ooh, british accent

[pandion]

It's not like Andi never noticed him before. He's totally cute and everything. She's been noticing boys for, like, a while. (She doesn't have the date noted in Inscrutable Cipher like Bella, but it's definitely been a while.) It's just that until he had to give that report in week two of American History she didn't hear him talk very much.

Mmmmmmmmmmm British accent. There's probably kinds. She can't identify this one and doesn't care, they're all yummy. He's yummy. Yum. She's going to have to talk to him at lunch, or something, if she can get him off by himself. Maybe Bella will help.

Andi scopes out the situation around Ethan Rayne, He Of The Hot Accent, at lunch.

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[aeskhyne]

"Ooh," says Trouble. "You're good."

He rummages in his pocket for a moment and pulls out a pencil. The paper wrapped around the wood is sparkly pink, and there is a large eraser on top shaped like a chunky blue-and-pink butterfly. It is unsharpened.

[pandion]

"Well, I didn't have any other ideas."

[instar]

"Yay, I win," chuckles Bella. She tucks the pencil into her backpack.

[aeskhyne]

"You do," says Trouble. "You're a winner."

[palmofyourhand]

"And it worked like a charm," Ethan observes. "Kind of."

[instar]

"I will treasure it forever. That or actually write on things with it until it is a nubbin."

[pandion]

"Kind of?"

[palmofyourhand]

"Depends what you wanted, doesn't it?"

[aeskhyne]

"One of those," laughs Trouble.

[pandion]

"I just wanted to talk to you."

[instar]

"How come you hang out with Ethan if he doesn't like you? Or vice-versa, for that matter."

[aeskhyne]

"He thinks I'm funny," says Trouble. "We have fun together."

[palmofyourhand]

"Mission accomplished," says Ethan. "Congratulations."

[instar]

"...And this doesn't qualify as liking you? What am I missing?"

[pandion]

Andi giggles. "Thanks."

[palmofyourhand]

He grins.

[aeskhyne]

"There's 'like' the way you like a friend, and then there's 'like' the way you like a really good video game. That bakes awesome pies."

[pandion]

"...So is there stuff you miss about home besides the candy?"

[instar]

"I don't know, I'd be really fond of a video game that baked me pies," remarks Bella, but she doesn't look unsympathetic.

[aeskhyne]

"Maybe I should be your friend," Trouble jokes. "Let you get in on some of that pie."

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan shrugs. "The language. It's not as bad as if I'd moved to France, but it's still a headache translating all the little things back and forth."

[instar]

"Stranger things have happened," snorts Bella.

[pandion]

"Like..." Andi struggles for a moment to think of an example, then says, "Biscuits?"

[palmofyourhand]

"And pants."

[aeskhyne]

"And it's really good pie," he tempts.