Kit wakes the next morning, hungover and unhappy. Mandip doesn’t criticize Kit for drinking. Kit thinks that Mandip is “in no position to judge” (284), given her confession about how she was drunk when she had sex with Jack. Annie and Violet text Kit, excited to hear about her kissing David. She reads David’s texts, which grow increasingly urgent. When she sees his reference to the “Accident Project,” she vomits again.

When Kit begins crying, Mandip is concerned. Mandip explains that Robert was lost after his parents died but that he eventually “started becoming himself again” (289). She says that she and Kit must find a way to do the same, in Robert’s honor. She hopes that Kit will include her when Kit finds her “real tribe.”

When Kit tells David that she is hungover, he is concerned; he didn’t realize that she was drunk and worries that this is the only reason she kissed him. She clarifies that she wanted to kiss him regardless of the alcohol but that being drunk made her brave enough to do it. Their text conversation only makes David more confused.