Many people make these promises, but few actually deliver on them. She assures Tally that even if she turned pretty first, she would never abandon Tally. Shay does not seem as enthusiastic about undergoing the surgery as Tally is. Tally is overjoyed that she will not be abandoned to a lonely and ugly existence for even a moment by Shay. They discover that they share the same birthday. During the lesson, the two girls discuss their happiness at having found one another. Shay, now a friend of Tally’s, teaches her how to hoverboard. Together, they narrowly escape New Pretty Town using the makeshift ladder Tally has attached to the old bridge. There, she happens upon another ugly- Shay-who has hoverboarded over the river to New Pretty Town on her own secret expedition.

Tally hides in a pleasure garden while authorities search for her. Instead, it creates a larger ruckus, sending hovercars and fire engines to the scene. At the last minute, she decides to pull the fire alarm, hoping it will distract the pretties. At Peris’ suggestion, she uses a bungee jacket to jump off the roof of the dorm. Tally finds that her discarded pig mask has disintegrated into the elevator floor and so she must flee another way. He seems unhappy to see her but reticently confirms that they are still best friends, even though he has only written her once since turning pretty. She searches for Peris and eventually finds him alone in an elevator. Tally creates a stir as the only person there in a pig mask, and is therefore unable to maintain a low profile. In New Pretty Town, Tally dons a pig mask that has been spit out of a passing drum machine, so as not to be spotted.Īt Peris’ dorm, there is a white-tie party going on.

Peris' birthday is three months and two days before Tally’s, which means he has already undergone the extreme cosmetic surgery that transforms 16-year-olds from uglies into pretties. Tally sneaks out from her bedroom in Uglyville across the old bridge to New Pretty Town to see her erstwhile best friend Peris.

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