Here's what you can do. They tore out the door, laughing and shouting. She slumped onto a chair, picked up a book and pretended to read. Nothing mattered anymore. She was out.
Many experts believe cliques function as a natural bridge from childhood into adulthood.
If not Leah, then Ashley next door, or Jenny across the street. Someone always managed to find herself on the outside looking in. Some child always wound up sobbing on her mom's shoulder. Some mother always ended up admonishing a group of agitated kids, each of them accusing someone else for the expulsion of another club member. And nobody was happy.