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Food Field Trips, Friday 12/6, 2nd Period

Stark had just had something of a time in Summer’s class. Stark was regretting some life choices. Namely today’s choice of trip for his class in light of where they’d just gone.

“Today,” he said, “I arranged for us to visit The Taco Museum in Los Angeles ~~even if it doesn’t really open until tomorrow shhhh~~.”

Yes, he avoiding eye contact with Summer while he spoke. Having only one eye did make that somewhat easier.

“This is a new ‘pop-up’ museum so I’m not entirely sure what to expect there. Tacos, of course. The museum invites us to join them ‘in celebrating the art, culture, and joy of tacos.’ So…I assume there will be tacos for eating and enjoying in other ways as well. And hopefully we can all learn something about tacos as well.”

He looked around at the assembled students. “I hope everyone is hungry. Shall we go and enjoy some tacos?”

He winced a little even as the words left his mouth.

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Did the fact that Summer was smirking and looking incredibly smug and proud of herself the whole time Stark was talking make it even more difficult for him to avoid eye contact? Did it?

The smugness was not likely to go away, either, as she set to check out the taco museum, and, oh, yeah, definitely enjoy some of those tacos, too.

Somehow that did make it more difficult. Weird.

"May I join you?"

They could enjoy tacos together. Awkwardly.

And that awkward formality was only going to broaden Summer's smirk even more, although some of the smugness seemed to make way for a bit of fondness.

"You may," she decided, with a firm nod and a magnanimous attitude as she slid her arm around Stark's to loop them together and lean against his shoulder a little. "And I think tacos are just the thing we need after coming out of my class, too. Don't you think?"

"I needed a drink after your class," Stark said. "Instead we have tacos. I didn't plan it!"

She knows that, Stark. You couldn't have planned it!

He shook his head a little and leaned against her. "I can't believe you took us there."

"It is a class about Weird, Wonderful and WTF things, Stark," Summer reminded him, in that sweet, sing-song voice of hers that she adopted when she clearly could do no wrong whatsoever and anyone who suggested otherwise was just a lame loser, obviously. "I'm pretty sure that place fit all of those categories. I'd be doing you all a disservice if I didn't!"

Her head tilted a little toward his. "The important thing is...did you at least learn something?"

"Oh, it was for my benefit?" Stark asked. "Not so you could watch me and others squirm?"

He turned his head to offer a slight grin. "It was very... educational. Enlightening."

And he'd gone to the gift shop. Of course he had.

"Did you learn anything?"

"Did you learn anything?"

"The squirming," Summer stated, "was just an added benefit. And you know what?"

She seemed to take a moment to consider it legitimately, which ended up knocking her smirk down slightly and causing her to shake her head because maybe she learned some things she rather wished she hadn't, but overall?

"I did. A lot of it was just confirming some things I already knew, but there were a few new things in there, too."

For better or for worse.

"Admit it, though," she then continued, "it may have been uncomfortable, but it was pretty cool, right?"

"It was definitely interesting," Stark agreed. "But I wouldn't have come here today if I'd known your plan!"

"Really?" Summer asked, eyes wide, head tilted, lips slightly pursed against the urge to spoil the attempted cluelessness with another smirk. "Why not?"

"Because I wouldn't have combined the trips on purpose."

It was much funnier if it was accidental! Also he wouldn't have set himself up like that.

"But...it's fine that I did, I think. Gives me things to think about."

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