Kate followed the river of people, her eyes searching for blond hair. Not Mandy, but Sandra. She couldn't -- she refused to act as a barrier between Sandra and Ethan. After he told her about his stalker, she could understand his reluctance to put the blonde in her place, but he would have to get over it, otherwise his looks would give him problems with women all of his life. Oh, there she was. Kate spotted Sandra and carefully trailed behind her, looking for an opening to ambush her. She had rejected Ethan's plea for help, but there was a little something that she could do for him. And for herself. Until now her only goal had been to survive these last two years of high school, staying as unnoticeable as possible, wishing she could fade away, but now... She was so close to getting her mother back, something that before Ethan had showed up in her life she had only dreamt of; in that context surviving high school seemed like such an easy thing now, such a small thing.
