#lesson planning software

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AI Learning Tools for Education in 2024: A Teacher’s Guide [Blogger Review] Table of Contents TL;DR: Discover 9 game-changing AI tools that are revolutionizing education in 2024. From lesson planning to assessment creation, find the perfect tool for your classroom needs. Includes free options for teachers on a budget! Why You Need AI Learning Tools Top AI Education Tools How to…

[ryebunny]

Wanting to be anti-AI but being so burned out that you resort to using the AI lesson plan maker that your professor showed the whole class for some God-forsaken reason

[cybotechcampus]

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[topschool-lms-for-schools]

TopSchool Lesson Planner - Aid to a Better Teaching-Learning Experience

In today's ever-changing educational landscape, schools often encounter challenges in providing an effective learning environment for both students and teachers. Without a reliable lesson planner, educators face difficulties in organizing and delivering engaging lessons that cater to diverse learning needs. This absence can result in disorganized teaching methods, leading to decreased student involvement and understanding. Consequently, the teaching-learning experience may suffer, hindering student progress and academic achievement. That's where TopSchool's Lesson Planner comes in; an innovative solution that revolutionizes how teachers plan, teach, and assess classes, making it an integral part of the best learning management system. Let's look at why having a better teaching-learning experience is important, and how TopSchool's Lesson Planner can assist.

Importance of a Better Teaching-Learning Experience

A better teaching-learning experience is essential for multiple reasons. For starters, it improves student involvement and participation, resulting in a more fun and meaningful learning experience. Active participation in the learning process improves knowledge retention and develops critical thinking abilities. It also stimulates student participation and communication, enabling more effective engagement and idea exchange. This collaborative approach fosters a feeling of community and encourages students to take control of their educational experience.

Furthermore, a better teaching-learning experience addresses students' unique needs and learning styles through customized instruction. Providing tailored learning opportunities ensures that each student has the support and resources they need to succeed. This tailored approach encourages diversity and equity in education, enabling all students to reach their full potential.

Introducing TopSchool's Lesson Planner

TopSchool's Lesson Planner is a cornerstone for improving the teaching-learning process. With its simple design and powerful capabilities, this tool empowers teachers and improves the learning experience. By revolutionizing how educators design and deliver classes, it provides a smooth experience for teachers as well as students.

TopSchool's Lesson Planner stands out for its broad selection of in-built lesson plans for teachers. These ready-to-use tools save teachers considerable time and effort, allowing them to focus on providing high-quality education rather than starting from scratch. With an extensive array of lesson plans spanning a variety of subjects and concepts, teachers can easily identify content that connects with their curriculum objectives and fulfill the requirements of their students.

Furthermore, TopSchool's Lesson Planner uses multimedia and interactive tools to create interesting courses. Teachers can use several tools, including 2D and 3D animations, interactive quizzes, and simulations, to pique students' interest and increase their comprehension of the subject. This multimedia method promotes active learning and ensures that classes are both educational and entertaining.

TopSchool's Lesson Planner is also completely in line with educational standards such as the National Education Policy (NEP) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF). This alignment ensures that lesson plans are up-to-date and meet the most recent educational requirements, providing instructors confidence in the quality and relevancy of their teaching resources.

Thus, optimising the teaching-learning experience is important for promoting student engagement, cooperation, and academic success. TopSchool's Lesson Planner allows teachers to create dynamic and personalized lessons that are tailored to their students' specific needs. Teachers can use the lesson plan generator to effectively build customized classes that address a variety of learning requirements. Teachers may improve the quality and efficacy of their instruction by using in-built lesson plans, multimedia resources, and compliance with educational standards, resulting in a more engaging and meaningful learning experience for all participants.

[schoolofcoreai5]

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[scaredplaty]

Love that a class that's gonna spend 3 of it's 5 weeks talking about cyber/internet security wants me to download LockDown Browser

[loving-n0t-heyting]

According to South Korea’s education ministry, the tablets will be customisable so that “fast learners” and “slow learners” can be assessed by the software and given different AI-generated tasks with varying levels of complexity.

