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Mark was leaning against it just like normal when I arrived. "How'd the test go?" I groaned. "Bad. Why is history necessary to my life again?" I asked him as I opened my locker and changed books. "Because you need to know what happened before so we won't repeat those mistakes again." I rolled my eyes.

"We'll I'm not likely to become the president so why must I be subjected to the horror that I that class every day?" Mark shrugged. "Because the school system is out to get you. Just face the facts Pen," He told me as he flung his arm around my shoulders and gave me a squeeze. "The school board of education is run by evil robot overlords out to destroy you." Mark paused a second in thought before adding, "Or just out to make you fail so it can kidnap and keep you for itself."

I laughed. "That is ridiculous. What could I ever offer an evil robot overlord?" "What more could he want besides your devastating good looks and sparkling wit?" He replied as if I should have known that was obviously what the evil robot overlord would want all along. A snort was my only reply to that comment.

"But I thought that evil robot overlords only wanted people with hearts as cold a steal to do their bidding?" Mark shook his head. "Pen, you have obviously been reading too much bad science fiction again." I laughed. "You're just mad that I know more about what evil robot overlords would want that you. It's not your fault that you aren't as educated in the ways of the worlds as me."I pat him on the head. "It's not big Marky. I'll teach you all that I know and you will soon be top of the class."

He lightly pushed me away. "Stop it with your condescending ways and get to class!" I grinned. "See you at lunch next period," I told him before turning down the hall to my psychology class.