Study Session at the Library (Derek & Shana)

[goodgollyalex]

Shana would have liked to call what she had for Derek was tension. She didn't know whether she wanted to kiss him or pinch his cheeks for being so darn snarky with her. Did it matter? No, not at all.

When Derek offered her a dollar to buy a drink, Shana smiled and accepted it. She wasn't rude nor did she like for people to beg her to take anything. "Thanks." she thanked him before picking a bottle of iced tea then bending down to grab it. However, she did offer him the change back. "Want the change?"

Shoshana watched as Derek moved around in purposeful positions. Acting oh so cool and talking of himself as if he were a god of some sort. She lifted her chin up and smiled brightly up at him, "Oh your mother should have named you Modest instead." she flailed sarcastically. She then stopped and thought for a while, "Partying? But that only happens at night! What do you do during the day? I assume you do go out into the sunlight..." she teased, elbowing his arm gently before continuing on walking out of the library.

[Derek Mathaw]

Derek tried his hardest not to enjoy the view when Shana leaned over to grab her iced tea. "No, keep the change," he muttered, shrugging. He really didn't care about change - he preferred to carry bills instead of coins. Poking her in the side after she elbowed his arm, he walked with her out of the library, into the bright courtyard. Squinting at the sun, he hissed and shielded his eyes. "No, of course I don't go out into the sunlight, I'm a vampire!" He cried, putting on a ghoulish accent like Dracula would have. "I must return to shade before I turn into dust!" He pretended to hide in Shana's shadow, putting his hands on her arms and hiding behind her back. "Be my shield, Master Shoshana?" he asked, leaning in to whisper into her ear. Sure, he was an intellectual - but he was a dramatic one, at that. He liked messing around like that.

[goodgollyalex]

"Suit yourself. An addition to my piggy bank." Shoshana joked before putting the change inside of the small pocket of her bag. She then laughed slightly when Derek poked her. Let it be known that Shana was extremely ticklish. Ever so touch her and she's already laughing. "Hands to yourself, Mathaw!" she said as if it actually bothered her. It really didn't.

When they were outside, the sun's rays were actually bright. Shana brought a hand to her forehead to shield it away from her eyes. She looked to Derek joking about being a vampire. She followed his steps before she just stood frozen as he took a grip of her arms and hid behind her. Shana moved her head to the side to look to him when he whispered in her ear. When she felt herself dangerously close to him she insisted, "Hands to yourself, Derek Mathaw! Didn't they teach you in kindergarden? Or did you flunk that?" she released herself from his grip then acted as if she was smacking the front of his hand.

"Master Shana is going to watch this baby burn." Shana cackled, crossing her arms before looking to Derek. "Anytime now and you'll be a Vampire on a crisp." she smirked but felt that shiver down her spine that made her uneasy.

[Derek Mathaw]

Derek laughed when she pulled away. "Oh ho ho, someone doesn't like to be touched, hmm?" He teased, pretending to back away, as if she was in a bubble that he couldn't touch. "I'll keep my hands to myself, then, if that's what you want." He added playfully, stepping out into the sunlight. "I'll just stand here and die in front of you," he moaned dramatically. He flung out his arms and threw back his hand, letting the sunlight absorb into his body. It felt nice - and not at all like he was burning. But of course, he was acting like a vampire, so he wouldn't break character. "Oh, woe is me, left here to die in front of the one woman who could save me but refuses to lend me her shadow! Master Shana, how you have let me down," he cried, drawing looks from the few people in the courtyard. "I'm going to burn to a crisp. Like bacon left in the skillet too long! Like paper held too close to a lit match! Like - like -" he stopped.

Standing straight again, he gave Shana a confused look. Looking over his arms and hands, he cocked his head to the side and shrugged. "Oh, would ya look at that?" he said, as if incredulously surprised. "I'm not toast. Well, that's interesting! How wonderful! Now I can spend the rest of the day with you, and not be a pile of dust in the courtyard!" He laughed gleefully.

[goodgollyalex]

Shoshana nodded unconsciously when Derek declared that he wasn't going to keep touching her. She was just trying to keep the awkwardness down to a minimum. To a minimum she thought Derek was more than enough. He wasn't of course terribly odd, he was actually quite pleasant to be around.

