3. Fanboy
Author's Note: Just a warning that there's a little bit of swearing in this one
"And have you seen this article," Jack said pushing the wad of paper towards Clarissa "In this paper Professor Dalton argues for the combination of forensic science and forensic pathology,"
"Very nice Jack," Clarissa said glancing at the paper
"Nice!" Jack said looking exasperated at her half-heated response "This is radical forward thinking. Professor Dalton is nothing short of genius!"
He took back the paper and started to skim read it, his eyes brightly shining with enthusiasm.
"Do you not know that off by heart yet?" Clarissa asked
Jack shook his head "I want to read it again, to go over the finer points,"
"You said that the last time you read it," Clarissa teased "And the time before that, and the time before that, and the time before that…"
Jack rolled his eyes and turned back to the paper "I wish I could meet Professor Dalton face to face to discuss his work," Jack sighed wistfully
"You could get him to autograph the article," Clarissa said sarcastically
"I might even get to work with him," Jack said completely missing the sarcasm "How amazing would that be if I could do what he say in this paper?. I could set up my own forensic science lab and work with his forensic pathology centre,"
Clarissa barely suppressed a snort of laughter as she watched Jack drift off into his dream world once more as he tapped away at his computer keyboard. As much as she admired his enthusiasm she still found it very amusing and took every opportunity to tease Jack about it.
"Holy shit! Jack exclaimed suddenly "Clarissa, have you seen this? Professor Dalton's just published a new article!"
Clarissa winced at the stream of excited expletives that tumbled out of Jack's mouth as he rushed to print the article off and add it to his collection. She dreaded to think what would actually happen if Jack met Leo Dalton face to face, but she had a feeling it would probably begin with a stream of swear words from the overenthusiastic Irishman.