I13DT - The Meal Thing
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:19 pmTheresa was filling out various forms with the university logo on them. She frowned at one, apparently contemplating an answer, while munching on her evening meal.
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I13DT - The Meal Thing
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:19 pmRe: I13DT - The Meal Thing
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:43 pmGraham stepped up, started to ask for permission to sit at the table, but shut his mouth before words came out. The teenager took a seat, deciding asking was dumb with a nearly empty table. A noise that might have been "hey" escaped him.
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:47 pm"Hey," Theresa responded, giving him the once over. "New?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:52 pm"Pretty new," he said, pretending he wasn't terrified of social rejection.
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:57 pm"Everybody's new once," she said with a smile, "I'm Theresa."
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:01 pm"Graham," he smiled shyly.
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:03 pm"Nice to meet you Graham," she said, apparently deciding on the right answer for the form and filling it in quickly. "Institute Sophmore or Junior?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:24 am"Sophomore," he answered. "You?"
As if I actually went to high school before now.
As if I actually went to high school before now.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:47 am"Senior," she said. "Getting ready for my last semester."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:06 am"Sticking around for the university level?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:16 am"Planning on it. Don't know what to major in just yet. I think 'superhero work' is usually the euphemism."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:21 am"For 'I have no idea but saving the world sounds fun'? Sounds like about where I am too."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:31 am"Well, you've got a couple of years yet before you have to worry about it. I don't think anyone really expects you guys to know yet."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:41 am"Yeah... I never really thought of the future at all until recently."
Never expected a future like this for sure.
Never expected a future like this for sure.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:43 am"Thinking of the future isn't the sort of thing we high schoolers generally do until we have to," she said with a chuckle. "Which is sort of how it should be."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:48 am"Is it? The world's a dangerous place and could always get worse."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:56 am"Well, someone's a pessimist," she laughed, "Yes, the world can be a dark and nasty place. All the more reason to hang onto the good stuff like not worrying about the future until you have to."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:09 amHe reddened a little at the laugh.
"I... guess so."
"I... guess so."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:24 am"I see no one had the good grace to warn you about the resident weather witch," she said. "Look, there are plenty of pessimists here. I used to date one. And most of them have good reasons to be that way. Doesn't mean I don't try to talk them out of it."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:00 pm"I was just taught to prepare for the worst. That doesn't mean I don't hope for the best."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:31 pm"There's nothing wrong with that, just don't let it be all-consuming, or you'll miss a lot of life. Lord knows I missed plenty when my parents took me out of high school."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:38 pm"...too late for that..." he muttered bitterly to himself.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:43 pm"There's got to be a story there, but if you don't want to talk about it..."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:56 pm"I don't," he grumbled.
Then, he sighed. "Dad home-schooled us."
Then, he sighed. "Dad home-schooled us."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:00 pm"Ah, another homeschooler," she said, holding out her fist for the obligatory bump. "It can be a rough life."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:08 pmHe just raised a perplexed brow at the fist.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:29 pm"Ah, been out of circulation that long," she said, nodding. "That's rough."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:40 pm"X-Corp helped get me up to speed, but they didn't exactly cover hand gestures."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:42 pm"Okay, hold up your fist," she said, holding up her fist again. "Like this."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:43 pmHe did just that. "Alright."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:51 pmShe reached over and bumped her fist into his, "It's called, quite obviously, a 'fist bump'."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:55 pm"That's... supposed to mean what?" he asked as he put his arm back down.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:56 pm"Sign of solidarity or congratulations, at least in the circles I operate in."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:58 pm"I think I like it," he nodded.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:25 pm"See, there is life after homeschooling."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:57 pm"It wasn't all bad," he said with a shrug.
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:02 pm"Not saying it is. I was homeschooled myself."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:20 pm"Just... lonely?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:24 pm"When none of your 'friends' will talk to you anymore? Yeah."
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:28 pm"You're lucky. I wasn't even allowed friends anymore. Or television. Or internet," he said, bitterly unloading.