Okay.  I feel really let down....you promised us Izzy eating pizza.  Not seeking pizza.  Not ordering pizza, but eating pizza...and you failed to deliver...
Get it?  Pizza?  Deliver?  Cuz...you have pizza delivered....never mind.

Okay, really, how did you manage to fit so much awesome into one chapter.  The exchanges were lively and witty.  Izzy is back to being the embodiment of tiny awesomeness.  And the biggies were just great in all their vileness.  You have really created a character that can carry us through a world of creeps and make it so readable.

Jeez, just when I though that Sabrina was going to stop being this, annoying, in-the-way thing she can’t make up her mind.  Somebody get her a kitten and a book on life planning.   Though, her non-admission about the Brenda incident makes it look like they’re all in on it.  I can understand why Izzy is getting tired of her and her crap.

Before we discuss Brenda incident 2.  You described a lot of witnesses, plus shouting, in Brenda incident 1.  How is she still getting away with it so cleanly?  No authority figure is at least asking questions?  Do the biggie scum value each other so highly that the idea of Brenda having consequences for her attack on Izzy is just not going to occur to them?  Are a few “scornful stares” really going to be her sole price to pay?

Rebecca just can’t stop sucking, can she?  So, she read Izzy’s mind last time it seems.  And she got ahead of her move for the mace, so she must be doing it here again.  So, she knows how much she’s abusing and scaring Izzy here.  So, she’s trying to make being scummy an extreme sport.

And what was she doing there?  Izzy is in the halls of this vast, maze-like school and she just happens to run into miss bubblegum crisis?  I think these mind powers are more extensive than previously hinted at.  And Izzy should be figuring this out.  Though, at the knowledge of just how completely they can violate her, the only logical response would seem to be retreat.

And with the big creep-ette undermining her sense of place.  Making her doubt that if a biggie told a different story, her version would just be brushed aside...that should be enough to make her go to the principal’s office and just clarify that.  Because her ability to be believed is her only real protection.

Your work really shines in Brenda.  She’s almost sympathetic.  Like all her kind, she’s pretty vile.  Her tears are still selfish. The bathroom scene revealed she wanted Izzy more than she wanted to make things right.  So, all her sorries were for herself, really.  She wanted to apologize more as a means to an end than to make things better for Izzy.  Of course, I can’t say I’m surprised.  Look who she hangs out with.

In spite of the implication that the biggies are not designed for ...light touches...the characterizations are subtle and well thought out.  The biggies all suck, but they manage to suck in individual and interesting ways. 

I’m starting to perceive a change in Izzy and Sabrina’s relationship. 
Izzy is starting to hate her less because she’s in her face and insulting all time, and more because she resents being forced to need her.  I’m liking the turn.  It’s a first step to a new perspective, I’m hoping.   It was great to see her weighing options and obstacles this chapter.  She’s becoming an even deeper and more interesting character.

Really great work.  I am so satisfied as a reader.  You can be really proud of your gifts and skills as a storyteller.  At least I think so...I better read it again though, just to be sure.

Peace

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