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"So, how long is your sentence?" Courtney inquired grimly. She and Robin were in their second hour English class, and she was taking advantage of their first opportunity they had to talk to each other away from the eyes and ears of their respective guardians.
"A month." Robin answered emphasizing the length of her punishment by dragging out the word. "And, he said all future dates for the time being will be supervised by him."
"Oh God." Courtney replied seeming horrified at the very prospect.
"How could you abandon me like that?" Robin demanded of her friend.
"Uh, hello, did you see how angry Jason was?" Courtney replied. "Maybe it would be better if you actually listened to him this time instead of ignoring him and ditching the guards again." She theorized in a hushed tone, noting that their teacher who had set them about having group discussions about the reading material was casting suspicious glances it their direction.
"Would you?" Robin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, probably not, but that's beside the point." Courtney replied looking flustered.
"I think I may actually listen for now, I actually feel kind of bad for the amount of anxiety I've been causing him lately." Robin conceded.
"In that case, why don't you tell me about your date?" The blonde suggested with a grin. "Was it fun? Did you discover a new side of Patrick? Are you going to go out again?"
"Why, yes, Courtney I did think that The Scarlet Letter was a very interesting piece of literature, I really liked the insight into Puritan society." Robin began upon seeing their teacher prowling up and down the columns of desks near them.
"What?" Courtney asked before spotting their teacher. "Oh, yes, definitely, I agree."
"I know that, because I just agreed with you so obviously you agree." Robin replied in an amused tone.
Courtney scowled at her. Their teacher had moved on by this time.
"I hate you."
"Hatred is so common." Robin replied turning her nose up in the air in a display of consternation.
"Fine. I loathe you." Courtney responded. "Happy, now?"
"Ecstatic." Robin said with a grin.
"Now, you never answered my question before." Courtney stated firmly.
"Didn't I?" Robin asked innocently. "I seem to recall agreeing with you about the insight The Scarlet Letter offers into Puritan Society."
"You know that has nothing to do with anything." Courtney said with a glare.
"It has everything to do with what we are supposed to be discussing." Robin said pointedly.
"But nothing to do with what we are actually discussing." Courtney shot back.
Robin sighed in a resigned way. "What do you want to know?"
"Well, first off, what did you do?"
"We went to the movies first, and then we snuck past Max and Milo and took a bus to this Chinese place, we got takeout and then we sat on the hospital roof eating it and talking." Robin answered.
"Ooh, romantic!" Courtney exclaimed. Robin rolled her eyes.
"Maybe a little." She conceded.
"You like him." Courtney accused.
"Maybe a little." Robin repeated allowing a small smile to cross her face.
"Or a lot." The blonde girl amended for her friend. "Does he want to see you again?"
"I think so. Or I thought so, before we got dragged back home, and Jason reamed us both." Robin replied with a grimace.
"If he really likes you, he won't let a little thing like an angry mob enforcer deter him." Courtney said wisely.
"More like enraged." Robin corrected.
"Jason will cool down soon." Courtney reassured her friend. "He never holds grudges for too long…okay well he kind of does, but usually not as long as Sonny does."
"Considering that Sonny holds all his grudges until the end of time that is hardly reassuring." Robin replied.
"Yeah, well it's the best I got." Courtney said with a shrug.
"You really need to work on your comforting skills." The brunette informed her friend.
"Eh." Courtney answered noncommittally. "We'll see."
"Suppose you were to try to calm Jason down for me?" Robin suggested. "He always seems to listen to you…"
"That's only in relation to how much he listens to you, which is not at all." Courtney pointed out.
"Yeah, well, I'll take what I can get." Robin shrugged.
"I can't make any promises." Courtney warned. "I'll try and see if he will lighten up a tad though. Maybe I can get him to let you have dates in the penthouse supervised by Max and Milo as opposed to him."
"Which isn't really much better, but I guess I'd rather have Max and Milo than Jason."
"Exactly," Courtney said nodding her head sagely. "You just need to learn to look on the bright side."
"So, what was your opinion on Chillingsworth?" Robin asked. "I personally found him to be an entirely detestable character."
"Oh, yes definitely." Courtney agreed. "Definitely detestable."
Their teacher scowled upon being unable to catch them having a non-class related discussion and moved on to harass a pair of football players who seemed to be giving a play by play of the last game rather than discussing The Scarlet Letter as they were supposed to be doing.
"She so hates us." Robin remarked when their teacher was well on the other side of the room.
"She does not-okay so she totally does." Courtney conceded. "Oh, well, she can't prove anything so who cares?"
"True enough." Robin agreed. "Besides what teacher tells people to spend the period discussing the book and doesn't expect them to start talking?"
"Apparently a majority of them." Courtney answered. "Especially in A.P. English, supposedly we're supposed to be more motivated or something."
"I don't see why." Robin replied. "Is this class almost over yet?"
As if on cue the bell rang and the two girls gathered their belongings from their desk and hurried off for their next class.
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I apologize for my failure to update last week.
But I did at least update on time for this week, which is more than I did for most of my stories. :P