" He shook his head and an infuriated Miss Strykker abruptly gave us detention for the following night. "You will write a play that you can perform ev...n if it is only in private," she hissed.Her attitude infuriated me and I whispered to Jamil what I planned to do. He looked aghast but said he would cooperate with me. We part roughed it out on my laptop during the lunch break but finished it during our detention period. I titled it, "The Bullying Teacher," and in it I set out the humiliations. .. you ... going," she started."I heard what you said," Adam interrupted. "I was wondering what it had to do with what we were talking about." Oh, that's easy," Shelly said, grinning again. "We've only got 11 girls counting Meredith. Betsy will make an even dozen."Adam groaned."I'm kidding – probably," she said. "Seriously, we've got 30 minutes until we get home. Why don't you call her, let her know we're having a cookout and invite her over." Should I invite Jason, too?" Adam wondered."Let's. Travis pulled the truck up closer to the mall entrance and grabbed his cell phone. Curious, Anya joined him in the blustery wind."Why are we here?" she asked, clearly confused by the building and the signs."I said we're going out for a fancy dinner tonight and we need some dress clothes. They won't let us in wearing these rags," Travis explained."I'm not wearing rags!" Anya yelled over the blowing wind."Madelyn really liked your outfit. I don't get it; they're just black clothes," Travis. John was just glad that the others were mature enough to accept thatthere are people who deserve a second chance. They have seen it multipletimes already and that one chance to be who they really are proved to bethe greatest thing to happen to them. Scott, Iris, Francesca, Rachel, andPolly were people who the kids respected and loved, now they saw someonethey knew who was in the same situation and who wanted the same outcomebut with a need far greater- they needed love.Chapter 15Things settled.
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