year prior to acquiring a squip. Jeremy is informed by Rich that he received his squip from a guy at the local bowling alley, but upon meeting the dealer on a later day notifies Jeremy that he is out of stock and directs Jeremy to his cousin, a supplier working at the local Payless shoe store in the Menlo Park Mall. Jeremy proceeds to save up money by visiting his Aunt Linda's to clean her roof gutter but to also sell some of her Beanie Baby collection on eBay. He later picks up the pill after meeting the dealer's cousin in the back of the shoe store, and upon ingestion meets his squip for the first time telepathically (in the voice of Keanu Reeves as the default avatar). Jeremy's squip quickly goes to work with transforming Jeremy to be more "cool." by picking up some new clothes in the mall and changing his behavior, but a chance encounter with Chloe, one of the most popular girls in the school soon turn hers attention to Jeremy in a conversation guided by Jeremy's squip. Jeremy sees rapid progress at school, gaining friendship with Rich and skipping class to make out with Brooke, another popular girl, but slowly degrades his friendship with Michael. Jeremy also gains the attention of Christine through their school play rehearsals. Jeremy's squip obliges to help Michael also be cool after a lengthy conversation with Jeremy. The two friends attend a house party, where Jeremy hooks up with Chloe Valentine, but upon taking ecstasy the squip goes haywire and begins speaking in Spanish. Jeremy ends up getting caught by Chloe's boyfriend halfway through sex. A chase and hideout in a bathroom later has Jeremy having a genuine conversation with Christine, who informs him that she broke up with her boyfriend Jake. The squip reactivates back to normal, and is surprised that Jeremy was able to handle a conversation without its guidance. The next morning, Jeremy is woken up to the news that Rich had burned down the house from the previous night and is in the hospital. The squip comes up with the ultimate foolproof plan to get Christine to fall for Jeremy during the school play. Halfway through the play, after Jeremy's character is "revived" by Christine's, the plan comes into play. Jeremy begins by deactivating the squip and saying how he's praying for Rich to recover, and