Content Warning: This section contains references to dubious sexual consent.

Erika “Rika” Fane arrives late to a party at the home of her close family friends, the Crists. She has her own bedroom in the Crists’ house, and she quickly runs upstairs to change into a dress that Mrs. Crist has picked out for her. After dressing, she goes downstairs to the party. As she sips her drink, she looks around for Michael, the Crists’ oldest son. Trevor, the youngest Crist son and Rika’s ex-boyfriend, approaches her. Rika recently broke up with him after realizing she didn’t love him. She additionally decided to transfer to a different college for a new start, and Trevor followed suit by transferring from their old college to the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

Trevor flirts with Rika, bemoaning the fact that he will not be able to keep an eye on her at her new college in Meridian City. Rika thinks that this is the exact reason she wants to attend the new college. Trevor mentions that Michael will be in the city, since he lives there and plays professional basketball for the Storm, the city’s team. Realizing he’s upset Rika, Trevor apologizes and says he believes they belong together.