Square nothing [Zo]

[Lucas Blacke]

''I've gotta do whatnow? With who now?''

He knew he wasn't all that into doing schoolwork but he never would have guessed he was about to fail, and in math for fucks sake! He didn't know anything about math besides E=mc² or something. Thanks for that one, Hawking.

So when he was kept aside as the room slowly emptied out and he got told he'd needed to do extra work to be able to keep up he almost flipped a bitch. And what made the entire deal about him having to do extra work worse was the fact he was assiigned a partner. Most likely some smartass bitch who wanted them to do something they'd actually learn something with.

''I've got a calculator, who needs math with one of those?'' He rebuttled and made it clear he didn't want to do this by just pointing out everything everyone had ever defended themselves with in math. He didn't even own the necessary tools for the class, let alone the smarts to produce something good. Maybe with some luck though he'd be able to convince this smartass partner of his to do the work for him, keep him in the race. If they depended on Luke to do work they'd undoubtedly fail. And possibly even fail failing.

When he asked about what he should make it about to get the extra points he needed he was bluntly told to just take a seat and figure it out. ''The fuck do ya even do in this class for extra points?'' He whispered to himself as he looked around and saw that everyone had left besides one student. Possibly the smartass he'd be saddled up with. He did get a name, but right now they didn't really matter to him.

''Psst.'' He leaned over a bit in her direction - this her wasn't bad looking by the way - and whispered for her attention. ''Yer the one I gotta work with? Ya ready to fail this?''

He was bent on not doing anything. Except maybe hit on her.

[Zoelle Heroux]

Zo had practically make a career out of skating through classes. Which is why situations like this was so rare. She did the bare minimum and it always worked for her. It was what she was best at really. After all, despite the popular opinion that she was dumb, she actually wasn't. She just didn't care. It really was that simple.

Except that she had gotten the dates mixed up and that had put her math average grade below passing.

She was still kicking herself for that because now she'd get in trouble and have to actually work on something. What a drag. She had far better things to with her time than some stupid assignment. With a partner no less. Her last partner assignment had turned out to be a real dragged, so she hoped this partner would be more cooperative.

Honestly, she wasn't even sure what she was supposed to be doing at this point.

The teacher had snagged her before class and demanded that she stay after. As the students filtered out she guessed that the boy that was appearing rather annoyed with the teacher was meant to be her partner in this lovely little assignment. Sure enough, he started whispering for her attention.

At first she just gave him a look. "No shit, Sherlock," she replied sarcastically, not even flinching when the teacher glared her way. Still, his question about failing made her smirk a little. "Do I look like a teacher's pet to you?" she whispered back. She tousled her colorfully streaked hair, tossing it over her shoulder, revealing her eyebrow piercing more clearly.

Her gaze shifted to the front as the teacher instructed them to work before leaving the room - something about making copies or something? She didn't really care. At least now they didn't have to whisper.

"At least a math assignment is easy enough to fake, right?" she said, pulling out her phone and pulling up an app that provided answers to any equations she snapped a photo of. "I figure a few random problems and that should get everyone off our backs. Enough of a grade with pretty much no work. Gotta love technology."

Her gaze shifted back to her partner. "But if I share the credit with you, you're gonna owe me." After all, she wasn't the sort to do anything just to be nice. Everything had strings.

[Lucas Blacke]

He was a Sherlock now and was proud of that fact, completely ignoring that it wasn't something to be proud of. But her comment actually confirmed that she was a bit of a smart aleck, and maybe this meant she was smart and would be able to do the assignment, which he still wasn't sure of even if he did take the time to think it over, with ease. The only thing Luke needed to do was sit back and figure out a way to get her to share the credit with him.

The way he saw it that wouldn´t be a problem. She was hot and didn´t blow him off even if it was because of some forced partnership, this could work, he figured. Flatter her a bit and promote himself, offer up some compensation for whatever it was she had in mind and that´d be it. Easiest assignment ever.

