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changed the subject. “So can we send text messages now?”
    â€œNo, I was just typing a few to send out when they rescue us.”
    â€œRescue us? From what?”
    â€œLook around,” Kathi said. “This isn’t exactly the Four Seasons. I was brought here under false pretenses.”
    â€œYou were? What did they tell you it would be like?” Zee asked.
    â€œWell, not like this . I had no idea anyone would volunteer to live like this.” Kathi paused, then added, “No offense.”
    â€œFor what?”
    â€œIt seems like this is your kind of thing,” Kathi explained. “Don’t you make your own clothes?”
    â€œSometimes. What’s that got to do with it?”
    â€œNothing,” Kathi said quickly. “Anyways, I’m sure my boyfriend is worried about me.”
    â€œWhy?” Zee asked.
    â€œI guess you wouldn’t understand since you’ve never had one.”
    Zee stiffened. “I guess.”
    Kathi’s eyes squinted at Zee. “Hey! Why aren’t you on kitchen duty?”
    Zee sighed. She really didn’t want to tell Kathi her news, but she was desperate. Kathi was the only human being around at that moment. With her tall body and bigboobs, Kathi looked more like a freshman in high school than a seventh grader. She probably knew more about periods than anyone else in the cabin.
    â€œI just got my period,” Zee blurted out.
    In an instant Kathi had Zee in a hug. “That’s so awesome. You’re a woman!” Kathi said, then added, “Even though you don’t look like one.”
    â€œThere’s just one little problem,” Zee said, ignoring Kathi’s remark. “I don’t have anything with me—you know, like pads.”
    â€œNo prob.” Kathi hurried over to her shoulder bag and pulled out a package. “You can have these.”
    Zee looked at the pouch Kathi had handed her. “I can have all these? Don’t you need them?”
    â€œNo. I brought them just in case. You’re going to need to start doing that, too.”
    Zee took out a pad and slipped the rest in her tote bag. “Thanks for the tip.”

    â€œOh, I can give you lots of advice,” Kathi explained. “Now we can be in a secret club together.”
    â€œSecret?”
    â€œYou know, so people who don’t understand don’t try to get in.”
    Zee flashed on Ally and Jasper’s conversation about London on the bus. And Ally and Missy’s conversation about living abroad in the cabin. Zee felt a twinge of jealousy tighten inside her. It would be nice to have something special to share with someone—even if it was with Kathi.
    â€œCool beans,” Zee said.
    â€œGWP.”
    â€œGWP?”
    â€œGirls with Periods,” Kathi said matter-of-factly. “It’s code, so no one knows what we’re talking about.”
    â€œOh, right.” Zee was in shock—but not about getting her period. Was Kathi really asking her to be in the same club? “Are there any other members?” Zee asked.
    â€œJen hasn’t gotten hers yet,” Kathi said. “Have Chloe and Ally?”
    Zee shook her head slightly. She felt weird about sharing such personal information about her best friends with Kathi.
    â€œWhat about Missy?” Kathi asked.
    â€œI don’t know,” Zee said.
    Kathi thought a second, then mumbled, “Maybe I finally beat her in something.”
    Zee jumped when the cabin door opened with a thud . “Ms. Merriweather says you two need to come right now if you don’t want to be on cleanup duty,” Ally told them. “I had to beg her to let me leave to warn you.”
    â€œOkay,” Zee said. “I just need a second to put my pad in.” She flashed an excited grin and held up the square blue package.
    Zee expected Ally to jump up and down or hug her like Kathi had or…something. Instead, Ally just calmly said,