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Chapter 25 Summary: “Day 6018”
Today, it’s harder to meet with Rhiannon because A’s person, George, is homeschooled, and his mother has tight control over her children and their schedule. She is strict and not a very good teacher, teaching in a slow, robotic manner. A won’t go along with the classroom day like s/he expects George normally would. A keeps asking questions that s/he knows the mother won’t have the answer to, until the mother, exasperated, finally allows A/George to go to the library, to research.
At the library, A is able to meet with Rhiannon. When she comes up to A, A plays a trick on her, pretending not to know her, and when she apologizes for coming up to him, A reveals his identity. This makes her mad, especially since she is used to Justin playing tricks on her, which causes A to apologize profusely for the stunt. When they go to a Chinese restaurant for lunch, A uses chopsticks to outline a heart on the table for her, filled in with pink Sweet and Low packets. The waiter indulges their antics, even bringing them a dozen new fortune cookies when Rhiannon complains about the fortune she received.
Back at the library, they discuss book recommendations, showing each other their choices: “I show her Feed. I tell her all about The Book Thief. I drag her to find Destroy All Cars and First Day on Earth. I explain to her that these have been my companions all these years, the constants from day to day, the stories I can always return to even if mine is always changing” (221). They joke about the lessons in the children’s book The Giving Tree, mocking how that book defines love. In the midst of this conversation, Rhiannon kisses A.
They are caught by George’s mother, who yells at Rhiannon, saying “I did not raise my son to hang out with whores” (222). George’s mom makes A leave the library immediately, and, as punishment, makes him do extra
Chapter 26 Summary: “Day 6019”
Chapter 27 Summary: “Day 6020”
When A is a boy again, this time Xavier Adams, things are very different. Rhiannon tells A, “You’re really cute today” (227). They meet at a small cabin in western Maryland which belongs to her uncle. Upon entering, Rhiannon begins kissing A, and A wonders how far things should go. However, once they have taken off their clothes, A feels like a pretender. A feels that Rhiannon is attracted to Xavier’s body, and it feels wrong. In addition, s/he knows that their relationship is still very uncertain. A tells Rhiannon they should stop, giving her the excuse that Xavier has never had sex, and it would be wrong to take this first experience of sex from him. A isn’t actually sure if Xavier is a virgin or not, but s/he knows this excuse won’t offend Rhiannon.
They fall asleep together, waking later to the sounds of birds and the sound of wind. A wants the moment to last longer. They talk, and Rhiannon asks A about A’s favorite life. A tells her that when he was a blind girl, he “learned more from being her for a day than [he’d] learn from most people over a year” (232). Although she had terrible challenges to deal with, to her, “it was just life” and she dealt with it (232).
Always aware of time, A knows he must go. Rhiannon will stay in the cabin, so A makes a promise to her that s/he will return the next day.
Chapters 25-27 Analysis
In these chapters, A and Rhiannon grow closer. They no longer are limiting their exchanges to emails and coffee shops or book store meetings. They have a lunch date at a Chinese restaurant, where the waiter seems to enjoy indulging the teenage romantics, and later they kiss at the library before they are interrupted by George’s mother. At the cabin, they are intimate with each other. Although they do not have sex, they come close, kissing and taking off their clothes. A is excited yet also apprehensive, understanding sex is a powerful act which requires a commitment between two people. Even though the body is ready, A rejects a spur of the moment decision. As much as A hates to admit it, s/he is unable to commit to anything. S/he also realizes that they are sharing their intimacy with another person, Xavier, the person A is inhabiting for the day, whose personal attractiveness is partly the reason for Rhiannon’s passion for A. She did not act that way, for example, when A was Surita, a girl.
Although A claims to respect Xavier’s sexual experiences, A does not claim to be similarly respectful of George’s life, which A feels is too narrow. When his mother catches A/George kissing Rhiannon, clearly there will be consequences for George that outlast the day, but A doesn’t seem too concerned with that. A thinks that maybe s/he made George’s life better and gave him the desire to get out of “this small, small house” (224). In the past, A tried not to change a person’s life, but clearly A’s feelings for Rhiannon are changing how s/he interacts with the person s/he inhabits.
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