Ahhhh, writing from school!

Taz/Up belong to Starkid! Yay!

Those Six weeks passed slowly.

"Why are you waiting for him? Just so you can follow him around." Aliciana laughed. Taz scowled and walked away, as Up had explained to her enemy's aren't a good idea. By the time Up is declared free of parasites, it would be the week before finals. Then, they would all wait for results that would make or break their time at the academy. Taz was still stuck with her Calculus work.

"How many times have I explained this?" Freya moaned as she began the twenty minuet explanation over dinner one night. Taz got caught up in revising everyday, that she forgot about Up. On the first day of finals week, she decided to revise outside as Saki had her advanced medical exam and Freya had her Biology final. Taz sat by the wooded part of the Academy's grounds, near a clear dark blue lake. Taz always admired the lake's color, it was about four shades darker than Up's. She sighed and dragged her legs up into the rock she was sat on. Then she took out her calculus text book and opened the first page. Then she threw the textbook into the lake.

She regretted it immediately. How would she pass the exam now? She rummaged around in her back pack until she pulled out the grey calculus book. She flicked through for notes but found none.

" Need some help?" a familiar voice called out.

" UP?!" Taz yelled out. She turned and he caught her in a bear hug. The seventeen year old weeped into the

Twenty three year olds chest.

"Hey hey!" I only just got out of the infirmary!" Up winced. "No parasites in me but a fair few in most of the others."
" Ive missed jou, jou tough son of a bitch."
" And I've missed you, you little latino… son of a bitch." he grinned. Taz threw her head back and laughed. Then she looked at the calculus book on the rock.
" So do I really need calculus to graduate… Taz asked. If she didn't pass all her tests, Taz would repeat the past two years. "Space-Claws wishing I wasn't in his first ever early graduating class; I mean, his dad is cutting training time in half to deal with de robotas but I'm still scared I will mess up!"
" Dont talk like that, Taz!" He pulled her onto the rock and the pair sat there for two hours as Up explained Calculus to her. He wrote out the numbers onto the rock by carving them in, and then drew lines to each number, showing how to multiply them. Taz looked at the rock and then grinned.

Taz's Exams were that afternoon. Calculus was third. Taz imagined she was back on the rock with the numbers etched infront, the lines criss crossing over them. Then she began to scribble on the paper.

Exams week flew by after that. Up, Rick and Jed all helped with revision, Kit was looking after Kian and working to help. There was talk about her leaving her job and staying as a civilian but Rick said they could cope without her having to quit for the time being. And soon enough, exams were over. Every cadet was informed that they would all receive a letter from Space-Claw In the auditorium at noon the next Wednesday. On tuesday night, Taz sat in the canteen, pushing her food about the plate with her fork. Saki nudged her with her shoulder.

"Your getting corn all over me!" she laughed. Taz was dimly aware of the yellow pellets littering the table. Up smiled weakly, remembering a similar exchange between him and Jed, the day he found Taz.

"Taz, you can't change it now; If you pass, great. If you fail, you can train and be much better at combat next year." Up reassured her. He ended up with some of the corn from the table in his eye.

Taz, Saki and Freya stood at the back of the hall. Space-Claw was reading out Surnames. Cadets each made their way as they were called. Up had told Taz that her fake surname, Gomez, was on the system. She shrugged it off.

"Carter." The name was called. Freya took a deep breath in and Walked over to receive her envelope. As she returned, she looked at her friends.

"Open them together." she sighed. George and Jasper arrived a minuet later, clutching similar letters.

"Gomez."

Taz walked slowly up to Space-Claw. He grinned and handed her an envelope. She plodded back to were her friends were stood.

"You said you didn't have a surname?" George laughed. Taz shrugged.

"Lynn" the name was called just as Taz had noticed that Saki was the only one without her letter. She walked up and beamed at Space-Claw as she received her letter. As soon as you got your letter, you could leave. The five teenagers opened the letters. They all grinned at their results.

"I got it!"

"I start hospital training in a month!"

"Engineer!"

Taz looked at them.

"I passed." she choked out.