Rachel just froze, holding the calendar and considering.  Tears fought behind her ears but she didn't want to let them out.  Why did her life have to be so difficult?  Why couldn't she just be normal?<br/><br/>Then everything went from bad to worse.  The snake jumped out, the teacher screamed, and Marcus came to get her.  She didn't so much accept his hand as go into shock, not sure what to do or say, but letting the calendar drop from her hands.<br/><br/>Once again it was all her fault.  She could have said yes, she could have told the teacher about Marcus' warning, or any number of other things.  Maybe if she just played along, the teacher would have helped so that she didn't even have to wear the stupid name tag anymore.  That would show her as a good girl.  Maybe then people would trust her and like her.<br/><br/>As soon as Marcus let go of her, she collapsed into a heap, crying piteously with her head in her hands.  Her hair flickered, bits of blue shimmering along like drops of rain cascading down her hair.  She didn't care.  She didn't want to have to deal with any of this.  She just wanted to be left alone so that she couldn't make another mistake again.