1 1 HALLWAY B Oh big whoop Maxine said Krysti Another robot Max made a sound somewhere between a sigh and a growl Krysti knew it First of all Max didn’t like being called Maxine and Second of all Max hated the new trend of using fifty year-old slang like big whoop and awesome bro and Krysti knew it And most of all Max loved robots and Krysti knew that too So Krysti was pretending she wasn’t interested in the biggest news of all time Today was the day that the Robot Integration Program started There had been a lot of hype about it and even some news coverage Their school Vanguard Middle was getting the first-ever robot student Anywhere Ever It was a big whoop at least in Max’s opinion
Now Max was walking the halls before school started hoping to see the robot in action Unfortunately Krysti was not just slowing Max down but also driving her crazy Seriously continued Krysti this school is already mega overrun with robots Janitors lunch ladies librarians all robots Krysti said Max it is not just another robot This is an artificially intelligent fully If it’s already so smart then why is it going to school asked Jack Biggs who had come up behind them This time Max definitely growled It was bad enough listening to Krysti who was supposedly her best friend but Biggs was basically her best enemy He always tried to hang around them but then constantly picked on them especially Max It was maddening Yeah said Krysti who tolerated Biggs much better than Max did It’s supposed to be this big-deal super-smart robot and it has to take seventh-grade math Well even geniuses like myself have to take seventh grade math at some point said Biggs Biggs Hey where are you guys going said Jack’s sidekick Simeon as he approached them Oh Maxine is totally on the hunt for that robot said Krysti She gave the back of Max’s head an affectionate tap with her ever-present sketchbook Yeah it’s her best chance of getting a boyfriend said
