Aftermath Chapter 4 - Problem Solving.
Once the wracking sobs quieted down to mere sniffles, Victoria let him go. She brushed his hair out of his face. "Feel better luv?"
He nodded and sniffed again.
"Good. Now go and take a long hot shower and I'll have Gene come up and take a look at your arm, Ok?"
He nodded again and shuffled off to the bathroom.
She sighed as she stood and left the room, heading down stairs to get Gene and Johnny to take care of Johnnathan and his room. Stopping at Gene's door she knocked. "Gene?"
A moment later the door opened. "Yes?"
"Johnnathan slashed his arm by accident. Can you take a look at him when he gets out of the shower?"
"Damn.. Yeah," he said.
"Thanks."
"No problem Vicky."
When she reached the second floor, she stuck her head into the study. She spotted Johnny and LiAnna speaking with Dr. McCoy. She softly padded over to the trip, stopping behind Johnny and placing her hands on his shoulders. She leaned over him and spoke. "Think you can take a break from your.. interesting, I'm sure, conversation and go see about Johnnathan?"
"Oui Cher," Johnny replied, then glanced at Dr. McCoy. " 'member what I said." Then he stood up and left.
"Indeed I will." Dr. McCoy commented as he sat back in his chair and sighed.
Johnny and Vicky parted ways at the door with a quick kiss. She went on downstairs as he went up.
LiAnna just snorted and moved away from the table to an old comfortable chair. Once there she sat down and picked up a book that was sitting on the coffee table next to it and started to read.
McCoy looked over to LiAnna then shook his head, stood up and walked over to the whiteboard. Picking a color from the variety of markers, he cast another glance at LiAnna then started to write. After about fifteen minutes he stopped, backed up and looked at his handy work. It would do for a start he decided.
Five minutes after he finished and had returned to his seat, Johnnathan walked in. His left arm was wrapped in gauze, his hair was pulled back in a pony tail, the tips still occasionally dripping water and he was dressed in black jeans and a t-shirt, though still barefooted.
Johnnathan paused and glanced about the room. Dr. McCoy was at the table shuffling through papers and LiAnna was in her chair reading. There was something on the whiteboard also.
"Well, are you going to stand there all day or are you going to get to work? You have a little over a week till Semi-Finals and have missed too much to dawdle." McCoy said as he looked up at Johnnathan.
LiAnna looked up at Johnnathan and shrugged before going back to her book. She was only here for 'Background noise' as it were. To keep him settled and calm through the tutoring session.
Johnnathan flanked one more time at Dr. McCoy before walking over to the whiteboard. He picked up one of the markers, a different color then what had been used, and shook his head. The equation was one that yes, he had seen it before, but that was a long time ago. He had never had the chance to work on it. Taking several minutes, he read through it several times before he started to solve it.
Dr. McCoy watched a moment as Johnnathan looked over the problem on the board before going back to what he was doing. The equation that he had placed on the board was one that he was working on, on the side. Admittedly it was one that most college professors would have a hard time with it, never mind the problems a 4th year student would have. It had taken weeks to get as far as he had with it. As far as he knew there were only a hand full of people that could solve it in under a month's time.
Thinking that it would take Johnnathan some time to even figure it out or at least what it was, he started to set out the class work. He glanced up as the young man sat down at the table. "Ready to start already?" he asked.
"Whenever you are." Johnnathan replied, picking up the papers and looking through them. "Do you need me to return it to the original form?" he asked nodding towards the whiteboard. "Or do you prefer it that way?"
"I thought you might find it an interesting challenge," McCoy said glancing up at the board then down again.
He blinked and looked up again. Then he looked at Johnnathan, back to the board, then back to Johnnathan once more. The equation had been solved in under 10 minutes. "How?"
Johnnathan just shrugged.
McCoy stood up and walked over to the board so that he could better read through the solved problem. Ever so often he would look at Johnnathan then return to reading the board. "It seems that I have been proven wrong." Removing his glasses he cleaned them before putting them back on. "I can see that I will have an intriguing time tutoring you."
From the other side of the room, LiAnna let out a short bark of laughter at the pair then returned to her reading.
