A flashback shows Lana with her boyfriend. They are in his room and Lana is trying to persuade him to get her cocaine because her birthday is nearing and she wants to try it, after having heard stories about it from her friend Alex who got some from a guy at a party. He initially declines but after Lana goads him by telling him he’s scared of the drug dealers he agrees to take her to his dealers to buy some. They drive to the drug den and enter it as Rox and Buddy discuss the movie with the rats that climbed the skyscraper (the scene that appeared in Quinn’s flashback). They take the bag of cocaine and get back to their car. It is revealed that Lana’s boyfriend is Jonathan.

Quinn is alone in the HOT house and talks with her family members on the phone, as she lies about not being able to come back home for Thanksgiving and tries to avoid having to visit them during Christmas by claiming she’s very busy with her studies. She then calls Riona and Riona tells her she’s being stalked. Quinn hears Riona getting kidnapped by Vinny and runs out. She finds Riona’s phone on the ground where she was kidnapped and calls Buddy, who reveals that they are going to torture Riona to tell them what Quinn is hiding from him.

Conditional story - Isabella Jill and Bella are in Bella's kitchen talking about how happy Bella is with the protagonist and Josy overhears them. If the protagonist has broken up with Jill to be with Bella, Jill tells Bella that she forgives her since she has realized their friendship is much more important to her than that.

In Bella’s house, Josy, Jill, and Bella are waiting for the rest to return as Derek, Maya, Sage and the protagonist arrive and reveal that they got the contracts. Jill, Bella, and Sage sit down to read them and conclude that Maya doesn’t have a student loan, but rather that the contracts are for a loan that Patrick took on his name and that there is an additional contract for a loan that Maya owes to Patrick, which has some contractual obligations but nothing related to Maya’s lifestyle. The loan is from “Finnman Banking”, which Derek explains is a business partner of Patrick which explains why the loan has very good terms. The conclusion is that Maya can take a student loan to fund college on her own and be free from Patrick’s control. The protagonist reveals that he saw Patrick abusing Maya and the group is disturbed to hear that, especially Josy who is hurt that Maya never told her about it. Regardless the group celebrates the positive outcome. Sage drinks a lot trying to forget her family troubles, and is initially happy and dances with Bella but then starts crying and goes to talk in private with the protagonist. They go to a room to talk and Sage reveals that her parents are getting divorced. The protagonist is worried that this has something to do with his affair with Jade. Jill reveals that she doesn’t like Thanksgiving because Lana died around it, shortly before her birthday.

Conditional story - Hanging out with the group If the protagonist has broken up with Maya & Josy, Josy takes him to talk in private about her feelings and how she's still hurting from the breakup. If the protagonist is also in a relationship with Bella, she reveals that she overheard that.

Jill Jill tells the protagonist that Sage and she are meeting for a girl's day on Saturday and getting their nails done.

Isabella Jill tells the protagonist that she decided to mend her relationship with Bella and invites him to visit Lana's grave with her.

Others Quinn calls the protagonist but he rejects the call because he can't talk at the moment. The protagonist consoles Sage and they end up kissing, to his surprise, as Sage shrugs it off.

Quinn goes to the drug den and confronts Mick and Buddy who show her Riona’s torn piercings. Quinn bursts into tears and asks if Riona is alive and Buddy reveals that they didn’t kill her, just hurt her, and that she told them about the increased prices that Quinn charged from customers. Buddy demands that Quinn give him back all the money she obtained that way, telling Quinn that he would have killed her if not for his obligation to Rox. Quinn agrees and asks to see Riona, and Buddy says they dropped her at her mother’s apartment, noting that it’s helpful to know your customers.

Quinn visits Riona at her mother’s apartment and is terrified upon seeing the damage they’ve done to her. She tells Riona that she will make Buddy pay for that but Riona scolds her and punches her in the face, telling Quinn she didn’t protect her as she promised she would. Back in her room at the HOT house, Quinn is broken and packs her belongings, including three bags of cash. She is about to buy a one-way ticket to a different town but then looks at her face painting in the mirror and flashes back to a childhood memory of Rox. In the flashback, young Quinn asks Rox what is his face tattoo about and he explains that it’s the paw of an ermine. Rox brings his fairytale book and reads her a story about the ermine being a clever predator who defeats his enemies by surprising and outsmarting them. He explains that Quinn and himself are like the ermine, they are the little people who need to act fast and be aggressive to survive, and that she must never lose her bravery and pride. Quinn regains her resolve and shows up in Buddy’s drug den which is now also occupied by Vinny, dropping off two bags of cash on the floor, and tells Buddy that’s the money she owes him. Seeing her newfound confidence, Buddy asks what happened to Quinn who cried not long ago, as Vinny hears that and mocks Quinn for having cried over Riona. Quinn promises to do Buddy’s bidding from now on as long as he doesn’t hurt Riona. As Quinn walks out, she lets Buddy know that Vinny also sold drugs at increased prices, to the terror of Vinny. Outside the den, it is revealed that Quinn used her phone to record the talk with Buddy, as she listens to Buddy in the recording telling her that she has to sell drugs for him if she doesn’t want him to hurt her friend anymore.

Tybalt flashes back to Jill kicking him in the balls, as he wakes up in a hospital, having gone through surgery to fix his scrotum after it was torn from the kick. The doctor explains that there is some permanent damage but one of his testicles still works fine, so he should still be fertile, but notes that Tybalt has a case of urinary tract infection and advises him to stop using watermelons as a masturbatory aid.

