Breathe and Count Back from Ten

Verónica and Dani walk home as Verónica tries to figure out how to tell the least number of lies to her parents and still get to work as a mermaid. She comes up with a plan to tell them she will be working at the cove in administration. Dani scorns the idea of lying to their parents all summer long and criticizes Verónica for wanting to take the easy way out. Verónica feels like the only way she can do what she wants is by lying and lectures Dani for not remembering all the times she had to lie to do things she wanted.

Verónica texts Alex and wonders why he hasn’t asked about the auditions. Instead, he pings her his location. Verónica hopes to celebrate with Alex and have him respond to the good news with the same excitement as Leslie and Dani. She finds him in a storage unit rummaging through countless boxes and clearly frustrated. Alex explains that his mother brought all of this stuff from their much larger house in Texas, and he has now been tasked with going through it on his own.