Daria looked from her computer when she heard the hesitant knock on her door. "The person you are trying to reach is not available. Please leave a message at the beep." Daria said loud enough to be heard through the door.
The door opened, and Daria saw Quinn standing in the hallway. She started one of her standard replies to Quinn entering her room, when she noticed Quinn was holding a copy of Gray's Anatomy. "Why do you have that book, Quinn? It's a little of your league." Daria said snidely.
"Duh, I know it is, Daria." Quinn replied sharply. "I've been trying to read it, since Daddy had his heart attack. But it doesn't make any sense."
"You're serious about being a doctor?" Daria asked. "I hate to burst your bubble, but that's a lot of school, before you even start at a hospital."
"You're the smartest person I know, can't you help? Isn't there some trick to make understanding this easier?" Quinn begged as she waved the book at Daria.
"If you really want to do this, I'll help. But there's no real short cuts. You're going to have to do a lot of studying to get caught up on the basics, then we can look at what to do for college and Med school." Daria said sincerely.
"OK, how much studying are we talking about?" Quinn asked.
"We'll start easy, one to two hours each school night. I'll teach you some methods to make studying a bit easier, but there is a lot of material to cover. You might want to talk to Ms. Barch about this, as well as the Guidance Counselor."
"One to two hours! But my dating schedule?" Quinn wailed.
"Quinn, this is exactly what I'm talking about. You need to decide what's more important, dating every guy in the city, or becoming a doctor. I'm not saying, don't date, because that just drive both of us crazy. But, if you start this, you can't quit because Sandi says it's not Fashionable. If you blow this off, I'm not going to help you."
Quinn took a deep breath, then let it out, and sat down on Daria's bed. She sat there quietly for several minutes, then looked up at Daria with a determined expression. "Fine, I'll rearrange my schedule. When can we start?"
"How about Sunday? I need to get some items, so I can determine where you stand academically, then we'll go from there." Daria said.
Quinn smiled, then bounced over to Daria and hugged her. "Thanks, sis."