Reading Response #3 to The Six Rules of Maybe by Deb Caletti

       Scarlet finally took a step towards expressing her feelings for Hayden.  Though it might not been the best choice.  Scarlett got caught up in the moment, and kissed him.  He began to kiss her back and then immediately pulled away because the wrongness of what they were doing pulled him back into reality.  She was very ashamed, and wished her feelings for him were still her secret.  I think maybe not this particular action, but variations of it make this book so relatable.  We all do things that we regret as soon as we have done them.  Embarrassment helps you learn from your mistakes.  It is not the worst thing in life to have to deal with.  I think Scarlett and Hayden's friendship will be able to survive this awkward setback.  They are so much alike that they understand each other completely.  Though Hayden was definitely not expecting this.

       There is another problem that they are dealing with.  Juliet, Scarlet's sister and Hayden's wife, has been gone from the house for over three days when it was only supposed to be one night.  Scarlet knows that she is at her old ex-boyfriend's house doing very immoral things with him.  Though Scarlet and Juliet's mother refuses to accept this.  She is just letting Juliet work out her problems all on her own, though she doesn't understand that Juliet is in desperate need of some guidance before she ruins her life.  She is married to a really great guy and is pregnant.  She cannot mess all of that up, including her unborn child's life, for some disgusting ex.  It is like she doesn't even care about Hayden's feelings.  She is so moody and back and forth that no one knows what to expect with her.  Scarlet has harbored a lot of hate for her, because she can see how much Hayden loves her and she wants him to be happy so she cannot stand what Juliet is doing to him.  She has tried confronting Juliet numerous times though has found them to be ineffective on her poor decision making.  Hopefully Scarlet, her mother, and Hayden can help pull Juliet together before she gives birth so that the child will not be born into an already broken up family.  No child deserves that.