At a school assembly the class meets Yves, a handsome new transfer; Eleanor, the class monitor, greets him while classmates gossip about his awards and rivalry with Zane. The scene shifts to a campus event where Willow is selling drinks and classmates coerce her into taking dangerous shots for money. She keeps drinking to cover tuition and mentions a small cat at home as her motive. A friend warns Willow she'll be pushed around and urges her to escape; Willow insists, "I'll take care of myself." The episode ends with her forced choice still unresolved as the pressure mounts.