time travel is real

rory thorne | nerd

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ervcahall‌:

“Can’t say that I have. I really don’t care what people think of me if that isn’t obvious. Why do you get embarrassed so easily? You actually have this quiet confidence about you, but I could be mistaking it for your big brain,” Erica shrugged. “I think you don’t give yourself enough credit. Just because no one’s calling you cute out loud doesn’t mean they aren’t thinking it. I’m sure there’s someone in this school who’s got the hots for you and you don’t even know it. And I’m not about to punch you again because you look good with a black eye,” she raised her brow. “Did you have to say that? Really? You have no friends so books are your friends? You’re killing me here, Rory.”

“The confidence is a facade, trust me. Surprised it’s even working. I get embarrassed all the time because I constantly do embarrassing things. I trip. I fall. I snort. You know the kid who accidentally calls the teacher mom? That’s me. Good thing constant ridicule builds character.” He said, matter of factly, as if it wasn’t borderline pathetic. “Alright, that was way too nice. You’re definitely trying to get me to let my guard down so you can hex me. I’m stealing your hair of the dog, I won’t be caught slipping.” He shot her an apologetic face; he was always killing someone. “What? It’s true.I used to read text books for fun in middle school.”

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tallybecker‌:

“Positive. I just have a good read on people. Maybe I’m psychic, who knows,” she joked in reply, grin forming on her lips afterward because even she couldn’t take herself too seriously. “Sorry, sorry. I’ve been cursed with no filter. For some reason. Did you do it on purpose?” She whispered the last question just loud enough for him to hear, each word laced with teasing because she was definitely kidding. A look of disbelief crossed her face as she listened to him, though she supposed she shouldn’t have been all that surprised by the lack of sympathy their classmates had offered him. Of course they were the types to say that it had been his fault for correcting him. “I can’t say I’m surprised that we go to school with a bunch of victim-blamers, but you aren’t gonna hear that from me. He’s the bad guy, end of story. Screw anyone who has their heads too far up their asses to see the truth for what it is.” 

“I know you’re kidding, at least I think you’re kidding.” He raised a brow. Rory was the opposite, he always got terrible reads on people.“No!” He answered loudly, realizing she was talking in a hushed tone for a reason. “I mean no. I don’t mess with property damage, that’s dangerous. I don’t bother with revenge either, so I’m just gonna nurse this black eye for awhile and hope it fades away sooner rather than later.” His face lit up as she went on, appreciative she was on his side. It was almost sad how happy common decency made him. “You’re not so bad, Tally Becker, you know that? I mean. I’m pretty sure your image goes against that, you’re supposed to be a scary coven witch leader who can light fires with her eyes, but -- you’re kinda a softie.”

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ervcahall‌:

“Please stop. You’re making me feel some kind of emotion I’m not very familiar with… what’s it called? Embarrassment? Yeah, that’s it. I called you cute, doofus. Big deal. It’s probably just the black eye. Anyway, I asked if you just Google random things all day - is that how you know everything?”

“Are you telling me you’ve never been embarrassed before? I get embarrassed like it’s my job. It is a big deal. Do you know how often I get called cute? Never. Unless you count when my aunts do it, but I don’t. That’s weird and the pinch cheeking cancels out the compliment. When my eye gets better if you change your mind, I give you permission to punch me again. It’s in my best interest. Google is my buddy, so yeah, I do that sometimes. I read more than anything. I don’t have a lot of friends, so books are my friends.”

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corriward‌:

“Strongly worded letter goes far in academics, in conflicts it can get shoved in unpleasant places. Lucky for you though, I need a strongly worded essay about Frances’s state during WWII, think you can help?”

“Thank you for making me imagine a paper cut I never want to have. Oh heck yeah, I’m all over that. History’s a piece of cake, especially WWII. When’s it due?”

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gcorgicsxnford‌:

There he goes.. Georgie watched him as he went on his little rant, thinking he had to explain victim blaming to her when she was doing anything but. Her head tilted as she looked at him curiously, a finger raising to rest on her chin as though in deep thought. “Did I say you deserved it? I don’t recall that word ever leaving my lips.” Because it didn’t and they both knew that. “You’re making a lot of assumptions about what I’m saying. I was only offering another point of view which you have every right to disagree with. You were playing with fire correcting an imbecile and you were burned. It happens” When he threw her own words back at her, Georgie smirked, “So he does learn. And quickly at that.”

