ooh, rum!" Peyton said cheerfully. "Yes, please!"

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Tony picked up the bottle and realized he didn't have any glasses. "Mixed or straight?" he asked, figuring as long as he had to run into the common room for cups he could also grab Coke or something.

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Peyton thought for a moment. "Mixed might be smarter."

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"One sec," Tony said. He went out to the common room and came back with two glasses and two cans of Coke. He mixed up rum and cokes for both of them, going somewhat light on the rum. "Do you want more?" he asked, holding out the bottle.

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She perched on one of the chairs. "This'll do for now, thanks. So how was your Halloween? Have fun?"

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"Yeah, I did," Tony said. "I went trick-or-treating." He looked at the treats spread out on the bed. "Obviously. What'd you do?"

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"Theoretically, I went trick-or-treating," Peyton said, taking a sip of her drink. "In actuality I tagged along while others went."

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"Who'd you go with?" Tony asked.

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"Angela," Peyton said. "We got to be pretty good friends during our whole matchmaking endeavors."

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"Cool," Tony said. "Haven't talked to her much, but she seems nice."

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"She is," Peyton said. "I'd say I only hang out with people who are nice, but one of my exes would certainly not fall into that category."

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"Key word there being ex," Tony pointed out.

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"Eh, he wasn't that bad a guy - okay, yes, he was, but he's nicer since he got involved with Haley," Peyton explained. "We just... weren't a good match. My last one was much better."

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"What was your last one like?"

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She smiled, everything about her softening. "Jake was wonderful. Almost never had a bad word to say about anyone. Smart, kind, funny, great dad... I really loved him."

There was more than a hint of wistfullness to her voice.

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"Great dad?"

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"Yeah." She ducked her head a little. "He had this beautiful baby girl. Jenny. His girlfriend got pregnant while she was still in school, but she wasn't interested in being a part of Jenny's life once she was born. But Jake was. Then Nikki showed up and wanted to take her away."

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"So if things had worked out with you and Jake, you would've been, like, a stepmom?" Tony asked. "That's... kinda a lot. I don't know if I could date someone with a kid."

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"Yeah, I guess," she said, smiling even more softly. "I never really would have thought of doing it myself. I mean, it started out with me babysitting when he got stuck and, you know, I ended up staying after he got back, but nothing realy happened. He had to leave to hide with Jenny."

"But I got myself in a bad way and my friend, Lucas, called him and Jake came back and, well... one thing led to another."