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	[[Mike]] insists he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Lucy]] calls him a liar, [[Tess]] calls it a Freudian slip, and [[Paulo]] calls him a cheater — repeatedly, and with a bat. Freshman year is off to a wonderful start.		[[Mike]] insists he doesn't have a girlfriend. [[Lucy]] calls him a liar, [[Tess]] calls it a Freudian slip, and [[Paulo]] calls him a cheater, repeatedly and with a bat. Freshman year is off to a wonderful start.

	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	Between classes, [[Tess]] welcomes [[Mike]] and [[Lucy]] to [[Roseville High School\|high school]] with the advice that Mike simply shouldn't get a girlfriend. When he insists he doesn't have one, Lucy rounds on him with a disgusted "You goddamn liar." and walks off.<ref name=":c22p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p1}}</ref>		Between classes, [[Tess]] welcomes [[Mike]] and [[Lucy]] to [[Roseville High School\|high school]] with the advice that Mike simply shouldn't get a girlfriend. When he insists he doesn't have one, Lucy rounds on him with a disgusted "You goddamn liar." and walks off.<ref name=":c22p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p1}}</ref>

	The girlfriend rumor also reaches [[Yashy]], who swears to kill whoever has upset Lucy, but Lucy insists with a frighteningly severe glare that nothing is wrong.<ref name=":c22p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p2}}</ref>

	At lunch, Lucy quietly tells Tess that Mike is in a long-distance relationship with a girl he refuses to call a girlfriend, even though she plainly is one. Mike, dozing at the table, dreams of [[Sandy]] and wakes up with his arms around Lucy, murmuring "Sandy?".<ref name=":c22p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p3}}</ref>		At lunch, Lucy quietly tells Tess that Mike is in a long-distance relationship with a girl he refuses to call a girlfriend, even though she plainly is one. Mike, dozing at the table, dreams of [[Sandy]] and wakes up with his arms around Lucy, murmuring "Sandy?".<ref name=":c22p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p3}}</ref>

	[[File:c22_p3_panel18.png\|alt=Mike's fur stands on end as he realizes he is hugging Lucy at the lunch table, while Tess holds her head in her hands and David prances in singing "Awk-ward".\|thumb\|Mike's lunchtime nap goes about as badly as a nap can go.]]		[[File:c22_p3_panel18.png\|alt=Mike's fur stands on end as he realizes he is hugging Lucy at the lunch table, while Tess holds her head in her hands and David prances in singing "Awk-ward".\|thumb\|Mike's lunchtime nap goes about as badly as a nap can go.]]
	Tess talks Mike through his denial afterward~~, and between~~ the slip and Sandy's recent romantic gift he finally admits that maybe they do have something serious, and that he needs to talk to her. [[Paulo]] decides that pining after Lucy while a girlfriend waited on him makes Mike a cheater, and the guilt trip escalates into punches, a bat, and a chanting crowd.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>		Tess talks Mike through his denial afterward. Between the slip and Sandy's recent romantic gift, he finally admits that maybe they do have something serious, and that he needs to talk to her. [[Paulo]] decides that pining after Lucy while a girlfriend waited on him makes Mike a cheater, and the guilt trip escalates into punches, a bat, and a chanting crowd.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>

