FATE BRINGS WILLIAMS BACK TO KINGSTON

They get back to school and head straight for the dean's office, heads bowed. They tell the dean what happened, for once speaking as a team instead of arguing.

James especially makes sure Dean Micheal knows that Williams could have gotten the banner, but he didn't for Patrick's sake. In his turn, Williams says he only got as far as he did because of Patrick, and that he was afraid to go on without him.

James Patrick tells the dean that he should still let one of them stay, since the school values life lessons, and they both learned while on that mountain.

The dean hasn't said a word until now, but that last comment makes him smile. He even nearly laughs when James calls him on it, covering it with a cough, and just tells them to get their injuries treated and be on time for class tomorrow. I knew it — they were never meant to get the banner, they were meant to learn to work together.

The rest of the students celebrate to hear that both boys get to stay. They're all thrilled, with the obvious exception of Matthew. He refuses to admit they earned the right to stay considering they didn't finish the task, or that he cares that he's alienated all of his former friends.

It's a similar story for the teachers — they're all glad the boys are staying, though Professor Washington says he's not happy about it. That could have more to do with Professor Jennifer prodding him though, as he doesn't seem that upset.

Up in their room, James asks Williams if he thinks the other students will treat them differently now. Williams just offers to clean the bathrooms until Patrick's rm heals, then threatens to rescind his offer when Patrick gloats about how he fought off that wolf.

Williams finally gets to see Helen's video defending him against the unfair accusations, recalling how she promised him on the mountain that everything would go back to how it was for him. Both boys see other videos of Williams's fans, now on his side again and begging him to come back.

Williams shoots James Patrick a pointed look when he comments on fickle fans, and James Patrick defends himself that it's not like Williams told him the truth, so, of course, he believed it, too. Williams just tells him to rest, and leaves.

Dean Micheal later does explain his decision to Professor Washington— instead of one boy being successful, both failed. And in life, people learn more from failure than success. Professor Washington isn't so sure about James Patrick, and he thinks that Williams will probably leave on his own.

There's a man in a coma, lays in his hospital bed, reliving his last few moments of lucidity. There's a fire, and he's fighting someone who seems to be an assassin. Patrick's father's assistant gets a report that his vital signs seem to be improving, which he says the chairman will be happy to hear.

Williams stays up late thinking, and in the morning he slips out of his room with his bag packed. James Patrick wakes to see Williams's bed stripped and knows what it means. In town, Williams is recognized by screaming fangirls, but right beside them is a poster of him that was defaced with hateful comments. Fickle fans, indeed. As he walks on, he hears Helen on her scooter behind him, delivering chicken, but he doesn't turn to look.

Williams is here for a good reason, and he meets with a representative from his agency's rival, DAX Entertainment. They want to offer him a contract and help him make a huge comeback as a solo act after clearing his name. Williams tells the representative that he's dealing with a problem right now, but the representative already knows about his ear. He says that Williams can just take some time off and write songs, get his ear treated, then come back.

Back at Kingston College, Mary was so horrified to hear about Williams's departure and begs her father to help him get his hearing back. James Patrick just sits alone in their room, staring at Williams's empty bed.

The representative asks Williams if he's been staying with family in this area, and Williams reluctantly admits that he has no family. The representative comments on Williams's reputation for never talking about how he feels, which Williams also admits. The car arrives, and at the same time, Williams gets a call from James Patrick.

Williams stands for a while, unsure of what to do, and then he gets a text from Mary asking him not to leave. James Patrick calls back again, and the representative jokes that Williams is popular wherever he goes. Yes, but these people care about you for you — so he has to make the right choice!

Helen drives by again, and this time she sees Williams standing with the agency representative. She runs to him and asks where he's going, and the representative recognizes her from the video she posted.

He takes a call and leaves them to talk, and Williams thanks Helen for posting that video. Because of her, he can go back to his music life, and Helen congratulates him, with a cry on her face.

The representative is ready to go, and suddenly Helen doesn't look so happy. But she shakes it off and wishes Williams good luck, and invites him to visit any time. Williams watches her drive away with a sad expression on his face.

James Patrick is still trying to call Williams, but Williams ignores his calls as he rides away with the agency representative. He listens to the man plan his future with other people, and he gets a series of texts from James Patrick, first joking that he's just trying to get out of cleaning the bathrooms himself as he promised, then saying that they'll do them together because he's going to wait until he comes back.

James Patrick is increasingly upset, complaining out loud that Williams is just a runaway idol after all, and that he didn't even say goodbye. He tells himself he's glad, and flops down on Williams's bed, but no matter how he tries to bluster through, in the end, he looks extremely lonely himself.

We see that Williams did tell Dean Micheal that he was leaving, and the dean had said that once he was like Williams and James Patrick, holding onto his courage and stubbornness. But a friend saved him and is the reason he's here today. Williams is lost in his thoughts when the representative speaks, and the representative assumes he didn't hear him. Williams says, "True. I need to fix my ears first."

That evening, Helen is too distracted to work, and James can't sleep comfortably in Williams's bed that night. Both of them think of Williams, and how much he changed in just the few days he was at Kingston School. Helen begs off work, and when she gets to her scooter, Williams is waiting for her. That means he's staying!

He breezily claims that he's so popular here, and he didn't want to upset his fans by leaving. Helen squawks happily when he says he plans to stay at Kingston College, but when she prepares to drive them back to school, her injured wrist hurts too much to drive anymore.

Williams wraps her cut with cotton wool, fussing at her for not taking care of herself. He offers to drive and let her rest behind him, and Helen is too weak to argue. She gets on behind him and he tells her to hang on tight in case she falls asleep, pulling her arms securely around his waist. It's Helen's turn to be flustered by the close contact, but she leans her head on his back and they took off.

Sure enough, as predicted, she falls asleep right away, and Shi-woo smiles to himself. She wakes a few minutes later and now she smiles, and the two of them head back to Kingston College.