Houston, Sophomore Year (pp. 124-126) Summary

Steve spends his last evening in Houston at Dub's house. In the morning, he will fly to San Diego to spend the Christmas vacation with his mother. Dub's sister returns home and interrupts a prolonged make-out session. Dub talks with her sister and tells her their club has been disbanded until they can find a faculty sponsor. Dub's sister, Sylvia, suggests they ask Mr. Waters to act as the club sponsor. Later that evening Steve leaves. Dub accompanies him outside where he tells her, for the first time, that he loves her. Dub does not reciprocate and Steve later flies to San Diego.

Houston, Sophomore Year (pp. 124-126) Analysis

Steve and Dub are understandably nervous about their first prolonged separation since developing their relationship. However, the fundamental plot twist introduced in this short section is...