Previously on Rebelde Way: Mia’s classism has caused Vico to collapse in the middle of Martavio’s lecture. Everyone gathers around, and Martavio tries to slap her awake. Vico freaks out at someone hitting her, and Rocco is like, “Suspicious!” Vico blows them all off and says she’s fine. I bet she’s not fine.
Meanwhile, Francisco is mysteriously skipping class because why not, and he’s trying to get into Sabrina’s pants by telling her about Manuel’s sexual frustration problems. What? Maybe this is why you don’t have a girlfriend, Francisco. Sabrina meebles to him about how she has to go to a checkup and it’s making her depressed over her health, and her life is soooo hard — I mean, okay, I know she survived leukemia and all, but she’s also clearly just trying to screw with him, so whatever. Francisco’s all, “OMG, you’re such a fragile and beautiful flower!” He offers to go to the checkup with her, and she accepts.
Mia takes Vico back to their room, and adorably tells her that she’s going to be her personal nurse. OH, MIA. She tries to get Vico to tell her what’s going on, but Vico says Mia’s friendship is enough to help her. They exchange inspirational speeches about how they’re good people and the rumors people spread about them (Mia being an airhead, Vico being a sl*t) aren’t true, and they have inner strength, blah blah blah. Okay, but for the love of God, Vico, TELL SOMEONE ABOUT YOUR ABUSIVE DAD. Then Feli barges in, and Mia and Vico change the topic and try to needle her about Mateo. Feli gets all snippy and flounces off to talk to Sol.
Manuel, Pablo, Guido, Tomás, and Marcos are…randomly planning to hang out together. Since when did anyone want to party with Marcos? Whatever, I don’t care. Sol eavesdrops on them, but she’s interrupted by Feli, who wants to gush at her about how Mateo is super into Sol and they’re going to get married and have super cute babies and Feli’s going to be their godmother and she ships them forever and ever, amen. Sol’s like, “Feli. Slow your roll.” She’s over Mateo; he’s sooo three episodes ago. She wants Tomás back, and the boys’ party is the perfect opportunity. Feli’s like, “So…you like Tomás again?” and Sol’s like, “No, dummy, it’s revenge.” Feli’s like, “Oh, okay, makes sense.” Then she adds that Mia also wants to be on the cheerleading squad. “I do NOT want that b*tch on the squad!” Sol yells. O! Kay! Feli’s weirded out by this, but Sol quickly BSes that she just wants the best for Feli.
Francisco comes back and tells Manuel and Marcos that he’s going to be staying in instead of going to the party. Francisco tells them to go on, as he’ll be jerking off over the weekend. Manuel and Marcos are like, “Say WHAT?” (“Please, not here in the room,” Manuel says), and Francisco has to explain that in his part of the country, “jerking off” means studying. That’s quite a distance between meanings, but okay. Manuel’s like, “Why study when you could party?” and eventually Francisco admits that he really has to get up early to take Sabrina to the hospital. Manuel’s like, “OMG, my fragile delicate hibiscus, how could I have not known that her leukemia needs to be checked on?!” Francisco is not as weirded out by this as he should be.
Lola, Bianca, and Dante have decided to band together to find Lola’s invisible friend. They note the handwriting on the letters, and deduce that it must be someone in fourth year — if not Laura herself, then one of her classmates, as she’s said that she knows who’s writing the letters. Yeesh. Do I trust their detective skills? I really don’t think I do.
Marizza tells Laura and Lujan that Diego wants her to stay away from Pablo. They’re like, “Okay…no idea how that’s going to vibe with you two being in a band together, but okay.” Laura also adds that Marizza and Pablo are a little obsessed with one another, and Marizza’s like, “I can stop being obsessed with him whenever I want to!” To prove it, the second Pablo rocks up trying to tell her about his party, she runs away like a crazy person.