But the government has provided few details on exactly how the digital textbooks — and other AI-powered education tools being developed by Korean tech firms including LG and Samsung — will work or how the system would be prevented from AI’s tendency to “hallucinate” or produce errors.

The AI apps will be introduced for all subjects except for music, art, physical education and ethics by 2028, with teachers monitoring activity through a digital dashboard. Pupils will be given classes in digital literacy to help them to deploy AI tools responsibly.

“AI textbooks will enable teachers to evaluate each student’s study level and pace based on their data, and provide a tailored education for each one of them,” one government official said.

“Many students tend to fall asleep in class as some of them already learned the content in private cram schools and others just fail to follow the lessons,” the official added. “[Soon] they will be able to think outside the box as AI textbooks provide various content for any situation and induce their interest in study and help them think creatively.”

if this sounds fantastically fucking stupid and like the south korean govt is planning on selling out its students educations for vague hyperbolic techno-hype, dont worry, this policy is not without significant domestic pushback: there are several korean parents who regard "screens" as tantamount to vortices of youth mind control and extend this reflexive technophobia to any educational aids involving computers

[emilysholster]

Bratty (David Rossi x Reader)

Summary: David punishes you for acting out at work

Warnings: NSFW, public teasing/flirting, dirty talk/pet names, daddy kink, [unprotected] PinV sex, edging, oral sex (D receiving), face-fucking, light D/S dynamics, mention of degradation, (fem!reader)

Translations: gattina (kitten)

A/N: inspired by an ask from @vikingstoner69, thank you! 🩷

Admin day was always such a bore. No cases, just talks about budget and financial planning for the whole work day. While Emily took on the brunt of the work as chief, it was still each team member’s responsibility to present to everyone their ideas for the budget updates and what they’d like to see added to the team’s toolkit.

It was during these presentations that your genius idea to get over the boredom came to you. You rolled your chair a bit so that you were further back from the table, and able to see the back of everyone’s heads. You were not directly visible to anyone else on the team except for David, who was at the front of the room.

The two of you had been dating in secret for some time. You’d mutually decided to not let the team know until you were both comfortable, and that meant things were in that easy spot right now. Your nights consisted of separate car rides from work to either his place or yours, where you’d then enjoy dinner, and later, each other.

You felt a light tingle between your legs thinking about last night and the way you’d made David groan. Watching him at the front of the room, you crossed your legs, squeezing your thighs together. The action had a double purpose, as the skirt you were wearing rode up your thighs slightly, exposing more of your skin. You smirked to yourself when you saw David’s gaze catch on your legs as he spoke.

As he went on with his presentation, you began upping your antics. You pulled your hair out of the bun it was in, letting it fall down your shoulders. Next, you began toying with the top button of your blouse. Innocent enough, but when you slipped the second button out of its hole to show off your chest, David stuttered. You looked at him innocently as you bounced the end of your pen against your lips, playing with it. Now David shot you his you’re gonna get it look, unnoticed by the rest of the half-asleep team.

“And that about wraps it up.” He said, ending his presentation.

“Alright!” Emily blinked herself out of her daze. “Thank you, Dave. Ok, and last but not least, Penelope?”

David took his seat next to you as Garcia went to the front and began her colourful presentation about some new tech software she could use funding for.

With Garcia caught up in her presentation and you still being out of sight of the rest of the team, you dropped your hand to caress David’s thigh. You traced circles with your finger, getting dangerously close to his bulge before drifting away again. You smiled to yourself when David cleared his throat next to you, but before you could push him further, his hand grabbed yours, forcing it to stop.

Not wanting to draw the attention of the team, you tried to gently squirm your hand away. But David’s large hand kept its grip on yours, preventing you from moving. Annoyed, you huffed quietly, giving in. You spared a quick glance at him but he kept his eyes straight ahead, jaw set. Uh oh.

•••

At home, you were pouring wine for the two of you when you heard the door open. Before you could even turn at the footsteps making their way towards you, David was behind you, pressing you up against the counter. His large hands came to rest on either side of you, pinning you in place as he brought his mouth close to your ear. “Care to explain yourself?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” You hummed, arching so your ass was pressed up against him.

