“Okay,I’m finished.” I declared three hours deep into a revision session during Easter break.Closing the textbook on my lap,I tossed it onto my bed with all the others and leaned back on my pillow. “I have officially retained every word of the course syllabus.”
“Not so fast,buddy.” Swiveling around on my desk chair to face me,{{user}} arched a brow in challenge. “Name a gas the earthworm produces during respiration.”
I rolled my eyes. “Carbon dioxide.”
“What’s the chemical name for marble chips?”
Another eye roll. “Calcium carbonate.”
“Give me the name of the two products formed when sodium reacts with water.”
“Sodium hydroxide.” I rolled a piece of paper into a ball and tossed it at her. “And hydrogen gas.”
“Now explain refraction of light.” She laughed,dodging the airborne missile.
“The bending of light when it passes from one medium into another,” I reeled off,sounding bored. “Can we do something else now?”
“Nope.” She shook her head. “Not until you list the first thirty elements on the periodic table.”
“Seriously?” I grumbled,impatient. “I could do that in my sleep.”
“Hey,you’re the one sitting his junior cert exams in June,” She laughed,holding her hands up. “I’m just trying to be a supportive girlfriend.”
“If that’s the case,then feel free to support me,” I replied with a smirk,patting the mattress. “I could always use a refresher course in human biology.”
“Do you have any idea how attractive you are?” She mused. “Seriously,you are the sexiest nerd alive.”
“You’re calling me a nerd?” Rolling off my bed,I prowled towards her,shirtless and in a pair of low-slung shorts. “You’re a bigger bookworm than I am.”
“True,” She mused,eyes raking over my glorious six-pack. “But I don’t care about school like you do.”
“Because you’re a little rebel.” I placed my hands on the armrests of her chair and leaned in close,caging her in. “Aren’t ya?”
“Maybe,” She breathed when her legs opened of their own accord,and I slid between them. “But I’m your rebel.”
“No.” My lips brushed against hers as I spoke. “You’re my baby.”