 Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
O_______O What the heck just happened?! One moment, the class was having a normal discussion about the uses of aloe (or as normal as anything that ever happened in this class, anyway), and the next thing Heath knew, the professor was laughing like a hyena… because of his answer. His ears and face, though partially hidden behind his long dark hair, turned bright red, and he started at the floor to hide it… either that or to avoid the judging eyes of his classmates.
Idiot! he berated himself. Despite his answer being factually correct, he couldn't help but feel he'd said something very wrong! He should've guessed someone would react to his answer like that; he just never imagined it would be the professor. Could the floor just swallow him up now, please?
Heath was only half listening to everything that was said after that. The storm of his emotions… confusion, embarrassment, fear, disappointment, maybe a bit of anger… made it practically impossible to concentrate. Besides, he'd completely lost interest in aloe, to the point that he didn't even bat an eye when he heard they were allowed to keep the plants. If that had happened five minutes ago, he would've jumped at the chance, but now the smiley face pot he once liked was nothing but a bad reminder of his embarrassment.
So what were they doing now? Right, powdered aloe, cut large leaf, 5mm slices, all but one go in the dehydrator. Whatever. Heath didn't care anymore; he just wanted to get through the rest of this lesson without drawing any more attention to himself. The sooner he got this done, the sooner he could be alone with his thoughts! He tugged his gloves on - a task made much harder by his suddenly trembling hands, though he didn't know if the shaking was out of fear or rage.
Ugh, not today, please! Heath really didn't feel like making a million failed attempts at spell casting right now, so he did what he always did when he needed to escape his own emotions: act out someone else's… someone who wouldn't take this kind of embarrassment lying down, and Heath knew exactly who that was! Channeling his inner dark side, Kylo Heath (or was it Heath Ren?) brandished his wand, aiming at the largest leaf on his aloe plant. "Diffendo!"
There was a slight edge to his voice, and he waved his wand a bit more aggressively than intended but it got the job done. Now he just had to do it again several times to cut the leaf into 5mm slices. "Diffendo! Diffendo! Diffendo!" he repeated, imagining his wand was a lightsaber. He had to admit slicing the aloe leaf was pretty satisfying, maybe not as much as smashing a mask against a wall or taking a lightsaber to a chair, but still.
By the time he was done, there were five equal sized slices. Still very much in character, Kylo Heath placed four of the slices on a tray and walked with confident, commanding strides to the dehydrator. After placing his slices in the machine, he returned to his station and removed his gloves to touch the remaining slice. It wasn't anything special. It just felt like cold goo.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |