SCIENCE

1

Not really sure how to feel about it, something in the way you move.

Evelyn loved coffee shops. It allowed her observe the different scientific findings for why everything happens. She stood in front of a new coffee shop, one she had just picked randomly from the list she had printed out of all the coffee shops in her city. Evelyn walked in and sat at a seat in the corner. She looked around, then got up and sat at another table, one where she could see the entire shop.

The coffee shop was buzzing with the sounds of voices, coffee machine, and music. Evelyn's eyes darted towards the coffee machine and saw the steam coming out of the cup.

"Steam- it's the visible droplets of water formed to create vapor. It's one of water's characteristics to become gaseous." She thought.

Evelyn heard the steady strumming of the guitar and immediately thought "Our ears pick up vibrations, also known as 'sounds', and the 'sound' travels into our ears and special cells change the vibrations in to electrical signals."

Just as she was going to find another object to scientifically identify, a large male wearing black pants stood in front of her view. She tried to peer around him but he wouldn't move. Evelyn tried to subtly move her seat over, but it wouldn't budge.

"Excuse me, sir, you are blo-" As Evelyn was speaking, she was also trying to move her chair and at the same moment, Evelyn was launched out of her chair as the stranger turned around so his front side was facing her. In other words, Evelyn fell head first into the strangers crotch.

"Woah!" The stranger said, jumping back. Evelyn fell completely off of her chair and into the floor. She immediately felt blood rushing to her cheeks. He held his arm out to her.

"Are you okay? You look pretty red." He said.

"When you are embarrassed, adrenaline is released, which speeds up the heart rate. This dilates the blood vessels to improve oxygen delivery and blood flow. Human facial veins react to these adrenaline rush by getting red, or blushing." Evelyn recited.

"Hey there, Encyclopedia. Sit down, you had a hard fall." He pulled out a chair for her.

"Are you indicating that you had a boner when I fell?" Evelyn asked, confused at what just happened, since the only words she heard were hard and fall. As in "you fell on my hard."

"Wha--" he started.

"Because 'hard' is lingo, should I say, for a boner, which is when the blood fills the pen--" Evelyn started to recite.

"Hey! That is not what I meant. I meant that the floor is wood, and wood is a har--, firm substance that can injure you if you fall hard enough. I thought you would know this, Encyclopedia." By now, he was crouching down in front of her.

He saw Evelyn rubbing her forehead and said, "I'll be right back."

"My name is not Encyclopedia." Evelyn mumbled, watching him ask for a bag of ice from the baristas. She noticed how he was drumming his fingers against the counter.

"A nervous tick?" She thought. He received the ice and sat down next to her this time. He handed her the ice and she put it on her forehead.

"What is your name?" Evelyn asked the boy.

"Harry."

"Harry is from the Germanic and old French origin. It was most used in Medieval times though it is #3 for the most popular boy names in England. It is usually a nickname for the name 'Harold'. Is your name Harold?"

"No, Encyclopedia, it isn't." he answered with a smile.

"I'm interested to know what your name is." Harry said.