CHAPTER SIX: GRUMPY PROFESSOR.

Maddie.

Gia and I made our way into the fancy and tastefully decorated restaurant. Once in a while, we broke the bank to take ourselves out to somewhere nice and after the horrible week I had had, I felt I really deserved a relaxed lunch, not the five minute affairs that were slowly becoming my regular. And who could blame me, Professor Buford was out for a pound of my flesh and he didn't seem to be letting up any time soon. I could kiss goodbye to a chill year, that was obviously nowhere in my nearest future.

I slid into the chair with a sigh. Gia picked up her menu hurriedly. "I'm starving." She said for the millionth time that afternoon. "Oh God, their portions are going to be ridiculously small and we'll need to order pizza afterwards."

I winced. This lunch was already eating deep into our pockets. Could we afford to shell out a single extra cent for pizza today? The semester had barely begun and we were already counting pocket change.

"We're wiped aren't we?" She asked readin