Aiko heard the buzz to head over to Léon's office and giggled.
Oh, dear! I bet I know what he is going to say! He is so silly when it comes to this! She walked with a cheerful demeanor about her as she entered the Headmaster's room. Immediately, she heard the usual complaint from him, her smile never fading a bit. "You
always say that, Léon! Besides, Didn't I mention that you'd have help, soon?" She then turned around and pretended to pout with her arms crossed. "Hmph! And, to think you don't trust me!" She waited for Léon's reaction and giggled at whatever his response was prior to turning around in her usual happy-go-lucky mood while pointing a finger. "Well, I know something that may motivate you! Why don't we make a bet?"
She then gave a wink to him in a flirtatious manner. "If at least half of the paperwork is done by the night of the Halloween Dance, I will treat you to a little surprise! If not, then you wear cat ears and have to say "Nya" at that dance! What do you say?"
Akira went wide-eyed when Camryn expressed her disapproval of the Japanese custom. It was kind of an odd experience for him. Since he was a child, he was taught that expressing an opinion against the norm would only generate chaos. It has been so ingrained in his head, just as much as apologizing on behalf of his family and people (which was not uncommon in Japan), that he thought nothing of it. At least, nothing of it until this moment. It made him chuckle after he thought on what Camryn said. "You sure you can understand Japanese? Well, anyway, thank you."
Charles saw Sasha's smile, which he honestly thought was cute, followed by her mischievous answer. Her tongue sticking out and the camera pushed away indicated she did indeed take a picture of him while he was sleeping on the bench. This made him laugh a little. "Figures." Once they were at the zoo, Charles paid for the tickets and they were both inside and looking at the animals. While they were eating lunch together, the red-haired half-Scotsman decided to strike up conversation with, "So, what brought you here to Britain from Russia?"
Agatha smiled a bit shyly and nodded at Giovanni's question of whether she was inviting him to swim with her. She waited for him and then went to her dorm to get changed out of her blouse, T-shirt (which she always wears under her blouse to keep the boys from staring at her bra (her breasts were of modest size)) jeans, bra, and panties and into a light blue, one-piece swimsuit with a low cut to it so that most of her butt was covered (aside from very little of each butt cheek), with no cleavage showing at her chest. She wondered if she should wear shorts, then decided upon her athletic shorts which only went as far as the top of her thighs, then came out to meet Gio.
Agatha could mentally hear her cousin,
Aeneas, telling her in her to be more confident in her body. Of course, she would always wonder if it was Aeneas' perverted mind speaking, or if he was honestly trying to help, or a little of both. Merely thinking on that made her mentally giggle, though she did not utter a sound aloud.
At the pool, Agatha removed the shorts, walked towards the edge, and went headfirst into the water. She then, out of habit, she made a swift forward stroke to and from her starting point, three times. Once she stopped and realized Giovanni was nearby, she blushed in embarrassment and said to him, "Sorry, I sometimes forget people are present when I swim." She decided to talk to him about family and whatnot while they swam, her mostly talking about her Yia Yia (grandmother) and cousin since her grandmother was a nice and motherly old woman to be around, plus her cousin (Aeneas) was rather comedic in his perverted and energetic demeanor while still having a sensitive heart.
Rebecca pretended to be flattered the whole time (that having any other option when she was rendered incapable of moving), at least until she was thrown into the swimming pool where Agatha and Giovanni already were. Agatha was the first to wade her way to the Isreali-Syrian-Norwegian girl and ask, "Are you all right, Rebecca?"
Rebecca gave no response as she came out of the swimming pool without the emotional mask she had to put on; she could almost swear she was becoming like Eliab sometimes with those masks. Her face showed all manner of embarrassment and anger. Since she knew Roland was French and spoke it, she used the language impulsively (she learned how to speak it fluently from David). "Tout droit, vous perverti, vaniteux secousse! Ne pense pas que je n'ai pas oublié votre commentaire sur mes fesses, ou ce qui vous a dit plus tard ! Puisque vous avez déjà vu venir, ici, il va, et il va faire mal!"
