Chapter 21 Casey Jones Improves in Trigonometry
When April O' Neil first met Casey Jones the person who she was supposed to be tutoring in Trigonometry she didn't like him at first because he knocked her down with a hockey puck. She also didn't want to tutor Casey but he begged her because he mentioned that if his grades didn't improve he was going to be kicked off his hockey team which is something he didn't want. April showed sympathy for him and decided to tutor him after all due to the fact that she needed all the extra credit she can get from her long absent from School. One evening as April was getting ready for another study session her phone started ringing and it was her friend Irma calling, "Hi Irma what's new?" April asked her friend. "Not much April. I know that you're tutoring that guy you told me about and I was wondering if I may join you since we all need to start cramming for our midterms" Irma said over the phone. "Sounds like a good idea" stated April. "Meet me at the Library and this time I'll show up." "That's good to hear. See you soon" Irma said as she hung up and started heading to the Library. After April was done talking to April she got a call from Casey, "Hey Red I'm finished with hockey practice so I'm ready whenever you are for our next session." "Good to hear Jones meet me at the Library" April told Casey as she was heading out the door. When April got to the Library Casey was surprisingly on time. "Glad that you're on time" April stated. "Of course you know I want to stay on the hockey team so I need to study" Casey replied. Before April and Casey went inside Irma shows up. "Hi April" Irma said greeting her friend. "Hey Irma I'm glad that you're here" April told her. "Who is she?" Casey asked. "This is my friend Irma. She will be studying with us while I'm tutoring you" said April. "Irma this is Casey Jones the guy I told you I'm tutoring to earn extra credit." "Please to meet you Casey" said Irma as she reaches her hand out to shake Casey's. "Nice to meet you too Irma" replied Casey as he shook Irma's hand.
"I'm ready to study whenever you are April" exclaimed Irma as she, April and Casey went inside the Library together. Casey was rather disappointed that it wasn't going to be just him and April because he liked hanging with April even if it is to be tutored by her. The three of them sat down at a round table together, pulled out their books and were ready to begin studying. "Ok Casey we are going to begin where we left off the other night since we never got to finish" April told Casey as she handed him a worksheet with questions she was going to ask him. Casey stared at the paper and remembered some of the things he and April went over last time despise their first session being cut short because of the mutant monster that tried to capture April. To the best of his ability Casey wrote down his answer to the problem and showed April his answer. She was amazed that Casey got the first one right without asking for her help. "I'm impressed Casey you got it right" April said as she looked at Casey's answer. "That's because after that night when our session was cut short I went home to study some more on my own. Plus the more you tutor me I gain a better understanding of Trigonometry. In other words I understand my least favorite subject a lot more now ever since you became my tutor" Casey told April which made her happy that she was doing a good job. "Can I see your answer Casey? I don't think I got it right and I want to see where I went wrong with my calculations since I have the same worksheet as you" Irma pointed out. "Sure Irma go for it" exclaimed Casey as he handed his paper to Irma. She looked at her answer and compared it to Casey's and said, "I got the same answer as you so I guess I was wrong when all along I got it right." Irma handed Casey back his paper.
Casey continued to work on the Trigonometry worksheet alongside April and Irma. Whenever Casey got a question wrong April would correct him before Casey tried again. As for Irma she barely needed help at all but still worked with April and Casey to make sure that they got the same answers when they checked each other's work. April liked how this study session was going because she was happy that Casey started to apply himself more. Then April decided that it would be best to continue studying together as a group because she knew that they would accomplish more if the three of them worked together. As more tutoring sessions came and went April was pleased that Casey was improving a lot better than the first time she tutored him. Then the day came for the midterm in Trigonometry. April and Irma were ready to take the test. As for Casey he was a nervous wreck. April noticed how nervous Casey was and gave him a pep talk, "Casey I know that you're nervous but you need to calm down. You've been doing a lot better in class and when during our sessions. I believe you can do this but only if you believe in yourself." Casey thought about what April said to him and told her, "You're right April I do need to believe in myself because I don't I'm going to fail and get kicked off my hockey team which is something I don't want so thanks for the pep talk." "You're welcome Casey now go in there and take the midterm and keep telling yourself I can and I will!" April said as she, Irma and Casey went into the classroom together. The teacher handed everyone the test papers and told them to begin as soon as they got their midterms. Casey took a deep breath and thought to himself, "I can totally do this. April has been a great tutor to me so I'm going to pass for her."
