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Stephen gave his mock salute - two fingers to the brow, then off - as she walked away. He couldn't really place why he liked Serena, but he just did. She was a good friend, and as such she recieved preferential treatment compared to many of his other acquaintances, who sometimes got on his nerves or became tired of his bantering. Serena never seemed to get tired of that, and sometimes it seemed that they clicked on some sort of wavelength. Plus, they were both math deficient. They were in the same boat there.

The rest of the day passed as it always did, without much excitement. His Introduction to Journalism ate through a lot of time, then there was work-study, where he helped out in the kitchen doing meal prep. He had always enjoyed being a cook back home, and had worked several short-order jobs around town both as a way to support local industry and land cash in pocket. This was just an extension of that. Several hours later, there was his Russian course, and a brief meeting of the Literature Club, and then the night was free.

Stephen, as always, was dressed sensibly. He wore a rust-colored polo shirt with a black vest and a corduroy blazer over it, jeans and a pair of suede cowboy boots, purely because he liked the pointed toes. He topped the clothes off with his brass pocketwatch and his black bolwer hat, and then he set out after Serena, trying to keep his mind off the test at the beginning of the day. At Serena's room, he knocked three times and waited. When the door, inevitably, opened, he first noticed Serena's outfit. He gave her a brief up-and-down glance, not being greedy or overly lecherous, and smiled. "Hey there, good looking," he intoned in a fake-macho voice, before chuckling lightly. "You look good. You're definitely going to get some attention in that kind of outfit," he added, then looking past her to the backpack and its spilled goods.

"Uh, you dropped your backpack." He said somewhat off-handedly. Skipping forward past the backpack, he extended his arm and smiled. "To the club?"