For a few months, nothing happened. Julia gained popularity among the outcast group of teens, for getting rid of Fran. But on Halloween, something good did happen.
Everyone was dressed up in costumes, ready for trick-or-treating, and Julia had lost enough weight to be called skinny. And her costume made her look beautiful to certain people.
That morning, she went over to her friend, Anais's, house with a bike pump in one hand.
"Hey Julia!" Anais said cheerily. "You've lost a lot of weight since we first met!" They had been friends since kindergarten.
