Sophia grimaced as she watched the little confrontation between Ricky and Lardo. The other boy had rubbed her the wrong way since the day she had laid eyes on him, and the callous way he treated people did little to improve that first impression. 

Turning her attention back to the test, her grimace only deepened. Unlike Ricky, tests weren't easy for her at all; the information would get jumbled up in her brain, and she always had a headache afterwards. By the time she had finally finished, the rest of the class had already finished and left. She was the last one, as usual. 

Dropping her pencil on her desk, she blew a sigh through her lips and rubbed her eyes before depositing her test on Tic-Tac's desk. He glanced at her with an amused smile. "Your class has quite a few characters, doesn't it?" Sophia simply shrugged as she sat on the edge of a desk expectantly. "As are you, it seems. Mr. Sterman left me several notes about you. He's of the opinion that you're a rather intelligent young woman, despite your more... disruptive tendencies." Both of them smirked. "He also noted that you've been struggling in this class."

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Sophia shrugged again. [color=silver][b]This may be hard to believe, but I am not exactly a science kind of girl. Too much to remember, too little interest.[/b][/color]

Clasping his hands together, he rested his chin on his knuckles. "So that's what it is? You're bored? Understandable, but it really all depends on how you look at 'interesting'. I think if you really took the time to think about it, there's a certain beauty to chemistry. And from what I've seen, you have a very keen grasp of it."

Sophia blinked for a moment, then smirked. [color=silver][b]Aren't there rules against teachers flirting with their students?[/b][/color]

He leveled a hooded look at her. "Are you going to do anything about it?"

[color=silver][b]No. I was serious, you are not my type.[/b][/color]

"So was I." He stood up and sat on the edge of his desk. "I'm not going to do anything about your conduct today, I've done much worse in my time. However, I would appreciate it if you listened to your friend every now and then, and refrained from putting me in a situation where I might get fired in the future. I'm rather fond of staying employed. Good day Ms. Callahan, and if you need any help, don't be afraid to ask."

Sophia gave the sub an odd look. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but there was something about his tone that made her think he wasn't talking about schoolwork. Shrugging, she tugged her phone from her pocket. "[color=silver][b]I'LL BE SURE TO REMEMBER THAT. SEE YOU LATER TIC-TAC.[/b][/color]"

As she turned and walked out of the classroom, Om blinked. "Tic-Tac?" He chuckled. "That's a new one."

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Outside the classroom, Sophia spied Ricky waiting for her, but she also spied something far more interesting to her: Princess was sitting against the wall, drawing something. It was obvious what she needed to do. 

Sidling up in front the girl, she bent over and examined the drawing upside-down, which unfortunately also dumped her mass of hair into the girl's lap. It looked like... well, she wasn't really sure what it was supposed to look like, but it did look really good, whatever it was. She could also feel the girl's glare boring into the back of her skull. Without looking up from her examination of the drawing, she rapidly slid a message into Speaker. "[color=silver][b]HEY PRINCESS. WHATCHA DRAWIN?[/b][/color]"

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