Katie (Gabbie Carter) is curled up miserably on her bed, surrounded by crumpled tissues and food wrappers. She’s been too depressed to go to school for the past few days, but today she has no choice but to go back. She opens her closet door to get her school uniform, but gets upset when she sees her cheerleader outfit, hinting that her depression has something to do with cheerleading.
Later that day, after school, Katie spots her schoolmate Maria (Jane Wilde), who is wearing a cheerleading uniform. Katie’s eyes narrow with contempt, and she decides to follow Maria to her home. When Maria arrives at her house, she is surprised to see that Katie has followed her, but she gloatingly calls Katie ‘ex-captain’, and arrogantly invites her inside.
From their conversation, it is revealed that Katie used to be the captain of the cheerleading squad, but she got kicked off the squad after she was somehow outed as a lesbian. The school’s conservative faculty d
