Summary

Chapter 18: The Box & Chapter 19: Hellerton

In Chapter 18, Abby is grateful that finals keep her preoccupied, and she spends Christmas break with America. Though Travis says he wants to be friends, he does not call Abby, and he seems content with their platonic relationship, even as he ignores other girls. America notes the irony that Travis seems fine when Abby is so miserably, but Abby does not want to discuss it. Because Shepley wants to take America to the Valentine’s Day party at the frat house and she will not go without Abby, Finch offers to escort Abby to the party. Parker invites Abby to dinner, but she already has plans with Finch. When Abby accompanies America to the apartment to retrieve her birth control, only because America promises that Travis is out with Trent, the strange feeling changes when...