Blood & Books

"I guess I am turning into my grandfather after all. He would tell me the same thing from time to time." She leaned back against the tree and sighed. "He always wanted what was best for me. Since my parents died when I was still a little girl, he pretty much raised me. He wanted to me to be better than my mother. So he was very harsh and made me study hard and dress like a young lady." She laughed thinking back on it.

"Hey, he raised you well." he said. "But don't always follow what they tell you...or it gets boring." he chuckled a little teasing.

"Oh, there are several things that I have done in my youth that my grandfather will NEVER find out about." She chuckled. "He always told me he wanted to make up for the mistakes he made with my mother..." She said leaving it at that. "Anyway, lunch period is almost over. What is your next class?" She asked changing the subject.

He blinked, but noticed she pass on quickly from the subject, he decided not to ask, just in case.

"I'm off to Lab for my next class, you?" he asked, sculling his soda down.

"That's my next class too. It is my last for the day. Today is my short day." She said. She gathered her trash and stood up to throw it away in the nearest trash can. "Want to walk together?" She asked.

"Sure." he tossed his trash and it got in the can, "Let's go then." he said.

"Show off." She said as she got her bag over her shoulder and started walking toward the building. She pulled out her phone and shut it off so it wouldn't make any noises during class.

They arrived to class and the teacher thence ams in shortly after. They were all arranged into pairs, funnily enough Kaidan and Delilah were placed as partners.

"Aslright everyone get your coats and goggles and we'll begin." said the teacher.

Delilah was relieved to have a friend in this class. While she loved science and chemistry, it was not her strength. She was more into computer science and technology. She was even more happy to have Kaidan as her partner.

"This is exciting. We get to do experiments on the first day." Lilah got up and went to the supply closet to get their lab coats and goggles. She handed Kaidan his.

"At least we being shown something off the bat. Instead of just staring at books all day long." said Kaidan as he got his coat on and the goggles on his head.

"I agree. If I have to read over one more course syllabus I swear I am gonna lose it." She chuckled and got her coat on and put her goggles on her head as well. She chuckled at Kaidan noticing the goggles was flattening out his hair a little bit.

"I'll fix it when this is done." he said with a slight pout, knowing hat she was looking at.

The class begun and the they got experimenting. Chemicals for simple reactions and whatnot, mixtures to make certain concoctions.

She chuckled again and stuck her tongue out at him playfully having fun messing with him. Once the teacher had finished giving the instructions they began their experiment. Something rather easy for the first day.

In front of them were different ingredients and a list of instructions. The task was to figure out how best to mix the ingredients to make the proper chemical reaction. The top three teams would get extra credit.

Delilah read over the instructions carefully and read about each ingredient in front of them. "Hmm, this is tricky." She said looking over the items on the table.

Kaidan too was looking over the items and the list they had, "Yeah....which one would suppose?" he asked, not sure himself on which to put in next.

"I don't know...I was hoping you would know." She looked over the list and then to the remaining items of the table. She just picked one and poured it into the large beaker. The mixture began to foam up and over flow from the beaker.

"Ahh! Oh no, that wasn't right!" She began to panic a bit.

"Aw shit!" he panicked too and the teacher came over and pound something into the beaker and it settled it, "NOT the right one Miss Dawson." he said simply with a dry expression.

Delilah plopped down in her seat feeling defeated and utterly embarrassed. She heaved a sign and looked at Kaidan, "You want to give it a try now?"

"Nothing to loose really is there." he chose one of the other selections and GINGERLY poured some into and the mixtures turned to the colour they were looking for, Kaidan sighed in relief.

"I'll write down that one I used." he said.

Lilah held her breath and crossed her fingers behind her back really hoping there wouldn't be another explosion. Once the mixture turned to the color they had hoped for, she exhaled with relief.

"Thank goodness...I'm glad you were able to figure it out." She said, complimenting him as she took notes as well.

"At least it didn't explode and our face covered in soot and hair messed up......well more on me." he said.

Delilah shook her head and laughed nervously, "Yeah well...Chemistry isn't my strong point. I am more into computers." She said trying to make excuses for her mistake.

"Well its part of the things they want us to do...we'll get through this eventually."

The day went on and the classes were done for the day and They were heading on away from their last class, "So, you've got homework?" Kaidan asked.

Lilah yawned feeling her morning coffee finally starting to wear off. Her bag was weighed down now with textbooks and extra papers.

"Not much. I just have to read over a few course syllabus' and some introductory chapters. Nothing too involved." She said.

He noticed her bag was looking heavy and he took it off her to carry it for her, "You got a lot in that one bag." he said.

"Heh, thanks. I guess I need to bring a bigger bag tomorrow." She noticed her ankle was feeling much better and wasn't so weak anymore. "Thank you again for healing my wounds last night. My ankle is doing much better today."