Chapter 2: "Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion"

An exemplary example of a communion is a first date. Thomas C. Foster states that people "break bread" with typically with those they like, except in certain circumstances. Individuals have meals with people they want to be with, and people they want to become more familiar with. In the novel, "Every Day," by David Levithan, A is a sort of spirit; he/she is not a person, but spends each day in the body of a different person, living their lives for those 24 hours without the real persons knowledge. Each day A changes, but he remains in love with the same girl, Rhiannon, no matter what kind of human he/she is with each passing day. When A decides he wants to explain to her the way of his/her life, and asks her to go on their first official, real date, they meet over a cup coffee and a small meal at a cafe. Rhiannon is a bit put off, but her acceptance grows slowly but surely as she warms up to A. They discuss everything and their bond strengthens, despite Rhiannon's reluctance. They both realize they have now formed a deeper alliance, and agree with Foster's statement, "Generally, eating with another is a way of saying, 'I'm with you, I like you, we form a community together.'"