Orphans discussion

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Alyssa lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She was lucky to have Salt, even if he was the grumpiest cat in the universe . . . She stroked his head and thought about the universe itself.

Jonah stepped in and said, "Hey! You're here."

She sat up quickly, startling Salt. He mewled grumpily at her. “Oh, I’m sorry!” She said, reaching out a hand to him. He batted at it with a paw and stalked away. “Hi J,” she said, looking up and smiling.

He grinned and sat down on the bed next to her, "How was you day?" he asked.

“Thoughtful,” She said grimly. “Translation: boring.” She flicked at Salt with a finger. “He wasn’t much help.”

He laughed, "I am not surprised," he said, "Practically describing me!"

((I gtg goodnight))

(( alright, goodnight))

“You are not boring,” she told him. Salt came back, done with his pouting, and climbed up into Jonah’s lap. “Ah, come on buddy. Don’t you like me more than J?” She coaxed, trying to get him to come back to her.

((Your turn))

Jonah grinned and petted the cat, he grinned, "Thanks," he said.

“How was your day?” She asked in turn, reaching over to scratch the cat’s ears.

"It was fine," he said with a yawn, "the usual."

“I see. Anything, I don’t know, interesting? Funny?” She asked, trying to get information.

He laughed, "Yeah," he said, "Someone was late for the class, language arts, the teacher got mad at them."

“Ha,” She said, smiling. She stood up and stretched her arms above her head. “I had math today,” she said, rolling her eyes. “And Mr. Sunshine here got grumpy and scratched me.”

He nodded, "He has such a temper."

“I know,” she said. Ally bent down to pat him. “I need to feed him,” she told Jonah. “Even though he’s already fat enough.” She bent under the bed and pulled from the mattress a bag of cat food.

((Mimi?))

((sorry, I only get to be on here once a day!))

"Ok," said Jonah with a smile. "Anything you need help with?"

((Oh I’m sry I didn’t know that))

“Math. Always math.” She grumbled, pouring some dry food into Salt’s bowl.

((it's fine))

"Ok," he said, he wasn't a genius or anything but he was ok with math. "Show me."

She walked over to the chair beside her bed where she put her backpack. “It’s not even that hard,” She informed him, grabbing her binder and bringing it over.

"All right, what's the topic?"

“Surface area. I know I learned this in like sixth grade but I just don’t understand the equations, you know? Like one-half base times height equals the area of a triangle?”

"Yeah," he said, totally understanding.

“So why would it be one-half base times height instead of just base times height?” She frowned at her math page.

"Uh," he thought for a moment and then said, "No idea whatsoever."

"oh." she sighed. Her dad would have known how to do this.

"Sorry," he said putting a hand over her shoulder.

“It’s fine.” She sat back down beside him, leaning into his touch. “Do you know the square root of 15?”

He shrugged, "I don't want to think right now," he said with a grin.

“Ugh.” She lunched his shoulder playfully. “I don’t want to either though.”

He laughed and just hugged her tighter.

“So, hows life been?” She asked, absentmindedly playing with Salt’s collar tags.

"Good," he said, "Better than usual, actually."

“Why?” She sat up straighter and pushed Salt a little to the side.

He shrugged, "It just is," he said. "There's more going on, and there's you too!"

“Oh,” she said, feeling pink creeping up her cheeks. “Thanks.”

He smiled, "And I mean it," he said.

She stood up again, unusually restless. “What do you want to do?”

He shrugged, "I don't know, what do you want to do?"

“That’s why I’m asking you, dummy,” she said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh," he said with a grin, "Food?" he said.

“Sure. I like food,” she said, smiling widely.

"Great, because I do as well!"

“I know that,” she rolled her eyes again, picking up Salt and clipping on his leash. “Let’s go.”

He nodded.

((you post on cafeteria or something))

((Kk))