Matty sighed as she took her seat when Mr. Matthews said to start the reading assignment for the day. She flipped in her seat with no attempt at subtlety, it wasn't like everyone want already watching her. She dug into her book bag for her textbook, hoping for a change she could get something right to avoid the look of further disappointment in Mr. Matthews eyes.<br/><br/>No such luck. She was still digging in her bag when he approached with her last exam. She looked up and, of course, he looked disappointed. What else was new? Her mind slipped back to the day of that exam. It had been the day the doctors finally gave up on her little brother. She had barely been able to function, but her uncle had insisted she go to school especially since she'd had a test in this class and two others that same day.<br/><br/>She shrugged at his comment on her work. It wasn't like any of the teachers cared about other than the precious test scores. "What can I say, teach? There was a kick arse party over at the college the night before. I had to go and check it out. Didn't get a chance to study for your test." No point in being apologetic. At this point he wouldn't believe that she'd been at the hospital crying for the loss of her baby brother.