Summary

Laura meets Paul the next afternoon. She no longer wants a tattoo. Instead, she wants to prepare monster masks for a music video she's working on. They take drugs again, and fall asleep. Paul finds himself with Mitch and Matt the next night. They meet up with more friends but Laura declines to join them. He himself looking for other possible romantic prospects as the night continues. He finds himself with his friends in Lindsay's apartment, and Matt lets him use his MacBook to download songs onto Paul's iPad.

Paul goes to their Cinco de Mayo party three days later. He meets Fran before arriving, and she gives him Klonipin. Lindsay immediately flirts with Paul, who sneaks away from her to talk to Daniel, who admits to reading Paul's books, and says he had a feeling that they would meet each other...