Chapters 8 & 9: Surprise Kissing!; The Waketastic Adventure! Summary

The next day, Ruby writes an email to Hutch to apologize for her behavior at his party last night. Hutch writes back that it's no problem, but he's boarding his flight to Paris, so he doesn't have long to chat. Ruby works a long day at the zoo and then drives to Noel's house, presumably to confront him about what's been going on. She never gets to ask him because when Noel sees her, he runs out of the house and begins kissing her. Ruby is so happy (Noel still wants to be with her) that she finds herself forgiving his erratic behavior and tendencies toward abandonment. They go to a movie and Ruby thinks to herself, "Noel was here. Noel still wanted me. I told myself I was utterly, completely happy" (p...