Chapter Ten: An Agonizing Public Scene! With Violence! Summary

During an interview with Ruby about popularity, Meghan admits that she never felt like she had friends until Ruby and Nora began spending time with her. Until then, she was always defined by her romantic relationships and not her friendships. School starts and Ruby is still on fighting terms with her mother. Her mother has drastically changed her diet to include meat (consuming meals made entirely of meat) even though Ruby is a vegetarian. When Ruby accuses her mother of selfishly cooking meat just to annoy her, Elaine says, "It's not about making you crack...I just think you will" (p. 106). On the first day of school, Ruby realizes that she has no one to sit with at lunch. Her old friends (Cricket, Kim, and on some level Nora...