Chapters 11-14 Summary

In Chapter 11, Victoria is in the locker room before gym. She is waiting for the perfect time to change into her gym clothes, as she doesn't feel comfortable with her body. It's then that she hears Nelly and her friend, Inez, talking. Victoria hears Nelly tells Inez that she thinks Max is cute, cultured and mysterious and that she may ask him out because she enjoys their deep conversations. To her surprise, Victoria feels a painful jealousy when she realizes that Max has deep conversations with someone other than her. At her dad's shop after school, Victoria is not happy with the cast she made of her face. She decides to modify it to look like a bird slicked with oil in order to make a statement.

Chapter 12 begins with Victoria eating lunch in the student quad. She notices Max and...