Chapter 8 Summary

On Monday, Rachel interviews Brandy, the nurse, for the school paper. She vaguely remembers Lewis being there but she was feverish, and it's a blur. On Tuesday, she walks into the school office, and there he is! She tries to back out, but the secretary has seen her, and calls her name. Rachel says she forgot her locker key and needs to borrow the schoolmaster. It turns out Lewis has forgotten his, too, so they have to share the master. They walk to her locker together, but Rachel can't think of anything to say. All she can think about is how embarrassed she was to be caught throwing up in the nurse's office. After Lewis walks away, she thinks she should have said something. At least she could say, "I'm sorry I dropped my book on your foot last week."

Suddenly, Rachel is...