Tyrone
- Tyrone doesn't get it: Don't girls like the way they look? At least boys don't have that problem.
Lupe
- Lupe decides to break up with Marco. She hardly ever sees him, plus she figures she needs someone better than Marco to be the father of her child.
- Lupe breaks up with Marco over the phone and then calls Leslie to cry.
- She's upset and feels alone, and Leslie assures her that it's going to be okay. She felt this same way when her mom died.
Open Mike: El Noche
- Lupe's poem is about loneliness.
- She feels like she's all alone in the darkness, but then she sees a friend in the distance. Yay.
Tyrone
- Every time Lupe reads a poem, she's so quiet that Tyrone can barely hear.
- Mr. Ward asks Lupe to read her poem again.
- She may be quiet, but her words are powerful. Girls are good at that sort of thing, Tyrone thinks.
Janelle
- Janelle is surprised to hear Judianne's poem—she always thought Judianne was so confident, but it turns out she isn't.
- Janelle can relate, so the next time she's in the bathroom and sees Judianne, she tells her so.
- Judianne isn't having it, though. She tells Janelle her poem was just a bunch of words that didn't mean anything.
- Besides, they're nothing alike; Janelle is fat and Judianne is most definitely not.
- Janelle doesn't try to talk to her again. Why give Judianne the chance to be mean?
- Plus, she knows the truth and Judianne doesn't: Calling Janelle names won't make Judianne feel better about herself.
- That's some real talk right there.