Jake smiled at the way Simon admired his lighter; he would give it to him, if it hadn’t been a gift…with his name engraved on the side of it. When Simon tossed it back, Jake lit his cigarette and took a pleasurable draw from it. “Mmmmmm, nice!”, he moaned, “Seems I can hardly wait ‘til last period’s over.”

Looking up at Simon through the hair that had fallen down across his face, Jake chatted, “Heard you had a knock-down-drag-out with that exchange student a few days back. If Fortis hadn’t broken it up, my money woulda been on you!”

“Yeah, we have Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfig together. “ Jake shrugged and chuckled, “Man, Transfiguration is kicking my ass!”