My sides hurt from laughing so hard. Leave it to Vick to turn something as boring as a physics study group into a one-man comedy act. At this rate, none of us will pass this class. But we'll have fun failing.

"So, we'll meet every Wednesday after school?" Vick looks around the group, and everyone nods. "And if there's a big test, we'll add another study session."

"Sounds good," I say. I gather my stuff and follow the rest of the group out of the room, expecting to ...