We should.

It would be weird to flee the school now. Anyway, it didn't make sense for Penny's power to be rescheduling classes, in advance, for the whole school.

...Right?

Penny walked to room 238 and sat down next to Alma, from the basketball team. Tammy and Tamira were there too. All three muttered some form of condolences and politely asked how Penny was holding up.

Rhonda and the coach weren't in the room yet. There were two girls sitting on the other side of the room, and a boy near them. None of them were as considerate as the basketball players--they got busy with gossip as soon as Penny appeared.

Penny tried to ignore them. She had a crush on Isidro, a dark-skinned Hispanic boy from the boys' frisbee team, but he wasn't here.

Alma nudged her with an elbow. "Looking for Isidro, aren't you."

"I'm so fucking embarrassed. He's probably seen my scans."

"You think he liked them?"

What the fuck, Alma. Penny made her voice as icy as possible: "It wasn't the first thing on my mind."

"Chica, grow up, if you make him hard he would already run sims. Don't matter if it's a bit closer to life now. Those 'x-ray' app filters have been hot shit for decades, all he learned is you don't have tattoos."

That was probably a good point, but Penny wasn't in the mood for it. Isidro and another boy walked into the room, which was a timely distraction.

"Grit it up, you're 18, do him one right back." Alma quick-launched her camera, caught Isidro and his friend, switched into Pant-Snap and auto-loaded the last image. By the time the boys had sat down, Alma had a nice high-res photo of what the AI thought they'd look like naked.

Penny blushed. She had been so distracted yesterday that she hadn't had time to browse the adult app store yet. That was something to look forward to.

"Happy birthday to you, I guess." Rhonda had just arrived, sneaking up behind the girls to admire the photo. "Ask that boy out for drinks this weekend. He's seen you no-sim, tell him he owes you."

The teacher was also walking into the room. She was a woman in her 30s, somewhat obese and harsh-looking, although she had a pleasant voice. She was a choir teacher, if Penny remembered correctly.

"Quiet down, let's get started. Today's topic is Sex Ed."