"Hey, Carl," Ryan said. "What's up?"
"The headmistress sent me to fetch Violet," Carl said, still not looking at them.
Violet's heart plunged. There was no way this was anything good. All the thoughts of Ryan and kisses and being annoyed at Carl and the stupid girls in their class who were obsessed with Carl, everything flew right out of her mind, replaced with only one thing. Expulsion. Violet had missed too many classes, or her grades had dropped and they were taking away her scholarship. Or one of those nasty girls had complained about her. Or they had realized it was she who had exploded the garden that had the statue of the founder. Or a bunch of other stuff that was not her fault. Either way, it was curtains for her.
"I am sure it will be fine," Ryan said, leaning toward her just
