SATs: Sappy, Albeit Tacit

by mimosa eyes

Spitfire. A drabble series, 100 words a chapter — guaranteed not to raise your GPA. Includes follow-ups, fluffy nerdage and fatalistic events. Not much alliteration though. Epilogue now up.

15. To The Power Of

in which anything to the power of zero is one

"KF."

Some part of him valiantly feigns nonchalance while his eyes comb that familiar margin.

"KF."

Wally frowns. Where's—?

"It's Artemis's list. She has yours. Duh."

Even her name makes him wince. "Right. What were you saying?"

If not for the trademark dark glasses, he would have been able to see his friend's eyes rolling. "Indices. Little help?"

"Right, right..." Absentmindedly, his mind echoing Artemis, Wally glances at the worksheet then hints, "Anything to the power of zero is one."

As Robin experiences a minor mathematical revelation, Wally can only wonder why, with nothing left, he feels like a half.

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Listen to Jason Mraz's I Won't Give Up while reading! For a little background on yours fluffily, plus credits, see postscript.

Final chapter, "All You're Meant To Be": in which all you're meant to be ≈ everything. Please keep bugging me to finish editing! I'm still unsatisfied with the scene.

m.e.

P. S. Noticed that I have (at least?) one biomedical major reader. Hi, PrincessLazyPants! (I'm waving now.) I'm still in the midst of studies. Current age = this chapter number. I think it was obvious.

Thanks to Juliano Santos for being her awesome Brazilian self, pointing out my mistake in Chapter 14.