Yes, because clearly I have nothing better to do with my life.

Lewis and Eric drop me off a little while later and I head in our house. I stop by the kitchen long enough to raid the fridge for a soda and some cold pizza and head up to my room, closing the door behind me. I might as well do this.

Not only does it affect my summer plans if I flunk the test, but I’ll have to listen to my mom and stepdad for the next four months telling me how I should have been “applying myself” to school for the past four years, and that is probably worse than summer school.

I crack open my biology book, take a bite of pizza and dive in. I swear I better ace this test if I’m giving up skip day for this.