Note on the Back of a Coffee Cup
Hello all i see youre back for another installment of bullshit. That's okay though. Thank you for all of the Review, Favs, Follows, etc. They are almost as nice as a hot cup of coffee with a creek fic on a rainy day all snuggled into a mound of blankets :3 mmhhmm exactly gimme da reviews :D well here's chapter 7, i hope you enjoy!
As soon as I'm out of the art room I heave a sigh of relief, stretching my arms over my head. My fingers are still a little sore from the sign language. I guess it came in handy learning it, although I honestly have no clue why John would know it.
Shrugging it off I pull out my phone and check to see what my next class is. As I scroll through my photos i get a message. I quickly open the photo of my schedule and look at it before answering the text.
'SO HOW WAS IT FUCKASS?' Typical Carcin.
'it was fine' I lock my screen and head down the hallway looking at room numbers. 610...611...I stop in front of room 612. My palms are slick with sweat as i step into the large room. It is like an enclosed amphitheater, wooden rows in a circle around the entire room. I walk down an aisle to a stage in the center of the large room.
Looking up I see an oversized chandelier. People are sitting on the floor and chatting with friends quietly, a few around the black grand piano in the center of the stage. I walk over to the side and stand against the wooden border of the stage.
"Okay everyone take a seat or stand, I don't really care. Welcome back from your break, did you all have a good time?" A young woman, maybe in her late 20s early 30s walks out in a flowing white dress shirt and a similarly flowing white skirt. A large grey belt on her waist catches my attention. A quiet murmur of 'yeah' echos in the room.
"Well that's good, today we will be having students finishing up on the assignment before break." She claps her hands together and looks around, grey eyes stopping on me. "You must be Dave our new student!" I feel my palms get damper as she walks up to me. I quickly wipe them on my jeans and shake her hand.
"Yeah that'd be me."
"Good then, well I'm Mrs. Questant but you can call me WQ for short." She gives me a kind smile. She looks like she could be a queen with her brown hair falling in ringlets down her shoulders. "Well unfortunately for you everyone has to show their talent by playing a piece for us. And since you weren't here, why don't we have you do it now?" WQ smiles again and shows me to the piano.
I'm strangly comforted by her hand on my shoulder as I sit on the large bench. I set my bag down next to my legs and look up at WQ.
"Do you know anything from memory, or have any music?" My fingers tap lightly over the keys. I nod my head slightly.
"Yeah, I know Fur Elise."
"Ah yes, a famous of Beethoven's. Wonderful choice, care to play it." I nod absently and move my fingers over the keys. I take a breath and press down. My foot moves up and down on the pedals to the song. Soon my whole body is moving, eyes dancing closed as I play out the familiar toon.
I swear people have their phones out videoing but i don't care. The music is flowing, i can feel it in my veins, pounding in my heart. Too soon I hit the last key and still as it reverberates in the circular room. I jump a little when people begin to clap.
"Very good Dave, excellant! I can see that you will be an excellant addition to this class. Everyone, please finish your projects and any other things you may have to do. If you're completely caught up in everything I will allow you to have some free time to study, or write, play the piano, or," WQ gives a small sigh, "you can get on electronics."
A series of woops sounds and I smile. Maybe John will be in a free period and I can talk to him. If only I knew his classes. I give WQ a small smile and grab myself, moving back over to the border of the stage. I sit with a small 'mmph' and pull out my phone. I send John a quick text and grab my sketch book to doodle.
'doing anything right now?' I'm well into my doodling when my phone buzzes on my thigh. I pick it up and read the text.
'nothing really. i'm in biology with carcin actually. how about you?' I smirk slightly and imagine Carcin bugging the fuck out of John. Then I wonder how he has time to text while in biology.
'no im in classical music and we basically just got free time so im just chillin'
'lucky. were doing a lab but me and carcin finished so were just sitting here taoaivn;oai hoaifoi'
'um john are you okay because that last part made no sense' I wonder what could've happened when my phone buzzes again.
'QUICK I HAVE HIS PHONE NOW TELL ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE.'
'carcin?'
'NO FUCKASS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. OF COURSE ITS ME!'
'bro chill the fuck out for one and two im not telling you so fuck off'
'GOD DAMMIT JOHN STOP!'
'oh my god i'm sorry dave. i got my phone back.'
'its all cool he has a tendacy to act like his head is full of smuppet ass'
'smuppet? aren't those like puppets with plush rumps and noses that look like dicks?'
'yeah also known as my brothers creation and my living hell'
'your brother made those?'
'sometimes i really wish he hadnt'
'heh so your brother's into "that" stuff huh?' I frown slightly at the "that". What the fuck does "that" supposed mean?
'i guess yeah but seriously lets not talk about my brothers fetish for plush rump'
'hehe yeah okay! so um dave where did you learn sign language?'
'i learned it years ago because i thought it would be cool to do it and no one would understand but i never met anyone else who could do it so it sort of just became a waste of time. where did you learn'
'wow that sucks :B! but i learned because my nanna was starting to go deaf so i learned it to talk to her you know?' My chest squeezes a tiny bit at the information.
'she must have been a great person if you learned sign language for her'
'yeah but she passed away a few years ago.' I frown as my chest squeezes more and more.
