How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She looked so annoyingly "wise" and "mature." What the hell did she know about boys? (1.45)
This is Georgia's reaction to Jas's (not-so) wise comment, "boys don't think girls are for funniness" (1.44). Georgia's beef isn't with that absurdity of Jas's statement, though—it's with Jas knowing more than she does about the opposite gender.
Quote #2
Jas said, "Yes, she was. She's quite nice, really; she had her hair up."
I was furious with Jas for being so disloyal and said "Oh, it's nice that you've made new friends. I can't help thinking, though, that as Lindsay's BEST friend you could advise her that people with massive ears should not wear their hair up."
I put the phone down on her. (3.412-414)
Lindsay is Georgia's biggest rival when it comes to winning Robbie's heart. In this moment, Jas begins to compliment Lindsay, infuriating Georgia. Georgia is jealous that Lindsay looked nice, but she expresses this envy by calling her friend disloyal, covering up her jealously with anger.
Quote #3
Jas had mostly eights for all of her features and so she was in that really annoying mood when you've done quite well in an exam and it makes you sort of "kind" to people who haven't done as well. We compared marks on the way home. (4.456)
After Georgia and her friends rate each other, dissatisfied with own her scores, Georgia scorns Jas for her higher marks. Georgia doesn't directly speak about her feelings about her own marks, though, instead focusing on how Jas is being annoying about her higher scores.
Quote #4
Robbie caught my eye and he smiled… I smiled back… Then from behind me came Lindsay and crossed over to Robbie. He had been smiling at her!!! My face was so red you could fry an egg on it. Robbie kissed Lindsay on the cheek. She had her hair up and was quite literally all ears. (5.562)
After seeing Lindsay receive a kiss for Robbie, Georgia turns to jealousy, her go-to response, and insults her immediately by calling her "all ears." Georgia often handles feeling inferior by knocking the person she feels inferior to down a notch or two.
Quote #5
Robbie was at the gate […] probably waiting for his fiancée. I walked by, sort of pretending I hadn't noticed he was there. But he spoke to me. "Nice company you keep." (5.608)
This is a twofer jealousy special, Shmoopers: Robbie handles his jealously about Georgia's date, Mark, by putting him (and Georgia's romantic taste) down—but Georgia only brought Mark with her because she's jealous of Lindsay. Neither Georgia nor Robbie has the chutzpah to express their romantic feelings for each other, so instead passive-aggressive jabs are the way they communicate for much of the book.
Quote #6
When we got to Jas's house I just walked in through the gate, through the door and straight up the stairs into her bedroom. It was like I had a fur ball in my throat. I thought I was going to choke and explode and poo myself all at the same time. (7.700)
Jas has a coffee date with Robbie, and guess who's jealous? Georgia. But this time around, Georgia's not just laying down some serious attitude—she's practically choking on her jealous feelings.
Quote #7
She looked at me. "Why shouldn't I go? He said he wanted to talk to me."
I couldn't believe it. "But you know he's my sworn enemy."
Jas went all reasonable. "Yes, but he's not my sworn enemy, he seems to really like me."
I was beyond the valley of livid. "Jas, if you are my friend you will not go and meet Robbie."
She just went silent and tight-lipped. I slammed out of her house. (7.709-713)
Though Georgia is often jealous of Jas, she never thought Jas would become her rival for Robbie's affections. Thing is, it seems Georgia's forgetting that Jas misses Robbie's brother something fierce—so maybe accepting Robbie's invitation to meet up has nothing to do with betraying Georgia and everything to do with seeing if Robbie wants to discuss Tom.
Quote #8
"She's supposed to be quite clever. I think she's applying for Oxford."
"So she's a swot, that's no reason to like her—anyway, learning stuff is not clever. Just because I can't remember the Plantagenet line doesn't make me not clever." (9.826-827)
We often see Georgia fretting about how she measures up looks-wise, but here we see that she also feels insecure about her intellect. Which means she hops right on the jealousy train when she catches wind that Lindsay might actually have a brain inside her beautiful head, too.
Quote #9
Suddenly I had the feeling that we were doing something wrong… what if I found out something I didn't want to know? What if she met Robbie and it was quite obvious that he really liked her? Could I stand it? Did I want to see him kissing her? (9.864)
While stalking Lindsay, Georgia wonders if she could handle seeing Robbie with her. Might she just explode into a fit of jealousy if she realizes that Robbie actually adores his girlfriend? We're honestly not sure, so it's a good thing this doesn't happen.