So when she took out her phone and started mentioning something resembling an idea Luke grew a smile and leaned back with his hands behind his head, closing his eyes. ''Sounds good.'' He said moving his brows a bit to indicate he was still listening. ''To everythin' ya just said. I ain't above owin' anyone anythin'.'' If everything went according to what he had in his mind she´d spend a few minutes or however long it took working on the assignment and he would spend that time thinking up valid compensation, though his mind clearly raced to what he wanted first.

''How 'bout ya do this assignment for us and I'll rock yer world?'' He offered up. ''That do it for ya?''

[Zoelle Heroux]

His reaction earned another smirk. "Yeah, I bet you like the sound of that," she muttered, though her voice wasn't overly filled with disdain at the moment. Normally she was in his position, taking advantage of some goody two shoes.

Not that she was one. Not in the least.

She didn't care about grades or failure. The only thing she cared about was avoiding the hassle of dealing with teachers and administration and threats of being held back and all that nonsense. Better to keep her grades just high enough that she could skate by and no one ever expected more of her.

Still, now she was in a position of power, and that was something she liked. She had the leverage, now they were just playing the game to figure out a price. The important thing was that he was willing. "Well, I'm open to negotion," she offered even as she set about copying the answers down. After all, she was going to do the work - it was just a question of if she'd claim it was a group effort or not.

His offer had her laughing though. "Really? You think it's going to be that simple?" She shook her head. "Besides, I have standards you know. It's too soon to say if you measure up." Zo smirked. She wasn't saying no - she was all about keeping her options open - but that was too easy. Agreeing now would mean missing at least half the fun.

[Lucas Blacke]

''I do, I do.'' He replied. This girl wasn't like the others he'd known, or so he thought. What he thought at this very moment made him open his eyes and look at her, blatantly scanning her over. ''Yeah, yer hot. I wouldn't mind doin' ya.'' After all, he did need experience, or.. wanted experience. He didn't need to learn anything due to his ability just telling him how to move and everything. This went all kinds of ways actually, he could just think of whatever other people wrote down and write down the exact same thing. But doing that to get grades, although it having bore fruit in the past was a bit too much of a hassle. Besides, the hot one was doing the work in this case, he didn't need to do anything except relax and let her work it out.

It didn't really occur to him he was making her do this, using her, even. But when he finally did realize this he began to wonder. Did he really take advantage of her? Didn't she offer it up in the first place in return for a favor? Maybe he'd just have to make himself last a bit longer or something just to get that thought out of his mind.

When she mentioned negotiating while working out their assignment she got a chuckle in return. ''So we're doin' this now.'' He said. ''I'm startin' to like ya.'' He added as he went back to leaning back and putting his arms over his chest. ''I made my offer, now you make one.''

''Though I highly suggest takin' me up on my orignal offer. I'm a fuckin' great lay if I may say so myself. I even have someone ya can talk to if yer not sure, Jen, I think her name was. Hopefully yer less sweet.''

[Zoelle Heroux]

Zo grinned at his assessment of her. "Oh trust me, you wouldn't and the reasons for that don't just end at my devastating good looks," she teased. After all, she was by no means inexperienced. She was good and she knew it - no sense in trying to keep that a secret. "But, just because you'd enjoy it doesn't mean that's your best bargaining chip," she said with a smirk.

She focused for a moment on copying the answers from her phone, careful to make a few errors here and there. After all, the easiest way to get caught cheating was to have a perfect assignment. Especially when you were currently failing the class. As long as there were more answers right than wrong, that was all that mattered in the end.

At least he was doing good at playing along. Maybe he might be worth spending a little quality time with - but that would be an extracurricular activity, not payment. After all, she might enjoy a good fling, but that didn't mean it was worth the effort of doing an assignment. It wasn't nearly valuable enough in her mind. Fun, but easy enough to get. After all, just look at her.

Her head snapped up though as he mentioned Jen. She was the closest that Zo had to a best friend after all. More than that though, there was a particular guy that Zo had been trying to get her to spill about - a Hammel student with a very useful skill. "Oh, so you're that guy," she said with a raise of her eyebrow. "I'm certainly less sweet and far better company," she began, unable to resist the small dig at her friend. They had a very competitive relationship. "But I'm not in a habit of bedding my friend's leftovers." She still wasn't saying no. Part of her was curious, but she also knew that Jen would probably flip if she did go there.

