Chapter 27: Study, Study, Study
The next day, Snowy woke Sarah at three. There was really no point in trying to wake Tim, because he wouldn't get up until breakfast was ready, now that Sarah was making it.
Next, Snowy flew in to wake Cathy, and stopped at the food storage to get food for her own cave. She flew in, put it on the fire, and called, "Wake up, it's time for school." Anakin burst out of bed and ran to the table. Jaina and Jacen followed, but more slowly.
Meanwhile, Sarah and Cathy were going to get biscuits for their households. Sarah kicked Tim hard to wake him. He immerged from the blankets, rubbing his shoulder where she had kicked him. Sarah put out their mugs full of milk. Ryan and Tim went to the table and sat down. She sat down, too.
Anakin shoved his oatmeal down his throat and ran outside. He was always anxious to get to school. In a little while, the rest of them came out and got in the car or on their horses. They drove to the train station and rode to school.
When they got there, Ryan, Anakin, Jaina, and Jacen went to their classroom, and Cathy and Sarah went to theirs. They were the last ones in the classroom.
"Now that everyone is here, we can begin our lessons," said Ms. Torres. "If everyone will please get out their homework, I will check it. If you have all the answers filled in, you get five points; if you don't, you will get zero points. No exceptions." She walked over to Ash. "Ashton, do you have your homework?"
"Yes," Ash answered, "here it is." He took out his worksheet and showed it to her.
"Good. Five points. Josh?"
"I didn't do it," Josh said.
"And why not?"
"I didn't want to."
"Zero points." She went around the room. Almost everyone had his or her homework. When she got to Brock, she picked it up and checked it. "Why didn't you do number 21?" she asked.
"I didn't understand it," Brock answered.
"You should attempt it."
He looked up at her dreamily. "I tried to Ms. Torres, but…" He was interrupted.
"Don't look at me like that! Office, now! Your referral will follow, shortly!" She walked up to her desk and wrote the referral angrily. Brock picked up his books and walked to the door.
"For once I'm not the first one going to the office," said Josh.
"For once," Molly said.
"Who wants to take his referral?" asked Ms. Torres.
"I'll take my own," said Brock
"I'll call the office in five minutes to make sure you got there," Ms. Torres said as Brock walked out of the room and to the office. People in the class snickered, and Ms. Torres finished checking homework.
"Now, we will correct the homework. Ashton, what did you get for number one?"
"Fifteen."
"Good. I know you didn't do it Josh, but will you try to answer number two?"
Josh looked over at Ash's worksheet. "Ash got twenty, sir."
"Sir? Do I look like a male to you?"
"But, I though that's what you're supposed to say, sir!"
"Office!" shouted Ms. Torres. Josh went down the hall to the office, and Ms. Torres sent Sarah with his referral. She then called down to make sure Brock was there and to let them know Josh was coming. The office secretary sighed. Ms. Torres always sent so many people to the office.
Back in the classroom, "Everyone should now read the next chapter in their books," Ms. Torres said. The books, even the white ones, were so easy that everyone in the white group had finished reading them already. Sarah fell asleep. Everyone else just kind of sat around.
After a while, Ms. Torres said, "Tomorrow, the white and red groups will have a test on their books, chapters one through four for white, and chapters one through three for red. Here is a worksheet. It is extra credit, so you don't have to do it, however, it will help you study for the test, so I highly recommend it."
Sarah, Cathy, Misty, and Cara started theirs, but Gary put his under his desk and whispered, "I'm not doing this. I read the book. That's all I need to know." Sarah shrugged and was done with the worksheet in minutes.
After lunch, it was time for math. Ms. Torres gave them a worksheet to work on. By the time they were done with the worksheet and had checked and collected it, it was time for them to go. Sarah and Cathy each brought home her book to study by.
They got home and, as usual, Tim, Damien, Turtle, and Lee were swimming. Anakin, Jaina, Jacen, and Ryan went to do their homework. They didn't understand part of it, so Sarah was in their cabin helping them.
All of a sudden, a funny, green, boat fell down the waterfall and crashed onto Tim's head. It didn't hurt much, because he was mostly underwater, but it hurt enough that he jumped out of the water. He saw the boat floating in the water. Noticing Tim had gone up, the other three surfaced.
"Hey, Tim, why'd you go up?" Lee asked.
"Something hit me," Tim replied.
"Maybe it was this boat," Turtle suggested.
"Weird looking boat," said Damien.
"Hey, there's something in there," said Turtle, looking inside the boat.
"Someone, you mean," said Tim.
"Is she okay?" asked Lee.
Tim looked into the boat more closely. "Yeah, just asleep," he answered.
Turtle noticed the roped that tied the girl into the boat. "Why is she tied up?"
"How should I know," said Lee.
"I'm good with knots; I'll untie her." Turtle set to work on untying the rope. In a few moments, he had her untied.
"Let's put her into a bed," Tim suggested.
"Who's?" asked Damien.
"Not Tim's!" everyone said at once. Tim smiled.
"How about Sarah's?" said Lee. "She won't mind." Everyone agreed.
"She looks okay, but let's not take the chance of moving her too much. Let's move the whole boat, and when we get there, we'll take her out and move her into bed," said Turtle. The boat was not heavy, so this seemed reasonable. They moved the boat into Tim's cabin and unloaded the girl into Sarah's bed. Then, being boys, they neglected her (and didn't tell anyone about her, either).