Computer Probs

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda grunts in frustration as she computer screen freezes for like the 100th time in the past week. "There goes that essay..." she says with a sigh... Hopefully the essay wasn't deleted forever, who knows what would happen if she had to rewrite those 5 pages of her essay she had spent nearly most of her week on. A scowl on her face, she presses and holds down on the shutdown button, silently praying to herself that everything works out. Shortly the computer screen goes blank and she presses the button once more to turn the devilish thing back on...

As the screen slowly turned back on and began loading up her settings, she sighs and looks at her phone, checking the time... "Looks like yet another late night..." with a groan she sets it down and looks out the window. The girl was more of an outside person and for the most part, hated computers. They always seemed to have something go wrong with them as soon as she touched them, that or they were slower than a snail and she'd just give up out of sheer impatientness.

A loud beep and a screeching noise rips her from her thoughts as she stares at the now blue screen, "Oh you gotta be kidding me... Not now..." Amanda says in an exasperated voice as she force shuts down the computer. She looks at the time again, debating who would be up that she feels okay asking to fix her computer and help her get her essay back... With this thought she scrolls through her contact list and stops at a name, 'Karsen Ford' although she doesn't know him super well, she feels like she'd be comfortable with him enough to let him into her room so, he was a better choice than most.

She clicks on his name and shoots him a text message saying... Hey it's Amanda, are you up? she sets the phone down for a few moments before adding, I need some computer help. and with the pressing of the send button, she sets the phone down and waits.

[Tag: Karsen Ford]

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen was having a lazy day, meaning that he was reading instead of tinkering with the various things that lined his desk. The book happened to be on javascript because he felt like he needed to know that stuff. His phone vibrated letting him know that someone had texted him, it was from Manda. Yeah he had shortened her name because he was too lazy to type the whole thing into his contacts. He sent a quick reply saying "I'm on my way, what's your dorm number"

He waited for a reply before putting his sweatpants on and headed towards her dorm room. It wasn't like he had anything to do, come to think about it he was glad that she needed help because he really had to ask her something. He didn't really know her all that well but they had talked a few time.

He knocked on the door to Manda's room and wait for her to open the door. "Hey" He said with an awkward smile because what else was he supposed to say to her."

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda smiles with relief as she opens the door, "Thank you so much for coming and helping me..." she says turning and leading him to her room. As she opens the door she'd make her way over to her desk, but if Karsen were to look around he'd see 4 black walls, and white bedding, very organized desk but semi dirty from dust and dirt. He would also probably notice her pair of black and white shirts with a Nike logo on them as well as her grey hoodie that probably looked a size too big on her, not that she really cared.

Amanda moves and sits on her desk, offering him the spinny chair at her desk as she begins to tell him all about her story and how she reeaally needs him to fix it and that she really really needs that essay cause she's been working on it all week, but really just fixing the computer would be nice, the essay just a bonus. After sharing her story she'd offer to pay him or if he was the sort of person that was more for IOU's, she'd offer him one of those as well.

With a deep breath she smiles, "Sorry for just kind of rambling on and on..." she says chuckling awkwardly, "Just kind of flustered cause this sort of thing always seems to happen to me. Sorry about my manners as well, do you need anything? Drink..? Snack..?"

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen smiled ”it’s not a problem, honestly this happens all the time with my friend Tim and other people”. He walked into the room and looked around, her room was much neater than his was. Probably because he had spare parts all over the place and it pained him to take apart defective robots to build better things. Not to mention he could totally afford quality parts with his part time job.

He shook his head “you don’t have to pay me back, I’m honestly glad to help” He said waving his hand over her laptop to turn it one. He brought up the boot options and then stopped pressing the keyboard all together. Considering the fact that he was sure the best way to get her essay back was to search through the computer's files to try and find it. He pulled it up and pressed save, hopefully that was the most recent copy of her essay and now he was trying to find the problem.

“Okay, so it seems like you just need to update your computer and clean of some of the unwanted files. I have a program to fix that and then you shouldn’t have any more problems with your computer crashing. The best thing to do is to save as much as humanly possible, if you think you haven't saved you progress press save just in case.”

“No thank you, I’m fine” He smiled and then took out a flash drive from his pants pocket ‘Okay so the program will find any junk files, optimus performance and look for viruses. The downside is it takes a while and I was able to find your essay from the start.’

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda sighs with absolute relief, this guy was a miracle worker, he retrieved her essay as well as fixing her computer. "Ugh thank you sooo much. You're honestly such a big help, I would have been so screwed and probably not have been able to sleep the next few nights trying to finish that thing." Amanda didn't really mind if it wasn't the, most super up to date version but hey, it was better than starting at word one again. She sits patiently, fiddling with her fingernails as she kind of watches what he is doing.

