After dreaming about being in her guidance counselor’s office with giant inspirational posters, Sam wakes up to her alarm on February 12, Cupid Day, again. But this time, she’s in a good mood. She’s determined to save both Juliet’s life and her own. Sam also does what she can to do everything right, starting with stopping Lindsay from stealing another student’s parking space. She goes into the school nurse’s office where the roses for Cupid Day are kept and makes some adjustments to what Juliet Sykes will receive; she spends forty dollars to buy Juliet a huge bouquet instead of the single rose with a mean note from Lindsay. Sam spends math class scrubbing bathroom stall doors, removing the AC=WT (Anna Cartullo = White Trash) graffiti to stop the spread of rumors against Anna. 

At lunch, she starts to break it off with Rob, but he becomes frustrated when she abandons him to go after Juliet upon her arrival. Her friends stop her when they start talking about Juliet receiving three dozen roses. By the time Sam learns that Juliet didn’t throw them away, she loses sight of Juliet.