Episode 2

As you can imagine, when you’re in a bit of a rebellious phase like Alyssa and need someone to react to you, positively, negatively, whatever, James is a bit of a downer. He doesn’t take much in the way of initiative, speaks in a monotone way, and only engages you when spoken. Yet, he has his moments. He does lick her ear when she tells him to and with him being so quiet, there is the hope that he is listening. Plus, he did initiate dining and ditching, right? Now, if only he’d have sex with Alyssa and she might be a happy girl.

Plot

With their newfound freedom, Alyssa and James go play laser tag but end up having to dine and dash at a restaurant after realising they have spent all their money. After crashing their car, they hitchhike in the van of Martin, a middle-aged man to whom Alyssa does not take kindly. While in the toilets of the restaurant they have stopped at for food, Martin follows James and asks about his burnt hand, before smelling it and putting it on his crotch; James is submissive, despite being disgusted by it. Alyssa sees this and blackmails Martin into giving her his wallet. After booking a hotel room, Alyssa goes to the bathroom and cries, while James waits with his knife by the door, hesitantly. He does not try to kill her. Alyssa calls home and her stepfather Tony answers. He denies her request to speak to her mother, Gwen, implying his dominance over her mother. Alyssa asks James whether he wants her or just goes along with her; he replies that he wants her. She decides to go see her biological father, Leslie, whom she has not seen since she was 8 years old; James agrees to join her.