- It's the first day back at school after winter break, and instead of some ugly thing from Salon Z, Virginia wears a polyester orange shirt she bought in Seattle.
- Alyssa compliments her hair, which feels great, and when the principal calls the students to the auditorium for a meeting, Virginia and Alyssa sit together.
- Brie Newhart is there, but she's not sitting with the other Bri-girls. She's sitting alone, looking pale and sick; in her usual seat sits a girl named Brittany.
- Bad news: Mr. Moony died of a heart attack.
- The principal wants to have a moment of silence, but a guy in the back stands up and starts singing a song about a bright and shiny moon, and everyone joins in, humming if they don't know the lyrics. It's a fitting tribute.
- On the way out of the auditorium, Virginia runs into Ms. Crowley, who's crying.
- She apologizes for getting angry at Ms. Crowley when she suggested Virginia stop coming in at lunch, and Ms. Crowley apologizes for overstepping her boundaries and gives Virginia a book.
- It's called Body Outlaws, and it's about women with tattoos and piercings.
- Ms. Crowley is kind of fabulous.