@aaliyes he presses binoculars so close to his eyes that he’s certain to get a ring on his face afterwards. “shit, liyah,” his exclamation was unusual considering he’d been quietly observing most of the time. “bet you any money that’s a northern flicker.”   he stuttered on the bird name, admiteddly, looking down at the paper in his hands to get it right.   and when he did  -   he practically shoves the binoculars to the shorter girl’s face, a proud, wide grin on his lips.  “check it out, i got one.”    quite competitive considering the two aren’t actually competing.

( @aaliyes ) he’d been tapping ruthlessly with a pencil; humming to the tune of a song he can’t remember the name to.   “you know that song?” procrastination is an evident understatement, as aaliyah stays hard at work his paper has only his name written on it.  “i’m pretty sure it’s -” he hums to the tune, loud as his pencil continues dribbling as if it’s the beat. “it’s not stevie wonder is it? no it’s - is it elton john?”

James: Also I have a question about slang but I can't find it anywhere...