- Cath gets her grades for the semester and sees that Professor Piper gave her an incomplete.
- This surprises her, since she never turned in her story and was expecting a C or D.
- Cath goes back to Andrews Hall, the English building, for the third time since she got the incomplete.
- The first two times, she walked in and walked out; this time, though, she at least uses the bathroom.
- She decides she'll try walking past the main office; Professor Piper's in the office across the hall, and she calls out to Cath.
- Cath goes into her office, where Professor Piper asks her what happened.
- Cath says her dad was in the hospital, and that she never started the story, because fanfiction is what she really wants to write.
- She tells Professor Piper she's thinking of changing her major.
- Professor Piper won't hear of it, and she gives Cath a pep talk, telling her she's meant to be a writer.
- No dice, Cath says. She doesn't care about writing her own stuff; she just cares about writing Simon Snow. She's not into creating something from nothing.
- Professor Piper tells her creating something from nothing is what writing's all about, but Cath's still not buying it.
- Professor Piper changes the subject. She's got a question: Did Cath help Nick with his story?
- Cath admits it, and Professor Piper says she could tell—Nick's in her advanced class, and his writing has taken a nosedive now that Cath's not helping.
- She offers to let Cath finish her story as an independent study and give her a grade at the end of the semester.
- Sidebar: conversation with Dad. He's worried about Cath, he's worried about Wren, they're worried about him. So everything is normal.
- Another of Cath's worries: Levi. She doesn't expect to see him again, since Reagan's stopped letting him come to their room, and all his classes are on East Campus, while hers are on Central Campus.
- Surprise: He shows up outside her door, waiting for her.
- He wants to tell her the kiss with the other girl was just a kiss, but the kiss with her was more.
- He wants that kiss to be the start of something.
- Cath lets him into her room.