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“You okay?” It was one of her adult students, a girl called Melanie She had seventeen piercings in her face Davina knew, she’d counted theht

“Yeah” She tried to sly but couldn’t pull it off Soability Melanie was clearly unconvinced

“They’re waiting for you downstairs”

“I’ll be there in a minute”

Melanie hesitated before closing the door

“You can do this,” Davina told herself when she was alone again “You want this It’s your big break It’s only teeks and then your life will change You can do teeks”

The problem wasn’t the teeks The problem was the consequences of the teeks She had a horrible feeling that those would last a lot longer

“There’s a problem,” Marianne said as she rushed into the rooo away this weekend”

Davina pretended to pound her head on the table

“Drarin

“Seriously though, how am I supposed to keep to a schedule without hi First black ship

Marianne ether they headed out of the kitchen and down to the base a scene

“It’s too late to replace hi We’ll have to work during the day Maybe we can get his part done before he goes away? Do you think he can skip school tomorrow?”

“He ht for another plate of brownies”

“I a brownies I wish I’d never started”