Someone Like You(175-231)

Summary
In this section of the book Halley's mother went to be with Grandma Halley since she is sick.  To Halley this was like a get out of jail free card since her father did not really care what she did as long as she did not get into any trouble.  Since her dad worked on a radio station he was not really home all that much.  Also Scarlett's sense of small became more sensitive because of the pregnancy.  She had to clean everything because the smells bothered her noes.  Halley ended up going to visit her grandma Halley at her new home in the assisted living facility.  Some of the people were confined to beds and others were speeding down the hallways in motorized wheel chairs.  Halley's grandmother, at first did not recognize her, but then when Halley's mother told her who it was her face lit up and she asked Halley how she was doing. Halley missed he grandmother very much and was sad to see her this way.  It finally hit the five month mark for Scarlett being pregnant.  There was no more hiding that fact from people.  Scarlett and Halley's boss was concerned that Scarlett being sixteen and pregnant was a bad example for the costumers; but Scarlett on the other had did not think so. 

Quote
"With my mother gone, it was like I'd been handed a Get Out of Jail Free card" (Dessen 175).

Reaction
When I read this in the book i agreed with Halley completely.  This is because when a parent is not home sometimes some people get away with what they want.  they can do certain things that they can't do with their parents around.  Some people who can't normally have people over, have people over.  Some people have parties when their parents aren't home.  It all depends on the person, this is why I agree with Halley completely.