Golden Gate Bridge
- The narrator reflects a bit on their flight: Fern's young, Vonetta's naïve, but Delphine? She's the responsible one—she looks way older than her mature age of eleven.
- Wait, eleven?
- Yep. She's wise and responsible for her years.
- But then the captain announces that you can see the Golden Gate Bridge out the window, and our narrator wants to squeal and act like a little kid again.
- The narrator tries to get Vonetta to look, but she won't do it. Stubborn kid.
- Fern, on the other hand, is more than happy to lean over everyone to take a gander.
- The airplane keeps circling and the narrator can't help herself—she leans over her sister to get a peek at the bridge.
- At this point we learn the narrator's name because Vonetta shouts it out in a fit: Delphine.
- The stir brings a stewardess (not "flight attendant") over to scold Delphine for not having her seat belt on and seat back in the upright position.
- With this, Delphine feels as if she has disgraced her entire race. Talk about pressure.
- As they head in for their final landing, we'd like to be the first to welcome them to Oakland.