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Tessa and Hardin celebrate the New Year with a kiss, and then Tessa goes off to the bathroom. When she goes to find him again, she finds him just as a young woman returns his phone to him. He asks the girl not to say anything about their time alone in the room. Angry, Tessa rushes past him down the stairs.
Tessa rushes past Hardin and storms up to some guy, kissing him. Hardin grabs the guy and punches him. Tessa pulls him off, and Hardin angrily rushes out to his car. Tessa accuses Hardin of sleeping with the girl who had his phone. Hardin explains that the girl was Dan’s sister; he was apologizing to her for taking a video of a sexual encounter between the two of them and sending screenshots to Dan. Tessa apologizes, but Hardin is enraged and leaves her there.
Tessa can’t believe Hardin would just leave her at the party. She tells Zed what happened, and he offers her a ride home. When they are nearly at the apartment, Tessa realizes that Hardin has her phone and her keys. Zed’s phone battery is dead. Zed insists on walking Tessa to her door. When Hardin finally opens the door, he’s drunk.