How It Feels To Float

It has been six days since Grace has texted Biz. Finally, Grace comes to Biz’s home, and the two decide to leave The Posse together. The Posse, for their part, tells the two they are not part of the group any longer anyhow and that both Grace and Biz are “slut bitch fuckinhoes” (81). Biz cannot believe Tim’s lie is enough to destroy her friendships: “You’d think it would take something bigger” (80). Grace and Biz wrestle with the double standard; the boys are heroes for saying they had sex while the girls are “sluts” (80) whether they really had sex or not. Grace, who has been drinking vodka, tells Biz to follow her. She heads to Suryan’s house and makes enough of a public disturbance, including breaking their living room window with a rock, that his parents call the police.

Grace and Biz are taken to the Youth Liaison Office. The officer explains the complaint and tells them both they are getting a warning this time. When Grace objects and refuses to sign the papers, the officer takes the girls to a jail cell, “which smells of bleach and loneliness and old vomit” (88), to give them time to cool off.