School started late. Several of the buses were running late and some not at all, and obviously some of the teachers were not in on time either. In fact, English hadn’t even started by the time Whit got there. She normally would have been on time, but for some reason Nancy was waiting at the end of the block for her and incredibly, started confiding in Whit. Whit’s attention was split; she was so surprised at her sister’s friendliness but at the same time she was eager to see Danny. Once they got to the school, instead of Nancy dashing off to be with her friends, she actually hugged Whit, which usually made Whit wonder what Nancy wanted. She did smile warmly back though, selfishly grateful that Nancy had broken the ice about diversity in their household, and it was nice to find out that she