All right, you perverted, conceited jerk! Don't think I haven't forgotten your comment on my butt, or what you said afterwards! Since you already saw it coming, here it goes, and it's gonna hurt!Right before the blow, Rebecca halted when she heard a familiar adult voice. It was her own mother, Thea. (picture shown below.) Rebecca knew better than to pull anything in front her. Thea spoke in a sweet, yet firm voice in Norwegian. "Kjæresten! Hva jeg si om stansing folk?"
Sweetie! What did I say about punching people?
Rebecca immediately pulled back her fist in shame as she answered her mother with, "Å ikke... Jeg vet, mor..."
To not to... I know, mom...Thea responded back in a curious tone. "Så, hvorfor gjør du disse voldelige ting, Rebecca?"
Then, why do you do these violent things, Rebecca?"Jeg vet ikke."
I don't knowThea giggled due to knowing why Rebecca behaves the way she does. In her daughter's mind, if a guy could put up with her antics and not be perverted, then they would be worth her time. So, Thea knew just what to say. "Det er ikke bra nok, kjære! Hvordan skal du slå seg ned med rett mann hvis du holder gjør det?"
That's not good enough, sweetie! How are you going to settle down with the right man if you keep doing it?That query left Rebecca speechless. Mischievous and rough as she was, she was inwardly a hopeless romantic. There was that, and she had to admit in her mind Roland was handsome. Of course, she barely knew him, so her feelings towards the boy would have to be sorted out as time progressed.
Thea's smile grew wider when no answer came, meaning she said her piece and convinced her daughter she had to clean up her act. With that, out of the way, she waved at Ro and said, "And, you must be Roland! Leon always said he wanted a boy with that name! You are nearly the exact spitting image of him!" She next noticed something about his eyes "And yet, you have Louise's eyes! I always knew she and Leon would make such a cute couple! And, speaking of cute couples..." Thea spontaneously went over and hugged Ro and Rebecca tightly, to Rebecca's further embarrassment. "Seeing you two with your antics is just so
adorable! I saw you two heading to this pool and followed!"
Rebecca turned to Roland with, "Désolé, Roland, ma mère est un peu un romantique désespéré. Et, je pense qu'elle a rencontré tes parents pendant sa quatrième année de l'école secondaire. Lorsqu'elle a appris que votre père était le directeur de Messier, elle est allée sur et sur eux, et comment elle était à la fois de grands amis. Mon père, cependant, n'a jamais vraiment aimé vôtre." [/I]Sorry, Roland, my mom is a bit of a hopeless romantic. And, I think she met your parents during her fourth year of high school. When she heard that your dad was the headmaster of Masuta, she went on and on about them and how she was great friends with both. My dad, however, never really liked yours.[/I]
Agatha could not help but laugh softly at the scene. She whispered to Giovanni, "At least nobody was hurt."
Thea let go then finally explained why she was at the academy, pulling out a small bag with pills. "Anyway, Rebecca, I came by to give you your medicine. I hope you've been remembering to take it."
Rebecca rolled her eyes before stating, "Yes, mom." Once she had her eyes on her mother again, however, she noticed the woman was deep in thought with a mischievous grin about her. Rebecca and Eliab knew that their mother would, whenever she spotted a likely pairing, would often start imagining how a relationship would play out between the two people she thought of, including a bit of sexuality followed by pregnancy. Just thinking on the sexual scene playing in their mother's head left the Othniel siblings flustered, especially if it involved one of them and another person. Rebecca immediately went neon as she anxiously shouted, "Mom, no! That is
way too naughty to be thinking about concerning Ro and me!" She then laughed nervously and whispered in French to Roland, "Et, maintenant qu'elle pense à une grossesse. Encore une fois, elle est un romantique désespéré."
And, now she's thinking about a pregnancy. Again, she's a hopeless romantic.Thea left the pool and it seemed like she was headed home. At least, that is what Rebecca thought. She was actually headed for the boys dorm to check on Eliab.
Speaking of whom, after that episode of Pokémon, he put up the DVD and the player. He then talked about his cousin, Amnon, leaving out why he left Israel since Katherine was not in the best of conditions. He mentioned how Amnon is not someone with much of a sense of humor and how he is very much analytical and an observant Messianic Jew. Eliab even recalled the time when at a family reunion he and Rebecca told jokes to each other and Amnon did not get it at all. There were other topics Eliab talked about, as well, such as how Rebecca would bait boys that flirted with her prior to punching them in the gut, plus the fact Eliab himself always kept count out of habit. "That's why I always carry a first-aid kit full of equipment."
