Curriculum 11: Assumptions

As Arie made her way into the hall, supporting Gareas, her legs began to give way. She began to fall back as Gareas panicked and held his arms out as he fell to the floor catching her.

"Ow..." she whined as she rubbed her leg which now throbbed.

"Yeah, don't worry about me..." he said sarcastically from behind her as he rubbed his back.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Gar-.. Ah!" just as she was turning around to apologize to Gareas she landed on top of him and pinned him to the floor. Just as she had gotten back up on her knees to try and attempt to get off of Gareas, the door behind them opened.

Rusai walked in through the door and was graced with yet, another unexpected scene.

"Gah!" Rusai sputtered, his face blushing after noticing that they were on top of each other. Rusai was standing there with a blank stare on his face, totally losing the sociopathic demeanor he had set earlier. "What are you two doing! And in the middle of the hall too!" Rusai managed to choke out, nearly giving himself a heart attack. He had no clue of what had happened earlier, so he just assumed the worst...

"Hey, whoa man! I don't know what the heck just crossed your mind but all she did was trip!" Gareas shouted, protesting to Rusai's unexpected accusations. Just as Gareas shot up to confront Rusai, Arie crashed to the floor as the wind was knocked from under her.

"Ow..." she whined once more as she rolled over onto her back and attempted to see straight once more.

"Oh..." Rusai murmured, finally realizing that his twisted nightmare was nothing but a figment of his imagination. "Sorry, I just uhh...well, I was going to...um..." Rusai sputtered, trying to keep his head on straight about accidentally implying something so utterly absurd. He then noticed that Arie had taken quite the tumble onto the floor. "Need a hand getting up Arie?" Rusai asked, abruptly switching the topic.

"No, no... Just let me stay here... On the floor... As my image is and has been completely washed up... and slapped back in my face like the force of a tsunami..." she said solemnly as she stared blankly up at the roof. Gareas just glared at Rusai, he was not too likely to let what he had accused him of early slide. Arie continue staring up at the ceiling as she finally made an attempt at doing something other than staring into her own space. "Gareas, could you go and grab my stuff from my room?" she said as she tossed him the activation key. "I'll probably be bunking with one of you tonight due to all of the stuff that's been going on lately, and I don't quite feel like explaining why I was not in my quarters yet somehow my belongings were..."

"Yeah, yeah... Sure thing." he said with apathy as he caught the key and walked his way to her room. He had no real objections due to the fact that he really didn't want to stay in that position for much longer, as his nerves were getting the better of him. As he left Arie sat up and slid her way to the wall as she leaned against it taking a deep breath. From afar she thought that she could hear the sound of footsteps but ignored the thought and continued her waiting.