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Mia moves her brown eyes to me. “Yeah. Sorry, Willow. I’ll try to concentrate better.”
I give her a grateful smile. “And I’ll try to make it more fun for you.”
Mom sighs like she just avoided another world war. “Great. Off to kick up my feet on the couch and dive into my book.”
Once she’s gone, Mia and I focus on the lesson. The thing about my sister is that she’s very smart, but she just doesn’t enjoy school as much as I do. She’d rather focus on the lines she’s learning for an audition or play video games or hang out with her friends.
About half an hour in, while Mia is working on a problem and I continue fixing the school app, she starts to sing.
“Mia,” I groan.
“Whoops. Sorry.”
As she continues working on the problem, she taps her pencil against the desk.
“Can you please stop?” I ask. “It’s distracting.”
“Sorry.”
Another five minutes pass. Mia’s pencil pauses on her paper as her gaze falls on me. “Whatchya doin’?”
“Fixing the school app.”
“Ooh, can I see?”
“No, Mia. Focus on the problem. Do you need help solving it?”
“No, I’ve got it.”
Another two minutes pass. Mia drops her pencil on the desk and leans back, raising her arms over her head.
“You done?” I slide her workbook over to me and scan her work. “You didn’t solve it.”
“Just doing some stretches…”
“Mia.”
“What? You can’t expect me to sit still like WillowBot. A human’s gotta stretch her limbs, you know.”
I close my eyes for a second, releasing a frustrated breath. “Mia, you still have nine more problems to solve. We’ll be here all night if you don’t get moving.”
“It’s not like you have a hot date to get to. What’s the rush?”
“Mia.”
“Okay, okay.”
She completes the problem and slides her workbook over to me. I check it over and smile. “Perfect. See, I knew you know this stuff. Now solve the rest of them.”
She sighs like I told her to quit acting for good, then reaches for the workbook. As she solves them, I finally fix all the bugs and text Rivera that the app is functional. Not the best because the thing really needs to be revamped, but at least it won’t exit every time a student, faculty member, or parent tries to open it.
“Ugh, do I really need to do all these problems?” Mia grumbles. “I know how to do it.”
“The problems get harder.”
“How about a five-minute break?”
“You can take a break after you’re done.”
