Donna and all the other teenagers are quite taken by laid-back, honest James, while Ringo still can't help but be wary of this newcomer. He soon realises that his criticism of James is doing some serious damage to Donna's attitude towards him and so decided to compromise with her. Only having his best interest at heart, Ringo tells Donna that he will stop being dubious of James if she asks him to have a DNA test.

Meanwhile, Kate can't wait for the deb ball, very excited at the prospect of dancing the night away. Her enthusiasm is, however, seriously dampened when Harry tells her that Kyle told him that deb balls are great places to score girls and so he is planning on going. Horrified at the idea and after reasoning with Harry proves futile, Kate visits Kyle and begs him to stop her brother from going to the ball. Kyle then says he will do so, but only if Kate agrees to be his date for the dance.

Also, Declan doesn't have a very good attitude as the test for his VCE approaches, claiming that it's just a stupid test and stubbornly refusing to accept anybody's help or to apply for Special Consideration.