"Due to play rehearsals, today's peer tutoring session will be moved from the gym to the digital arts." "Hey, I just have revisions for scenes five, eight and ten." "All of Hope's scenes." "Yeah." "Just minor tweaks to fit the actress." "We haven't cast that part yet." "I thought Grace was gonna read those lines today." "No, it turns out that won't be necessary." " Lola read for Hope." "She was amazing." " I'll bet she was." "Do you know how to get rid of a gajillion butterflies from your stomach?" "Don't be nervous." "You'll be great." "Lola, why don't you go wait with Rasha?" "Okay." " Are you hooking up with her?" " What?" "No!" "Because there's some serious tension between you two." " I'm with Tristan." " Who's been in a coma for three months." "So there's been no boot knocking?" " Okay." "The guy has a right to move on." " The guy has a boyfriend." "The guy is right here." "You can't break up with somebody when they're in a coma." "You can't just cheat on them, either." " Is he supposed to wait forever?" " Tristan has hung on so long." "And who knows?" "Maybe Miles is the reason why." "Plus, I don't want a showmance destroying this play." "Let's just start the read through." "I am allowed to do that when my boyfriend's in a coma, right?" "When you see Lola, you'll be convinced." "All right, everyone." "Start with scene one." "How was the read through?" "You remembered that was today?" "Council president." "I have the whole school schedule on my phone." "And I thought you were my number one fan." "Well, maybe you'd settle for lab partner?" "I'll get our kit." "May I help you?" " Switch partners with me." " No way." "Come on." "I need some face time to work my..." "Work my magic." "Waste of time." "Rasha's gay." "That's really offensive, Zoë." "Just 'cause she has short hair." "I'll have you know that I have amazing gaydar." "Hmm." "If only there were an example of a lesbian who you dated for months and thought was straight." "Oh, my God." "You like her, too." "Well, just switch with me, and then I'll let you know." "Well, you can't ask her." "You could force her to out herself." "Not cool." "Okay." "Then I'll just non-creepily creep her socials." "They're all private." "But if you're really that thirsty," " add her." " Cool." "You're gonna lose." "Hmm." "We're supposed to get their attention by looking hot." "You look like a scared deer." "Well, I'm sorry, I was caught off guard by the pants you forgot to wear." " Wait, whose attention?" " Jonah and Tiny!" "They need to see what they're missing so they can apologize." "Think fast." "Tuna or roast beef?" " You guys already made up?" " Um..." "Frankie." "You look..." "Sandwich?" " You still haven't heard from Jonah?" " Not all weekend." "I sent him one text, but he didn't respond, so... ball's in his court now, I think." " And the selfies are..." " To get his attention." "I..." "I don't know what he's thinking or what I should be thinking." "What do you think?" "Uh... well, I think..." "That you're gonna come over later and help me craft the perfect photo to get him to call?" "Actually, we're playing Boggle after school." "Tiny thinks he might finally beat me." "Just text him and get some answers." "Well, I can't double text without seeming desperate." "So a perfect selfie is my best move." "And Boggle sounds great." "Does 4:00 work?" "Great." "Yeah, 4:00 it is." " Hey, um, we should talk." " Okay." "So, Grace and Jonah aren't fans?" "No, no, the part's yours." "Um... but... the other thing, uh..." " We can't..." " I get it." "Uh, he's your sick boyfriend." " And what we've got is..." " It's not that I don't care." "That I didn't." "Or won't..." "I know." "But we can still talk, right?" "Yeah." "And text?" "I don't see why not." "Good." "I like talking to you." "I like talking to you, too." "Okay, uh... good talk." "Friend request accepted." "Just don't like anything." " All the comments are in Arabic." " Well, that's reasonable." "What does "7bb" mean?" "There." "Under the pic of her and that cute girl." "Uh, well, I think it means sister or cousin..." "Nice try." "I'm googling." ""Habibi" means "sweetheart" in Arabic." "So she's into girls." "Boom!" "Okay." "Uh, then why did that guy write "7bb" under a pic of her?" "I bet he's the ex." "Zoë!" "I didn't know there was council business scheduled for today." "No." "I just, um..." "Hey, do you know if there are any Muslims who are gay?" "As student council president," "I'm trying to understand the needs of my constituency." "Some things in the Qur'an are open to interpretation... but homosexuality isn't one of them." "From my understanding, it's a sin." "Thank you!" "That really clarifies the situation." "Boom!" "Now you gotta ask Rasha out for me." "Why would I do that?" "Because you used me as a beard for all of last year, so now you owe me till the end of time." "Make sure you tell her I'm a good cook." "I have... to go." "How long until you can file a missing persons report?" "How many seven-letter words do you have?" "Ugh, I've been banished to relationship limbo." " Look." " I can't." "And four." "40 words. 