Every Day

Dana’s mother, wakes her up, berating her for her actions the night before. A tries to figure out what happened, but Dana is too hungover for A to access the memories. A’s memories are a blank, and A guiltily wonders if this is how Xavier feels when he thinks about yesterday. The mother is angry and sad: “After all we’ve been through the fact that you would pull such a stunt last night[…]it’s beyond words” (235). A tries to dress; s/he promised to meet with Rhiannon, but s/he is feeling so hungover and ill that s/he has no idea how s/he will do that.

Dr. P comes to talk to A/Dana at the parents’ request, trying to find out why Dana did what she did, but still, A has no idea what Dana has done. Dr. P fills in the forgotten memory—Dana snuck out to a party, got incredibly drunk, and then drove her father’s car, which she had stolen, despite all of her friends trying to stop her from driving. She crashed the car. Dr. P says, “What we want to know, Dana, is why you would do such a thing. After what happened with Anthony, why would you do this?” (238).