Tell Me Three Things: Chapter 8 Summary & Analysis

Theo comes into the kitchen wearing impossibly tight jeans and a leather vest. He flexes his arms and tosses Jessie a fancy juice box. Jessie catches it, thinking that if she’d known Theo was home, she wouldn’t have left her room in her clay facemask. The juice is revolting. They discuss Theo’s outfit—Jessie says he looks like a biker, but he was going for a rocker look—and Jessie realizes that Theo might not be confident all the time. Theo asks if Jessie is coming to the party tonight and uses one of SN’s expressions. Jessie refuses Theo’s snarky invitation to dress her up and take her out.

After Theo leaves, Jessie emails SN to ask if he’s at the party. SN asks if they can instant message instead of email. He admits that he was at the party, but now he’s just sitting in his car. He also says they can’t text since he’d have to give up his identity. SN checks if Jessie is feeling better after her horrible week and says that he’s not having the best year either. When SN says that Jessie has “sad eyes” and a “sad brow,” Jessie stops typing. She thinks that Mom always warned her that she’d get a wrinkle from furrowing her brow and hopes she doesn’t look sad all the time. SN messages again and says that Jessie’s brow is great the way it is. He tells Jessie that the party was a typical party, but it feels unimportant. Talking to Jessie, however, feels important.