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Erik half listened to Michael talk about the eyeless men he saw, not particularly caring what it was that went on his mind. He paid slightly more attention to Maddy as she talked about being diagnosed with OCD. [color=00a651][i]'That explains why she was cleaning my room a while back... I wonder if I can get her to do it again?'[/i][/color] However, he was mostly interested in watching Teres's face as her face changed in response to Michael and Eric's comments, attempting to get a read on how she felt about his fellow housemates. He looked down at his plate and grabbed a few more bites of food before lunch ended. After a moment Teres spoke up again, Eric listened and let out a light chuckle. [color=00a651]"That's true I suppose, most of us do what we can to keep the peace and make it bearable. The classes drone on and on, but at least there are a few breaks in between to allow us our sanity. It's going to be quite a change unfortunately in these first few days, especially if you used the internet a lot outside. My advice: find a hobby. I do writing- though I can't say for sure what the others do."[/color] Erik paused for a moment and looked over at the nurses surveying them at a distance. He leaned in a little closer to Teres and softly whispered, [color=00a651]"There is not a whole lot to do in the evenings around here, but at the very least I know a way to get outside these rooms, if somewhat briefly, after most of the staff leave around 10 PM. Care to join?"[/color]

A nurse came around to the table and begin to usher them away back to their classes. Erik complied easily and went back to the dull lectures on subjects he already knew more about than their teacher. It was sometimes hard for Erik to truly comprehend how much less some of the people around him truly were. Still, he was forced to attend the classes, so on a blank piece of notebook paper he began to write out a list of things he might need for this evening if Teres joined him and when that was complete, his schedule for his first day out. It was a schedule he had written out many times before, but it helped him immensely to work on and continue to refine to fill in the dull hours. Boredom was the biggest threat at Ebott House, and it would be easy to succumb to it if his mind was not being properly utilized. Once class was over, he waved his hand to his housemates and said [color=00a651]"I am going upstairs to the gym."[/color]

Erik walked upstairs to his room and changed quickly into a workout outfit, long sleeved athletic shirts, workout  shorts, and high quality sneakers perfect for running. He went across the hall and entered the small gym complete with weights, mats, and exercise machines. Erik wrote out his exercise schedule on a dry erase board in the room and began to run on the treadmill to warm up.