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Secrets comes to light, and while some are welcomed for they are the truth, for others it causes them personal discomfort.
Amari-Sali17 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Surprise! Lexi is back and this throws a monkey wrench in Jesus' plans to breakup with her since seemingly doing so by e-mail, and because he thought he would never see her again, would be the easiest way. But, as a whole, everyone seemingly is having some trouble expressing their inner feelings and while for some they are holding secrets, others are just trying to hide away feelings they aren't ready to confront just yet. With that said, let's talk about this episode.

Topic 1: Secrets from a Significant Other (Lexi & Jesus – Featuring Emma; Stef & Lena; Brandon, Dani and Mike)

Let's begin with Lexi and Jesus. Now, despite him having the ability to face chat Lexi, and give their breakup some dignity. Jesus, originally, plans to breakup with Lexi via e-mail. But, SURPRISE! She has come to visit. This leads to a bit of awkwardness for Emma is waiting for the good news, and then sees Lexi is back, putting her in a sort of limbo. However, upon messing up her finger, possibly on purpose, Jesus lets his feelings for Emma slip in front of Lexi. Thus leading to what was the beginning of the end, for despite Jesus' romantic proclamation, it shows he was already slipping.

Leading to me wonder if he maybe slipping when it comes to his diet and exercise as well. For, as you know, he has ADD and took two pills during his first ever wrestling match, which he won. But, going back to the interesting story, though Jesus quickly deletes the message off Lexi's phone, seemingly it was either still there, or on his phone, and she discovers it. So, to quickly save face, during the moment in which Jesus is under the belief Lexi doesn't know and he is going to get a reward for winning, Lexi decides to lie and say she kissed someone, and then say they aren't going to work due to distance. This, mind you, is a lie, but better than a guy you gave your virginity to breaking up with you over a damn e-mail, I think.

Moving on to the adults, as you can probably tell, Stef seems very uncomfortable with Timothy being Lena's surrogate. Be it because she really wants a White baby, or because she fears all this praise and gushing may mean some type of emotional attachment, it is hard to say. But, you can't deny the father having access to the child is definitely part of the issue. However, the drama of him being dad ends this episode as Stef gives the OK.

Leaving us to talk about Brandon, Dani and Mike. Now, being that Dani and Brandon share a secret, it seems that this has created some sort of trust between them. But, and maybe this is just my weird way of thinking, while they grow close, something about Dani seems fishy. For reasons not let onto, she seems really eager on the idea of moving in all of a sudden, and creating some type of family between her, Mike and Brandon. Now, could this be genuine? Maybe, but at the same time I sort of wonder if she is trying to keep the keeper of her secret close? Though, I should note, Brandon seemed to trust her enough to tell her the truth about the $900 he took, and she gave him $900 to cover the truth about what he did with it, so maybe they have a mutual understanding which isn't as sinister as I'm thinking?

Topic 2: Feelings Revealed (Mariana and Zach)

With Lexi back, Marianna now has a gal pal, and someone to give her advice, even if non-solicited. You see, with Lexi being worldly, or just not a virgin anymore, it seems body language is her 3rd language and her watching Mariana and Zach makes her think something is there, and Mariana needs to foster it, no pun intended. So, Marianna awkwardly flirts and Zach seems very confused, but with a kiss any confusion is gone, but Zach's mom seems odd, and seemingly he has some family secrets big enough to keep him and Mariana from being together. Making it so with every secret revealed, a new one has to pop up.

Topic 3: I Know Who You Are (Callie & Brandon)

Just to note quickly: Callie doesn't snitch on Brandon, but does convince him to discard his fake ID. Thing is, Brandon takes it past just him doing the right thing and decides to ruin Vico's (Named Vic in previous posts) business in the process. Now, mind you, Vico is the vicious wrestler who knocked Jesus out as part of initiation, so Brandon stabbing him in the back, and ruining his reputation by saying kids were getting caught, naturally is going to lead to revenge. But, seemingly Callie is going to be the one who pays.

Not before she decides to, on her own, visit her father though. Making us wonder how long has she known where he lived? Much less, why is he ready to give up his children?
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