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thousand miles an hour. We heard the final warning bell ring, and Ethan pulled away from me and looked me in the eye.
    ‘Why would you think I was mad at you?’ H e smiled at me, which made my knees go weak.
    ‘Well , I just thought…because of what happened, you would be mad, and the way you looked at me and talked to me…’
    ‘Summer .’ He said my name, but I kept ranting. ‘Summer!’
    I stopped and looked into his eyes. ‘Yes?’
    ‘I think it ’s very cute, the way you do that, but we are going to be late for class.’ We rushed off to Biology together. We made it just in time before the teacher walked in.
    ‘Ok, today is a pop quiz on what we have been doing. You will be scored and graded.’ The class moaned at the teacher’s announcement.
    ‘Did you study?’ Ethan asked me.
    I gave him a look. ‘I was suspended, of course I studied!’
    H e laughed, and our teacher came around and placed the tests on our desks.
    ‘Miss , this is not a pop quiz! It is an actual test!’
    I looked down to see that it was a formal test.
    ‘Yes , you are right. This will go towards your report. By making it a surprise, I’ll be able to see how much you learn and listen.’ She laughed to herself, but all the students were in a panic.
    ‘Ok , begin.’
    W e had all lesson to finish it. I flew through the pages like the wind and ended up finishing ten minutes early. I looked around to see everyone else struggling. I looked at Ethan, who was tapping his pencil on the desk, perhaps hoping for the answer to appear. I looked at Amy, who was screwing her face up. I went through my paper again, and double checked my answers three times, but I still had eight minutes left, so I decided to see what Amanda was up to.
    ‘Hey, Amanda, what you doing?’ I waited before she replied.
    ‘ Listening to a boring lecture on Shakespeare.’
    ‘ Sounds interesting!’ I looked around to see how everybody was doing, and by the looks of it, I was still the only one finished.
    ‘ Aren’t you supposed to be in a pop quiz?’ Her voice echoed through my head.
    ‘ Well, turns out it was not a pop quiz, but a test towards our report. I am done.’ I looked up at the clock to see we still had five more minutes.
    ‘ How can you be done ? Unless you cheated!’
    I sighed. I heard our teacher cough, and looked at her to see her pointing to my paper.
    ‘ Summer, what is the meaning behind Shakespeare’s work?’
    ‘H ow would I know? I am doing To Kill a Mockingbird. ’
    ‘Alright, students. Test is over! Put down your pencils, and no talking.’
    I looked over to Etha n, who looked at me and smiled. ‘Now hand your paper to the front, and make sure your names are on them,’ the teacher said.
    I handed my pa per to the boy in front of me.
    ‘N ow you can talk.’ Just like that, the classroom erupted into chatter about the test.
    ‘S ummer, how did you find the test?’  Perry asked from behind me.
    ‘I t was easy.’ That was true. I had flown through the work.
    ‘L ucky for you! I found it hard. Are you trying out for volleyball after lunch?’
    W hy would Perry ask that? ‘Wouldn’t miss it.’ I smiled at him. When we were dismissed, I was stopped by my teacher before the bell rang.
    ‘Summer , can you stay behind for a second?’ I waited behind for everyone to leave before she began talking. ‘Summer, I would like to give you extension work. You are very bright, and this will help you.’ She handed me a stack of papers.
    ‘W hen do you want it done by?’ I asked, hoping she wouldn’t say tomorrow.
    ‘W henever you finish it.’ She smiled and dismissed me from class. The day flew by, and before I knew it I was waving off Ethan, Amanda and Amy to go to volleyball tryouts.
    ‘O k, people. I want to see what you can do. We are going to play a game, so split up into four teams.’
    We did what the coach said. I was on a team with Sarah, Blake, Perry and some new people. Tryouts were a blast, with everyone giving one