150 points." " Beat that." " You know, I will next time." "I can see he's been online, so why can't he just take 0.2 seconds to click "like" on my..." "Oh." "Oh, my God, he posted a photo." "That's a mug at The Dot." "Beside a tower of milk creamers?" "That's our thing." "Seeing who can build the tallest tower." "How can he do that without me and then post it when we're not speaking?" "Dude's not even allowed to drink coffee without you?" "You're intense." "He doesn't even drink coffee this late." "Wait." "If it's not his coffee, then it is someone else's." "Game over." "We are finding out." "You're actually gonna let her do this?" "I've learned not to argue." "Thank you so much for all you've done for my son." "Hey." "I wish you would've been here when it happened." " Can I see him?" " Yeah, yeah." "Tris." "It's Miles." "Can you hear me?" "He knows we're here, but he can't communicate yet." "But here he is." "Looking so handsome." "You do." "Once we get these roots touched up." "He should rest." "It's been a big day." "I'll go." "Take a minute." "I love you." "Don't ever doubt that." "There." "In the corner." "Frankie's got no chill." "Here I am jumping to conclusions when he's just working on Miles' play." "Mystery solved." "Can we go now?" "Well, I'm gonna go say hi." "What?" "We're already here." " Frankie, what are you doing here?" " You just..." "Tower of creamers..." "Frankie, you need to leave." " Now." " Is she why you've been avoiding me?" " Oh." "No, no." "Wait..." " Eve, you don't need to explain anything." "We know each other from NA." " I just needed an emerge vent session." " NA?" "It's Narcotics Anonymous." "Oh." "Right." "Gotcha." "Okay, I'm gonna leave now." "Possibly forever." "Switch computer science partners with me." "No way." "Tiny gets, like, a 98% percent." "No offense to Rasha." "I can't stay partners with her." " It's too hard." "Plus, you owe me." " Owe you what exactly?" "For leading me on last year, which has me continuously falling for straight girls, thank you very much." "What's really going on?" "Well, Goldi says Muslims can't be gay." "There's a billion Muslims in the world." "Do you honestly think they're all straight?" "I don't know." "But now Winston wants me to ask her out for him." "Hmm, why don't you just talk to her?" "I can't." "Because you're scared of rejection." "Either you grow a pair and ask the girl you like out, or you keep switching lab partners for the rest of your life." "Sometimes I wonder, are you real?" "Or a figment of my imagination?" "I'm real." "Wish I could touch you." "And kiss you." "Um..." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Just stop." " What is it now, Miles?" " Everything!" "Look, Hope's the one that comes on to Hero." "It's not the other way around." "She seduces him." "Oh, really?" "Is that what happened?" "And if she would've just minded her own business," "Hero wouldn't have fallen for any of her tricks." "What tricks?" "Maybe we can try it a different way?" "No." "You can't just rewrite the story whenever it suits you." "Well, he is the playwright, so..." " What's wrong with you?" " Nothing." "I can't do this." "I have to get to the hospital." "I'm so sorry about last night." "So you bought me a guitar?" "Why didn't you tell me you were in Narcotics Anonymous?" "It's not something I advertise." " Well, it hurts that you didn't tell me." " So this is my fault?" "You should've told me." "I'm your girlfriend." "You were the one who asked for space." " No, I didn't." " Yes, you did." "At the party, before I left." "Okay, maybe, but..." "I didn't mean space space." "I just meant space." "Right." "Well, I have no idea what you're talking about." "So..." "When you wouldn't have sex with me, it hurt my feelings." "Seems like everything I do hurts your feelings." "I care about you, Frankie." "I just don't know how to prove it." "Good talk." "So, Winston." "Uh... what do you think?" "He's nice." "Do you..." "like him?" "Sure." "I like lots of people." "But he's not, like, you know..." "He's not like us, right?" "You mean, how he's... weird?" "I'm sorry." "What are you asking?" "Winston wanted me to ask if you'd get coffee with him?" "Oh!" "I'll totally get coffee with him." "Awesome." "I'll, uh, let him know." "So, we're done." "The robot." "I can start programming." ""Get well soon, so I can make fun of you again." "From Zoë."" "Tristan, I made a mistake." "I cheated... once..." "Tristan?" "Help!" "Please!" "Look, I think his airway's blocked, or something." "Oh." "No, he's breathing." "That gurgle is a sign of progress towards speaking." "Tris, are you upset?" "Are you mad?" "Look, squeeze my hand if it's a yes." "He's at square one." "He doesn't understand the world around him." "No, but I need him to, um..." "The hard part's supposed to be over." "I know." "It's a lot to digest." "But the doctor... said this website would explain