My fingures are drumming the desk. I sigh and pick up my Hansen’s- no, diet Hansen’s black cherry soda. I take a very lady-like sip. Right. More like a giant gulp that my mother would not have approved of. The can says “No sugar!” Yipee. Oh, and apparently this drink is calorie free too, and it has no caffeine either. And no sodium. If fact, I turn it around, and- wow! Everything under Nutrition Facts has a zero next to it. Are they miracle workers or what?! Very suspicious…

Oh shoot! I think I’m supposed to be doing this math homework, not pondering the ingredients of soda. Hmm, what is the lesson? Radical Equations. What are radical equations? I don’t remember learning this…

Oh right! The teacher was probably explaining it when I was watching that squirrel outside the window. It was much more entertaining than Radical Equations. I give it one feeble try.

I sing along to Icky Thump, probably saying the wrong words. I gulp some more Hansen’s. I look at the label. Here we go again…