Amy ended up finding out what happened later that morning. She and Emily always had breakfast on Fridays after her 8AM science class. Amy tried not to be envious of the fact that while she was dealing with Physics laws, Emily was sound asleep.

Emily's alarm clock woke her up from a sound sleep at 9:01. She rolled over, jumped out of bed, and turned the annoying thing off.

Tarash was still sleeping. Emily rolled her eyes. She searched her closet for a pair of comfortable pants and then checked to see if she had any emails or IMs from the night before. Aside from an email from her grandmother stating that, "You have received a fun page!" there was nothing there.

Fifteen minutes later, she was waiting for Amy near one of the dining halls. A minute or so later, the science major arrived, looking very tired.

"Hi, Amy. How was class?"

"It was okay."

They walked towards the nicer of the dining halls.

"How did your lab writeup go?" Emily questioned.

"It's finished."

"Another all nighter?"

"I managed a two hour nap around 4. Had to wake up at 6 because I still needed to do French."

"How…?"

"I procrastinate. It's a bad habit."

"I think you're the only one on campus who realizes this."

They found a table and marked it with their backpacks.

They went to retrieve some semi-edible food from the lines, and after a few minutes of inspection, returned to their seat with their trays reasonably full.

"Did Tarash tell you what they've decided?" Amy questioned, once they had started eating.

"She summarized it this morning. Basically, they are going to make us start our work as soon as we get a free minute during the day. They might make us skip meetings and stuff if we're behind. Do some of it while we're asleep. And make sure we're in bed by 2:00AM, at the latest. Midnight, if possible."

"Tarash already has the last part down," Amy laughed.

"Too true."

"So, we're not going to have to drop out of college?" Amy questioned. "Drat."

"Only if things get worse."

"Okay, so we have a week before we're kicked out by our Yeerks," Amy laughed.

"That's the gist of it."

The End