	In gym class, a bruised Mike apologizes to Lucy, admitting that Sandy really is like a girlfriend to him and that pretending otherwise was cruel. Lucy looks glum for a moment, then turns away with a "Duh, like I even care" that Mike happily takes as forgiveness.<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>		In gym class, a bruised Mike apologizes to Lucy, admitting that Sandy really is like a girlfriend to him and that pretending otherwise was cruel. Lucy looks glum for a moment, then turns away with a "Duh, like I even care" that Mike happily takes as forgiveness.<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>
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	== Character dynamics ==		== Character dynamics ==
	* '''Mike and Sandy:''' The two have been stuck in long-distance limbo for years, trading letters without ever putting a label on things.<ref name=":c17p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c17/p2}}</ref> Tess's prodding, plus the memory of the bonsai tree Sandy left him in [[Hot Pursuit]], finally gets Mike off the fence.<ref name=":c20p12">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c20/p12}}</ref><ref name=":c22p4" /> She really did wait for him, he decides, and he needs to talk to her. By the end of the chapter he's saying out loud, to Lucy of all people, that Sandy is like a girlfriend to him.<ref name=":c22p5" />		* '''Mike and Sandy:''' The two have been stuck in long-distance limbo for years, trading letters without ever putting a label on things.<ref name=":c17p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c17/p2}}</ref> Tess's prodding, plus the memory of the bonsai tree Sandy left him in [[Hot Pursuit]], finally gets Mike off the fence.<ref name=":c20p12">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c20/p12}}</ref><ref name=":c22p4" /> She really did wait for him, he decides, and he needs to talk to her. By the end of the chapter he's saying out loud, to Lucy of all people, that Sandy is like a girlfriend to him.<ref name=":c22p5" />
	* '''Mike and Lucy:''' Lucy has known about Sandy ever since the letter fell out of Mike's mail in [[Unfulfilled Fantasy]], ~~and his flat denials are what set her off here.~~<ref name=":c17p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c17/p1}}</ref>~~<ref name=":c22p1" /> Getting hugged~~ and ~~called "Sandy" doesn't help matters~~.<ref name=":~~c22p3~~" /> ~~She does accept~~ his gym-class apology, ~~but only~~ from behind a wall of feigned indifference, and she'd rather win the dodgeball round than dig him out.<ref name=":c22p5" /> Veronica's commentary on the first page puts it plainly: Lucy is "slowly closing off."<ref name=":c22p1" />		* '''Mike and Lucy:''' The trouble between these two runs on denial from both sides. Mike won't admit Sandy is a girlfriend, and Lucy won't admit how much the lie hurts her. She has known about Sandy ever since the letter fell out of Mike's mail in [[Unfulfilled Fantasy]],<ref name=":c17p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c17/p1}}</ref> and his flat denials are what set her off here.<ref name=":c22p1" /> Even when she accepts his gym-class apology, it comes from behind a wall of feigned indifference, and she'd rather win the dodgeball round than dig him out.<ref name=":c22p5" /> Veronica's commentary on the first page puts it plainly: Lucy is "slowly closing off."<ref name=":c22p1" />
	* '''Tess and Mike:''' They only met the day before,<ref name=":c21p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c21/p3}}</ref> but Tess slides straight into the confidante role, prying the truth out of Mike one smirk at a time and pointing out that the bonsai was Sandy's answer.<ref name=":c22p4" />		* '''Tess and Mike:''' They only met the day before,<ref name=":c21p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c21/p3}}</ref> but Tess slides straight into the confidante role, prying the truth out of Mike one smirk at a time and pointing out that the bonsai was Sandy's answer.<ref name=":c22p4" />

