RP: Lesson Number 1 Who: Marcus Flint, Chris Creevey Where: Eros When: 4 October, 2024 Rating/Warnings: None (other than language probably, it is Marcus) Summary: Chris comes for his first lesson at the Flint school of business
Chris was grateful not to have to explain. He'd kept quiet, except for his previous slip with Patrick, about Marcus teaching about business, but if he'd had to explain to Colin? He didn't want to lie. So it was good that Colin was meeting with his parents, so Chris didn't have to figure out what to say.
He had a list of things, but it wasn't regarding anything like that. No, his notebook was for the questions he wanted to ask Marcus; things that had occurred to him that he might need to know. It was probably out of order and jumping the gun but he still wanted to ask as he'd thought of them.
And Marcus was, well Marcus. Unique and someone that made Chris feel different than he did with most other people. Plain and simple, he respected Marcus. That wasn't new, there were a lot of people Chris respected. But what was new was that he wanted to earn Marcus' respect in turn. It wasn't enough for Marcus to like him, though he wanted that too, he wanted his respect. So he'd work on getting it.
Starting now, he thought as he knocked on the door. Marcus had been decent enough to give him a second chance after his slip, even if he'd given him the dressing down he deserved. Lack of discretion was not a mistake he would make again.