Going too Far (195-245)

Summary
This last section of the book is very dramatic. So many things happens between John and Meg. After their visit to the beach, they head back to John's apartment to have sex. After about an hour and a half of making out and ready to take it to the next level, Meg refused to take her clothes off completely. John also refused to have sex with her if she won't reveal herself and trust him. Meg gets angry and runs away from the apartment. John runs after her shirtless and tries to settle the disagreedment. Meg, angry, just makes the situation worst. They go back and forth arguing until she finally runs away for good. The next morning, as a way to get back at him for last night and make up, she "plans" a visit to the bridge where she demands John to come after her and save her before a train comes in 15 minutes. John follows her, but instead of making up with her like Meg planned, he handcuffed her. She tries to get away but he pushes her against the wall and says, "Don't resist arrest" (Echols 219).
I guess she fainted after because she woke up in the back of John's car. An ambulance, and many of John's police friends cars that Meg know, are there settling down the scene. Officer Leroy is mad at Meg for what she's done and told her that she should have never done that since she knows that John's brother and his girlfriend were the ones who died on the bridge a few years ago. Meg is in shock because she never knew this and tries to go over and talk to John who is angrily facing away. Officer Leroy holds her back and said if she gets near him, she will be handcuffed again. Then Meg cried for the first time since sophomore year.
After this incident, Meg had a personality check. She decides to dye her hair it's natural color and decides that she needs to get a real friend because without John, she really has no friends. She calls up Tiffany to vent and they made a whole plan about how they will share an apartment while they are in college and do everything together. They head to the college party later where she hoped John would be. To her surprise, he was there but his temper was off. He almost beat up Eric because of the rumors he is spreading around about Meg and Will together, and almost beat up Will because for a second, he actually believed in the lie Eric told him. After this dramatic scene, John leaves the party and went to sit by a fountain. Meg follows and she apologized for the pain she had cost him. They made up there and John told her of his plan of going to college.
Nonetheless, the ending was wonderful. John and Meg are officially together. Also, Meg's parents came home and saw her daughter's natural hair and they knew, "I was finally cured" (Echols 245).

Quote
"I crossed my arms and hugged myself, but it was no use. I whispered, "What have we done to each other?"" (Echols 223).

Reaction
Meg said this when Officer Leroy told her that John's brother and girlfriend had died on the bridge. I thought this quote really sums up the whole story because throughout the novel, there was a back and forth conflict between Meg and John. One time John would do something to hurt Meg, another time Meg would hurt John and goes on and on in a cycle.