Welcome to Gaia! ::

*Aimee smirks to him, knowing that Luke is saying this out of pure protocol only.*

Of course you're coming. You're the man with the car!

*makes a suggestion* Unless you'd like to lend your keys to me and Cora, and then maybe we can come to an arragement.

*Luke's lent Aimee his car before, but this is a question of pride. He lifts up his cell phone* All right. I'll go. But I'm taking a wingman with me.

*With the phone up to his ear* You're damned straight I do.

*On the other end, Chuck picked up.* "Hey, man," Luke said. "How's it going?"

*Luke moved over to the side to talk to him away from Cora and Aimee.*

"Pretty good." Chuck sounded distracted. Listening more closely, Luke was able to hear Chuck typing at his computer.* "What's the word?"

"Aimee's taking Cora out clothes shopping."

*Chuck laughed.* "Let me guess. You need someone to make sure you aren't stuck with them asking your opinion on which shirt to buy: the blue one, the light blue one, or you know, the blue one."

"Read my mind. You good to go?"

"No can do."

"You f**. You're gonna leave me stranded out here?"

"Sorry, man. I'm only halfway done this article. I shouldn't have waited this long to work on it, but its just boring the s**t out of me."

"Yeah." Luke drawled sarcsatically. "I feel real bad for you."

*Chuck keeps going without missing a beat.* "It's about the food in the cafeteria. One of those really pretentious ones about how we're demanding higher quality food. It's not my idea to write it, but if I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it right. In fact, I need a quote. Say something about the food in the cafeteria. Make it attention-getting."

"How bout this: Go ******** yourself."

"Can I put it under your picture?"

*Luke can't help but laugh.* "All right. Say.... that I'm demanding that our food be catered, preferrably by attractive Playboy models wearing nothing but aprons." *adds* "And Lucky Charms. I can't believe they took them out of the cafe. ******** weak."

"I'll put in the part about the Lucky Charms. Thanks man."

"I can't believe you're leaving me out here. What kind of frat brother are you?"

"Hey, hey. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun. Bring me back something pretty."

"You're killing me, man."

"See ya."

*Chuck hung up.*

"Killing me!"

:::Cora lifts a finger as though to correct Aimee in her assumption, but then realizes it's probably for the best, as per her discussion with Luke earlier:::

Uh--

Yes.

:::She paused. Her supposed affinity for physics wasn't going to explain all the biological jargon she had just thrown out:::

Well, I've actually studied many fields of science but the one I'm concentrating my efforts on at the moment is physics.

:::There.:::

All of them.

:::Cora stops for a beat and saves it::: All the ones made available by the educational establishment. The various parts of biology... geneology, bioengineering, biochemistry, biophyisics, molecular biology, astrobiology. And chemistry too, some of my favorites include pharmocology, and organometalic chemistry.