Friday Lunch Time. At the school hallway.
Buffy knows that Marty can't possibly be Cyrus' secret admirer, cutepuppy1000. But she wants to go interrogate him anyway. Not because it will amount to anything, but because she misses talking to him. She misses him. She had him and then she lost him.
She finds Marty tying his shoelaces by his locker. She says, "Don't worry, I'm not here to steal your shoes. Or your pink shoelaces."
"Oh! if it isn't The Slayer," Marty responds.
"If it isn't Eleven Point Five," Buffy plays along.
"Are you ever gonna forget that?"
"Nope."
"Don't you have some vampires to slay or something?" Marty asks, standing up.
"I do. That's why I'm here... to slay you," Buffy says. "Does your girlfriend know that you're a vampire?"
"If this is your attempt of trying to win me back, it's too late for that."
"I am NOT trying to win you back," Buffy says, not convincing anyone. "I do NOT have a crush on you. Why would I have a crush on you?"
"Because I am irresistible," Marty says with a smirk on his face.
"I am the irresistible one," Buffy protests moving closer and closer to Marty.
"Says the slayer after I resisted her," Marty brags. "I'm the one with a girlfriend, and you don't. And I'm a great kisser too."
"No, I am a better kisser than you," Buffy fights back, showing her classic competitive side. "I'm the best kisser in the universe."
"You wish."
"So, how many people have you kissed?" Buffy asks.
"No one," Marty admits. "You?"
"No one," Buffy responds calmly. They both smile. Buffy then continues, "But I bet I'm still better than you."
"Do you want to prove it, Slayer?" Marty asks as he moves even closer to Buffy.
"Oh bring it on!" Buffy dares Marty while looking straight into his eyes. They're so close to one another, they can feel each other's breaths on their eyebrows.
Buffy and Marty are frozen in what feels like a lifetime. They know how they're both feeling for each other but they just don't have the guts to go for it.
This intense moment is interrupted when the two notice Marty's girlfriend approaching. "Bye Marty from the party," Buffy says.
"Bye slayer," Marty weakly waves Buffy goodbye.
It goes without saying that Buffy fails in her mission to ask if Marty was Cyrus' secret admirer. But she's fine with her choice.
Friday After School. TJ's Gym.
That day after school, Cyrus goes to the gym where TJ works so that he can try to figure out if he's his secret crush. He doesn't know why but he really wants TJ to be the one. Sure, Andi and Buffy probably won't approve of TJ but he would rather engage in a forbidden love. But there's only one way to find out.
Cyrus walks into the gym. There are a bunch of kids but TJ is nowhere to be seen.
"Where is TJ?" Cyrus asks the kids.
"He went that way," one of the kids points him a door. Cyrus starts walking towards the door.
"He is with someone," another kid says. "He asked not to be disturbed."
After opening the door, Cyrus overhears two people whispering. He can't exactly hear what they're talking about. He gets closer and sees TJ and Amber standing too close to each other. 'It can't be,' Cyrus thinks to himself.
TJ reaches in his pocket and gives Amber something. He then leans in to hug Amber. Cyrus can't take it. He doesn't want to see what happens next. So, he turns away quickly and leaves without talking.
"Is TJ coming back?" one of the kids asks Cyrus as he walks past them. The kid continues, "Is he still making out with his girlfriend?"
Cyrus doesn't respond or even look at the kids. He is too much consumed by his own thoughts. Cyrus really hoped TJ would be the one. But now, it looks like TJ is in love with Amber.
This must be the real reason TJ and his brother, Kip were fighting. It was never about him. It was always about Amber. That must be what Amber meant when she said she had eyes for someone else.
At The Red Rooster Records.
Andi's target is Jonah Beck, one of their top suspects. So, she can't afford to blow this like Buffy did with Marty. Andi wants to bring up the subject of gay couples in order to ease into the subject. Once she makes it clear to Jonah that she embraces everyone's sexuality, maybe Jonah will feel free to open up to her.
Jonah is at Bowie's music store checking out some guitar straps. Andi walks in and says, "Hey Jonah."
"Hey Andiman," Jonah greets her back.
Andi starts helping Jonah look for guitar straps while planning on how to initiate the conversation about gay couples without being obvious. She remembers one of her favorite couples, Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"Okay, so, have you seen the show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer?"
"Everybody has seen Buffy," Jonah says.
"Remember Willow and Tara?"
"Yes, they were like the best friends ever," Jonah says.
Andi is surprised that Jonah thinks the witches were just friends." "Willow and Tara weren't just friends, Jonah," Andi explains. "They liked each other."
"Of course all friends like each other," Jonah says.
"No, I mean they like-liked each other," Andi explains further. "They were lovers."
