Chapter 7 Summary

Rachel hates getting up in the morning, and she gets up late on Monday. Her mother cooks a full breakfast, but Rachel cannot face food this early. She takes two tiny nibbles of egg and rushes out the door. Already late, she runs to school, knowing that it'll be a miracle if she makes it. She races up the steps and through the doors without a moment to spare and slams right into Lewis Olswanger. They scramble around picking up spilled papers and books. If this were a teen romance novel, Rachel knows their eyes would meet and she would feel an electric current between them, but it's not a teen romance; it's real life, and she doesn't feel a thing.

Suddenly, Rachel does feel something. She feels a fist of nausea in her stomach. As fast as she can, she walks to...