"Jo, you were amazing!" Justine cheered.
"Thanks, babe." Jo laughed.
"I'm sorry, Cindy, I let you down." Maxwell said to his girlfriend.
"It's okay, I'm proud of you for trying anyway." Cindy smiled encouragingly.
"I can't believe that you failed that challenge!" Brit scolded her cousin.
"Will you shut up, Brittany?!" Tiffany glared back at her cousin.
"I'm disappointed in you!" Brit huffed. "If we lose this race, I can never show my face with you in school ever again!"
"Oh, like you can do better?" Tiff sneered. "I'm gonna make you do the next challenge!"
"You can't do that!" Brit growled.
"Can and have, sista!" Tiff retorted.
Brit growled in defeat then. "Oh, very well, how bad could it be?"
"Hey, Jenny, have those two argued before?" Danny asked his girlfriend since she knew them better than anyone else.
"Not that I remember..." Jenny said honestly. "They almost always agreed with each other."
"I can't believe that you lost to two very hot guys, Gina." Connie sneered to her best friend.
"I'm sorry, Connie..." Gina stared at the floor.
"We better not lose this race, otherwise, I will make you unpopular when we get back home." Connie threatened before leaving.
Gina sighed sadly.
"You do realize that she's just using you, right?" Dawn came over to the ginger-haired girl.
"I know, but I can't leave her!" Gina frowned. "She made me popular! And... Wait, why am I talking to you? You're a loser?" she turned away, folding her arms with a glare.
"Gina, I know you're only hanging around with Connie because you feel empowered and you're keeping your true feelings about her from her despite being best friends." Dawn said.
"You know about that too?" Gina flinched. "No one can know about that! They wouldn't let me hear the end of it!"
"Just like Tiff," Dawn continued. "You're feeling upset that someone is controlling your life."
"But you don't understand," Gina replied. "Connie will make me more unpopular than Meg Griffin."
"Popularity isn't everything, Gina..." Dawn told the other girl. "It won't matter after you graduate high school and start a life of your own."
"It won't?" Gina asked. "But, Connie said-"
"Connie is lying," Dawn stopped her right there. "After high school, you're free to do whatever you want without anybody telling you what to do."
"Hmm... I guess I never thought about that before..." Gina said, sounding refreshed.
"And it would be nice if you have an actual true friend, not the ones who are popular." Dawn said.
"But we are all friends!" Gina defended.
"No, you're not," Dawn replied. "If you were all friends, then Connie would be concerned about your safety and would be helping you."
Gina sniffled and then started to cry.
Dawn gave Gina a hug. "There, there, it's okay, let it all out..."
"Is everything okay here, Dawn?" Arnold walked over to her older cousin.
"Yes, Arnold, everything is fine." Dawn nodded to him.
"What have I done?" Gina grew tearful. "All I wanted to do was to have a true friend."
"Sometimes I feel like Meg's 'friends' should go down a freeway." Arnold mumbled.
"Arnold!" Dawn gasped.
"What about her friends?" Gina asked.
"They ditch her whenever they need her the most," Dawn explained. "One time her friends came to a sleepover and they left before the sun came up."
"What?!" Gina asked. "Are you serious?"
"I'm afraid so." Arnold confirmed.
"W-Why would they do that to her?" Gina asked.
"Her family scared them away." Dawn explained.
"I never liked Meg's family," Gina replied. "Except for Brian, he's cool."
"There, there, Gina." Dawn and Arnold soothed.
"I hurt everyone, including Meg," Gina sighed. "I wanna apologize to Meg for everything I had done to her, but I can't."
"You shall someday when you feel brave enough to stand up to Connie." Dawn soothed.
"When would that be?" Gina scoffed.
"The future is in the eye of the beholder." Arnold replied.
"English, please?" Gina glanced at him.
"When you feel your time is right, you will stand up to Connie better than Lindsay did with Heather on Total Drama." Dawn explained.
"Thanks, guys, for helping me." Gina sounded relieved.
"We always help someone who is tortured, whether physically or mentally, in need." Dawn smiled with Arnold.
Gina smiled. "So refreshing to be with someone who understands me..."
"Now, you have another job to do," Arnold reminded her. "To make amends with Meg."
"She will probably hate me," Gina was scared. "I know her boyfriend hates my guts."
"Not if you be honest and sincere with your apologies." Dawn told her.
"I'm just so nervous though." Gina said.
"It's time to stop following someone else's orders and start following your heart." Arnold encouraged. "If my bully could apologize to me, then you can apologize to Meg."
"You've been bullied?" Gina asked.
"Yes, I have." Arnold nodded.
"Why?" Gina asked.
"My head shape mostly and that I was called an orphan until I found my parents with Dawn and my class in San Lorenzo." Arnold explained.
"You were an orphan?" Gina raised an eyebrow.
"That was before I found out about my parents, I still live with my grandma and grandpa though." Arnold explained.
"Really?" Gina asked.
"I'm going to live with them someday soon, but right now, I stay with Grandma and Grandpa, they'd been there for me all my life, yes, they're not my parent parents, but still, I love them very much, I'm just glad my parents are alive and well." Arnold said.
"I'm glad for you too, uhh... I forget your name." Gina smiled halfway.
"Arnold."
"Arnold, right, that's a nice name." Gina smiled.
Arnold smiled back.