Kassia Grace Frost-McKenzie (little_mermaid) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-11-20 13:11:00

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inactive - ben parker, inactive - kassia frost, mac rider

An Education.
Day Two of public school did not appear to be headed down any more positive a path than Day One. Kassia arrived early so she could stop by the office and pick up her class schedule, only to discover that they did not yet have her name correct. She was now "Grace McKenzie". She gave up at that point, realizing that any further protestations would just piss off the administration and also likely leak her identity as an Atlantean princess, which would piss off Namor. Truth was, Kassi had no documentation with her name as Kassia save for Atlantean paperwork. That they were able to get the McKenzie right was a step in the correct direction and she took it.

There was then the matter of her locker. Kassia couldn't make the lock open, her efforts resulting in the lock breaking in her hands. She was going to have to carry her stuff in her bag, which was fine. She could handle that, but she was late for her first class, got lost finding her second, and by the time lunch rolled around she managed to spill juice on herself...and discovered there wasn't a single vegan option available. And asking for one had gotten her weird looks from the cafeteria staff and students alike. By the first class after lunch, Kassia had earned the badge of "Weird New Girl".

This wasn't going well. When Study Hall arrived, Kassia found a spot at the furthest table away from everyone else and wished briefly that invisibility was one of her abilities. She could use it.

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	little_mermaid 2010-11-20 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. Today's my first full day. I'm Kassia." Her eyes glanced at her bag. "It's not that bad. I had some issues with my locker this morning so I figured this was easier." "Algebra?" She spotted his book. "I've got that next." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

the_other
2010-11-20 09:52 pm UTC (link)

"Nice to meet you, Kassia. I like your name. It's different." Ben says.

"If you've got some trouble with your locker, I know the combinations to a few spares until they fix it...which will probably take awhile because the janitors around here take a while to do /everything/." he chuckles.

"Who do you have for Algebra? I've got Mr. Feinberg. He's cool, but you've got to take notes, or you'll get really lost." Ben says, speaking from experience.

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	little_mermaid 2010-11-20 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	"That'd be really nice, thank you. The lock on mine's...not fixable at this point." She may have had a slightly shifty look just then before pulling out her schedule. "Abe Feinberg. Yep. I should be okay, though. I'm good at math." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-20 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	"No problem. I can show you where it is on the way to class, then." Ben says, breaking open his textbook. "There's a test in class today, but lucky for you, you'll probably get out of it on account of being new." he says. "What other classes do you have?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-20 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	She slid her schedule to him. It's standard stuff, with English after Algebra and phys ed at the end of the day. "I have biology first thing, followed by history. I think I got lucky with PE at the end." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

the_other
2010-11-20 10:25 pm UTC (link)

Ben looks over the schedule.

"I have history first, biology second, myself. I've also got Journalism, which is a lot of fun. Being a Sophomore rules. I hear it gets better during Junior and Senior year, though." he says.

"P.E. isn't tough. You just have to run around or play basketball or something. Miss Davis doesn't really say much as long as you dress out, from what I hear." Ben says.

"But P.E. is an elective, so you could change to something else if you don't want to bother with it." he says.

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	little_mermaid 2010-11-20 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	"The trouble I've already had with them getting me set up, I'm almost afraid to ask for a change." She pauses. "Do we get to wear like...pants for PE?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-21 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"Uh, no. It's shorts and shirt." Ben says, a little amused at the question. "Though, I think you can wear sweatpants if they're the school colors. You'd have to check with Miss Davis." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-21 05:01 am UTC (link)
	"Crap." If she couldn't get away with pants, she was going to have to wear stupidly high socks to hide the wings. Which would get her teased. "Well. It's my first day. Maybe I'll get cut a little slack...right?" She offered him a hopeful smile. "This whole transition isn't going well for me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-21 05:43 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I know how that can be, the whole transition thing." Ben says. "Where did you transfer from, if I can ask?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-21 05:58 am UTC (link)
	"Exeter." She scrunched up her nose. "New Hampshire kind of sucks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

the_other
2010-11-21 06:14 am UTC (link)

The sound of Ben's jaw hitting the table is audible. Midtown played against the boys from Exeter last year in a really close semi-finals game which Midtown narrowly won.

But playing on the Exeter court was about a half-step from being at Madison Square Garden, the way Ben remembered it.

"You went there...and now you're here? Is this some kind of experiment?" Ben asks.

"Why would you come here if you went there?" he asks, genuinely curious. He would have loved to go to Exeter if his parents had the money for it.

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	little_mermaid 2010-11-21 06:19 am UTC (link)
	"Might want to pick your jaw up." Kassi smiled, a little. "I think it's a custody thing with my parents. Mom sent me to Exeter, but now that my Dad is in charge he thinks it's good for me to go to public schools. Dad's a bit more practical. So here I am. At least here I get to go home to my own apartment at night instead of some stupid dorm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-21 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"Ouch. Divorce? Wait, that's none of my business. Sorry." Ben says, looking a little sheepish. "Wait, your parents got you your own place? How old are you again?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-21 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"They were never married. It's okay. I used to live with my Mom, then this summer I went to live with my Dad. It's...complicated, but simple." She wasn't bothered by his question. It was a natural assumption. "I'm sixteen. I live with my cousin." Which was mostly true. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-21 06:45 am UTC (link)
	"That's cool. I live with my parents, too, and I just turned sixteen a few months ago." Ben says. "Does your cousin go here? My sister used to, but now she's in college. She's a Suuuuuper-Genius like my dad. I think I take after my mom a little more, personally." Ben grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-21 06:47 am UTC (link)
	"Mac's not really the school sort. He's college-age, but seems happy to do anything but. "I don't know who I take after, to be honest. I think I'm probably more like my dad but my parents are really similar people. I get along better with my dad. I'm...a little bit of a princess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-21 07:13 am UTC (link)
	"So, your dad does anything you want?" Ben asks glibly. "That's cool that you get along with your dad. My dad and I are better than we were, but...he's closer to my sister, since they're both super-smart people. I'm closer to my mom, though she's a little protective. She /still/ won't let me watch True Blood." Ben laments. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-22 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not that sort of princess," she corrects him with a nod. "She won't let you watch True Blood? I have it on DVD. You...could borrow it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-22 04:12 am UTC (link)
	Ben looks around to make sure his mother didn't hear that with Mom-Sense. "Dude, are you serious? I would be /so/ eternally grateful if you'd do that. My sister owns the first two seasons on DVD and won't even let me borrow them. My mom has her scared senseless." Ben tells Kassia. "I'd like that a lot, if you don't mind." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-22 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"If you're worried about getting busted you could watch at my place. I don't mind. Whichever works for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-22 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"I usually have basketball practice after school, but I could always stop by after and hang out, if you're not busy." Ben says. "It really would save me a lot of trouble if my mom didn't know I was watching it. She doesn't let me watch Sons of Anarchy, either." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-22 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"I think my cousin has that. You can come over whenever you're out of practice and paw through the DVDs to find all the good stuff you don't get to watch at home. I don't do much in the afternoons and stuff. Just come on over when you want." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_other 2010-11-22 04:45 am UTC (link)
	"Awesome. I'm looking forward to it. Is today good or do you want to wait until tomorrow?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_mermaid 2010-11-22 04:46 am UTC (link)
	"Today's good!" Okay, so school was looking up. "You want to write down my address?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)