"Well, there's always the standard offer of money, which I'm naturally willing to accept," she started. Of course, her English partner had offered to pay her a nice chunk for working on that assignment so she wasn't especially wanting for cash, but it was still an option. Personally though, she preferred another route. "Or you could simply owe me a favor that I can call in whenever I choose." She did always love that option.

[Lucas Blacke]

..how did she know Jen? Wasn't Jen in college or some shit? Although, Luke knew her so why should this be any different? It was funny though how things worked out like this, he'd tried to call her some time ago and now he was ''working'' with one of her friends in Hammel. It had to be fate. Any friend of Jen was sure to answer to some kind of.. carnal payment, surely.

But some of the things she said did surprise him a bit, mostly for the good though there was one particular thing he wasn't too happy with. For one, this girl mentioned him being that guy, so he was led to the assumption Jen had mentioned him, first time he had gotten a verbal advertisment for that kind of thing. He felt flattered to say the least. And the less sweet and better company thing was something he'd need to remember AND figure out for himself. And what she said next kind of dashed that opportunity for him.

She didn't bed her friends leftovers. Though the actually word was ''habit'' and that could easily be broken he didn't feel right when called a leftover. ''I'm all but a leftover, hon.'' He said, unfolding his arms and looking at her with a smile as he scooted a bit closer. ''If anythin' Jen is my leftover. She made me finish early. Haven't met anyone able to cope with my stamina.''

He winked at her and teasingly licked his lips. So far more work had been put into trying to work this girl than he would have the assignment. But at least she was worth it. ''Sadly I can't help ya with the money shit. Still buyin' stuff for my car.''

''But!'' He exclaimed. ''I don't doubt that someone as hot as ya are has any trouble coming up with a great idea.'' He winked. ''As long as it ain't school related.''

[Zoelle Heroux]

Her smirk returned at his retort. "Oh really now?" Was he really that impressive? From what little Jen had said, Zo guessed she had been pretty satisfied with the experience... Admittedly it was a little weird, but intriguing all the same. "Why, that almost sounds like a challenge."

It would probably be a mistake, but she had always had impulse issues...

"Well, you might convince me yet," she conceded, still playing coy. The chase was part of the fun after all. "She'd be furious with me I'm sure but... you might find a way to make it worth my while. Maybe."

Was she really considering this? Well, that was a dumb question. Of course she was.

Her smirk widened ever so slightly as he gave a wink. She rewarded him by shifting slightly to lean forward, allowing her low neckline to become a little more revealing in the process as she pretended to pout. "That's a pity. I'm saving up for a new tat." Not that she was really that upset, but a little acting never hurt anyone.

"Oh trust me, school is the last thing on my mind," she said with a teasing wink.

[Lucas Blacke]

She was throwing words at him but all he really heard was ''Lets play a game!'' and he was good as all hell at those type of games. Playing along was little effort though letting her do the work they had to do proved to be the major kink in his plan. Playing was fun, but touching was even more fun. There was something between them even if just a common playground, but maybe they needed to put fun aside for a bit to really go at it later on. Decisions decisions.

At this point he was pretty sure it was all just a game they decided to play. How long had they been in the same room, talking to each other? A few minutes at best? Luke had no real issues with that though, and maybe she didn't either. But the safe assumption for now was that it was just a game, a game two could play and a game Lucas was sure he'd win.

''Not maybe. It'd be worth yer while.'' He replied as if stating a fact everyone should know, which he figured they did. ''An' Jen don't need to know. If ya want I'm all yers for however long ya please.''

He shifted a miniscule bit when she leaned forward and showed him a bit of her goods and Luke thanked god he had an ability that prevented his face from showing anything, though that didn't keep him from enjoying what he saw. ''I'm sure we could work somethin' out on that front if ya really need it.'' He replied as he saw her pout, luckily he knew it wasn't a real pout as, like he figured before, it was just a game. ''Who do we kid 'nyway? Money makes friends.''

