Melissa Smith hurried out the door and hustled down the street. About halfway to Jessica's house, she heard an unfamiliar voice call to her.
"Melissa Smith, is that you?"
She turned and spotted another teenage girl. It took her a moment to recognize her. She was used to the voice and the girl attached to it being very different.
It was Yukio Meshida, the foreign kid she often made fun of. But she was...