>>EDITOR: This is kick ass stuff. Like really sly and unconventional.
>>VIVIAN: So which story do you think works better?
The reporter sees a kid getting a text from a cyber bully? Or the girl crying in the bathroom?
>>EDITOR: I don't know yet. Maybe both?
I love the little black dude and his super ink. We've got to run this.
>>VIVIAN: Sweet.
>>EDITOR: But they both need names.
>>VIVIAN: Right.
>>SOPHIE: Are you kidding me?
>>VIVIAN: What?
>>SOPHIE: Cool idea. Trying to uncover everyone's secrets.
>>VIVIAN: It's a truth finding mission. For the good of humanity.
>>SOPHIE: Seriously?
You don't see how this is hypocritical?
I'm just saying, before you go around giving people up, why don’t you start with yourself.
>>JODIE: Is that an actual letter? Like the kind you get in the mail?
>>VIVIAN: Sort of.
>>JODIE: I'm so impressed. Do you need a stamp? I don't even know if I have any stamps.
>>VIVIAN: That’s okay.
>>JODIE: I miss mail. I would love to get a real letter again.
>>VIVIAN: Well, actually, this is sort of for you.
>>JODIE: Uh-oh. What secret teenage code did I violate this time?
>>VIVIAN: You didn't do anything. It’s just... some things are easier to write than to say.
>>JODIE: Viv, you can tell me anything. That's one of the perks of not being your mother.
I don't have to take the blame or the credit for whatever it is.
>>VIVIAN: Shit, man. Okay. So, you know Aster...
>>JODIE: I'm starting to. I mean, she's here all the time.
>>VIVIAN: The thing is, we're not friends.
>>JODIE: Did you have a fight? I can't believe two people as close as you would stop being friends.
>>VIVIAN: We were never friends.
>>JODIE: Uh huh.
>>VIVIAN: I mean, we're more than that.
>>JODIE: Uh huh.
>>VIVIAN: Do you know what I'm trying to say?
>>JODIE: It's special. You have something special. I see that.
>>VIVIAN: I'm gay. We're gay. We're gay together.
You're weirded. I'm so weirding you out.
>>JODIE: Why did you decide to tell me this now?
>>VIVIAN: You know the comic strip I'm writing with Arch? Well, there's this girl reporter character in it,
Who tries to get people to come clean about who they really are. So, I can't go around pretending I'm not who I am,
When this character who's going to be a lesbian is pretty obviously based on me. And I want you to read it, Aunt Jodie,
Because you're a great editor and I really think you can help me, but I didn't want you to find out that way.
>>JODIE: I appreciate that.
>>VIVIAN: So, are you okay with it?
>>JODIE: I will be.
>>VIVIAN: Do you know how long that's going to take?
>>JODIE: You sleep together.
>>VIVIAN: Yeah... Most kids my age are pretty much -- sexually active.
>>JODIE: In my house. You sleep together, but you're not friends, and you're not exactly having a pajama party.
>>VIVIAN: Is that not cool?
>>JODIE: I don't know. If you had a boyfriend, would it be cool? I don't see it being okay for a boy to spend the night with you.
>>VIVIAN: So, you don't want Aster to come and stay over anymore?
>>JODIE: That's not what I want. I'm just trying to wrap my mind around this.
>>VIVIAN: Because my Dad's okay with it.
>>JODIE: He knows? Of course. Of course he knows.
>>VIVIAN: Don't be mad at him for not saying anything. It was up to me. Aunt Jodie, please don't be mad at him.
>>JODIE: Sweetie, I'm not mad at anyone. I'm just replaying everything that’s happened since you came to live here,
And it's a whole different movie this time.
>>VIVIAN: I was always going to tell you.
I told Aunt Jodie.
>>ASTER: No way! How'd she take it?
>>VIVIAN: Not really sure. She said she wasn't mad but she also seemed like maybe she could be.
>>ASTER: What did she say?
>>VIVIAN: Nothing really. But she did seem a little freaked when she realized our sleep overs weren't the,
"stay up all night talking about boys" kind of sleep over.
>>ASTER: So I won't pack a bag next time I come to see you.
>>VIVIAN: That's probably a good idea.
>>ASTER: Wait, do you think she'll have a problem with me now? Maybe she’ll think it's all my fault.
Like you were this great kid who had tea parties and made sheet forts and said please and thank you and then...
You met me and I turned you.
>>VIVIAN: Right? Look, you can still see your teeth marks.
>>ASTER: I'm serious.
>>VIVIAN: Well, at least we don't have to hear any more best friend stories.
>>ASTER: Do you think now she'll tell us stories about that one special girl that she regrets letting get away?
>>VIVIAN: God, I hope not.
>>ASTER: You did it though.
>>VIVIAN: Yeah. I guess I did.
We were so hyped about the strip, you know? And then Sophie saw it and totally called me out. I was pretty bummed. But, she was right.
It was time to step up.
>>ASTER: So Sophie convinced you to tell your Aunt?
>>VIVIAN: I guess. Sort of.
I mean, no. It's not like I did it because of her.
>>ASTER: Yeah.
>>VIVIAN: It was just the timing. I was ready. It's no big thing.
>>ASTER: We almost broke up over this. Now you're telling me that the girl you had a crush on,
Got you to do the thing I've been asking you to do for months? Not a big thing at all.
>>VIVIAN: She called me a hypocrite, and it just hit me.
>>ASTER: Oh, so I should have been more insulting. Or maybe it wouldn't have mattered, because I'm not her.
>>VIVIAN: That is so not how it is. Aster, come on. This isn't about Sophie at all.
>>ASTER: Sure about that?
>>VIVIAN: As soon as I realized I was going to tell my aunt, all I could think about was you,
And how she was finally gonna get to know who you really are to me. It's always been about you.
>>ASTER: Then why does it feel like today was about Sophie, too?
>>VIVIAN: I don't know what else to say.
>>ASTER: Let's just not say anything.
It's awesome you told her. And I'll see you tomorrow, ok?
>>VIVIAN: Yes. You will.