walks_two_paths | Room 217, Late Thursday Night

The door to room 217 was open a small crack and there was the sounds of rustling coming from inside.

She had somehow made it it back to her room and with stubborn determination, had also managed to get the door open.

Her original intention had been to try to pull down the phone and try to dial Eve's number...

...until she saw the coily goodness of the phone cord.

The coily goodness had been fun, and now phone and cord were wrapped around the little panther cub as she chased things back and forth across the room. Stopping every now and then to stalk and pounce on an evil dust bunny.... or to sink her fangs into the covers and pillows she had pulled from the beds and onto the floor.

"Mrrr.... grrrrl..."

She was indeed fiercely defending the room from the dangers of wild bedclothes.... phone and all.

[[OOC: For the roomie]]

Current Mood: mischievous

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Johnny came walking in, back from Carita's and drew up short at seeing the panther.

"Hey there buddy. Uh..." Yeah, he wasn't moving at all, preparing himself to torch it if it meant him harm.

(I'm sorry! I didn't see this last night!)

The little cub looked up, a pillow dangling from her mouth. She shook her head, making cute "Grrrr"ing noises to it and then dropped it, pinning it to the foor with her paw. She gave Johnny a look, and looked very pleased with herself --- even wrapped up in the phone cord, handset and all.

Okay, Johnny had to grin. It was cute and seemed playful, even if he did wonder what it was doing here.

"Hey there, girl --" yes, he assumed it was a girl, "-- whatcha got there, hmm?" Johnny lowered himself to his knees near the cub and reached out, intending to unwrap the phone cord from around her.

Savannah did a four-pawwed hop near him and made another "Mrow" at him. She headbutted his chest.

"It's Savannah!" But it only came out as a mixture of purrs and mrowrs.

Johnny laughed. "Feisty little thing aren't you? Hold still now..." he worked the cord off and then reached up to rub behind her ears. "How did you get in here and what have you done with my roommate, hmm?"

"Mrowr rowr mrowr purrmrowr." Which translated meant, "I killed her and stuffed her body under the bed."

Hey, she was still a Levine, even trapped in the body of a tiny panther cu--- oooh, ear rubs!

"God, you're beautiful and we seriously need to find your owner. Someone has got to be missing you." Johnny sat down fully on the floor, spread his legs and rubbed along her back. "I'm just liable to keep you, as pretty as you are," he whispered, smiling and playing with the cub.

Savannah laughed at the idea of her having an owner. "Mowr murrr," she said as she sat between his legs and looked up into his face, cocking her head. She "Mrowred" softly at him... and then saw a shaft of light that she had to pounce on, causing her to sprawl across his leg.

"I think Savannah is going to love you. What do you say, want to stay with me for awhile? You might help me tell her how I feel about her," he said, grinning at the cub playing with the ray of light. "Play with her and keep her occupied while I try not to fumble over my words."

Feelings?

Savannah spun around from where she was playing and looked at Johnny. Well, it wasn't as graceful as she planned due to panther paws not being used to the floor yet, and when she turned, she went sliding along the floor, crashing into Johnny's leg.

She looked up at him. "Mrow?"

Laughing, he shook his head. "I'm going to keep you forever," he said and rubbed under the cubs chin. "I've never been serious about a girl you see and I kind of like Savannah. She's...important to me. I want to wrap my arms around her and protect her and keep her safe from everyone." Johnny paused, being reflectful.

"I like her...I like her a lot and I'm beginning to want her for myself." Chuckling he scratched the cub's ears again. "I'm being selfish, aren't I?"

"Not selfish if both people agree to be exclusive. I like you, too." Savannah said. Actually it was more like:

"Meowr arr rowr mrr mrowr rrr."

She pressed her head into his hand. Scritchings were very good.

"Purrr rrr..."

"I went to Umbridge to make her leave you be." Or more precisely "Mrowr roar grrrr mrrr..."

"You like that do you?" Johnny grinned and laid back on the floor, cradling his head with his hand. "She has a boyfriend, or a semi-boyfriend. I think. She's dating Chris and I think she really likes him. I don't want to get in the way of that." He sighed and stared into the cubs blue eyes. "It's complicated, you know?"

