Fangirl Chapter 19 Summary

  • On the drive, Cath tells Levi her dad's in the hospital, but she doesn't tell him why, and he doesn't ask.
  • Instead, he listens to a recorded range management lecture, like he does. He has a final the next day.
  • She tells Levi he can just drop her off at St. Richard's, but he comes inside and waits in the lobby.
  • The guy at the desk tells Cath her dad isn't authorized for visitors.
  • Cath tells Levi he can go ahead and leave, since all she can do is wait to talk to a doctor or nurse, but he tells her he's going to wait with her.
  • After schmoozing an orderly a bit, like he also does, Levi goes off to find them sandwiches and coffee.
  • Finally, while eating, they have The Conversation. Levi wants to know why Cath's been blowing him off.
  • Cath says she went to his party and saw what happened.
  • He tells her it was just a kiss, and she asks which kiss he means—hers, or the other girl's.
  • He says both. Wrong answer, Levi.
  • A nurse calls her back to see her dad, and Cath tells Levi to leave. This time, he does.
  • Cath takes a cab to her dad's office to pick up his car, which is full of fast-food wrappers and crumpled, discarded advertising ideas.
  • At home, Cath texts Wren to tell her their dad is tranquilized and sleeping—like Wren suspected he would be—and that there's no need for Wren to come home, since Cath's got it covered.
  • So covered, in fact, that she does her dad's laundry and dishes.
  • The next day, she takes her laptop to St. Richard's to work on her story for Fiction-Writing.
  • Wren texts to ask if Cath will be there the following day for their psych final; they're in the same class.
  • Cath says no; Wren says that's not okay; Cath says it's not okay to leave their dad alone. Good times.
  • Mr. Avery finally wakes up at noon and eats some delicious hospital food. He's mad he's there, and Cath turns on the television and they watch Gilmore Girls together.