Unfortunately for Belle, the toast HAD been hers. While she didn't enjoy whipped cream on her coffee, she DID enjoy a yearly tradition of stuffed french toast and a movie every Valentines Day in lieu of actually going out with someone else.
Fortunately for Lazarus and his depressed grazing, however, the toast had been forgotten about as she was currently in her bedroom on her laptop avidly typing to someone on Facebook that she had not heard from in quite awhile.
Russell Avis:I'm serious, though. I never thought I'd miss you telling me to stay focused all the time. When you took those summer classes and dropped out early, things got pretty unbearable.
Belle Goldman:I didn't drop out. I was taking an accelerated course plan. The entire idea was to graduate sooner, Russell.
Russell Avis:Text really isn't all that great for teasing, is it? I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to take me seriously... :P
She hesitated, smiling faintly, before tapping the keys to respond. Of all the people she expected to come looking for her, she had not expected Russell. As he'd said, she had constantly been at him to stay focused, not just for his benefit but for her own. It had seemed that every time they found themselves at the same library table, he had tried to derail study sessions with conversation or suggesting that they blow it off entirely to go find something to eat.
Belle, all in all, had been proud of herself for sticking to her guns and for getting him, more or less, to apply himself as well.
Belle Goldman:If I'd known to expect teasing, it might have translated better.
Russell Avis:lol! How are things aside from schooling for you? Anything interesting lately?
Another hesitation as she remembered the paranoid FAQ's ramblings about being careful who she trusted and wary of people trying to pry into her business.
....
....no, this was Russell. The man who she had come to know as being as subtle as a stampede. He probably had excelled at becoming a child psychologist, assuming he'd continued that route.
Belle Goldman:I was mugged and my car was stolen. Is that interesting to you?
Russell Avis:...... Russell Avis:Want me to give you a call?
A few moments later and he'd been given her number, and now she watched her cel phone where it sat on the computer desk as if it might bite her...
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Fortunately for Lazarus and his depressed grazing, however, the toast had been forgotten about as she was currently in her bedroom on her laptop avidly typing to someone on Facebook that she had not heard from in quite awhile.
Russell Avis: I'm serious, though. I never thought I'd miss you telling me to stay focused all the time. When you took those summer classes and dropped out early, things got pretty unbearable.
Belle Goldman: I didn't drop out. I was taking an accelerated course plan. The entire idea was to graduate sooner, Russell.
Russell Avis: Text really isn't all that great for teasing, is it? I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to take me seriously... :P
She hesitated, smiling faintly, before tapping the keys to respond. Of all the people she expected to come looking for her, she had not expected Russell. As he'd said, she had constantly been at him to stay focused, not just for his benefit but for her own. It had seemed that every time they found themselves at the same library table, he had tried to derail study sessions with conversation or suggesting that they blow it off entirely to go find something to eat.
Belle, all in all, had been proud of herself for sticking to her guns and for getting him, more or less, to apply himself as well.
Belle Goldman: If I'd known to expect teasing, it might have translated better.
Russell Avis: lol! How are things aside from schooling for you? Anything interesting lately?
Another hesitation as she remembered the paranoid FAQ's ramblings about being careful who she trusted and wary of people trying to pry into her business.
....
....no, this was Russell. The man who she had come to know as being as subtle as a stampede. He probably had excelled at becoming a child psychologist, assuming he'd continued that route.
Belle Goldman: I was mugged and my car was stolen. Is that interesting to you?
Russell Avis: ......
Russell Avis: Want me to give you a call?
A few moments later and he'd been given her number, and now she watched her cel phone where it sat on the computer desk as if it might bite her...