Pierce was leaning back in his desk, zoning out as usual. The drone of the class went on, and his eyes drifted drifted from the clock, to the window, to the front corner of the room, and then finally they settled on the back of the head of the girl sitting in front of him, Theresa. She was a very eccentric girl, a very easy target for his taunts. He was in the middle of formulating a clever insult when the word "project" came out of the teachers mouth.

Project? What? Immediately, his attention was fixed on the teacher as she explained the upcoming assignment. He frowned when she mentioned that she was assigning the teams. He had been planning to work with Jake or Andre, but of course, that was up to chance now. As soon as the teacher set up the poster, Pierce had been among those who dashed to the board to see the pairings. His eyes moved down the list until he saw it: Theresa and Pierce.

That was kind of a letdown. Of course he was paired off with the weirdest girl in class. Though the quiet and weird ones were usually the smartest. Or so he hoped.

He had already gone back to his chair when Theresa had stood up to "look" at the poster as well. She was the last one, of course, and was taking her good ol' time at it. Pierce didn't even know how she could read the writing with that blindfold over her eyes, but she seemed to register that she was paired with him when her hand dropped slowly from his name. He smirked.

When she returned to his chair, Pierce leaned forward to get closer to her.

"Welcome to hell," he whispered with a chuckle. "Just kidding, of course. Mostly." He sighed, and rubbed his eyes. "Let's just get this project done as quickly as possible, alright? Do you have any ideas?"