Phil's not huge on group projects, either. He's a good student, but he works hard for a lot of those grades. He works especially hard in science. It's not that he's bad at it, but his father expects him to be quite a bit better at it than he is. His father is a chemistry professor at the local college. Science has always been emphasized as important in Phil's home. Even if his father doesn't say anything, Phil can tell that he's disappointed when Phil has anything less than an A in any of his science classes.
In group projects, he always gets stuck doing all of the work and it's hard for him. If he isn't doing all the work, he's stuck with some pushy asshole who tries to throw him under the bus for not doing enough after they practically power-tripped the assignment out of Phil's hands. He's a little relieved when he gets assigned to Banner. He gets good grades and he doesn't seem to be a pushy Type A person as far as Phil can tell
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"Okay. Here, I'll just..." He tears off a piece of notebook paper and scribbles out his address and phone number. "Come by around five."
Once he's alone later, he kind of combs over his interactions with Bruce. It's a habit he has. He over-analyzes everything he does and everything people do and say to him. He's a little nervous about Bruce coming over. He's always nervous when he's not really sure how someone thinks about him, but he tries to ignore that.
After school the next day, he takes a shower before dinner. He even cleans his room up a little (Read: He shoves things into the closet or kicks them under the bed) and dinner goes well enough. His dad totally wants to replace him with Bruce, but he saw that coming from miles away.
Finally, they're finished eating and Phil leads Bruce up to his still-kind-of-messy room.
His aunt Ruth tries to talk him into bringing over a hostess gift or something, but Bruce is glad when Jennifer confirms that that is totally not a necessary thing anymore. Jennifer's almost more excited than Bruce is, underneath all his nerves, which is somewhat embarrassing, but she pre-picked out his clothes for him (over the phone, even). In his nerves, he over-gels his hair, but he hopes it's not too noticeable or... bizarre
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In group projects, he always gets stuck doing all of the work and it's hard for him. If he isn't doing all the work, he's stuck with some pushy asshole who tries to throw him under the bus for not doing enough after they practically power-tripped the assignment out of Phil's hands. He's a little relieved when he gets assigned to Banner. He gets good grades and he doesn't seem to be a pushy Type A person as far as Phil can tell ( ... )
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Once he's alone later, he kind of combs over his interactions with Bruce. It's a habit he has. He over-analyzes everything he does and everything people do and say to him. He's a little nervous about Bruce coming over. He's always nervous when he's not really sure how someone thinks about him, but he tries to ignore that.
After school the next day, he takes a shower before dinner. He even cleans his room up a little (Read: He shoves things into the closet or kicks them under the bed) and dinner goes well enough. His dad totally wants to replace him with Bruce, but he saw that coming from miles away.
Finally, they're finished eating and Phil leads Bruce up to his still-kind-of-messy room.
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