how Christine inspired him to join the play. He then professes his love for Christine and asks her to go out with him. Christine, staying in character, is angry at him for disrupting the play, but they continue out the rest of the scene awkwardly. Jeremy tries asking his squip for advice on what to do next and to continue helping him remember his lines, but it does not respond. The drama teacher and play director, Mr. Reyes, then kicks Jeremy out for breaking character. Michael comes across a distraught Jeremy who tells him the truth about the squip and how it has been influencing him for the last few months. Michael reveals he knew what squips really were the entire time after his brother used an early version of the squip to cheat on his SATs, only for it to drive him insane. Michael hoped by telling Jeremy a fake name for the squip would dissuade Jeremy from also picking up one. The squip returns, apologizing to Jeremy for ruining the play and his chance to be with Christine. The squip reveals it was unable to proceed further at Christine's rejection and believed based on calculation that the plan should have worked, but also that numbers alone do not always determine a probable outcome. The squip concludes to Jeremy that it is no longer of use to him, and that it should be dumped out of his system with Mountain Dew Code Red. Before proceeding to expunge the squip, Michael, Jeremy, and the squip decide to make a formal apology to Christine by using recollected memories of Jeremy meeting Christine for the first time and the squip's interference leading up to the present-day now in hopes she can understand his situation. The novel ends with a personal note from Jeremy, stating that instead of a formal letter, the apology became a full-fledged book. It is strongly implied that the novel itself is the real world-equivalent book intended for Christine. Characters Jeremy Heere: The protagonist Michael Mell: Jeremy's best friend Christine Caniglia: Jeremy’s love interest Rich Goranski: Jeremy's vertically challenged bully-turned-friend, also has a SQUIP Jake Dillinger: Christine's love interest at the beginning of the book, constantly having sex with hot people. Chloe Valentine: One of the three hottest girls in Jeremy's grade. She has a tendency to dress in the raver style with candy necklaces. Brooke: A girl who