Hii again! I had a light hw load tonight, so I figured I would take the
opportunity to update since this weekend is going to be busy with papers
and applications and other things. So I hope you enjoy!
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"Sean, what happened to you?!" Lux asked him again as he avoided her gaze.
"Nothing ok, it's not your problem," Sean said as he pulled away.
"Sean wait," Lux said as she caught up to him again, "Look I'm sorry for snapping at you, but you're obviously hurt right now and-
"I'm not hurt Lux, I'm fine ok, just leave me alone!" Sean exclaimed as he quickened his pace.
"Fine, don't tell me what happened to you! But if you want you can come to my house, my parents have a whole bunch of stuff to use on cuts like that." Sean glared at Lux and replied sarcastically,
"And why would you be offering your services to me? Am I the welfare case or something? Your doctor mommy and daddy can help me out?" Lux stepped back from Sean at his last comment as though he had struck her.
"I was just trying to help," she said softly. Sean looked at her and looked away.
"Where do you live?" he asked quietly. Lux looked unsurely at him, and then began to walk towards her house as Sean followed. Lux unlocked her door and led him in, making sure her parents were still at work. Then she washed her hands and took out a box full of bandages, gauzes, and antiseptics. Lux opened a bag of cotton balls and began to soak them in the cleanser. Sean took a seat at the kitchen table.
"This is gonna sting," she said as she began to dab at his upper cheek. She felt him flinch under her touch, but he remained silent. Lux cleaned the areas thoroughly, trying to desperately come up with some sort of conversation topic. Sean could sense this, and grinned a little, "what?" she asked, noticing him studying her.
"Nothing," he responded.
"So you're not going to tell me how this happened?"
"Nope," Sean said evenly. "Besides, I don't need you to mother me."
"Of course not," Lux said just as sharply, "I mean, you have Emma for that." Sean rolled his eyes. Lux studied his eyes carefully. They were bright even with the apparent black eye forming around. After a moment, she broke her gaze,
"Ok, all done," she said as she washed her hands again. Sean gingerly touched his face as he looked in the mirror in the hall.
"Doesn't look too good," he said more to himself, but Lux responded.
"It should be ok. I don't think the scarring will be too bad."
"You wanna be a doctor or something?" Lux looked amused,
"Hell no." Sean digested this response for a moment and then looked back at the girl standing in front of him. Yesterday he would not have thought she would be mending his cuts a day later. From this angle, she actually seemed nice, someone Emma might be friends with even. He surveyed her as she put the antiseptics back in the box. She was very pretty, even he had to admit. With her shoulder length black hair and dark brown eyes, she was the kind of girl that could look great wearing sweatpants and a tee- shirt, which was what she was wearing right now. He looked away before Lux noticed him blatantly checking her out.
"Well I better go," he said as he walked to the door. Lux followed him. "Thanks for this," he said as he pointed to his face.
"You're welcome," Lux answered, unsure of whether or not they were friends, at least for the time being.
"I'll see you around," Sean said as he stepped out into the brisk air and headed off towards his home. Lux watched his retreating back and turned into her house. She decided to keep this little incident to herself.
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Lux sat in the library studying a text book intently as a notebook lay open next to her. She absentmindedly ran her fingers through her hair as she reread the same sentence over for what felt like the thirtieth time.
"Ok, this is impossible!" she exclaimed to Craig, who sat across from her.
"You're making it too complicated. All you have to do is figure out what the process is that you need to solve the problem. Then you need to figure out what loops to implement to the structure of the program, like a while loop, do-while loop, or anything else." Craig said trying to explain it to her.
"How can I implement a loop when I don't even know how one works?" Lux said looked annoyed at the book again. Craig sighed and pulled out a piece of paper. Lux watched him draw a simple bit of code, but was distracted when a boy approached them.
"Oh, hey Sean," Craig said as he looked up from his paper.
"Hey Craig, Lux," Sean said as he nodded at both of them.
"Jeez, what happened to your face?" Craig asked as he took a look at Sean's cut under his eyes and faded black eye.
"Ahh, you know, conflicts of interest, nothing big," Sean said as he cast a quick glance at Lux.
"Sean, you can't trust those guys. It's obvious they have no problem doing shit like this," Craig said almost angrily at Sean while Lux tried to follow the conversation even though it was falling into unfamiliar territory.
"yeah, anyways, I gotta go," Sean said hastily, "see you two around."
Lux watched as he left and then turned to Craig.
"What guys can't he trust?" she demanded. Craig suddenly looked uncomfortable.
"Oh you know, just random kids around our school. Who can you really trust these days?" Craig answered trying to make it a joke.
"Craig, you didn't see Sean yesterday. He looked like shit. What guys would do that?"
"You saw Sean get beat up?"
"Well no, not the actual beating, but I saw him right after. And he wouldn't tell me what happened." Craig hesitated, but then answered,
"That's really Sean's business to tell Lux. Let's get back to while loops."
Lux sighed as Craig began to drone on about whatever he was talking about. She couldn't help but wonder who Craig was talking about and what Sean was doing to get beat up. She also couldn't help but smile at the fact that he greeted her like a normal person. Maybe they could be friends.
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Sorry this chapter was a little rushed. I'm trying to involve Craig a little more and get this story to the focus, but I don't like to jump into things too quickly. I hope you liked it, and there's more to come! Please review!