	== Trivia & observations ==		== Trivia & observations ==
	* ~~All five pages carry~~ the ~~same publication date. The whole chapter went up on 22 March 2010 in one go.<ref name=":c22p1" />~~		* Per Veronica's commentary, the rewritten version of this chapter changed what the ending means. Originally, Mike "just plain ol' decides he's dating Sandy, without actually confirming it with her". A fan pointed out the problem, so the current pages make it clear he intends to actually talk to her first. Veronica credits that fan with "You changed history!"<ref name=":c22p4" />
	* This is a redrawn and rewritten chapter~~, and the rewrite~~ changed the ending~~'s meaning~~. ~~Per Veronica's commentary~~, Mike ~~originally~~ "just plain ol' decides he's dating Sandy, without actually confirming it with her". A fan pointed out the problem, so the ~~new version makes~~ it clear he intends to actually talk to her first. Veronica credits ~~the~~ fan with "You changed history!"<ref name=":c22p4" />		* Yashy hears about a girlfriend in this chapter, swearing to kill whoever has upset Lucy, yet Sandy still comes as a shock to her much later.<ref name=":c22p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p2}}</ref> Veronica has since explained that Yashy dismissed the whole thing as a stupid rumour, since nobody ever told her who Sandy was.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/627739729911316480/so-im-rereading-the-comic-because-its-been\|title=Ask response on Yashy dismissing Mike rumors\|date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
	* Yashy hears about a girlfriend ~~here~~, yet Sandy still comes as a shock to her much later. Veronica has since explained that Yashy dismissed the whole thing as a stupid rumour, since nobody ever told her who Sandy was.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/627739729911316480/so-im-rereading-the-comic-because-its-been\|title=Ask response on Yashy dismissing Mike rumors\|date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
	* Speaking of Yashy, Veronica's commentary explains that she almost always comes to school with Lucy, riding in her bookbag or being carried, unless she stays home to play games with [[Blur]] and [[Lily]].<ref name=":c22p2" />		* Speaking of Yashy, Veronica's commentary explains that she almost always comes to school with Lucy, riding in her bookbag or being carried, unless she stays home to play games with [[Blur]] and [[Lily]].<ref name=":c22p2" />
	* David does his "AWK-WARD" bit twice in this chapter, once spoken and once sung, and then never again in the entire comic.<ref name=":c22p1" /><ref name=":c22p3" />		* David does his "AWK-WARD" bit twice in this chapter, once spoken and once sung, and then never again in the entire comic.<ref name=":c22p1" /><ref name=":c22p3" />
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	* '''[[Unfulfilled Fantasy]]''': This is the root of Lucy's grudge. A heart-covered letter slips out of Mike's mail, and Lucy learns he's been writing to Sandy for years.		* '''[[Unfulfilled Fantasy]]''': This is the root of Lucy's grudge. A heart-covered letter slips out of Mike's mail, and Lucy learns he's been writing to Sandy for years.
	* '''[[Hot Pursuit]]''': The bonsai tree comes from here. Mike misses Sandy's visit, and his mom hands him the gift Sandy left behind for him.		* '''[[Hot Pursuit]]''': The bonsai tree comes from here. Mike misses Sandy's visit, and his mom hands him the gift Sandy left behind for him.
	* '''[[A New Leaf]]''': ~~The~~ very next chapter ~~is the direct payoff~~, ~~with~~ Mike ~~phoning~~ Sandy to ask where they actually stand. Veronica has said it was made specifically because a fan found this chapter's ending a bit confusing.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/147114225310/do-you-guys-ever-run-across-fan-theories-you-like\|title=Veronica on fan theories and planning the story\|date=2016-07-08}}</ref>		* '''[[A New Leaf]]''': In the very next chapter, Mike phones Sandy to ask where they actually stand, and she confirms the relationship. Veronica has said the chapter was made specifically because a fan found this chapter's ending a bit confusing.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/147114225310/do-you-guys-ever-run-across-fan-theories-you-like\|title=Veronica on fan theories and planning the story\|date=2016-07-08}}</ref>
	* '''[[Wardrobe Malfunction]]''': A flashback there restages this chapter's mob, with Mike getting egged while a crowd chants "cheater".		* '''[[Wardrobe Malfunction]]''': A flashback there restages this chapter's mob, with Mike getting egged while a crowd chants "cheater".

