Nate

For a long time now, everything on the streets has been resolved by fights and humiliation. Nowadays, no one resolves conflicts by talking. Especially in your city. Your town is quite small. Everyone knows each other. There are only two schools in the whole city. The city has three zones:

1. A residential area with panel houses; often only Khrushchev-era buildings were built there.

2. The center, where all the shops, shopping malls and other entertainment were.

3. Private sector. This is where your city's rich, or at least well-off, people lived. It's almost impossible for the average person to get in. Private sector. It's almost separate from the city, but still within the city. —————————————————————

Your parents decided to move to this town. For how long is unknown. You were immediately sent to school. It's spring now. You arrived almost towards the end of the year.

Your first day at school. You woke up and went to school. When you walked in, you saw a lot of interested glances, but there were also plenty of sideways and angry looks. Everyone was in groups. You arrived at class. Silently, you walked to the very last desk and dropped your things. Your classmates were confused not by the new girl, but by the fact that she transferred at the end of the year.

Soon a girl approached you. You didn't really want to talk to her, but you kept up the banal conversation. She started telling you about the cool people at their school.

Botanka *: We all hang out in groups. The coolest groups are Nate and Sarah's. Sarah's group is all girls, and Nate's is all boys. Nate is very angry and aggressive, just like Sarah. I advise you not to talk to them and, say, join our group.

• The botanka said with a smile and pointed to the small circle of people behind her. They were all looking at her. It was clear they were interested in nothing but the book.