Part 2, Chapter 8 Summary

As Scarlett and Halley sit in Scarlett's car before school starts, they read from So You're Pregnant - What Now?, Scarlett's pregnancy bible. Scarlett is suffering from food cravings, food aversions, headaches, heartburn and moodiness, which includes sniping at Halley in a way she never has before. Halley finds Macon waiting for her outside her homeroom. Since the night on the dam, things have felt more serious between them, and Macon is the only other person who knows about Scarlett's pregnancy. Later that day, in the only class Scarlett and Halley have together, Elizabeth Gunderson approaches Halley and warns her to watch out for Macon Faulkner because he can treat girls really badly. Elizabeth says Macon used her friend Rachel and never talked to her again. Halley manages to slip around her and goes to find Scarlett. Halley starts to tell...