Rocco catches up to Mia and asks her if she’s sure, REALLY sure, that Vico’s not being abused by her dad. Mia’s like, “Well, I asked her and she said no!” and Rocco’s like, “Okay, but what if she LIED?” and Mia’s like, “No way, what a concept.” Rocco encourages Mia to investigate it further. But first, a side foray into Feli’s love life! Mia meets back up with Vico and Feli and they’re like, “So Feli, have you considered that since you can’t shut up about Mateo, maybe YOU like him?” and Feli’s like, “No way, I just think he and Sol are so perfect together, it would be a shame if she didn’t date him! And then I could live vicariously through her!” Oh, Feli. Anyway, with that over, back to Vico: Mia suggests that they have a secret-sharing party, like they used to do when they were younger (whenever the hell that was). Vico is reluctant, but eventually agrees. Then Pilar comes skipping down the stairs all, “Oh hey, don’t mind me! I definitely won’t be eavesdropping on your secret-sharing party!” Vico gets smart and says they should reschedule the party so Pilar won’t be there, but Mia and Feli are both holding the idiot ball, and say everything will be fine.
Papa C lounges around the house and tries to watch TV, but gets annoyed that Sonia’s on every channel. He can’t stop thinking about her! What could this mean?! To distract himself, he calls up some rando named Carla, and tries to hang out with her. This involves playing tennis, and he throws out his back again. He tells Carla to call his daughter. She gets his phone and starts looking through his contacts — ah, the days before you needed to unlock phones! — saying, “What was his daughter’s name? It was something weird…ah, Sonia!” What? Lady, just ASK him!
Sol strongarms Fernanda, Belen, and Pilar into blocking Mia from the cheerleading squad — they agree, but reluctantly. Meanwhile, Sonia and Maria Jesus are still locked in a battle over the cheerleading coach position. Dunoff’s like, “I have the perfect solution, that will make you both happy! You can share! As Karl Marx intended!” Shockingly, this does not make either of them happy.
Lola interrupts Dante’s perving on Sol to say that she’s made a breakthrough on their investigation: she’s going to steal a bunch of homework from the teachers’ lounge, so she can compare the handwriting to her invisible friend letters. Dante and Bianca are both like, “And then you’re going to steal them how?” By making Bianca do it for her, of course!
Lujan meets up with Fake Luciano, and asks him to help her infiltrate Harex Industries. He’s like, “Hell no.” Lujan gets all salty that he won’t help her, and storms off to go hang out with Marcos’s mom some more. She updates Marcos’s mom on his life: he’s not a nerd anymore! He’s on the rugby team and he has bucketloads of friends! “Really?” Marcos asks, suddenly appearing with Fernanda by his side. “And what are you doing here?” Hey, Lujan’s been visiting your mom forever! What are you doing here, Marcos?
Marcos’s mom shoves Marcos away and hangs onto Lujan, and naturally Marcos’s psycho ass starts manhandling Lujan and yelling at her for turning his mom against him. Even Fernanda looks a little weirded out. Lujan runs away and finds Fake Luciano waiting outside, and they escape in a taxi while Marcos chases after them.
Remember when Marcos was a cute nerd and not a total asshole? Pepperidge Farm remembers 🙁
Fake Luciano’s like, “So what’s with you?” and Lujan confesses that she used to be in love with that weird guy who was chasing their taxi. Fake Luciano’s like, “Him? Really?” Hee. He’s all, “I don’t believe in love!” and Lujan’s like, “That’s because you’re poor and homeless! I was just like you, but then I joined the cast of a telenovela and now I know love is real!” Fake Luciano’s like, “Your dumbass high school relationship isn’t real love. I’ll show you REAL love,” and he takes her to a…orphanage, or something? It’s in a very depressing warehouse, that’s all I know. He tells her a bunch of sob stories about all the kids, and it’s all very touching, but dude! Why does Lujan need to learn a lesson about all this? She literally used to be one of them, right? Whatever. All the kids are happy to see Fake Luciano, because naturally he has a heart of gold and is great with kids. Then some guy wearing a huge hate comes in to entertain the kids — and when he takes his hat off, it turns out to be Martavio! Jesus, Martavio, just how many poor kids do you visit every day? Go grade your papers!
Pablo frets to Tomás and Guido: Marizza totally blew him off back there! She didn’t even insult him! WHY DIDN’T SHE INSULT HIM, HE MUST KNOW! SOMETHING MUST BE HAPPENING!!! Tomás and Guido are like, “Dude, you need to chill.” They suggest he ask one of her friends, and he tries to approach Laura, but she runs away. Then Diego rocks up, rubbing his hands together and creeping, “I can explain all this and more, if you’d like.” He starts shoving Pablo around while being all, “MARIZZA IS MINE!!!” Pablo’s just like, “Whatever, you’re barely a secondary character,” and shoves past him. Rough life, Diego.
