Keiko's eyes went wide at the reprimand. She opened and shut her mouth silently a couple of times, and then wordlessly turned and stormed out. Her father was going to be<em>pissed</em>, she knew, and all for this nonsense assignment - it wasn't as though she'd done less work than usual or anything! Better that he hear it from me, I suppose, Keiko thought and opened her phone to make the call.<br/><br/><em>I'll show her</em>, she fumed afterwards, making her way towards the library and smarting from Father's disappointed tone. She'd promised him, and herself, that she'd do a good rewriting the assignment. And she put in a solid start before being called by one of her friends from the cheerleading squad, wondering where she was and if she was free to hang out this evening. Keiko could hardly hold it in, and unburdened herself, complaining of the unfairness of it all, the hideous unfairness. Between that, and the gossip still flying about what had really happened on Stacey's date, she found herself still talking on the phone when five o'clock rolled around. Apologising to Amanda and hanging up quickly, she hurried to Miss Bell's office.<em>Even if I haven't really prepared</em>, she thought,<em>at least I'm not late</em>.<br/><br/>With that, she paused to make sure she was presentable and knocked.