- Cath and her dad play phone tag until she finally reaches him.
- Turns out that in the absence of his daughters, he's been buying all his meals from the QuikTrip convenience store.
- Cath makes him promise to go to the grocery store and get some real food. He says he will.
- He calls her back later that night, multiple times, and leaves messages telling her he wants to install a fireman's pole from her room to the bathroom.
- In case you haven't noticed yet, he's manic—um, yeah.
- It's a Friday night, and Cath's in her room trying to work on Carry On, Simon, but she can't stop thinking about Nick and how much Professor Piper loved their story.
- Nick works at the library on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and he asks Cath if she wants to meet there and write during his shifts. She says yes, of course.
- This necessitates a call to Wren, who actually answers.
- Wren is—surprise—drunk. And when Cath says she wants to talk about boys, Wren thinks she means Simon and Baz.
- Cath gets annoyed, hangs up, and worries about the fact that Wren's partying too much.
- The next day in the dining hall, Reagan's so hung over she doesn't feel like snarking—or showering, for that matter. It's an epidemic.
- Reagan decides to go to Target with her friend Eric that afternoon, who may be more than a friend.
- Cath—surprise of surprises—decides to stay in their room and write.
- Reagan puts up with it for the day, but that night she drags Cath out to go bowling with her and Levi.
- Levi and Reagan are good bowlers. Cath is not.
- Levi schmoozes everyone in the bowling alley, because he's the friendliest social butterfly ever, and after they're done bowling, Reagan and Levi decide to go to a bar called Muggsy's. They assure Cath she could get in too, even though she's underage.
- Cath, as you've probably guessed, instead opts to go home and write alone.