Busying herself websurfing on her phone, Cassie pointedly ignored all those books in her bag. She only glanced up again when she felt the wood beneath her shifting and she thought maybe Peter had joined her but when she glanced over she saw a stranger at the other end of the bench. Well, not a complete stranger; this was the teacher's aid from her early intro to biology class she'd had before math. This was a terrible block of classes, actually, and she wished she'd switched it all around or signed up for later ones or something so she didn't have to be awake before seven every morning. At least she knew better for next semester, she guessed- if she lasted that long.
Having never spoken to teachers if she could help it (something you were apparently supposed to do in college, all that office hour stuff and then the function of the TAs) she didn't really know the protocol for this. Did she say hi or something, or would that make her a suck up? If she didn't say anything and the woman noticed her, would she look like a jerk for ignoring the woman? But then, like, the class had over a hundred people anyway so neither of them could be faulted for not acknowledging each other, probably. Cassie was way over thinking this.
Mulling over all of these very important social problems, Cassie turned her attention back to her phone to temporarily opt for the ignoring option. She didn't have long to do that though because a scraping sound had her glancing up again as some dude in baggy pants and a backwards baseball cap came gliding up the sidewalk on a skateboard, oblivious to the walking crowds he was slicing through and the glares that followed him. Less oblivious, more like he didn't actually care. That was why it was so wonderful when the guy wiped out right in front of the bench, his skateboard skittering into the grass and he falling on his ass with a grunt and a face turning red from embarrassment.
Cassie gave a snort, served the dude right, and muttered, "Ouch," before she joined in with the light smattering of sarcastic applause from people nearby who'd seen the douchebag go down.