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The Pact

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 A novel by Jodi Picoult. Chris Harte and Emily Gold are teenagers from two neighbored and very close families in a small New England town. As teenagers, their relationship develops into a romance. When they are seniors in high school, however, both families are called to the hospital: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot to the head. Chris says the two had intended to carry out a suicide pact together. The police, however, believe that Chris is lying about the pact in order to cover up the fact that he murdered Emily.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })
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 Childhood Friend Romance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfil everyone else's expectations for them. At the same time, she feels like she can't even consider telling him the truth, because he's still her best friend and she doesn't want to break his heart. Emily's pregnancy finally makes it impossible for her to continue avoiding the issue, and things go horribly wrong from there.
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 Coming and Going: Chris and Emily have sex one last time before her death.
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 Downer Ending: Chris is ultimately acquitted. However, he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with and loved, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed. Melanie Gold, in particular, appears to have lost a good deal of her sanity by her daughter's death.
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 Auto Erotica
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 Auto Erotica: Chris and Emily have sex in his car, and Chris loses his virginity to Donna in his car too.
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 Amoral Attorney: Barrie Delaney.
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