Right. My watch reads 00:54 so, theoretically, I should be asleep. But I'm not, I'm writing this story, we all must be crazy to waste our time doing this - but that's just my 2 cents. I promised someone I would update one of my stories by the end of today (technically yesterday at this point) so here I am.
Chapter 3
Just as you close your eyes Lisa's eyes snap open. This not sleeping bussiness is hard to get used to. You don't feel tired, but it's very disorientating.
[You still there?] asks Lisa
[Miss me?] you reply sarcastically
[Just wondering]
[What're you gonna do today?]
[Hopefully, something which doesn't involve car crashes]
[Aww, you're no fun]
[...]
[Kidding, kidding, geeez]
You let Lisa have control. She has breakfast and makes it to school without incident. The first lesson of the day is geometry, and ms Hoover isn't even trying to make it interesting. As Lisa looks around the class you can see that no-one is paying attention, well except Lisa of course.
"Ms Hoover?" Asks Ralph
"Yes Ralph?" she says distainfully
"What's a triangle?" He asks quizically
"It's a shape with three sides" She answers, apathy dripping from her voice
"Ms Hoover?" asks Ralph again
"*Sigh* Yes Ralph" She says rolling her eyes
"What's a shape?" He asks seriously
At this Ms Hoover is stumped. Rather than attempt to come up with an answer she simply shakes her head, and goes on with the lesson.
[Boring] You think to Lisa
[This isn't boring it could be useful one day]
[You know I'm in your mind, right? I can tell when you're lying. You learned this stuff when you were five]
[So?]
[So, why not learn something new?]
[How?, I'm not going to skip class, if that's what you mean]
[No, actually I was thinking I would teach you]
[Really you'd do that for me?]
[Well it's not exactly like I have anything better to do]
"Ok" Lisa says out loud
Teaching through the mind link proves very effective. Although you don't have total access to eachothers minds, you can read the surface thoughts. Geometry proves to be alot of fun as Lisa can see you imagining the shapes in three dimensions.
[I wonder] thinks Lisa
[What?]
[I wonder if I could teach you something...]
[I don't see why not]
Lisa begins to imagine a saxophone, floating in mid air. It is exquisitely detailed, every key and rod in it's place, there are even some scratches in the metal's surface, it is the saxophone as only a player knows it. You don't so much have to memorize it as it is almost downloaded into your brain. Lisa imagines her fingers holding the saxophone and you can feel the familiarity of the muscle memory. You can hear the sound which each key will make, feel the way in which you have to blow the sax to get the best sound.
[Wow] you think
[So you think you can play the sax now?]
[Definitely, I feel like I've been playing it all my life]
[That worked better than expected, I guess skills are easier to transmit over the link...]
[...Wanna learn how to SCUBA dive?]
I give up. That'll have to do. It's 2 am. The chapter ends here. I see if I can write more tomorrow.
