- Sutter can't sleep, and he starts thinking about military school.
- He wonders if he should've gone there to begin with, when he was 14. After a year or so, he'd know for sure he wasn't a kid anymore.
- In fact, he wishes he had some sort of adulthood initiation, like the tribal peoples who'd send their kids out into the wilderness alone for a few days.
- How about this: a Teen Corps, like the Peace Corps, where teens would go around helping people for a year. When you got back, you'd officially be an adult.
- Cool idea, actually.
- But the next day, he just focuses on helping Aimee – by letting her help him in Algebra.
- Since he's still grounded, he has to ask his mom if he can go over to her house after school.
- She grills him about Aimee, and finally he tells her to call Mr. Aster to see if he needs a math tutor – and she backs down and agrees.
- Apparently she's scared of teachers. Weird.