Summary

Wren sits in the waiting room of the Center. She knows not everyone is there for an abortion. Wren wonders if anyone, like her father, will be able to tell when she is not a virgin anymore. She draws the constellation Virgo on the sole of her shoe. She draws a star on her hand to remind herself to tell her father about a space fact she has learned. However, she will not tell him where she was because she wants to protect him.

Olive is in the waiting room after talking to the nurse practitioner. She is upset and Vonita told her to stay as long as she needed. She thinks about the way she met Peg at a faculty mixer and wonders how she will tell her. She thinks about how the brain will often pick the first item on...