CHAPTER 10
NATALIA
I was curious to hear what regular people talked about. I wasn’t an ostrich with her neck stuck in the sand. I knew my life was different from most of the kids at school. I had more money and more issues.
Still, I was interested in learning what Elizabeth and her crew were into. They obviously didn’t party. They didn’t move in the weed blowing circles. They didn’t have girlfriends or boyfriends. And they were totally devoted to school.
Yawn.
Lucas weaved his way through the cafeteria and led us outside. I winced, thinking about how harshly my skin would burn and then remembered. I was black. I could run around in the sun all day! Cool.
The grass felt springy beneath my feet and I grew tired from walking directly under the sunlight. This was why I jogged in the even
