But only because she works so hard to make sure that she is clean and free of offensive odors. Things are tough enough when you're a geek. Things haven't always been this way for her. Kindergarten was great. She enjoyed school, and she had lots of friends.
Ditto grades one, two, and three.
But something must have happened that summer between third and fourth grades, because somehow she suddenly seemed . . . Especially if it also means bigger. And less fashionable. In fact, it was at about that time that the G-word first entered her life. The first time someone called her a geek she laughed.