Part 2, Chapter 5 Summary

Mick is staying over at school to practice the piano in the school gymnasium. The girls' basketball team shares the gym, and she risks getting hit with a ball, but she is willing to take the risk to practice her music. She gave up her lunch money for lessons from a girl who had taken piano for several years, but she is impatient to learn fundamentals and move on to create the music that she hears in her head.

When she finally gets home, Mick goes to her "inside" room, which contains all the things that no one can touch. School and family and everyday life were in the outside room. Her inside room contained things of mystery and intrigue like foreign countries, the future and especially her music, including songs she has heard and songs she creates on her own...