The students are under heavy pressure during exam week. Tara tries to forget about her recent kiss with Ethan so she can focus on her exams. Ethan attempts to kiss her again, but Tara flees. Abigail puts herself under a lot of pressure with the goal of scoring a scholarship. Sammy discovers she's been starving herself, but Abigail makes him promise not to say anything until the exams are over.

Tara returns from the school holidays and is happy that she has great friends, a boyfriend and a scholarship, and she is finally allowed to dance en pointe. Kat convinces Tara to come to a warehouse party in Sydney. Tara and Christian become closer. Abigail cannot convince her therapist to let her return to ballet classes after her breakdown the previous semester.