Book One: Part Two: Someone Like You: Chapters Five - Seven Summary

Scarlett approaches Halley at work and asks her to meet her in the washroom where she hands her a stick revealing she is pregnant. She tells Marion that night, who insists Scarlett rid herself of this mistake, revealing she had done so herself when Scarlett was a child. The appointment is made for the coming Friday, and Halley gets a ride to school with her mother. Macon falls into step beside her, puts his arm around her, and tells her he is taking her out for her sixteenth birthday. Then he slips out, missing homeroom again. After second period, Halley gets a note saying her mother is on the phone. It turns out to be Scarlett who begs Halley to come and get...