wanderlust;

“Well, I think I’d have to assess that for myself. People have told me the same thing, and here I am on my way to becoming a top-notch neurosurgeon,” he brags, chuckling along with her. “Well, yeah. Why not? It’s third on my list of career choices. After neurosurgery and directing. I‘ve definitely got the moves for it.”

“Hm.. interesting.” Ariella says while chuckling a bit as she glanced up at the taller guy. “I -- wow, I um, have no idea what to say..” she admits, while nibbling on her bottom lip. “But um a neurosurgeon and a director sounds great for sure. Good luck with what you do.”

“ Then that’s your own choice, but neither of us are allowed to tell anyone they can’t. ”

“Exactly, I’m all for what you’re saying! I don’t like the idea of someone judging somebody else for what they do as a career.. it’s better than doing nothing, really.” 

“I couldn’t agree more, my life without them, would just not be the same, would probably not be as good as it is right now either”

“Right? I would literally be lost if I didn’t have my support system with me.”

Nah, our Father didn’t want our idiocy documented. 

But those are literally the best moments to document!

“Because I do not abbreviate people think I am not working on my English.  But it is very hard for me to do so.  And I’m sometimes forget the English word for things.”

“That’s understandable -- I would understand why it’s hard to learn another language if it isn’t your first. Though, if you do need any help with your English, I am always willing to help.”

―― Jakub lets out a breath and gives a light nod, embarrassed of his apprehensions.“ I’ve been, u-um, thinking… Is romance r…eal..? ”

Oh. I just got here not too long ago. My brother begged me to come, so here I am

Well, at least you’re getting brother time, right? 

“Well, they do,” Jackson pointed out, but he smiled and took the books from her anyway. “Don’t worry about it. I was just pointing it out in case you preferred that,” he explained, scanning them for her. He paused when he looked at one of the titles and grinned. “This is a good book,” he said, tapping it.

“Oh..” she mumbles out embarrassed as she glances down a bit giving him a shy smile. “Well, thanks for that.” she replies taking note to do it that way next time. When he glanced at the title, she smiles a bit looking up from the book. “Is it? I literally had no time to read it because of all my school work and all, but it’s been on my reading list for a long time now.”

“Well, he can suck it.” Cam chuckled before nodding. “Looks  like I’ll be passing out in his bed in that case.”

Jackson looked up from the sheet music he had been annotating as someone approached him at the librarian’s desk. “There’s actually a self-service system to borrow books,” he suggested, pointing at it. “You don’t need to come to me to check out your books.”

Ariella gives the guy a friendly smile as she nodded her head. “Oh, I know that.. I just -- I need to renew these books, but I’m not sure if those self-service check out book things have that option..” 

          “how serious do you think the whole underaged drinking rule is?” he ponders, his head tilting. “i mean, c’mon, they can’t get me that bad if i’m going to be of age in less than a month.”

“Uh sorry, was I staring? It’s just that you have this thing on your cheek and it bugs me…Chocolate maybe?”

“Oh, do I? Well that’s really embarrassing..” she mumbles as she wipes her face. “Did I get it?” 

―― “ C-C-Can I… C-Can I ask you something? I mean, y-you can hit me i-if you see fit, because it’s pro-p-probably a stupid question, I’d just prefer n-not.. ”

“So today someone asked me to translate for them to an elderly Chinese woman.  Which insulted us both because first off I’m Korean-American.  Then she’s Chinese…not the same country.  Then he proceeded to say isn’t all Asian language the same.  No sir, it is not the same.  Then when I told him I’m from America he said the classic ‘no where are you from orignially’ line.  When I hade told him I’m Korean-American.  As in my culture and race are Korean, but I am an American citizen.  My family has been here for 4 generations.  The only reason I know Korean is because I took it in school. Jeez, people.”

“Some people are just really not all that bright and educated when it comes to other race and ethnicity. I can’t believe that that person didn’t understand what you said literally right after you said it.” 

“One thing I do miss about Russia is the fact I could speak my native language there.  English is a very hard language, especially to have as a second language.  Then having to translate everything in your head before speaking is very difficult.  Then often people tease you for having poor English, but really they do not understand how hard the process is.”

“That sounds awful, I sure hope that no one here is teasing you for having poor English.. though honestly, you sound perfectly fine and seem to be speaking it properly.”