Once the wracking sobs quieted down to mere sniffles, Victoria let him go. She brushed his hair out of his face. "Feel better luv?"
He nodded and sniffed again.
"Good. Now go and take a long hot shower and I'll have Gene come up and take a look at your arm, Ok?"
He nodded again and shuffled off to the bathroom.
She sighed as she stood and left the room, heading down stairs to get Gene and Johnny to take care of Johnnathan and his room. Stopping at Gene's door she knocked. "Gene?"
A moment later the door opened. "Yes?"
"Johnnathan slashed his arm by accident. Can you take a look at him when he gets out of the shower?"
"Damn.. Yeah," he said.
"Thanks."
"No problem Vicky."
When she reached the second floor, she stuck her head into the study. She spotted Johnny and LiAnna speaking with Dr. McCoy. She softly padded over to the trip, stopping behind Johnny and placing her hands on his shoulders. She leaned over him and spoke. "Think you can take a break from your.. interesting, I'm sure, conversation and go see about Johnnathan?"
"Oui Cher," Johnny replied, then glanced at Dr. McCoy. " 'member what I said." Then he stood up and left.
"Indeed I will." Dr. McCoy commented as he sat back in his chair and sighed.
Johnny and Vicky parted ways at the door with a quick kiss. She went on downstairs as he went up.
LiAnna just snorted and moved away from the table to an old comfortable chair. Once there she sat down and picked up a book that was sitting on the coffee table next to it and started to read.
McCoy looked over to LiAnna then shook his head, stood up and walked over to the whiteboard. Picking a color from the variety of markers, he cast another glance at LiAnna then started to write. After about fifteen minutes he stopped, backed up and looked at his handy work. It would do for a start he decided.
Five minutes after he finished and had returned to his seat, Johnnathan walked in. His left arm was wrapped in gauze, his hair was pulled back in a pony tail, the tips still occasionally dripping water and he was dressed in black jeans and a t-shirt, though still barefooted.
Johnnathan paused and glanced about the room. Dr. McCoy was at the table shuffling through papers and LiAnna was in her chair reading. There was something on the whiteboard also.
"Well, are you going to stand there all day or are you going to get to work? You have a little over a week till Semi-Finals and have missed too much to dawdle." McCoy said as he looked up at Johnnathan.
LiAnna looked up at Johnnathan and shrugged before going back to her book. She was only here for 'Background noise' as it were. To keep him settled and calm through the tutoring session.
Johnnathan flanked one more time at Dr. McCoy before walking over to the whiteboard. He picked up one of the markers, a different color then what had been used, and shook his head. The equation was one that yes, he had seen it before, but that was a long time ago. He had never had the chance to work on it. Taking several minutes, he read through it several times before he started to solve it.
Dr. McCoy watched a moment as Johnnathan looked over the problem on the board before going back to what he was doing. The equation that he had placed on the board was one that he was working on, on the side. Admittedly it was one that most college professors would have a hard time with it, never mind the problems a 4th year student would have. It had taken weeks to get as far as he had with it. As far as he knew there were only a hand full of people that could solve it in under a month's time.
Thinking that it would take Johnnathan some time to even figure it out or at least what it was, he started to set out the class work. He glanced up as the young man sat down at the table. "Ready to start already?" he asked.
"Whenever you are." Johnnathan replied, picking up the papers and looking through them. "Do you need me to return it to the original form?" he asked nodding towards the whiteboard. "Or do you prefer it that way?"
"I thought you might find it an interesting challenge," McCoy said glancing up at the board then down again.
He blinked and looked up again. Then he looked at Johnnathan, back to the board, then back to Johnnathan once more. The equation had been solved in under 10 minutes. "How?"
Johnnathan just shrugged.
McCoy stood up and walked over to the board so that he could better read through the solved problem. Ever so often he would look at Johnnathan then return to reading the board. "It seems that I have been proven wrong." Removing his glasses he cleaned them before putting them back on. "I can see that I will have an intriguing time tutoring you."
From the other side of the room, LiAnna let out a short bark of laughter at the pair then returned to her reading.
