Chapter 27 Summary

Carlos and Tony are now attending the co-ed school. He has a beautiful female teacher, and in February falls in love with the girl who sits to the right of him. In this school there is a ritual that when the other kids find out that someone loves someone else, the lovers are pushed toward each other and into each other on the playground. There is mass chanting as the boys push the boy and the girls push the girl until they meet and are forced to hug and kiss each other. Usually, it is your best friend who betrays you.

When Carlos confesses this to his best friend Ciro, within a couple of days, this is his fate. He can't remember anything that actually happens at the center, but by then, it is March, and the school is shut down by April...