Breathing Underwater

On Monday, Nick calls Caitlin from a payphone but stays silent until she hangs up. At lunch, Nick writes in his journal, again warning the judge not to read this entry. He writes about the morning after his father beat him for lying about the beer. His face had been battered, so his father agreed to tell the school Nick had the flu, making Nick wonder if his father ever felt guilty. Nick then texted Caitlin asking her to call him, and when she waited until she was out of class to call, Nick got upset. Caitlin was worried about him, but Nick angrily refused to believe she was being sincere and lashed out at her. He insulted her and made her feel guilty for wanting to go to a game that night without him, so she eventually agreed not to go. She called several times the rest of the day, asking to come over to see him, but Nick turned her down each time because he could not let her see his face.