They harass them for a bit before going for their yogurt. On the way, they pass a Chinese restaurant where the school’s bad boy Alex Liment and slut Anna Cartullo are eating together despite Alex having a girlfriend named Bridget McGuire. The girls have always been mean to Juliet ever since then-Lindsay gave her the nickname “Mellow Yellow” after she peed in her sleeping bag on that trip, and has hated Juliet ever since then.Īfter lunch, Lindsay and Sam cut class to go get ice cream at TCBY. Juliet Sykes enters the cafeteria, and Lindsay begins singing “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads while making stabbing motions with a fake knife towards Juliet-this has been happening every day since fifth grade when they had gone on a Girl Scout trip together, after which Lindsay started hating Juliet intensely. She wonders if she should break up with him or not it’s hard for her to make a decision about that. Rob comes over to talk to Sam, but she is nervous because of what he did last night. After Lindsay texts Sam that she wants to go to Kent’s party that evening, Sam agrees too because it’ll be fun if everyone else goes too.Īt lunch, Sam and Lindsay sit with their friends Elody and Ally at their usual table. Later in the day, Kent McFuller gives her a rose after they used to be friends back in elementary school and they shared their first kiss together as well. Daimler, who was a student at this school when he was younger. In calculus class, she flirts with her teacher Mr. The number of roses you get is supposed to indicate how popular you are, and the note on Sam’s rose from Rob doesn’t say much.

Elody gives Sam a condom as she says that she would never let her best friend die a virgin.ĭuring Cupid Day (a holiday for freshmen), students give roses with notes attached to one another. The girls pick up Elody on the way, and they talk about how excited Sam is for tonight-she plans on having sex with Rob Cokran, one of the most popular boys in school. She gets into a car with Lindsay, who drives her to school.

It is Valentine’s Day and Sam is ready to lose her virginity. The narrator regrets not saying goodbye to his parents earlier that morning because he was busy worrying about Cupid Day at school instead of thinking about them or other people close to him who might miss him if he were gone. Lindsay was driving the car and Samantha died in the crash with her friends Elody and Ally. She saw only one person: Vicky Hallinan, a girl Lindsay used to bully in elementary school. In a prologue, Samantha Kingston says that she didn’t see her life flash before her eyes when she died. 1-Page Summary of Before I Fall Overall Summary

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver