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flee in case she did anything else embarrassing, while another part of me wanted to stay so I could try to keep her in line and out of trouble.
    Kevin and Max made the decision for me by heading out into the hallway beyond the front office.
    “This way is the elementary section,” Max said, walking us down a wide hallway painted a warm sunshine yellow. Doorways lined the hall with floor to ceiling double glass walls that broke up the space in between the doorways, giving a bird’s eye view of the landscape beyond the building.
    “The building is simple enough,” Max explained as we walked. The very last classroom down this hall is kindergarten and it opens up onto the playground. Next to that is the first grade class, then the second grade class, and so on. We get the other side of the building, and ours opens up to the basketball hoops and ski trails we use.”
    “Ski trails?” I asked puzzled.
    “Yeah. During November, December, and January they take us out cross-country skiing all the time for P.E.”
    “Wow! Me too?” Kevin asked happily.
    “Yep, you too, buddy. It’s kind of a school rule. You have to have a really good doctor’s note to get out of it.
    “Why would you want to?” Kevin asked, clearly confused.
    “Oh believe me, there’s plenty of times you don’t feel like going out and freezing you’re a... butt,” he said, quickly correcting himself.
    “Oh you can say ass, I hear it all the time.”
    “Kevin!” I said, shooting him a warning look.
    “Oops, sorry, Katelyn,” he said, looking instantly remorseful. He knew speaking about our home life with others was taboo.
    Max looked at us puzzled, but I ignored him.
    “So, is this Kevin’s class?” I asked, pointing to the door we had stopped in front of.
    “Huh? Oh, right. Yeah, this is Ms. Davis’s class,” he answered, pulling the door open so we could enter.
    Kevin’s teacher, Ms. Davis, was busy writing on the dry erase board that lined the front of the classroom. She was barely five foot tall and I wouldn’t say she was chunky, she just looked more round than if she would have been a foot taller. She did have cute, short blonde hair that was cut in a flattering style that framed and enhanced her face. Her most striking attribute was her blue eyes which seemed to sparkle like the ocean would if the sun was hitting it.
    She looked over as the three of us entered the room.
    “Ms. Davis, this is Kevin and his sister Katelyn,” Max said, introducing us.
    “It’s a pleasure to have you Kevin,” she said, bustling over to us as her hips knocked into the desks in the front row. “We’re going to have a fun and entertaining year together,” she said in a warm bubbling voice that instantly put Kevin at ease.
    I smiled in relief, feeling comfortable that Kevin would be in good hands. Glancing around his room, I was almost envious that I couldn’t stay when I saw the inviting interactive centers that were spaced around the room, including a comfy book nook that sat in the far corner surrounded by books and comfortable throw pillows.
    “Okay punk, I'll see you after school,” I said affectionately, giving Kevin a light tap on the arm before Max and I left the room.
    “This school's something else,” I said to Max after a few awkward moments of silence.
    “Yeah, I guess it's nice here, but aren’t all schools pretty much like this?” Max asked.
    “Really?" I asked sarcastically. "Try not at all. Do you ever watch TV?”
    “Sure, but if I believed everything I saw on TV there'd be vampires and werewolves running around everywhere,” he said, shooting me another one of his dimpled smiles.
    “True,” I said grinning, forgetting that I was supposed to be keeping my distance from him. “But at least they’re not bad to look at,” I teased.
    He threw his head back and laughed. “You got me there,” he said when he finally stopped laughing.
    “So, how do you guys survive out here so far from any fast food places or movie