“So bratty today,” David husked into your ear. You stifled a groan when you felt him grinding against you. “I think you need a lesson.”

Suddenly he was tugging your skirt down, followed by your panties. Heat rushed to your skin as he nudged your legs apart, forcing you to stand there bent over and completely exposed.

You heard him unbuckle his belt behind you. “Look at how wet you are for me. Dripping just from teasing me all day.” Without warning, he pushed his cock into you. David groaned at the feeling of your tight walls engulfing his cock, your wetness covering him as he pushed into you.

You all but purred at the feeling of his cock filling you up, the ache between your legs finally getting taken care of. But before the pleasure building in you could reach its peak, David pulled his cock completely out of you. You whined at the loss, pushing backwards in hopes of getting him back in you.

Instead you were met with a sharp slap on your ass, making you hiss. “What, you thought you could act out all day and still get fucked like you wanted to?”

“Fuck!” You groaned out when he pushed his cock back into you. But just as quickly he was back out, and he began picking up this torturous rhythm of filling you up before withdrawing, not letting you soak up the pleasure.

Pretty soon you were at the brink of tears, whining. “Having regrets now, gattina?” David grunted from behind you as he slipped his cock out again.

“Yes,” you cried out in frustration. “I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.” Your hole was aching now, and you could feel your wetness leaking out of you.

“We both know that’s a lie, don’t we?” You could hear the smirk in David’s voice as he traced a finger down your spine, and even that simple action had you arching.

“I’m sorry, I mean it.” You were begging now, so desperate to have his cock back inside you and hitting that sweet spot again. “Please, please just fuck me Daddy.”

David’s cock twitched at your use of the name. You didn’t always use it, but some of his best memories were of when you did.

You felt his cock rub through your folds, nudging your clit before lining up with your entrance and pushing in slowly. Both of you groaned as he pushed deep inside you, letting both of you savour the feeling of him against your walls.

One of David’s hands gripped your hip while the other tangled itself in your hair, gently pulling you up so you were flush against him now as he began fucking you. “Oh fuck,” you groaned. “Yes, right there.”

“This is what you wanted all day, didn’t you?” David’s voice by your ear was strained as he pounded into you. “To be bent over taking Daddy’s cock.”

“Yes!” You moaned as his hand snaked around your front, his fingers beginning to circle your clit. You felt David lick a stripe down your neck, and he pulled your shirt collar to attach his mouth to the sensitive skin. He bit down gently, making you hiss, and immediately soothed the skin with his tongue, making sure you’d be wearing turtlenecks for the next few days.

The combined sensations of his cock, mouth, and fingers had you feeling heady with pleasure, the wave building in you threatening to spill over. “I’m gonna come, Daddy.” You groaned.

“Do it, gattina. Come for me.” David panted from behind you. His permission was all you needed; the pleasure that’d been building finally spilling over. David held onto you tight while you moaned as waves of pleasure rolled through you.

David pulled out of you as you relaxed, and you turned to see him with his still-hard cock in his hand. Smirking, you dropped to your knees and took his cock into your hand. It was slick with a mixture of precum and your juices, and you admired the way his veins bulged beneath his tan skin.

David’s cock twitched in your hand as you circled the tip with your tongue before taking him into your mouth. “Oh fuck,” he groaned from above you. You used your other hand to cup his balls as you began slurping on his cock, running your tongue from the base to the tip repeatedly.

“Yes,” David hissed. “Take Daddy’s cock just like that, gattina.” His hands buried themselves in your hair and he held your head in place as he began fucking your mouth. You braced yourself by holding on to him, moaning at the feeling of your mouth being filled by his thick cock.

“Look at you, my little slut.” David husked. “I’m gonna come in that hot mouth of yours.” He was watching you as you looked up at him through your lashes while you took his cock between your lips. You relaxed your throat, allowing him in deeper.

