Office Hours, January 6

[bigdamndean]

The new semester meant Zoe's paperwork had started reproducing amongst itself again. She was almost to the point where she was worried about her desk weakening under the weight of everything on top of it, but the longer she took to get through everything, the longer she could ignore the messages she'd gotten from the school board, wanting to talk

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[cameronmitchell]

Cameron had promised he'd be in touch more and since he'd not even had the time to buy Christmas cards, he'd just have to call. That would be why Zoe's telephone was ringing.

[bigdamndean]

Hoping that this wouldn't be a call she'd regret answering, Zoe reached over to grab the phone. "Hello?"

[cameronmitchell]

"Happy New Year, ma'am," Cameron said instantly. He was possibly just curious to see if she'd know who she was talking to.

[bigdamndean]

There were only so many people who still called her ma'am, even if she hadn't recognized his voice. "Cameron?" she said. "Oh, it's good to hear from you. Happy New Year to you too."

[cameronmitchell]

Look, he was going to be a little bit proud that his principal knew who he was when he called. "I'm working on my new year's resolution of being in contact more," he said. "So I figured I'd start off by wishing you a not too eventful year or at least one with harmless events."

[bigdamndean]

"I like the sound of all of that," Zoe said. "A peaceful year and you keeping in touch. How are you doing? Are you staying busy?"

[cameronmitchell]

"I'm good, ma'am," he sounded it too and there was definitely some excitement (possibly close to bounciness) in his voice. "I'm almost finished my training, there's actually a pretty decent chance I'll be getting stationed as fighter pilot."

[bigdamndean]

"Really? That's very good news," Zoe said. "There's nothing in the world like flying. I'm so glad you're getting to do what you want to do."

[cameronmitchell]

"It's pretty sweet," Cameron had to agree. "I'm definitely not going to complain. Who's things in Fandom? And Grace? Has she got any admirers yet?"

[bigdamndean]

"Things in Fandom are all right. Grace is fine, but she's not dating until she's thirty," Zoe said. "We had another strange weekend and we got to see her as a teenager again. She might not have admirers, but she definitely admired some of the boys."

[cameronmitchell]

"You didn't have to kill any of them, I hope?" he asked. "Good to hear the island hasn't stopped confusing people."

[bigdamndean]

"No, they were thinking crazy too. Doesn't mean I didn't get a glare or two in, of course," Zoe said, laughing. "I don't think the island will ever stop confusing people. It'd be a kind of boring place to live then."