''Ya scratch my back and I'll scratch yers. And give ya money. And probably more.''

[Zoelle Heroux]

It was all a game, and at this point, Zo wasn't entirely sure who was ahead. Not that she was going to let that show. When in down, fake it. That was her motto. She wasn't about to let him see her sweat let alone doubt. She was far too guarded for anything like that to slip through. Besides, there was something almost dangerous about playing the game and not knowing the outcome.

"You're sure full of yourself," she said, raising an eyebrow. She was still deciding if that was a good thing or a bad thing at this point, but she was thinking she liked it. After all, it was rather like her really. Still, his promise about Jen never knowing did make the offer more tempting. After all, what was one more secret to keep? Especially if it was one as good as it was being talked up to be. She didn't hold back as a grin spread across her lips. "Now that is an offer that's almost too good to refuse..." she purred. And she wasn't refusing. But she could toy with him some more still... anticipation made all the difference really.

"Sounds like you know how to spoil a girl," she said with a smile. She certainly wasn't going to say no, that was for damn sure. She chuckled a little. "That is certainly does. Who knows, maybe we'd be very good friends." Of course, the tone of her voice implied more than she said.

"Always a good start," she agreed, though her eyebrow lifted at the end of his sentence. "More? Do tell. I'm curious to know just what more you have in mind," she answered with a smirk, pausing for a moment in her writing to focus on him. This assignment was getting more and more interesting by the minute.

[Lucas Blacke]

After everything she said he realized two things, one of them was that she didn't say no and was talked into shit pretty easily, and the second one was that she didn't really say anything about how good she was, or if she was any good at all. Still, with the way she looked and acted it was pretty much implied that she got around a bit so she'd be at least adequate when it came down to it. Not that it really mattered anyway, Luke was experienced enough for the both of them and unlike the hotness in his presence he wasn't above saying so just to make people think about him.

Funny how being lazy fucked up so many things, but wasn't all bad. After all, being lazy in this very situation had landed him a pretty good looking opportunity, and one that did his work for him, no less. And they had almost agreed upon what he wanted himself anyway, so this one could be described as a double win. Triple win, even. He'd get extra credit, get a friend, and make her ''work'' for him. Today was a good day. And it wasn't even over yet, maybe she'd find a way to make it better.

''No one is tellin' ya to try an' find reasons to refuse, doll.'' He told her with a wink, eyes still clearly on her goods as he leaned in closely. ''Gonna sweeten the deal for ya. Phonenumber, free cab, friends with benefits, an' money. An' all I really want in return is the assignment an'.. well.. you.''

'''course the teach is gone for now, so ya could go ahead an' try out yer new ride, see if that helps ya make a decision.''

[Zoelle Heroux]

Zo rolled her eyes when he called her doll. This one really was over the top. He was trying really hard too. Of course, she knew she was worth the effort - really, she could hardly blame him - but she still wondered if there wasn't something more motivating him. Not that it really mattered, but it was an interesting thought nonetheless.

She ignored his blatant stare for the moment, pretending to be too focused on the assignment and pondering over his offer. It was a rather good offer really. But she planned to draw the negotiation process out as long as possible. Once she agreed, the game was nearly over. Besides, this guy definitely seemed to like the chasing aspect. Who was she to deny him some fun?

"That is a very nice offer," she agreed finally. "But I'm not sure yet. It seems a little... unbalanced. I mean, you'd be getting all of this after all," she said, gesturing to herself as she gave him a wink. "I guess I might still need a little persuasion," she concluded with a smirk.

His offer of a test drive did get a raise of her eyebrow. She didn't want to get in trouble when the teacher did return, but she wasn't a prude either after all. Her mind was already calculating just how much they could probably get away with.

"Oh? And just what are you suggesting exactly?" she asked, her attention once again focused on him.

