Someone Like You (Pages 230-281)

Summary
It was now May and Scarlett convinced Halley to go to prom. Halley hadn't spoke much to Macon since the night that he went to speak to her in her side yard. She had ended things with him. The night she spoke about prom with her mother the Vaughn's were over which is how she ended up with Noah as her prom date. On prom night Noah was wasted which is why he broke Halley's dress by accident. She went into the bathroom in order to cover it up. Elizabeth and Macon were dating at the time and went to prom together, in the bathroom she told Halley that she could tell Macon still loved her. Interrupting the conversation, Halley was informed that Scarlett was about to give birth. Her water broke and she did not want to take an ambulance, the first vehicle that pulled up was Macon who took them to the hospital. Halley and her mother helped Scarlett through labor in which she gave birth to a baby girl; Grace Halley Thomas.

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"I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her(Page 275)"

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This quote sums up the roller coaster ride of Halley's relationship with her mother. At first she was best friends with her mother and as she entered high school she felt that her mother didn't understand her which brought them apart. Now going through this experience she realized how important her mother was to her life that her mother would be there for her through any situation to help her get through rough times in life. It made their relationship stronger than it ever was.