(Been better. But I'll be fine.
You?)
Rose headed upstairs quickly and hurriedly grabbed her things from her desk. She didn't really want to leave him alone for too long. Not because she thought he would do something, but just because she thought it would be good to not keep him waiting for a long time.
When she'd grabbed everything, she made her way back downstairs. She set her things on the table where Allen was, sitting across from him as she spread it all out.
(?)
Allen sniffed around the kitchen for a few moments and finally set down his things on the countertop. He picked up the cup she got for him and refilled it, and when she walked back into the room and set her things down, Allen started with a faint gasp, clutching his cup tightly. He turned to grin at her nervously and shuffled over. He sat back down with the cup, then set it down.
"So, what are you having trouble with?"
Rose sighed and looked down at the papers. “Can I say everything? I know how to say things and wrote things correctly, but I don’t know how they work…”
Allen scooted closer as to see the paper better, squinting down at it. "So you're having trouble understanding where something like this would fall in a sentence?"
“Yeah. I don’t understand the differences between all of the different things,” Rose said, fiddling with the hem of her shirt.
"Oh, well, that's easy. Do you have your notes down here?" He asked, not wanting to be rude and just shifting through her things.
Rose hummed and lifted a notebook from her lap, setting it on the table in front of them. "Here they are."
Allen gently took the notebook and opened it to one of the last pages in search of the pages for the notes. He found them and scooted them out, starting to quietly explain them.
Rose nodded along slowly as he spoke. She rested her elbow up on the counter and set her chin in her hand. This was actually helping quite a bit…
"So… eh– yeah," He finished with an awkward smile, looking up. "It's not that hard. I think you should look into a better teacher and or video to help, though."
Rose hummed in acknowledgement, tilting her head a little as she glanced over the page. She blinked before looking up at Allen and offering him a small smile.
“That actually helped a lot. Thank you,” she said quietly. “Um… Would you care for some cookies or something? We’ve got plenty.”
Allen pushed the notebook closer, taking the brainwave that she wanted it back. "Oh! I'd love a cookie, thank you!"
Tobias twitched awake at the other boy's voice after a few minutes of him being there. It was quite sad, but one would think that he could sleep through anything.
"Rose? Who is here?"
Rose stood to grab a cookie before she caught her brother’s voice calling. She sighed a little and called back, “Just someone from school. Helping me with homework.”
Tobias rose and plodded across the living room, glowering at the other boy, who looked like he just uncovered a mystery.
"You guys are siblings?" Allen asked, sounding amazed.
“Yup,” Rose answered, glancing back at the boy for a moment before grabbing a plate and setting some cookies on it. “Here you are… Why do you ask?”
Allen thanked her softly and looked up, smiling awkwardly. "I've never seen you two together before. You guys hardly look alike, either. It's weird!"