Another week has gone by and it's time for another round of posts. We're coming up on a crucial part of the book soon, and are going to stop just before the event happens. Last week we left off when Pudge was "pranked" by being duct taped and thrown into a lake, and Alaska promised to avenge him with an even more elaborate "pre-prank" that would get back at those who pranked Pudge.
But before we get to that, there are some other important parts to the story.
One night Alaska comes to Pudge's room sobbing, explaining rather vaguely about how she'd fucked up and she would never forgive herself. Pudge tries to console her and she tells him, "Don't you know who you love, Pudge? You love the girl who makes you laugh and shows you porn and drinks
wine with you. You don't love the crazy, sullen bitch."
The chapter leaves off there, and soon the students leave for Christmas break. Pudge recieves a wallet and a watch from his dad, and he talks about how his father never really gets sentimental.
The night began with Takumi, Colonel, Lara, Alaska, and Pudge, as they planned their adventure in a barn the night before, drinking cheap wine and smoking.
Their plan included leading their principal out of his house with fireworks while Lara put dye in the prankers' hair gel and Alaska and Colonel changed their grades. They go back to their hideout in a barn out back and have drinking games, discussing the best and worst days of their lives. Pudge and Lara make out in the middle of the night and agree to being an item. Of course, they suffer the inevitable hangover the next morning and return to life as normal.
Later on Alaska, Pudge and Colonel play a game of Truth or Dare on the grounds that Pudge had never played, and Alaska winds up daring him to hook up with her. So they did. And apparently it was awesome.
Alaska receives a call from Jake later that night. She becomes extremely distraught and begs her friends to help her leave. Pudge and Colonel are loyal friends and do not question her, distracting the principal while Alaska escapes.
And that is where we leave off. Alaska is gone, Colonel and Pudge had fallen asleep, and no one really knows what Alaska is up to.
Until next week.
~Audrey