"Shut up," Lily laughed and batted his hand away from her forehead. "It's ok to spoil ourselves every once in awhile with a little soda. It won't kill us."
Lily rarely accepted the sugary, syrupy liquid into the apartment but at that moment she was half asleep and rather content to be spending some time with her brother. If there was a time to get Lily to accept unhealthy food, it was when she was barely functioning.
"Good, I'm glad you're going to take this seriously. That's what the tutoring centers are there for, to help you, and if you need any help from me I can try to take a crack at it. Okay?" She reached around her torso and patted Max's knee, still resting against him with her eyes closed. "You'll do fine."
Opening one eye slightly she glanced around the lobby again and let out another sigh. One hand reached up to her mothers necklace that she never took off and toyed with it lightly. "I feel like they should bring out party games or something rather than just letting us wait. Or maybe tell us what the problem is. But I don't think anyone knows."