Realization

"Finally free!", Rebecca proclaimed when she entered the house on Friday morning. She dropped her luggage by the door, then dropped herself on the couch.

"You finished the test?" I asked.

"I finished one test, so I'm free for today. Of course, then there's the test next week, and the week after that, and...Ugh. I don't want to think about it right now", she said. "Just let me rest a bit. Then I'll study more".

When Jacob came home he asked her how she did. Her response was to groan.

"That well, huh? So you think you got 100?" He said.

"Shut up", she replied.

I smiled sadly at their interaction. It reminded me a little of my brothers. Now that I knew Rebecca was Jacob's sister, and that she was a student, I felt more comfortable around her.