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	* All five pages carry the same publication date. The whole chapter went up on 22 March 2010 in one go.<ref name=":c22p1" />		* All five pages carry the same publication date. The whole chapter went up on 22 March 2010 in one go.<ref name=":c22p1" />
	* This is a redrawn and rewritten chapter, and the rewrite changed the ending's meaning. Per Veronica's commentary, Mike originally "just plain ol' decides he's dating Sandy, without actually confirming it with her". A fan pointed out the problem, so the new version makes it clear he intends to actually talk to her first. Veronica credits the fan with "You changed history!"<ref name=":c22p4" />		* This is a redrawn and rewritten chapter, and the rewrite changed the ending's meaning. Per Veronica's commentary, Mike originally "just plain ol' decides he's dating Sandy, without actually confirming it with her". A fan pointed out the problem, so the new version makes it clear he intends to actually talk to her first. Veronica credits the fan with "You changed history!"<ref name=":c22p4" />
	* Yashy hears about a girlfriend here, yet Sandy still comes as a shock to her much later. Veronica has since explained that Yashy dismissed the whole thing as a stupid rumour, since nobody ever told her who Sandy was.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/627739729911316480/so-im-rereading-the-comic-because-its-been\|date=2020-08-29}}</ref>		* Yashy hears about a girlfriend here, yet Sandy still comes as a shock to her much later. Veronica has since explained that Yashy dismissed the whole thing as a stupid rumour, since nobody ever told her who Sandy was.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/627739729911316480/so-im-rereading-the-comic-because-its-been\|title=Ask response on Yashy dismissing Mike rumors\|date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
	* Speaking of Yashy, Veronica's commentary explains that she almost always comes to school with Lucy, riding in her bookbag or being carried, unless she stays home to play games with [[Blur]] and [[Lily]].<ref name=":c22p2" />		* Speaking of Yashy, Veronica's commentary explains that she almost always comes to school with Lucy, riding in her bookbag or being carried, unless she stays home to play games with [[Blur]] and [[Lily]].<ref name=":c22p2" />
	* David does his "AWK-WARD" bit twice in this chapter, once spoken and once sung, and then never again in the entire comic.<ref name=":c22p1" /><ref name=":c22p3" />		* David does his "AWK-WARD" bit twice in this chapter, once spoken and once sung, and then never again in the entire comic.<ref name=":c22p1" /><ref name=":c22p3" />
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	* '''[[Unfulfilled Fantasy]]''': This is the root of Lucy's grudge. A heart-covered letter slips out of Mike's mail, and Lucy learns he's been writing to Sandy for years.		* '''[[Unfulfilled Fantasy]]''': This is the root of Lucy's grudge. A heart-covered letter slips out of Mike's mail, and Lucy learns he's been writing to Sandy for years.
	* '''[[Hot Pursuit]]''': The bonsai tree comes from here. Mike misses Sandy's visit, and his mom hands him the gift Sandy left behind for him.		* '''[[Hot Pursuit]]''': The bonsai tree comes from here. Mike misses Sandy's visit, and his mom hands him the gift Sandy left behind for him.
	* '''[[A New Leaf]]''': The very next chapter is the direct payoff, with Mike phoning Sandy to ask where they actually stand. Veronica has said it was made specifically because a fan found this chapter's ending a bit confusing.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/147114225310/do-you-guys-ever-run-across-fan-theories-you-like\|date=2016-07-08}}</ref>		* '''[[A New Leaf]]''': The very next chapter is the direct payoff, with Mike phoning Sandy to ask where they actually stand. Veronica has said it was made specifically because a fan found this chapter's ending a bit confusing.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/147114225310/do-you-guys-ever-run-across-fan-theories-you-like\|title=Veronica on fan theories and planning the story\|date=2016-07-08}}</ref>
	* '''[[Wardrobe Malfunction]]''': A flashback there restages this chapter's mob, with Mike getting egged while a crowd chants "cheater".		* '''[[Wardrobe Malfunction]]''': A flashback there restages this chapter's mob, with Mike getting egged while a crowd chants "cheater".

