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It was said by Henry David Thoreau, a famous naturalist and poet who wrote essays about and took part in the Transcendentalism movement, which happened in America in the mid-19th century. You don't care about this, nor do I.

So she goes to the only person she feels like she can talk to. Her ex, Vickie.

It’s a little awkward at first, mostly because Robin has been gone so long, but when they broke up they promised they would stay friends. So they go back to Robin’s house and order pizza and drink wine and talk and, eventually, Robin ends up crying on Vickie’s shoulder about how hopeless the situation feels because she was so sure nancy liked her back.

She ends up getting makeup and tears all over the collar of Vickie’s white shirt. Like an embarrassing amount. So, when she stops crying, she lets Vickie change into one of her own shirts and promises to try and scrub the stain out.

The doorbell rings and Vickie gets up to get it, assuming it’s the pizza guy, letting Robin go into the bathroom to clean herself up and try to fix the shirt.

And it isn’t the pizza guy. Because of course it isn’t.

It’s Nancy, hands shaking, with the intention of confessing everything to Robin.

And who does she see? Robin’s ex. Robin’s ex, standing in Robin’s dark and empty house, wearing Robin’s goddamn shirt, the same goddamn shirt that Nancy wore the last time she spent the night before they parted ways to go to school.

Vickie freezes like she’s been caught, which doesn’t help, and hurriedly asks what Nancy’s doing here, which definitely doesn’t help.

Nancy’s mortified. Mortified and confused and jealous and heartbroken. She comes up with an excuse incredibly fast, like she always does, and rushes off. Vickie, at least, tries to get her to stay until Robin gets done, but Nancy isn’t even hearing her at this point. She just races back to her car, feeling like her whole world just shattered.

Nancy goes to Jonathan’s house immediately. He’s the first one she came out to, when they broke up, and the only one that knows about her feelings for Robin and that she was planning to act on them that night.

Jonathan has a funny feeling about this whole thing. He was so sure that there was something between Nancy and Robin on that rooftop, that’s why he asked Nancy to meet him privately afterwards. He could see it in Robin’s eyes, in the way she was talking to her, in the ‘How are the babes at Emerson?’ comment. He knew that Nancy’s feelings were reciprocated. Without a shadow of a doubt. But now…?

It’s a difficult situation, and all Nancy really needs at that moment is comfort, not more false hope (if it even is false…) So he comforts her and promises her everything will turn out alright. He invites her to stay the night and he sleeps in a sleeping bag on the floor in front of the couch because Hopper was a little weird about them sharing a room even though his mom had never cared and he and Nancy weren’t even together anymore.

And, in the morning, they head to Melvald’s together to grab some ingredients so he can make them pancakes.

Robin has spiraled directly from heartbreak to crisis. What had meant to be a quick run to the store to get ice cream (For breakfast, yes, Vickie was appalled) has turned into the two of them arguing over a box of hair dye. Melvalds only really has hair bleach, and Robin’s hair is already a caramel blonde, so Vickie doesn’t see the point, and Robin is trying to explain it to her. By the time Robin starts talking about dying her hair with Kool Aid packets, Vickie’s getting a migraine.

Of course the four of them bump into each other and it’s like the entire atmosphere freezes. Robin and Nancy can hardly talk to each other, both of them still feeling the stings of heartbreak, but they’re able to shuffle through some quiet pleasantries. Robin mentions something about ‘knowing all along that everything would work out’ and Nancy, who thinks she’s talking about her own relationship with Vickie, has to grit her teeth when she responds that she agrees.

Vickie and Jonathan are watching them and, suddenly, a lightbulb goes off above both of their heads. When they look at each other, they burst out laughing.

Robin and Nancy are standing there in shock, both completely unaware of what’s going on.

Jonathan and Vickie have a little “Does she think that we’re…?” “Oh my god, yes, does she think that we—??” “Yes!!” moment while Nancy and Robin are staring at them, trying their best not to be insulted.

Jonathan asks if Vickie likes pancakes and Vickie throws the box of hair dye on one of the shelves, both of them turning around with strict orders for Nancy and Robin, “Talk to each other. Like, actually talk.” and to Robin’s shock, Jonathan adds in, “And if it helps, we’re not together,” and Vickie addresses Nancy while she tries not to laugh, “None of us are.”

Steve: wHat?

Eddie: I want to be on Buzzfeed Unsolved.