Both Courtney and Missy stop yelling and turn to see an irate Faith and confused Buffy standing in the doorway to the gym.

"What's the problem with the two of you, huh?" Faith asks sternly, looking between the two of them, who suddenly have nothing to say.

"Maybe you should just let them deal with what it is," Buffy suggests into Faith's ear, which only seems to fuel Courtney's jealousy that much more.

"Stay out of this," Faith suggests quietly to her.

"It's nothing, really," Courtney replies sheepishly.

Whitney looks between Courtney and Faith and opens her mouth to say something, but Torrance catches her eye and shakes her head for her to not say anything. "It was my fault. You know me, always instigating things," Missy tells her older sister with a grin.

Faith sighs. "We're going to talk about this later Miss," she tells her as she walks out of the gym, shaking her head.

Courtney turns back around, where the squad is staring at her. "What the hell are you looking at?" She asks them in a biting tone, causing everyone to go back to what they were doing.

Torrance, who was standing near Courtney the whole time, looks at her with a mix of sympathy and understanding. "I didn't know-" She begins in earnest.

"Just drop it," Courtney orders sharply as she turns dramatically and struts out of the gym into the locker room, deciding she needed to leave practice early today.

Buffy, who witnesses the exchange, approaches Torrance as Missy trails behind Courtney with a remorseful expression. "What happened?" She asks the cheerleader.

Torrance cocks her head to the side and looks at the other blond for a moment. "I'm not really sure," he replies, only lying a little bit.

Buffy seems to accept that however. "I see," she nods before exiting the gym to find Faith.

Back in the locker room, Missy walks in to find Courtney cramming her uniform angrily into her duffel bag as she prepares to leave for the day. "Hey," she begins softly.

Courtney looks up sharply at the girl and narrows her eyes. "What do you want now?" She asks curtly as she sets her bag down and approaches Missy.

"To apologize for calling you out back there," Missy answers sufficiently frightened of the blond cheerleader before her. "I didn't mean for it to turn out the way it did," she elaborates.

"Oh, and how did you expect it to turn out? I know you didn't expect it to end in all hugs and puppies I'm sure," Courtney rants briefly, flailing her arms in frustration.

Missy looks down at her shoes. "I don't know what I expected. I know I didn't expect that though," she admits. "I'm sorry," she says quietly.

Courtney sighs and grabs her bag. "Okay," she replies before exiting the locker room.

Missy watches her walk out of the room before shaking her head and going back to the gym, not looking forward to meeting up with Faith later to explain what happened.

"Wow, this has been some day," Faith chuckles sardonically as Buffy approaches her.

Buffy smiles at her. "Drama," she nods knowingly.

"Was it this bad when you were in school 'cause I didn't show up enough to really know?" Faith asks with a self-depreciating smirk.

"I had my moments," Buffy responds lightly. "I am sorry," she adds seriously.

"About what?" Faith asks, perplexed once again.

"Being too wrapped up in my own crap to help you," Buffy tells her.

Faith just waves it off. "Please, you tried and I blew you and the others off. I just didn't think I was in the wrong at the time, you know," she shrugs. "'Live and let live' I always say," she adds.

"You always say that?" Buffy asks skeptically and Faith nods. "Since when?" She asks challengingly.

"Since always," Faith simply says. "You getting in or not?" She asks as she points to the passenger's side.

"I don't know Faith," Buffy replies unsure.

"Please, it's not like I drive like you," Faith replies, rolling her eyes.

A few hours later, Faith gets up off of the couch and stretches as she stands at the sound of someone at the door. "Be right there," she nearly shouts as they knock again. "Hey," she says as she opens the door to let Missy in.

"Hey," the other girl replies tentatively. "So, um, what's up?" She asks with a light smirk.

"What happened after I left?" She asks, skipping the small talk and getting right to the point.

"Never one for tact huh?" Missy asks while fidgeting and Faith shrugs indifferently. "Okay, so after you left I told her that you wanted me to give that note she dropped back to her," she explains.

"And that is why she was tripping out?" Faith asks, quirking an eyebrow.

"Not exactly," Missy says slowly, taking a deep breath. "I said it kind of loud and the quad got all gossipy about it," she tells her.

"What do you mean?" Faith asks suspiciously.

"They flocked over and one of the guys, Les I think, got it and read it, then it all went to hell after that," she admits softly.

Faith lets out a breath as Missy says this. "So, you were partially responsible for outing Courtney to the rest of the squad and, therefore, the rest of the school. That about sum it up?" She asks.

"Yeah, that about covers it. But I didn't want that. I just wanted her to sweat a little, you know. I didn't want the others to actually read it," she admits softly.

Faith sighs. "I guess we're just going to have to wait this thing out and see what happens," she says regrettably.

"Are you mad?" Missy asks, not wanting to have disappointed her sister.

"I don't know. But I definitely think that Courtney's mad enough for the both of us right about now," Faith responds and Missy can't help but chuckle at that and even Faith manages to crack a smile.

The next morning, Faith wakes up and wants nothing more that to not go in and face whatever crap school awaits for her today. Nevertheless, she drags her ass out of bed and gets dressed and gets on her way to school, albeit late.

Once there, she trudges into her second class of the day a few minutes before everyone else has a chance to arrive. Mr. Cooper gives her a strange expression, to which Faith quirks her eyebrow. He finds an excuse to avert his attention as other students begin filing in.

Courtney walks in the door with a hangdog expression as she spots Faith, who sinks down into her seat.

"Hey," Faith offers weakly as Courtney takes the assigned seat next to her. "How are you?" She asks sincerely.

Courtney looks at her nervously and sees that Faith is making an attempt at having a comfortable conversation. "Okay. You?" She asks back.

Before Faith has a chance to answer though, the bell rings signifying the start of class. All they can do is stick it out until it's over.

An hour later, Mr. Cooper dismisses them to their next class. Faith exits and Courtney is close behind her.

"So, what do we do now?" Faith asks as she studies Courtney's features closely for a moment.

"I don't know. Where does this leave us?" She inquires, trying to figure out where they stand with one another.

"In a very awkward position right now," Faith responds unenthusiastically.

"No kidding," Courtney smirks and Faith gives her a smile. "Maybe we should talk about this after class," she suggests.

"You're right. I'll see you later then," Faith says, sounding none to excited about the conversation she's about to have as the next bell sounds, telling them that they'd better hurry up if they didn't want to be late for their next class.