[b][i][u]Crash[/b][/i][/u]

Crash saw the slight color change in her cheeks, he smiled at her but he was confused now. [i]She avoided my question...[/i] He rocked back and forth on his chair as Kathy spoke to Eric, his eyes drifting from one to the other as they spoke. “So Eric what are you studying here?” Crash asked, smiling brightly he hoped he wasn't being too intrusive asking Eric that. 

Crash looked at Kathy as she suddenly turned to him. His face scrunched into a frown, as he listened to what she was saying, the knot in his stomach tightening further. “...That would explain a lot actually...I don’t see how asking how long I’d known Cyrus is a particularly good chat up line on her part but then I don’t really get it anyway” He admitted, setting his chair back down watching Kathy’s strained smile as she continued.[i]What are you getting at?[/i] “Of course I was being nice, if I wasn't nice to people it wouldn't be safe for me to walk down the hallway...you know how clumsy I am” He actually sounded a tad defensive now, he chewed the inside of his lip as she shook her head disapprovingly. 

 “What message? The ‘I’m perfect boyfriend material because I’m nice’ one ” Crash jested, though his jaw had tightened and his smile didn't quite reach his eyes. [i]Why do I feel guilty?! I haven’t done anything[/i] He watched her touch her bandaged hand. “Despite what you’re thinking, I only take care of people I genuinely care about...” Crash murmured, suddenly very uncomfortable with this conversation probably not as much as Eric was by now. 

Crash looked away for a moment rubbing the back of his neck. “I’m not very good at this Kathy...I’m sorry OK, I didn't mean to appear to give that girl the wrong idea. I’ll be more careful” He murmured, his cheeks a little flushed as he tried to smile evenly but he was worried, that much was obvious, he was terrible at hiding his emotions. [i]That wasn't what I wanted to say...[/i] He was aware he had probably crossed the line. “I’d already told her I wasn't interested anyway, so can we please move on from this conversation?” He pleaded, looking sheepishly up at Zivon as he approached the table.

“Hey Ziv, how are you doing?” He asked, smiling brightly at the other student, he watched Zivon sit down and look at Eric. “Erm Zivon this is Eric, Eric meet Zivon a friend of ours” Crash felt better introducing them to each other before he went quiet as Zivon spoke to them. “Don’t worry about it...yesterday was pretty hard hitting” Crash shrugged, leaning back on his chair again. He grinned at Zivon’s suggestion. “If there’s good food count me in” Crash agreed quickly. “How’d it go in the infirmary last night?” He asked with a slight grimace.