It read 6:55. It would take her 7 minutes, 5 if she really hustled to make it back across campus to the Law wing of the building. When Mr. Hickey had ...dismissed class she already had her bag packed and was the first out the door. On her brisk walk-cum-run through the sparsely filled hallways, she couldn't help but think about what awaited her in the empty classroom. In fact, she had been thinking about it all through her last course. It was the first time in her academic career that she could. Maybe."I offered to wheel myself back to my floor but Maureen shrugged it off. "The nurses want to be alone with Nolan now," she said. "I know the drill. I knew when he needed to be back in the ward and what's up for him this morning and this afternoon. He's okay. He knows, too. He's accustomed to it. All of it." How long's he been here? In the hospital full-time?" This time --it isn't the first -- he's been here for four weeks. As he said, there are three more weeks to go, although that could. Or if I say something really stupid, you can kick me in the shin or step on my foot or something.”“It says to bring something to share and our own drinks, so let’s run out to the store later and see what we can find to bring to this party.”Jenna headed back to the dorm and I headed for the labs where I needed to spend a few hours on a project I was working on. Then I was going to the library to do some research. Jenna said she was going to shower and maybe nap for an hour, then work on a paper. I lay there and looked around at all three men, and decided that it was time for me to take hold of myself and act like the adult I wanted to be instead of the child everybody thought me to be. At 14, I certainly felt ready to take on adult responsibility.Weston noticed that I was back to Earth and asked again, "Is there anything that we can do for you?"The first thing to come to mind was that I should go to the hospital to comfort my mother as best I could. Since I was too young for a driver's.