Effy's father drives her to her first day at Roundview College, but gets into a car accident after driving over a bike in the road. Effy waits silently in the car as her father engages in an argument with an elderly bystander, where she catches the eye of best friends Freddie, Cook and JJ.
During a welcoming ceremony in the auditorium/gym, Effy and Freddie make eye contact again. When Freddie attempts to engage in conversation with Effy at her locker, explaining that he'd like to get to know her, she warns him that his best friends Cook and JJ want the same, which will likely make things "complicated." She then gives him a list of all the things they're not supposed to do in school (drugs, arson, sex, teacher abuse, etc.), and whoever —Freddie, Cook, or JJ (Although JJ is most unlikely to take part) —completes it first before the day's end, she'll grant an opportunity to "get to know" her. In class it's Freddie's turn to introduce himself, and he reveals he met a beautiful girl,