Just then, the dorm door was knocked, to which Eliab jumped and whispered, to Katherine, "I'll be right back. Don't worry, I won't let them in." Opening the dorm door, his eyes widened. "Mom!?"
Thea smiled brightly, hugging her son enthusiastically. "Oh, don't talk like that, sweetie! What's wrong with me checking on you?"
Eliab laughed nervously, "Nothing, at all, just surprised."
Thea's thick Norwegian accent leaked as she spoke. "Well, how are you? No trouble, I hope?"
Eliab, with his Southern accent, answered back, "No, not really, though I don't think it's the best time to come in, right now."
Thea pouted while posing the query, "Oh? Why not?"
Eliab knew he had to think fast, or his mother would see Kat and ask what was going on, then he would be forced to tell the truth, which meant Thea would insist Eliab take her to the nurse that instant. In order to avoid that, Eliab told only half the truth. "Uh, a friend and I were just watching anime for a bit, and it is pretty much all buddies, today. Plus, we're study buddies, so... yeah."
His mother did not believe him. Thea realized there was more going on than meets the eye. "Is this friend... female?"
Eliab instinctively raised his hands while shouting, "Yes, but it's not what you think!" He was about to react to his mother's sudden fantasy of him and whomever it was, yet he realized this was his opportunity to push her away from the door so she would not take notice of Katherine. "Uh, now that you know nothing naughty or scary is up, why don't you just go check on Amnon? You know how much he loves gardens."
Once Thea was gone, Eliab closed the door gently so not to arouse suspicion, breathing a sigh of relief. "Det var en nær."
That was a close one. Walking on back over to Katherine, he told her, "That was my mom. She was checking on me. Don't worry, she didn't spot you. I'm not about to see you get forced out of the Academy by your parents over something there is no need to overreact about."
Amnon smiled warmly while responding to Noel's explanation with, "Don't worry about it!" He stroked Felix's head while messing with Noel's hair a little out of playfulness (the closest he will ever come to being mischievous). He then sat Noel back onto a bench and spoke in Italian. "Eliab e Rebecca sempre dirmi che sono così grave, che non posso prendere uno scherzo, che significa. Oh, Beh, sono i miei cugini. Poiché non li ho incontrato fino a questo anno scolastico, la maggior parte di quello che so di loro proviene dalle lettere scambiate da mio padre e la loro. Originariamente, il nonno aveva lo stesso cognome come il mio, dato che sono fratelli. Ma, cambiò il suo cognome da Chaikin a Othniel così per cercare di dimenticare la guerra dei sei giorni."
Eliab and Rebecca always tell me I am so serious, I cannot take a joke, whatever that means. Oh, well, they are my cousins. Since I have not met them until this school year, most of what I know of them comes from letters exchanged by my father and theirs. Originally, their grandfather had the same last name as mine, since they are brothers. But, he changed his last name from Chaikin to Othniel so to try to forget the Six-Day War.It was while hugging Noel some more to calm her down a bit, that Thea found them on the bench in the garden. "Ah, Amnon! How's my skinny nephew? And, who's your friend?"
Amnon smiled and said, "Doing okay, Aunt Thea! This girl is Noel, and her cat is Felix!" Turning to Noel, he said, "Noel, this is Aunt Thea, Eliab and Rebecca's mother."
Thea adoringly petted Felix in a way only she knew how which could calm any cat. "And he's such an
adorable kitty! She's got great taste! Noel is quite a cutie-pie, too!" Then, with her perceptive eyes, Thea noticed Noel was not in the best of health. "Oh, how cute you two would be together! Of course, she does not strike me as the type to be a candidate for childbirth, but there's always adoption, and there are many anal sex position for the wedding night." With blunt mode activated, there was no stopping her as she put a hand under her chin and smiled mischievously. "Like, maybe, lioness."
Amnon let go of Noel and protested with, "I just met her, and I'm not exactly the sexual type!" He was blushing red as a rose.
Thea raised her hand in front of her with, "Hey! I can dream, can I?" This left Amnon laughing nervously, hoping she would stop fantasizing.
"Ehehehe... Aunt Thea is very blunt about these things, and is a hopeless romantic, on top of that. Sorry if she is making you awkward, Noel."
