Part 1, Chapter 4 Summary

Macon finally asks out Halley on a Friday in October after a P.E. badminton quiz. He tells Halley that he is going to a party in the Arbors that night, and he tells her she should come. Halley wants the moment to last forever, and she realizes at that moment that she would do anything Macon asked, no matter how dangerous that might be. She lets him pull her to her feet and feels like her eyes are wide open. After school, Scarlett and Halley hang out at Marion's house and watch her get ready for her date with an accountant named Steve. Scarlett teases Marion because Steve is a member of a history club. He dresses up as a medieval character named Vlad the Warrior (who Scarlett calls Vlad the Impaler) on the weekend and jousts and attends festivals...