The two years at South Market Middle passed quickly. One by one Emily’s old friends found new people to hang out with, and by the end of seventh grade, she and Jenna were inseparable. Every morning they met at the front steps of the school before class. They walked each other to their lockers and to class, even the ones they didn’t share. They ate lunch together, they studied together in the library. After school they lingered outside by the buses until the last possible moment when they had to board, since they took different ones, and the minute they arrived home, they would call each other immediately. Emily spent hours with the cordless phone propped between her ear and shoulder, listening to Jenna breathe, telling her friend every little thing she said and did. She only hung up when h