The protagonist goes back home to visit Neil. He tells Neil about the events of the Thanksgiving dinner at Maya’s house to the shock of Neil, they discuss Maya’s abusive father and Neil says that he wasn’t always a good father to him, which the protagonist rejects saying that he did great. Neil tells him that he’s doing yoga now and the protagonist tells him he is practicing sparring with Dwayne at the gym. They discuss Zoey and the protagonist tells him that he is going to visit her the next day.

Conditional story - Neil's home

Sage The protagonist takes Sage home to visit Neil. The protagonist is shy when showing his room to Sage because of how simple it is. Sage reveals that when she left for college, her parents immediately had all her stuff removed from her room and turned it into a library. Sage enjoys making fun of the protagonist with Neil and Neil tells Sage embarrassing stories about him, including how once he saw him trying out Lynette's stockings which he found in the attic. At night, Sage and the protagonist talk and she asks him why doesn't Neil date anymore, to which he replies that it's a topic they don't talk about. Sage tells him that Tybalt tore his scrotum and had surgery. She also reveals she's going to spend Saturday with Jill, having planned to do their nails together. The protagonist tells Sage about his plan to visit Zoey tomorrow, as Sage is very troubled by that and they fight.

Maya & Josy The protagonist talks to his father about having two girlfriends and Neil struggles to see how this can work out and warns him about hurting one of them. The protagonist is bummed out that Neil was not supportive of his relationship choice.

Jill The protagonist takes Jill home to visit Neil. The protagonist is shy when showing her his house because Jill is so rich.

Isabella The protagonist considers how to tell Neil that he is dating a mature woman who is his teacher and ends up just telling him that his girlfriend's name is Isabella and not revealing the rest of it.

The next day, Zoey is in her room, thinking about the protagonist and realizing that she still has feelings for him, as he comes to visit her. Zoey lies that she’s not feeling well so he shouldn’t come close to her, but they end up hugging.

Conditional story - Beauty parlor Jill and Sage meet at the beauty parlor to do their nails. They talk about their lives, but Sage doesn't want to talk about her parents' divorce yet.

Sage Sage rants to Jill about the protagonist meeting Zoey and how she feels angry about it, joking about punching Zoey if she tries to steal him away from her.

Jill Jill tells Sage about the protagonist going to meet up with Zoey and Sage tells her that this is weird and she has the right to get angry at him for doing that.

In the DIK house, an angry Tommy reveals that Heather broke up with him and confessed to having had sex with one of them at the Halloween party, and a fight breaks out as he’s trying to find out who that was. The blame eventually reaches Nick who bursts and scolds Tommy for having treated Heather poorly, admitting what he did with her at the party and that he loves her. They start fighting but are separated by the rest of the DIKs, and Nick blames Tommy for stealing money from the treasury. Leon stops their argument saying he has something important to say and reveals that while he was walking through the dorms with his buddies Marc and Chen, they saw Beth hanging the DIK posters and chased her back to her dorm. At her dorm, they found a bunch of the dorm girls - Avery, Kylie, Penny, Tara, Celine, and a few others - sitting among piles of Cathy posters and DIK posters. The girls admitted that they are the ones hanging the posters, claiming that they do it as revenge against the DIKs for having treated them poorly in the past, mostly due to the walk of shame and Vinny locking one of them out of the mansion naked. They also admitted they got the DIK photos by snapping them on their camera during the Halloween party. Back in the present, Leon is especially hurt by having seen Tara among them, whom he had considered a close friend. As the DIKs are still shocked by the two revelations, Derek intervenes and reveals the hidden camera that he found in his closet and that someone used it to take pictures and send them to the jocks, as Rusty reveals that pictures of DIKs having sex with Arieth that were on their shared laptop were also sent to the jocks and that the jocks claim that the protagonist sent them.

Shocked by all the revelations, the group concludes it’s not possible that the dorm girls are also responsible for the camera and it’s also not possible that the protagonist sent the images because at the time he didn’t have any access to the DIK house or laptop. They discuss the possibility of a traitor among the DIKs and the fight heats up again as initially they blame Vinny but the blame turns to Nick when Tommy mentions that Nick’s room wasn’t damaged in the assault on the mansion. Tommy interrogates Nick on what he did when the Cathy cluck posted and the DIKs recall the events of that party when the protagonist reveals that he saw Nick at the library where the laptop was found. Nick breaks and admits that he was with the laptop in the library while the cluck was posted and that he tried to hide that until now because he knew it would raise suspicions, but claims that he didn’t post the cluck. Tommy doesn’t believe Nick and starts a vote to banish him. Rusty tries to reduce the flames and says that Tommy is jumping to conclusions too quickly, but Nick has had enough and announces that he is quitting the fraternity, as he bursts with anger and reveals gossip about each of the DIKs: Leon talking badly about Jamie’s relationship with Dany, Jamie saying that Leon is unable to commit to relationships and is jealous, Jacob telling him that he wanted to have sex with Heather and also that he has a crush on Zoey, John Boy having a fantasy about Elena sleeping with others, Tommy thinking that Rusty is a weak leader and everyone being fed up with the protagonist bossing them around.

Conditional story - Nick's gossip

Jill Nick reveals that Rusty has a crush on Jill.

