Pages 102 - 124 Summary

When Lia wakes up the next morning, she sees that her metabolism is slowing again and she is sure bubbles of fat are pooling beneath her skin. She knows the procedure doled out by her therapists to help her combat the negative emotions she feels toward herself, but instead, she lies on the floor for a few hundred crunches, and re-plans her diet, cutting her caloric intake each day to 800 (500 preferred). At lunch, the drama club invites Lia to sit with them at their table while they discuss the wake. Lia orders only an apple and a pot of yogurt, but notices that the kids around her order breaded mozzarella sticks, pizza, hamburgers, French fries, brownies, and other fatty foods. Looking around, Lia feels like she's in an aquarium. She sees Cassie's ghost in the corner, covered in algae and snails...