Mimi’s salad is boring; the salad phase is over in their class. But boring is better than totally and utterly weird

No one brings tuna sandwiches for lunch in 11th grade.
No one, that is, except Kayla.
Mimi wrinkles her nose as she slides into the furthest seat she can find. She can smell the fish even from here.
Tzippy’s swirling cucumber sticks in some dip. Shoshana sips something warm and fragrant from a thermos.
Mimi’s salad is boring; the salad phase is over in their class. But boring is better than totally and utterly weird.
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