Isabella Nick reveals that the protagonist is in a relationship with Bella.

The next day at campus Derek and the protagonist talk about the fallout as Tara pulls the protagonist over for a talk. Feeling bad about having been seen with the group that is responsible for the posters, Tara explains that this was Avery’s idea and that while she didn’t want to be a part of it, she also didn’t want to betray her friends and snitch on them. She tells their side of the story, how they have been humiliated by the DIKs during the walk of shame, and that one time Vinny pulled a mean prank on Kylie’s sister by locking her out of the DIK mansion in her underwear, forcing her to run back to her dorm naked, which prompted the dorm girls to decide to take revenge against the DIKs. Tara explains that they didn’t want to hurt Cathy, and they spread those posters just because the DIKs already posted her image online and bragged about it, so they wanted to remind people how bad the DIKs are, and she is surprised to learn that the DIKs aren’t those who posted that image. Tara says she wants this fight to stop and suggests the DIKs apologize to the girls for what they did.

Before class, the protagonist asks Ashley to help him ask Anthony about the letters and why he said that the protagonist sent them. Anthony tells him that this is what Chad said when he got them and that it didn’t make sense to him either because the pictures are too old. In class, Camila reveals to the protagonist that she has been lacking sexual satisfaction lately and they joke about having sex. Isabella is amused at Derek’s writing skills and concludes that he’s a genius, and his “cheating” on tests is just using tricks to memorize things easily. She strikes a deal with him to leave him alone for the rest of the semester if he doesn’t cause any trouble in class.

Conditional story - Talking at the university campus If the protagonist has not pursued a relationship, he talks with the girls on campus. The protagonist encounters Lily who invites him to come with her to The Pink Rose to cheer him up. The protagonist also encounters Quinn who tells him that she has some trouble but he can't help with it, and that she doesn't want to talk right now. The protagonist also talks with Jade about the divorce, as Jade says there's nothing between them and that she was just using him for sex but the protagonist pushes back against that, saying that they also revealed their feelings to each other.

John Boy tells the protagonist that he saw Nick pack his things and leave. He confronts the protagonist about him having wanted Elena to have sex with him but says that the part about DIKs hating the protagonist for acting like a leader is false and probably just Nick’s thoughts. The protagonist tells him about his discussion with Tara and that the dorm girls are not the ones who posted the image of Cathy on the DIK social media account.

In his room, the protagonist starts taking care of the fish on his own now that Nick left, and solves the black metal box on his table, which ends up containing nothing. The protagonist calls Sage and asks for Chad’s number. The protagonist is feeling bad due to his history with Jade and concludes that he has to talk with someone about it. Bella tells the protagonist she had a lot of fun at the little party they had at her house at Thanksgiving, and invites the group to a Christmas dinner she’s organizing which will take place before the actual date of Christmas Eve. The protagonist texts Chad and persuades him to meet confidently in the library to talk about the letters. Jacob confronts the protagonist on what Nick said about him having a crush on Zoey, saying that he wanted this to be said up front and not behind his back. Jacob also denies that anyone hates the protagonist for what he has done to help the DIKs.

Conditional story - Talking at the DIK mansion

Sage Sage is still mad about their argument and his having gone to visit Zoey.

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Jill Sage scolds the protagonist for going to visit Zoey and making Jill feel bad, revealing that she told her about it but that Jill is too shy to confront him about the issue on her own.

Others - had sex with Heather John Boy is hurt that the protagonist didn't tell him the truth when he confronted him about suspecting Heather cheated on Tommy with someone.

Zoey calls Bret to talk with him about her realization of her feelings for the protagonist, and Bret advises her to tell him what she feels for him so that she doesn’t regret it later in her life.

The protagonist meets Chad at the library and tries to understand why he told the jocks that it was he who sent the letters. He reveals to Chad that he knows about his relationship with Troy, but explains that he got to know of it when he saw them in the locker room on a later occasion, much after the letters were sent. He also reveals to Chad that he told Sage, as Chad is shocked to learn that Sage knows about it but didn’t use it against him. The protagonist tells Chad that’s because Sage is a good person and that he mistreated her during their relationship, adding to the guilt of Chad. Chad explains that his letter contained a picture of him and Troy, and since he received the letters shortly after Dawe caught the protagonist spying on him in the locker room, he assumed it was his way to take revenge against him for bullying him after he talked with Sage. The protagonist explains that when he spied on Chad talking on the phone he thought that Chad was talking with a girl, to the dismay of Chad who realizes that someone else knows about his secret. The protagonist asks Chad to investigate why the jocks didn’t destroy Nick’s room when they trashed the mansion.

The protagonist gets partnered up with Sally in lab class by Nora who is fed up with Derek making trouble, and it is revealed that Sally doesn’t know what she’s doing and is only pretending to be smart. They get tasked with having to write a lab report together.

The protagonist talks with Derek about his guilt about having had sex with Jade. Derek suggests that he can either take this secret to his grave or tell Sage about it, which will likely ruin their relationship. When asked what would he do, Derek says that he would pick “option three”, which is to end his relationship with Sage without explaining why, which would make Sage feel bad but at least won’t ruin her relationship with Jade.

Heather finds Josy in their room with piles of clothes and Josy explains that she has been searching for something to do lately and ended up deciding to start a women’s fashion blog. Heather reveals she has been told that Riona isn’t around because she has the flu.

