She took her seat after nodding to a couple of the other kids she knew.  It looked like the teacher wasn't even here yet, so she was safe from repercussion for running behind schedule, at least for today anyway.  As the minutes ticked on with no teacher, she frowned a little and glanced around.  The expressions on faces ran the gamut from mindlessly bored to irritated, and everything in between.<br/><br/>Shrugging, she hauled one of her thick advanced-placement course texts out of her bag and cracked it open.  This class wasn't one she was worried about -- all ego aside, she could probably pass it asleep, not that she'd ever flaunt that around -- so while she had the time, she'd continue her reading through material that was challenging.