"Ooo! Wandless," she couldn't help but be intrigued and any and all innuendo naturally went way over Meka's head. "That would be awesome! I've been thinking about taking wandless when I finally can. There are like eighty million classes I want to take though," she laughed a little.
"Oh Geeka," he sighed happily. After a drag on his cigarette he turned his smile back to her. "You need not bother with some of it. You are smart enough to figure out some things on your own. I would even be willing to show you how to become an animagus if you kept me in homework for the rest of the year."
He was sure his family would eviscerate him should they ever learn that he was teaching someone outside of the clan their animagi secrets. It was just the same to him. He liked Meka; he didn't want to see someone with her kind of drive get bogged down in the bullshit and lose her shine like he had.
It was about as close as Stas ever got to respecting someone.
She knew that tone and it was nice to hear. A lot of the other students just saw her as a never ending source of homework and dorkyness. It was nice to know that she had an actual friend out there who appreciated her work and her dorkyness. That's why Stasi's homework came pre-charmed to look like it was his own handwriting and everyone else had to do it on their own.
"You really think so?" she asked after taking a drag on her cigarette. "Thanks," she smiled. She knew she was smart but she didn't think she could teach herself but she thought to give it a shot. "I would love to learn sometime."
"We shall have to find a safe place to train." Anyone might wander through the woods to find them; it wasn't worth the risk, considering how risky transfiguration could be when the human element was added in. "And figure out if there is a beast hidden beneath the Geeka I know and adore." He winked again, even more saucily.
He finished up his cigarette, stubbed it on a nearby tree and tossed the butt into the woods. "Shall I escort you back to school or do you have more business to attend to?"
Meka laughed at him outright, Stas was the only boy who ever really said anything in the least bit saucy to her and she took everything like that as a joke. "I think I'd be a toad," she joked.
Meka took the final drag on her cigarette and did the same, stubbing it out on a tree and tossing it back. "I would love an escort back," she nodded. "All my other business is on campus today," she grinned.
"Or you could be a leopardess." He smirked at her for the first time since meeting her in the woods. "If you have an animal within we will pull it out. Do not for a moment doubt that there is something fierce and wonderful inside of you."
He might have offered his arm and while Sunny would not view Meka as a threat to their relationship, Stas didn't want to run across her with that bad boy grin and sweet, little thing on his arm.
"You should not spend so much time alone in the woods," he added. The reports of missing students didn't bother him so much; he knew how to handle himself (or at least his arrogance informed him as much), but a girl alone in the woods... He didn't like that at all.
Meka laughed again, she couldn't help herself. "A leopardess," she shook her head, still smiling. "You're imagination is far better than mine."
She shrugged. "I like the woods... oh... I see... you're getting all tough guy protective," she poked his arm. "I'll be alright, I know a fair share of defensive magic."
"I think you would have spots," he teased. "Too unique for stripes and not wild enough to be a zebra."
He smirked for a moment, but let the armor fall just long enough for her to see that he was serious. "I imagine the missing students felt the same way as they tramped through the woods." Then the armor snapped up again and he oozed with humor. "If you get kidnapped I will not pass charms this year."
"Fair enough," she nodded. "What's your animagus? Something with a tough veneer and a soft underbelly?" she teased right back.
Her face was serious for a moment as she contemplated that. He was right, anything could have happened and some of those students were older than she was. "Will you be my personal chaperon then when I went to have a smoke in the woods?" she asked right back to goofing around. "We can't have the boy failing charms now can we?"
"There is nothing cuddly about a Black Mamba." He grinned though. "Sunny would tell you otherwise, but anything she says about me is all lies."
"You need only signal me and I will come chaperon you anywhere. I am a great champion of women, you know?" That was debatable, but he was serious. He'd drop anything and escort Meka wherever she wanted to go. "I believe the saying is that I have got your back."
She grinned. "If that's what you want to say dear Stasi," she teased.
"Well thanks, we can work out some smoke signals," she grinned. "A champion of women though? Sounds pretty honorable," she teased. "I've got your back to Stas. Though I'm sure I can only really help you in one department."
"Not while she is in earshot," Stas replied with his impish grin.
"You are not to tell anyone that I am an honorable man. I would hate it to ruin my reputation." Then he beamed at her and tried not to get too sentimental. "You can always send Milo my way if you need an escort. I do not mind a bit of company while smoking."
He offered her a sidelong frown as they arrived at the edge of campus. "There is only one department in which I need help."
Meka grinned and nodded. "Smart man," she nudged him. "My lips are sealed my friend," she looked over to where an impatient sophomore was waiting for her already. "Damn, that fucker is always early," she shook her head.
"Well I'll be seeing you soon Rico Sauve," she teased. "You know I can't go long without a smoke."
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