She smiles and nods as he explains the program, "Ahhh thank you, that would be such a blessing! Are you sure you don't want anything at all though? You have no idea how much you've saved me." Whether he takes her up in her offer or not, (could definitely ask for some coffee or drinks sometime or something, or 'help' with some subject) she would thank him again for all that he has done.

After letting him plug in his flash drive, she'd probably move over to her bed and sit down on it, watching him work on her computer. "So.." she says glancing out the window, not really knowing what to say or do cause she really isn't a social type and tries to keep to herself. "what've you been up to lately?"


“Okay, so it seems like you just need to update your computer and clean of some of the unwanted files. I have a program to fix that and then you shouldn’t have any more problems with your computer crashing. The best thing to do is to save as much as humanly possible, if you think you haven't saved you progress press save just in case.”

“No thank you, I’m fine” He smiled and then took out a flash drive from his pants pocket ‘Okay so the program will find any junk files, optimus performance and look for viruses. The downside is it takes a while and I was able to find your essay from the start.’

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen blushed a bit at gratitude it’s not like he wasn’t used to uber stressed people thanking him but never in such close quarters. It was some what embarrassing but in a good way, could things really be embarrassing in a good way. “Yeah i’ve been studying nonstop also. I have a history paper due but i’m putting it off till tomorrow at least.” He said laughing a bit.

‘Honestly Amanda, I really don’t need anything in return.” He said he typed away on her computer he wanted to make sure this happened just right or it could be a total fail. In all actuality he didn’t even know if she was going to prom with someone or in general. He really needed to find away to ask her without making it seem like he wanted to ask her.

“Nothing really, just building things and working on school work. What about you anything interesting happening?” He asked, really hoping that something would come to mind soon. He highly doubted she would say yes after an hour of awkward silence.

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda stares at the wall for a moment in thought, a few interesting things had happened to her, but what did she feel like sharing was the real question? The girl had a thing for not letting people really get close to her, it was a sort of protection thing ever since... Well, let's just leave it at that. She shrugs and looks out the window for some thoughts...

"Nothing in particular, been training some, thinking about what to do next year...." she says fading off for a moment and sighs a bit, mumbling something about prom under her breath. "Trying to cram in the last few assignments and study sessions before the end of school." she says casually, as she assumes that's pretty much what most of the students now are doing.

"How's the computer coming along?" she asks curiously, actually wondering cause she is super awkward with talking to anybody, much less boys and one is currently sitting in her room and she has no idea what to say or talk about.

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen finished what he wanted to do and was now just waiting for his program to clean the rest of her computer. After that was done all she had to do was try and look at her essay again and then...the computer would do the rest. Logically Karsen knew that written messages weren't as heartfelt and personal as spoken words but he had no idea what words to speak.

"Yeah that might be tough, you're gonna be a senior right?" He understood the stress, but he was going to be a junior next year so it didn't really matter to him. Although he did know that the teacher laid the pressure on a bit think towards the older kids. He did catch the mention about prom so he figured he was off to a good start but she seemed to dislike talking as much as he did.

"Uhm it's just about..okay done" He said unplugging the flash drive and spinning around towards her "Wanna trade spots?" He stood up and moved off to the side, hoping that she would try to open her essay right away. If she did she would find a little animation and words exploding until they spelled out will you go to prom with me?

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda nods, "Yes, I'll be a senior next year though I'm not sure if I'm super excited yet or super worried." she says with a chuckle, "A lot of descisons to make senior year, and I'm not exactly sure if I can make those yet. Hopefully by the end I will though." Even though she had a fairly well... Outlined idea of the few things she wanted to do, senior year could make her see some things in a whole new light, and that's kind of what worried her.

Amanda stood up and nods, "Sure, thanks again for fixing everything..." she says drifting off as she sits down and spins to face the computer. She logs in and checks the desktop, just making sure everything is in order then out of curiosity she moves the mouse over to her essay. Although she doesn't really care what point it is at, she is still curious about how much left she has to do. After a few moments she double clicks on the document and it slowly began to load.

She looked at the page confused for a moment, not remembering putting this in it at all. Amanda was about to ask if he had messed up but the little explosion of words was too distracting, she watched the scene unfold before her and began to grin. She put a hand over her mouth as she turns to look at Karsen with a, 'Really??' look. And assuming he gave her a nod or some sort of approval she'd grin and nod, "Yes, I'd love to go to prom with you!"

[Karsen Ford]

 "Yeah it sucks, but you know they offer college also, so it'll be a chance to go to college for free. I figure it's as simple as picking your major then you have a few more years to like figure things out. I guess picking the major is kind of hard and then decided whether or not you want to go home or can home" Karsen was rambling and he knew it, he just hadn't realized how much different it was going to be when he was ready to graduate, he knew what he wanted to be but he figured that was because his power defined him. Like what else was he going to do besides start some tech company...save the whales?

