The Adventures of The Procrastinator!
"HAH!" He shouted triumphantly. "And I'll say it again! HAH!"
"You know you won't get through that pile of papers just by saying 'hah' over and over again, Theo," replied Nessa, rolling her eyes.
"HAH! HAH! HAH!... HAH!" Theo replied. "I wish it did. It was my best impersonation of Archimedes too."
"Three things wrong with that. One, you never knew good ol' Archie, two, none of us know what he would've sounded like, and three, you'd been better off saying 'Eureka' and be on topic for once because we all know you never are,"
"Yet, you shower me with adoration every step of the way,"
"And you continue to delude yourself,"
There were a pile of papers scattered around on the table which Theo was working at. He simply started at it, willing it all to be done. Efforts in futility that he usually partakes in until a few hours before the due date. He keeps reminding himself that he had to start work but he never does.
"Professor Slogworthy's efforts were always rendered moot by The Procrastinator!" He said loudly.
"How articulate, now if you could just put your deliciously amazing vocabulary to good use and stop bothering me? I'm trying to read a book." She replied. "After which," she continued curtly, "I have to go out and have a drink with a few people at the coffee shop down the street."
"Parts of me hate you, right now."
Both sat quietly in their respective nooks, Nessa with her nose buried deep within her copy of Good Omens. Seconds pass into minutes and minutes to three hours. Theo's fingers were tapping on the space-bar of his computer, alternating to the backspace button to get rid of a multitude of empty spaces. Occasionally, he'd press 'A' for some time and delete that too. Nessa checked on her friend every now and again and her brows would furrow in disdain. He hadn't even started.
"Well, we've been here for more than enough hours, I'm going for a beverage run and maybe a little chat with Mendel and Chianti. If you want anything, text me. I'll be back in a few," Nessa said before getting up.
She chucked her book on the table next to her, picked up her bag and walked towards the door.
"I'd like peppermint tea, please," Theo said. "This mind of mine will not shut the fuck up, I can't start work until I stop being riled up all the time."
Nessa sighed loudly before she shook her head and left. Theo went back to staring at his screen.
"You know you won't get through that pile of papers just by saying 'hah' over and over again, Theo," replied Nessa, rolling her eyes.
"HAH! HAH! HAH!... HAH!" Theo replied. "I wish it did. It was my best impersonation of Archimedes too."
"Three things wrong with that. One, you never knew good ol' Archie, two, none of us know what he would've sounded like, and three, you'd been better off saying 'Eureka' and be on topic for once because we all know you never are,"
"Yet, you shower me with adoration every step of the way,"
"And you continue to delude yourself,"
There were a pile of papers scattered around on the table which Theo was working at. He simply started at it, willing it all to be done. Efforts in futility that he usually partakes in until a few hours before the due date. He keeps reminding himself that he had to start work but he never does.
"Professor Slogworthy's efforts were always rendered moot by The Procrastinator!" He said loudly.
"How articulate, now if you could just put your deliciously amazing vocabulary to good use and stop bothering me? I'm trying to read a book." She replied. "After which," she continued curtly, "I have to go out and have a drink with a few people at the coffee shop down the street."
"Parts of me hate you, right now."
Both sat quietly in their respective nooks, Nessa with her nose buried deep within her copy of Good Omens. Seconds pass into minutes and minutes to three hours. Theo's fingers were tapping on the space-bar of his computer, alternating to the backspace button to get rid of a multitude of empty spaces. Occasionally, he'd press 'A' for some time and delete that too. Nessa checked on her friend every now and again and her brows would furrow in disdain. He hadn't even started.
"Well, we've been here for more than enough hours, I'm going for a beverage run and maybe a little chat with Mendel and Chianti. If you want anything, text me. I'll be back in a few," Nessa said before getting up.
She chucked her book on the table next to her, picked up her bag and walked towards the door.
"I'd like peppermint tea, please," Theo said. "This mind of mine will not shut the fuck up, I can't start work until I stop being riled up all the time."
Nessa sighed loudly before she shook her head and left. Theo went back to staring at his screen.
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