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â€Å"Volunteers had to go along with what?† Inez said, opening his cabin’s door and stepping out to properly greet Phillip and Cassidy after having heard them talking. â€Å"Everyone inside,† he then ushered. â€Å"No more talking about whatever it is you two been talking about out here. And, hats on.† Phillip and Cassidy complied and donned their silver headgear, but it didn’t take either of them long before picking back up where they’d left off in their conversation. â€Å"It was amazing, Inez, you should have seen it,† Cassidy said excitedly. â€Å"I threw a rock†¦,† she giggled and tried to get a hold of herself. â€Å"I just threw a rock right through the window of someone’s transport.† â€Å"No kidding,† responded Inez, â€Å"we’ll why would you do that?† â€Å"Because I†¦show more content†¦His mother had been busy with three classes that day and exhaustion could be seen on her face as she sat at the dinner table. The quality of dinner didn’t really matter, though. Phillip’s mind was a million miles away as he sat across from her. Thoughts on the upcoming Saturday absorbed everything, every impulse, every fiber of him as he stared blankly and hypnotically at his plate of untouched food. He may have stayed that way for hours if his mother hadn’t asked him, â€Å"How was your day, dear?† a question that garnered no immediate response and had not managed to break his reverie even after the second time around. Krista then repeated herself a third time receiving the same silent treatment from Phillip. It was only then when Cary had raised his voice that Phillip finally snapped out of his somnambulism. â€Å"Your mother asked you how your day was?† Cary said again for a second time as he looked at his son strangely. â€Å"Oh, um†¦ I-I—† Phillip stuttered. â€Å"The trigonometry help, dear,† Kris ta stated. â€Å"Did everything go alright? Did you get back on track in your class?† â€Å"Um, yes, I guess it all went alright,† answered Phillip, â€Å"but, I’m still going to need to stay after for probably the rest of the week to get completely caught up.† â€Å"You’re that far behind?† asked Krista. â€Å"Trigonometry is hard!† â€Å"Alright, alright,† Krista backpedaled a bit defensively. â€Å"You can take as long as you need so long as you’re getting the help. Lord knows your father and I can’t help. 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