MHA #16 - Late Monday Evening

[itsananomaly]

It had been a week now since Connor had left for his trip and ever since Rex had found Connor's hoodie, he had ended up refusing to be anywhere without it so Cutter found that the only way he could get Rex to sleep or eat was to have the hoodie with him so he could curl up in it.

Tomorrow was the first day of their class for the second session and while Cutter was confident it was going to go a lot better than last session, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous about.

[for Connor!]

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[anomaly_research_nerd]

"You can bring the drinks" Connor nodded with a grin. "Maybe some soda and some beer? That should take care of things other than lunch itself, which I will take care of. And you... you are welcome to come over early... while I cook if you want. So... so long as you don't mind me being stuck in the kitchen the entire time.

[itsananomaly]

"I can definitely bring soda and beer and I don't mind coming round earlier either," Cutter assured Connor, "it sounds like a wonderful way to spend the afternoon, I'm looking forward to watching you cook," he added with a smile, curious to see what Connor would end up making him.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Perfect. And it's a secret what Im gonna make for us. But I will say this- it is something I learned while on the trip with Lester." Connor grinned even bigger.He knew it was cruel in a way to tease like that but it was also fun. He just really hoped in the back of his mind that he didn't mess it up!

[itsananomaly]

“Well looks like I’m going to have to wait til Thursday then,” Cutter said with a grin, “I’m looking forward to seeking what you make, In especially intrigue now that Lester taught you as well,”

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Then I will do my best to impress and wow" Connor said with a grin. He was already planning what type of pizzas he was going to make and trying to remind himself to phone Lester to go over that ingredient list he had given him as well.

[itsananomaly]

Cutter grinned at that, "it will be the best lunch ever," he assured Connor with a grin, "thank you again for all of this, with the gloves and well everything," he said softly as he looked down at the pair of gloves he was wearing, it was definitely nice being able to look at his hands and not flinch every time that he saw them.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor just nodded as he reached out a put a hand over Cutters. He then grinned and tilted his head as he looked at Cutter. "So, feel like looking at the scrapbook before I have to turn it in at my next session with Dr. Jones?" he asked with a small laugh.

[itsananomaly]

"You had to do a scrapbooking assignment as well?" Cutter returned the grin, feeling comforted by Connor's hand on his, "I would like to see it, if you don't mind showing me," he added.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"I think Lester was plotting against me with that, but yes. I got photos and made a scrapbook to show Dr. Jones what all we did on the trip."

Connor leaned over and rummaged through the duffle back then pulled it out and handed it over to Cutter.

"Got more photos of course but the scrapbook has a few pages for each thing we did and has the best photos."

[itsananomaly]

“I had to do a scavenger hunt with my photos,” Cutter told him with a small smile as he took the album from Connor and begun to flip through, “but it looks like you had a great time on the trip, so that’s Lester’s cabin huh?” he said as he came to some of the photos of Lester’s cabin.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Oh a scavenger hunt would be a fun way to do photos too I think! But yeah that's Lester's cabin. Thing is huge! Eve has a hot tub! There's some pics later on of the area around it, which is really beautiful too. No Scottish Highlands but very nice for just being a few hours outside London."

[itsananomaly]

“Oh wow, even though knowing Lester it doesn’t surprise that even his cabin is state of the art,” Cutter remarked with a smile as he looked through the photos, “it’s hard to believe that there’s a place like this right outside of London,”

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"It really was nice" Connor said with a fond smile. "We went hiking, hunted for fossils, hung out at the cabin, it was a really nice trip. Good time to relax and just get away from everything. But..." Connor said with a shy smile. "It is good to be back!"

[itsananomaly]

Cutter smiled at that, "that's what I found about my trip, it was nice just to not be doing any work, being able to do things that I don't normally, the trip helped a lot," he said softly and then added, rather shyly, "I'm really glad you're back as well,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Looking forward to another class too" Connor said with a shy grin of his own. "And yes I missed you too boy" he added with a laugh as Rex jumped into his lap and chirped loudly, demanding scritches.

[itsananomaly]

Cutter laughed at that as well, feeling relaxed as he did, it was nice being able to hang around with Connor like this, he had missed it, "I'm looking forward to classes too, I've been working on some of the lesson plans, if you'd like to read them later, see what else we should cover in our class this session,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Yeah that.... that sounds good" Connor said with a smile. "Probably best to be at least a little prepared for class huh?" he added. It was nice to be back, to something a bit more normal. Different, but normal.

[itsananomaly]

"That's what I was thinking," Cutter admitted as he returned the smile and he tried not to think about how awkward and unprepared those first few weeks of last session had been, "I thought at least having an outline would be a good start,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Glad one of us is prepared at least!" Connor said with a laugh. And yes, it was already pretty safe to say that this round of classes would be much better than the last.

[itsananomaly]

Cutter smiled warmly at that, "I think it's going to be a really good class," he said, "I'm looking forward to us teaching again this session," he added.