Lash Out

“This dog was running around with no owner, and now I want to keep him.”

If there was one way to melt Etana’s cold, icy heart... It was puppies. The blonde ran over to the girl, a wide smile on her face, “Oh... he’s so precious. I wonder who he belongs to?” Her hand reached out to touch the puppy, the soft fur running through her fingers.

“Well maybe they clue you in as to how the professor grades? What sort of questions they ask or how hard the final was?”

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“I have a feeling the answer to all of that is going to be: Hard,” She then smirked, “But what are you worried about? You love chemistry.”

“Well… yeah.” he scratched his nape while he was chuckling. Everytime he said off that kind of story to the people he have just met, he doesn’t know what to feel - whether be embarrassed or find it funny too. “But at least they didn’t gave me the Crackers part right? You can just call me Gray if that would make you feel better and less hungry.”

“I’m… well Rich… but famous… I’m far from that. How about you?”

“No, that’s alright. I’ll call you what you want to be called,” Etana replied, giving him the choice. Maybe he liked his name. It wasn’t up to her to decide if it was bad or not... Just different.

When he threw her question back at her, she simply looked out over the party and shrugged, “Neither.”

Garan hissed through his teeth, “Yikes, really? You have friends that already took it? Don’t suppose you’d bestow some of that knowledge on?”

“Not friends, more like fellow Wildlife and Fisheries Students,” Etana corrected him, “And I’m not sure what there is to bestow. I don’t have their homework or anything, just the knowledge that it’s going to be a horrible hard class. One that I can’t fail.”

“Really? I wasn’t even gone that long…”

“I usually only drink with my team, so maybe that’s why I haven’t seen you around before. What classes do you teach, Professor?”

“Yeah… My parents named me after that… because that’s what they were eating that time my mom gave birth to me.” Graham mumbled and was kicking the rocks on his feet. “I’m sorry if I talked to you all of the sudden… I was just trying to make some friends in here since I’m… I- I don’t have that many friends.”

“They named you after Graham Crackers?” Etana questioned, finding that hard to believe. Not that he was lying, but such little thought going into naming a child? She guessed that everyone lived their lives differently, though. 

Garan chuckled, “I don’t like the homework, that’s for sure. but the class isn’t bad. Right?”

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Didn’t like the homework? That was all chemistry was... Even the damn labs had take-home work.“I heard it starts off fine, but once you get to titrations, everyone’s grades take a dive.”

Garan’s face lit up once again at the idea they were in the same class, “Yeah! Chemistry, at least. It’s going to be a lot of work, but pretty great. Is it weird to like chemistry?”

Etana tried to hide the look of disgust on her face. It was normal to enjoy such tedious things such as math, but to her it was weird. If she could have gotten away with avoiding math at this college, she definitely would have. “No, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying classes that give you tons of homework. But for me, personally,” She let out a sigh, “I hate it.”

“Don’t get me wrong. I love her. But she’s just wild when she gets drunk. Hence me being the sober boyfriend.”

“Well, mostly sober.”

“Mostly noble then,” Etana smiled and then looked around, “Where is she, though?”

The Eyre Family:

Father: Alistair Eyre - Viggo Mortensen

Mother: Genevieve Eyre - Milla Jovovich

Eldest Daughter: Etana Eyre - Gaia Weiss

Middle Brother: Deceased - Alden Eyre -  Aaron Johnson

Younger Brother: Kyren Eyre - Stephen James

Notes: Etana Lost her brother, Alden, in a car accident when he was 10. Her younger brother Kyren was with him, but he survived. The only memory of the incident are the scars covering his body from it, hence why he covered himself with tattoos.

“CHEMISTRY YES!” He said, a bit too loud, immediately getting closer, “Like is this a group project sorta deal, or solo? This seems intense! – Hi, I’m Garan by the way.” He said, tossing a hand out to shake more like an afterthought.

Okay... He was a bit too excited for the class that was going to kill her. “No, I just meant that taking Chemistry is enough work for me to do, let alone my other classes.” She paused for a moment, and the realization suddenly hit her. “You’re in my class, aren’t you?”

This girl might be tough to interact with. That thought made Graham heart beat a little bit faster. He wasn’t that much good with communications at all but he still would like to try and give his best.

“Oh… am I disturbing you?” he asked. “I’m so sorry about that… I was just trying to meet some new friends. But… can I just say that you have a very unique name?”

“Trying to stay sober so you can watch over your girlfriend while she’s having fun on her birthday. So fun.”

“Ha, that sucks,” Etana smiled as she took a drink from her cup, “But a noble effort nonetheless.”

“Okay, but does this sound like too much work for one person, or am I crazy?” Garan said, glaring at his course-work outline for the upcoming classes. “What are your classes like?”

“Upper level biology, ecology, and a chemistry class.” She replied, “Chemistry alone is too much work, though.” Etana was really missing the good old days of just taking physical fitness classes. 

“Shhh the movie isn’t done yet right? Don’t make too much noise. I’m sleeping… wait did I just say that I am sleeping?”

“You’re telling the wrong person to be quiet.”

“I should try and remain calm. But do you think my hair looks okay? I’m just a bit worried that I would have a bad hair day during my birthday party.”

“Looks fine to me,” Etana replied, not sure what this girl considered a bad hair day. For her, if her head was in a mass of knots, that was a bad day... Anything else was good enough.