Pete looked hurt by Iris’s rejection. He followed into the kitchen, pleading with her with his puppy-dog eyes. “Iris, hey, can you just look at me? What’s wrong?”
"Are you –– seriously asking me what’s wrong?” she couldn’t believe him. “What’s happening to you, Pete?” she gave him space to speak, then took it right away. “You showed up to the memorial, the one for your friends –– for your ex-girlfriend, Pete,” she reminded him. “and you were drunk and you reeked of alcohol, and the whole town was there. The whole community was there, Pete. You were supposed to prepare a speech, remember? But no, you didn’t, you decided to get drunk instead and then, in front of all these people, you vomited on the ground because you were drunk, because you had chosen to spend the whole night before the memorial, for your friends, drinking like a teenager.” she took a breath. “Do you know how disrespectful that was?” she studied his face for a split second. “And then, then you don’t come to the dance, the one you had promised you would go to, because you were hungover and sick and okay, okay that’s fine, if it weren’t for the fact you’re suddenly hosting an after party, for the dance that you didn’t go to. And I take a ride with Thad and Wallis, and I want to see if you’re okay, right? Right, and then when I come in, after having been ditched for a group of sweaty football boys by your friend, Frank, and guess what –– you’re there, on the floor, making out with some random people for the sake of it?” she shook her head, utterly and completely disappointed. “I’m so upset with you, Pete. I don’t even wanna look at you right now.”