Thread Roulette: Rainbow Shelves

[Event !]

Because someone on the planning committee has a sense of humor, Lip Romano is back at the library. This time, he has been paired with Lily Love, and the two of them are setting up displays to feature books about LGBT history, written by LGBT authors, or featuring LGBT characters.

[Philip Romano]

Lip wanted to shoot himself. Well, not really, but he was pretty fucking pissed. He swore to himself that he wasn’t going to let Alex talk him into another one of these fucking charity shows. He even told her that when she asked him to volunteer with her again. No. The answer was no, and it was always going to be no.

But then she started begging, telling him that they’d probably be put together this time, that he’d be assigned to something more fun than the library. And that it was for such a good cause.

Finally he just agreed to the whole goddamn thing so she’d just shut the fuck up. Jesus Christ that girl would just not let up. But he figured what could one more day hurt. It couldn’t be as boring as sorting books like the last time.

Well…clearly someone hated Lip. Or maybe this was the universe getting back at him or something for being such a prick during his younger years. And maybe now. But here he was back at the fucking library. And where was Alex? Outside drawing on rainbows on the fucking sidewalk. Of course…

Well at least this time they actually told him where the books were supposed to go and he didn’t have to figure it out for himself. The librarian had given Lip a dirty look as she gave the instructions, clearly remembering him from their last encounter. So with an armful of hardcover books, he began stacking them in the appropriate place. The faster he got this done the faster he could get the fuck out of here.

[Lilly Love]

Normally charity events really weren't Live's thing. Not because she wasn't in support of charity work (although sometimes she was) but because the events usually involved interacting with people. And Live really did not like people. However, she had gotten in trouble with the police once or twice for underage drinking and still had a few hours of community service left, even though she had turned 21 in January.

Of course, she was running late though. She may have stayed up really late the night before getting really drunk and then slept in and woken up with a ridiculous hangover. She had been running so late that she hadn't had time for her usual coffee and bacon hangover fix and so her head was still throbbing by the time she arrived at the library. She entered the building, talked to the librarian for a moment who pointed to a table where someone was already working on setting up books. She gave Live another stack of books and sent her over to start working.

"Uh, hey." She said as she approached the table, "I'm helping you with these books here." Live's voice was monotone and clearly very uninterested with the task she was about to face. She set her stack of books down in a pile and picked one up off the top. "Giovanni's Room..." She read from the cover and then flipped to the back side, reading for a moment, "Two bi guys in Paris. Fucking wild." She set the book down and went to grab the next one.

[Philip Romano]

Lip barely ever bothered to read the book summaries. Really, he barely ever bothered to read. Most of the books he was supposed to read during high school and college were actually Sparknoted. His teachers always claimed they would know, but they never did.

These ‘feature books’ weren’t any different. None of them really even perked his interest. If they were really that good, then he was sure a movie would probably pop up in a few years. He could just watch that.

He glanced at his new volunteer partner out of the corner of his eye. At least she was a lot hotter than his last two, an asian guy and a thirty-year-old (not that the woman really had anything lacking). “‘Sup.” Lip said, with a slightly head nod. She was late. Not that he really cared, but he was happy he didn’t have to sort all of these books on his own now. He really just wanted to get the fuck out of here.

“Have at ‘em.” He said, gesturing to the boxes that were set on the table behind him. He let out a half-hearted chuckle at her statement, too irritated about being here to be anything other than mildly amused. “Betcha three quarters of them fucking suck.” Lip assumed they all probably had the same premise. There weren’t too many creative authors left, so they were most likely all about the same thing.

[Lilly Love]

Live was actually a pretty big reader, believe it or not. She may have been a total slacker in high school but after graduating she found herself spending a lot of time at the library. She actually knew this place quite well and was always looking for new reads. Which was why she was bothering to look at the back covers of these books.

She gave a half-hearted smirk-ish smile in response to the guy, not looking at him. He was kind of cute but today she didn't find herself in a flirty mood. Well, most days she wasn't in a flirty mood. It usually took alcohol for that to happen. She scanned the back of the book she had in her hand and then set it down in it's appropriate spot.

She gave a small huff mixed, covering a chuckle, "Yeah, coming from the guy who I bet has never picked up a book in his life." She glanced up to give the guy a raised eyebrow and a look that said, prove me wrong if you dare.