As Chelsea locks eyes with Miles, she stammers "I.. er I mean..", as she clutches her fox plushie bag. Miles grabs his sleeve, nervously as she continues stuttering. But, just then, the sound of gasps, and confused murmurs fills the room as Miles looks up to see Chelsea running off the stage, and out if the hall. "Chels..?", Miles asks in confusion, with a hint of worry as he tries to get up, but he is stopped by Naya, who gently tugs his sleeve, saying "Miles? Where are you going?". Miles' gaze switches from the door that Chelsea left through, back to Naya as he stammers "I.. uh, I have to..", before running after Chelsea.
"I don't even know what I was gonna say when Naya held my hand right there.. Was I gonna lie? Tell the truth?"
Miles dashes out of the school hall, passing Shane and Anny on the way out, not even bothering to make an excuse. "Chels..! Wait!", he shouts, causing Chelsea to turn back, seeing Miles, desperate to talk to her again. However, she turns away, running even faster away from him, shouting "Get away from me!", as she enters an empty classroom and locks herself in. "Dammit! No! No!", Miles mutters as he tries to open the door, to no avail. "Chelsea! Please..! I just wanna talk!", he shouts, banging on the door, as Chelsea steps away from the door, curling up in a ball in a corner of the class.
As Miles keeps calling out to Chelsea, he hears Naya's voice as she shouts "Miles!". She walks closer to him, asking "Why did you just take off like that..? Wait, is she in there? Chelsea..?". Miles looks down, saying "I just.. need to talk to her..", but Naya interupts, shouting "No you don't! Don't you remember what she did to you!? She totally led you on!". Chelsea buries her face in her hands at the mention of her past, reaching inside her bag, and taking out a cigarette.
Miles makes a pained face as Naya says "I'm not gonna let her hurt you again, and I'm not gonna let you blindly run back to her!" and tries to pull him away. But Miles stops her, shouting "You don't understand!", and Naya shouting back "Then tell me! Make me understand why you insist on doing this to yourself!". Miles removes Naya's hand from his, shouting tearfully "Because I need closure! I thought.. if we talked this out, then maybe..", he says as he covers his face in his hands, whimpering. "Then maybe I can finally fix something instead of watching it fall apart! Again!", Miles shouts, as Shane and Anny find them. "Bro?", Shane asks, watching the scene unfold in shock, but Naya's voice cuts through the scene, as she says "But you can't fix this. Loving her harder won't fix her. Trust me, I know.".
Chelsea's hand trembles as she holds up the lighter to the cigarette, tears streaming down her face. She taps the lighter over and over, failing each time to form a spark.
Shane steps closer, telling Anny to stay back, as he says to Miles "Look man, you can't fix this, if you're the only one trying..". Miles mutters "I'm done letting the things I love pass me by. I wanna choose for a change.", and bangs on the door one more time, shouting "And I choose to never let you, or anyone slip through my fingers again! Chelsea!". Chelsea turns off the lighter, as her tear filled eyes widen at Miles' words. Naya looks at Miles as he stands there, hand on the door, a sad expression on her face as she says "Miles. Was I..; ever worth more than her..?".
Miles' eyes widen as Shane gets closer, trying to hold her back and saying "Naya, just cool it, okay?", but she continues, slapping Shane's hand away "Did you ever see me as more than an.. option..? Or was it all fake? What we had?".This question guts Miles, the weight of it weakening him as closes his eyes, wincing in pain as he stutters "I.. I don't know, I mean..; it's always been..",but in that moment, Naya slaps Miles across the face, the attack leaving everyone stunned. Chelsea gasps, and rushes near the door after hearing the smack, her hand hovering over the doorknob, as she whispers "M-Miles.."
Naya's eyes widen, and her hands start to tremble as she realizes what she's done. Miles stumbles in pain, and Shane rushing to separate the two. "How could you..? How could you make me an option!?", Naya, in tears ,cries as Miles looks at her in tears, and disbelief, muttering "Naya, I.. I wasn't..". But Naya wipes her face, saying "Save it.", a sob in her voice as she says "It's over.", before pushing Shane off of her and walking away. As Anny runs after her, Shane stays behind with Miles ,asking "Dude..? Are you..?", but Miles says, sniffling "I need to be alone, right now, dude. Please.". Shane backs up, saying "I'll.. be at my place, if you need to talk..", before leaving.
As Miles leans up against the door, wiping his face, he feels the door start to unlock and finally open. Chelsea emerges from the room, wrapping her jacket around Miles. Miles looks up at her, taking in her new appearance, and wiping the tears from his face, as he looks away from her. Chelsea, opens her mouth to speak, but can't find the words, fidgeting with her bag, she finally says "I.. I didn't want this to happen. I didn't wanna hurt you, too..", as she sits much further from Miles.
Miles looks at her, as she continues "What I did, that night. It was disgusting, I don't know what I was thinking, all I knew was that I didn't wanna lose you, but.. I ended up pushing you away.", she hides her face from him, lightly stomping her foot, almost trying to fight back her tears. Miles, deep in thought, starts breathing heavily, holding his stomach as she continues "I just, can't keep anyone around me anymore. I've had so many boyfriends but, none of them stayed. Even dad doesn't want me anymore. I can't..; blame you for wanting to leave, too..".
But, just then, Miles cuts her off, saying "You always seemed.. invincible.", and Chelsea looks over at him, confused. "I'm serious. I always found myself idolizing you, thinking 'What would Chelsea do?' whenever I got stuck.". Chelsea sniffles, saying "I'm not.. as great as you think.", and Miles says "But, you know. I grew to rely on this perfect image I created of you, and stopped seeing the real you.". He stands up, reaching out to her, saying "Chelsea, I..I want you in my life. I can't deny it, anymore, I can't live with this weight on me, any longer.". Chelsea's eyes widen in shock, as she says "You don't need me.."; looking away, but Miles says ". I gotta stop acting like you don't matter to me. Because you do, Chels.".