that she would love to meet another girl, because everyone else didn't like horses and rodeos, just television and boys. Grace punched someone who called me “sick.” It had been a month of classes and I was still recovering. Every now and then he would cough and seek air. Someone pushed me during class break. My friend approached the boy, who teased her by calling her a “pumpkin head” and saying that I was sick. I heard the punch — and the comments about it — but didn't see it, because I was hunched over in my seat, nervous and coughing.