Conditional story - Sage Sage visits the protagonist in his room and tells him about her hardships with her family situation as they drink whiskey together. The next morning, Sage tells the protagonist about her biological family. She reveals that she never knew her father and that her mother was not able to take care of her, either due to her age or being poor, which is why she gave her up for adoption. She says she has some memories of her, such as the smell of burnt wood and pine cones, and perfume on a fleece jacket, but that she hasn't been able to search for information about her or ask her adopting parents about her because she's scared of finding out more about her. The narrator notes that Sage needed him to be her rock, but he couldn't bring himself to do so because he was still unsure what to do about their relationship, imagining that there was a fourth option that would fix everything.

The story skips forward in time, as the narrator talks about him not liking winters, especially since it was snowing a lot that winter. The group - him, Derek, Sage, Maya, Josy, Jill, and Bella - grew closer, as Maya was getting ready to confront Patrick and Josy was spending time alone. He notes that the mood in the DIK house was cold as everybody was still down from the fallout. Tommy was mostly bummed out in his room, Jamie had to attend a funeral for Dany’s pet bunny who died and Rusty started seeing Micha again. The narrator also notes that he met Nick a few times on campus, but they ignored each other. The time skip ends near the end of the year, as the narrator concludes that it was the beginning of something big, and letters are shown on a table.

The jocks are throwing snowballs as Dawe comes around and announces that he managed to secure the HOTs for their Christmas party and that he’s still trying to get them for New Year’s also. The DIKs and HOTs start preparing their mansions for Christmas. Maya tells Sage that she got a student loan and that she’s prepared to go home with Derek and confront Patrick about her not following his demands anymore.

In the DIK mansion, Leon tells the protagonist he heard that the HOTs will be going to the Christmas party at the alphas, and they discuss whether they should party with the dorm girls. Melanie and Elena ask the protagonist for help moving some boxes to the HOTs’ house as they explain that the DIKs and HOTs share the same inventory of Christmas decorations so it’s a mess every year when they decorate and need to understand what is where. The protagonist walks in on Rusty making out with Micha and walks out. Rusty approaches the protagonist and explains that he started dating her again even though she’s still with her ex and that he’s hoping she will eventually break up with him. Ashley and Derek are getting closer. At the HOT house, the protagonist talks with Sage who explains that she’s in a tight spot with having to balance out who they party with to not violate the truce agreement. Arieth is trying to sell sex toys to the HOTs, explaining that she’s trying to be a promoter of a sex toys brand. Josy is deep in her thoughts, and when approached by the protagonist, she reveals that she has been doing some soul-searching lately.

Conditional story - Hanging out at the DIK mansion

Jill The protagonist confronts Rusty about what Nick said about Rusty having a crush on Jill. Rusty admits that he still has feelings for Jill but he's trying to not show them to not disturb their relationship. Rusty explains that he used to conduct himself poorly and Jill rejecting him made him realize that he should change his ways and become a better person, and that seeing the protagonist with Jill reminds him that this could have been him with Jill if he was better at the time. Later, Jill asks the protagonist to accompany her to Lana's grave.

Others Melanie and the protagonist go to a private area and she tells the protagonist that she's sexually frustrated. Melanie explains that Quinn shut down the restaurant a while ago so they don't get to have as much sexual activity recently. The protagonist flirts with Sarah and they go to the pool area, as Sarah also notes that she's been deprived of sexual satisfaction lately. Quinn tells the protagonist she is still not ready to talk with him. When Lily jokes about giving a blowjob to the protagonist, Sage pulls him to the side and asks him about the nature of his relationship with Lily and whether he's alright with her using him like that. The protagonist admits that he has feelings for Lily but has no idea what she's trying to do or what it means to "roll" with her, and confronts Lily about the issue and Lily immediately figures that Sage caused him to be worried about this. Lily is mad that Sage is sabotaging their relationship and intends to talk with her about that, but the protagonist asks her not to and instead he and Lily go to her room to talk in private. Lily tells the protagonist her life story, revealing that she used to be fat and ugly and bullied by kids in school, and then decided to turn her life around because she wanted people to like her, so she became fit and sexually provocative, but that only caused people to instead call her dumb and a slut. Lily also reveals that her parents disapproved of her new lifestyle and that she had to leave home when they gave her an ultimatum to either stop working as a stripper or leave. The protagonist and Lily hug.

Back in the DIK house, Tommy is bummed out that they aren’t going to have the HOTs at the Christmas party and Leon and the protagonist come up with a plan to have a party one day before the alphas’ party, which will both allow the HOTs to attend and make them hungover the next day thus ruining the party for the alphas. Leon motivates the protagonist to plan the party on his own by the method of “WWTD” - what would Tommy do. The protagonist goes to his room to plan it, deciding that it’s going to be a Christmas panty party, with everyone in underwear and there will be masks in the entrance for those who don’t feel comfortable being recognized. Derek will be in charge of creating a bowl full of sexual tasks that guests must pick out a task from.

Sally comes over to write the lab report with the protagonist and although she’s initially antagonistic to him, they end up having a great time together.