everything." "How long does it take before you feel secure in a relationship?" " A day, max." " Months?" "A year?" "Helpful." "Okay, real talk." "I'm not a crazy girlfriend, am I?" "Do you really want real talk?" "Well, I was hoping you guys would be all," ""No, not at all, Frankie." "You're totally sane and normal."" "I'm not that bad, am I?" "No, it's just..." "Well, you kind of lose yourself when you're in a relationship." "And you get super clingy." "Like, all of a sudden, your entire existence depends on whatever guy you're dating." "And you can be crazy super jealous." "And you put so much pressure on your relationship to be everything..." "Okay, okay." "I get the picture." "Well, you asked for real talk." "Well, I thought Jonah was the problem." "That he wasn't, like, in it." "But, apparently, I'm the problem." "Don't all jump in at once." "We just want you to be happy." "And it seems like... being with Jonah just kind of... stresses you out." "I do love him." "A lot." "But..." "I don't wanna be that girl." "If you're in love with the right person, I don't think you'd be that girl." "Okay." ""Impaired consciousness, mood..."" "You okay?" "I heard about Tristan." "Sorry I couldn't make it." "Just wasn't up to it." "Well, no one's up for this." ""Low ability in maintaining meaningful relationships without difficulty."" "I don't wanna be my boyfriend's babysitter for the rest of my life." "What am I supposed to do?" "You could kill yourself." "Wow, you got dark." "I don't know how to protect him... and still be happy." "You should do what you can to find some okayness in your life." "I can't get this useless bot to pour the cereal into the bowl." "I heard your friend woke up." "Yeah, I still can't believe it." "I never thought I'd get to see him again." "I'm very happy for you." "Excited for your coffee with Winston?" "Yup." "I even got my curfew extended." "You did?" "Zoë, I'm messing with you." "I figured out that "coffee" means "date" here." "Well, what else would it mean?" "Back home it just means coffee." "Uh..." "Does that mean that when you and I were going for coffee, that those were dates?" "Uh, no." "I mean, sometimes it's not not a date, but then sometimes it is." "It just depends on..." "I just like coffee." "Okay?" "So, not a date." "That's too bad." "Because I like you." "I like you, too." " So why did you set me up with Winston?" " I didn't know you were gay." "I am." "I just..." "I can't be out." "Living with the Nahirs, it's complicated." "No, I get it." "My Mom is super Catholic." "Rosaries and everything." "But we can at least give it a shot, right?" "Let's make it a double shot..." " of espresso." " Oh!" "And this time, it's a date." "Is this why you texted me?" "To sit in silence?" "I like you." "A lot." "I like you, too, Frankie." "I don't know how many times..." "Please, just let me finish." "I like you." "But I'm not sure I like myself right now." "What are you talking about?" "Being in a relationship seems to do something weird to me." "I don't want to be the girl who stalks her boyfriend." "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you about NA." "That's what I mean." "You didn't have to tell me." "And I shouldn't be freaking out over every little thing." "It's not good for us, and it's not good for me." "Like... as a human person." "Okay." "So what, then?" "I think... we need a break." "Seriously?" "Breaks don't work." "We're asking for trouble." "I don't want to break up." "But I need to figure some stuff out." "So if you're not into that..." "Okay, okay." "Fine." "A break it is." "Okay." "I'm sorry I was a jerk." "You don't deserve that." "Damn right, I don't." "Guess we shouldn't talk anymore, hmm?" "I'm quitting the play." "Tristan's rehab is gonna be intense." "No, I'll..." "I'll quit the play." "Okay?" "I'm way easier to replace." "That... that's definitely not true." "You wrote the play to help you deal with stuff." "You still need it." "Okay." "We both stay." "I don't trust anyone else to play Hope." "Are you sure we can still work together?" "We'll have to." "Okay." "Then I'll see you at rehearsal." "Won't be needing these," " or this, or these." " What..." "Um, I told Jonah we're going on a break." "What?" "Does that mean you can date other people?" "Or he can?" "Yeah." "Will you two text?" "Or no contact?" "Um, we didn't really go over all that." "It doesn't matter." "What matters is taking some time apart, so I can be the person I want to be." "Ooh." ""Mochaccino."" " Mine, please." " Okay." "Guess I won't be needing these anymore." "I started taking them when I thought Jonah and I might be having sex." "Well, it's a good thing you didn't, 'cause you've been taking your pills wrong." " Mmm, no, I haven't." " Uh-huh." "They go from..." "light to dark." "Like a sunset." "Don't look at me." "No, it's the other way around." "Which means you've been taking them wrong." "No biggie." "You're not having sex, and your skin still looks great." "Oh, my God." "Lo, have you had sex?"