(upbeat music)
- I can't believe Birdie's mad at me
for this whole Miles thing.
I mean, it's not like I knew we were dating the same guy!
- You still haven't heard from her?
- No.
Honestly, I'm kind of getting annoyed.
Like, I feel guilty,
but it's not like I did anything, right?
Unlike you.
- Okay, it was one kiss.
And I didn't know you guys were gonna start dating.
- It's fine, I'm not mad.
- She's acting like you intentionally stole her man.
From the sound of it, you and Miles were together first.
- Thank you.
That's what I'm saying.
I know Birdie probably didn't know, but still.
- The real villain here is Miles.
You know, I guess I'm the only one he hasn't tried
to hook up with.
Like, should I be offended?
(laughs)
(bell ringing)
- Haven, what's wrong?
- Is that your ex or something?
- No.
That's my stepbrother.
(bell ringing) (door thumping)
(dramatic music)
(calm music)
- You're getting, like, really good.
- Thanks.
- Nothing from Rooney?
- Nope.
And she's probably going to hate me forever now.
- Well, have you tried reaching out?
Like, maybe she's waiting for you to text her first.
- No, actually, I don't even know what I would say.
I mean, of course I'm not blaming her
for what happened, but...
- It is hard to move on
from your best friend hooking up with your boyfriend.
Even if she didn't know.
- Yeah, exactly.
I was going to live with him, Chelsea.
- Well, aren't you happy that you found out he was a player
before you moved in with him?
- I guess.
- If you need somewhere to live, you can crash with me.
- (laughs) Wait, are you serious?
- I have a one bedroom, but there is a pull out couch.
Listen, I'm clearly not an expert on friendship but...
- Say that one more time?
- Shut up.
But I do know that what you and Rooney have is special.
And you shouldn't let some dumb boy get in the way of that.
Just tell her how you feel,
and you guys can work things out.
But do whatever you want.
It's not like I care.
- I guess Haven's not happy to see me.
- What are you doing here anyway?
- I thought I would come and surprise her with a visit.
I'm a junior at Dartmouth.
- Yeah, Haven's not one for surprises.
- Yeah.
I guess I forgot.
- Why didn't you just text her?
- She blocked my number a while ago.
- What did you do?
- Well, I didn't do anything, that's the thing.
After she came out as trans, she just...
She dropped me.
We were best friends when we were kids,
even before our parents got married.
We did everything together.
Tennis, hockey...
There was this park around the corner from our house
where we'd go and we would just build tree forts,
like just the two of us.
And then when she was having trouble coming out
to our parents, well, I helped her out.
And then after that, she just stopped talking to me.
Can you guys help me?
- I have enough drama in my own life right now.
I'm sorry.
Good luck.
- You know what?
I'll help you.
Hey.
- What?
I'm busy.
- Let's talk about Ellis.
- Did it seem like I wanted to talk about Ellis?
- No, which is why we should.
- What do you want, Kendall?
- I don't know, I just feel bad for him, that's all.
He has no idea why you won't talk to him.
And, I mean, he seems like a sweet guy to me.
- I think you need to mind your own business, Kendall.
- I can tell it's eating you up inside.
- You wouldn't understand.
- He just seems really sad.
Can't you just talk to him?
- I don't want to.
- You're being childish.
- No, I'm protecting myself.
Do you really want to know what happened?
Ellis had already graduated
when I started socially transitioning at school.
And I was just figuring things out.
It's not easy, and I was taking things really slowly.
Ellis was super close with my best friend, Pete,
and Pete told him about me, I guess.
Then, the next thing I know, he's home from college,
and he's sitting at the dining room table with my parents
when I get home from school.
- Maybe he was just protecting you?
- He'd printed out pictures of me, Kendall,
pictures that my friends had posted.
He went through my room.
He found my hidden makeup.
He showed these things to my parents
like I was committing a crime.
- I'm so sorry, Haven.
- He told me he was afraid of my double life.
- That must've been so hard with your parents.
- And you wanna know the kicker?
My parents didn't even care.
They were so supportive, and mad at him, too, because...
because he stole what should've been a really special moment
between us, because he couldn't handle
me becoming his sister.
- That makes so much sense now.
- Yeah, well, that's just kind of your thing though,
isn't it, Kendall?
It might be time to take a really good look at yourself
and figure out why you're always siding with men
in these situations.
- Hey, that's not true.
- Well, what about me?
Or Rooney?
Remember when she was telling us about that guy
who was creeping on her at Alpha Sig?
Whose side did you take?
And whose side are you on now?
- Haven, it's not like that---
- The thing is, it is like that.
