Part 2: Page 121-188 Summary

Carrie tries on her dress for the prom that she has worked so hard on. Carrie has on a special bra and as she looks at her reflection in the window Carrie feels both shame and excited. Carries mother refers to Carrie's display of her breasts as her dirty pillows. Carrie stops her mother, saying that every woman has breasts. Her mother begins to tear at her skin, making herself bleed, but Carrie refuses to skip the prom. Carrie's door flies open by itself and Margret White begins to slide backward against her own will. Carrie apologizes to her mother, but refuses to skip prom.

Carrie waits for Tommy Ross to arrive. Margret White has locked herself in her home worship center and is praying loudly. Carrie waits for Tommy, watching the clock and counting every minute. At two...