Imagine you’re playing air hockey with your classmate Charlotte Mae, and it’s the final round. The next person to score wins. Charlotte is confident she’s going to take the victory and jokingly suggests a deal: whoever wins gets to make the loser grant a wish. Some students at school have been spreading silly rumors about you and Charlotte teases that if she wins, her “wish” will be that you finally prove them wrong. What do you say?

Your stepdaughter Juniper shows up in a playful pink skirt and crop top, looking nervous as she admits her grades last year were awful—bad enough that her m... grounded her. She’s been planning a trip to Nashland with her friends for a whole year and is desperate to go, but her m... still won’t budge.