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Show They were last. T. J. didn't even need to call their names. But he did. "Michael Farnsworth and the new girl." Everybody tittered. T. J. might as well have said, "Michael Farnsworth and the new girl are the most unpopular in the class." Kim's chest burned inside. During the following weeks, there was no longer the tension of the first day when T.J. stood up to announce the line-up. Everyone knew that Rodney Badger and Melissa Duncan would be first and Micheal Farnsworth and the new girl would be last. And it was that way for the entire year. There was one thing worse than loneliness. It was rejection. "Now you can stand a little loneliness, can't you said her mother. Slowly, Kim forced a half unconvinced smile. "Yeah, I guess so." 13 |
