"Annoying? Did they do anything in particular or just the usual ignorance?" he asked, sarcasm and humor mixed into his tone. "Yeah, those teacher's are just plain mean, giving you homework like that. What are they thinking?"

The offending finger and accusing tone brought a smile to his face. She seemed to be doing fine since she had energy to scold him. "Sorry about that."

Sensing she didn't want to talk about other girls right now, he acquiesced. "Alright, what do you want to talk about then?"