Vaishnavi has always been an extremely intelligent, but extremely timid girl in class; only around her friends does she act like herself, a huge fan of books and dance. She convinced me and our other friends that The Hunger Games was better than Divergent by animatedly talking: “Divergent is just a copy of The Hunger Games. They both have a dystopian world with a female main character and Hunger Games is so much better written. Plus, it came out first so Divergent is a total copy.” As two of the most dedicated students in our math class and good friends, she and I decided to study for the math final together because we knew that we could help each other with quadratics and inequalities. I counted on her to help me study on the exam because of the deep layer of trust that lies between us. Dr Graham, the algebra teacher, handed back the final exams …show more content…
Sitting in his chair, he called individual people to receive their tests. One of the first called, I took my test and briskly walked back to my desk at the far back of the room. Nervous, but careful not to look at the grade, I waited for Vaishnavi, a tall girl with deep amber eyes, to receive hers back. Just like me, she kept her test facing down so she could not view the grade written in red on the front because of a special ritual we adopted for whenever we receive an assessment. We exchange tests before we view our own and then we switch back to view our own. After the entire class had their tests, Vaishnavi turned around to the seat behind her which was empty, obscuring her face with her jet black hair, which drops straight down to her waist. In class, she normally wears it down, as if to not be noticed, but with her friends and when she feels more confident, she wears it back in a pony tail. While Dr Graham answered questions from the class and some of the class chatted with each other