“That, right there. You saying I was playing with fire by correcting him. That’s what I’m talking about.” He gestured to her. She obviously knew what she was doing, he didn’t understand why she was suddenly acting as if she wasn’t assigning blame. It went against literally everything she’d said before. “Instead of talking about how ridiculous he was for reacting to someone correcting him with violence, you’re going on some tangent at me over how I should’ve known better and that I upset someone regardless of my intentions. I know it’s hard for people like you to admit when you’ve done something wrong, but playing devil’s advocate for someone like him implies you think, on some level, I deserved it. You’re supporting him.”

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ofjasmines‌:

“ just because you can make something look kind of similar to something else does not mean it’s the same thing ! and I will always be able to tell the difference . ” she ranted , her arms flailing in the air dramatically . “ i’ll never understand why people waste their time with knockoffs . it’s embarrassing , dehumanizing and totally disrespectful towards the true authentic designers .  ”

Rory looked down at his feet, then back up at Jasmine who somehow was still ranting and raving. She could really talk. “Sheesh. My grandma’s blind in one eye, give her a break. She thought these were real Adidas!” He thought so too, up until she pointed out they weren’t.

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ervcahall‌:

Taking a step back, Erica folded her arms across her chest. “Wow. You really do know your shit. What do you do? Just get curious about stuff and Google them or what? You can’t just automatically know everything about everything. Why would I curse you? You’re kind of cute for a dork.”

“Did you just...did Erica Hall just call me cute? Kind of cute, so you’re on the fence about it, but -- you said it. You put it out there. Erica crowds part like the red sea when they see me coming Hall. Wow. Wh- what did you ask before? I forgot. Something about Google? No. No, I didn’t create Google. That was some other guy. A less cute guy.”

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tallybecker‌:

“Oh, absolutely. I could even decorate it for you. I mean, I’m a terrible artist, but I can draw some pretty mean stick figures,” she joked, continuing to attempt to make light of the situation because she could tell Rory was truly bothered. “So your dad was one of those guys who peaked in high school and thinks every guy should be a he-man, sports-playing jock who brags about every injury he got scoring in a game?” she teased, not trying to poke fun at his dad, which was made obvious by the playful grin that formed on her lips after the words left her. “That’s the stupidest reason ever to punch someone. Of course it was a big guy. I hope you at least did some damage to the motorcycle when you accidentally knocked it over– y’know, as a preemptive strike to the punch you didn’t know was coming.” 

“Wow. That’s spot on. Are you sure you don’t know my dad personally?” He joked. It was almost depressing what a cliche his father was, but it could’ve been worse. At least his dad was a nice jock who peaked in high school. Most of the time anyway. “Tally! You can’t just say that. I’m pretty sure he thought I did it on purpose, for some reason.” He tried to pull his lips in, stifling a laugh, but it didn’t work. “And apparently some people think I’m at fault for correcting him in class. Like I’m the bad guy because I embarrassed him, as if he didn’t literally hit me over something stupid like that. I should’ve known better, eh?”

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gcorgicsxnford‌:

“Your GPA proves it for you - that’s exactly what I’m talking about. If you’re so smart just be smart. You don’t have wave your GPA around like some of these idiots wave their dicks around.” Georgie didn’t feel the need to remind people of her academic achievements, she wasn’t a nerd and that wasn’t what she was known for. “Maybe you weren’t trying to shame him in front of everyone, that doesn’t mean you didn’t. It’s the same thing when you upset someone and you say you didn’t mean to…it doesn’t fucking matter, you still did.”

