The previous day, Coop had accidentally chased Kat into a construction site with a " Trespassers will be Prosecuted, " sign. After he was caught, the police decided that he would clean a road of litter as community service.

As he walked up and down the road holding a bag in one hand and a pointy stick in the other, he grumbled in annoyance at what Kat always put him through, only to be distracted from his thoughts when he heard a familiar voice say happily, " Hi, Coop! " He jumped and exclaimed, " Gah, Phoebe! " looking startled. Ignoring his upset reaction at seeing him, Phoebe cheerfully offered, " Want some help cleaning the road? " not letting anything discourage her from getting to spend time with him. Coop sighed in exasperation, and said, " Alright, but only if you have your own bag! " being certain that she would leave afterwards. She immediately pulled out a bag from behind her back. " You came prepared?! How did you know?! "

Coop stammered in shock for a few seconds, only to say, " Oh, never mind! Okay, you can help me, but don't talk to me! " Phoebe nodded with a smile. While she wasn't exactly thrilled that Coop would be pretending she wasn't there the entire time she would be with him, she was so grateful for being able to spend time with him making things easier for him that she was able to look past the fact that she'd be spending her time with him in complete silence.

For the entire time that Coop and Phoebe were cleaning the road together, Kat tried to cause Coop trouble, driving a dump truck that he had stolen and dumping garbage on the road multiple times out of sheer spite. Coop was so focused on cleaning the road that he was unaware of what Kat was doing, while Phoebe, who Coop had instructed to clean the road far away from him, witnessed Kat dumping garbage onto the road every single time it happened and being too late to stop it.

Eventually, while cleaning up litter a few miles away from Coop, Phoebe saw a parked garbage truck ready to dump garbage on the road ahead of her for the fourth time, and immediately growled angrily and ran up to it.

Determined to stop it from happening again, Phoebe opened the passenger's door of the front seat, and saw Kat in a thin disguise, wearing a mustache, a hat, a coat and pants, at the wheel. He looked startled by her when she pointed and shouted angrily, " You! "

Panicking at how Phoebe wasn't fooled by his disguise, Kat shoved her out of the truck, slammed the door and sped away. Not being discouraged, Phoebe got up from the ground and said furiously, " Not if I can help it! " She chased after the truck as fast as she could, and soon caught up to the back of it, ran towards it and jumped onto it, and clutched the truck as she pulled herself towards the front.

Kat was startled by the passenger door being thrown open by apparently no one, and Phoebe jumping into the passenger's seat beside him. " You're not getting away with that! " Phoebe shouted as she buckled her seatbelt in an instant. Kat slammed on the brakes to try to get her to fly through the window, only to be surprised when she didn't because she had put on her seatbelt at the last second. Panicking as Phoebe started fighting with him, Kat decided to try to scare her into leaving him alone by driving as fast as he could, which failed to work because Phoebe was blinded by her rage. " LET GO OF THE WHEEL! " She grabbed Kat as hard as she could and fought with him, while Kat used one hand to steer the truck and the other to try to scratch her in spite of his arm being clutched tightly by his opponent.

Soon, the truck sped past Coop and caught his attention. " Huh?! " he said in confusion. Coop ran after the garbage truck as fast as he could, wanting to catch the one who had been dumping garbage on the road he was cleaning. Phoebe punched Kat repeatedly as he blindly swerved the truck and said, " Pull over! Get out on the road and fight me like a man! "

Fed up with only fighting with one hand, Kat finally slammed on the brakes, let go of the wheel and turned to face her, hissing furiously, only to be surprised when she threw him out of the truck onto the road. She took the wheel, drove the truck forwards so that Kat was on the road just behind the left back wheel, backed the truck up onto him, and then dumped the garbage on Kat while laughing in spite. She had been so focused on getting revenge on Kat, that she forgot what she was stopping him from doing.

Meanwhile, Coop ran up to the dump truck on the road ahead of him, and gasped at seeing a pile of garbage on the horizon. He saw Phoebe get out of the driver's seat of the truck cheering triumphantly, and said to her furiously, " You were dumping the garbage?! " She stopped cheering and looked very hurt. " Huh? ME? " she said in confusion. " Yes, you! I found out your little plan! You've been dumping trash on the road so you could spend more time with me! I can't believe this! You're so selfish! And you actually had the nerve to cheer about it! I knew I shouldn't have trusted you! This is the last time I ask you for help with anything! "

Phoebe looked devastated, and had to force herself not to cry. Suddenly, Kat popped out of the pile of garbage, gasping for air. " Kat?! " Coop exclaimed, startled and confused. It took half a second for Coop to realize that Kat had been dumping the garbage, and Phoebe had tried to stop him, only to end up dumping it on him for revenge. He facepalmed and shook his head in frustration, muttering, " Of course, " and then turned to look at Phoebe. He had never seen her so upset before in all his life. " Phoebe, are you alr- " She ran away from him as fast as she could without saying a word. " Phoebe, wait! " he called out after her.

Then, he growled at Kat and said, " Kat! I should've known it was you! Why can't you ever find something else to do?! Now I'm gonna have to apologize to Phoebe and it's all your fault! Clean up your own mess! I'm leaving! " He threw a garbage can and his garbage collecting tools at Kat, and ran away.

When Coop finally got to Phoebe's house, he rang the doorbell, and after a minute of him waiting anxiously, she came out, caught between feeling heart-wrenching sadness and frustration and only showing the latter. She said in a quiet voice, " What? " Coop said unhappily, " I'm sorry I accused you. " Surprised that he apologized, she said, " Alright, " in shocked confusion.

Coop apologized, " I shouldn't have assumed you would do that when there was a much better explanation! I know how it feels to be blamed for something somebody else did, and I'm really sorry I did that to you. It was pretty brave of you to jump into the truck and fight him while he was driving, and I'm glad you gave him what he deserved! " smiling genuinely at her by the end of it.

Phoebe said in surprise, " Are you saying you're glad I helped? " " Well, yeah! I'm really impressed! You really know how to humiliate him! " Coop replied with a smile of approval. Phoebe smiled and said, " Thanks! I forgive you, Coop. I don't blame you for coming to that conclusion. And, um... " She said with a serious expression, " If you ever want help from me again, I want you to know that I would help you with anything. Literally anything. Just keep that in mind. "

Coop said cheerfully, " I will. And thanks for not trying to kiss me or anything for the whole time. I wasn't expecting you to keep that promise! I'm proud of you! " and went home as she smiled and silently did a fist pump, incredibly happy and satisfied at finally getting Coop's approval for at least one brief fleeting moment.