“Shit,” David grunted from above you, and he doubled his pace before shooting his cum into your mouth. He groaned as his cock oozed into your mouth, and you eagerly sucked and swallowed.

You wiped your mouth as you stood up, and David grabbed you by the chin for a hungry kiss. He moaned at the taste of himself on your lips and you giggled as he wrapped his arms around your waist and pressed you closer to him.

He pulled away and placed a kiss on your forehead. “You’re so good for me.”

You smiled up at him and placed a chaste kiss on his lips. Looking down at the mess of your clothes on the kitchen floor, you giggled. “I guess we should order in.”

“Good idea.” David laughed.

[hayacode]

Software Development using C# (Bootcamp)

Week 6 done ✨ Almost halfway through the bootcamp 🥳

We started the backend project last week, this project is a teamwork and each team has 5 students. Honestly, I was scared of it because being the only one with a biology degree in a whole class of tech students made me overthink how will I do in teamwork and how I will definitely screw up everything and it’s true I made so many mistakes as expected (today lesson the hardest orz) but i am so glad my team members are so kind and they help me a lot 🥹

What i have learned from the bootcamp in the past 2 weeks 💻

- Database

- Data modeling 

- Relationship: 1-1, 1-M, M-M

- REST architecture

- HTTP methods & status codes

- Introduction to ASP.NET Core

- Webapi template & Swagger

- Create endpoints for CRUD operations

- Handle & return  error in webapi

- Using controller and service folder with dependency injection

- Authentication & Authorization (role base) 

- Introduction to ORMs

- Relations in EF Core

- Config database with Npgsql

(Yes, all of this in 2 weeks sobbbs)

Now let’s talk about C# again

- i am 50% done with codecademy course

- I Finished Bro Code C# videos (highly recommended and I plan to watch his React videos soon)

I am also almost done with my React first course ✨

Oh yeah Last but not least, this bootcamp gives us career advice classes related to developers' jobs, interviews, and how to have a good CV, LinkedIn, and github (if you are a friend on Discord, dm me so I can send you all the amazing stuff 💫)

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

How to Spread Out the Mental Load

In rounding out the year, my husband and I applied ourselves to a notebook that, frankly, is a big benefit to our marriage -- the Household Notebook.

The Household Notebook is not the same thing as a Bullet Journal. I do use and love mine, but the Bullet Journal is about Noël's needs/goals/responsibilities. The Household Notebook is about the home and the members therein.

I freely admit I took the idea from FlyLady and her Control Journal, but this isn't just a notebook for the Lady of the House to keep the home nice.

It started that way, mind. I never have been much of a homemaker, but I grew up in a well-run home and wanted that for my own life. Because I tended to take on Projects instead of Real Jobs, I wound up trying to create routines that would help me keep the house in order around helping my kids and still running a freelance business that would earn enough money to keep us from the paycheck to paycheck life.

While I did take the Control Journal template, I did what you're actually supposed to do and adapted it to my own household and my own needs.

For the first few years I used it, my husband knew it existed. It sat on the kitchen counter, and he would get new iterations printed and often bought me sheet protectors for it. He knew it was important to me.

He knew the house ran on a (mostly!) even keel.

But it was still that mental load.

During the early Covid lockdowns, he started getting edgy and wanted Productive Things to Do. I'd point him in the direction of the Detail Cleaning section of the household notebook and tell him to go nuts with it if he wanted.

He did.

But more than that, he started seeing the chores that tended to get done while he was at work and realized that keeping a home nice was more than just vacuuming once a week.

We wound up moving (and seriously downsizing) in the fall of 2021, and the Detail Cleaning we needed to do was severely reduced. This time, when the notebook needed an update, I sat down with him and said we needed to go over it so that we could make a household standard together.

At first, he was twitchy. I have a tendency to bite off more than I can chew and I think he was worried that I'd push for a level of perfection that is unrealistic. When I told him that I wanted to treat it like a lesson plan (We're both software instructors) and that we could only devote X amount of time to cleaning, so if something got added, we needed to toss something else out.

