Summary

In Chapter 12, Nate and Hannah have their first argument. Hannah senses that things have become different between them. She asks Nate if he wants to go to brunch with her friend Susan who is visiting from Chicago. Based on what Hannah told him about Susan, he does not feel the desire to meet someone who saw herself as a constant victim of a range of jerky men. He also very much dislikes the idea of brunch. When Nate hangs around as if waiting to see if Hannah would get upset, she lashes out at him. She cannot stand him waiting for her to get mad at him for declining the brunch. She feels like Nate is testing her, putting her into a box. She resents him for making her out to be this person she is not. Nate insists he has no idea what...