On the street. Half an hour later.
On their way from the diner, The Good Hair Crew are quiet for a while.
"Okay, but did you guys see that?" Cyrus breaks the silence.
"The fight?" asks Andi. "Everybody saw it. The whole diner was talking about it."
"I'm surprised they didn't even call the cops," Buffy adds.
"No, not the fight," says Cyrus. "I'm talking about the way TJ looked at me. And he basically got into a fight with his brother for me."
"What are you trying to say?" Buffy asks because she doesn't like where this is going.
"I think TJ likes me," Cyrus says while blushing.
"Are you feeling okay, Cyrus?" asks Buffy.
"Do you need to see a doctor?" Andi adds.
"What?" Cyrus is confused.
"You're clearly not thinking straight," says Buffy. There's an awkward stare between the three of them. Then Buffy continues. "You can't like TJ. He's a monster. Heartless."
"He cares about me," Cyrus says.
"TJ only cares about himself," says Buffy. "He's just using you. He will make you feel like you're somebody and then he will turn on you. And break you."
Andi then adds, "Besides, TJ has too much testosterone in him. He just likes to feel strong and masculine. He doesn't understand the meaning of the word 'love.'"
"I thought you guys would be happy for me," Cyrus whines.
"Well, we would if it were anybody else. But TJ?" Buffy says.
"We're just watching out for you," Andi explains. "We don't want you to get hurt. And wherever there's TJ, there's danger. TJ is dangerous."
"Dangerously hot," Cyrus says while blushing. Buffy and Andi look at him. So, he tries to brush it off, "Whaaat? Who said that?"
"Point is, just be careful," Buffy says.
Cyrus takes out his phone and says, "I wasn't gonna tell you this, but I think TJ is the secret admirer who has been messaging me on FacePage."
"You have a secret admirer?" asks Andi excitedly.
"And you didn't tell us?" Buffy asks.
"Ooh! I can't wait to meet him," Andi adds. She then starts singing, "Cyrus has a boy crush!"
Buffy joins in, "Cyrus has a boy crush! Cyrus has a boy crush!"
"Stop it!" Cyrus says with a smile as he tries to cover Andi and Buffy's mouths to stop them from singing. "You're embarrassing me."
"I still can't believe you never told us about your crush," Andi says.
"Yeah, why didn't you tell us?" Buffy asks, putting on a serious face.
"Because I knew you would act like this," Cyrus explains.
"He's not wrong," Buffy tells Andi.
"Plus, if I told you I was talking to someone anonymous, you would go all protective moms on me." Cyrus says and waits for reaction from Buffy and Andi. Before they can respond, he continues, "Oh and before you say anything, it's not on my irl account."
"You mean the chocochipmuffin13 account?" Andi asks.
"So, he doesn't even know it's you?," says Andi.
"Yeah, it lets me express myself without having to face the judgment if I came out in real life." Cyrus says then pauses for a few seconds. "You know, until I'm ready to come out to everyone."
"It really sucks how people can be so judgmental," says Buffy.
Andi nods and then tries to lighten the mood, "We still have to see the messages, though, right?"
"Obviously!" Buffy says and reaches in for Cyrus' phone. She opens the app and quickly notices the secret admirer messages. Andi leans in to read the messages with Buffy.
"Oooh cutepuppy1000," Andi says referring to the secret admirer's username. "He sounds cute." She and Buffy start giggling as they read through.
"Isn't this invasion of privacy?" Cyrus asks but Buffy and Andi ignore him. "Does anyone actually care about what I have to say?"
"Shhh!" Andi and Buffy respond in unison. They continue reading the cute messages between Cyrus and this mysterious boy.
While reading through the messages, Buffy and Andi are intrigued by cutepuppy1000. The secret admirer seems to be great at poetry because some of the messages he sends to Cyrus are cute poems. Either that, or he copy-pastes romantic song lyrics. They laugh at his funny jokes and pick up lines while also making fun of Cyrus' cheesy jokes.
"Oooh! He's good," Buffy exclaims while reading through one of the romantic poems.
"I wonder who this could be," Andi says.
"And I hope it stays that way," Cyrus responds.
"Why?" asks Andi. "Don't you ever want to know who it is? Are you going to live in mystery forever?"
"Cyrus Goodman likes a good mystery," Cyrus says, referring to himself in the third person. "Besides, what if I told them who I were and they didn't like me in real life? What then?"
"He laughs at your horrible cheesy jokes, no offense," Buffy says. "So, I'm sure he would put up with you in real life."
"And if they don't like you in real life, then they don't deserve you at all," Andi says.
"Maybe, we could figure out who he is first and then we can tell if he's worth it," Buffy suggests.
"Any ideas where to start?" Andi asks.
"We can come up with a list of potential candidates," Buffy suggests. She turns to Cyrus and asks, "Do you know anything about him? Like where he lives?"
"All I know is that he goes to Jefferson."
"Okay that's a start," says Buffy.
"You don't think it could be..." Cyrus says before being abruptly interrupted.
"Jonah Beck!" Andi and Buffy say at the same time.
"Really? Just when I got over him?" Cyrus wonders.
"Should we still consider that it might be TJ?" asks Buffy.
"I don't know," Cyrus responds. "I mean, he likes talking to me. Why would anyone even put up with me?"
"You don't know this, but you're a very likeable person, Cyrus Goodman," Buffy says while rubbing on Cyrus' hair.
"Okay, so TJ is a potential candidate, who else?" says Andi.
"It's probably someone we already know," says Buffy. "If he can handle Cyrus online and like him, he probably know him in real life too."
"Has any other boy shown interest in you?"
"Interest is a strong word," Cyrus says. "You don't know this, but I don't talk to a lot of boys."
"Even better!" Buffy says with excitement but gets stern looks from both Andi and Cyrus. "What I mean is, it makes our work easier. There's only a small pool of candidates!"
"Well, TJ and Jonah obviously," Cyrus starts. "And then there's... oh Walker."
"Adding Walker to the list," Andi says. "Oh wait, Walker doesn't go to Jefferson."
"Good point," Buffy notes. "And besides, what are the chances that we all have a crush on Walker?" Buffy jokes. She realizes that Andi is not ready to laugh about it. "Too soon?"
"Too soon!" Cyrus says before continuing.
Andi ignores them and says, "Oh and then there's Marty."
"Marty from the party?" Buffy says before a sad silence. "Anyway, there's no way it's Marty. He was so quick to move on to another girl when I broke up with him."
"Technically, it wasn't a break up since you weren't going out with him," Cyrus says.
"He was so into me," Buffy argues. "But sure, let's add him to the list."
"Anyone else?" asks Andi.
"Oh and there's Gus," Cyrus says. "And there's also... yeah, I got nothing. That's it. That's all."
"Alright, we can work with that," Buffy takes charge. "Divide and conquer. Andi, you take Jonah. Cyrus you're with TJ. And I guess that leaves me with Gus and Marty from the party."
"What exactly are we going to say to them?" asks Andi.
"You're just going to talk to them without being obvious, just to see if they can open up about liking another boy. You can also casually mention chocochipmuffin13 or cutepuppy1000... just to see their reaction."
"Sounds easy enough."
"I'm still not sure I like this plan," Cyrus complains.
"Okay, let's meet up tomorrow night at the Andi Shack," Andi suggests.