"I wouldn't say I liked it, but it was a challenge," I admitted.He moved over to get Stephanie's paper and said "Sorry Miss Merks, it's time."She sigh...ed and closed her booklet, checked that she had her name on it and handed it over."That's it, I'm going home to be a grocery clerk," she said in disgust.The professor and I both laughed at her."I'm sure you did fine Miss Merks," he assured her. "You probably did much better than you think." I think I failed miserably, so I hope I did better than. ." Well, 29 and 27, really," I mumble as I root through our fridge, lookingfor something to make for dinner. "It's Danny's birthday tomorrow..." Oh, what?" Lauren asks with near-shock. "No way! You should call him,ONLY him, try to mend bridges..." Uhh..." I splutter, internally kicking myself for letting slip about mybrother's birthday. "He- he was kinda even more angry than my parentsabout me..." Oh, that sucks," Lauren spits. "You'd have thought he'd love having asister..." Yeah, well, c'est. Elizabeth welcomed him aboard and they discussed his needs. The man was desperately thankful for our assistance and quickly produced a bag of doubloons to pay for any material he would need. I on the other hand was attending to the shattered hulk that had once been the pirate brig. Satisfied that the Spanish schooner was OK, Trysta had had sailed around us again to close in on the shattered brig from the shore side. This was to deny any escape by longboats. She trained her bow-chasers and. "Chelsea said, "Should someone go with you?"Ben said, "No, thanks. I will be fine now. My mind's clear." He stood and shook hands with Doug and received a hug from Chelsea which he returned. We went back to the house to find our parents in the kitchen still by themselves.Ben said, "I've made up my mind. I'm going to the apartment and get my things. I will store them until later and get a new place unless Hannah and Morgan leave. I might even live in the dorms. If anyone asks where I am, tell.