**Starring Nikki Brooks**

Ms. Brooks, your teacher, didn't usually make home visits. "He's a great boy," she said uncomfortably, "but he's very distracted in class." It's not that you were disruptive or disobedient, you just spaced out and weren't able to focus on the lectures she was giving. Her purpose now was to give you an opportunity to refocus yourself so that you wouldn't fail her class.

"I was wondering if there were problems at home," she looked at Step-Mom. "Maybe a recent break-up or divorce?" But the only thing that had happened lately was you starting, and St... Show more