That got him enthusiastically on board, as he realized that, no, Endless Pursuit of Perfection* was not a goal.

What my husband likes about the notebook is that:

A) It is a living document we both edit and agree on

and

B) No-one is in charge, necessarily, of seeing that the house is clean. We're all responsible and the list is RIGHT THERE. Pick something on the list and DO it and move on.

Can this sort of method be abused? Oh yeah. There is no method that'll overcome people not wanting to work together.

But wow, has it been nice for taking out the whole, "Lady of the House as the Cleaning Authority" mindset.

How can you create such a notebook?

That's a further article.

[tangibletechnomancy]

I really want to see more AI related mini-lessons as games, ideally in schools but in general too.

I've heard of teachers assigning essays to be written with an LLM for students to trade, fact-check, and grade. I'd like to see more of that, as well as AI telephone games, and challenges to get LLMs to solve riddles, and more.

My reasons for this are twofold:

One, I want to encourage more awareness of what this software is NOT appropriate for.

Two, I want more awareness of how much human work still goes into getting something true and/or useful out of a neural net, so that people get angry at companies trying to use them to cheapen labor for the RIGHT reasons instead of playing perfectly into the corporations' plans.

[theslimeologist]

My online art school is nearing its first official phase of starting up. After spending the year thinking on different approaches to subjects i myself may not be familar with I’ve settled on running the school more improvisationaly and answering art questions specifically requested by the community. In the future (as i want to make this project long term, something i spend my future on perfecting) i want to have a proper syllabus crafted with rotating subjects I could teach and adjust with time.

Teaching art is a big undertaking, I guess! But one I’m determined to dedicate myself to and follow through on with a realistic and achieveable structure for myself while also creating a consistent flow of lessons and advice and streams. At the moment I plan to stream at least *once a week* with prepared art questions on the art school discord. Youtube video archives are in the stars but not achieveable until I find myself affordable and functional video editing software.

All this said, Ive found myself at a roadblock and in financial need. I’ve spent the past year working part time for minimum wage and have still been unable to get on top of the debts that built up during my years spent unemployed and working on my mental health. My headphones broke last night after years of daily use. The recording setup I have been working on for this is near-perfection, just in need of some considerable technical work. (i have to HACK a camera! woo!) and I REALLY want to get things going before the end of the year when this is an idea I have been working on since this spring.

If you find yourself able to support me and my future aspirations to teach art in a free, accessible and encouraging environment, please consider doing so here:

If you’re interested in the art school, check it out on Discord! I hope to see it flourishing over the course of 2025!

[topschool-lms-for-schools]

Importance of Lesson Planning in Streamlining School Education

In this evolving era of education, there's an increasing demand for tools that can simplify teaching while also keeping students engaged. Leading this charge is TopSchool's Lesson Planner, a digital integrated platform that revolutionizes the way teachers plan their lessons. With its comprehensive features and user-friendly interface, Lesson Planner makes the process of lesson planning both exciting and efficient. While TopSchool has multiple ways in which it benefits schools, Lesson Planner is one of the most important features that sets a school apart. This article explores how Lesson Planner is reshaping school education in multiple ways:

Built-in Lesson Plans: TopSchool's Lesson Planner offers a comprehensive library of in-built lesson plans for teachers, providing teachers with a valuable resource to streamline their lesson preparation process. By leveraging these ready-made plans, teachers can save precious time and energy that would otherwise be spent on creating course materials from scratch. This convenient feature empowers teachers to concentrate their efforts on delivering engaging lessons that are specifically tailored to meet the unique needs and interests of their students, thereby enhancing the overall quality and effectiveness of the learning experience.

Multimedia Integration: TopSchool's Lesson Planner goes beyond traditional methods by seamlessly incorporating 2D and 3D animations, taking learning to the next level. With multimedia elements readily available, teachers can effortlessly capture students' attention and deepen their understanding, transforming classrooms into interactive learning hubs.

Alignment with Educational Standards: Compliant with National Education Policy (NEP) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF), Lesson Planner ensures that lesson plans are not just current but also in sync with the latest educational standards. By upholding this commitment to excellence, teachers gain access to pertinent and contemporary information, thereby elevating the caliber of instruction they provide.