"Trust me it's not problem, any time you have trouble with your computer just hit me no matter what" He didn't want to seem pushy but that's what he told all his close friends, he was the type of person that would wake up at four am and fix whatever was wrong, even if it was a vending machine.

He nodded a sheepish smiled on his face that changed into a full blown grin "That's awesome" He was relieved that she had said yes, only he didn't exactly know what to do know that she had.

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda nods, college seemed like the obvious route, but she was also so done with school and wasn't sure if that's something she really wanted. Her mind began to drift off to thoughts about the security team and if that was possible instead of college. A quiet sigh and a shrug later though, all those thoughts about the future were pushed away for the time being, to be thought about another day.

She gives him a smile and a nod as he lets her know that she could call upon him anytime she needed help with something like this. It was a kind offer and considering how quick he was she didn't really have any qualms about asking for his assistance once again if need be.

After saying yes to the prom invite, she chuckled at his response then gave him a smile, "Well then, I guess I owe you two thanks now." she says moving over to give the guy a hug, "For the record though, I'm supposed to be the one asking." she says with a wink, "So then, would you like to go to prom with me?" she asks, since technically the juniors/seniors had to be the one to ask if the person they were to go with was not a junior or senior.

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen was kind of excited, this had turned out to be pretty much a success because she hadn’t laughed in his face and then kicked him out. Yeah, his mind had gone through every worst case scenario there was before settling for the whole the worst she can do is say no. After all he wasn’t that scared of rejection….okay he kind of was but that wasn’t the point. The point was she had said yes and he had a date to a prom that wasn’t technically his prom but still.

‘I’d say we’re pretty even, you totally didn’t laugh in my face...so” He said awkwardly scratching his head under his beanie. He returned the hug smiling because he hadn’t expected that, actually he was surprised he hadn’t thought a hug was probable. He knew that girls got all emotional like for reason he had no clue about.

“Well true that’s true and Yes i’ll go to prom with you” He said blushing and snickering a bit at the silliness of it all. He had realized that technically he had no room to ask but he thought he should ask her since he was the guy. He wasn’t chauvinistic or anything but he just felt like he should make the supposed first move. “Okay so I have no idea what comes next….” He said awkwardly shifting from foot to foot.

[Amanda Stephans]

Amanda just kind of soaks in the quietness for a moment, what do they do next? She pondered. It was really a great question... "Uhm... Well I'm not really doing anything, so you could stay over and talk.. But if you're busy I'm not keeping you here so! You may leave if you need or want."

She didn't really have any other equipment for him to fix so she couldn't really ask him about that stuff. Amanda would probably like to chat for a while but she wouldn't have any problem if he needed to leave, or wanted to, there would be plenty of time to talk at prom, and considering how awkward the two seemed to be, maybe that would all be needed for prom...

Maybe not though, hopefully Amanda could warm up to him and try and pull him out of his shell as she left hers. She wasn't sure how his awkward shell worked but she came out the more she got to know someone, the more friendlike the person became the more comfortable she felt with being herself and talking freely.

[Karsen Ford]

Karsen nodded, he liked that idea...the stay and talk idea that is. He knew that he wasn’t really all that good interacting with humans because he lived and breathed machines. He was going to change that because he actually managed to get a prom date. That meant that his social skills weren’t all that horrible. “No i’m not busy I was just reading a book a computer skills, I’d love to stay and talk.”

He sat down again because he didn’t feel like standing was helping the awkwardness of the situation at all. He just needed to relax, he could just pretend he was talking to Tim only a prettier...girlier...hot-no he had already said prettier...she was also shorter but that was totally cute. Okay so she was a way better looking, less computer savy version of his best friend...That still felt really wrong. Okay this was way harder than he thought it would be.

“Maybe we should just start asking each other questions? That way we can get to know each other. I’d suggest ordering a pizza but they don’t deliver here.” Okay that was a good start and he didn’t start rambling, rambling would be bad. As long as the conflict was internal no one would have to know that he was nervous as hell and freaking out in a weird kind of awesome way.

[Amanda Stephans]

If only Amanda could read Karsen's mind.. she'd probably be laughing. The thought of being compared to someone else to be more approachable funny due to it being a similar technique she used often as well, though she was better at the, 'say nothing and they'll go away' technique. And usually she'd apply this about now, or like right after he finished with her computer but now she had a reason to open up a little, and he seemed to be trying to as well.

"Questions sound lovely... And I can make something real quick if you're hungry? I'm sure we even have a frozen pizza or two I could fix up?" Amanda liked food, even if she wasn't hungry. She wasn't like a lot of girls, that just ate salads and was always watching their weight, Amands ate whatever she wanted and just made sure to stay very active. She ran every single morning and went to the gym at least 5 times a week.

If he wanted something, she'd take them out to the main area and begin working on something, whether it be pizza or something else that was hopefully simple. If he didn't she'd probably just stay sitting on her bed, either way she'd ask him with a rather simple question, "So then, what's your favourite colour?"