If Only Chapter 42 Summary

The Lunch

  • Corinna finally goes to lunch with Deborah. It's scary, but she's ready.
  • They go to Cosi, where they talk about—you guessed it—Sophie.
  • Deborah asks Corinna when she misses Sophie the most and Corinna tells her that it's when she sees other kids with their moms.
  • Deborah says she's asked Sophie's friends to write memories of her for Corinna, like Corinna's dad told her about.
  • Corinna asks if anyone's sent one in yet; Deborah says no, but they're writing them.
  • At school, the kids have a long-term substitute in math, and Corinna can't stand her. She thinks the teacher mumbles and doesn't know what she's doing.
  • She complains to her friends about it at lunch, and Joci and Clare tell her she's being harsh.
  • After school, she goes to the band room to get her flute and music. Alex is there, talking to Mr. Morgan about drumsticks.
  • She gets her stuff and leaves the room before Mr. Morgan can ask her about practicing again. Alex follows her, though, and calls to her to wait up.
  • They have another moment of cute awkwardness. Corinna asks him what he thinks of the math teacher, and he says he doesn't like her either.
  • She's proud of herself for finally talking to him—after all, it was one of her New Year's resolutions.