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Post by colossus on Jun 1, 2006 16:17:43 GMT -5
This is what happens when Piotr doesn’t get enough sleep. Thanks to his little sister, Illyana, Piotr hadn’t slept more than a few minutes the night before. So here he was, passed out on a couch, with his ESL book open on his chest. One arm and shoulder were hanging over the edge of the narrow couch, with his hand resting on the floor. The other was folded over his face, muffling his sleepy grumbling noises.
He had come in here to study, had sat down on the couch and everything was fine. His worksheets were still spread on the floor in front of the couch where he had been organizing and working on them. But as he got more comfortable, laying down for instance, he had become sleepier and sleepier.
Rolling onto his stomach, somehow he stayed on the couch, the book flopped to the floor. Yawning, Piotr’s head rested on the crook of his elbow with a mutter of Russian.
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Post by Health on Jun 1, 2006 19:12:45 GMT -5
"Jackie Chan marathon!" Ellen yelled jumping over the back of the couch and landing on something soft, instantly she rolled to the floor and prepared to land in a crouched postion but lost her footing on some papers on the floor and landed rather ungracefully on her butt.
She looked up at who was on her spot on the couch and grinned, Piotr, she loved listening to his accent, too bad he asked questions so Ellen actually had to listen to what he was saying, "Hey Pete, what's up?" she asked casually stacking the papers on the floor into a neat pile.
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Post by colossus on Jun 1, 2006 20:39:40 GMT -5
Grunting loudly when she landed on him, Piotr woke up almost immediatly. With a groan and a roll, which made him fall off the couch and nearly land on Ellen, Piotr stared up at the ceiling with a confused expression. Flinching slightly as he sat up, Piotr rubbed a hand down his face. "Ellen?"
Blinking at her for a moment, he thumped back onto the floor with a small laugh. "You jumped up me..." He meant 'jumped on' but it wasn't important. "Can you noot look before jumping, little one? If want to vake me, zhere is better ways, Da?"
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Post by Health on Jun 1, 2006 20:43:37 GMT -5
"I suppose there are," Ellen said grabbing Piotr's arm and lifting him over her head, "But I think this might give you a heart attack, you know you're not use to a girl who can bench press the blackbird," she grinned setting him upright and standing up herself, "So what was it you were working on here?" she asked curiously picking up the papers she had just stacked and looked at one of the sheets with her head c.coked to the side.
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Post by colossus on Jun 1, 2006 20:58:34 GMT -5
Piotr laughed when she picked him up, "Maybe you should noot put people over your head except in Danger Room..."
When he was back on his feet again he pretended to brush himself off until she asked what he was doing. Then he looked very uncomfortable. "I noot doing anyzhing... Just the school work for college." He spoke quickly, which make his words less understandable, as he picked up and hid as many papers as possible, putting the book behind his back. "Iss very boring, noot fun work..."
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Post by Health on Jun 1, 2006 21:04:01 GMT -5
Ellen tapped Piotr's nose distracting him as she grabbed the book in his hand, with an expert hand that had read hundreds of books before Ellen flipped open the book and read a few lines and frowned, "Why are you studying English? You speak it well enough," she said snapping the book shut and looking up at Piotr, "Oh I get it, tricked the college into giving you an easy grade. I understand I always wanted to do that with Spanish, well you know if it was my original language and all that whoohaw," she spoke on with a slight smug look on her face, "Wait that is the case isn't it?"
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Post by colossus on Jun 1, 2006 21:19:36 GMT -5
Wiggling his nose and most of his face when she tapped him, he raised his voice slightly when she stole the book from him. "Hey! Give back..."
Pouting as she read it he muttered so that she could hear, "Mean stealing girl..."
But then she started to talk and Piotr stared at her until he realized that she was done. "Ugh, yes... I have been caught with the case." He grinned, even though he had almost no idea what she had been talking about.
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Post by Health on Jun 1, 2006 21:23:15 GMT -5
Ellen blinked and shook her head, "Man and I thought I had trouble not listening to you when you talked," she said before chuckiling a little and handing the book back to Piotr, "And for you information my Russie friend I'm not mean, merely straight forward and honest. And I don't steal I keep things I borrow until the person I borrow it from forgets I have them. So there," Ellen said poking Piotr in the chest and making a pouty face.
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Post by colossus on Jun 1, 2006 21:41:59 GMT -5
"Vell I noot forget you have mine book, so give back.. I need it." Piotr plucked it out of her hands, shoved his papers inside and closed it, holding it above his head for good measure. "Look at the mean-ness..." He smirked rubbing the spot she had poked. "Be nice to me or I...." It took him a moment to come up with something he would do to her, but then it hit him. "I will hide or eat or give away all candy or cookies, so you noot have any."
