Dani reflects on how Levi supported her in ninth grade after her father died from cancer. Since Levi’s father died years earlier, he was further along in his grief and helped her by suggesting that she write about her pain. Since then, Dani has been writing emails to her father when she wants to talk to him. It helps her feel like she’s sharing her life with him, even though she’s deeply aware that a passed loved one isn’t “just gone for a moment, but they’re gone for the rest of your moments” (57).

Dani emails her father to tell him that she’s preparing to graduate and to explain the softball game debacle. She shares that when Levi took her home, he opened her door, and she accidentally hit his head with the car door. Levi’s family dinner is the next day, and Dani is nervous.

Jia and Gabe come over to help Dani choose an outfit for the family dinner. Before dinner, Dani works a shift at Daisies, her aunt’s store, and selects flowers to take as a hostess gift. When Levi arrives to pick her up, his handsomeness distracts her, and she can’t believe this is the third time she’s seen him in one week after not speaking for years.