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Summary

On April 9, Ronnie was surely positive that she wanted to live with her mother instead of Alison. Francis had a little talk with Ronnie, trying to help Ronnie think more into depth about her situation. But Ronnie was still leaning more on her mother's side. That is, up until her birthday. Her mother actually send her a extra small shirt that Ronnie would never even think of wearing in her life as a gift for Ronnie. She also talked to her mother that day and apparently, she has a new boyfriend whom was once addicted to cocaine and is now in recovery. Their conversation ended in awkward silences and anger that day. Alison had also been trying to have some talks with Ronnie and to be honest, Ronnie loved those talks more than her talks with her mother. That left her very confused about her decision. At one point, Ronnie felt comfortable enough to tell Alison of when her mother left her. After telling Alison everything, Ronnie was assured that Alison would always choose Ronnie, no matter what and that made Ronnie felt very secure. During a school dance, Ronnie and the popular girls saw Cat all over Tyler (Paige's toy-boy) and Paige got really angry and claimed that she would make Cat's life miserable and she succeeded. Paige had everyone on her side, trying to torment Cat. Cat even stopped going to school and made a plan to "scare" Paige, as in pay-back for what she did to Cat's reputation. Well, Cat's plan worked out but didn't end as smoothly. Paige definitely got scared after Cat pointed a gun towards Paige. 

Quote "I suddenly knew that no matter what happened, Alison, my Alison, would always choose me." (Lowell 182).

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This quote shows how Ronnie has grown since the beginning of the story. Ronnie has always thought that she was going to go home with her actual family, sooner or later. But after spending so many days, weeks, months at Alison's house, Ronnie is starting to truly trust Alison. Ronnie hasn't told anyone what really happened when her mother left her, but she told Alison about it all. She was positive that Alison wouldn't judge her or treat her any different than before, that's why Ronnie chose to tell Alison what happened. In her heart, she knows that Alison would always support her, 100%.