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"Yes, because Jose is so phonetic," the boy chuckled before answering the question, "But yeah, we're just learning new conjugations of verbs that sound exactly the same, you know, the usual. What about you, finish copying my homework yet?"

"Those work well enough for me, though I would mind some mindless groveling," the boy smirked as he grasped the wrinkled paper. As he looked it over, he saw that a few of the numbers were slightly smugged from her bag, but at least it was legible and in one piece, "By the way, why didn't you do it again?"

(by again I meant like he couldn't remember if she told him or not, not like this is the twelth time she forgot.)

Shawn couldn't help but grin at the math genius comment, knowing that both he and his brother were high above average, though neither were the type to brag, afterall, neither one had much talent for the artistic part of the school. This in itself had once again brought to mind the question of why their father had even bothered enrolling them to begin with, but there seemed to be no time for contemplation as Kira had good news of her own, "Wow that's great. I guess that explains what you were doing all last night huh? Working on your mad ninja skills," Shawn joked then began karate chopping the air.

The boy began eying his fellow student, searching for potential partners, but could not seem to make up his mind. Their were many talented actors in the class, especially compared to himself. "So, who else should we ask?" Shawn commented once Ms. Lewis walked away, assuming already that the two of them would work together.

Solaris paused by the door, mulling over the task at hand. Damn bureaucracy...of all the times to spring its ugly head. This was one part of her school life she didn't look forward to. What, did all the teachers she assisted have a consensus for group infirmity just to make her life more difficult than usual?

"Eh might as well.." she glanced at the brown paper in her hand and checked to make sure this was the right class before opening the door, wincing slightly when it nearly ripped off the hinges and slammed into the wall behind. At least it saved her the trouble of catching the teacher's attention.
"Oh hello there Ms...Lewis right?" A lesser person would have quailed from the green dervish before her but Solaris wasn't so popular among the teachers for no reason. She eyeballed the woman right back, a lazy smile playing around her lips, and cut the latter off just as she was about to speak.

"What am I doing here right? Good question, asking myself the same damn thing- oh perdonne my french- but it's official business." Solaris's smile became a feral grin as she walked into the classroom, waving the brown folder. "Oh it's just that it's that time of the year again, evaluation week, and guess who picked your name off the hat? Emerson...too bad he's got a bad case of the tonsils and as his assistant, the thankless task of stepping in his place falls to his unfortunate underling and you guessed it... me."

Her smile turned mischievous and she shrugged, "Don't worry, I'm with you in not relishing this cos honestly I can think of a hundred better things to do with my time but the rules are rules...so I'm just gonna mosey on over there-" Her hand jerked to nowhere in particular "- and fill this questionnaire while you teach. Don't mind me, in fact it'll be as though I was never here." Solaris enjoyed the moment before turning and walking toward the single empty desk, oblivious of the evil look been thrown her way from behind.

"I actually thought it was kinda funny," the twin responded quietly, trying to avoid his teacher's ear.

Alex could not help but sigh at the boy's response. It would seem being friendly to strangers was far to nuisance to balance with the equally annoying assignment. His perceived bitterness returned in full bloom through his answer, "How about a story about an incompetent teacher who gave his student an idiotic assignment so that he could spen the rest of the period staring at the ceiling."

"Funny?" Kira still looked uncertain. "I feel sort of sorry for her, but..." She shook her head, marshaling her thoughts. "Carrie's a pretty competent actress, and she's really good at reacting quickly. What d'ya think?" Without waiting for a response, she waved Carrie over, smiling. The other girl grinned back and moved to join them; unfortunately, so did her giggling girlfriend, well known for her complete incompetence in every single class. Kira shot a guilty, 'oh well' sort of smile in Shawn's direction.

Kira noticed the expression on his face and rolled her eyes. "Put your eyes back in your head, Shawn," she said dryly. "She has a boyfriend. Don't you?" she asked the girl. It wasn't a real question; she was just looking for confirmation.

The girl, who had been engaged in giggling with Carrie, looked at Kira blankly for a few seconds, then beamed. "Actually, it's really funny you should ask that, because I was going out with Eric until two days ago, but then I found out he had been meeting Valarie for no-commitment make-out sessions. I mean, how screwed up is that?" Kira really didn't know how screwed up this was, as she didn't know who either of the two guilty parties even were, but before she could say this the girl was off again. "So I called him up and told him never to speak to me again, but today he gave me the sweetest note..." she trailed off, sharing a dreamy eyed look with Carrie, who had obviously read said note as well, then continued brightly. "So now we are totally back to ether, and I think we'll end up married, or something. It's just destiny."

Kira stared, completely speechless as disgust and amusement warred for top billing. And people said she talked to fast. At least she had something to say. Finally she got herself under control. "So, the short answer is 'yes'," she said, her voice surprisingly even.