 ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Why was he not at all surprised that Drake would take an extra bit to select his plant? Aryan knew that Drake would have liked nothing more than to cease one of each plant and march his way to a seat. But his friend eventually chose plant number three and they both selected a seat. He sat there admiring his own choice and looked up when the question was asked. He shrugged once. “It looks nice?” Other than that, he hadn’t any valid reason for his choice.
Ary looked around as Phoebe joined him and Drake. His gaze immediately fell on her plant of choice and his face lit up with a grin when he saw they had chosen the same one. “Excellent choice, Pheebs,’’ he said, throwing in a nod of approval in for emphasis. And now it was going to be a trend, him checking out what everyone else chose. He waved back at Desiree, noting that she had chosen the first plant. There was nothing wrong with that, of course.
Naturally, with Bry trailing behind, Ary hadn’t seen her. If he had, well. He didn’t know what he would have done. Knowing himself, he probably would have withdrawn from everyone and ceased talking completely just to avoid conflict. “Hi, Bry.” Ary gave her a wide smile though it vanished pretty quickly. “Everythings okay?’’ he added softly. She seemed… off; less energetic and hyper. He was so thrown off by her demeanour that he hadn’t noticed that Emmie had considered sitting with his group.
With the lesson now beginning, Aryan reluctantly trailed his gaze from Bry to DeVries. A characteristic for one of the plants? It really wasn’t any surprise that he had to take a moment to think of something. It also wasn’t surprising when Drake rattled off a slew of information. Naturally, he couldn’t help but be impressed by his friend. He finally raised a hand. “Marjoram can easily be identified by the small, white tubular flowers. They grow around a green middle in a knot-like shape. The leaves are pale green and oval shaped." An obvious answer, he knew, but helpful all the same. |