The Short King

**The Short King** is the third episode of the second season and the thirteenth overall episode of *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.

## Short Summary

While Leighton enjoys the perks of being out, Bela focuses on a short king. Whitney attempts to expand her horizons with a difficult class, and Kimberly considers a new fix for her money problems.

## Full Summary

Leighton records a video of herself talking about her outfit. She's interrupted by the sounds of sex coming from Jackson's room. Whitney says the video Leighton is making is embarrassing for all of them, but Leighton says fit vids are a vital part of the process. Kimberly says she'll text Jackson and ask him to be quiet. Kimberly hands off fan duty and leaves to tell the loan office she lost her cosigner. She's feeling hopeful despite that. Leighton realizes the noise has stopped and calls Bela and Whitney's attention to continue recording her. Just as she does, the noise starts again. Bela calls out that she's a big fan of their work.

At the athletic center, Whitney finishes a workout. She looks over to see that Bela has barely done anything. Bela says she's not there to work out. She's there to watch the crew team lift. Whitney asks if she's still taking that biochemistry class. Whitney says she's taking the class as well. Bela doesn't understand that because she's only taking it because her parents are forcing her to. Whitney wants to challenge herself and expand her interests. Bela stops when she sees the crew team coming toward them. She watches as they walk past. The last one in line, Wes, stops and says he saw her looking at them. She's surprised he's on the crew team because he's short and he explains he's the coxswain and flirts with her. He sits down at a machine and Bela leans forward to watch him.

Kimberly talks to the loan officer about her options. The loan officer tells her the only thing that office can give her is a loan. She asks about grants she could apply for and military service. The loan officer suggests working hard to get the best grades she possibly can to open up better transfer opportunities.

As Kimberly leaves the loan office, she sees a pamphlet about selling her eggs. She picks it up and looks inside.

As Whitney, Bela, and Leighton walk together, Leighton's phone pings several times. Bela knows it's from dating apps. Leighton says she finally put a face picture on her profile and she has a face people like to message. She's talking to around thirty girls. She's lived in the closet for her entire life and could never just approach someone. Now that she's out, she wants to catch up. She leaves to go to class.

As she sits down in class, Leighton looks over at Claire, who looks back at her.

Professor Harpin starts class. Bela has Whitney take a picture as proof she's in the class. When she sees the picture, she decides to send it to Wes. He followed her on Instagram and she's been admiring his body. As they chat about him, Andrew Fuller turns around and asks them to shut up. This draws Harpin's attention and he asks if there's a problem. Andrew explains that he can't hear with them talking. Harpin advises them to focus because people who fall behind in the class are unlikely to catch up. Andrew tells the guy next to him that he wishes they could skip to the end of shopping period when half the people drop the class. Whitney is offended by his comment.

Kimberly looks at the pamphlet as she walks across campus. She's not paying attention and runs into Jackson. When he notices she dropped something, she quickly picks up the pamphlet and rips it up. He picks up the pieces, reminding her not to litter. She tells him she's his neighbor, but he knows who she is. They go to enter the same building and realize they're taking the same Irish Lit class. Kimberly's surprised because she doesn't see people like him in classes like that often.

Whitney rants about Andrew. Kimberly agrees he's a jerk, but asks if Whitney really wants to take such a difficult class. Whitney is adamant that she's more than just an athlete taking easy classes. They hear noise coming from Leighton and Bela's room and Bela gets up to investigate. She asks Leighton if she's in there with someone. Leighton curses, then comes to the door with Claire, who tells Leighton she had fun before leaving. Once Claire is gone, the other three start questioning Leighton. Leighton refuses to answer them and leaves to get dinner. The others follow.

Kimberly is disappointed with her lunch. Whitney sees Bela texting and asks if she's still texting Wes. Bela says he's a really sexy texter. He uses complete sentences. She gets another text asking if she's ever considered the benefit of dating a guy shorter than she is. She makes Kimberly get up and simulate having sex with her, which she agrees gives a good angle. Leighton is horrified and says she's going to start eating in her room. Kimberly tells them about the pamphlet she read and says she's going to sell her eggs. Bela likes the idea. They discuss the pros and cons. Leighton says she should do more research so she knows what she's getting into.

Whitney get a call from her mother. Evette asks how the new trimester is going. When Whitney says she's taking biochemistry and biophysics, Evette tells her not to bite off more than she can chew. She argues with her mother over it. Evette wants her to take easier classes and promises to get her a job once she graduates. Whitney doesn't like that and hangs up on her mother.

Whitney studies as she works out.

Harpin asks for someone other than Andrew to answer his question. Whitney raises her hand and gets it right.

Kimberly is in class when Bela texts her face mashups with various celebrities who might use her eggs.

Kimberly researches selling her eggs.

Leighton is getting up from the table when she makes eye contact with Monica.

Back in Leighton's room, she and Monica have sex. Leighton also has sex with Anne, Tori, Molly, Stephanie, and Jess.

Wes pulls Bela to the edge of the bed. She likes that they're like a puzzle.

