Ellie finished her test about halfway into the period. Looking up she noticed that a few other students had finished as well. With nothing else to do she double checked her answers before flipping the paper over. Usually tests like these lasted the whole period so now she had about twenty minutes to kill until the bell rang. With a light sigh, she glanced over at Kevin to see how he was doing. His brow was furrowed with concentration and it was clear that he was on edge. Ellie wished she could help him but looked away before the teacher could accuse her of cheating. She doodled on the back of her scrap paper, making marks that to anyone else would have seemed like a secret code. Instead it was the layout of her skating routine, the one she would perform at the upcoming competition.

Eventually the teacher called for them to pass their tests forward and Ellie handed hers to the girl in front of her, confident that she had received at least an B. Looking back over at Kevin, she smiled, trying to ease his obvious discomfort. "How do you think you did?" she asked gently, tucking a stray tendril of hair behind her ear as she waited for his response.