Tess: Okay. Well, we don't have to do anything 'love' related! We could play a game or - or take all those silly quizzes in the backs of magazines! Cheyenne has tons of them, waiting to be recycled. She wouldn't mind! Although, those might be love related, right? Oh dear.
Sutton: Whatever you'd like, Tessa.
Tess: I didn't mean to - I don't know, I didn't mean to upset you. I'm sorry if I did. I didn't mean to. Please don't be upset.
Sutton: I don't know. Despite what I tell most people, I don't know everything.
Tess: Okay. Well, we don't have to do anything 'love' related! We could play a game or - or take all those silly quizzes in the backs of magazines! Cheyenne has tons of them, waiting to be recycled. She wouldn't mind! Although, those might be love related, right? Oh dear.
Tess: There isn't always a reason, or a worth. Stories are just entertainment. But I don't know, I think that love is perhaps the most vulnerable of all emotions, and maybe the most lasting, as well! At least, I like to think that it is.
Sutton: Of course you would like to think that, T, everyone would.
Sutton: I'll have to man you up, I suppose. I just don't know, Tess, I don't really see their worth. At least with horror fiction there's the entertainment value, the implication of humanity's vulnerability, perhaps even corruptibility... Love on the other hand, is simply that. Lust that's been mistaken and will burn out soon after the book ends. It's the natural order of things, and we shouldn't be encouraged to think otherwise.
Tess: There isn't always a reason, or a worth. Stories are just entertainment. But I don't know, I think that love is perhaps the most vulnerable of all emotions, and maybe the most lasting, as well! At least, I like to think that it is.
Sutton: I'm kind of tired of love stories. If he gave us Dracula, well that's one thing. The Exorcist even, but not another love story.
Tess: Tired of love stories? I mean - that's totally your prerogative, but I couldn't imagine tiring of love stories! There are wonderful books that are without love, of course, but - well, I'm not going to jump at reading The Exorcist at any point in the near future. Or Dracula, for that matter - classic or not! The scene in Roman Holiday when Gregory Peck pretends to have his hand cut off in the statue is the scariest I can go, I'll admit it.
Tess: God, I could never take a math class as an elective! I took European Lit. I love to read, and I love history, and it was such a nice mix of both. Like a break in the middle of the day. I definitely suggest it! But I wouldn't want to keep you from anything you have to study!
Sutton: I'm covered. There's no way I'm finishing any of Mr. Beck's readings anyway. He's not even our teacher.
Sutton: I'm pretty solid at math, so I can give you a hand. I took Stat as an elective last year, Mr. Walsh was the nicest.
Tess: God, I could never take a math class as an elective! I took European Lit. I love to read, and I love history, and it was such a nice mix of both. Like a break in the middle of the day. I definitely suggest it! But I wouldn't want to keep you from anything you have to study!
Tess: Well, I have a math test tomorrow, and I'm just horrid at math. It's awful. So I'll want to look at that, but I'm up for anything, really! It will just be nice to get together.
Sutton: Exactly, I could really use someone to talk to. You know, someone I could actually trust or whatever. Wait... what math are you in again?
Tess: Oh, absolutely! I promise you can trust me with anything that's bothering you. Pinky promise! I'm in statistics. It is really interesting, actually, but I am just too abstractly-minded to do it sufficiently!
Sutton: Could we study together or something tonight?
Tess: Yes! Of course we can. Thank you for asking!
Sutton: You have anything in mind?
Tess: Well, I have a math test tomorrow, and I'm just horrid at math. It's awful. So I'll want to look at that, but I'm up for anything, really! It will just be nice to get together.
