The Do-Over

Emilie and Nick begin their tribute to Eric by riding scooters and then renting bikes to visit the big slides in the park. They then feed birdseed to the ducks before grabbing pizza at Zio’s Pizza. Once again, they’re brought back to the topic of love. Nick isn’t interested in dating anyone because he doesn’t “have time for all of the emotional bullshit a person has to put out in order to make another person happy” (206). In response to her prying questions, Nick asks how she felt like she was in love with Josh earlier in the day but now has all but forgotten about him. Emilie avoids the question. Nick asks her to tell him one thing about Josh that irritates her. Emilie admits to hating that Josh sets custom ringtones for everyone in his contact list. He finds it hilarious that each time he texts Emilie, she hears the stallion sound he set as her ringtone. Even though the ringtone irritates Emilie, she always pretends to love it to spare Josh’s feelings.

Nick decides their Day of No Consequences should include a kiss. Emilie eagerly initiates. Though she has come to like him over the day, she is aware of his hesitation to pursue anything romantic and knows that everything between them will be forgotten when the day resets again at midnight.