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As she sat in one of the library's uncomfortable, worn out chairs, Norma swore silently at her school's principal. Stupid woman had decided to get creative with the punishment this time around, and now she was having to work as a tutor through a local program based in the library.

So she'd punched a guy for catcalling, was that really such a bad thing? Jackass needed to learn to respect ladies and she'd taught him a lesson he wouldn't soon forget. Not until that nose of his healed, anyways.

If only she didn't have to be here so early (it was 9am) on a Saturday! This was one of her few days to sleep in and now she was going to have to spend it tutoring some snot nosed kid in english...

At least she had some coffee.

Cradling the twenty ounce paper cup and it's precious contents in her hands, Norma kicked her feet up onto the table in front of her and settled in to wait. She was dressed simply, today. She just couldn't be arsed to put any effort into her appearance 'early' on a Saturday, so she was decked out in tattered jeans, boots, and an over-sized hoody.

Yawning expansively, the young woman tilted her head back to rest it on the back of the chair and closed her eyes. The big common room in the library, with it's many rows of tables and chairs for public use was largely empty today, making it almost silent except for the occasional rustling of a page being turned. Maybe just a little nap while she waited...

When someone unexpectedly tapped her on the shoulder, Norma jerked awake "I'mnotasleepokay- ow! s**t!"

Her words came out in a confused muddle as she woke so abruptly that she sloshed her hot coffee onto one leg and flailed a hand at it ineffectively in an attempt to cool it. Luckily it was just a small patch on her pants, and the coffee hadn't been scalding, but it was still a crap way to wake up.

The dark haired young woman scowled at the girl who was casually putting her books on the table between them. She had the absolute gall to add a Kicked Puppy Look™ into the mix, as though Norma were supposed to pity her for having to be here so early.

b***h please. She'd not only been here first, she'd even been five minutes early for a change.

Norma had opened her mouth to say just that when a librarian walked by, and the teen was forced to stow the scalding remark. No doubt the woman was doing her rounds of the other students and tutors filtering in for the community program and would be taking notes on everyone's behavior.

Taking a deep breath, Norma pushed her annoyance at her new pupil down and settled for an annoyed glare rather than the LOOK OF DEATH™ she had been prepared to unleash a moment before.

"You're looking for english help?" Norma asked grumpily before taking a sip of her coffee, storm gray eyes taking Ivy in, a frown on her lips as she hoped that maybe the kid needed math help so she could point her to one of the other tutors and go back to her nap.

Norma swore silently when the girl admitted to needing english help. Well, so much for pawning her off on someone else. From the attendance list she'd seen earlier, she was the only english tutor on duty for the morning so there was no way she could even bribe one of the other tutors to take the girl off her hands.

Ivy's pitiful hand wringing and overly apologetic tone made Norma roll her eyes so hard it was a surprise they didn't fall right out of her head "Well, seeing as F literally stands for 'fail', yeah, that's exactly what will happen," she grumbled sourly as she reached out and dragged one of Ivy's notebooks across the table and flipped it open.

Reading bits and pieces here and there, Norma winced and said "Yeah, this is...wow. This is just awful," her nose wrinkled in disapproval before she looked up at the girl once more.

THERE IT WAS AGAIN! That ******** face!

"Sweet monkey tits, kid! If you give me that goddamn puppy face one more time, I swear to god I'll put a ******** bag on your head!" she exclaimed in a furtive whisper, throwing her hands in the air. The increase in noise level drew a glare from the librarian across the room, but luckily she hadn't picked up exactly what had been said.

Norma just scowled and took a long drink of her coffee to calm herself as she flipped through more of Ivy's poorly written attempts at essays. Finally, she sighed angstily and said "My name's Norma, and it looks like I'm your only hope at a D, kid. Look, do you have a specific essay that you're trying to work on for class right now? We can start there."

"Then quit giving me the puppy face, or it's the bag for you," Norma grumbled when Ivy apologized yet again.

While the girl no doubt ran through her mental checklist of what homework she had to do, Normal settled herself more comfortably in her chair once more. After kicking off her shoes under the table, she folded her legs up under her in her chair and took a long draw from her paper cup of coffee.

"...I'm supposed to interpret the first three chapters of Animal Farm. I have the book with me. I just...I don't get it at all."

The tutor caught the book as it was slid across the table to her, and rotated it with a deft flick of her fingers so it was right side up for her. Animal farm? Okay, yeah, she could work with this.

"So, I'm guessing you have no idea what's going on in here?" he asked with an arch of an eyebrow as she looked at Ivy over the rim of her cup before flipping the book open and skimming the first few pages to refresh her memory "Tell me what you think the story is about," Norma suggested in a tone that anticipated finding a great deal of humor in whatever the younger girl answered with.