The kid with the tattoo convinces Rafe to going along with his plan and they position themselves on the roof of the school. Rafe describes the scene as if he is a soldier in combat. He learns the kid with the tattoo's name is Matty The Freak. Matty tosses 4 gloves that are filled with water down at Zeke and they hit him right on the head.
Rafe hides in the bathroom stall because he was embarrassed because Zeke made that self portrait of him. While he was in the bathroom, the kid with the fake tattoo tells him that he got "dinked" in crit which means it's a tradition for a student to get made fun of. This kid also asks him if he is interested in seeking revenge.
Rafe learns that crit is short for critique and it meant that you have to put your assignment up in front of the whole class. We are introduced to Zeke McDonald who is a popular student who is good at everything. We learned that Rafe does not like Zeke. Zeke criticizes Rafe's drawing and says it is very basic. None of the students had anything positive to say about Rafe's portrait. Rafe hoped a sink-hole would open up and swallow him. Also Zeke drew a portrait of Rafe and held it up for everyone to see.
That night Rafe stayed up late because he had a lot on his mind. He never thought art school would be this complicated. Leo tells him he needs to get a life and start experiencing things he has never done before. He calls it operation get a life.
His first art class was drawing with Beekman the oldest teacher alive. Mr. Beekman wants them to draw a self portrait for their first assignment. Rafe kind of feels lost because the other kids know more about art, and he thinks he will start having to make up for lost time. Also Mr. Beekman made the student right life=art=life.
In chapter 17 Rafe finds out that getting in the cathedral was the easy part and staying in was the hard part because not everyone is invited back next fall. You have to be able to handle regular school work and art work and show the school that you want to really be there if not he might get the boot.
Rafe enters the school and there is a big banner that says welcome to planet cathedral. The lobby was decorated to resemble a planet and the teachers were wearing outfits made out of aluminum foil to resemble aliens. He was introduced to Mrs. Ling the head of the art program and she gave them a tour. Rafe is very exited about the school and thought everything was so cool. Also he said that 7th grade was looking up.
Rafe's mom wanted to drive him and Georgia to school on his first day. Rafe did not want his mom to walk him in to the school because all of the kids would have made fun of him. Rafe got emotional because it was his dream to go to art school and it was like his dream was coming true. He was afraid that his mom would start crying, but thankfully Georgia's big mouth saved him and he started his first day as and art student.
Rafe get a reply back from Jeanne. It says hi Rafe thats great congratulations. Rafe was disappointed that it did not say anything more.
In chapter 13 Rafe does something terrifying, he writes a note to a girl (Jeanne). He says that he got into Cathedral School of Arts and he was really exited about it. He ends the email by asking her to write him back if she wants. This chapter tells the reader that Rafe has a crush on Jeanne.
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