Lydia dove into her purse and the beeping stopped. "What's with the watch?" Rochelle asked, relieved by the diversion.

"Listen," Lydia snapped, "when you tell me about W, I'll tell you about the watch."

Tara looked around at Rochelle, Lydia and Veronique and thought: Mysterious tattoos, mysterious watches, mysterious questions. There seemed to be a lot of secrets around here.

"Attention, students!" Mr. Sanchez hollered. "Watch out for your personal belongings! I repeat: watch out for your personal belongings!"