Arriving to class late made Jackson feel bad but then being let out early didn't help him feel any better. The good news was that he had an assignment, while it wasn't something massive, it was at least something that would get him back into "school mode", a state of mind that he hadn't been in for a little while. As far as the rest of his classmates went, some of them seemed to be interested in what they were doing for the class but other's didn't seem to care at all. Jackson placed his hat back on his head once the class was called out early, dropping the questionaire back on the Instructors desk before he left the room.
It was still fairly early in the day and Jackson had at least an hour before his next class. He could only hope that other Instructors were letting thier classes out early as well, as he decided that he would go down to the cafe and pick up some breakfast; not before finding one of his friends to come and join him though. The class that Emily was a T.A for was only a few classrooms down from the one Jackson just got out of, he peaked into the classroom first to make sure it was empty before he stepped inside.
"Looks like we both lucked out, your class let out early as well?", Jackson walked over to the desk where Emily was putting some papers in a backpack.
"Yup, Instructor Wimms didn't want to teach a full class with weather like this, said it was too nice to be in class, naturally nobody complained..", it was hard for Jackson not to focus on her beautiful smile or long brown hair, "How do you like Felsar?"
"Class wasn't long enough to give a fair opinion. She does seem to be rather by the book though, at least on first glance. I'm sure you've got things to do and though I just came from there...how about we go grab an early lunch in town? My treat of course..."
Emily started to blush a little bit, "Oh I see how it is, not even back a day and trying to charm me, let me guess....you need me to do some of your homework for you?"
Jackson laughed, "Haha no I don't need you to do some of my homework for me, I just need a beautiful girl to eat lunch with."
Now Emily was a full blown red in the cheeks, "I think the only thing I didn't miss when you were gone was how you'd turn me into a blushing fool within minutes. Alright, lunch it is, I'll drop this bag off at the room and then we'll bike down?"
Both Jackson and Emily left the classroom, heading down to the dormitory area where they could both drop off somethings before heading down into town. With all important class papers put away, Jackson and Emily got thier bike, a two person bike, out of the one of the student storage units and made way into town. One of the more popular rumors around Balamb Garden was the possible relationship of the two, as Jackson was a high-profile student, due to his looks and abilities and Emily was one of the better liked and well respected T.A's that the Garden had. Plenty of students got thier giggles and whispers in as they biked away from the Garden and started on the road to town.
Once they arrived in town, they rode over to the waterfront cafe' that they would usually spend thier weekends at. They parked the bike out front of the place, putting it on the bike rack and heading into the cafe. Jackson and Emily were well known by the cafe owner, a short man by the name of Robert Mathis, he had taken a liking to the two of them and always asked to be called "Bob", yet Jackson had a hard time not calling him "Mr. Mathis". The usual table was a table for two, out on the back patio which was right next to the water. Bob knew better than to ask them if they wanted to see a menu, as he started the orders for Jackson's roast beef sandwitch and Emily's chicken noodle soup.
"Even though you said in your letter that you would be coming back, part of me didn't believe it. I don't know, it's not like I didn't trust what you were saying...just considering the circumstances and then what started to develop with Esthar, I figured the Headmaster would have a problem with you coming back...", Emily hated how she was always so much more open with Jackson than anyone else, how even a look from him would make her open up.
"Valid concerns but I was determined to come back, if just to see you for a little bit. As far as relations with Esthar....It's none of the Headmaster's concern, at least that's what I believe. The time hasn't come for everyone to pick which side they'll be standing on...", he took off his hat and placed it below his chair, not wanting to be rude.
"And when the time comes, for everyone to pick a side?", she looked nervous, as if his answer would break her heart.
"...Let's not worry about it? It's a beautiful day and we're back to the usual routine...No sense in worrying about things that we really cannot control right now...okay?", he looked at her with a set of pleading eyes, which was enough for her to let off the subject.
"That's fair enough, just one more thing about the past...I mean we can talk about it later but I just wanted to know, at least the vague details for now....how is...?"
Jackson smirked, "You're right, we can talk about it later my dear." As soon as Jackson finished his sentance, Bob brought both of thier meals out, which was a relief to the two of them. Class would be starting again soon for Jackson but he would get there on time and even if he didn't, he'd offer no apology this time, two tardy's in one day was a fair price to pay for enjoying an early lunch with someone he cared about greatly.
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