At Lana’s grave, Jill talks about her discontent with having seen the DIKs do drugs at the barbecue, revealing that Lana died due to drug use and that she only learned the true cause of death when she was a teenager, as initially, her parents lied to her that Lana died in an accident. Jill flashes back to the first time she met up with Jonathan, many years after Lana’s death. In the flashback, Jill accuses Jonathan of killing Lana and Jonathan tears up as he recalls the story of her death. After they had taken the cocaine from Buddy, they went to the party and he tried to persuade Lana not to use it, and eventually left her on her own because he didn’t want to be a part of that. When he came back, he saw Lana passed out with foam in her mouth, and the paramedics announced her death, as it turned out that the cocaine was diluted with too much fentanyl and she died from fentanyl overdose. Jonathan explains that he was immediately regarded by everyone on the scene as responsible for Lana’s death, although he regrets having been too scared to admit that he’s the one who gave her the cocaine. Jonathan recalls that he was told by Lana’s parents not to come to the funeral, but he still came, although he watched it from a distance to not offend them. Jonathan then reveals that he has gone through years of therapy and decided to devote his career to lecturing against drug use and helping drug victims, inviting Jill to visit him in a weekly therapy group he has been hosting where victims share their stories.

Conditional story - Lana's grave If the protagonist is in a relationship with Jill or Bella, he visits Lana's grave with Jill, and she invites him to come with her and Bella to Bianca's cabin for a weekend of relaxation. Otherwise, Jill takes Bella to visit the grave with her and only invites her to the cabin.

Conditional story - Isabella The protagonist and Bella decorate her house for Christmas and bake cookies for the party. The protagonist finds among the decorations a doll that Bella adores and has nicknamed Ephraim. Bella reveals that her parents died in an accident and she inherited the house from them, but got in a fight with her aunt over the inheritance. Due to her lack of family, she usually doesn't celebrate Christmas, which is why this Christmas celebration is important to her. Bella reveals that she lied about their relationship being alright according to the guidebook and that it's not allowed and they have to keep it a secret, but she didn't say that because she didn't want to lose him. Bella considers some extreme steps such as leaving B&R but says that it is too early in the relationship for her to do that.

Jade and Cathy hang out in the MacAllen bar and talk about the divorce. Jade is suspicious of Cathy having had sex with Stephen in the past. Jade reveals to Cathy that she had sex with the protagonist and Cathy also confesses, as they both share their impressions of having sex with him.

The protagonist reads another chapter of Lynette’s diary, together with Derek. It tells how Miranda convinced Lynette to make out with Neil and it ended up with them having unprotected sex, as Lynette notes that she assumed it’s late enough in her cycle so as not to get pregnant. The protagonist doesn’t want to read the part describing them having sex and Derek reads it instead, while Zoey calls the protagonist and he invites her to the Christmas panty party.

Conditional story - Maya & Josy The protagonist spends time with either Maya or Josy.

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Josy The protagonist joins Josy in her room and she tells him about her blog. They go out to the snow to take some pictures of her. Josy's mother Iris calls and they talk on video chat and Josy introduces the protagonist as her boyfriend. It is revealed that Iris is a fashion design executive, as she's supportive of Josy starting a fashion blog but tells her she is too short to be a model. After the call, the protagonist tells Josy that he loves her and Josy says it back.

In The Pink Rose, Lily is confronted by Vinny, who is beaten up and has a large scar across his face. Vinny reveals that Quinn told Buddy that he was overcharging Lily and the girls, which is why Buddy did the damage to his face, but that they ended up sorting it. However, due to this encounter, Vinny knows that Lily is lying and has switched to buying drugs from Quinn because that’s how Quinn knew what he used to charge them. Vinny threatens Lily to start buying from him again or else they will get what’s coming to them.

Conditional story - Bianca's cabin If the protagonist is in a relationship with Jill or Bella, then he comes along with Jill and Isabella as they join Bianca in her family's holiday cabin, which is located on a remote snowy mountain away from any nearby town, for a weekend of ski and relaxation. Bella reveals that she has a dream of one day having a holiday cabin like that. They go out skiing around the mountain, as the protagonist is initially very bad at it due to having no experience skiing but is helped by the girls. Jill reveals that she got invited to play piano at the faculty's Christmas party. Bella reveals that she's teaching another class that the protagonist is a part of next semester. Bianca takes the protagonist for a ride on the snowmobile and flirts with him. In the evening, they go to the sauna and get drunk, joking that the protagonist promised to bathe in the snow naked. When they're about to move to the hot tub, Bianca leads the way and strips naked, bathing in the snow before jumping in the hot water. Bella follows through and also does that, encouraging Jill and the protagonist to join them, and they all end up naked in the hot tub together. Bianca continues flirting with the protagonist in the hot tub. Bianca tells a story of how she and Jill used to party when they were teenagers and once they ended up making out. Back in the cabin, Jill asks Bianca to not bring up that story again because it makes Bella uncomfortable, revealing that she and Bella once made out in Bella's bed. Jill says that it wasn't anything romantic, just that they both needed the comfort of each other and got it that way, but then stopped when they realized it was wrong.

Jamie attends Franz’s funeral and while lamenting him, reveals that he ate a burger together with Franz, which Dany immediately concludes to be the reason Franz died. She gets angry at Jamie and calls him a murderer as the feminists lynch him.

The protagonist trains with Dwayne at the club as Dwayne and his friend Chao laugh at the cross-fit guys making a mess of the gym and fighting with the jocks over equipment. Chao invites the protagonist to join the fighting competition on the twenty-ninth of December. On the way out, the protagonist encounters the HOTs who blame him for ruining yoga by telling the DIKs about it, as they are now all coming to the yoga class just to stare at their asses. In the background, Tybalt and Jade are talking with the yoga teacher Paula.

