Chapter 21

• As soon as Helen and I stepped into the Hall, fashionably late of course, silence reigned in the hall. Every class from the junior class one to Senior class 3 had their eyes in our direction. I live for this, I live to be the center of positive attention but it wasn’t me they were looking at, it was Helen. Helen faltered and I had to hold her elbow to support her as we walked past rows and rows of seats to the table Charlie and Zoe kept for us. Soon people started whispering.
• “That’s Helen?”
• “Helen? The Helen?”