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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of bullying, sexual harassment, disordered eating, death by suicide, substance use, sexual content, and death.
Part 2: “October” - Part 3: “November”
Part 2, Chapter 9 Summary: “Friday Night Lights”
The football team at Tiffin continues to win their games, surprising everyone. One night, the team plays Northmeadow—the school that Tiffin bumped from #2 to #3 on the America Today rankings.
Audre discusses the rankings with Northmeadow’s head of school, Douglas Worth. He offers three possible reasons why Tiffin moved up so far. The first is “diversity,” as Audre is one of the few Black women to serve as a head of school. The second is Davi’s social media influence. The last is that Jesse Eastman must have bribed someone. Audre vehemently denies all three, brushing Worth off and walking away. However, she secretly wonders herself if Big East had something to do with it.
In the locker room, Hakeem threatens Dub. Dub knows that Taylor has always had hidden feelings for him, but he has kept his distance from both of them, wanting their relationship to heal. When Hakeem releases him, Dub falls to floor, insisting that he will leave them both alone. Pacified, Hakeem tells him that they need to go out on the field and win.
Meanwhile, Haz smokes a cigarette out behind the school. East comes to meet him and shows him several $100 bills.