Conditional story - Hanging out with love interest

Sage The protagonist goes with Sage to her house which is in the middle of being packed away, to support her emotionally as Jade and Stephen fight over the divorce. They talk about families and Sage asks the protagonist to imagine his future family, and he imagines Sage as his future wife and them having kids.

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Maya & Josy Maya & Josy try to cheer up the protagonist who is still bummed out from the way Neil reacted to him revealing their relationship. They buy a bunch of sex toys from Arieth and have kinky sex. The protagonist dares either Maya or Josy to enter math class with a remote-controlled vibrator and have him tease them in the classroom.

Others The protagonist meets Jade at the gym and she reveals that Tybalt has a crush on Paula. Jade and the protagonist end up having sex again and Jade takes a selfie of them and sends it to Cathy to brag about, which gets Cathy excited.

The next day at class Derek and the protagonist talk about the Christmas panty party as the protagonist reveals that many of the HOTs won’t be coming. They debate whether they are okay with the dorm girls appearing at the party, now that they’ve stopped posting the posters. After the end of the class, math teacher Philip invites the protagonist to play guitar at the faculty’s annual Christmas party, which takes place on the same day as the fighting competition, and reveals that they invited Jill to play the piano. The protagonist talks with Jill and she reveals that Tybalt has also been invited to play, on the cello. Sage reveals that she has a girls’ night with Maya, Josy, Jill, and Bella and that’s why she’s not coming to the panty party.

Outside the classroom, the protagonist encounters Tara who is sad that she only tried to fix things but this ended up causing most of her friends to hate her for talking with the DIKs, and that the few friends she still has are not related to the posters and will be at the Christmas panty party. The protagonist invites Tara to the party.

The Christmas panty party begins. Derek goes around with the bowl of tasks and tells the guests that they have to complete the task by midnight or face some consequences. However, he admits to the protagonist that he hasn’t yet decided what the consequences will be. The protagonist gets the task of pretending to be Santa and letting girls sit on his lap, which used to be what Tommy did at these parties.

Jamie’s face is scratched and bruised (from the fight with Dany and the feminists) and they are calling him a murderer on social media. Tiffani is explaining the female anatomy to him and Marc after Jamie asks her to, which is his task. Suzy is questioning Jamie on whether he is now single which she claims is for a friend. Becky and Christie discuss their missions and Christie reveals to the protagonist that Tommy kicked her out of his room when they had sex in the Halloween party because of Quinn, and that she’s still mad at him. Becky reveals to Christie that she intends to seduce the protagonist.

Derek finds out that the cucumbers for the cucumber-sucking competition have been eaten or perished, and the protagonist strikes a deal with Arieth, who is trying to promote her sex toys to the party members, that she will provide dildos for the competition in exchange for them advertising her sex toys business in the party. Arieth wants to use a cloning kit on the protagonist’s penis to sell copies of it.

Ashley and Sarah are talking about Ashley’s situation with Derek and Anthony. Sarah advises her to keep sleeping with both of them and not enter a relationship. When the protagonist arrives, Ashley tries to hide the subject but Sarah asks him for his opinion on the situation, which embarrasses Ashley. The protagonist replies that he’s biased on the question but that he knows Derek has feelings for her.

John Boy and Elena ask the protagonist for help finding out who is “X”, for the task that requires finding the person with that ticket and having sex with him. The protagonist meets a few new girls: Felicia, Charlotte, Leanne, Erin, and Mia, as well as an unnamed girl with blue eyes.

Quinn and Lily are talking about Vinny’s threat and Lily tells Quinn she has to do something about it or else Lily is going to tell the girls about it. Quinn promises that she has a plan that will take care of everything in the next few days.

Bianca and Carla are at the party and are shocked at the missions they have to do, realizing they can’t do them due to their boyfriends. The protagonist lets them know that there is going to be some way to get out of doing the missions soon.

The protagonist questions Rusty on what Nick said about Tommy stealing money and Rusty says that he lent the money to Tommy and that he can’t say anymore because it’s protected by the DIK secret code. Tommy gets Gina to remove her nipple tape and they go to have sex. Karen, Sally, and Clara are also at the party. Camila is dancing with Jacob.

Heather, Melanie, Leon, and Zoey are talking about Heather’s breakup with Tommy. Melanie complains that there are not enough guys and the protagonist tells her he planned it in “WWTD” since Tommy has been bummed out, to the surprise of Heather. Melanie asks about Nick and they inform her that they don’t want to talk about him behind his back, as Heather is uncomfortable with the discussion, and the protagonist pulls Zoey to the side and explains that Nick is related to what happened with Heather and Tommy. Zoey reveals that she applied to B&R.

Right before the competitions start, Philip appears at the door and reveals that a concerned student told him about the party at the DIK mansion, and he wants to verify that there isn’t any alcohol or drugs. The protagonist denies the drugs but confesses the alcohol, but Philip doesn’t make a big deal of it. As he’s about to end the discussion, the girls from The Pink Rose arrive. Philips asks who are they and bursts out laughing when the protagonist admits that they are strippers.

The competitions start and it is revealed that people who take part in them will be freed from their obligation to perform their task.

