With so many unanswered questions surrounding her death, Pudge and the Colonel begin an investigation. Shocked by her death, Pudge and the Colonel stop talking to Takumi and Lara while they sort through their own emotions. The following morning, it is revealed that Alaska died in a car accident. She returns in an extremely distressed state and begs Pudge and the Colonel to set off additional fireworks to distract the Eagle while she drives off campus. Alaska awakens in the middle of the night to answer the ringing phone in the hallway. Drunk and exhausted, Pudge and Alaska fall asleep in her room. Pudge is dared to make out with Alaska and he complies, fulfilling his dream to be romantic with Alaska. The return to campus is a triumphant one, with Pudge, Alaska, and the Colonel drinking while playing Truth or Dare. To avoid getting caught, the group sleeps at the Smoking Hole where they discuss the best and worst days of their lives and Pudge gets his first kiss from Lara, despite his unrequited love for Alaska. When the students return from Christmas break, the gang plans their ‘pre-prank’ called Barn Night in which Pudge and Takumi set off a series of fireworks to lead the Eagle away from his house while Alaska send progress reports to some of the Weekday Warriors’ houses. The two spend their time snooping through other students’ rooms, watching porn together, and eating Thanksgiving at the Colonel’s house with his mother. Although Takumi reveals Alaska was the one who ratted out her roommate the year before and Pudge is unsure about trusting Alaska, he agrees to stay on campus with her for the Thanksgiving break. An important element to the group's friendship is trust.
Starnes (known as the Eagle), at their favorite hangout spot, the Smoking Hole. The Colonel is kicked out of every basketball game for jeering too much Alaska tutors Pudge in pre-calculus and the group is caught smoking by the dean of students, Mr. Hyde, for not being present in the moment.Īs time passes, Pudge grows closer to his new friends. Early on in the semester Pudge is kicked out of his World Religion class for daydreaming and is admonished by his teacher, Dr. He survives and the Colonel promises revenge in the form of pranks against their rivals, the wealthy day students known as the Weekday Warriors. The night before school begins, Pudge is taken from his bed in the middle of the night, duct taped like a mummy, and thrown into the school’s lake. Unpopular at his old school, Pudge is nervous about making new friends, but he is immediately taken in by his roommate, Chip “the Colonel” Martin and introduced to his rag-tag group of friends, including Takumi Hikohito, Lara Buterskaya, and the beautiful, mysterious Alaska Young. Miles “Pudge” Halter is the new student at the prestigious Culver Creek Preparatory School in Birmingham, Alabama.
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