Eleanor
- Eleanor wakes up feeling better. Her mom gives her Richie's leftover breakfast and a thrift shop glass flower to wear on her jacket, and puts vanilla behind her ears; she tells her mom she might go to Tina's after school.
- When she gets to the bus stop, Park is waiting for her. In a much better mood than the previous day, she tells him she can go to his house after school. She apologizes for the previous day, and quietly flips out about how much she likes him.
Park
- Park "almost told her all the things his mom had said about her" (27.25). He doesn't want to keep secrets from Eleanor, but this doesn't seem like the kind of thing he should share. And she's in such a good mood that he doesn't want to spoil it.
- Park likes that Eleanor doesn't seem to have any "girls' clothes." He thinks "maybe that was another gay thing about him, but he didn't think so […] All the men's clothes she wore just called attention to how much of a girl she was" (27.30).
Eleanor
- Eleanor writes Park a funny letter in Spanish class that translates to "I want to eat your heart" (27.37). She tries to be happy rather than nervous, reassuring herself that Park's family must be all right since they raised him.