Everyone has homework

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:46 am

"Bloody hell..."

Contrary to what anyone might think, especially when they saw him coming in banged up after a post-football toss-up, Connor wasn't stupid. He'd gotten admitted to the school just as much on scholarship that he'd earned as for the sake that he was a mutant.

This semester, he was taking his second-year business courses. Accounting and finance courses were difficult, but he was pouring himself into them. They dealt with money after all, and he knew full well he'd need to know how to handle the books wherever he worked. General business courses were a little dry, but he could manage that, too. The math classes he had to take were par for the course, and he knew that he'd have to be good with numbers, even if the particular classes he was taking weren't going to be particularly useful later.

On the other hand, lit classes...

It's not that he didn't ever read, of course. Everyone got bored, everyone picked up a book. And he was a bartender. Armchair philosophy and amateur psychology were something every good bartender used to act self-important and to relate to some of their customers. But taking apart a story, a poem, or god forbid some bloody ancient play, analyzing it, using historical reference and literary tools to find the root themes and...

"Oh, sod it all..." he muttered as he flipped a page, referring again to the assignment sheet. "And no chance that someone at this bloody place won't catch on if I download the bloody report..."

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:49 pm

Isabel was sober (for once) and was cutting through the garden on her way back from the infirmary. She spotted Connor and stopped awkwardly in her tracks, trying to decide what to do.

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:22 pm

Connor, however, caught sight of her when he looked up from his book for a moment, and eager to not be doing this assignment, siezed on the distraction. "Lookin' better today, there, luv," he commented with a grin.

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:31 pm

"yeah, feeling better too." Isabel said awkwardly "Thanks for getting me home last night."

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:42 pm

"No problem, luv," he said. "Not going to leave you out there drunk, all sorts of ne'er do wells out on the street. An' I ought to know, I've had a toss-up with most of 'em," he added with a chuckle.

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:37 pm

"Yeah, anyway, thanks." Isabel said "Um, I should let you get back to your homework."

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:45 pm

Connor gave the book a dirty look. "Eh, I'm not going to finish this mess any time soon. I can put it off a bit," he said.

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:34 pm

"It can't be that bad." Isabel said "What book is it?"

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:43 pm

Connor shrugged, holding up the book so she could read the title. "I mean, 's not bad, but that's just readin' it, not picking it apart and explaining every three bloody words."

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:56 pm

"I could help you, if you want."

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:30 pm

"Knew you looked like an angel, luv," Connor said with a smirk.

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:17 pm

"Hey, its only fair." Isabel said "You helped me home, I'll help you with your paper."

by **Connor Marshall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:05 pm

"Bah, don't need to pay me back for that. I mean... not going to tell you not to help me, because bloody 'ell, do I hate this shite, but I'd do it again anyway."

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:20 am

"It was a big deal for me." Isabel said.

by **Connor Marshall** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:01 am

"Well, someone needs ta watch your back," Connor said, making a face at the book, then pushing it aside, indicating if any looks were given that he needed a break. "So," he said, in typical hooligan fashion, "What's your club?"

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:17 am

"Real Salt Lake." Isabel replied."They're in the playoffs." she added, a bit defensively.

by **Connor Marshall** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:56 am

"An' how would they do over here?" he asked, finding the idea of American 'soccker' just absolutely adorable on her.

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:06 am

"See, this is why liking football over here sucks balls. You'd think it'd be great, since everyone likes it. But NO, it sucks. And they'd do pretty well, actually. Certainly in the second division, maybe even the first."

by **Connor Marshall** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:09 am

"Ah, so you have been following the games over here, then?" he mused, utterly unphased by the criticism. "Who've you been following?"

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:17 am

"Everton."

by **Connor Marshall** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:23 am

Connor smirked. "Could be worse, I guess."

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:07 pm

"And you?"

by **Connor Marshall** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:40 pm

"Newcastle United," he answered, like he was (admittedly in good humor) daring her to say something about them.

by **Isabel Galen** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:42 pm

"Seriously?"

by **Connor Marshall** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:50 am

"Aye, why would I be joking?" Connor asked, a bit defensively.

by **Isabel Galen** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:20 pm

"Nothing, except that they are the thugs of all thugs." Isabel said "I mean, no offense."

by **Connor Marshall** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:10 pm

Connor scoffed. "We bloody are not. Pikers from Sunderland just get sore that we can kick their arses and bloody well know it."

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:18 am

"Two words. Prison. Stripes."

by **Connor Marshall** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:22 am

"Aw leave it out, luv. That's just a happy coincidence, those colors have been a tradition for over a century. Proud tradition, no matter what slander the bleedin' police try to make it look like."

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:29 am

"Of course." Isabel said, feeling a bit amused. It was a unfamiliar sensation.

by **Connor Marshall** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:31 am

"Fact that we can just stay in our colors when we get nicked is just a bonus," he said with a smirk.

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:36 am

Isabel smiled, and let out a 'snerk' of amusement. She was...it was a pleasant conversation, and that was...odd.

by **Connor Marshall** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:47 am

Connor chuckled. "You actually been to a football game here, luv?"

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:50 am

"Not exactly." Isabel said "I've been to a pub when the game was on."

by **Connor Marshall** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:51 am

Connor considered it. "Any fights start?"

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:26 am

"Just some shouting and guys not trying too hard to get away from the friends holding them back."

by **Connor Marshall** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:30 am

Connor scoffed. "Not the same. Crowd wasn't into it," he said with an air of authority.

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:51 am

"Or they weren't total hooligans." Isabel said "Anyway" she added "I should get going."

by **Connor Marshall** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:59 am

"Don't knock it 'til you try it, luv," Connor said. "Ye sure? Got a class?"

by **Isabel Galen** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:03 am

"yeah." Isabel fibbed "I don't want to be late."

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