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[Aiden]

The morning had been long and tedious, filled with AP calculus and sciences that seemed unnecessary. Not to mention there were students who didn't bother to pay attention, who later went to the smarter ones for their notes and their assignments. After much practice, Aiden found a way to not be the one asked, which usually involved him staying clear of any student that looked like they were only half smart. Sadly, this meant that he would have to stay away from pretty much the whole school.

Luckily he was finally on his spare, and so he jogged off to the computer lab where he took the back corner seat, and laid out his bag on the space next to him. Within a few minutes he had open his latest assignment and was typing away, hoping to finish it by the time he had to go to his next class. Sighing softly, he kept his head low, and grabbed a few of his books to look through for more things to write about.

[Kazumi]

Kazumi was working on some homework herself. The computer lab was quiet around this time of day. She got up so that she could get a drink. Not wanting her stuff stolen she saved it to her jump drive and when she returned from getting the drink noticed Aiden sitting in the corner of the Lab. She sat down so that they had a chair between them. "Good afternoon Aiden." She said in her British accent.

[Aiden]

Aiden jumped at the sound of another voice, and nearly fell out of his chair onto the floor. Luckily he had grabbed onto the desk to steady himself. He wasn't even aware that there was another person in the room, and so he definitely wasn't prepared for any kind of conversation. During the time of her voice entering the room, and his almost falling, his books had unfortunately made their way to the ground. Quickly, and quite clumsily, Aiden reached down and grabbed his books. As he looked back up, he realized that Kazumi, one of the only people he actually talked to that attended the school, was waiting for a response from him.

Clearing his throat, he began to speak, "O-oh.. good afternoon Kazumi.. you scared me," he laughed nervously, trying hard not to blush out of embarrassment, but of course Aiden was unable to control the blood rushing to his cheeks. Hiding his face by carefully organizing his papers, he bit his lip trying to think of what to say. U-umm.. h-how are you?" he fiddled with his pencils and pens as he waited for her response, his eyes still on his papers.

[Kazumi]

"Sorry for startling you. I'm doing fine. I have some homework to do and I saw you here so I decided to sit over here rather then by me self." She said logging into the computer. "How are you doing?" She asked.

[Aiden]

Slowly he brought his eyes back to the british girl. Her accent was really starting to grow on him, in the best way possible. Perhaps he could actually become friends with this girl. "Sorry for startling you. I'm doing fine. I have some homework to do and I saw you here so I decided to sit over here rather then by me self," she began logging onto the computer. Of course she would choose to stay with him despite how nervous he already was. "How are you doing?" she spoke again, her accent filling the quiet room. Aiden looked at his own computer as she logged in.

"I'm o-okay.. just st-studying and what not.. not very interesting," he tried a smile looking back at her, but it came out more as a half smile, lopsided almost. "Did you n-need any help with your homework?" he tapped his finger against the desk. He was smart, and so he might as well give in his best efforts to help the girl if she needed it.

[Kazumi]

"I'm sixteen and I'm a tenth year. I want to skip 11th year if I can so I can be back with my age group.' She explained. "I've got loads of homework to get through." She said.

[Aiden]

"I'm sixteen and I'm a tenth year. I want to skip 11th year if I can so I can be back with my age group," Kazumi explained her current situation, which caused Aiden to raise an eyebrow. It made sense, at least to Aiden it did. She was around the same age as him, which didn't come as that big of a surprise. She definitely seemed a lot older because of how mature she already was, both in body, and mind. Although Aiden kept his eyes where they were supposed to be, so he couldn't really say much about the body aspect of her.

"Well.. I can definitely help you reach that.. g-goal?" he smiled wide, liking the thought that they would be graduating together. Aiden hadn't really ever thought about who he would be graduating with, but now that he knew Kazumi was trying her best to skip the next year, he was becoming more and more excited to graduate with a friend.