Bela watches Wes do a flip in the quad. She tackles him to the ground and kisses him.

Kimberly quizzes Whitney as they walk together. Whitney admits she's actually enjoying the class. She asks if Kimberly has thought more about selling her eggs. Kimberly shows her the pros and cons list. She's overwhelmed by the decision.

Whitney notices Bela's pants are short and asks her about it. She says they're Wes's pants. She's enjoying being with a shorter guy. Leighton comes in and Kimberly says she ran into Anne in the quad and she said to say hi. Leighton tells Kimberly not to talk to Anne. Leighton ended things with her. Kimberly liked Anne because she brought cookies. Whitney was more impressed with Claire's hat game. Leighton tells them not to talk to Claire either. Leighton decides to sit down and update them on the women she's seeing. She's still seeing Tori. Stephanie is out, but August is in. If Monica sends one more gif, she's out. Molly is in, but Jess is out. Hot bangs girl from the student center flossed in front of her, so she's out. Bela asks which one gave them the candle. Leighton says that's Cat and they shouldn't talk to her. Kimberly says Anne friended her on Good Reads. When Leighton says not to accept, Kimberly admits she already did.

Bela and Eric work across the table from each other. Bela keeps laughing and Eric asks what she's writing that's so funny. She tells him it's about her sex life. He says she's going to ask him to read it later anyway, so she tells him it's about short kings being unexpected sex gods. Eric is flattered, thinking she means him, but she means Wes. They bicker for a while and that leads to Bela admitting that the sex with Eric is even better than with Wes.

Professor Binnie leads a discussion in Irish Lit. Kimberly is distracted by the decision she has to make. Kimberly excuses herself and leaves the class.

Jackson finds Kimberly and checks on her since she left so abruptly. She tells him she's just stressed. She doesn't know if she's going to be able to stay at school. He understands because he had to leave his college, too. She's surprised he misses it so much because he's fit in so well at Essex. He says yes, sexually, but it's been harder to make friends. She feels the same way except that it's hard for her sexually, too. He knows leaving the place you love sucks, so he hopes she doesn't have to do that.

Whitney and Bela take their first biochemistry and biophysics quiz. Andrew finishes his with a smug look.

Bela and Whitney agree the test was brutal. Whitney thinks she did okay despite that. They get to their room to find Jocelyn and Travis listening to an argument through the door. Travis explains that Leighton is in there with two girls. Someone named Molly brought Leighton some flowers, but then Jess showed up at the same time and Molly and Jess have history. Whitney and Bela step past them into the room. Molly and Jess are both yelling at Leighton. Neither of them knew Leighton was seeing other people. Cat walks in and says she's returning Leighton's underwear. She sees Molly and tells Leighton she didn't know Leighton knew her ex. Whitney says that Leighton can bang whoever she wants and tells everyone to get out. She asks why Travis and Jocelyn are even there. They leave to go eavesdrop from next door. Leighton flops down on the couch and says secretly hooking up with suburban moms was a whole lot easier than navigating the queer community at Essex. Whitney asks if they need to change their locks, if Leighton gave anyone a key.

Whitney and Bela get their graded tests back. Whitney got a 62. Bela got a 4. Whitney is shocked because she studied really hard. Harpin reminds everyone that it's the last day to drop the class. Several people get up to leave. Bela wants to drop the class, but Whitney decides she's staying. Bela agrees to stay with her. As Harpin starts class, Andrew turns around and says this is the part where they're supposed to leave. Whitney tells him she's staying.

Kimberly looks around campus as she walks. She pulls out her phone and calls the fertility clinic.

Leighton records another fit video.

Leighton smiles when she gets a comment from Quinn Cannon on her post.

As Leighton goes to the bathroom and replies to Quinn's comment, she has a sudden pain.

Dr. Lewis tells Leighton she has chlamydia. Leighton thinks that's impossible because she's only slept with women recently. Dr. Lewis tells her it's possible and she needs to contact her recent sexual partners so they can get tested as well.

## Cast

### Starring

* Pauline Chalamet as Kimberly Finkle
* Amrit Kaur as Bela Malhotra
* Reneé Rapp as Leighton Murray
* Alyah Chanelle Scott as Whitney Chase
* Lauren "Lolo" Spencer as Jocelyn
* Mekki Leeper as Eric Miller
* Mitchell Slaggert as Jackson

### Guest Starring

* Gedde Watanabe as Professor Harpin
* Jamie Denbo as Loan Officer
* Suzanne Savoy as Professor Binnie
* Igby Rigney as Wes
* Charlie Hall as Andrew Fuller
* Betti as Travis Feldman
* Emily Morales-Cabrera as Molly
* Sydney Malakeh as Jess
* Sherri Shepherd as Senator Evette Chase

### Co-Starring

* Marita De Lara as Dr. Lewis
* Hope Jaymes as Cat
* Alison Kamashiro Parsons as Stephanie
* Christie Claude as Claire
* Kara Jobe as Tori
* Lilith Mesidor as Monica
* Nare Israelyan as Anne