~Summer 1978~

Jalissa hated her—or at least she acted like she did. If Vanessa could change places with her she would. She said, "There is nothing fun about having a period." The first two days when it happened her stomach ached and her breasts felt like someone had punched her in them.

Now she couldn't hide the fact that she had breasts so her mother took her to get a bunch of bras and told her that she had to wear them all of the time even though they were ...