Margaret was planning to spend spring vacation in Florida with Sylvia, but her cradle-to-grave Christian maternal grandparents, Mary and Paul Hutchins, who have been estranged from her mother for 14 years due to their disapproval of the interfaith marriage, suddenly decide to visit the day after Margaret leaves for Florida. Margaret's mother has her cancel her vacation, saying it's not the end of the world and she'll go to Florida another time. Margaret is devastated but tries to use her best possible manners while her grandparents are visiting, but when her grandparents bring up the subject of religion, an argument occurs between everyone. Margaret explodes, saying she doesn't need religion and God. Afterward, Margaret stops talking to God. At the end of her study project, she has not been able to resolve her religious situation as she had hoped but has learned about herself and become more comfortable with her lack of affiliation. On the last day of school, Margaret gets her menarche. Relieved and happy, she resumes her previous relationship with God, saying, "I know you're there God. I know you wouldn't have missed this for anything! Thank you, God. Thanks an awful lot…"