How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
As she leaned in to inspect the damage, I looked through the glass of the door out into the room beyond. It was blurred and thick for privacy, so you couldn't really see details. Even so, I could make out the shape of a figure sitting there, a presence nearby, waiting. For me. (8.65)
Riley's the kind of girl who is loyal to a fault with all her friends—whether they're old friends like Dave, or new friends like Mclean. Dave's parents may think that she's a bad influence, but she's really a good egg to have around. You can always depend on her.
Quote #5
"You know. The person you can call at two a.m., and no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail… they'll come for you. It's, like, the highest level of friendship." (8.268)
Poor Mclean doesn't have anyone that she considers her 2:00AM, especially since she only makes surface level friendships whenever she moves to a new town. But hearing Dave talk about it makes her rethink what she's been doing—maybe she should form tighter friendships. It just might be good for her.
Quote #6
Yet it was this image, this moment, that I kept going back to hours later, after we'd made it safely to the walkway and gone our separate ways to classes. How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone. (9.142)
Dave's proven himself to be a really solid dude—even if he can be kind of a weird dork sometimes (he is a boy genius, after all). When they're walking along the icy sidewalk, Mclean just knows that she can count on him; he won't let her fall and hurt herself.