![]() As he goes to sit with his coffee, he thinks about how he used to walk past the store of Hannah’s parents in the days following her suicide. As she goes to help another customer, Clay wonders if she would still consider him "Nice Guy Clay" if she heard Hannah’s tapes. She thought he was the nicest guy, albeit a bit quiet. She reveals that she remembers Clay from high school because they shared a class together. At he debates in his head, the girl behind the counter asks him what he’s listening to. Cassette 2: Side BĪt Monet’s, Clay orders a coffee and wonders whether he should stay up late to finish the tapes, or if he should just listen until his tape and the one after it to see who he must pass them on to. Clay reveals that none of them went to Hannah’s funeral, because there was no funeral. Jessica’s story complete, Hannah asks Jessica if she went to her funeral and saw the scar on her face. In the present, Clay reaches the entrance to Monet’s and goes inside. When the group of boys left the room, Alex denied the rumors, but Clay still felt jealous because of the feelings he had for Hannah. He remembers a moment in the boy’s locker room when a group of guys teased Alex about sleeping with Hannah. This scar plagued Hannah everyday until the day she died, because it represented Jessica and Alex’s betrayal.Īs he listens to Hannah and Jessica’s confrontation over Alex’s list, Clay wishes he had thrown away all copies of the list he saw laying around their school. Hannah developed a scar in the shape of Jessica’s fingernail above her eyebrow. ![]() After she listened to Hannah’s side of the story, Jessica punch-scratched Hannah in the face. Hannah was crushed, partly because she had hoped the rumors about her would end at her old school, and partly because she assumed Jessica would trust her over unsubstantiated gossip. Jessica refused to believe Hannah’s explanations because Justin’s rumors made her believe that Hannah was promiscuous. At the café, Jessica confronted Hannah about the list and insinuated that Hannah met Alex behind Jessica’s back. Shortly after the list made its rounds, Jessica approached Hannah at school and asked her to meet at Monet’s. Hannah, Jessica, and Alex continued to remain at a distance from one another until Alex released his list. He asks the bus driver to stop near the café, and hops out. He plans to just ride the bus until he’s done listening to the tapes, but as it heads into the downtown area, he realizes it will pass Monet’s soon. It’s free to ride the bus at night, so Clay hops on. Jessica continued to come for a few weeks more, but eventually her and Hannah’s conversations dwindled into idle chitchat and she stopped coming as well.Īt the curb in front of Blue Spot, a city bus pulls up in front of Clay. As time passed, Alex stopped coming and his acquaintance with Hannah cooled. During those weeks, they met periodically at Monet’s and shared their trials and tribulations with navigating their high school’s social scene. The three newbies hit it off and agreed to act as a crutch for one another during those first weeks of school. At first the girls accused him of checking them out, but once they learned he was also a new freshman, they invited him to sit with them. Porter’s reaction to Hannah’s death, Clay wonders if his guidance counselor and English teacher also played a role in Hannah’s suicide.Īt Monet’s, Hannah and Jessica met Alex, who was also new to Crestmont. Porter replaced her as guidance counselor, Clay breaks out in a cold sweat. Antilly and mentions how unfortunate it is that Mr. ![]() Outside of Blue Liquor, Clay throws away the Butterfinger because he feels too queasy to stomach solid food, and takes a sip of his soda. Though they were both initially resistant to the introduction, Jessica and Hannah decided to hang out together at Monet’s Garden Café & Coffeehouse, a local coffee spot. Antilly, Hannah’s guidance counselor before Mr. Alex Standall and Jessica Davis, also new to Crestmont, were the first people Hannah met besides Kat. Though it may seem as if she was alone once Kat moved away, Hannah did have two friendly acquaintances during the first weeks of freshman year. Buy Study Guide Summary Cassette 2: Side A ![]()
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