The girl’s friend says they should hide in the church during the summer’s heat wave, so they go inside and hang around in a pew. Soon enough, the church fills with old ladies who give them bad looks, as well as the father, who engages them in conversation about the lamb of god. In typical fashion, the girl mocks the father’s teachings, after which the two girls get kicked out. Outside, by a bodega, they talk more about the lamb of god. The friend says that the girl is going to hell for making fun of the symbolism of the lamb.

The girl thinks about how she and her friend have been tense lately, always getting into arguments. She remembers how, in class, the girl said she couldn’t relate to Sally Ride because Sally Ride had so much more of a privileged life than her, that someone can only shoot for the stars if there’s nothing wrong on earth, to which the friend said that sounded ridiculous, making everyone in their classroom laugh. The girl then reconsiders her friendship with her before realizing that they’ll probably be stuck together for summer break. To make her look stupid, the girl decides to show the friend a secret of hers.

At the age of nine, the girl is walking down the street one day when she encounters a man in a van calling out for her. When she walks up, the van’s door swings open, revealing the man, bare and naked, who flashes her. The van’s door then closes, and the van drives away.

The girl tries to get her friend to go to the park with her even though the friend hates the park, especially when it’s hot. As they go, the girl recalls how the father in the church said the park’s neighborhood used to be so much nicer before immigrants came in. When they get to the outskirts of the park, the girl says it’s probably cooler under the trees, but the friend refuses to go. After some arguing, the girl finally says she has something to show the friend. Still, she needs some convincing, so the girl offers to buy her two slices of pizza. They go.

At the age of eleven, the girl has just had her first period. She is lectured by her mother on sex and what bad will happen from it.

In the park with her friend, the girl tries to find her way to the secret. She recalls how a boy showed it to her one day, when they went deep inside of the park and made out near a rundown building. She thinks about Sally Ride and how her journey encouraged her to be just as adventurous, hence why she decided to go deep into the park with the boy. Walking with her friend now, the girl tells her friend all about the boy, but she finds it gross, as the girl is only thirteen but the boy is nineteen. They argue some more but still head deep into the park.

At the age of twelve, a man ogles the girl as she wears a revealing top. Her mother notices and chastises her for it. From now on, she feels the need to hide and be invisible.

Deep in the park, the girl and her friend are talking. The friend says she wants to be a doctor and that her mom says she can become on. The girl, upset at both Sally Ride and her friend, lashes out and says that there’s no way she can become a doctor, that her mother knows absolutely nothing. They argue some more, and the friend decides to turn around and leave. Soon enough, however, a man with a knife comes for them. He lunges at the friend and pins her down while the girl decides to run away. She hears them struggling in the distance as she runs further and further. She wants to believe that she can find help in time, but another part of her knows it’ll be too late. She keeps running, and soon enough, she yells.