Integration with TopSeries: Through seamless integration with TopSeries, Lesson Planner becomes an integral component of a comprehensive educational toolkit, delivering equivalent benefits to teachers as well as learners. This synergy grants access to a diverse array of resources, evaluation tools, and supplementary materials, thereby elevating the teaching-learning experience to new heights and promoting a more holistic approach to education.

Personalized Learning: Understanding that every student is unique, Lesson Planner prioritizes personalized and diverse teaching methodologies. By incorporating features that cater to different learning styles and interests, teachers can customize instructional content to suit the individual needs of students, thereby fostering an impactful learning atmosphere.

User-Friendly Interface: TopSchool's Lesson Planner comes with a user-friendly interface that enables teachers to efficiently prepare and execute lessons, maximizing their instructional time. Meanwhile, students can effortlessly interact with the content, promoting autonomous learning and active participation in the educational process. This seamless integration of technology into the classroom environment enhances the overall learning experience for all stakeholders.

In the dynamic realm of modern education, teachers are the catalysts for fostering engaging and inspiring learning experiences. TopSchool's Lesson Planner enriches this role by equipping teachers with essential tools to create dynamic and interactive lessons. Utilizing features like Line-to-Line Animation and Chapter-wise Checkpoints, teachers can design lessons that trigger curiosity and prompt active engagement. With multimedia elements and interactive activities, Class Planner for teachers redefines conventional teaching methodologies by creating immersive learning experiences that captivate students' attention.

Lesson Planner fosters a collaborative learning environment where students actively engage in their educational journey. This not only enhances student engagement but also develops critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills, all essential for thriving in the 21st century. Moreover, with adaptive lesson planning and differentiated instruction, teachers can cater to the diverse learning requirements of their students, ensuring that every learner receives the support they need to succeed. Whether it's through small-group sessions, individualized assistance, or customized learning pathways, Lesson Planner empowers educators to connect with students on a personal level and guide them toward academic achievement.

As a result, students embark on a journey of continuous discovery and growth, appreciating the excitement of learning something new each day. Thanks to Lesson Planner, every class session transforms into a platform for exploration, where students actively engage with interactive simulations, multimedia presentations, and hands-on activities. This active participation not only reinforces academic concepts but also bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world applications. Such immersive experiences strengthen academic performance while also igniting a lifelong passion for learning that extends far beyond the confines of the classroom.

Thus, TopSchool's Lesson Planner exceeds mere functionality to become a catalyst for transformative learning experiences. As we imagine the future of education, Lesson Planner stands as a beacon of innovation and excellence, driving educational advancement and nurturing a love for learning among students. Embrace the potential of a Lesson Planner today and unlock boundless educational opportunities.

[bellatrixobsessed1]

Her Secret Side

Summary: Icy is embarrassed to be in love with a nerd. Except Icy is also very much a nerd too so it's fine.

Why him?

Her heart—she apparently does have one—always makes the wrong choices.

On some level or another, it latches onto the wrong people. 

The people she would rather it not. 

Darkar, Valtor, Tritannus…they had all been strange choices in their own rights. She clearly has a preference, her own odd taste. An acquired one for certain. But at least those choices had made sense for her. 

But him?

Him?

She sits across from him, watching him tinker with her laptop. With a reassuring smile he promises that he will make it work again, no magic required. “In fact,” he informs her, “the best way to fix a broken laptop is to put magic aside and pick up traditional tools.” 

“Maybe that is the best way for someone who can locate the motherboard.” Icy folds her arms across her chest. 

“It’s actually pretty easy to find!” Timmy declares. “The good news is that we don’t need to. The laptop isn’t shutting down because of a motherboard malfunction. It’s overheating because the fans are broken; all we need to do is tighten a few screws and replace a few blades and the fan will be working again.”

