How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Since Emily had been my friend first, I'd thought maybe, just maybe, she might still be. Apparently not. The lines had been drawn, and now I knew for sure I was standing outside of them. (2.4)
Ouch. Annabel was the one who made Emily "popular" in the first place, so it's pretty painful to see that she's siding with Sophie in this whole debacle. No one ever said that high school politics were simple.
Quote #2
The truth was, it hadn't been that long ago that I'd been the one who walked alongside Sophie while she did her dirty work, when I was the person who, while not taking part in the slur, didn't stop it, either. Like with Clarke. (4.5)
Even if Annabel is the "nice" one in her family, she doesn't always do the right thing. She's messed up pretty badly before by letting Sophie hurt and belittle other students—especially Clarke, her former best friend.
Quote #3
And that was that. Years of friendship, all those card games and pizza nights and sleepovers, finished in less than twenty-four hours. Looking back, maybe if I had approached Clarke again, we could have worked things out. But I didn't. (4.76)
By siding with Sophie, Annabel really screws up her friendship with Clarke. The sad thing is that she doesn't even talk to Clarke again or try to mend things. She just discards her like a toy she's outgrown. Not cool, Annabel.
Quote #4
You were either with her—or more specifically, following her—or against her. There was no in between. So while being her friend was often hard, being on her bad side would be much, much worse. (6.40)
There's no gray area when it comes to friendship with Sophie. She either likes you (and even then she's kind of mean) or she absolutely hates you. She's not the kind of girl who does well with moderation.
Quote #5
One bad move on one night, and the next thing I knew it was me she was after—me who was the slut, the whore—and me cut out, not only of her life, but the one I'd come to know as my own, as well. (6.75)
Sophie shows no mercy when it comes to cutting friends out of her life, and doesn't try to salvage her relationships at all. Once something is over, it's over. She's not going to be nice about it.
Quote #6
I had a flash of the last few months, my quiet summer, starting school alone, that awful day in the courtyard when I'd pushed Sophie away. Maybe I couldn't have changed any of that. But now, too late, I was realizing I might have been able to change something. Or one thing. (12.148)
By staying silent, has Annabel put Emily directly in the line of fire? She can't help but feel like she's responsible for Emily getting raped. If she had only pressed charges, maybe things would have been different…
Quote #7
"You're a goddamn whore." Her voice was rising now, still shaky, but gaining strength. "I can't believe you." (13.143)
Whoa—Sophie cuts right to the chase with her vitriol, even when it comes to her very best friend. She immediately turns on Annabel when she's at her most vulnerable and shaken.
Quote #8
I'm sorry. It was the same thing that I wanted to say to her, that I'd wanted to say ever since that Saturday night at the fashion show. What did she have to apologize for? (16.19)
It's weird—both Annabel and Emily assume that they're the ones who messed up in the friendship. They both feel like they need to apologize to each other. But that's not the case at all. No one actually messed up but Will Cash… and maybe Sophie by association.
Quote #9
"I mean, look at us now. At least if you'd told me what was going on, we could have dealt with it. As it was, you just left everything hanging, no resolution, nothing. Is that what you wanted? That I be gone for good, rather than just mad for a little while?" (18.51)
Annabel assumed that Owen was mad at her and wouldn't talk to her ever again, but he's just frustrated that she gave up so easily. What's up with this girl and walking away from friendships?
Quote #10
"The basic fact is that I should have been here. I have no excuse. There is no excuse." He looked down at the ground, scuffing his foot across the pavement. "I mean, there is a reason. But it's not an excuse." (19.25)
Owen may feel like he screwed up because he didn't show up in time for the trial, but Annabel knows that his heart is in the right place. He came to support her and will continue to do so—and that's what really matters at the end of the day.