My first class is biology. I can't find it and get my first demerit for wandering the hall. It is 8:50 in the morning. Only 699 days and 7 class periods until graduation.

I understood what triggered her earthquakes, most of them.

Kids are mostly very resilient.

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.

They say they have noticed me drawing. I almost tell them right then and there. They noticed.

It's a shame we can't just admit that we failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.

I am almost a real girl the entire drive home. I went to a diner. I drank hot chocolate and ate french fries. Talked to a guy for a while. Laughed a couple of times. A little like ice-skating for the first time, wobbly, but I did it.