Staying Up Late (817 views)

When people entered the diner, the ding of the bell startled Kara a little bit. looking over, she noticed Dante and Sam and sent them a small, tired smile. She then turned back to her paper, typing away, feeling her interest thin with every word she wrote. Who cared about this stuff? Not Kara.

When her food came Kara thanked the waitress and took a whooping bite of her burger, quickly sipping her soda to help it down. She heard Dante and Sam talking to her and turned towards them.

"Oh, thanks. This is the only booth with a charger though. You guys can come over here if you want." Kara said, waving them over with her hand. At Dante's question, she groaned softly. "It's my paper that's due the first day after break. And I procrastinated on it until... well, now."

"It's literally the worst!" Kara exclaimed, taking an aggressive bite of her sandwich as she did so. She chewed it and then swallowed, careful not to talk too much with food in her mouth because she didn't want to launch it across the table. When the waitress brought the other two their food Kara examined their order while she took a sip of her soda to wash the remainder of her own burger down her throat. "And i'm here because studying in my dorm is harder. I'm tempted to sleep. But here, haha, nope! I'm wide awake! What about you two?"

She was awake only due to caffeine and her food, but awake was awake.

When Kara was offered a chicken tender without hesitation she nodded and reached out, grabbing the offered piece of meat to eat. She ate it, so as to not look like she'd just taken it only to stare at it while she finished her burger.

"Thanks. I'll take it, if you're offering. I love food." Kara glanced at Dante with raised eyebrows. "Ask her something? Like to go to the next dance? That's not for awhile. Marriage, then? Kidding; it's none of my business." She laughed at the absurdity of the option. "And I was figuring late... well, for me, anyway. I'm stuck here until I finish this or the owners of the diner kick me out."

"Well sure, go ahead and stay." Kara gave Dante an odd sort of look at her question, but shrugged it off. It was kind of a weird question, after all. Kara took another bite of her burger and added a few sentences to her paper, which she suddenly had inspiration for! She supposed she had these tow to thank for that-- the discussion had reminded her about her stand on the subject she was writing. "Sweet! I totally got inspiration. Are you in any of the general ed classes? What kind of courses are you taking?"

"Ew. Speech." Kara made a face. "I think I have to take that too... hopefully we're in the same class. I'd be annoyed by that. And you didn't have to pay for me--"

Kara reached into her wallet and pulled out enough to pay for her burger. "Here." Being treated by guys wasn't something Kara was used to, even if nothing was meant by it, and she much preferred to pay for her own meal. When she was asked about her topic, Kara smiled.

"Oh, i'm writing about Romeo and Juliet, and how completely and utterly stupid their relationship was."

Kara could not resist the urge to gag at her statement.

"Really? You want to be like Romeo and Juliet? They knew each other for three hours and decided to get married." Kara extended a finger to count down the reasons she found them ridiculous. "They exchanged like... what? 5 words to each other before they decided they were in 'love'? I get that it was a different time, but seriously? They throw their entire life away for someone they met 3 hours ago? Personally I think family is a little more important than some dumb teenage fling!"

Kara rolled her eyes in anger, speaking very passionately. She couldn't help but equate the stupid Romeo with her loser of a father, who'd met some broad and just left his family because of 'love'.

"Everyone in that play died because Romeo just couldn't control his dick. It's stupid; Romeo is a pig!"

Kara glared at Dante when he told them to stop. Did he just order them around? Kara felt her blood boiling, even though he'd only had the best of intentions. She wanted to yell at him in return but wasn't dumb. Still, she couldn't resist the urge to speak out against his words.

"What did you call us? Girls? We don't have to stop having a debate just because you tell us to shut up." Kara hissed. Fucking men, she swore. "A response from the audience. Sure. I still think it's stupid." Kara finished up her burger, slightly sad that her dinner was gone. She loved the taste.

Kara sighed as she wrote.

"I hate the woods, now. Are your parents still together?" Kara inquired, fingers clacking away on her keyboard. At Sam's question, Kara looked over at her. "This paper? Oh, it's coming good I guess. I usually don't do so hot on these papers anyway, but i'm hoping i'll pass with this. I think my argument is fairly decent. Maybe."

"Thanks. Yeah, i'm pretty solid with this paper. I should do well..." Kara sighed and looked over at Dante, listening as he spoke like he really didn't want to talk about it. Family was a pretty sensitive subject. She couldn't help but feel like his father was probably out of the picture already, though she didn't say anything. As she typed she spoke again. "If I ask questions you don't like answering don't feel forced to answer them." She said.

"Did you guys get your housing assignments yet?"

"Oh. I don't think i know anyone in those houses. It's a pain when you get in a house with someone miserable-- I hope you get along with all your housemates." Kara said. She glanced at the other two, and then clacked away on her keyboard. "Don't forget about that big project that's coming up-- the partner thing. They haven't announced the groups yet, but it's mandatory."

Kara groaned. Working with a guy raising a sack of flour was not something she wanted to do.

Kara sighed and looked at her assignment. It was pretty late as it was, and now she knew where she was going with her essay. She closed her laptop and looked at them.

"I guess so. I know where i'm going with this project now." Kara said. "Wouldn't hurt to walk home with you. But I'd really hate to get in the middle of your date."