All that matters is that she, Mimi, will sit here and try her best, knowing this is not about winning, it’s about trying
For all Ella’s insistence that two weeks was a very long time, it feels to Mimi like they’re back in school mere minutes after vacation began.
“Change of schedule today? Why?” she asks, noticing the piece of paper tacked to the door, cancelling history class for sixth period.
“We’re having that math thing that Mrs. Price was telling us about. C’mon, you didn’t study at all?” Tzippy winks. She’s back to herself, apparently, and while Mimi still wonders what had been going on during Pesach vacation, for the most part she’s just relieved to have her friend back.
“Nope. I had lots of other things to do,” Mimi replies loftily.
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