Schuyler Ackerman & Rixon Rossi

[Ardy]

The minimal amount of provoking he had had to do surprised him, he had thought for sure that she would have been more of the type to shrivel up in a ball but it had been made evident that he could not walk all over her as he had originally assumed.At this point, his view on the situation was now undecided. This was deemed intriguing by him as it to him that this was not going to be quite how he had foreseen it. He had gotten the girl to fight back and this probably did not seem like a good thing for her at this point since it was all a game to Rixon, he honestly did not care whether or not she was interested in his stupid little head games either. On the first day it had taken such a small amount of work to get himself to the principal's office, this was deemed something he was proud of along with the fact that she was heading in the exact same direction as well. He was certain that was not something that happened every day and to him it was quite the accomplishment. Playing around with her was already seen as fun in his mind and he had the remainder of the year to continue doing so as well. This was until he found someone else more interesting to harass of course but for now Schuyler was his main subject, the new girl, the one he didn't know much about. Well one way or another, he was going to pry things out to figure her out. It was utterly simple in his mind, past the point in trying to speak with her really as that had gone oh so well at the bonfire. All he needed to do was play the cards right and everything would be flawless. Her apology caused shock more than anything since it made zero sense to him, he should have been apologizing if it was something he actually believed in, which it was not. Just not in his nature nor had it been something that he had ever been raised around in general. The principal's visit went over better than he imagined but then again he was sure the administrator was taking pity for Schuyler yet was not jumping to add more things to reprimand him further. Oh well, not that he was about to disagree with the lack there of consequences. Noting the fact that she was obviously ignoring him when they returned to class, he did the same to decide to play civil in terms of Rixon for the time being. Hearing the assignment as it was explained, he was one of those who added to the chorus of groans as they were allowed into the air. For the remainder of the day, he saw only a glimpse of Schuyler in the cafeteria which was when his buddies started consequently asking about her and this conversation soon turned to a challenge and ultimately ending in a bet for Rixon. The money meaning absolutely nothing to him but the idea itself of proving someone wrong since it appeared all too easy to him. It might temporarily put a damper on his plans of messing with her, that could continue on again after the bet. Plus he was certain that he had all the time in the world for this to fold out, it would take absolutely nothing for him in his mind. The day, being boring as usual to him, provided to be a good one for naps, especially during history and math classes. Perfect reason to sit in the back of class alone, just to sleep without being caught most of the time at least. When the day finally did come to an end as the last remaining bell rang, he was a bit too pleased with stepping into the detention office and to be summoned to the cafeteria to find Schuyler already waiting there. Sitting on one of the tables, he watched her silently for a moment before commenting about coasting through this. She didn't seem phased by this and he wasn't surprised either. Head cocked to the side, considering the idea of actually helping.He actually did slide from the table to reach down and grab one of the wet rags. Again he brought up the farm, still not entirely grasping the subject even after having asked about it on multiple occasions. Her and a farm and running one didn't make sense to him really, maybe playing with the little animals and what not but actually doing something was an entire different thought. Hmmm...It sorta makes sense... He murmured, mulling what she had informed him over yet again. Shoulders shrugged as she wanted to know why he was interested. I don't know, you are just the mysterious new girl that no one knows about I guess?Curiosity? He stated as that appeared to him to be a good enough reason as it was. Washing one of the tables and not quite realizing and thinking about the fact that he was actually working, he then decided to speak up again, this time as a compliment you could consider. I noticed you in fencing today, promising. Where did you learn that from? Again another question but really that would have to do for now and he was actually trying to start a civil conversation with her for once, if she would speak even as he knew how difficult that could tend to be. Plus he was bluntly curious, like always and never cared to hide it.

[Ayrn]

There was a breaking point, there was not a single person that did not have a breaking point and even in the single day that Rixon had known her it seemed like he knew how to push all the right buttons to not only get her to that breaking point but to throw her off the cliff on the other side. She felt terrible for what had gone on between the two of them and she felt terrible about the fact that she had acted like a ten year old but what was done was done, that did not mean that she did not regret it though and would have taken it back in a heartbeat if it was ever possible. She did not like knowing that he knew exactly where to push and when to do it now that in itself was very dangerous. At least he did not know her well enough to know how out of character this was for her since she had only been here a week and therefore no one really knew her enough to know what truly defined her. He seemed like the type that was only happy if he were to end up in trouble, taking someone else down with him kicking and screaming and she had been that person today and she was so ashamed of the fact the whole time she was sitting there with him in the principal’s office, a place she had never been before and did not care to return since her parents were going to be simply so furious already at the fact she was even there in the first place. This whole day turned out to be dangerous since if she had to guess this was all a game for him and therefore it was not going to stop at strike one when he did not receive the answer that he was looking for and she wished that she could travel back in time and return to the party on the island to then slip away from the bonfire before he had even noticed here and therefore if they had not met none of this would have happened, sure they might have been in the same chemistry class but it might not have started out with snarky comments whos only use were to get her riled up. She was pleased that she did manage to shut him up and the fact that it had not been some kind of witty comment but rather the opposite the fact that she had apologized seemed to come as a shock to him as if it was not something that he would have expected in a million years, but after the two of them were sentenced to detention the rest of the day seemed to pass rather uneventfully before they were set to meet in the cafeteria, she could only hope now that he would not show up and she would be able to continue what she needed to do in order to be free and then return to her family for the evening. Even though she made the comment about him just coasting through the detention like he did with every over part of his life that seemed to make him then reconsider and surprise her when she slid down from the table that he had been seated on in order to then grab one of the rags and start cleaning with her and of course he was expecting some sorts of answers when he asked her about the farm though he did not have a lot of interest in hiding it from him since there was no reason for that so she told him, plain and simple easing away the rest of the curiosity. She knew that she really did not look like the ‘rough and tumble’ sort of person to run a farm but it was amazing that she was really quite good at it, she had become so stubborn about it that she learnt so much in the last year and it was really starting to pay off for the better now. He seemed to be contemplating it as his shoulders then rolled in a shrug and he said that it made sense, she was not too sure what part of it would not make sense but she was not going to comment on that and risk the two of them getting into another battle of wits. She nodded when he told her that she was just the new girl that no one knew about and it was all to do with curiosity. She supposed that was an acceptable answer and just continued on with the work that the two of them were doing. He commented that he had noticed her in fencing today and that it was looking rather promising and asked her where she learnt that. Thanks. She uttered softly looking up at him for a moment. My father before his accident. Our family has been here almost as long as the descendants so he learnt from the best. She uttered gently.