[Lucas Blacke]

She got a little chuckle out of him. Yeah, he'd be getting all that but she would be getting all of him in return, it seemed like a more than fair deal at the time. Not that he minded going a little overboard, some people were worth it either way. And she didn't come across as prude or anything so she could be able to make his drives a bit more satisfying. Sadly there was the aspect of feelings to follow, he wasn't sure how to handle that if it ever happened. Being more than friends with someone like here was fun to say the least, but there wasn't really any saying if she would feel the same way, or if they could even get along without money being involved.

He rose his brow a bit and tilted his head slightly. ''All of ya? For real?'' This changed everything. He sat up, finally paying more attention to her than he had done before and licked his lips. ''Because Jen didn't. Might hafta sweeten the deal a bit after all..''

He looked around the classroom when she asked what he was suggesting, probably with the test drive mention. He shot her a sly smile and leaned in after having a near constant rain of ideas pour down his noggin. ''Oh I dunno..'' He teased as he let his hand drop to his pants, trying to get something of a hint across.

''Ya could do somethin' that would be quiick, or we could bar the door with somethin' an' take our sweet ass time. I would surely take my sweet time.'' He said as he mimicked licking her.

''Might be fun to drive stick for once.''

[Zoelle Heroux]

She bit her lip slightly as she continued to consider the situation. He seemed pretty focused on the physical so she hoped that he really meant it when he said friends with benefits. Zo didn't do relationships. She didn't do commitment. She didn't do strings at all really. There were people she had fun with, but she didn't do any kind of meaningful bond. That was a hard limit for her. She hoped that wouldn't turn out to be an issue with him. It would be a damn shame.

"Really?" she asked in disbelief. "I never thought Jen was such a prude," she muttered, more to herself than anything. Still, a smug smirk spread across her lips. More proof that she was the better of the two.

Zo bit back a laugh though at his not-so-subtle hint. Guys always thought they were so clever. It made it all the easier to toy with them. She gave a girlish giggle as he elaborated, playing along.

"Well..." she started to say as she laid her hand on his knee. She began to lean in closer, her hand slowly sliding up his leg. But she stopped just shy of a kiss. "Or, perhaps we should focus on the work that needs done," she said, pulling back. She was nothing if not a bit of a tease.

After all, she liked some risk, but what he was talking about was grounds for major trouble. She was far too sneaky to risk getting caught in such a position. "Look at it this way. We can finish up the assignment, leave it on the desk and get out of here to have some real fun, what do you say?"

[Lucas Blacke]

On second thought, maybe just being friends with added benefits wouldn't be such a problem. Perhaps he'd turn into a guy chasing poon and she'd be there to bathe in his stories or something, yeah, that could work. Hopefully she wouldn't get jealous though, though her getting jealous seemed like not happening seeing her acting this fun and up to the game in something other people would see as serious.

When he had put his hand on his pants and saw her follow his example by leaning in on top of laying her hand on his knee he smirked. Whether she'd go through with it or not, the predator had caught its prey. Besides, she wouldn't be this much of a tease to just do stuff like rile him up to end up doing nothing with it, right? Hell, he practically promised her everything he had, if that wasn't good enough to get at least one fun day he didn't know what was.

But this whole thing did open up possibilities, why go around telling girls you loved them if you could just pay them instead? Or have them pay you, like Luke had. She might not have known it but what he only really offered up as compensation for the assignment credit was himself, the free drive and phonenumber and shit, as well as the money, were just because he didn't really mind it. Sure, she was the only one he'd tell this to, but anyone needing a ride was free to come to him. He loved driving.

And she happened to be one of his rides.

''Ah, ya do jokes as well.'' He said a his hand went to the place she'd just pulled hers from, stating that they'd need to focus on the assignment before they could have some real fun. ''Funny girl.'' He added as he teasingly rubbed his hand up and down over his own pants. ''I'll skip focusin' on our assignment. I'm not the one doin' shit 'ere. After all, ya were the one offerin' to do this.''

Finally he leaned in to her and smirked. ''But yeah, fun sounds good. Anythin' for some good ol' recreational therapy.''