Chapter 13 Summary: 2:02 p.m.

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Chapter 13 Summary and Analysis

Summary

The chapter opens at 2:02 p.m. with Rowan and McNair hiding from Savannah in a quirky goth shop called Orange Dracula, located in the basement of Pike Place Market. The store is filled with retro novelties, and Rowan reflects on how it was a childhood favorite. McNair is fidgety, and Rowan notices his shoulders and biceps, which she finds distracting. They both receive a text from the senior class announcing the first safe zone at Hilltop Bowl, giving them twenty minutes to arrive.

McNair reveals he doesn't drive, so Rowan reluctantly agrees to give him a ride. During the drive, they recall a silent trip home from quiz bowl regionals the previous year, and McNair shares an etymology fact about the word