After Will takes Ronnie to the aquarium and fishing, he took her to the beach so she can watch him practice volleyball. As Will stepped away for a few minutes, Will’s ex-girlfriend Ashley approaches Ronnie, telling her that Will was a player and he took many girls on the same date. Ronnie got upset and marched herself back to her dad’s house. A few hours later, Will went to see Ronnie, but she pushed and told him to go away. He sat out in the beach in front of the house until night, til she finally went out to talk to him. Ronnie told Will what Ashley told her, but he told her she lied and that he did go out with other girls, but it was before he met Ronnie. He then kissed her passionately and they both loved every second of it. A few days later, Will was invited to have dinner with Ronnie, Ronnie’s dad Steve, and Ronnie’s little brother Jonah at their house. Will took Ronnie to her house to change, and she met his mom Susan. His house was very fancy, high classed and fancy. When Will left Ronnie to go upstairs to clean up, Ronnie and Susan were left to face each other. It was awkward until Will’s dad Tom showed up. He showed her his airplane and they were able to talk. It was less awkward than Ronnie being stuck with Susan. After that, they went to Ronnie’s house for dinner. After eating, Ronnie and Will went out to the beach to have a deep talk. Will got accepted to a great school with a beautiful campus, but he won’t be able to go there because his mom wanted him to go to Vanderbilt. Ronnie told him to attend to the school where he wanted to go, but he said it was a family tradition that the family would go to school at Vanderbilt. He also tells Ronnie that his family had been going through a tough time throughout the years. He and his sisters wear bracelets in honor of their little brother Mike, who was the happiest kid ever, with a great laugh and had many people who loved him. He died because of a car accident, which Will caused. It was something important Ronnie didn’t know about Will. In addition, Will wanted to know something about Ronnie. She told him she used to play piano, and she stopped because her dad left the family. She was getting used to staying Wrightsville, North Carolina with Jonah. She’s actually starting to talk to her dad again and she got to see Will. When Ronnie went home, she wondered where her dad was. Jonah told her he was at the church playing the new piano at the church. He stopped playing the piano at home because every time he would, Ronnie would start yelling at him. She walked to the church and heard her dad playing. She heard him playing and writing a song. Even though music is not in her life anymore, music is still in his life. He used to teach Ronnie how to play and he was a piano professor at Julliard. In the church, Ronnie heard a song being played she has never heard before. When the music stopped playing, all she heard was her dad cough once, then again, and then some more. She questioned if he was okay, and he claims it was the dust in the church. A few days later, Ronnie sees Blaze and tries to talk to her. She asked her why she put the CDs in her bag, and Blaze told her it was because she was mad at her. Ronnie told her she has no interest in Marcus, Blaze knew, but she didn’t like Ronnie because Marcus liked her and Blaze didn’t want to lose Marcus. Another few days later, Ronnie went to Will sister’s Megan wedding. She wore a black formal dress and Will thought she looked beautiful. They had a great time together at the wedding, they watched Megan get married, eat, and danced. Then Marcus showed up, he wanted to be Ronnie and Will told him to leave. They both ended up fighting each other causing a new scene. Will’s mother Susan was upset because that ruined the wedding, and she didn’t like Ronnie because she was low class.
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“After he and my mom separated, I was . . . angry with him, and the last thing I wanted was to spend the summer down here” (Sparks 247).
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I chose this quote because it seems like the most important quote. It brings and explains the whole story. If Ronnie’s parent’s didn’t separate, there would be no background to this story. Many people’s parents separate and I don’t know how they can go through it. I wouldn’t know what I would do without both of my parents in the same house, because they’re my favorite people.