Conditional story - Party competitions In the wet T-shirt competition, Heather volunteers because she wants to make Tommy jealous. In the dildo-sucking competition, Tommy partners up with Gina, Derek with Ashley, and the protagonist can either pick Bianca, Heather, or Zoey for himself.

The girls are at Bella’s house and discuss the panty party, and Bella is hurt that she wasn’t invited. Sage decides to prank the protagonist and tells him that Bella wants to come to the panty party, and he replies that Bella is mature and not the type to attend such a party. Bella decides to double down on the prank and suggests they have a panty party of their own, and tell the protagonist that he is not invited. Bella convinces the girls to strip to their underwear and send a group picture to the protagonist, then tells Sage to ignore his calls, assuming that he will leave the Christmas panty party and show up at her house. The girls conclude that Bella isn’t as mature and boring as they thought she was.

Jacob and Leon inform the protagonist that Kylie and Penny showed up at the party and ask him what to do with them. Tara also arrives, to the delight of Tiffani and Gina. The protagonist finds out that X is Leon, however, it turns out that John Boy is the one who got the mission to have sex with X and not Elena as the protagonist assumed. Jamie and Karen are making out.

Zoey is hanging around Becky, Erin, and Felicia who are talking about having sex with the DIKs. Felicia says that she has trouble being with Rusty because of his history with Joanne. Becky is being obnoxious and insults Zoey. Becky invites the protagonist to have sex with her in his room but he pranks her by sending guys there. The guess who competition takes place in Tommy’s room, where party members try to guess whose tits or ass is shown. Arieth is seen entering the protagonist’s room searching for him, she goes to the back of the room and is excited by what she found. Tara reveals that she apologized to the DIKs for her part in the posters and that she and Oscar are not together anymore. The protagonist completes his task by having Sarah, Bianca, Carla, Sandy, and Heather sit on his lap.

The protagonist is approached by the blue-eyed girl who asks him about the party and why he hasn’t kissed anyone under the mistletoe. The protagonist recognizes her as being the girl from science class, and asks her for her name. She flirts with him and says that maybe she’s Cinderella before leaving.

It is revealed that the consequence for not completing the task is simply getting a spank from Derek and drinking a shot, to the surprise of guests who expected something much worse.

Conditional story - Hanging out at the party

Jill & Isabella TODO Bianca

Others The protagonist has sex with Tiffani and Tara, who tells him that she once had a larger penis than his, not knowing that the blowjob she gave in the glory hole was also to the protagonist. The protagonist helps Sally with her task of doing "seven minutes in heaven", and they end up making out. Before the blue-eyed girl leaves, she asks him if he isn't "Mr. Danger" or "Mr. Teddy Bear", according to their discussion in Derek's closet at the Halloween party. Lily asks the protagonist to confront Nicole about them rolling together. Nicole asks the protagonist to either commit to their relationship by breaking up with Lily or end it. If he ends his relationship with Nicole, Lily realizes that he broke up with Nicole for her and they have sex, but afterward Lily feels troubled by the feelings that have formed between them. If he ends his relationship with Lily, she seems bummed out and tells him to take good care of Nicole. TODO Elena The protagonist finds Quinn in the movie theater, and she tells him she is now ready to open up to him, but that she first needs to know why he cares about her so much. Quinn tells her life story, revealing that Rox died on the night of the flashback of her leaving her bed and seeing them do cocaine, also due to the fentanyl that was in the cocaine that he used. She was seven years old at the time and afterward, Buddy put her in a foster home because there was nobody left to care for her, as her mom was a drug addict. Her adoptive family tried to make her forget her old life and her father, which caused Quinn to hate them and gravitate back to the drug den which was her memory of Rox. Her adoptive family desperately tried to get her not to use drugs, but since they only cared about appearances, Quinn hid her life as a drug dealer from them and they were happy as long as she got good grades. Quinn then tells how she met Riona while being a drug dealer. Riona was an addict and a customer of Quinn who Quinn used to rip off just for the fun of messing with her. As they started getting closer as friends, Quinn treated her poorly because she wanted Riona to hate her, but Riona always forgave her for her actions, so Quinn started using her as a puppet to do her work for her. Quinn realizes that she doesn't deserve Riona's friendship just as she doesn't deserve the new family she got. The protagonist asks why is she telling him all of this now, and Quinn replies that there might not be another opportunity for her to tell him, as she tells him what happened to Riona and reveals that she is plotting to take revenge against Vinny, Mick, and Buddy for what they've done. Quinn laments herself being a terrible person and the protagonist is extremely disturbed by the revelation. The protagonist texts Riona, telling her he heard from Quinn what happened to her.

Zoey takes the protagonist to his room and reveals her feelings to him. They recall how they met during detention, and Zoey reveals that she got detention on purpose so she could spend more time with him. They discuss their ability to express their feelings, and the protagonist advises her to just say things when it’s hard. Zoey approaches him and tells him that she loves him.

Conditional story - Outcome of Zoey's confession If the protagonist rejects Zoey, she cries before saying that it's not a big deal and they hug. TODO

The protagonist leaves the panty party and arrives at Bella’s party. Bella continues messing with him and tells him that he has to wear a bra because of the dress code. They end up making a bet over a round of beer pong, if Bella loses then everyone takes off their bras, and if the protagonist loses he has to also put a thong.