'sorry 'bout that man'
'it's okay, at least now she no longer has to feel the pain!' I sigh at John's innocence.
'thats good but i believe as a certain someone was leaving a certain classroom they asked if someone else liked what they saw am i correct'
'oh well um i um wow look at that class is over!' I look at the time and notice it is nearing time to leave. I shoot back a quick text before we're dismissed and i shove my phone into my bag.
'well i guess this certain person will never know i thought the view was very nice'
I notice again that the halls are much cooler than the rooms. Next thing I know I have one Jade Harley jumping up and down beside me.
"Hey Dave! What's your next class? Hehe mine is Physics!" I smile at the shorter girl and smile.
"I'm pretty sure I have photography."
"Aw that's sucks! But I'll show you where to go! Here follow me." Jade grins and takes my arm pulling me through the halls. We run out of a side door and sprint across the campus to another room attatched to some different wing. I'm confused and out of breath when she opens the door to the classroom.
"Heh...thanks Jade...I'll uh...see you later."
"Alright by Dave!" Jade turns and starts running to wherever she needs to go. I take a few more deep breaths and open the door leading into the classroom completely and walk in. Inside is brightly lit with a few table in the middle of the room, but a continuous counter running along the border of the room.
"You must be Dave!" I turn to see a very, very tall woman in front of me. I stand at 6'2, this lady must've been at least 6'4 if not taller.
"Oh hi."
"I'm Miss Mendicant, if you like you can call me Peregrine, but Miss. Mendicant is fine too." I smile awkwardly as she brings me into a tight hug. "Now do you have a camera?"
I nod quickly and take out my camera.
"Nice, nice, a little on the older side but a very good model. Basically what we do for this class is projects because it's easier for the kids and they have the power to choose what they do. Right now we are doing a project on humans, so if you pick a friend or family member it's fine. All you have to do is snap great photos and include some things about them. I have some rubrics on the counter over there if you would like to grab it. Luckily for the kids everyone else usually has this as free period for lunch, so the students technically aren't ever here! So you can go out and start your project. Good luck!"
I grab the rubric and quickly leave the class. So much for rushing over here. That must mean Jade has one of the classes that continues this period. I notice my stomach growling and decide to get food. I pull out my phone and see I have a text. My heart thumps at the thought of John's reply to my earlier text. I frown when i see it's just Carcin saying that he and John are at the coffee shop.
I jog off of the campus and walk down the sidewalk towards the, now slightly more familiar, coffee shop. As I enter I faintly notice the music playing and walk up to the counter to order a coffee. I also notice there are different people at the counter today.
"Hello what can I get you today?" A girl with hair similar to Fef's and Jade's is in front of me.
"Just black coffee with a little milk."
"Right away!" She grins largly. I suppress a shudder. She's wearing the green and yellow uniform, but she's wearing bright red lipstick and similar eyeshadow. I hand her the money and go to take a seat. I'm only slightly surprised John and Carcin are sitting at the table in the back.
"Look who finally decided to join us." I roll my eyes behind my shades and sit next to Carcin.
"Hey Dave." John smiles at me brightly, now wearing a blue sweatshirt with a windy-ish looking design on it. I attempt at speaking but find my throat closing tightly, a nude and inviting John popping into mind. My ears heat up slightly and I swallow hard. I can notice John's smile lessen slightly. "Still can't talk to me in person huh?"
"He can't talk to you still. Oh this is just fucking fantastic. Why don't you just get on a plane and fly away to Europe huh, I'm never going to get fucking details at this rate." I punch Carcin in the arm. He rubs it and scowls at me.
"Well anyway hehe." My eyes refocus on John who looks like he's fighting a blush. And failing. Miserably.
"Here you go. Have a super fantastic day!" I start when the girl sets my coffee down.
"Who the hell is that? She's scaring the fuck out of me." I turn towards Carcin who just shrugs.
"Oh that's Aradia Megido, her families from Asia or something. She has the day shift here, I've only seen her a few times later on in the day." Carcin and I both look at John.
"I see so you can talk to me still. Fantastic now tell me how it was." My fingers rub the soft skin under my eyes from beneath my shades.
"Carcin shut the fuck up..." I barely manage the words, noticing John's gaze on me.
"Heh yeah Dave, uh how was it?" I flip the bird at both of them. Tag teaming me like that those bastards. I shove my thumb up into the air sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
"Stop rolling your eyes you asswipe."
"You can see him rolling his eyes?" John's mouth is open slightly, eyebrows up in the air.
"Of course I can. When you've known this fuck ass as long as I have you can just tell. Like right now. Cut that shit out you're creeping me the fuck out. You look like he's a fucking piece of meat you're about to jump over the table and devour. Was it that great? John I demand you show me right now!" I kick Carcin from under the table and see John's shocked face.
He looks at me flushing slightly, then back to Carcin.
"You want me to drop my pants around my ankles in public? Okay whatever you say." John stands with a smirk and steps out of the booth.
"Don't you dare!" John and Carcin look at me shocked.
Hello darlings, i'm sorry if this chapter isn't super whatevs, its more of a filler. Next chapter will be John's pov so hurrah! Review, Favorite, follow and all of that jazz. It makes me VERY happy. :3 ~Keeblo