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"Sean, what happened to you?!" Lux asked him again as he avoided her gaze.
"Nothing ok, it's not your problem," Sean said as he pulled away.
"Sean wait," Lux said as she caught up to him again, "Look I'm sorry for snapping at you, but you're obviously hurt right now and-
"I'm not hurt Lux, I'm fine ok, just leave me alone!" Sean exclaimed as he quickened his pace.
"Fine, don't tell me what happened to you! But if you want you can come to my house, my parents have a whole bunch of stuff to use on cuts like that." Sean glared at Lux and replied sarcastically,
"And why would you be offering your services to me? Am I the welfare case or something? Your doctor mommy and daddy can help me out?" Lux stepped back from Sean at his last comment as though he had struck her.
"I was just trying to help," she said softly. Sean looked at her and looked away.
"Where do you live?" he asked quietly. Lux looked unsurely at him, and then began to walk towards her house as Sean followed. Lux unlocked her door and led him in, making sure her parents were still at work. Then she washed her hands and took out a box full of bandages, gauzes, and antiseptics. Lux opened a bag of cotton balls and began to soak them in the cleanser. Sean took a seat at the kitchen table.
"This is gonna sting," she said as she began to dab at his upper cheek. She felt him flinch under her touch, but he remained silent. Lux cleaned the areas thoroughly, trying to desperately come up with some sort of conversation topic. Sean could sense this, and grinned a little, "what?" she asked, noticing him studying her.
"Nothing," he responded.
"So you're not going to tell me how this happened?"
"Nope," Sean said evenly. "Besides, I don't need you to mother me."
"Of course not," Lux said just as sharply, "I mean, you have Emma for that." Sean rolled his eyes. Lux studied his eyes carefully. They were bright even with the apparent black eye forming around. After a moment, she broke her gaze,
"Ok, all done," she said as she washed her hands again. Sean gingerly touched his face as he looked in the mirror in the hall.
"Doesn't look too good," he said more to himself, but Lux responded.
"It should be ok. I don't think the scarring will be too bad."
"You wanna be a doctor or something?" Lux looked amused,
"Hell no." Sean digested this response for a moment and then looked back at the girl standing in front of him. Yesterday he would not have thought she would be mending his cuts a day later. From this angle, she actually seemed nice, someone Emma might be friends with even. He surveyed her as she put the antiseptics back in the box. She was very pretty, even he had to admit. With her shoulder length black hair and dark brown eyes, she was the kind of girl that could look great wearing sweatpants and a tee- shirt, which was what she was wearing right now. He looked away before Lux noticed him blatantly checking her out.
"Well I better go," he said as he walked to the door. Lux followed him. "Thanks for this," he said as he pointed to his face.
"You're welcome," Lux answered, unsure of whether or not they were friends, at least for the time being.
"I'll see you around," Sean said as he stepped out into the brisk air and headed off towards his home. Lux watched his retreating back and turned into her house. She decided to keep this little incident to herself.
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Lux sat in the library studying a text book intently as a notebook lay open next to her. She absentmindedly ran her fingers through her hair as she reread the same sentence over for what felt like the thirtieth time.
"Ok, this is impossible!" she exclaimed to Craig, who sat across from her.
"You're making it too complicated. All you have to do is figure out what the process is that you need to solve the problem. Then you need to figure out what loops to implement to the structure of the program, like a while loop, do-while loop, or anything else." Craig said trying to explain it to her.
"How can I implement a loop when I don't even know how one works?" Lux said looked annoyed at the book again. Craig sighed and pulled out a piece of paper. Lux watched him draw a simple bit of code, but was distracted when a boy approached them.
"Oh, hey Sean," Craig said as he looked up from his paper.
"Hey Craig, Lux," Sean said as he nodded at both of them.
"Jeez, what happened to your face?" Craig asked as he took a look at Sean's cut under his eyes and faded black eye.
"Ahh, you know, conflicts of interest, nothing big," Sean said as he cast a quick glance at Lux.
"Sean, you can't trust those guys. It's obvious they have no problem doing shit like this," Craig said almost angrily at Sean while Lux tried to follow the conversation even though it was falling into unfamiliar territory.
"yeah, anyways, I gotta go," Sean said hastily, "see you two around."
Lux watched as he left and then turned to Craig.
"What guys can't he trust?" she demanded. Craig suddenly looked uncomfortable.
"Oh you know, just random kids around our school. Who can you really trust these days?" Craig answered trying to make it a joke.
"Craig, you didn't see Sean yesterday. He looked like shit. What guys would do that?"
"You saw Sean get beat up?"
"Well no, not the actual beating, but I saw him right after. And he wouldn't tell me what happened." Craig hesitated, but then answered,
"That's really Sean's business to tell Lux. Let's get back to while loops."
Lux sighed as Craig began to drone on about whatever he was talking about. She couldn't help but wonder who Craig was talking about and what Sean was doing to get beat up. She also couldn't help but smile at the fact that he greeted her like a normal person. Maybe they could be friends.
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Sorry this chapter was a little rushed. I'm trying to involve Craig a little more and get this story to the focus, but I don't like to jump into things too quickly. I hope you liked it, and there's more to come! Please review!