Math notes.

I swear, it always seems to start with some form of notes for school for me. Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that I always fall asleep in class and forget to take notes. So I always have to borrow them from someone, or get help from someone while studying for the tests. If I would just stay awake in class it wouldn't be so bad...except that it's so hard!

So this time, it was math notes. I fell asleep during Professor Hart's calc lecture... again. And I borrowed Les's notes, again. She doesn't seem to mind it, since she's never said no, or told me to stay awake next time, or anything like that. But that might have something to do with what she gets out of it each time.

This time it was...not good. I gave them back to her after dinner yesterday, because I knew that she needed to study for the test too, though I doubt she ever even uses those perfect notes of her, genius that she is. But I still make sure to get them back with plenty of time in case she does use them.

"So, what do I owe you this time?" I asked her after giving them back.

She smiled, and just shook her head a little. "Nothing, it's free." Except that she was smirking, that little smile that means that she has something in mind, and if I didn't press it, it would be worse next time.

"Please..." I said, sarcastically. "As if you would ever give me something for free."

"No, really," she said.

"What do you want this time?" I asked her, and she smiled.

"Well, if you insist..." she said. Just the was she said it, I realized that I probably didn't want to hear it. She came up with scary things that she wanted, and I swear she knew exactly what it was that I didn't want to let her have, except that it was never bad enough that I ever considered not borrowing notes from her.

"Next time your nephew comes to visit, hook me up with him?" she said, giving me this disgustingly sweet smile.

"Which one?" I knew I didn't want to hear it. I was fairly sure she meant Kuro, who was at least old enough that he might be interested in girls, though if was anything like Nii-chan, that wasn't very likely. If she meant Ian or Ben, I would probably cut off all ties with her. Thirteen-year-old Kuro was young enough...ten would just be sick.

"Why, the older one, of course," she said, not that it made me feel any better.

"He's only thirteen, you know."

"So?"

I wasn't going to be able to convince her otherwise...and, of course, I did owe her for the notes. Of course, that didn't mean that Nii-chan wouldn't kill me for it in the end.