Episode 2

Nick browsed Charlie's Instagram page.He saw a picture of a school hallway, and underneath it was written that Charlie hated it because he had been bullied there the previous year for coming out as gay.Nick racked his brain to figure out what to say to Charlie, and finally he decided to ask Charlie how he felt after what happened to Ben.Charlie tries to pretend he's okay, but Nick gently reminds him that if he ever needs someone to talk to, he's there.This gave Charlie the courage to be honest with Nick, and it also gave him the courage to open up to Ben.Charlie thanked Nick, calling him his %supportive straight friend, and Nick didn't deny it, but it looked like Nick might be struggling with some feelings of his own.At Higgs School for Girls, the teacher offered to assign Elle a student.But Al declined the invitation and promised to make a friend within the next few weeks.Charlie rereads Nick's text message to him as Xu Tao and Isaac look on.Xu Tao affirmed that Nick was heterosexual and warned Charlie not to let their relationship go too far.Unsatisfied with his friends' advice, Charlie turns to teacher Ajay for help, but the advice isn't much better for him.The teacher says that if Charlie wants to get over his crush, he either needs to distance himself from his crush or learn to live with it in silence.At Higgs School for Girls, Tara chatted with Al after picking up Al's pencil case.Tara also invited her to have lunch with them.Al thinks she only did it because Mr. Greenwood asked her to.At lunch, Al decided to have lunch with Tara and Darcy.At the boys' school, Nick shows Charlie a picture of his adorable dog and invites Charlie to meet him at his house over the weekend.On Saturday, Charlie went to Nick's house and the two played games. Nick said that Charlie was very good at playing games.It was snowing, and the two were playing in the snow.Later that day, Nick's mother asked Nick how he met Charlie.She felt that Nick was more open to himself when he was with Charlie.On Monday morning, Nick returned to school with the intention of texting Charlie and inviting him to hang out for the weekend.But when his friends discovered he was texting someone else, they began to take issue with his situation, and instead of sending, Nick deleted the message.During a rugby game, Xu Tao came over to chat with Charlie.Charlie said he thought Nick might have feelings for him.However, his dreams are shattered when Xu Tao tells Charlie that he overheard Nick possibly liking Tara.Xu Tao called his friends for an emergency meeting after school to help deal with Charlie and Nick's situation.They kept telling Elle what had happened, begging her to talk to Tara.Al promised that if and when she had the chance to ask Tara, she would.At Higgs, Ellie joins Tara and Darcy's French class and takes the opportunity to ask Tara if she has a boyfriend, to which the answer is no.And Darcy either speaks poor French or has a girlfriend.It dawns on Charlie at the boys' school, imagining Nick saying that he only likes girls and that they shouldn't be friends.Nick pulled Charlie out and tried to get him to open up and tell him what was wrong.Instead of telling Nick the truth, he invites him to his house.At the girls' school, Al overhears Darcy and Tara jokingly arguing in the classroom.Al eventually decided to ask them both if there was anything more important than friendship, and eventually learned that Tara and Darcy were a couple.The following weekend, Nick and Charlie spent more time together.Charlie teaches Nick how to play the drums, they watch a movie together, and Nick seems to question his feelings for Charlie.There's even a rather romantic moment where Nick almost holds a sleeping Charlie's hand.But before he suddenly leaves, he hugs Charlie.Charlie approaches his friends to find out what happened with their hug, and Al tells Charlie that Tara doesn't like Nick at all.But that doesn't mean Nick doesn't like her.It's just that there's a good chance they'll never become a couple.At Nick's house, he is still processing his feelings for Charlie.