Nevada spent the intervening hours well. He ate, then shopped around for sparkling juices (organic and real juice, he was worried about weird stuff in kids bodies), and a few bottles of decent wine. By the time he returned to the school to lean against his jeep, well, he had a snug little soft carrier that held six wine and wine-like bottles!

Aya, well, she was...moaning to the boys. "I know I wrote it wrong! I just know it! The answer is right, but I took a shortcut in the division and didn't show it and so it isn't written right!"