Determined not to go to prom unless her ex-boyfriend Philip takes her, Sierra is publicity humiliated when he ditches her in the street for his best friend that he's not so secretly screwing.
Conflicted with Samuel's disregard for her feelings, Sierra's realizes she might have been played and decides to try to see other people. Those other people are not trying to see her though.
As the result of her string of past relationships, most recently with very much one-side situationship with Zahir, Sierra decides she wants to leave Mizzou.