Summary

Monday night, Alex and Ryan don’t show up for band practice, so Pat and Eddie Kyle just take off. Torey makes a half-hearted attempt to write some songs, but gets stuck thinking about his girlfriend Leandra and how everybody assumed they were having sex, when in fact they weren’t. Alone in the basement, he senses someone looking at him, but sees no one. Nevertheless, he heads back upstairs. Just about when he gives up waiting, Leandra calls.

Cheerleading practice runs an hour late because Ali McDermott didn’t show up on time. Leandra is still annoyed when she gets back and gives Torey a call, so all she wants to do is rag on Ali. Torey finds that a little bit ironic, because Leandra professes not to like gossip—but then spends so much time gossiping! In particular, Leandra starts going on about...