You Should See Me in a Crown

Liz is back at school, confronted with a giant new poster of Rachel. Rachel has been working overtime to make up for the drop in her rank over the weekend. Her family has even donated money to the ASPCA in order to improve the student body’s opinion of her. Liz thinks, “[I]n just three days, Rachel has managed to use her resources to convince everyone that she is somehow a magically good person even though she nearly concussed me not even four days prior” (105).

Liz’s relationship with Jordan has been improving; they have even begun to talk daily. Jordan is the first person that guesses Liz and Mack are going out together. Liz swears him to secrecy, but he tries to convince her that it’s not something that she should need to hide. When Rachel sees that Jordan and Liz are hanging out, she is quick to try and warn him that being seen with Liz will be bad for his reputation. When Rachel leaves, Jordan confesses that he cannot stand her. The only two people he trusts in school are Emme and Liz. At the end of the chapter, Liz realizes that “this whole race is set up to mimic some twisted fairy tale,” where the position of queen is not earned but inherited (108).