mmm, tea

[pandion]

"Do you think I should try out for swim team?" Andi asks her sister.

"I don't know, do you want to be on the swim team?" inquires Bella.

"Maybe, I don't know. It could be fun, and I'd get to be in the pool a lot."

"Then sure, go for it." Bella bites into her grilled cheese.

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[palmofyourhand]

"Aren't we a regular embassy," says Ethan.

[instar]

"What brings you to Phoenix, Robin?"

[hold_infinity]

"How many people would you like to guess have asked me that today?" says Robin.

[pandion]

"You should print flyers," suggests Andi.

[hold_infinity]

...She laughs.

"Yeah, brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?" she says, only partly sarcastic.

[pandion]

"Because your mom doesn't keep large stacks of colorful paper around the printer to make pretty handouts for kindergarteners?"

[hold_infinity]

"Right. That must be it."

[pandion]

"Our mom does. If you want to make pastel-colored flyers I can help."

[hold_infinity]

"Thanks," she says. "I'll keep it in mind."

[pandion]

"Is there something you wish people would ask you instead? Like, 'what is your favorite color' or 'where did you get your shoes' or 'so what electives are you in'?"

[hold_infinity]

"Do you like the shoes, or was that a random example?" she laughs. (Her shoes are a pair of sturdy black boots, suitable for stomping on things.)

[palmofyourhand]

"I like the shoes," Ethan volunteers.

[pandion]

"They're pretty keen shoes! They don't really go with anything I own so I don't need to go get a pair of my own, but you rock them."

[hold_infinity]

"I do," Robin agrees.

[pandion]

"So did we just miss your existence for the first couple weeks of school or are you brand new?"

[hold_infinity]

"Brand new," she admits.

[pandion]

"Ooh. Are you having any trouble catching up with stuff?"

[hold_infinity]

"I was never that good in school even before I moved to another country," she sighs.

[pandion]

"Ouch."

[hold_infinity]

"Ouch is right."

[palmofyourhand]

"Maybe you just need a little help," says Ethan. "A crash course. How To Pass Classes In America."

[pandion]

"Is the school system really that different?"

[palmofyourhand]

"Parts of it."

[hold_infinity]

"The spelling's going to make me want to punch something, I can just tell," says Robin.

[instar]

"They shouldn't mark you down for putting extra U's in things, but never let it be said that I expect all teachers to do what they should."