Part 3, Chapter 15 Summary

It is the day of the big homecoming game with Fairhaven High, a bragging rights game that Empire Falls has never won. Miles has been having nightmares about escorting Cindy Whiting to this public forum and having to parade with her and her cane up to the top of the bleachers in plain sight of everyone in town. He plans to close the grill early so he can get seats down low, thus minimizing the spectacle. Events predictably intervene, however, and he is late picking up Cindy which of course means that Miles must act out his nightmare in real life. Not only were they at the top of the bleachers, the only seats left when they got there were on the Fairhaven side. Once seated, Cindy declares that she feels just like a schoolgirl and kisses Miles wetly and lingeringly...