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	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	Between classes, [[~~Mike~~]] ~~is fretting about yet another English essay, but the real trouble starts when the conversation turns to girlfriends.~~ [[~~Lucy~~]] ~~points out the hallway's mopey emo kids, pleading exes, and brawling boys,~~ and [[~~Tess~~]] ~~welcomes the pair~~ to [[Roseville High School\|high school]] ~~and all its angst and heartbreak. Her~~ advice ~~for~~ Mike is simply ~~not to~~ get a girlfriend~~, which Lucy pointedly notes is too bad for him~~. When he insists he doesn't have one, ~~she~~ rounds on him with ~~open disgust:~~ "You goddamn liar." ~~[[David]] breaks the frozen silence with a well-timed "'''AWK-WARD~!'''"~~<ref name=":c22p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p1}}</ref>		Between classes, [[Tess]] welcomes [[Mike]] and [[Lucy]] to [[Roseville High School\|high school]] with the advice that Mike simply shouldn't get a girlfriend. When he insists he doesn't have one, Lucy rounds on him with a disgusted "You goddamn liar." and walks off.<ref name=":c22p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p1}}</ref>

	English class doesn't offer much of a break. [[Daisy]] is delighted to hear that Mike isn't taken after all, right before their Honors teacher announces class presentations. Over in CP English, [[Paulo]] needles Lucy about Mike's new ball-and-chain and tries to sneak an arm around her, which gets him hurled into a wall by their twenty-year-old teacher. The ~~crack is news to~~ [[Yashy]], who ~~pops out from behind Lucy and~~ swears to kill whoever has upset ~~her.~~ Lucy insists, with a frighteningly severe glare, that nothing is wrong, and ~~Yashy shrinks into a timid~~ "~~M-Mom~~?".<ref name=":~~c22p2~~">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p2}}</ref>		The girlfriend rumor also reaches [[Yashy]], who swears to kill whoever has upset Lucy, but Lucy insists with a frighteningly severe glare that nothing is wrong.<ref name=":c22p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p2}}</ref>

			At lunch, Lucy quietly tells Tess that Mike is in a long-distance relationship with a girl he refuses to call a girlfriend, even though she plainly is one. Mike, dozing at the table, dreams of [[Sandy]] and wakes up with his arms around Lucy, murmuring "Sandy?".<ref name=":c22p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p3}}</ref>

	[[File:c22_p3_panel18.png\|alt=Mike's fur stands on end as he realizes he is hugging Lucy at the lunch table, while Tess holds her head in her hands and David prances in singing "Awk-ward".\|thumb\|Mike's lunchtime nap goes about as badly as a nap can go.]]		[[File:c22_p3_panel18.png\|alt=Mike's fur stands on end as he realizes he is hugging Lucy at the lunch table, while Tess holds her head in her hands and David prances in singing "Awk-ward".\|thumb\|Mike's lunchtime nap goes about as badly as a nap can go.]]
	Lunch is where things really fall apart, once Mike dozes off at the table after a week of late-night assignments. Tess quietly asks Lucy what the girlfriend business is about. Lucy explains that Mike is in a long-distance relationship with a girl he refuses to call a girlfriend, even though she plainly is one and just gave him a lovey-dovey gift. The sleeping Mike, meanwhile, is dreaming of [[Sandy]]. He wakes up with his arms around Lucy and murmurs "Sandy?", at which point Tess breaks into a cold sweat and David prances in to sing the reprise.<ref name=":c22p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p3}}</ref>		Tess talks Mike through his denial afterward, and between the slip and Sandy's recent romantic gift he finally admits that maybe they do have something serious, and that he needs to talk to her. [[Paulo]] decides that pining after Lucy while a girlfriend waited on him makes Mike a cheater, and the guilt trip escalates into punches, a bat, and a chanting crowd.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>

