TEXT: In Paige's dorm room (The fire is being put out by her RA as people watch from the hall.) Paige: I don't know what happened. I was studying and then suddenly I'm staring into Dante's Inferno. Kevin: This could have been a lot worse. Paige: Kevin you are my fire-fighting resident's assistant hero. Kevin: I'm not gonna find any melted wax in the bottom of this trashcan, am I? (Paige shuts the door.) Paige: Um (something?) candle? No of course not. Um my computer, it must have spontaneously combusted. Kevin: Grab your stuff. You can crash in the common room tonight. You may have to live there for a while. Paige: I have got to do a, a 20-page essay and, and ace a take-home exam and do a million chapter summaries for 5:00 or I am a big, fat, flunking out loser. Kevin: They always say everything looks better in the morning. Paige: Well that's only true if your entire world hasn't gone supernova! Outside Paige's classroom (Paige is practicing what she's gonna say to her professor.) Paige: I just need a few more days. There was a teensy weensy fire and a big family emergency. (Her phone rings.) Paige: Alex? Alex: Guess who just got her third bio A+ in a row? Paige: Heather Sinclaire? Alex: Ouch, but deserved. Any chance a marketing guru can forgive a science geek for being an obnoxious turkey? Paige: Are you actually apologizing? Alex: I'm full of surprises and still kind of worried about your whole family dinner flame-out. Paige: Apology accepted and I could not be more fine, honestly. Last minute is my middle name. But enough about me. Uh go celebrate your scholarness. Any A+ plans? Alex: Carla's meeting me at the Dot tonight. Nothing special, but she's paying! Paige: Well congrats hon. Uh send her my love,
SUMMARY:
In the aftermath of her dorm fire, Paige decides to drop out of college and move back to Toronto due to her poor grades. She now has to deal with her reoccurring panic attacks by herself since no one can know the truth. Meanwhile, Peter is determined to show Darcy that he's changed.