She comes to conclude that she, in fact, has more in common with her laptop than with Timmy. But that doesn’t stop her frigid heart from seeking him out. Had she maybe dropped her laptop on purpose to create a believable reason for talking to the man? Sure. But her sisters will never pry that confession from her.

Not that it matters. Even though he and Tecna had gone their separate ways, it isn’t as though Timmy has any affection for witches. Especially one of the three that had made a point of calling him a dork and a dweeb. 

“I can show you how to do it.” Timmy offers. “So you can repair it yourself next time.”

“I’m not paying you for that.” 

Timmy shrugs. “I wasn’t going to ask you to. I just figured that you wouldn’t want to have to talk to a loser like me if you don’t have to.”

But she very much does want to and so she makes a point of forgetting everything that he has just told her so that she can approach him again to fix the fans. And then she swears that something else had broken when she dropped the laptop. He promises that it is functioning perfectly well. And so she deletes a few important files and pretends like she has no idea how to recover them. 

He probably thinks that she is an idiot. 

Better that than him realizing that she has affections for him. 

This time when she sets her laptop before him he sighs. “Alright, I think that I need to give you more in depth lessons.” He pushes his glasses, those stupid dorky glasses, up the bridge of his nose. “Free of charge, no worries.”

She nods. 

That will suffice. 

She can stop making up excuses to bring her laptop in and tell her sisters that she is learning how to fix it on her own so that she never has to talk to the dweeb again. Maybe if she spends enough time with him she can convince herself that he is cringe worthy enough to fall out of love with. It is a perfect plan that doesn’t work. 

A perfect plan that is perfect only in how flawlessly it has backfired. 

She finds that she quite enjoys working with the man. Enjoys listening to him explain how different hardwares and softwares work and tips to get them to last longer than they otherwise would have. “Although, I would recommend getting yourself a new laptop pronto. This one is built like a tank but you’ve dropped it like five times now. If I were you I would get the same model, it seems very durable.” 

He inspects the laptop and tells her the make and model as well as the exact coloration and the amount of space on the harddrive. She asks him if he can come with her to the store and help her pick out the best one. 

He has almost certainly put two and two together. 

He tells her that he knows that she is smarter than that.

He goes with her to the store anyhow.

He calls it a first date. 

She doesn’t dispute it. Denial will only make jesting and teasing worse. 

.oOo.

Icy knows that things are coming to an end when he declares, “I don’t want to be your secret anymore.” She supposes that it was always going to end this way. It really couldn’t end any other way. Either she chooses him or she chooses her reputation and the image that she has so carefully and painstakingly built up for herself. The cool and intimidating demeanor that she throws over most other aspects of her personality. 

She can’t let go of it. Not when the witches are eagerly waiting for a chance to pounce upon her and knock her off of her throne. She can name several witches who would love to pay her back for all of the pranks and insults she has thrown their way. 

And so she has to let him go. 

Has to pretend like she hadn’t spent months with the man taking computers apart and watching horror movies on them upon reassembly. 

She has to let him go. 

But he is the only one who has seen her wearing those glasses that she hates so much; they make her look ridiculous. 

And he is the only one with whom she feels comfortable having lengthy discussions about horror movies, the intricacies of true crime, her classwork, and various birds, crows especially.

He is the only one who seems invested in helping her work through each case, trying to dissect angles that detectives have missed and the theories that other enthusiasts have come up with.

He is the only person who won’t take jabs at her for genuinely enjoying classwork and for taking such pride in the high marks that she pretends have nothing to do with actually paying attention in class and getting invested in the material. 

He is the only person she thinks wouldn’t question why she has such a fascination with birds and why she knows all of their scientific names. 

He doesn’t think that it is dumb that she wants to collect horror movie posters and figurines. He buys them for her now and again. She never displays them. 

She has so many facts that she can prattle off about any one of the subjects that interest her and he is the only one who doesn’t cut her off or start to yawn halfway through her spiels. He like to go on rambles of his own and she has grown fond of letting him do so. 

“If you’re that embarrassed by me then why talk to me at all?”

“I’m not embarrassed by you…” She mumbles, folding her arms across her chest. 

