No, they make it without incident

“Sorry we’re late!” Susan announced as she rushed into the room, noticing that the rest of their study group was already settled.

Ryan, the one who had originally suggested the group, was standing near the whiteboard, green marker already in hand, and had already drawn a couple diagrams on the board. Elizabeth was sitting with her back to the door, idly browsing her anatomy notes, and turned at Susan’s arrival, a smile on her face. Trevor, the last member of their group, was settled across from Liz, dark face sprawled in a deep frown at their late arrivals.

Troy, clumsy as ever, almost ran over Susan once again, stumbling between her and the wall to rush into the room. “We haven’t missed anything, have we?” He said as he regained his footing, somehow avoiding another intimate moment with the floor.

Unbeknownst to him, the ring on his finger grew warm, and everything changed.

“No, we’re just getting started.” Liz smiled up at them, nodding towards Ryan with her head. “Ryan’s still trying to find his markers” The man in question, who was still in the process of emptying his bag, groaned in a way that showcased his annoyance at that fact. “Trevor and I were deciding which unit we’d start with while we waited.”

Troy nodded as he took a seat next to Liz, stealing the spot from Susan before she could claim it. The brunette stared at the back on the boy’s head, Liz giving her an empathetic shrug. Supressing a sigh, Susan took the empty seat next to Trevor, the black teen gave her a wide smile as she joined his side of the table. “Hey Suzy! Glad you made it.”

Susan and Elizabeth shared a brief moment of eye-contact before the brunette replied, her tone curt and short. “You too Trev.” She said, opening her bag to extract her laptop.

Any additional discussion was cut short as Ryan yelled out in triumph, three colored markers held high in the air. The party turned to him as he rushed towards the nearest board. “Is everyone ready?” he asked upon arrival, sharpie already primed and ready.

“We still haven’t figured out which unit to start with.” The blonde girl next to Troy pointed out, turning back to her compatriots. “Any suggestions?”

“How about the cardiovascular or respiratory systems?” Troy proposed to the group. “Those are-“

“No, no” Susan shushed him from across the table. “We covered those before the midterm and our prof mentioned they wouldn’t be the focus of the final. We should focus on the more recent units first.”

“But-“

She eyed him from above her laptop. “Do you actually need help with pre-midterm material Troy?”

“Yes!” He exclaimed, glaring at her. “Those are the units I remember the least!”

“Susan’s right Troy” the man with the sharpie added from the table’s head, “we’re not starting with those units; we’ll cover them at the end. Now, how about…”

As Ryan trailed on about the remaining class material, Troy slouched down in his seat, silently stewing at his friend. His thoughts were mediated when Elizabeth placed her hand on his knee, drawing his attention to her.

“Go easy on her.” The girl whispered, her voice low enough so that the rest of the group, who was currently focused on Ryan, couldn’t hear her. “Trevor keeps hitting on her while calling her Suzy; she hates it.”

“Oh good,” He chided sarcastically, “I’m glad that was obvious.”

She kicked him under the table. “Be nice.”

With Ryan leading the discussion, the group quickly decided to focus on the endocrine system. Diagrams were drawn on the board and active discussion soon took place, with Troy, Trevor, and Elizabeth all actively committing to the discussion at hand. When it was soon brought to focus however that Susan was being eerily quiet, she blushed behind her screen.

“Sorry, it’s taking a while to boot.” She mumbled, her words affirmed by a nodding Trevor. “It should be done soon though. It’s just loading my- oh God!”

All at once, many things exploded in quick succession. Loud moaning filled the room while a horrified Susan tried desperately to fiddle with her computer. Trevor, smiling and laughing wildly next to the poor girl, cried out “No, leave it up! I wanna see!” while both Ryan and Elizabeth cringed in mutual understanding.

Troy was a little slower on the uptake, but no more than a handful of seconds had passed before his eyes widened in shock in realization. “Oh my god, did you forget to close your porn?”

Trevor, still laughing, managed to wrestle the girl’s laptop away from her and apparently succeeded in preventing her from closing whatever tab was open. Soon, only his voice filled the quiet room. “No, no – it wasn’t that bad. She just has a page open about frequently asked sex questions.”

“Give me back my laptop Trevor!” Susan yelled, reaching up for the device. The black man turned it away, keeping it just out of the brunette’s reach.

“What were you doing?” He asked, “Surely not studying for the exam.”

“I was!” She admitted, settling back into her chair upon giving up her efforts. “Everyone knows I want to be a school teacher someday! While I was researching from info for our exam, I came across a page that listed various sex-ed questions people were too embarrassed to ask. I figured it’d be good to know once I eventually teach the subject.”

The man holding her laptop rolled his eyes, giving her the machine back. “You’re too over-prepared Suzy.” The girl sighed upon claiming it, resting it back delicately before her.

“Well?” The blonde pipped across from her. “Don’t leave us hanging! What are some of the stuff they ask?”

Smiling sheepishly at Ryan in apology for interrupting the session, Susan reopened the tab, picking a question at random.