Office hours- Saturday

[justrealistic]

Daria had an office? Huh. At least it gave her one more place to hide out.

Though today wasn't a good day to actually hide, probably. She'd probably be expected to talk to parents and relatives if they came by. She'd much rather be hanging out watching TV with Jane for the first time in months.

Stupid responsibilities.

Whatever. Daria was here, sitting behind her desk in her suspiciously sparse office, thinking she'd just keep it entirely devoid of decoration.

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[titantic_fan]

With Beth and Summer taking the morning to enjoy a little girls' time at the spa, Jerry was going to take the advantage to hit up the school and meet all of Summer's teachers before his ex-wife did, which, in his mind, meant leaving the better impression.

It also meant getting mildly lost despite having a map clutched in his hand, but, eventually, he found the first teacher on the list and knocked on the frame of the door.

"Hello? Miss, uh, Morgendorffer?"

[justrealistic]

Oh good. A visitor.

"Yes," Daria monotoned. "That's me."

[titantic_fan]

"Oh," his relief was evident, practically melting off his shoulders, "good. I found the right place. Hi, I'm Jerry Smith, I believe my daughter Summer is in your, uh..." He checked the list again, "Creative Writing class?"

[justrealistic]

"That's right," Daria said, a little weirded out at being addressed like an actual authority figure by an adult because she was one. She was actually going to have to be nice, probably. "How can I help you?"

[titantic_fan]

"Oh, well, you know, I just thought I'd stop in," Jerry said, "see how she's doing. I know she's never been a very good student and she's had some...issues in the past, so it's good to know..."

Isn't that what these weekends were for? Parent teacher conference stuff? Now Jerry wasn't so sure. Which meant a bit of awkward babble.

"So, Creative Writing, huh? That's, uh..." Not something he'd ever think Summer would be into, "...interesting?"

[justrealistic]

"Yes. It's a chance for students to hone in on their imaginations to create something," Daria replied. "Every week they get a prompt and need to come up with a story based on it."

[titantic_fan]

"...is she any good?"

Really, that was the ultimate thing Jerry was curious about, even if it was pretty clear how skeptical he was. After all, he had been banished from many a Barbie playtime for trying to act out fairy tales or other stories when all little Summer wanted to do was brush their hair and change their clothes. Discovering that perhaps she liked creating stories now would just be...a devastating blow the likes of which he was not equipped to handle right now.