He sat between Hawk and Gaila. Lee helped Gaila with her calculus on his right, then turned to Hawk to help him with some equations. Gaila looked up at me, rubbed her eyes and smiled. I dropped my book bag, narrowly missing my foot. You know me.
Chemistry can wait.
Hawk, Gaila and Lee ignored me and played their slide rules like a silent accordion trio. I took Hawk's harmonica and pretended to play along with them. Hawk went back to work. I tugged on Lee's shoulder without response. In desperation I pulled the center ruler out of his slide rule and ran around to the other side of the table.