Repair
Note left propped behind the kitchen faucet at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, with additions:
Scott, the faucet's dripping.
--Jean
I see that.
--Scott
... are you going to fix it?
--Jean
Eventually.
--Scott
Would fixing it really take more time than writing this note did?
--Jean
Did writing this note really take more time than asking me like a normal person?
--Scott
You are not here. I am on my way to my morning class. It is chemistry. There are Bunsen burners available. I cannot be late, or there will be terrible carnage. If you prefer, next time I'll just shout telepathically in your head that the faucet needs fixing. That's what the Professor would do.
--Jean
Yes, but that does not count as asking me like a normal person.
--Scott
Is there a reason the sink is becoming an unofficial bulletin board? I only ask because I notice that this piece of paper is in imminent danger of disintegrating, and wonder if you wouldn't like to use some other method of communication. For instance, we have an email system.
--Charles
Sending email to someone you share a room with is kind of pathetic, don't you think? No offense about the normal person thing, by the way.
--Scott
None taken.
--Charles
I wouldn't have to email you about the faucet if you'd come to bed before midnight.
--Jean
I was working on the cars.
--Scott
There are some things in the house that need your attention, too.
--Jean
Really? I thought Logan might have covered some of those things already.
--Scott
I have put this note on your desk because I really don't think you want it on the kitchen counter, Scott.
--Charles
Please do not write me bitchy notes and leave them on your desk, Scott. If you have a problem about what happened when Logan was here, can we talk about it like normal people?
--Jean
Are we doing that now?
--Scott
Do I have to shout telepathically in your head?
--Jean
I don't know. What do I have to do?
--Scott
Stop being jealous. Nothing happened. Also, fix the faucet.
--Jean
It's fixed now.
--Scott
The faucet isn't really the important part.
--Jean
It's the part I know how to fix.
--Scott
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