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The English Paper from Hell
Kitty rubbed her eyes tiredly. She loathed her English teacher. The woman had given everyone in her class a 4-page paper, due the next day. Kit still had a page and a half to write, and it was already 12:35 A.M. The next day, in fact.
God, she hated English so much.
Harlekein: why are you up this late, Katze?(1)
Kitty blinked at the instant message pop-up, gazing in a sleepless stupor, trying to remember who in the hell was Harlekein. It took a few moments, but her hazy mind clicked that Kurt was Harlekein. It meant something in Dutch, or something like that, and it somehow had something to do with him.
Whatever.
Half-Pint101: english paper. 4 pages. have i mentioned how much i, like, hate that woman?
Kitty didn't bother to correct her grammar, and clicked, bringing up her essay once again. Edgar Allen Poe's writings have proven to be significant to today's day and age because… She trailed off, as she noticed the instant message pop-up was blinking, signifying that Kurt had responded. Even though it was the middle of the night, and she had a butt-load of work left to do, she still felt an obligation to respond. It was only polite, right?
Harlekein: that sucks. what is it on?
Half-Pint101: ugh. it's, like, on edgar allen poe and a bunch of other writer's around his time. she wants us to, like, write why they were so important to people now. it's due tomorrow. dumb teacher.
She brought up the paper once again to the front of her screen, trying to figure out how to finish her sentence. Edgar Allen Poe was just a dismal, angry little man who married his 14-year-old cousin, then, after she kicked the bucket, he drank himself to death.(2) How important could he be?
Damn. Kurt had just instant messaged her again. All was there was a link to some website. As she clicked on the link, bringing up a webpage, Kurt I.M.-ed her once more.
Harlekein: sleep well, Katze. :)
Huh. It was a collection of various important authors, and their effects on today's current society. It was… perfect, actually.
Kitty smiled, scanning the page quickly for useful facts, and began to type.
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(1) Harlekein is Dutch. It means Harlequin, and when I did I search to find a suitable screen name for Kurt, there was a list of different names he had been called in the multicultural versions of the X-men comics. Somehow, I thought it fit him well.
Also, Katze is cat in German. It's just a nickname I figured Kurt might call Kitty shrugs
(2) All of that is true. My class one year had to read this big biography on Edgar Allen Poe, and that was just the tip of the iceberg for the sad, lonely life he led.