Lauren comes by Dean & DeLuca to announce that she is leaving the next day and expects Ben to help her move. She snaps at Felicity and accuses Ben and her of selfishness. Felicity tries to confess her plagiarism, but Professor Carnes interrupts. She is so certain of Felicity's innocence that she has her hearing moved to the next day to get it out of the way. Felicity learns that Ben has been injured in a car accident. Lauren suffered minor injuries, and the baby was unharmed. Felicity overhears the doctor say that Lauren was driving while drunk. Lauren is released from the hospital and leaves while Ben is still in surgery. Felicity chases after her and lays into her. Lauren later returns and apologizes. She says that she let her problems overwhelm her and was trying to blame others for her mistakes. Felicity persuades Lauren to sleep over at her apartment. Ben wakes up and begins to recover. Felicity is pleased to find her friends in the waiting room, even though she had asked them to stay away. Felicity confesses to Professor Carnes, who is understandably appalled. She seems hesitant to fail Felicity--even though she deserves it--because she doesn't want to stop her from graduating. Lauren leaves Felicity a note thanking her for her kindness, but explaining that she has decided to get out of town. Sean shows way too much interest in Noel's love life. Noel begins to fear that Zoe isn't attracted to him because they have yet to sleep together. She later assures him that this is not the case; she had been depressed the past few weeks because she had stopped taking her medication. Richard asks Elena to go to a dance with him to make another girl jealous. She punches him after learning that he only asked her because she is black. He upsets her further by claiming she isn't "really black" because her friends are white. Elena feels bad for Richard after seeing the extent of his eye injury, and they bond while discussing their various social problems.