[Monday, August 30, 2004.] [The eighth period passing period is... passing! Well, yeah. Uh. It's still hot and sticky outside, so the air conditioning is full blast in the music department. Still hot.] [Dr. Hans is at the door and greeting students as they come in. This really is normal behavior for him.] [Mini Start.] * Charlotte walks into the room, smiling, "Good afternoon, Dr. Hans." ["Good afternoon, Charlotte!" he says cheerfully. "Have you gotten some practice in?"] * Charlotte nods. "Yes, sir." [He smiles. "Good, good!"] * Veronica walks in as well, after a line of students behind Charlotte, flapping her collar. Ah blessed air conditioning. [Monica's already in the room. She has dress pants on today, some sort of spaghetti strap shirt, no socks, and tattered old sneakers. Her cello's out, and she's running through part of Hoedown slowly, then up to speed.] [Hans smiles at Veronica. "Good afternoon, Veronica!"] * Charlotte makes her way up to Monica. "Hi Monica. How are you?" * Veronica blinks at Dr. Hans and waves weakly, completely caught off guard. "Hey." [Monica looks up at Charlotte, then she shrugs and goes back to studying the music. "Okay," she says, a little listlessly. "You?"] * Charlotte smiles back. "Okay." I'm going to see Camila later. Do you want to come? ["Sure. After school?"] * Charlotte nods. "Okay." [Monica nods. "I'll meet you at your locker."] [Hans is greeting other people! He's a busy guy, that Dr. Hans.] * Veronica waits for Hans and just ends up staring at him. "Weirdo" she mutters under her breath before going to her stand. * Charlotte nods to Monica. "Sure. See you then." She waves and heads over to the stand. (What? He just said hi. You're the weirdo. :P) [Monica gives a little half-wave with her bow.] [Veronica and Charlotte end up at the same stand! How did that hap- oh, duh.] * Veronica takes her violin and looks at the sheet music, if it's out, and starts tuning before playing a few practice bars. [It isn't!] [But Veronica has music, so she can put some there.] * Veronica puts some there then! [Veronica'd gain a point if this were an adventure game.] * Charlotte reaches for her music, but since Veronica got there first, well... * Veronica starts practicing on her music and gets lost in the music. She doesn't even seem to notice Charlotte being there. * Charlotte does, too. [Veronica does a good job for a novice with a week of practice. She definitely could use more, though; there are a number of flat notes.] [Charlotte's gotten a very good handle on the music already, dealing with some of the more difficult parts with ease.] * Veronica sighs and drops the neck of the violin slightly as she closes her eyes, staring at the music stand. "Still got a ways to go," she says, mostly to herself. * Charlotte continues to play, her practice paying off. [Somehow, Veronica stares at the music stand without looking. Very zen.] (Yes, very zen.) * Veronica opens her eyes and watches Charlotte for a little bit. * Charlotte continues to play, her eyes following the music as she goes. * Veronica shrugs and lifts the violin up, practicing herself. Far be it for her to interrupt. * Dicesuke has quit IRC (Killed (Calculus (DIE))) [Meanwhile, God killed the dice.] [Hans seems to have gotten into a chat with some of the students in the viola section. Go him!] [Hans eventually takes the podium... that isn't really a podium, but it is in front of all of you! This is followed by a lot of playing and Hans telling the cellos to be louder, the violins to slow the heck down, and the violas to really FEEL the music. FEEL IT. He doesn't pick on the basses.] [This time, anyway. Last time, he had them playing for you all five times over just so they'd get that one measure right.] [Anyway, after a nice, frantic playing session, the bell rings! Everyone bustles to get their instruments put away while they chat. Hans yells something about the tuxedos coming in next week over the din.] * Veronica picks up her instrument as she walks towards the instrument room, muttering, "Wonderful. Penguin suits." * Charlotte packs up her violin, the talk of tuxedos putting a frown on her face. * Veronica glances at Charlotte again, stopping midstride to look at her wordlessly. * Charlotte is looked at! But she doesn't notice. She packs up, then hurries to meet Monica at the lockers. * Veronica calls after Charlotte. "What's your hurry?" * Charlotte glances back over her shoulder as she goes, calling: "I'm meeting someone!" * Veronica narrows her eyes. "Right." "Yeah! Later!" * Charlotte goes! * Veronica starts walking after her. "Wait. We need to talk." * Charlotte stops and turns around. "What?" * Veronica keeps walking with her and looks at her. She hisses low enough under her breath so it's focused more on Charlotte, "Just what's going on between you and Ivy?" * Charlotte frowns and looks to the side. "Nothing. I said something stupid, is all. I'll make it up to her." Yeah? Did you mean it? [Monica passes by from the instrument room. She pokes Charlotte in the back of the neck.] * Charlotte jumps with a start. She turns back to look at Monica before returning to Veronica. "No. Well, I mean, at the time I did, but.... look, I'd rather not talk about it right now." [Monica grins at Charlotte, heading out to mingle with the sea of leaving students.] * Veronica blinks and looks back at Monica, watching her. "Yeah. Always have a "busy" time, right? I hear ya, loud and clear. Speaking of which..." Hm? * Veronica doesn't cast a glance on Charlotte, commenting idly. "How do you know that guy in the cafeteria?" He's a friend. * Veronica sideglances at Charlotte. "Really? How close?" [Monica is so gone, dude.] * Charlotte raises an eyebrow. "What's that supposed to mean?" * Veronica watches her reaction, keeping a steady look. "I just want to know how involved you are in that sorta stuff is all." * Charlotte turns her head slightly, but her eyes staying on Veronica. "He's a friend," she repeats. "I have some, you know. And one's waiting for me right now. I gotta go." Right. Don't let me keep ya. * Charlotte waves. "See ya." Then she turns and hurries off. * Veronica watches her go for a little bit, staring at her retreating back before going on her way herself. [Mini End!]