Waverly’s mom jabs her again. Waverly asks if her mom is going to say anything about the apartment (i.e., Rich living there), and her mom just comments on the apartment being a mess.
We flash back to the first time Waverly was seriously hurt by her mother.
Waverly is ten-years-old and sick of her mom boasting about her chess skills and taking all the credit for Waverly’s clever chess strategies.
In a crowd of people, Waverly yells at her mom to stop showing off and basically tells her that she knows nothing about chess.
Waverly’s mom is mad and gives her daughter the silent treatment for the next few days.
Waverly decides not to respond with anger; she ignores her mom right back and quits playing chess for a few days in order to spite her mother. Basically, Waverly’s trying to make her mom so mad that she has to talk to her.
Waverly decides to skip a tournament, but even this elicits no response from her mother.
After a week, she announces that she’s ready to begin playing again, hoping she’ll get a positive reaction out of her mom. But her mother tells her that it’s not so easy, just because Waverly is smart and can pick things up quickly doesn’t mean she should be so fickle.
Waverly contracts chicken pox, and her mother looks after her, ending their silent battle.