Timmy furrows his brows. 

She hates that she can’t take what she dishes out. Resents that she will probably break if people start to treat her the way that she treats them. But more than anything, she dreads that Darcy and Stormy won’t want anything to do with her over this. Darcy is still mad about Riven. Riven who is also open and available now that Musa has,according to Timmy, declared that she has reached her limit with him.

“Yourself?” He guesses. “You’re embarrassed by yourself?”

“Timmy, if there was a second me in this room, I would probably kick my own ass.” Or at the very least she would relentlessly and ruthlessly bully herself. She supposes that she doesn’t need a second her to do that. She accomplishes it well enough on her own. 

“Why?” 

“Why!?” She frowns. “Well why wouldn’t I?” She gestures to her glasses. To the spread of true crime case notes on the floor. To her collection of DVD’s and posters. To the things that make her who she is. 

“You’re allowed to have interests, you know? And you don’t have to dull them down.”

Not when she is with him she doesn’t. But with every one else… “Yeah. I can have interests. Interests that aren’t nerdy.” 

“Horror movies aren’t nerdy. I thought that witches love horror movies.” Timmy points out.

“But birdwatching is an old lady hobby.” Icy grumbles. And with a shake of her head she adds, “and yeah, witches love horror movies but they don’t…”

“Cosplay.” He fills in.

She nods. 

“Who cares?” 

“Who cares?” Icy repeats. 

“Yeah. Who cares? Who cares what they think?”

She does.

Apparently.

“I’m pretty sure that you could just encase them all in ice or something. You probably don’t even have to do that—they’re scared of you, all you have to do is give them one of your ice cold glares and that’ll do the trick.” He tucks her bangs behind her ear, fixes her glasses onto her face, and kisses the tip of her nose. 

She doesn’t want to lose this. 

Doesn’t want to lose the one person who hasn’t had one bad thing to say of this side of her. 

But she doesn’t want anyone else to know about this side of her.

She also doesn’t want to lose her high ground.

“How about this?” Timmy offers. “Tell Darcy and Stormy at least and let me tell Sky and Tecna.”

“You still talk to Tecna?”

He laughs, “no need to get jealous…”

“I am not jealous!” 

She absolutely is the possessive type. 

“We’re still friends, Icy. She just…she decided that romance isn’t for her and that’s okay with me.” He pauses. “Nice try with changing the subject though. Can you at least tell Darcy and Stormy about me and let me tell a friend or two and then we can go from there?”

“I know what happens when one person knows a secret…”

“Tecna is great at keeping secrets and Sky pretended to be Brandon for months and we didn’t suspect a thing.”

Icy grumbles, “I wasn’t talking about your stupid friends, I was talking about mine.” 

Timmy sighs. “Witches.” 

“Fine.” She scowls. “I’ll tell them.” 

Timmy’s cheerful smile returns. He ruffles her hair. She hates that she has to pretend to hate that. “Great! Eventually we’ll get to a point where you feel comfortable enough to tell everybody else the truth.”

Icy sniffs. “Yeah right. Stormy is going to open her big mouth way before I get comfortable with anything.” 

He takes her into a hug. “You’ll live.” 

Clearly her sassy and sarcastic nature is rubbing off on him.

“You’ll live and you’ll realize that it’s perfectly okay to be a total dork.”

“I thought that you said…”

“I didn’t say anything about you not being a dork. You’re definitely one of the biggest nerds that I have had the pleasure of discussing the intricacies of comic book plotlines with. I said that I enjoyed that you’re a dork and think that you should embrace it.” 

She turns her head before he can see the flush creeping across her face. “Whatever. Let’s just start listening to the podcast before I get the both of us featured in one of them.” 

They turn the lights off and light the candles. It is her favorite ambiance for horror movies and true crime podcasts. He lets her stretch herself out upon the couch and lay herself across his lap. He likes to hold the hand that she typically rests beneath her sternum. 

She would very much miss this if she had to let go of it. 

And so she resigns herself to dealing with Darcy and Stormy’s cackles for at least a week.