Field Guide to the North American Teenager

Norris’s field guide entry describes the McElwee family and Maddie’s place as the youngest of five sisters.

Norris and Maddie team up for pie deliveries, with Maddie driving and Norris running the pies to the doors. Maddie gives Norris a hard time about not having a license yet. After a prank order slips through, Maddie and Norris sit outside the prankster’s house, talking and eating the pie so it doesn’t go to waste. Norris likes that Maddie gives him room to mess up his words without being too harsh on him. He finds that other people are usually put off by him after a while.

Maddie asks about Aarti. Norris has been seeing Aarti regularly and things are going well. He feels more relaxed around her, and they have a normal texting flow. Maddie seems confused and wistful at Norris’s response, but she’s happy for him.

As they drive back, Maddie tells Norris about her family staying over for the upcoming wedding. Norris observes that, despite being the youngest of her family, she acts as a secondary matriarch, helping keep everyone in line and everything running smoothly.

When Maddie drops Norris off at his apartment, she gives him a personal invitation to her sister’s wedding, saying that he’s part of the Bone Yard family.