Sonia and Maria Jesus gather the cheerleaders and tell them that they’ll be sharing squad duties now: Sonia will choreograph, and Maria Jesus will supervise their training. Fair enough. Mia runs in and wants to join; Sonia naturally says she can, while Maria Jesus takes Sol’s side and says she can’t. Feli defends Mia, which I’m sure won’t bite her at all later. Then Sonia gets the call from Carla, telling her “your father” needs her. Sonia’s like, “Nice try, my dad is dead.” Carla’s dumb ass still doesn’t pick up that she has the wrong number, and she bleats that Franco needs help. Sonia runs off, and Maria Jesus is like, “Great, so it looks like I have to do all the work around here.” In total fairness, that’s par for the course with Sonia. Maria Jesus returns to the task of shutting Mia down, but Marizza also steps up to defend her. Aw!
Mia tells Manuel she can’t come to his party, as she’s having her secret-sharing thing with Vico and Feli tonight. Manuel’s whiny ass immediately starts wailing that it’s not faaaair that she cares more about Vico being abused than she does about Manuel’s dick. Shut up, Manuel. Pilar overhears this, naturally, and immediately reports to Sol that Mia will be dishing plot-relevant secrets tonight. Pilar comes up with a plan to skip the party, and record Mia’s gossip session.
Francisco gets a call from his mom. She’s all, “I need you to come home right away, for plot reasons!” So now Francisco’s leaving, and who is going to take Sabrina to the hospital? WHO, I WONDER?
Pablo confronts Marizza, and she admits that she’s avoiding him because Diego told her to. Pablo’s like, “What the fuck? That’s messed up.” He accuses her of being controlled by Diego and storms off. Marizza’s like, “Sigh, he’s so dreamy when we’re fighting.”
And now, the video for “Será de Dios”! Blah blah Erreway in bathtubs, blah blah fanservice blah.
Bianca and Lola go through the homework, looking for matching handwriting. They haven’t found anything yet, except for noting that Pablo is a dumbass. Hee. Bianca eventually finds a matching paper — she tries to hide it from Lola, knowing Lola’s obsession with all things Francisco, but Lola manages to grab it from her. She’s all, “Francisco! I KNEW we were meant to be!” I gotta say, it’s kind of admirable just how many times they’ve managed to rehash the Lola/Francisco/Laura triangle. This is the kind of writing laziness most shows can only aspire to.
Lola runs off to go tell Marizza of her discovery. Marizza’s like, “No way is Francisco your invisible friend.” Then Pablo rocks up and invites Lola to his party, to piss Marizza off. Hee.
Lujan confronts Martavio about visiting poor kids, like…jokes aside, what he’s doing really isn’t suspicious at all, but whatever. He BSes that he kept it a secret because Dunoff wouldn’t like an Elite Way teacher mixing with the plebes, which is fair enough. Lujan gets all sad that she’s never given back to all the people less fortunate than her, and says she wants to be like Martavio. You want to father a kid and then stalk her under a false identity for the better part of a school year, Lujan?
Back at school, the party gets under way. Rocco asks Manuel where Mia is, and he tells him about the secret-sharing party. Rocco’s like, “A secret party? With VICO sharing secrets? Secrets about her HOME LIFE?” Then Diego and Marizza show up and start making out, then Sol rocks up to Tomás and starts hitting on him. Pablo is conflicted over which issue he wants to deal with. Will he choose friendship over his boner?!
Sabrina shows up, and runs right into Manuel. She says that Francisco invited her to the party; he tells her Francisco’s gone back home. Sabrina’s like, “Gosh, what a shame, since he was going to take me to the hospital tomorrow. Golly, I guess I’ll just have to go alone.” “I’ll go with you!” Manuel’s dumb ass chirps.
Mia, Feli, and Vico get their meeting under way, vowing never to let their secrets leave this room. And yet, somehow, I bet they will. Also, again with the open flames in the dorms! This is a fire hazard!
Pilar sneaks in and puts the tape recorder by the door, just as Mia says that she’ll confess her secret first. Dun dun dun!
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