"I'm Savannah! Damn it! Johnny, how can you not know me?"

"Meow rowr rrr grwr," she yowled helpfully. "Mrowr mrrr meow..."

She let out a whuf of breath, and then licked his cheek.

Johnny stared at the cub, frowning slightly. It was the lick to his cheek that had him thinking and pondering those eyes.

"No...Savannah?"

"Mrowrrrrrr meow mrowr mrrr..."

She headbutted him and licked his face a couple of times. Then she toppled backwards on her tail. She made what might have been an embarrassed meow and then went to look at him ---

Suddenly, she stiffened and stared at something near the closet. She growled fiercely and flattened herself against the floor.

Johnny ran his hand over his face and just stared. He basically just told this cub, that was Savannah, how he felt. It...wasn't supposed to happen like that. Still, he chuckled at her cuteness but straightened up when she growled at the closet. "What is it? Want me to check it out?"

He got up off the floor and moved over to the closet, reaching to open the door.

Savannah's tail was flicking back and forth and when Johnny went to open the closet door...

...she pounced...

...on his foot.

Johnny laughed and reached down, reaching to pick her up and nuzzled her neck. "What are you doing? You are so cute, you know that? Maybe you should just stay this way forever, then I won't be embarrassed about what I told you later. Eh, and that is if you even remember."

"You didn't mean to say it?"

"Mrowr mor rrr yrrr mewl..."

While he was nuzzling her neck, she put her nose against him and may have purred a little.

Johnny sat down on the bed with her in his lap, hugging her close and rubbing his hands down over her back. "You are going to remember, aren't you Savannah?" he whispered. "I want you to, really. I want you to know that I like you, that I want...I want you to want me...just me...God, I'm such a lame ass, talking to you when you're a cub."

Savannah looked up at him, her blue eyes studying him intently. She didn't think he was lame... she was glad he was talking to her, and that he had recognized her and not chased her out of their room.

"But I thought you didn't want to date only one person?"

Of course, it came out more as:

"Meowmrowr roar mrr rr grrr mrow."

She nuzzled him.

"I know, lame," he smiled warmly and laid back, rubbing his hand in lazy strokes over her. "We'll talk about this later, won't we? You and me and...everyone else?"

She stretched out along his chest and let her head drop onto her paws, studying him intently. There was so much that she wanted to tell him.

"Mrowr mrrl?"

"I mean, you know, there's Chris..." Johnny said low. "And then there's Ronan, and I was with Mary once. Did I tell you that? No, I didn't. I wouldn't want you to know and hell, I probably shouldn't be talking about it now but the thing is Savannah, I want you. I want you to be mine. God, I'm probably mucking this up." He ran his hand over his face, carefully avoiding those intent blue eyes.

She reached out a paw and poked at his arm, trying to pull it away from his face. She remembered the night after her had been with Mary. He had been upset and she had hurt for him. She licked his arm, peering at him.

"Mewl mrr..."

He looked back at her and smiled slowly, sighing deeply. "Tired of hearing me ramble, eh? All right..." Johnny got up off the bed, careful to not let her slip to the floor and he kicked off his shoes and stripped down to his boxers. "Bed, Savannah. And if you're a sweet kitty, I'll let you sleep next to me." Grinning, he laid back down, hand behind his head.

That hadn't been what she said and let out a slightly sad "Mrrph".

She scrambled along the bed and saw part of the blanket dangling there... right within stalking range. She turned and hung her head, quietly curling up next to Johnny.

He reached over and ran his fingers through her fur, studying her, thinking. "I...I care so much for you," he whispered.

She looked up and met his eyes when he said that, and then stretched her head forward to nuzzle his chin gently. She curled a leg around the arm that he wasn't using to pet her.

Pets were priority after all.

And that would be how Johnny fell asleep, feeling her all around him.

Savannah watched him for awhile as he slept, wanting more than ever to be able to talk to him. Finally, with a soft "Mrwrff," she lay her head on his chest and closed her eyes.