"The diameter is 15. 67 inches," Tina said, throwing her pencil down on the carpet.

Bette looked up from Tina’s copy of "People" and smiled. She already did the calculations in her head and knew Tina got the answer right. "Correct."

Tina breathed a sigh of relief and she flopped onto her back. Her hair was splayed all over the mattress and she supported her head with her cupped hands. Now that she finally got Geometry she felt at peace.

Bette took a moment to look at Tina before speaking up. "What do we do now?" It was still pretty early. 4:05 P.M. to be exact. Bette didn’t have to be home for a couple of hours.

"We could go shopping," Tina suggested. She hoped Bette would agree. Last time Tina went to the mall was back-to-school shopping and it felt like ages ago. The only problem was because both of them were sophomores, they were probably too young to get their license. "But how are we going to get there?"ou

"I could take us," Bette said as she looked over Tina’s work. She had the neatest penmanship she’s ever seen. It was unique as her E’s looked like backward 3′s and her M’s looked like the logo for McDonald’s. It should have been a font.

"What are you talking about?" Tina asked with a hint of the know-it-all attitude teenagers were famous for.

"I do have my license." Bette explained.

"No way," Tina said as she rose up from her relaxed position and criss-crossed her legs on the bed facing Bette who was lying down. The magazine was open on Bette’s stomach, creating a small tent.

"Yeah way. I’m 16. Well, I just turned 16 last month." Because of Bette’s parents’ death at an unreasonable age, Bette ended up going to an orphanage the same time school started. She caught up to her grade level reading her fellow orphans’ books and such, acquiring a lot of knowledge for someone her age. By having an August birthday, she could have started immediately. Her social worker thought she wasn’t emotionally "prepared" to attend school right away. Bette ended up being one year older than her classmates.

"You do not look your age at all," Tina said, her eyes swept over Bette’s body. ‘But you definitely have a matured body.’