Wow, her makeup's really on point." Not helping, dear." Sorry." He frowned, a little embarrassed."Uhg. I hate her so much. Just seeing her brings back...all kinds ofhorrible feelings." Teenagers can be really cruel." He gave me a sympathetic look beforeturning to look back at Essie. "If you guys went to high schooltogether, what's she doing here? You didn't grow up anywhere nearhere." I don't know! Maybe she transferred to our school? Maybe she livesaround here now? Oh god I hope not." I tried to. "If you tell Helen I gave you a super dose of girl power this week Iwill report her to the medical board and I'll make sure she is struck offthe register because of her bizarre relationship with you," the nursesaid with a sneer. "I've got enough on that woman to make sure she couldnever practice medicine in any country in the world." Look at you," she said in the most belittling way possible. "You came inhere three years ago as a red blooded man and now you are a mincing sissyboy. You are the. Knowing the layout of the keyboard from my previous experience made the task easier, and soon I was able to type accurate sentences, admittedly without capital letters and fairly slowly compared to what I should be able to do, but it was a good start.One of the websites had a typing game, where I had to type words that were the names of alien spaceships that were trying to land on Earth. It had caught my attention because of its sci-fi theme. When I got a name right, the spaceship would blow. “And how old is he now?”“He’s like fourteen!” Erica squealed. “No way is he old enough to—”“That’s when I lost my V-card,” Vegas said, her grin spreading. “And hey, it’s only two years younger than most of us, and Lydia’s still fifteen for another few months. He’s perfectly eligible. Girls?” She looked to Mercedes and Stacey. “It’s your birthday. What do you think?”The twins answered by rising in unison and skipping to the hallway. “Oh Jimmy?”He hadn’t even reached his room yet. He peeked back.