Dress Coded

This section covers Chapter 38: “When Your Best Friend Is a Boy, Sometimes Conversations Will Be Awkward”; Chapter 39: “Contact Information”; Chapter 40: “White Dresses Group Chat”; Chapter 41: “Seniors Aren’t as Scary as They Look”; and Chapter 42: “Cherry Pie.”

Molly runs into Will whose phone was taken by his parents because they think he is addicted to mobile games. She is still mad at him about what he said about Olivia, and Will asserts he didn’t know what truly happened. Will says he is glad he is not a girl, blamed for ruining things. Still, he asserts that boys are not wild animals distracted by girls’ clothing. Molly asks if he’s willing to say so on her podcast, and he tries to exchange participation for playing games on her phone.

Molly and her friends receive no response from the superintendent’s office about their petition. Meanwhile, Bea starts a group chat for the girls from their class titled “White Dresses,” and Molly adds Megan to it. Molly checks to see if Megan is the missing person from the class group chat, but she isn’t. In science class, Megan offers Molly some chocolate which she usually saves to eat during periods.