(solemn music)
(keyboard clicking)
(phone thuds)
(knocking)
- What do you want?
- I wanted to apologize.
- I saw your texts.
- But you didn't answer?
- Aren't you dating Birdie?
Does she even know you're here?
- We ended things.
Come on, Rooney, I didn't know you two were friends.
You have to believe me.
- It really doesn't matter anymore.
- It does matter.
To be honest, I've been thinking about you.
- I'm not interested
in being in some stupid little love triangle.
Birdie and I are best friends.
And you're just something that got in the way.
- So, that's it?
I'm nothing to you?
- You're worse than nothing.
(tense music)
- Rooney?
Rooney?
- What? Oh, sorry.
- You didn't turn in your assignment.
- Uh, I must have forgotten this week.
- [Zev] That's not like you.
- I know, I'm sorry.
I'll get it to you later.
- That's it for today.
Rooney, hang back for a minute?
- You okay?
- Not really.
You?
- Not really, either.
I thought about it, I'm gonna talk to Ellis.
- Good luck.
- Are you doing okay?
I hope you're not upset about the shoot the other day.
- No, no, just other things going on.
- Well, I'm happy to say that the photos came out very well.
And the cover drops tomorrow.
- Amazing, that's super cool.
- Yeah, I may ask you to help me again on my next cover.
But I don't want you falling behind in class.
- Got it.
It won't happen again.
- I'm not worried.
I trust you.
- Thanks, Zev.
(door thumps)
- Okay, you have five minutes.
- If you don't want to be friends anymore, fine,
but we're still family and you owe me an explanation.
- I owe you an explanation?
Try it the other way around.
How about you explain to me why you told our parents
that I was wearing dresses to school.
- I'm sorry,
but I didn't know how the other kids would react,
and I was away at college.
You know I'm always there for you.
- You didn't think to call me?
- I don't know.
I just wanted you to be safe.
You know, if you'd done this when I was still home,
I could've been there to protect you.
But I leave, and then you just change.
- I was always this person.
I just got tired of hiding who I was.
When you outed me, you took away my choice, Ellis.
You don't you think I deserved to tell Mom and Dad?
- I just thought it could be something that...
that we could do together, like, the two of us.
And then, you know, I saw you at home that day,
and, well, I realized you needed to do it alone.
- That's not it.
I always wanted you by my side.
I still do.
But you made my transition about you.
And it wasn't.
- I swear, I can be better.
I just want to be the brother
that his sister can be proud of.
- I know you do.
(laughs) But I'm still really pissed off at you.
- So, you want me to just leave you alone?
- No.
I don't want that.
I want my big brother back.
- Really?
- Really.
But not all at once.
Promise me, from now on, you talk to me, okay?
Before you go talk to Mom or Dad or anybody else.
- Yeah, yeah. - Okay?
- Yeah.
I promise.
Haven, I love you.
- I love you, too.
(gentle music)
So, I drove him to the airport,
and I guess we're in a good place for now.
- I'm happy for you both.
I know he screwed up, but he seemed to be really sorry.
- Yeah.
And I didn't realize how much I missed having him
in my life.
- I get that feeling.
- Hey, you guys, I want to say something.
Haven, you were totally right,
and so were you, Rooney.
You're my friends.
I need to trust you more.
- We forgive you.
We know your heart's in the right place.
Or at least very close to it.
- I'm working on it.
(bell rings)
- Hey.
- Hi.
- I should have reached out about the whole Miles stuff.
I was just confused and--
- Dude, same.
I mean, I can't believe we let him play us like that.
- It was stupid.
We really shouldn't let a guy get in between us.
I'm sorry.
- I'm more sorry.
Not talking to you is literally the worst thing ever.
(gentle music)
(kissing)
- Well, that was unexpected.
- I have to go.
- [Rooney] Uh huh, yeah, yeah.
(bell rings) (door thumps)
(gentle music)
(door thumps)
- Oh, look at you, all smiley.
We gonna talk about that?
- No, not, not yet.
- Okay.
Well, anyways, I hate to say it, but Zev really is talented.
What, what is it?
- That's my photo.
(solemn music)
- [Announcer] Next time on "Chicken Girls: College Years"--
- I don't mind you being here,
as long as your fingers don't get sticky.
- I'm not a thief.
- The photo that they used, I took that one.
- What are you talking about?
- He's gaslighting you.
I've seen your work.
That photo has you written all over it.
- Gemma James would like to have a student
with her on set during the summer.
- Okay, but imagine what this would do for my career,
spending an entire summer with Gemma?
- I can't believe our freshman year's over.
- Well, you could always drop out like Birdie did.
- Hey!