Rei and Andi sat at the breakfast table the next morning, trapped in an awkward silence. Guilt was gnawing at Rei, making her so nauseas that she could barely touch her food. But she refused to let it show. She released the feeling in the form of anger, wanting desperately to be able to shift the blame to someone else. She stared at Andi with a scowl throughout the entire meal, furious with her, oddly enough, for not being evil. She just could not stand being wrong, especially not when proven to be so in front of all of her friends.

At one point, Andi raised her eyes and met Rei's gaze. They were heavy and bloodshot from having stayed awake until indecent hours crying hysterically. Rei had to look away, finding herself unable to look into the green sea of hurt that was each of her eyes. . .hurt that she knew that she had caused. Oftentimes, silence speaks louder than words. This was one of those times.

As Andi left the temple to go back to school, Serena, Ami, Lita, and Mina were waiting outside for her. For a moment, she paused, unsure of why they were there. Then after studying them . . .their faces . . .their energy . . .She knew. She moved closer to them, until they were face-to-face. One-by-one, she shook their hands, exchanging a wordless apology, before they silently walked to school together.

Upon their arrival, Fred and Paula came running up to Andi and each took her by one hand, anxious concern on both of their faces. But this time it was different. A cold shiver went down her spine at their touch, and all at once she realized that she had felt this from them all along! But how could she have dismissed it the way she did? It seemed so obvious to her now and silently she cursed herself for not having seen it before.

But she had to act as though nothing had changed, so she had no choice but to let them lead her away from the four Sailor Scouts.

Serena, Lita, Mina, and Ami tried to follow them, but they couldn't do so without looking suspicious. So they all went about their business as usual, although very tense. Throughout the day, they saw Fred and Paula never leave Andi's side, no matter how anxious she seemed to get away. And they saw Chris avoiding all three of them like the plague. The whole thing frustrated them to no end knowing that they couldn't really do much about it.

Andi tried everything she could think of to get away from Fred and Paula with their lies and feigned sympathy. It sickened her inside how they hounded her acting as though they were the only friends she'd ever had in the world. Her stomach churned and twisted itself into knots at the thought of how stupid she'd been and she felt as if she might lose her lunch if she did not get away from these two. She needed to talk to Chris, but she could not seem to get close enough to him.

After school, she saw him walking off of the campus and called out to him, "Chris wait!" The Serena Ami and Lita were just leaving the building in time to see him pause and glance back at her. He made as if to concede and walk toward her, but then he suddenly turned and hurried off at the sight of Fred and Paula approaching Andi from behind.

Fred put his hand on Andi's shoulder, and the three scouts witnessed a change…no…a complete transformation in her. Something seemed to explode behind her eyes and a torrent of rage rushed out of her in sudden release. She whipped around and flung his hand away from her roughly with an outraged shriek. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME, YOU LYING PIECE OF SHIT!!" she cried before she could stop herself.

Fred put on a half-puzzled, half-hurt expression and looked at her pleadingly, but now she could see right through his masks and lies. "Andi, what are you ta-"

"SHUT UP!! JUST SHUT YOUR GOD DAMN MOUTH!! YOU MADE ME THINK YOU HAD FEELINGS FOR ME WHEN ALL THIS TIME . . .JUST GET AWAY FROM ME!!" She shoved him back and turned and ran back toward the temple. Serena, Ami, and Lita watched Fred and Paula glance at each other, then glare in the general direction where Chris had run.

"I think it's time to go . . ."

"I'm with Serena . . ." quickly they all hurried back to their homes to contemplate everything that had happened.

Each of the five scouts, and the one remaining Star Guardian lay tossing and turning in their sleep from restless dreams. Come the morning, they all still felt utterly exhausted.

After school, the scouts had all met at Lita's apartment. She was baking some of her famous homemade cookies when Andi came in the door. Rei rolled her eyes in irritation. "Don't they teach you Americans to knock first?"

Andi opened her mouth to shoot a comeback, but then stopped herself. She was winded and needed a moment to catch her breath. "Are you okay?" Mina asked, moving closer.

She held up her hand, signaling Mina to stop. "I'm fine . . ." she gasped. "I can't find Chris anywhere . . .And Fred and Paula are missing too . . ."

"What's your point?" spat Rei. "I say good riddance!"

"I think they might hurt Chris . . .And it'd be all my fault . . .I . . .I need your help!"