How It All Goes Down
- The morning after the raid, Lena can't stop thinking about Alex. Oh yeah, and the giant gaping hole in her flesh from the dog attack. It kind of hurts.
- Another thing that bothers her: she hasn't been able to get in touch with Hana.
- Her BFF might be dead, but Lena still goes to work at her uncle's grocery store and pines over Alex. She can't wait until she gets off work so she can go see him.
- Alex is even more impatient. He goes through Lena's line at the grocery store and "shoots [her] his amazing crooked smile" (15.36). Do any YA boys not have amazing crooked smiles? Jeez.
- Lena can't get enough of Alex, so she makes Jeb, her adult co-worker, do her work for her while she abandons her post to flirt with Alex some more.
- Then, when she gets back, she hides all the ibuprofen and tells Jed she has to go restock. So, can he, like, cover the front for her again? All that's missing from this fakeout is an airheaded hair twirl.
- In the back room, Lena waits for Alex to sneak in and see her, when instead, Hana shows up.
- Instead of being relieved that Hana is alive, Lena's worried that Alex won't sneak in now.
- Hana breaks down because she almost died during the raid at the party.
- Alex comes in while Lena is comforting Hana, so Lena has to tell Hana the whole story. She also tells her that she tried to warn her about the raid, but couldn't find her.
- From that point on, they all decide to be BFFs together. It's just all crazy, stupid love. Like that movie with Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling's abs.