"My Most Frightening Moment"
- In an English essay, Rhonda describes the day after the accident.
- The assignment is to write about your most frightening moment, and the accident was certainly hers, even though she wasn't even there.
- Why? That's when she learned kids her age could actually die; before this, she hadn't really understood this.
- Everyone was crying at school—students and teachers—but not Rhonda. She felt sick inside. Plus, she's not sure it does any good to cry now since Robbie's already dead.
- We get a glimpse of the school's newspaper, The Hazelwood Herald: There's an article about Robbie dying, and something about a canned food drive on campus.
- At the bottom, there's a note about drinking and driving. Every eighteen minutes, someone is killed in a drunk-driving accident.
- The newspaper also tells us that the basketball coach appointed Andy as the new team captain, since Robbie is now gone.
- Coach Ripley is also the teacher of the week—he's popular with the athletes and always ready to listen to the students.