Full Cicada Moon

In “Sit-in,” Stacey and Mimi pass Timothy on the way to shop. Stacey tells Timothy to be careful because Mimi gets crazy ideas. Mimi goes with Timothy to shop as Stacey heads to study hall. Mimi likes the smells of the shop classroom, which remind her of working with Timothy the previous spring. She feels like she belongs in the room and the boys look at her without saying anything. When Mr. Sperangio arrives, he tells her she is in the wrong classroom. Mimi says she knows it is shop and wants to be there. The boys laugh, and Mr. Sperangio tells her she can’t do that—she needs to go back to study hall. Mimi says she knows how to use all the tools and will learn more here than in study hall. When Mr. Sperangio tells her to go either to study hall or the office, Mimi questions what difference it would make for her to sit there and listen. Mimi doesn’t want detention but wants to take shop. At lunch, Mimi tells Stacey what happened. Stacey loves the drama and will go with her next time, and Mimi loves that Stacey knows there will be a next time.