	Tess talks Mike ~~down from~~ his denial afterward, and ~~Paulo makes him pay for it. As far as Tess is concerned, the answer is obvious~~ between the ~~Freudian~~ slip~~, the dreams,~~ and ~~the bonsai tree~~ Sandy ~~gave him with little figures of the two of them. Mike~~ finally admits that maybe they do have something serious, and that he needs to talk to her. Paulo ~~and David draw a different conclusion.~~ Lucy ~~is now up for grabs, and Mike, having pined after her~~ while a girlfriend waited on him~~, is~~ a cheater~~. The~~ guilt trip escalates into punches, a bat, and a ~~whole~~ crowd ~~chanting "Cheater". [[Sue]] objects, for all the good it does~~.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>

	~~Mike catches up with Lucy in~~ gym class, bruised ~~from head~~ to ~~toe~~, ~~and she coldly asks whether her new name is Sandy. The bruises soften her a little, and Mike gets to apologize properly.~~ Sandy really is like a girlfriend to him~~, he says,~~ and it was cruel ~~of him to pretend she wasn't~~. Lucy looks glum for a moment, then turns away with a "Duh, like I even care" that Mike happily takes as forgiveness.<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>		In gym class, a bruised Mike apologizes to Lucy, admitting that Sandy really is like a girlfriend to him and that pretending otherwise was cruel. Lucy looks glum for a moment, then turns away with a "Duh, like I even care" that Mike happily takes as forgiveness.<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>

	~~He doesn't get to enjoy it for long.~~ When he reaches out toward her, a dodgeball knocks him out cold, and Paulo rallies the girls into burying ~~the cheater~~ under a mountain of balls. Lucy stares at the pile ~~for a moment~~, then ~~picks up~~ a ball ~~and throws it~~ back into the game: "Just let me win this one round."<ref name=":c22p5" />		When he reaches out toward her, a dodgeball knocks him out cold, and Paulo rallies the girls into burying him under a mountain of balls. Lucy stares at the pile, then throws a ball back into the game with a quiet "Just let me win this one round."<ref name=":c22p5" />

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	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	Between classes, [[~~Mike~~]] ~~is fretting about yet another English essay, but the real trouble starts when the conversation turns to girlfriends.~~ [[~~Lucy~~]] ~~points out the hallway's mopey emo kids, pleading exes, and brawling boys,~~ and [[~~Tess~~]] ~~welcomes the pair~~ to [[Roseville High School\|high school]] ~~and all its angst and heartbreak. Her~~ advice ~~for~~ Mike is simply ~~not to~~ get a girlfriend~~, which Lucy pointedly notes is too bad for him~~. When he insists he doesn't have one, ~~she~~ rounds on him with ~~open disgust:~~ "You goddamn liar." ~~[[David]] breaks the frozen silence with a well-timed "'''AWK-WARD~!'''"~~<ref name=":c22p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p1}}</ref>		Between classes, [[Tess]] welcomes [[Mike]] and [[Lucy]] to [[Roseville High School\|high school]] with the advice that Mike simply shouldn't get a girlfriend. When he insists he doesn't have one, Lucy rounds on him with a disgusted "You goddamn liar." and walks off.<ref name=":c22p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p1}}</ref>

	English class doesn't offer much of a break. [[Daisy]] is delighted to hear that Mike isn't taken after all, right before their Honors teacher announces class presentations. Over in CP English, [[Paulo]] needles Lucy about Mike's new ball-and-chain and tries to sneak an arm around her, which gets him hurled into a wall by their twenty-year-old teacher. The ~~crack is news to~~ [[Yashy]], who ~~pops out from behind Lucy and~~ swears to kill whoever has upset ~~her.~~ Lucy insists, with a frighteningly severe glare, that nothing is wrong, and ~~Yashy shrinks into a timid~~ "~~M-Mom~~?".<ref name=":~~c22p2~~">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p2}}</ref>		The girlfriend rumor also reaches [[Yashy]], who swears to kill whoever has upset Lucy, but Lucy insists with a frighteningly severe glare that nothing is wrong.<ref name=":c22p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p2}}</ref>

