Part 1, Chapter 2 Summary

Halley thinks that Scarlett's red-haired beauty is exotic, and it makes her more jealous than she would like to admit. Halley feels it is somehow fair, because she knows Scarlett envies her conventional family, long hair and tan. Halley feels their lives are perfectly parallel. They go through the same phases and like the same things at the same times. Scarlett is more confident than shy, quiet Halley, but Halley doesn't mind being known as "Scarlett's friend Halley." Halley feels like she is an outline in a coloring book, and though Scarlett has added some colors, she is still waiting to be completed.

Although Michael Sherwood is also from Lakeview, Halley and Scarlett didn't know him very well for most of high school. He was good looking and well-liked, but he hung out outside of the popular crowd, with his best...