All That's Left by Doherty Emma

Author:Doherty, Emma
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Carlington Twins Duet, Book One
Publisher: Emma Doherty
Published: 2019-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Maths has always been my favourite subject. In maths you have to solve a problem. It’s that simple, and that’s always appealed to me. It’s the same in any form of maths, whether trigonometry or algebra, calculus or geometry. It’s a case of working out the steps of an equation and solving a problem, and I have an uncanny way of figuring out these equations. I always have. I’ve always been the best student in any maths class, and after spending only half an hour in Mr. Evans’ class, I realised it would be no different in America.

Not that anyone would know it.

I’m assigned to AP calculus (which is apparently what they study here in senior year), and my teacher faithfully tells me it goes towards credit for college, though that’s of little use to me considering I’m not attending college over here. I should be allowed to use the time to study for my A levels since I’m still planning on sitting those exams and gaining those qualifications back in the UK, but my father’s stipulation that I become a ‘regular American high school student’ is adhered to and it’s pretty obvious I’m going to be sitting through an hour of AP calculus every day after lunch.

It took me less than a week to figure out that I basically sit through an hour of Rachel Bridges—the girl who was shocked I’d be in the same class as her—preening and throwing her hand up in the air, showing off just how good she is at the subject. There are definitely other people in the class who are just as good. Paul is taking the class, seriously impressive since he’s a year younger than us, and Pippa always answers correctly whenever she’s called on, but it’s Rachel who dominates the discussion. It’s her who always wants to solve the problem, who always throws her hand up and wants to answer first, who wants to prove to everyone just why she’s president of the mathletes.

Mr. Evans is stood at the board writing out an equation and explaining how it needs to be broken up in order to be solved and how we’ll also have to incorporate algebra in the answer. It’s something I learnt last year (in the UK we incorporate all areas of maths into the curriculum rather than just focusing on one particular subsection of it each year), and it’s something I found easy and almost instinctive. I zone out as he explains the steps to solve the equation. Predictably, Rachel already has her hand up to give the answer to the first part, but Mr. Evans waves her off then is interrupted by a knock to the door.

My eyes flit towards it, and Ethan stands there looking self-conscious.

Mr. Evans grins over at him, and Ethan steps forwards and hands him a note. Mr. Evans nods and indicates that he should take a seat a couple of desks in front of me. Ethan’s eyes scan the room and hesitate when he spots me before he slides into his seat.

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