chapter 9 summary

In chapter 9 Delaney gets into a fight with her parents about Carey being in the same grade as her. There Carey waits to see what her father and mother will do. They do nothing but say that they'll talk to her. As Carey does the dishes she sees Delaney playing with her friends and thinks about what her mother said about that "music is a bridge[...]it connects folks on a higher level, sayin' what words can't say."(122) Carey starts thinking this way about Delaney.