Ok. Shh… sorry, I'm slightly giddy and hyperventilating now. I might be over reacting, but I have just had two follows and a favourite WITHIN THE HOUR OF PUBLISH! Who knew that that chapter would prove to be so popular? OK MASIVE THANK YOU to Illogical Human and madreader19 (Loving the names by the way) who were the executors of these miraculous actions! I say miraculous because that is the same response in ONE HOUR that I've got to a fic that's been up for a month now. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Thank you also to SilverLark25 who is also following (loving your name as well)! Ok now I really need to calm down and write. MIMI- stop acting like a two-year-old. Enjoy guys! This one's for you! (Eeee!)

Answers to reviews:

Memo: Really sorry but I was thinking someone slightly... YOUNGER. (Cough, cough. Fili. Cough, cough)

SliverLark25: Here is wished for update. I'm really glad that you like it and I am still working out the finer details but I hope that it all works out to peoples liking!

Tiala closed the door behind her, leaving her class thoroughly shell-shocked. She walked over to the pillar by one of the doors around the corner and leaned heavily against it. She had no idea what had possessed her to speak out so suddenly against her teacher and her class. She had just… Had enough. It didn't make sense. As much as they got on her nerves, she shouldn't have lashed out like that. Still, she had lessons to go to and she wasn't about to let her slip up ruin the last day of term for her.

It was finally lunch and Tiala was starving, she quickly went to the front of the line and showed the teacher her pass. It was for her Maths GCSE class. She used to be looked down upon by the kids who had their GCSEs that year, but after getting expected score B+, they now held her with grudging respect. Not that it stopped the hollers at her when she passed people in her year in the corridor. It was always the same thing, every time: 'Why do you bother doing GCSE maths when you could be out having fun, Wise girl?', 'Honestly, if you stopped doing academic subjects constantly in your spare time, you might have some friends!', 'Going to go sit with all of the older nerds, Reis?'. Remembering the episode that morning with her outburst in class, she closed her mouth and walked steadily down the corridor, eyes pointed straight ahead.

When she reached room 14, she used her elbow to lever open the door, and sat down in her seat. As always, she was almost completely ignored, but that suited her. She placed her tray on the table and opened her sandwich wrapper and textbook simultaneously. Taking a bite, she recognised humous and falafel. She should have expected it, considering that they had had falafel as their main choice the day before.

As she wolfed down her sandwich, her teacher, Mr. Larten entered and started writing down exercises on the board. Solve: 1. Mrs. Rodger got a weekly raise of $145. If she gets paid every other week, write an integer describing how the raise will affect her pay check. 2. The value of x + x(xx) when x = 2 is: (a) 10, (b) 16, (c) 18, (d) 36, (e) 64. 3. Mr. Jones sold two pipes at $1.20 each. Based on the cost, his profit one was 20% and his loss on the other was 20%. On the sale of the pipes, he: (a) broke even, (b) lost 4 cents, (c) gained 4 cents, (d) lost 10 cents, (e) gained 10 cents. 4. The distance light travels in one year is approximately 5,870,000,000,000 miles. The distance light travels in 100 years is: (a) 587 × 108 miles, (b) 587 × 1010 miles, (c) 587 × 10-10 miles, (d) 587 × 1012 miles, (e) 587 × 10-12 miles. 5. A man has $ 10,000 to invest. He invests $ 4000 at 5 % and $ 3500 at 4 %. In order to have a yearly income of $ 500, he must invest the remainder at: (a) 6 % , (b) 6.1 %, (c) 6.2 %, (d) 6.3 %, (e) 6.4 %. (In case any of you are curious, answers are at the bottom of the chapter. I didn't work them out, I don't have the time, patience or skill (I'm in the same year as Tiala; year eight) and my little sister is distracting me, so I don't have the concentration either).

Tiala, polished off her lunch and then set to work with the problems. Maths was nice. It was logical, and everything had a definitive reason to it, even if it was sometimes so complicated that it made her head swim. She was half way through question 5 when the teacher called out for them to pause for a minute. 'OK class.' He said rather quickly and with a tinge of panic. 'I have to leave now! My wife has just called me. She's having the baby!' The whole class cheered. Mr. Larten had been saying for so long about him having this tiny knew addition to his family. 'I apologise but I have to rush out now. If you so wish, you may stay in here to finish the questions, but I recommend that you go out and get some fresh air. Have a lovely holiday!' And he rushed from the room.

Tiala considered her options; either she could sit in the stuffy, overheated room and solve equations she wouldn't need to know for another 3 years, or go outside and be social. She decided to act on the latter.

She dawdled over to the cleaning stations and cleared the rubbish from her tray into the bin. She stacked her tray on top of all of the others, and then headed out to the quad. She sat down by the foursquare courts and took out her book. She was out of the sun here, she could sit, people watch (one of her favourite hobbies) and generally go unnoticed by those around her unless they were looking for her. Unless they were looking for her. And today someone was.

