At the abortion clinic, Scarlett gets cold feet and calls Halley to come get her. Initially panicking, they resolve to tell Scarlett’s mom, who immediately sets up an abortion appointment. Part two begins when Scarlett pulls Halley into a bathroom at work, announcing that she is pregnant with Michael’s baby. Halley’s father is pleased, but her mother is irritated that Macon is helping her circumvent her chore duties. In the following days, Macon shows up randomly, including once at her house, where he brings a lawn mower to help with the yard work. Later, she discovers that he has been fooling around in the attic, and kisses him in the porch as her ex-boyfriend, Noah Vaughn, peers through the kitchen window. Halley goes with Scarlett to the party, where Macon is nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, Halley runs into Macon, and immediately develops a crush, perceiving him as spontaneous and fun. A few days later on the first day of junior year, Scarlett feels sick and withdrawn. On the way home, they see Michael’s best friend Macon walking in the rain. They attend Michael’s funeral, where Scarlett has to mourn the gravity of her loss of Michael in private, while his ex-girlfriend openly mourns. Despite her mother’s protests, Halley gets permission to come home and spend time with her. At camp, Halley receives an emergency phone call from Scarlett, who tells her that Michael has died in a car accident.

Next door neighbors and coworkers at Milton’s Market, they are in a constant, mostly positive dialogue about their respective difficulties: Scarlett has started quietly dating a boy named Michael Sherwood, hiding it from his jealous ex-girlfriend, and Halley is about to be sent away to a quasi-religious summer camp by her mother, who is trying to micromanage the way she socializes and develops as a teenager.

The first part of the novel introduces Halley and Scarlett at the beginning of summer vacation after their sophomore year of high school. The book is a meditation on the enduring value of friendship during one’s difficult teenage years. Halley tries her best to support Scarlett through this difficult time, simultaneously dealing with a controlling mother and a dying grandmother, all while covertly dating a needy and volatile boy named Macon. After Scarlett’s boyfriend is killed in a car accident, she finds out she is also carrying his child. While Scarlett is outgoing and adventurous, Halley is quiet and thoughtful complementing each other, they make it through several traumatic life events despite the various ways in which the chaos of high school challenges their relationship. Divided into three parts, it follows two high school friends, Scarlett and Halley, who have known each other since elementary school.

Someone Like You is a 1998 young adult fiction novel by Sarah Dessen.

Someone Like You by Nikita Singh