Nick, as usual, finds a guitar, while Simon has a beer and feels weird about it. Simon goes to Garrett's party with Nick, Leah, and Abby. Simon used to wear dresses, while Blue used to be a superhero every year.
Later that night, Simon and Blue email about Halloween. After rehearsal, Simon invites Martin to come to a Halloween party at Garrett's, where Abby will also be. Simon avoids Martin at school for the next few days and says nothing to Abby. He feels awful when Dad insists that one contestant is clearly gay. He notices that his younger sister, Nora, got new piercings in one ear, and he fixates on this. Simon is preoccupied on his family's " Bachelorette night," when the entire family watches The Bachelorette and then Skypes his sister Alice at college. Simon explains to the reader how he found Blue: Blue posted on creeksecrets, their high school’s anonymous Tumblr account, about being gay and closeted. Simon and Blue email about how horrible middle school was and how they each discovered they were gay. Simon reasons that he should help Martin if only to help his friend group.
He notices that Leah is in love with Nick, who has a crush on Abby. Simon feels comforted by how normal everything feels with them. After school, Simon walks to his friend Nick's house, where Nick and their friend Leah are playing video games. Simon is enraged, but feels as though he has no choice but to agree. Martin suggests that Simon come out and says he's not going to show the screenshots of the emails to anyone, but then suggests that Simon could help Martin win over Abby, one of Simon's best friends. Simon isn't worried about Martin outing him as gay-he's worried about Blue, the boy he's been flirtatiously and anonymously emailing, cutting off contact. Simon is sitting backstage during a rehearsal for the school play when Martin, a classmate, reveals that he stumbled upon Simon's secret email account.
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