Chapters 11 & 12: The Wenchery of Cricket and Kim!; Secrets of the Panda Bear! Summary

The fight between Ruby and her mother wages on, with Elaine filling out her parent questionnaire with cutting, stinging remarks about her daughter's personality. When she finds it, Ruby tears it up into small pieces and flushes it down the toilet. She tells Doctor Z that it was strangely liberating. Senior year carries on for Ruby without Noel in her life. It's strange, restructuring her day without him. She must even avoid him in the hallways so she doesn't burst into tears when she sees him. She has managed to avoid full-scale panic attacks by taking off her glasses (rendering the world around her fuzzy) and humming the song "We Will Rock You" whenever Noel speaks in class. That way, she's...