Chilling on the grounds (327 views)

When Dante came over and approached the two Arthur stared at him with a frown and Kara didn’t even look up, instead focusing on her work still. It was a male’s voice and therefore she did not really want to interact with him; she was pigged-out for that day.

However when a girl came over Kara looked over at her, noticing she approached from Kara’s side of the bench while Dante from Arthur’s.

“Hi! Oh, i'm fine! Just dealing with an annoying bug is all. I'm Kara. Nice to meet you!”

Arthur very visibly rolled his eyes, finding Kara’s company even more annoying than he’d predicted. He turned towards Dante.

“Oh yeah, everything is wonderful. We’re best friends. Isn’t that obvious?” He asked. He looked at Dante again, noticing he didn’t recognize the guy at all. “And who’re you, anyway?”

“Oh really? Nice to meet you. You guys just transferred here?” Kara asked, leaning back against the bench, her eyes focused on her notebook. “And science. I’m really bad at school, to tell you the truth. I’m also running on 3 hours of sleep…”

“Then stop whining and get more sleep. And I figured you were new, you looked lost.” Arthur said, noticing that Dante seemed to dislike him already. It was almost laughable how Arthur literally could not ever make a decent friend in this academy. In fact, if Arthur cared about it enough, he would have laughed. Kara seemed more focused on Samantha, and Arthur didn’t bother to say goodbye to Dante.

“I wasn’t talking to you, you dumb hypocrite.” Kara snapped, to which Arthur once again rolled his eyes, mumbling "At least I don't bitch about it." under his breath. Kara ignored him. “Anyway, Sam, are you good with science? Maybe you could help me a little.”

At Sam’s comment Arthur rolled his eyes, biting his lip to resist snapping at her. His sister was already pissed off enough with him as it was, he didn’t need to add more enemies to his growing list. Still.

“He talks like that to everyone. Don’t worry about it, I’m used to it.” Kara waved off, shooting a glare at Arthur. “And right here! See, we’re working on the water cycle now… but I keep forgetting all of the names. It’s such a stupid thing not to understand… Ms. Summers must have said it a thousand times! You good with that?”

“Stop staring at me like I’m Frankenstein’s fucking monster and I’ll keep my mouth shut.” He snapped. Kara ignored him pointedly. When Dante came back over Arthur raised his eyebrows skeptically. When Dante continued to look lost Arthur snorted.

“Well, it wouldn’t bother me if you didn’t want to talk. You still look lost.” He said.

“What's it matter if I know you, I didn't say shit about your character.” Arthur said dryly. “I just said you look lost. I didn’t say a damn thing to you that was insulting. If you don’t want trouble stop fucking making it.”

Arthur rolled his eyes and looked away from Dante, not listening to Sam or Kara at all. It wasn’t his business whether or not that guy listened to that girl, but honestly Arthur was a little pissed that this guy was getting on his case just because he’d spoken in a snappish manner.

Kara glared at the two guys, her disgust growing. Seriously, couldn’t men go one conversation without starting a fight? Ugh, she turned back towards Sam as she spoke, thankful for the information.

“Right! That’s it… thanks. I need to figure out a way to remember the names. C, E, P… Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation…” Kara sighed out. “Do you know any acronyms for those or anything? How do you usually study?”

“Thanks. I try doing that too…” Kara sighed and scratched the back of her head, leaning it back. She yawned loudly. “But I always get so tired in science class… my notes just turn into doodling… but thanks, though. I could use all the help I could get.”

Kara glanced down at Dante’s notebook, but didn’t keep looking for too long. It was his business, after all, and she wasn’t that nosy. “By the way, what were you accepted to the school for doing? I’m a violinist.” Kara said.

Arthur didn’t comment, but he did notice the glance Sam gave Dante and noted that he seemed to obey it right afterwards. He was probably whipped, Arthur figured, but he didn’t comment. He wasn’t exactly picking a fight anyway, it wasn’t his fault he and Dante didn’t get along.

…Okay, maybe it was. At least partially. But Arthur didn’t care enough to admit it.

“Oh really? Acting? That’s pretty cool. I’ve never been good at acting.” Kara commented, shifting in her seat. At Dante’s comment Kara paused before glancing to Dante cooly. She examined thr drawings on his page and noted that they looked an awful lot like she and Sam. Kara scrunched up her nose slightly. It was flattering to be drawn, it gave her a happy feeling in her stomach, but she couldn’t help but notice her physical flaws being depicted as well.

“Is that us?” Kara inquired, pointing a finger towards the drawing. At that Arthur peered over, looking at the sketch just briefly to see what it looked like. It did look fairly like them, but he didn’t comment because that would probably piss off Dante and somehow Kara.

“Oh really? In that case you definitely need to participate in the school’s plays. I think there may be one coming up soon… I’m not sure though. I’m not close to the acting group.”

“There’s one coming up but they haven’t picked a play.” Arthur said, resting the back of his head on the bench and closing his eyes. That declaration made Kara frown slightly but she said nothing, instead accepting the paper.

“I almost forgot, he’s an actor too. And thanks, it looks… pretty nice.” Kara said, showing it to Sam as well. “And classes start tomorrow. A lot of the new students are still getting settled and stuff, you know?”

When Dante asked how Kara knew Arthur Kara made a face much like someone who’d smelt something foul. Arthur glanced at her for her reaction and upon seeing it couldn’t resist an annoyed groan.

“He’s my ex-housemate. You know how the houses are two boys, two girls? He used to be one of the boys in my house. Until he transferred out. Before that, we got lost in the woods together too. He wound up arguing with the other girl lost with us so loudly that I couldn’t hear myself think.”

Arthur couldn’t deny any of that so he just folded his hands over his chest and stared down at Dante at his suggestion.

“I only really act out what the school tells me to. But if it could get me credit for a class or a performance I’d do it.” Arthur said.

"Oh no, whatever. it's already in the past anyway. We just don't get along that well." Kara said, looking at Sam. At her question about class lists Kara had to think for a moment but soon remembered where she got hers. "And you'll have to go to the administrator's office. They'll give you a printout of your classes!"

Arthur snorted through his nose. Cool beans? That was a phrase he'd never heard. It sounded odd to him.

"What am I, a one-man show? I'm sure you'd have to write a script for more people than just me." Arthur said.

“Oh, yeah sure. Want me to walk you there?” Kara said, standing up as well. She knew where the offices were and had been there quite a few times, so taking them there wouldn’t be too difficult. She glared over at Arthur who shrugged in response to her glare, glancing at Dante.

“Then just go to the auditorium building. Most of them meet and hang out there.” Arthur said. He heard the annoying ringtone of his cheap phone and pulled it out, reading the text from Susan. His eye twitched—she couldn’t make it. Great; he was here for nothing. “Have fun at the offices.”

When Dante approached some girl taking notes and looking generally shady underneath a tree, Arthur narrowed his eyes slightly.

“Is there any particular reason you’re standing there writing like you're straight out of some made-for-TV movie?” He asked.