Chapter 14 almost got split into two chapters. My wife thought that because of the length, it would be a good idea if I split it. I had actually made it two chapters but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I didn’t want to split that entire experience.
The second half of chapter 14 was very significant to the story because it marked the time where Brianna started to let down her wall toward Ricardo. In the chapter before we see her talking to her friends about this day and they teased her that it would be a date if dinner was involved. She insisted that dinner was not involved to them.
After they walk out of the zoo, Brianna mentions how she’s hungry and of course, Ricardo mentions a restaurant and eating dinner. Hearing that word triggers the previous conversation for Brianna. She knows that if dinner is involved it would be considered a date with Ricardo. At this moment, she could have scattered and just said “no” but instead she replies with, “Yeah, I’m okay with dinner.” She realized at that moment she was okay with having dinner with Ricardo, she was okay with a date.