Gaby came sauntering over and snatched the Silmarillion from Tiala's hands. She peered at the page that she was on and read it out in a mocking voice to her cronies behind her. "Thus it was that when Nahar neighed and Orom indeed came among them, some of the Quendi hid themselves, and some fled and were lost.' What the heck loser. That makes as much sense as those weird Latin den- denle-denlecentions that Miss made us learn about on trial day.'

'You mean declensions?'

'You knew what I meant sucker. Don't try and pick fun at me. I have your precious book remember.' It was true. Her copy of The Silmarillion was over 35 years old (The Silmarillion was only published in 1977, 4 years after Tolkien's death.) and she would hate to have it damaged.

'Give it back.' She growled.

'Make me arsehead.' Gaby laughed in her face waving the book jeeringly above Tiala's head. Tiala was short, only about 4ft 5" so there was no way that she would be able to reach it.

'Give it back!' Tiala half shouted. All of Gaby's friends were tittering in the background. In a moment of white hot anger, Tiala hit her. She hit Gaby. Hard. In the stomach. She had never hit someone before and was surprised at how hard people were on impact. Gaby yelped like the wounded dog that she was and doubled over, dropping the book. Before it could hit the ground, Tiala reached out, grabbed it, and wedged it into her bag.

In her brief moment of lapsed concentration, Gaby righted herself and took a hold of Tiala's neck from the front. She lifted her clean off the floor and pinned her up against the wall. There was no one around, no one to stand up for her. Struggling against Gaby's iron grip, Tiala kicked and punched and wriggled and wormed but nothing would get Gaby to drop her. She was struggling to breathe now and was panting like she'd just run a mile.

Gaby drew her face level with her victim's. 'This will teach you NEVER to mess with me. And remember, if you tell anyone, I can always do it again. NERD.' And with that, she commenced punching Tiala. First her face, then her arms, then her stomach and torso, and finally her shins. When at last she was done, she dropped Tiala unceremoniously to the ground and gave her a sharp kick for good measure. 'Never forget that, Bitch.' She stalked off, leaving Tiala hunched over and crying in a forgotten corner of the yard.

Ok. Now. I have to put this out there. If ANYONE if suffering at the hands of a bully now or ever, TELL SOMEONE. The bully may well say some things along the same lines as Gaby did in this chapter but if you tell an adult that you trust, they will make sure that it doesn't happen again. They will make sure that the bully doesn't get to carry out the threat. I hope that you all enjoyed that chapter and I will try my very best to update again tomorrow. Enjoy your advent calendars in the morning (If you have one. I don't mean to offend if you don't celebrate.) Anyway. I hope that you enjoyed! Below are the maths answers.

Q1. Solution:

Let the 1st paycheck be x (integer).

Mrs. Rodger got a weekly raise of $ 145.

So after completing the 1st week she will get $ (x+145).

Similarly after completing the 2nd week she will get $ (x + 145) + $ 145.

= $ (x + 145 + 145)

= $ (x + 290)

So in this way end of every week her salary will increase by $ 145.

Q2. Solution:

x + x(xx)

Put the value of x = 2 in the above expression we get,

2 + 2(22)

= 2 + 2(2 × 2)

= 2 + 2(4)

= 2 + 8

= 10

Answer: (a)

Q3. Solution:

20 % profit on $ 1.20

= $ 20/100 × 1.20

= $ 0.20 × 1.20

= $ 0.24

Similarly, 20 % loss on $ 1.20

= $ 20/100 × 1.20

= $ 0.20 × 1.20

= $ 0.24

Therefore, in one pipe his profit is $ 0.24 and in the other pipe his loss is $ 0.24.

Since both profit and loss amount is same so, it's broke even.

Answer: (a)

Q4. Solution:

The distance of the light travels in 100 years is:

5,870,000,000,000 × 100 miles.

= 587,000,000,000,000 miles.

= 587 × 1012 miles.

Answer: (d)

Q5. Solution:

Income from $ 4000 at 5 % in one year = $ 4000 of 5 %.

= $ 4000 × 5/100.

= $ 4000 × 0.05.

= $ 200.

Income from $ 3500 at 4 % in one year = $ 3500 of 4 %.

= $ 3500 × 4/100.

= $ 3500 × 0.04.

= $ 140.

Total income from 4000 at 5 % and 3500 at 4 % = $ 200 + $ 140 = $ 340.

Remaining income amount in order to have a yearly income of $ 500 = $ 500 - $ 340.

= $ 160.

Total invested amount = $ 4000 + $ 3500 = $7500.

Remaining invest amount = $ 10000 - $ 7500 = $ 2500.

We know that, Interest = Principal × Rate × Time

Interest = $ 160,

Principal = $ 2500,

Rate = r [we need to find the value of r],

Time = 1 year.

160 = 2500 × r × 1.

160 = 2500r

160/2500 = 2500r/2500 [divide both sides by 2500]

0.064 = r

r = 0.064

Change it to a percent by moving the decimal to the right two places r = 6.4 %

Therefore, he invested the remaining amount $ 2500 at 6.4 % in order to get $ 500 income every year.

Answer: (e)