She probably would have figured out the puzzle eventually. Ordinarily she'd have been annoyed at someone offering help without her asking for it, but she seemed to be in an odd mood tonight. The help wasn't ingratiating for once.

"It's just something my mom picked up," she said holding up the puzzle to examine. "I spend more time playing sudoku and doing crosswords. Chess is my forte." It was no secret, Jools was aces as chess and an integral part of the chess club.

"Up for a round?" she challenged with an uplifted eyebrow. She had a nice chess set in her room she could go fetch.