Many Surprises

Summary

Noah and Allie spend the rest of the evening eating dinner and talking until it was very late. For some time, they each sit on a rocking on Noah’s house porch, both thinking about the other. When Allie is about to leave, Noah asks her if she would like to spend the next day with him because he had a wonderful surprise for her. Naturally, Allie says yes. Meanwhile, Allie’s fiancé, Lon, tries to understand why she isn’t answering his calls. He begins to think: something about New Bern… shopping… relaxing… a summer Allie had spent with a boy there long ago… and suddenly an idea pops into his head. What if she’s with that boy? 

Quote 1

“It wasn’t Noah she loved; she loved what they once had been. Besides, it was normal to feel this way. (…) Yet was it normal for her insides to twitch whenever he came near? Was it normal to confess things she could never tell anyone else? Was it normal to come here three weeks from her wedding day?” (p. 63)

What I think is happening to Allie in this part of the book is that she is falling in love again with Noah but doesn’t want to admit it so she won’t hurt Lon. In my opinion, she should open her heart and listen to what it’s saying. If Noah makes her feel like nobody else does, she should stay with him. Every girl deserves to be with a boy that makes her feel special, right?

Quote 2

“And sometime after midnight, on that clear October evening, it all rushed inward and Noah was overcome with longing. And if anyone had seen him, they would have seen what looked like an old man, someone who’d aged a lifetime in just a couple of hours. Someone bent over in his rocker with his face in his hands and tears in his eyes. He didn’t know how to stop them.” (p. 79)

 

 

In this quote, something similar to the first one is happening. Noah is beginning to understand that he misses Allie and he wants to be with her, but her engagement is getting in his feelings’ way. If Noah loves Allie, he has to fight for her.

Conclusion

I believe that in the next chapters, Lon will go to New Bern to find Allie and figure out why she really left. I predict that the surprise Noah has for Allie is something they used to do in the past. Finally, I think Allie will change her mind about marrying Lon to be with his first true love: Noah. To discover what will happen next, don’t forget to read my next blogpost!