Ellie smiled at the thought of having Kevin in her Chemistry class. She was sure he would be a much better lab partner than the lazy classmate she had been stuck with since the start of school. Even if her friend wasn’t terribly interested in science, it would be fun to share her passion with him.

Ellie frowned sympathetically when Kevin mentioned the pop quiz in his previous class. “I hate pop quizzes,” she said, ”I can’t believe those are still a thing these days. So lame! He really needs to get out more…” It seemed like only the mean old teachers ever resorted to that sort of torture.

”Anyway,” Ellie said, changing the subject, ”At least we won’t have any math homework tonight after that test earlier!” she said, trying to cheer him up. Less homework was always good in her book. It gave her more time to do things like think of new skating routines or read a magazine.