Funny You Should Ask

In her article, Chani describes waking up hungover to a text from Gabe Parker checking on her. He invites her to his house party. There’s a heated pool and a game called Running Pyramid. She gets drunk and falls asleep in Gabe’s dog bed, and he carries her to the guest room. When she wakes up, she finds the party over and Gabe watching Star Trek. They watch a few episodes before they go back to bed, him in his bedroom, Chani in the guest room.

Chani wakes up the night after dancing to find Gabe texting her repeatedly. He invites her to his house party and says she can bring her tape recorder. That reminds her that this is all about the interview. She is nervous when she arrives and feels alone at the party, but the dog greets her with enthusiasm, and Gabe acts happy to see her. She notices that he’s been drinking.

A gossip column talks about a photo of Gabe on the red carpet with his mother and how he refuses to discuss his father. The article reveals that Gabe’s father died of a brain tumor when Gabe was 10.