We Were Liars

Cady learns that Gat has a girlfriend in New York named Raquel. She tries to follow family tradition and "act normal,” saying that she “tilted [her] square chin high" (17). One evening, Gat talks to the other Liars about property. He says, "Maybe land shouldn't belong to people at all" (17). He is also reading very serious books of philosophy that separate him from the others. The others tell him to shut up, and his feelings are hurt. He runs to the water and swims out to a rock. Cady follows and joins him. She consoles him and tells him they all love him. The others join them in the water. They are friends again.

Gat wakes Cady up at night and they go outside and look up at the night sky. Gat admits that after his trip to India, where he saw so much poverty, it’s hard to believe in a God. And he is angry at America, saying that there are “[p]eople sick and starving in one of the richest nations in the world" (22). It is cold and he lends her his olive-colored jacket

Gat and Cady go through her father's old books in the attic. They kiss for the first time. Granddad (Harris) walks in on them. Gat stands and has to bend his head to avoid the roof. Granddad says to Gat, "Watch yourself, young man" (25). It seems to have two meanings: watch your head and watch yourself with my granddaughter. Granddad reminds Cady of something that happened when she was young—a trip with him to a baseball game. She dutifully replies as he expects. She goes and finds Gat outside near the water, and they kiss again.