"Cool," Jonah responds casually.
"Like even though they were the same gender, they were in love with one another. And that is totally okay," Andi says but Jonah seems too absent-minded. "Do you get where I'm going with this?"
"Yes."
"Oh I'm glad we're on the same page," Andi says, feeling relieved.
"Of course," Jonah says. "You like Libby."
"What?" Andi is shocked. "I mean... wait, what?"
"I saw the way you two were looking at each other. She clearly likes you too."
"Really?" Andi says with a smile on her face. "She likes me? What did she say?" Andi then realizes she's getting off track. "No, that's not what I meant."
"It's okay," Jonah says while patting Andi on the shoulder. "You can ask her out. I don't think I deserve her anyway."
"No, you have it all wrong."
"Nice chat, Andiman," a confused Jonah says before walking out of the store.
"Jonah?" Andi calls out. She is more confused than ever before. She didn't get to ask Jonah about the secret account and now she's accidentally sent him the wrong message. "What just happened?" she asks herself.
At the Frisbee Field in School.
After failing to get anything out of Marty, Buffy still has a chance with her last target. Gus. She finds Gus sitting on a bench during a Space Otters basketball game.
"Hello Gus."
"Bye," Gus says and then runs away. Buffy has no idea why Gus is avoiding her. So, she runs after him.
"Gus stop!" Buffy calls out.
"No!"
Buffy then starts running after him. A few feet later, she asks, "Why are you running?"
"Because you're chasing me," Gus says sounding scared.
"No, I'm not. I literally just said 'hello' and then you started running!"
Gus doesn't stop. He runs all the way into the boys' bathroom where he thinks he's safe from Buffy. He's wrong. Buffy barges in through the boy's bathroom door. She scares the three boys peeing in the urinals.
"This is the boys' bathroom, Buffy!" one of the boys tells Buffy.
"I know," Buffy then sniffs her nose because of the disgusting smell. "It stinks. Where's Gus?" She asks. The boy points her to the bathroom stall where Gus is.
Buffy walks closer and knocks the bathroom door. "I know you're in there, Gus. Look, I just want to talk. Why are you running away from me?"
"Because you scare me," Gus responds from the stall.
"Why?"
"It's about the chocolate muffin, isn't it?"
"Wait, so it is you?" Buffy says in shock. She can't believe it would have been Gus.
"Please don't kill me," Gus says in a scared voice.
"Why would I kill you?"
"Because I ate your chocolate muffin?"
"What?" Buffy is confused. "No. Wait, that's what you were talking about?"
"Yeah, what were you talking about?"
"Nevermind," Buffy says, realizing that it was just a false alarm. He's can't possibly be Cyrus' secret admirer.
As Buffy leaves the bathroom, all the boys awkwardly stare at her.
"What you looking at?" She asks one of the boys. The boy is so intimidated that he pees his pants.
Oh well.
Friday Evening. Andi Shack.
At the end of the day, The Good Hair Crew meets at the Andi Shack as planned. Unfortunately, they're nowhere closer to figuring out who cutepuppy1000 is.
"I know at first I didn't like the idea, but it gave me hope I might finally get a real boyfriend," Cyrus complains.
"Sorry, we let you down," Andi says.
"I was really hoping it could have been TJ but apparently he's with Amber now," Cyrus says in a resigned tone.
"Amber can do so much better," Andi says. "I mean what does TJ have that I don't have?"
"What?" Buffy and Cyrus ask in unison.
"What?" Andi asks back, pretending that she has no idea what they were asking.
"I'm just glad it wasn't TJ," Buffy says before noticing Cyrus is not ready for a joke. "So, baby taters on us?" Buffy asks, smiling.
"Baby taters can't heal my broken heart," Cyrus responds.
"Look on the bright side, you still have your secret admirer," Andi says.
"He is still out there and still likes you," Buffy adds. "You just have to trust your heart."
"Trust. That's it," Cyrus says. "I have to gain his trust. And how can I gain his trust if I'm not being honest with him. I know what I'm gonna do. I'm going to tell him who I am."
"Cyrus, are you sure about this?" Andi asks.
"Yes, I am," Cyrus says in confidence. "If I'm going to find love, I have to put myself out there."
Cyrus then takes out his phone. He takes a cute selfie of himself and sends it to the secret admirer, with the caption, 'Love, Cyrus.'
He then nervously waits for a response back. Suddenly the phone beeps. It's a new message: 'I knew it.' The message is a little cryptic than usual. And there are no emojis at all. It sounds odd but then again, he did just drop a bombshell.
'So, will you tell me who you are?' Cyrus messages back after a few minutes.
Dead silence. There is no response from the other side. He becomes more nervous. This leads to a restless, sleepless night for Cyrus.