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Scared Chewing on her pencil, Lilly thought back to last night, when she was watching TV instead of the math test she had today, which she would fail. She felt so much happier then, laying on the couch eating chips and drinking a soda. But this is now. Not last night. Now, she was hopeless. How was she ever so stupid? How could she forget a test? Lilly's mom always reminds her to study for a test, so she was always happy when Lilly brought home an A.

She was alone. In her own little world of failing. Lilly was useless, especially because the grades in her math class were being tallied up for a project to find the average. Even Lilly's best friend, Sophie, who always studies with her, had studied on her own. Lilly was positive that her more-intelligent enemy, Tatiana, had probably studied. That's not exactly what you ask your worst enemy, though. Looking at her test as if it was written in Japanese, Lilly's hand quivered with anxiety.

Lily's teacher, Mr. Bradford, was so quick at grading tests, he was ninja-like. When Mr. Bradford handed back the tests, he made a sour face at Lilly as if he was disappointed. Goose egg! Big fat zero. How could she get zero out of twenty-two multiple choice questions right? This wasn't like her to be so careless on a test. How could she ever show her mom a zero? Now,. she had something else to be scared of. Her mom.

At home, Lilly's mom screamed in anger, then stepped aside, and tried to calm down. After being yelled at, Lilly's face was red from crying as tears ran down her cheeks. Lily's mom had this idea of a perfect student in school, which meant all As all the time. Which, as you know, she wasn't.

After Lilly had confessed she hadn't studied, no TV for a whole month! Now, how would she find out what happened to Cleo after falling off stage? Eh, she could always just ask a friend. All other electronics, including her iPad and phone, were taken away. Lilly's mom turned out to be even more frightening than the test!