Just because Annie had a study group didn't mean that she didn't study at home. In fact, since study group was primarily time to talk and be social, she had to set aside non-study group time to study. Which, to be honest, was kind of cool. She felt like one of the popular kids who goofed off in class, except for the actual goofing off in class, ( Read more... )

Most of Annie's stuff was gone from the room. Everything had been taken down from the walls, her clothes were gone from the closet, her desk cleaned out, and everything that wouldn't fit into a carryon or one piece of luggage had been shipped home. It was kind of really depressing ( Read more... )

Annie had officially heard back from everywhere by now. And while she had proof she could totally get into college, she also had proof that she couldn't afford to go. One place had awarded her a partial scholarship, which was something, but without some kind of help it wasn't going to make a dent in the costs. So she'd gotten her freakout on, ( Read more... )

After she was done with everything for the day, Annie came back to her room with her mail, trying to decide just where on the disappointment scale she was today. And then when she saw another letter from somewhere else she'd applied to for a scholarship, she decided it could go either way. So she opened it ( Read more... )

So, Annie's trip had pretty much sucked. There had been a few good parts, but for the most part she'd spent it steadfastly avoiding her room and staying out as much as possible. Which, incidentally meant she saw much more of the ship and locations than she would have otherwise, so, plus. She knew she couldn't be too upset, seeing as how she ( Read more... )

Annie's geekiness this week had not yet even begunSo she was running for Student Council. Really, it was a foregone conclusion with someone like her, even if she felt a little bad when she submitted her name for it. She hadn't made a single thing up. She really had been on yearbook committee, it was just that she hadn't been popular enough to ( Read more... )