Shop Class

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam was standing in the front of the room, her hands in the pockets of her jeans. "Um, hey, guys. So, Mac isn't back yet." She shrugged. "So, you're stuck with me for at least one more class. So sorry, please send any complaints to the administration."

She adjusted a few dials on the equipment, setting up the familiar junkyard. "So, today's project--use the materials you find here to make something that will make it easier for you to study for finals, or that you will give someone else to make it easier for them to study."

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Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I thought you were going to come get..." She blinked. "I'm sorry, what was that last part?"

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Do you have a date for the prom yet?" Kawalsky repeated. "I ask not for myself, but for my countryman. Cam. Do you wanna go with Cam?"

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Er, no." She shook her head. "Wait, er, is he still ultra-religious? Because I did that once during college, and I'd prefer not to repeat the experience."

"Who are you going with?" She couldn't help but remember the last guy he fixed her up with--and, okay, John was nice, right up until the point he told her she was responsible for maybe ending the human race. "And why isn't Cam the one asking me?"

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Cam's back to his normal cheery self. Only not as cheery yet, but I'm working on that. No religious scaryism or, y'know, alienpossession," he mumbled. "Just nice guy Cam. He's being shy about the whole prom thing."

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam shrugged. "Yeah, sure, I guess." She leaned over and whispered, "Did you explain about the curse? Just in case? I haven't had time to get cards printed up. Maybe I need a warning tattooed on me somewhere? 'Dating Sam Carter may be hazardous to your health'?"

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky smirked at her response, then looked back at her. "I don't believe in curses. Just bad luck that can change."

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh." Sam wasn't convinced. On the other hand, no one knew more about turning around bad luck than Charlie Kawalsky. "But you never said who you're asking." She poked him. "Do you have someone in mind, or are you just winging it?"

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Completely winging it." He grinned.

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam started laughing. "Only you, Kawalsky. Do you even have any prospects, or is the first person you run into in the hall who's not already going with someone?"

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Well, maybe the first girl..." He smirked. "Nah. I'm going with a gut feeling. Some time today I'll randomly ask someone when it feels right and it'll either work out, or you'll have something to laugh at me about."

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I can't wait to see how this turns out." Sam grinned at him. "You're definitely a lot braver about this kind of thing than I am. I was just going to go stag and hopefully not make a big fool of myself again by flirting with the faculty."

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"And now you've got a date! A fine, upstanding member of society. He makes a mean omelette too. And eh, I figure I've got nothing to lose except my dignity and that went out the window with the purple thong."

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Omelettes?" Sam looked interested, but that was probably because she'd forgotten to eat before class. "I can't believe that purple thong. Um, are you sure Jack didn't take it with him when he left? Maybe he's working as a stripper somewhere?"

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky shrugged. "Who knows with Jack? He could've skipped down to Florida for a holiday for all I know. I wouldn't put it past him. Guess we'll find out sooner or later when he runs out of money."

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I guess," Sam said, unconsciously gripping the edge of the table a little tightly. "Anyway...why are you so gung ho about the prom?"

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"It's prom!" Kawalsky exclaimed. "Aaand it keeps my mind off finals."

Re: Chatter

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Why are you worried about finals? I mean, other than kidnapping one of your teachers mid-semester..."

Re: Chatter

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"You make it sound like it was a bad thing." He shrugged. "Never was that great at school. I've got Shop, which I think I'll do okay in, maybe the same with Paleo. US Government is a lot of work. I doubt I'll pass Arthurian with *him* in charge and Intro to Lit? Yeah, not my strongest area."