By the time her first class was over, Alessa's backpack and schedule were both heavier. Now it was time for her favorite part of the day, rushing across the campus and frantically dashing up and down flights of stairs to try and reach World History on time. At least Kerri usually saved a spot for her.
She slipped in the door and began searching for Kerri just as class started. Luckily, the blonde noticed and waved her over. Alessa slid behind a desk and was able to pull out her notebook just in time to jot down the due dates for future assignments. Whew!
It was a shame the class announcements were so useful, or she could walk at a reasonable pace and come in late. Once the announcements were over and the T.A. began introducing the day's subject, Alessa snuck out her phone to check for messages. She felt a little bad about it, but it wasn't like she was missing anything. If Mr. Dart said something at all relevant less than 20 minutes into class, she'd eat her phone.
"Nice background," Kerri teased, taking a sip from a colorful thermos, "You have excellent taste."
Alessa blinked, then remembered that Kerri was a fellow Marvel fan. She quickly shut off her phone, still unnerved from the morning's shenanigans. "Thanks," she replied. Then she noticed the brightly colored thermos on Kerri's desk. "And stop drinking that!" Alessa hissed, swatting at her friend's hand, "You're going to kill yourself one of these days."
Kerri raised an eyebrow, deliberately taking a long drink. "You don't even know what's in here."
Alessa raised an eyebrow right back. "I know it's an unholy combination of coffee and at least a few energy drinks that shouldn't be concocted until a combination of desperation and exhaustion brought on by finals begins corrupting the frail human mind."
They stared at each other for a moment before breaking into identical grins.
"Maybe I'll get mutated by it and then I can join the Avengers." Kerri said with a shrug.
"You and I both know that's not actually how-"
"Stop talking in class, Lessy," Kerri deadpanned, turning her attention back to Dart.
It looked like things would be quiet for a bit - there were still several minutes until the lesson would actually begin - so Alessa slumped over her desk and closed her eyes, hoping to reach the trance-like state of rest that would hopefully help make up for her three and a half hours of sleep this morning. Ah, sweet darkness. Now to catch up on-
Someone nudged her knee. "Hey, 'Lessa."
Alessa groaned softly, peeling her eyelids open. "What." she whispered.
"...So, Hiddleston, hmm?" Kerri asked, smiling as she raised an eyebrow.
Alessa sighed, dropping her head on the desk. She should have known better. When had Kerri ever let something silly like class or sleep get in the way of discussing boys?
"Loki," Alessa corrected, hiding beneath her hair in order to avoid eye contact with Kerri. "Loki, not Tom Hiddleston. There's a difference."
Kerri shrugged, "Loki's a bad boy and Hiddleston's a red head. Take your pick."
And if that wasn't worth an eyeroll, Alessa didn't know what was.
"It's not about that," she protested.
Kerri just sent her a look, shook her head in amusement, and went back to drinking her death drink.
"It's not!"
When Alessa collapsed onto a bench to start lunch, she almost wasn't surprised to see the Asgardian in her phone was pacing.
She'd really gotten it out to check her email, but she may as well chat, right? How often did you get the chance to talk to a character from your favorite movie?
"Good afternoon," she sighed, taking a bite out of her sandwich.
He ignored her in favor of continuing his pacing. Rude.
Alessa suddenly realized that she had an incredible opportunity. She could be annoying.
You could only annoy normal friends so far before they decided to ditch you. But trapped phone entities?
Thoroughly delighted, Alessa decided it was time to have a bit of fun. "Mmm, what a good sandwich. So delicious. Yup, don't mind me, I'm just sitting here, eating my tuna sandwich, talking to my phone. Nothing unusual, no aliens, no Norse gods, not even any fictional characters. Just good old fashioned lunch." she went on like this for a while, jabbering to try and provoke a reaction out of Loki.
For about five minutes, there was nothing.
Well, nothing but a few odd looks from passing students. But that was to be expected.
Loki was cool as a cucumber, obviously wanting to show that he was "above her" or some nonsense. Alessa smirked internally. This was not his game. Well, she'd show him and his ridiculous superiority complex. He thought he was so much better than her? She'd show him that she was so far below him that she didn't even care how far up or down or sideways anyone was. What was the fun of having an immortal in your phone if you didn't mess with him?
Within a few more minutes of this treatment, however, Loki was obviously fighting to hide his agitation.
"You know, I've never had an Asgardian in my phone before," she told him around a mouthful of apple, "Course, I don't know that you qualify. Huh, do you even count?"
He glanced up at her, annoyed, but quickly went back to pacing.
Alessa continued her chattering, but checked her watch. She still had a good twenty minutes to bug Loki before class started.
"...But that's when she realized that Jimmy had been at lunch with Stacy, so of course she decided to text him. But Maggie told her, 'Tanya, you can't do these things over the phone. At least Skype him or something'. It was a three hour drive, you know? And Annie's a good girl, of course, so she and-"
"Be quiet, woman!" Loki screeched.
Alessa paused, taking a breath. In a way, she was relieved that she could finally stop. She was running out of things to talk about, not to mention it was only five minutes before her next class started.
She smiled pleasantly at him. "It's been nice talking with you, Lokster. See you later?"
He scowled at her, and she shut off her phone.
Ha. Alessa: 1, Loki: 0.