“I don’t think you understand what it means to wave your GPA around. If I were waving it, I would’ve actually said what my GPA was rather than just mention it.” He explained, not realizing it was something that needed an explanation. His brows furrowed, scanning the area to see if there was some sort of hidden camera around. She couldn’t be serious, could she? “You realize the guy hit me, right? I was literally physically assaulted by someone twice my size and regardless of what I did or said prior to that, that doesn’t mean I deserved to get hit. Drop all the f bombs you want, the only point it’s helping you get across is that you’re victim blaming. And if that’s not what you’re trying to do, well, it doesn’t matter if you mean to, you still are.”

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delyciaxquinn‌:

“Ah, I see. So, we have a modern day Romeo on our hands then?” she mused, playing along with the boy. “That’s the story I would go with. It even makes you cuter, in a sexy, romantic, bandit kinda way.”

“That’s exactly it. Didn’t you know, sexy, romantic bandit is my nickname? I’m like the Robin Hood of relationships. Stealing hearts wherever I go. I can’t stop it.”

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janeridley‌:

“No,” Jane inhaled loudly to feign offense,  “I would never. I’m a real hero, as a matter of fact! I did just offer you the perfect solution to your problem after all. So how did you end up getting hit anyway?”

“Whether or not it was the perfect solution is up for debate, but yes, it was a solution. I’ll give you that much. Some tattooed dumb dumb lost his cool after I corrected him in class, I accidentally bumped his motorcycle in the parking lot to really earn my black eye. Bad day for me all around. Story of my life.”

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corriward‌:

“Nothing like a punch to drive home the point i guess. If you need a lesson in street smarts I’m willing to trade my services for some help with this report”

“A strongly worded letter goes just as far in my book, just for future reference. Reports are my specialty. What’s your topic?”

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gcorgicsxnford‌:

“I also take my academics very seriously, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t go around correcting people’s grammar.” Georgie could tell he was quickly backtracking on this conversation which was a little entertaining, to say the least. “Being educated isn’t pretentious, feeling the need to prove it to everyone is the pretentious part.”

“That’s your prerogative. I personally don’t think people should get offended by being corrected. If you don’t know something, you don’t know it. It says more about him than it does me that his reaction to something that small is to react with violence. I wasn’t trying to shame him in front of the entire class like you’re implying. I also don’t need to go out of my way to prove anything to anyone, my GPA proves that for me.”

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ervcahall‌:

“Okay. Don’t ever try singing again. Leave that to the professionals. Why do both of those things, the song, and the movie, sound like they’re from two decades ago?“ Was she really that surprised? The kid was into Star Wars or whatever and that was from her parents time. “Do you even know what a witch is, Rory?”

“Um. Because they..may or may not be. You don’t like retro stuff?” He didn’t have the heart to break it to her that the song was like, from 45 decades ago. Apparently people didn’t like being corrected. Who knew. “Alchemy and brewing potions are elements of witchcraft, Love Potion Number 9 falls under that category. Unless you prefer dark magic, and necromancy and hexes are more your style. Please don’t curse me.”

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ervcahall‌:

She laughed at the witch comment before quickly brushing it off. “I don’t know what that is. Something to do with a space opera?”

“Are you -- you’re serious, aren’t you? It’s a song. You’ve never heard it? Love potion number ni-IIINe.” He sang the last line, trying to refresh her memory. Nothing. “It’s a movie too, I think. You -- you’ve really never -- I. But you’re supposed to be a witch.” 

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gcorgicsxnford‌:

“No, I don’t think so. Mmmm” She nodded slowly once more. “So you were being a pretentious, know-it-all, and the dimwit you corrected didn’t love it? Am I close?” That seemed like a much more honest picture of what happened. “See, the thing is when people want your help they normally ask. No one likes someone offering advice or criticism when they never asked for it.”

“Huh. Mean.” This conversation quickly spiraled out of control, and Rory didn’t know how to get it back. Was he really the bad guy here? “How is being educated pretentious? We’re in school you know. It’s not pretentious to want those around me to succeed and take their education as seriously as I do mine.”

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suckstobecarson‌:

“Okay, when you say it like that, it’s a little concerning. It’ll be fun to watch him suffer, but tone it down a little.”

“I live 0 to 60. I never tone anything down. Every old movie I’ve ever seen has the nerds being top dogs in the end, I should be allowed to get excited about it.”