My Scholarship Became Their Graduation Meal Fund

Cosmo Finch, the class president, tells the group chat that the graduation dinner starts at 6:00 pm. Kieran arrives ten minutes early, only to be stopped at the door and ordered to transfer 300 dollars for being "last." Inside, the plates are already clean: the dinner was moved up an hour without Kieran being told, and the classmates are leaving for a speakeasy bar. Cosmo declares that Kieran, holder of an eight-thousand-dollar scholarship, must settle the rest of the bill.

The waitress holds Kieran accountable for the five thousand dollars still outstanding, and two men block the door. Kieran pays with the debit card holding the scholarship money, saved for a hearing aid for Grandma. The next morning, Mr. Spencer refuses to pursue Cosmo, hinting that Kieran's background check could suffer if the matter is raised. Cosmo then tears up the receipt and threatens to spread rumors about how Kieran won the scholarship.