If Turtle looked miserable, it was because she was miserable. Even if she did have Student Council later, she woke up that morning with the worst toothache imaginable. Or maybe it just seemed all the more horrible because it had been so long since she'd had one, but, man.

At least there was a movie. She was glad for that, because it saved her the trouble of having to mumble out her excuse to get out of physical activity through her mouth full of cotton balls soaked lightly in bourbon to ease the pain.