The midterm went on for 90 minutes but to the whole class it felt like for an eternity. When the test was over everyone turned in their exams and headed out the door. Casey was relieved that he got it over with but now he was more nervous at how he did because the teacher was going to grade them tonight and everyone was going to learn what their grade is by tomorrow. That night while Casey was in his room he couldn't really sleep because he was more nervous at finding out what his grade was than taking the test itself. The next morning Casey didn't want to get out of bed but at the same time he was dying to know how he did. Casey met up with April at their school. "Come on Casey we'll check our grades together" April said as she dragged Casey by his hand and walked with him to where their teacher posted the grades. Irma was already there and excitedly told April, "I got an A. I'm so happy!" "Congratulations Irma" said April. "Casey do you want to check to see what your grade is?" April asked Casey which he answered, "I'm nervous can you check with me please?" April was fine with Casey's request they both checked their grades together. When April found her name next to her grade she was happy because she screamed, "I got an A as well." Casey was happy for April and when he went to check his grade he had that same toothless smile the day he met April. "I got a B+! I get to stay on my hockey team!" Casey shouted with excitement in his voice. "I'm happy for you Casey" April told him. "Um April if it's ok with you I would like if you continued to be my tutor. I think my grades will get better if you and I study together." April was surprised but very pleased at what Casey asked her and she said, "Sure I'll continue to be your tutor. I'm glad that you are taking your School work seriously."
"I think we should grab a bite on our way home to celebrate passing our midterms. What do you think of that?" Irma asked April and Casey. "I'm up for getting some food what about you Casey?" April asked him. "Sure why not. I'm hungry anyway" Casey answered as his stomach began to growl. Casey, April and Irma walked out of their school to go find a place to get something to eat. As they were walking April thought to herself, "finally I get to have a normal day and hang out with my friends without someone or something trying to kidnap or kill me. The best part was no mutants. Things are starting to look up for me." Unfortunately for April having the normal life that she hoped for was going to be harder than she thought it would be. Karai was on the rooftops spying on April and her friends because she was coming up with another evil plan. "I'm going to start hunting April O' Neil again and this time I'm not going to fail" Karai said to herself as she made her way back to Foot Clan Head Quarters.
Author's Note: I'm up to chapter 21. Yay for me! While writing this chapter I thought about my last semester in College. It was the Fall Semester of 2014 and I was only taking one class which was Biology. I've taken Biology before in the Spring Semester of 2014 along with other classes I was taking while doing an internship. Sadly I failed Biology last year because I had an awful Biology Professor who I still can't stand to this day. I should have never taken his class but I guess that doesn't matter now because I retook Biology with a different Professor who was a lot better at teaching this subject. I can't reveal the names of my College Professors because that wouldn't be right. But I will tell you this one afternoon my Biology Professor from my last semester in College wanted to talk to me in private in her office. I was scared to death on what she wanted to talk to me about but things turned out ok because all she wanted to tell me was about how I was doing in class and to complement me on being a well behaved young woman and student in her class. Then she gave me some advice on how to come out of this shell that I built around myself. She told me to keep telling myself, "I can and I will." I had April say that to Casey in this chapter of my fan fiction because everyone needs words of encouragement. Because of what my Biology Professor told me I gained more self-esteem and I applied it while I was studying really hard for my Biology final. I know I must of have gotten a decent score because I managed to pass and I was part of the graduation class of 2015. To all of you out there struggling in School and in life just tell yourself "I can and I will" and hopefully things will look up for you in a good way. Stay tune for the next update because I'll be writing soon. Peace out from Princesspeach102!