Miranda’s Kind Act

Via’s best friend till the summer before ninth grade when Miranda went away to camp and came back changed. Not just in appearance but in action as she drifted to the popular group in school and neglected Via.
Miranda’s kind act was during the opening night of the school play where she and Justin were playing the lead roles and Via was her understudy. Miranda peeped through the curtain at the people taking their seats in the auditorium. She saw Via’s family in full turnout. On the spur of the moment, Miranda pretended to be sick, thereby allowing Via to take over her role and be the lead actress. She felt some regret when the audience were giving standing ovation to the cast of the play, but she was happy for what she did, especially when the Pullman family included her in their dinner celebrations after the show.