Lydia scrambled into her big purse again and quickly turned it off. She squinted at the watch face and then she looked up at Ms. T and said, "I have to go make a phone call."

Lucky for Lydia the bell rang right then.

Everybody started to rush out of the room (it was a long way down to the basement cafeteria). But, as we clamored out of the room, Ms. T called out for Rochelle to stay behind for a little chat.