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Post by Health on Jun 1, 2006 21:46:06 GMT -5
"Noooo!" Ellen cried out her years of high school theater kicking in and she threw herself against Piotr's chest and sobbed, "If you consiter me mean that you are a cruel, cruel man, Mr. Rasputin!" she cried and faked pounded her fists against his chest before she had to give up the act and started laughing, "I guess if you do that then I'll let quite a few fangirls of yours into your room, and depending on what my mood is depends on whether or not you'll be there or absent," Ellen said casually looking at her nails with a cheerful gleam in her eyes.
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Post by colossus on Jun 1, 2006 22:05:38 GMT -5
Piotr thought about that for a minute, unfazed by her antics, giving her a triumphant look when she started laughing. At first he was worried.. 'Girls... in his room?! what if they messed up his paint, or his clothes or.. wait... A fangirl might be a tricky english word meant to frighten him...'
"What is 'fangirls'? I noot have heard of zhis before..." Piotr squared his shoulders.. "I am noot afraid of fangirls, I am Piotr and do noot fear anyzhing." As a side note he added, "If you put animals in mine room, you vill be in big trouble."
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Post by Health on Jun 1, 2006 22:18:10 GMT -5
"Well see darling," Ellen said drapping an arm around Piotr's shoulder and grinning, "You know those girls that stare and giggle when you walk past? Or the ones that write P.R. + their initials into their notebooks. Or that one chick that took off with your sweater when you let her borrow it at a soccer game. Those are your fangirls, that IM each other evrynight that they want to have your babies," she whispered the last sentence into Piotr's ear before pulling away, "I'm sure they could come up with more torturious things to do to you then anything I could imagine."
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Post by colossus on Jun 11, 2006 17:26:53 GMT -5
Eyeing her carefully, still keeping his book away from her, he allowed her to drape on him. "I think they laugh because I am big looking and clumsy." He paused before adding a comment for each of her descriptions. "I not look in other people notebooks, it is cheating and not nice to be sticking in my nose."
"I not mind about the sweater, she forget she had it and I have more."
Piotr blinked at the term IM, but let it go to pull his ear away from her, rubbing it and giving her a look, "I don' have any babies... I like babies though. Why would they take my babies?"
"So Fangirls is strange girls who you think steal sweaters and babies?"
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Post by Health on Jun 11, 2006 17:30:43 GMT -5
Ellen blinked a few times before doubling over and laughing, "Man I have to learn Russian so this language barrier between us can be closed. You know what Pete, it's alright, just forget about it," she said waving him off and giving him a sweet smile before flopping back on the sofa and turning on the tv and flipping a few channel to the Jackie Chan channel, "But of course don't kid yourself, many girls think your some catch," she added with a wink.
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Post by colossus on Jun 11, 2006 20:51:45 GMT -5
Mildly glaring at her for laughing at him, Piotr made a face at the television. Then, with a resigned sigh, he sat down on the couch and opened his book again. He found his pencil and started to work on a page for a few minutes. Then he couldn't help himself.
"Is not my fault you know..." The tone of his voice indicated he thought that it at least partially was his fault, but didn't want to admit it. "English has silly words that mean too many things."
"Catch is in the sports, and in fishing... So what you mean now?" He hesitated slightly, but he wanted to know so that he could fit in better. "Is a bad thing or a good thing, so I know if I need be mad at you for call me name?"
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Post by Health on Jun 11, 2006 20:56:11 GMT -5
"No kidding, all the silent 'e's, 'ing,' etc etc. I'm surprised you survived it this long," Ellen said her eyes becoming unglued to the tv and looking at Piotr, "Um, let's see, I'm sure toy had pretty girls where you come from. And all the guys wanted to court her? That's how you are to the girl's here at the school. Your unattached, good looking, you have a nice body, and a cute accent to boot. So consitering it all there are a lot of girls here that would like to court you," Ellen said trying to explain it the best she could.
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Post by colossus on Jun 11, 2006 21:07:48 GMT -5
"Oh... So is good thing."
"Girls, they 'want' me?" Piotr shifted uncomfortably, not quite sure how he felt about that. When he left Russia he was a teenager, and hadn't had much contact with girls. The situation was a bit new. "What I should do about it?"
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Post by Health on Jun 11, 2006 21:10:42 GMT -5
"Well I guess get out there and date," Ellen said, smiling and shrugging, "Or tell everyone your gay, but that might attract a different type of crowd for you," she mentioned and looked thoughtful, "I'm not really sure, but I guess you should just go with the flow, you know. Not worry about it to much and take everything one day at a time. And of course have some fun, a lot of the girls that are interested are really interesting."
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Post by colossus on Jun 11, 2006 21:19:16 GMT -5
"I think I maybe try that." Piotr shrugged. "I just do what I do every day then..." With a little nod, he went back to his work, occationally looking at the TV.
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Post by Health on Jun 11, 2006 21:22:14 GMT -5
Ellen nodded and reverted the glaze back to the tv, occasionally glancing at what Piotr was writing, 'You know," she said clearing her throat, "I'm pretty decet at English, if you need help I could throw in my two cents."
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