"There is a slight difference between burning and ...incinerating a sandwich Carter!" He had almost thrown out the word "cremating", still trying to avoid anything that might put Carter on the thought of death. Then Carter had probably asked Julius to keep an eye on it and he had been a little too busy at the moment trying to figure out what x and y stood for in his homework to notice the pan had been smoking. Damn those overly confusing letters that were supposed to stand for numbers. Who really needed that when he had no idea how math was going to help him out as an actor.
Julius grinned a little bit. Even though school wasn't his favorite thing, it was some common ground to talk about. "Always on History. Partly because Dad is always around for me to get papers checked or asked questions, and partly because I think I could actually get grounded for not doing my homework before running off to practice soccer with Alfie." He still couldn't believe he had a first string position, but then Julius also tried not to be too jealous. There was always next year. "Sadly the reading material this semester isn't quite as interesting as The Scarlet Letter. Demi Moore and Gary Oldman actually got me to read some of the book and not just try Sparknotes... And fair warning now to avoid me when we finally get to Chemistry. I'll probably want to try and blow something up. Or at least get the lab evacuated for an hour or so." There was a reason why the Principal already knew his first name quite well. He was a good kid for the most part. There was still just that wild streak in him.