"How can next week be Halloween already?" Cass said<br >in wonder as she set the table for supper. q guess it s true<br >that time flies when you re having fun."<br > Her stepsister， Tabitha， made a face at her from across<br >the table. "It flies even when you re not，" she said darkly.<br > Tin definitely not having any fun in my physics class， but<br >the semester is zooming by anyway. Midterms are coming<br >up， and I m still struggling to maintain a C in the class， l d<br > hoped by now to have it up to a B， but I m running out of<br > time."<br > "Maybe if you and Micah would do something construc-<br > tive on your dates， like have him tutor you，" Cass said light-<br > ly， "you might have an A+. That s what he got when he<br > took the class last year." She shook her head in mock disap-<br > pointment. "Instead， you choose to spend all your time gaz-<br > ing into each other s eyes and whispering gooey stuff."<br > While Morn laughed from across the room， Tabitha pre-<br > tended to be insulted. "How do you know what we do on<br > our dates?" she said. "What do you do， sneak around and<br > spy on us?" ，，<br ><br ><br >