A/N: wow - I'm actually updating! Thank you to my reviewer Evil But Friendly Rival J

There was always an awards assembly on the last day of school. Those who played sports, were on special academic teams, or had outstanding accomplishments. Tibby walked with boredom to the gym. She had never enjoyed this assembly, had always wanted to avoid it, and never gotten an award. She didn't play soccer like Bee, (or any other sport for that matter)

Her mind started wandering to the summer

" Why can't we just travel? Lena's going to Hawaii, Carmen's going to France, and Bee's going to be a legislative assistant in Washington DC. I'm stuck here."

"Welcome to this year's last day of school assembly!" the announcer's voice boomed, interrupting Tibby's thoughts.

" yeah, yeah, yeah. Last day of school. And I'm gonna be BORED for a week until classes start! Maybe I can think of a project … but … no … that's not enough time to get ANYTHING accomplished. Sigh."

" Earth to Tibby …" it was Lena. Tibby smiled.

"Hi Lena."

They passed the rest of the assembly in conversation, totally oblivious to what was going on in the assembly.

That evening, they took out the Pants. It turned out that Lena would get them first, then Carmen, then Bee.

The week passed fairly quickly. Lena. Bee and Carmen all headed off in their various directions, leaving Tibby, as it were, stuck. She spent most of the time in her room, listening to her favorite artist, Josh Groban, thinking of a certain foreign exchange student from Germany who had been in the chorus last year…

Tibby's mom called her one morning while she was playing solitaire on her computer.

" I just met a student who says he's in the trig class, but they cancelled it because there weren't enough students." " That would be great! Please, please, PLEASE let that be the case!"

" I dunno. I'll call the admissions office to find out"

… Ring, Ring …

"Admissions office, how may I help you?"

" Um, I heard a rumor that the Math 111 was cancelled … is that true?"

" Let me check." (a pause) " No, Math 111 is still being held." "Merdre! Why?"

" Thanks."

"No problem"

"Bye"

"Bye" (click)

The morning of her first day of classes, Tibby wished she didn't have to do this. As she left her house at 8:30, she thought about what she could have done that summer. As she peddled into town, she thought of all the cool things her friends were doing, and wished she could do some of those things as well.

Tibby walked into her trig class, walking along the double row of tables, and looked at the whiteboard in the front of the room. She sat down at one of the tables.

"Hi" came a voice from beside her. " My name's Bria. What's yours?"

"Tibby" At this point the instructor, Amorgin Barocio came in.

" Hello" he said ( though with a very thick Welsh accent) " Welcome to this summer semester of trigonometry. I'm passing out a syllabus,. As you can see we'll be doing a lot of things this summer.

There will be daily homework, and a quiz every day that will cover the material on the homework. There will also be daily class work after each section. I must apologize for that. I'm only a grad student, and my boss says that this is how he wants the class run" Amorgin grinned an apologetic grin. Meanwhile, in the back of the room, his boss grinned evilly and walked quietly away, unnoticed …

"Well, I guess we have to start doing math sometime, so let's start with section 1.1"

After her trig class, Tibby still had two hours to kill before her chemistry class. Slightly appalled at the amount of homework she had, she trudged up the stairs to the upper floor of the library. And found the study rooms. She walked past rows of bookcases, finally coming to the last study room. It had a window that provided the perfect view of the campus - a blanket of green grass with trees growing through it. To Tibby it was beautiful.

" Dang it, I wish I could just stay here. the view is so pretty and I love the way the light comes in and lights up the room. You don't even need to turn on the light … but I better get some homework done. Looking a the trees and flowers isn't going to count for a whole heck of a lot other than keeping me up until all hours …"

Tibby pulled out her new graphing calculator, book, notes, pencil and extra paper, and started working diligently on her homework. An hour and a half later, she put everything back in her backpack, and slung it over her back, noticing how heavy her chemistry book was, and the bulge her helmet made in her backpack. She then went down to the bike rack where she had left her bike early that morning (the building where her math class met happened to be right next to the library) and cycled across campus to where her chemistry class met.

"Hello, I am Seamus Pearce, and I'll be your chemistry teacher this summer. First I'd like to talk about how this class is going to be structured. I give 5 tests. Each will count as 20 percent of your final grade. There will not be any homework other than studying and reading the chapter in your chemistry book. I expect you all to take notes during lecture, though there will not be a direct grade for doing so. It does provide you with the information to study. Be warned, though, I give extra information that isn't in the textbook, but I also don't cover every last bit of the material in the text, but you are responsible for knowing it, all the same. I'm hoping to cover at least to chapter 19 this summer, we'll have to just see how things go. Any questions before we start? Good. Okay, with that settled, we'll start with chapter one …"

After her chemistry class, she went to the math help session. She walked up the stairs, and cautiously opened the door. There was no one there.

" What an I supposed to do now? Oh, well. I guess I'll work some more on what I can understand before I delve into the range of the unknown." She settled down at the table and started to work, but was surprised when someone came in the help room.

" Hi … did you need any help?"

" Um … I just had a question about …." she said nervously.

" okay, why don't you just relax? That's the first rule of math … don't panic." Tibby smiled.

" I just had this question - the back of the book gives a different answer than what I get, and I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong."

"let's take a look."

" ah … okay, here's what you're doing wrong - you're over - simplifying. You should leave your answer in terms of Pi, and everything will be fine. Is there anything else?"

"no, but thank you."

" no problem, and remember … don't panic."

Tibby peddled her bike home, only to find it locked, and her family all at their respective work places. " Maybe it's a good thing that I'm taking these classes after all. It will keep me from being bored, and it will keep me from interacting with my stupid big sister. I just wish they didn't insist on the door being locked. It's torture having to stand out her in the sun after a bike ride and unlock the door." She then unlocked the door, and headed for the living room to do her homework. She was halfway through reading her chapter for chemistry when her sister, flanked by her two huge dogs came in.

" whatcha doin?"

" reading a chapter in my chemistry textbook." " like you care. Why don't you and your bodyguards go somewhere else and leave me ALONE?"

" Test?"

"not for two weeks, but this is our homework. It's more interesting than math, at any rate." "not to mention that I got all of my math done at the help session.. That was a real miracle." as soon as she figured she politely could, she got up and took her studying to her room.

"ah, piece and quiet … at last … but then, that's one of the advantages of having one's own room, I guess." Tibby stayed in her room, watching her kitty, CuCulian play with his new toy until her mom called her for dinner.

A/N okay, I know I'm mainly focusing on Tibby here … If you want to read about Lena, Bee and Carmen, just say so … also, if you have any ideas, for this story, it would be helpful … Reviews are always welcome!