Liza's parent's opinion of her suspension differs. Poindexter says she will put Liza's position school president to a vote of confidence. She immediately rings her back and the two girls arrange to meet at the Cloisters on Saturday.Īt Liza's hearing, the school decide to suspend both her and Sally for one week. Piccolo who is one of the school's biggest supporters.īack at home Liza is delighted to hear her friend Annie has rang. In fact, Jenny, the girl whose ear was infected, is the daughter of Mr.

It could be worse than normal because the school is looking for financers and such an incident could scare away potential investors. As school president that is not good enough and she tells Liza that she will have to attend a student council meeting to find out her fate.

Basically she saw Sally doing something wrong and yet failed to report it. Poindexter tells Liza that she has breached the reporting rule. Poindexter wants to see her in connection with Sally's ear piercing. Everything looked in order and so she is surprised when a freshman approaches her later in the corridor to tell Liza that the headmistress Mrs. She has alcohol to sterilize the needle, ice to numb the ear, and a potato to stop the needle going in too far. As school president, Liza is slightly taken aback at the blood around Jenny Piccolo's ear, but is happy to see Sally has taken all the right precautions. Before they part, they exchange telephone numbers.Īt her private school called Foster's, Liza attends the opening of her friend Sally's ear-piercing business. They hit it off immediately, entertaining some children with a fake duel in the American Wing. When they are eventually exposed however, it only makes them stronger and more determined to spend their lives together.Īnnie and Liza first meet at the Metropolitian Museum in New York. Only seventeen and largely in an environment that doesn't accept homosexuality, they initially have to hide away their feelings. Liza chronicles her love affair with a girl called Annie.

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden