Chapters 15 - 17: Emotional Breakdown in the Parking Lot!; A Nighttime Escapade!; A Final List! Summary

At school, after Thanksgiving break, Ruby confronts Noel about the accident. Tenderly, she asks why he didn't tell her the truth. He simply says that he wants to forget about it, that he wants to be happy again. He doesn't think Ruby should be dragging up the past; it's no longer important. Ruby admits that she wants to know because Noel's omission ruined things. They had something special between them and now it's gone. If Noel wanted a girlfriend who would ignore when things were wrong and pretend everything was fine, he should have dated a bimbo. But he picked her, and he must have known that hiding something from her would be torturous. After reading what...