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Steph tells Tessa she is going out with them that night, but Tessa seems reluctant. The boy says he's been minding his business. Tessa asks Steph to have her BF leave the room, to which Steph replies that he is not her BF and asks the boy what he had been saying to her to make her think that. Steph enters the room and sits down on the bed with him. She asks him to leave so that she can get dressed, but he tells her not to flatter herself. She then asks him how he got in, and he holds up a set of keys. The boy tells her he is in fact in the right place as he barely breaks his concentration from the book he is reading. She tells him she thinks he is in the wrong room. She notices a boy sitting on Steph's bed in the closet mirror and whips around startled. She returns to her room in her towel and opens the closet door. Later that day Tessa takes a shower in the dorm and realizes that her clothes fell on the ground and are all wet. They chit chat about their majors and being first year students. A professor comes by shortly and opens the door for them.
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She meets Landon (Shane Paul McGhie) outside of a locked classroom. Tessa leaves her dorm early in the morning, and head's to her 1st class across campus. She is shown later in bed texting with Noah about starting her 1st day the next morning. Steph and Tessa chat about freaking out Carol, how Noah is Tessa's BF (not her brother as Steph believed) and still a senior in High school and Tessa's rather large book collection. Tessa returns to her room, and Tristan is gone. She says goodbye to both Noah and her mom. Tessa reminds her that she is responsible and it won't be an issue. She doesn't want these girls to distract Tessa from her schoolwork. Carol leaves the room upset and demands that they ask for a room change since the room reeked of weed. Tristan says that they can get Tessa into all the best places even without a fake ID. Steph makes a remark about being unsure about having a freshman roommate, but she says it should be cool. Steph introduces Tessa to Tristan (Pia Mia). Tessa introduces herself to her new roommate Steph (Khadijha Red Thunder) who is vaping. They open the door and are met by loud music and two girls sitting on the bed. Carol, Noah, and Tessa make their way through the crowded dorm halls looking for her new room, B-22. The next scene shows them driving through various city settings until they get to her new University. Noah interjects and says he can drive up there and drop anything off if she forgets it. Her mother is listing off items that she thinks that Tessa will need while Tessa reminds her that she is going to college and not a survival camp. She is joined by her mother, Carol (Selma Blair) and her BF (best friend), Noah (Dylan Arnold) in the kitchen downstairs. Tessa (Josephine Langford) wakes up from a dream and starts to pack her room to leave for college. The girl says everything in her life was simple before him, and now it's just after.