Ellie wakes up to her alarm and is frantically getting ready for
school. There is a knock on the door and it’s the land lord informing her that
it’s the end of the month and the rent is due. She promises to have it on time
and soon the lights flicker. He asks if she also failed to pay the electric
bill and she comments sometimes the ferret plays with the chords. The land lord
comments about her having a pet as she goes to see the pet dead.
WHATEVER IT TAKES
Marco, Alex, Jimmy, and Craig are at a picnic table playing
cards as Ellie is telling them about the ferret’s death. Marco asks if she
wants him over for a pet funeral however Ellie has plans to meet with her mom
to get her rent check. Marco tells her to call him when it’s done and he’ll
come over.
Mr. Oleander is teaching MI however he seems to ignore him.
After she asks why he won’t pick on her in class and then asks him on a date as
school nights mean it’s less likely that they’ll be caught. As they talk Manny
asks for help unpacking the new spirit squad uniforms and mentions to Paige she
can see right through and knows that Mr. O and Paige is a thing.
Ellie and her mom are having dinner and Mrs. Nash is proud of
Ellie’s independence. She’s been going to a group for three months and is clean
and sober and wants Ellie to move back in. Ellie doesn’t need her and in fact….after
this month she doesn’t need help paying rent. She leaves and comes back to the
apartment to be with Marco.
Paige goes to the theater with Mr. O and however her boss approaches them saying that
she’s been trying to call and needs Paige to pick up the late shift thus ending
the date before it even begins.
Marco asks Ellie if she’s sure she wants to be alone and Ellie
shakes her head and soon she and Marco spend the evening plying cards. Marco explains
how Dylan and his hockey team plays this game for big money.
The following day, they are having the card circle when Marco and
Ellie arrive. They comment on Marco’s poufy hair and he leaves Ellie to fix his
hair while he fixes it. The bells soon rings and the group decided to skip
class to play the game some more.
Paige is sleepy from her late shift and starts to dose off in
class however is quickly rejuvenated with a post class make out session with
Mr. O in the janitor’s closet. There is a noise and Paige questions that maybe
they should go to his place.
The group plays in the basement and Ellie and Alex win. The
girls then decide to run with the big boys and play with Dylan’s hockey team.
Manny and Paige are talking about how Mr. O doesn’t want Paige at his place and Manny plants the idea
in her mind that perhaps Mr. O is still with his ex-Charlie.
At card night we get a montage of the girls playing with the college
boys and it’s been going pretty good with them winning some and losing some.
Ellie then asks Alex if she wants to move in to the apartment as it’ll be fun.
Alex says if Ellie doesn’t want to be alone she should suck it up and either
move to Wasaga with Sean or move back with her mom.
Paige waits for Mr. O to pick her up however it looks like she’s
being stood up.
Alex has a hot hand and tells Ellie to trust her and she does
and ends up winning the hand and Ellie’s rent money.
Paige shows up at Mr. O’s place upset. The house isn’t the
glamorous bachelor pad she’d been picturing and the reason he stood her up was
because the upstairs neighbor flushed too much and the roof was leaking and his
phone was cut off so he couldn’t call. He’s just a poor student and was
ashamed.
Ellie calls her mom over at the middle of the night to test her
making sure that she was sober. Mrs. Nash was and Ellie explains she wrote a
note to the land lord giving two months’ notice but wants to make sure she can
trust her mom before she gives it to him and they end up making amends.
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