			At lunch, Lucy quietly tells Tess that Mike is in a long-distance relationship with a girl he refuses to call a girlfriend, even though she plainly is one. Mike, dozing at the table, dreams of [[Sandy]] and wakes up with his arms around Lucy, murmuring "Sandy?".<ref name=":c22p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p3}}</ref>

	[[File:c22_p3_panel18.png\|alt=Mike's fur stands on end as he realizes he is hugging Lucy at the lunch table, while Tess holds her head in her hands and David prances in singing "Awk-ward".\|thumb\|Mike's lunchtime nap goes about as badly as a nap can go.]]		[[File:c22_p3_panel18.png\|alt=Mike's fur stands on end as he realizes he is hugging Lucy at the lunch table, while Tess holds her head in her hands and David prances in singing "Awk-ward".\|thumb\|Mike's lunchtime nap goes about as badly as a nap can go.]]
	Lunch is where things really fall apart, once Mike dozes off at the table after a week of late-night assignments. Tess quietly asks Lucy what the girlfriend business is about. Lucy explains that Mike is in a long-distance relationship with a girl he refuses to call a girlfriend, even though she plainly is one and just gave him a lovey-dovey gift. The sleeping Mike, meanwhile, is dreaming of [[Sandy]]. He wakes up with his arms around Lucy and murmurs "Sandy?", at which point Tess breaks into a cold sweat and David prances in to sing the reprise.<ref name=":c22p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p3}}</ref>		Tess talks Mike through his denial afterward, and between the slip and Sandy's recent romantic gift he finally admits that maybe they do have something serious, and that he needs to talk to her. [[Paulo]] decides that pining after Lucy while a girlfriend waited on him makes Mike a cheater, and the guilt trip escalates into punches, a bat, and a chanting crowd.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>

	Tess talks Mike ~~down from~~ his denial afterward, and ~~Paulo makes him pay for it. As far as Tess is concerned, the answer is obvious~~ between the ~~Freudian~~ slip~~, the dreams,~~ and ~~the bonsai tree~~ Sandy ~~gave him with little figures of the two of them. Mike~~ finally admits that maybe they do have something serious, and that he needs to talk to her. Paulo ~~and David draw a different conclusion.~~ Lucy ~~is now up for grabs, and Mike, having pined after her~~ while a girlfriend waited on him~~, is~~ a cheater~~. The~~ guilt trip escalates into punches, a bat, and a ~~whole~~ crowd ~~chanting "Cheater". [[Sue]] objects, for all the good it does~~.<ref name=":c22p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p4}}</ref>

	~~Mike catches up with Lucy in~~ gym class, bruised ~~from head~~ to ~~toe~~, ~~and she coldly asks whether her new name is Sandy. The bruises soften her a little, and Mike gets to apologize properly.~~ Sandy really is like a girlfriend to him~~, he says,~~ and it was cruel ~~of him to pretend she wasn't~~. Lucy looks glum for a moment, then turns away with a "Duh, like I even care" that Mike happily takes as forgiveness.<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>		In gym class, a bruised Mike apologizes to Lucy, admitting that Sandy really is like a girlfriend to him and that pretending otherwise was cruel. Lucy looks glum for a moment, then turns away with a "Duh, like I even care" that Mike happily takes as forgiveness.<ref name=":c22p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c22/p5}}</ref>

	~~He doesn't get to enjoy it for long.~~ When he reaches out toward her, a dodgeball knocks him out cold, and Paulo rallies the girls into burying ~~the cheater~~ under a mountain of balls. Lucy stares at the pile ~~for a moment~~, then ~~picks up~~ a ball ~~and throws it~~ back into the game: "Just let me win this one round."<ref name=":c22p5" />		When he reaches out toward her, a dodgeball knocks him out cold, and Paulo rallies the girls into burying him under a mountain of balls. Lucy stares at the pile, then throws a ball back into the game with a quiet "Just let me win this one round."<ref name=":c22p5" />

	== Character dynamics ==		== Character dynamics ==