Nancy rubbed her eyes, trying to stem the oncoming headache as she smooshed her face farther and farther into her chem textbook. Taking regular sabbaticals from school might be good for her mental health but not for her memory retention on cell regeneration.
Pulling her face out of chapter three, it was only then that she noticed that there was someone sitting adjacent from her at her study hall table.
“Oh... hey... you’re in my Chem class, aren’t you?”














