Gooseberry High

Do we have to get rid of the buddy system?

I'm not
I still don't





[Pippa's handwriting is shakier than normal, and now and then little dots of ink appear on her comments like her hand is trembling, or she's hesitating before writing.]

Stop laughing you shitheads, it's not funny.

So, I had to ask Merrill something yesterday about my essay, so along I go to his classroom. Before I even have the chance to ask, he challenged me to a game of DARTS, of all things, and because I won he gave me extra credit on my paper! How nuts is that?

He did, of course, also give me actual help. Should probably make that pretty clear.

( Thursday evening, a small paper bag labeled 'Pippa' is hung on the handle of the Sophomore Ribbonfin girls' dorm. )