She took a few steps back as she watched him act quite dramatically. Shana kept her arms crossed while she stood emotionless as if she were simply waiting for his room. However, when Derek "survived" his solar doom, Shana's expression changed into that of regret, "Phooey." she pouted before sighing, "I suppose you'll be able to live a bit longer."

"You poor lost creature thing." Shana clicked her tongue before pursing her lips together, "Come along now." she took him by the wrist and led him out of the school. Then aware of what she was doing, she released him.

"Do you live on campus?" Shana asked him, holding onto the strap of her bag slung around her arm.

[Derek Mathaw]

Derek just smiled at her charmingly when she acted as if she didn't want him to be alive. Puh-lease, any girl would be dying to save him from the sun - if he were a vampire, that is. Allowing her to grab his wrist, he raised an eyebrow as she towed him along, out of the courtyard and towards the front of the school. "You're touching meee!" he sing-songed, gleeful. When she realized this, she let go of him, and he just grinned back at her surprised expression. Walking along with her, he stopped when she asked if he lived on campus. Putting his hands on his hips, he raised both of his eyebrows and gave her a "did you just mean to suggest something?" look.

"Oh, you want to know if I live on campus... as in, you'd like to go to my dorm, wouldn't you?" He asked, his voice changing in pitch. He kind of toned it down, trying to sound more seductive and alluring. He was just playing - but this took a little more of an intense edge to it. Leaning in, he smirked. "What do you want to do, in my dorm?"

[goodgollyalex]

It was true, Shoshana was indeed touching him. However, he didn't put a rule on her touching him. "Ah, shush your pie hole. You didn't make a rule that I couldn't touch you." she stated rather intellectually.

While taking a drink from her tea, Shana listened to him rhapsodize and tease her about the question she asked him. She almost spat out her tea but her poise and sophisticated ways did not allow such ratchet act.

"You need a bucket of cold water dumped on your little thoughts — and you too!" Shana would have smacked him with her bag if it hadn't been so heavy and painful to the hit. "Is that any way to talk to a lady?!" she scoffed.

Shana tucked her hair behind her ear, "No, I meant—it was a very well intentioned question. I live off campus." she said with a nod. "You are truly disgraceful." she stuck her tongue out at him. "So, where to?" she asked, looking about but not at him. Nope.

[Derek Mathaw]

Derek rolled his eyes. "And there was no actual rule about me not touching you. You just whined and complained." He leaned in again, eyes flashing. "As if you didn't like it? I know you loooove me," he goaded, smirking at her.

Backing away, he took a sip of his soda and just smiled at her. "Cold water sounds like fun," he chimed in. "Would we be interested in a water balloon fight? It is so dreadfully hot." He smiled, almost allowing himself to imagine her dripping wet - before he remembered they were practically enemies and a water balloon fight would probably turn vicious.

"If a water balloon fight isn't really up your ally..," he mentioned, leaning against the wall, striking another 'handsome' pose. "We could go to my dorm. I promise to keep my mind out of the gutter, too, just for you. I mean, there's plenty of other girls for that - and we're just intellectual friends. Wouldn't want things to get unintentionally physical." Yeah, he was totally trying to drive her up a wall.

[goodgollyalex]

"O' paw, in your dreams I find you oh sooo hot." Shoshana mocked before moving her head side to side and fanning herself. She then looked to him and turned to face him, "You pose a lot, drama." Shana rose an eyebrow before standing there just staring at him.

"Water balloons?" Shana thought for a second, "Where are we going to find water balloons?" she asked him before widening her eyes when he mentioned his dorm again. Shana groaned then sighed, "Is this what you do for fun?" she asked him.

"Inviting women into your dorm. I bet you've never—" Well it was something she didn't want to believe so she took it back before Derek responded it. "Do you have AC in your dorm?" she asked him while looking down to her clothes. She should have just worn a t-shirt and shorts but she didn't. Not for him, of course not!

[Derek Mathaw]

Derek just grinned when she mocked him. She totally wants the D. He thought to himself, even though he knew it was untrue. He definitely thought that she didn't like him like that. He didn't know if he liked her like that but... well, he definitely felt something a little more intense than friendship, and it sort of scared him. Which explained the radical behavior and teasing all the time. "Okay, maybe not water balloons, but every dorm has air conditioning... I'd love for you to hang out. I mean, we could watch a movie or just talk or something. Be friends for a day, right?"