Stargazing

At school the next day, Moon approaches the boy who called Vivian stupid and punches him several times. She is pulled away by her teacher as the boy sits crying on the ground. As Moon leaves for the office, she hands Vivian a tooth that came out of the boy’s mouth. Vivian stares at it, stunned. Christine sits with her friends at lunch and one of them mentions that the rumors about Moon turned out to be true. Christine ponders this and wonders if there’s something more going on.

That night, she finds Moon in the yard that they share and asks her about her dad. Moon explains that her dad died in a motorcycle accident when she was six, and shows Christine a picture. Moon’s dad had a wild spirit like her, which Moon prides herself on. She admits that she will have to attend weekly counselling sessions after the incident at school and wonders how it could possibly help. Looking up at the stars, Moon reveals an intimate secret about herself to Christine. She tells Christine that she is a “celestial being” and that her home is in the stars. The beings that she drew are her friends, which she sometimes sees in visions, and she hopes one day soon they will take her home.