Conditional story - Hanging out with love interest

Sage - flirted with Camila The protagonist notices that Camila is still not sexually satisfied and propositions Sage about having a threesome with her. Sage and the protagonist leave Bella's party and meet Camila at the HOT house. They have a threesome, and Sage tells Camila she can do anything except kiss the protagonist.

Sage - didn't flirt with Camila - didn't have sex with Jade TODO

Maya & Josy The protagonist sleeps on the couch either with Maya or with Josy.

Jill & Isabella The protagonist sleeps with both Jill and Isabella. Jill and Bella hold hands as they fall asleep.

Zoey TODO

In private at Bella’s house, Maya and Josy discuss their life and the issues in their relationship, Josy says that she wasn’t herself lately and confesses having feelings for the protagonist and having put on lingerie for him when he came to visit her. Maya understands and they agree to communicate more.

The next morning, the girls who slept with DIKs are leaving the party, without a walk of shame this time: Gina, Micha, Clara, along with Ashley, who has a troubled expression. The protagonist finds the dildo helmet from Hell Week broken (after Arieth used it) and glues it back, then eats a sandwich.

Conditional story - Jill The protagonist and Jill go to the mall to buy her new clothes. Jill is trying to buy clothes similar to what she's used to wearing and the protagonist gets her to try some new and daring outfits. Jill thinks about her looking a bit like Lana in these clothes. They have sex in the changing room.

The hungover HOTs are at the alphas’ Christmas party, as Alex reveals to Dawe that the DIKs had a party the previous day. Dawe confronts Sage who tells him that she, Josy, and Maya weren’t at that party and that she can’t tell the HOTs what to do with their free time as they are individuals. Dawe is angry and is now determined to get the HOTs to the New Year’s party too, as he goes to talk with Sage again.

Chad reveals that he investigated what happened in the trashing of the DIK mansion, that it was Darius and Caleb who were sent to do the trashing on Dawe’s order because they were still pledges, and that they didn’t pay any particular attention to Nick’s room but simply had to leave because the DIKs were on their way back. The protagonist wraps Christmas gifts for the group and leaves for the Christmas dinner at Bella’s house.

Maya and Derek return home to visit Patrick, who reveals that Helen’s situation is deteriorating and that it’s taking a huge mental toll on him. They sit down to talk but before Maya can say what she wants Patrick breaks into tears and apologizes for how Thanksgiving went and for not being able to give them the life they deserved, also revealing that he was abused by his father. Maya forgives Patrick and lets him know she will be funding college on her own from now on. On the way back, Maya and Derek discuss forgiving Patrick and the stories they’ve heard about his abusive father.

The group meets up at Bella’s house for the early Christmas dinner. Bella and Jill discuss the mood at Jill’s family this time of the year, with Jill revealing that her father is not in good shape due to excessive drinking. Jill also reveals that the plans with Jonathan are going well and that they are going to launch the campaign soon. At the ANO mansion, the preps are laughing at Tybalt’s inability to walk straight behind his back and Lucas reveals that he bought an identical suit to the one Tybalt has to annoy him.

Tybalt sees a letter under the door to his room. He opens it and looks at the contents, as his expression turns serious, but not shocked or displeased. At the Tri-Alpha mansion, Dawe lets the guys know they got more named letters, as Chad quickly grabs them but Caleb snatches them from him and gives Dawe and Anthony their letters. Dawe’s letter contains proof of the protagonist and Derek pouring semen into his shaker bottle during Hell Week, and Anthony’s has something to do with Ashley and Derek (presumably images of them having sex), along with a message insinuating that the DIKs are the worst and must be destroyed. Caleb is about to open Chad’s letter when Chad hits him and they fight. Chad takes his letter and storms out and Caleb notes that Chad is hiding something, as all the jocks are mad and want to take revenge on the DIKs.

Quinn packs her belongings and takes Sage’s binoculars from the closet in her room. Out in the street, she pulls out her phone’s memory card and breaks it. She leaves her bag in a cheap hotel room and heads downtown. On her way there she apologizes to Rox, saying that to survive, the ermine had to learn a few tricks from the rat. From the window of a nearby building, Quinn watches the drug den in the binoculars, as police lights illuminate the street. Quinn eats an apple while watching the events unfold.

Magnar is in his dorm working on the code of the Brawler app, when Ron enters the room and jokingly gives Magnar a letter with his name on it. Magnar opens it to see a funny cartoon and is unamused, revealing that the nerds are behind the letters. Magnar asks Ron if he succeeded in his task and Ron replies that he did although it was difficult. Ron says he is worried that Chad might not react the way they intended and Magnar replies that Chad can’t afford to partner up with the protagonist, implying that they know about the discussion between the two. Magnar says that at any rate, they can resort to plan B, and reveals that the motive for their actions is to cause the other fraternities to collapse so that the Tri-Beta fraternity can rule over the university.

The group gathers for the Christmas dinner in Bella’s house, as the table is tidied up. Derek talks about the recent events and wants to perform a Sabrage for the occasion, revealing that he bought a bottle of sparkling wine and a cheap saber for the task. Not knowing what he’s doing, Derek chops off a part of his finger. He falls on the dinner table, wrecking it in the process as he’s spraying blood all over the place and everybody panics. In a rush to find towels to stop the bleeding, Maya bursts into Isabella’s mysterious room, stopping at the entrance as she’s shocked to see it. The protagonist also stops and stares upon seeing it, as Bella is terrified.