The disastrous end to Payton's time as class president caused a rift in "Team Payton." James turns his back on Payton, McAfee turns Skye (Rahne Jones) into the police for her role in Payton's first poisoning, and Skye finds herself in a world of trouble. Cut to three years later and we discover what has happened to the group.
McAfee is now an early graduate of Columbia and works for Dede Standish's campaign. However, the campaign is not what she thought it would be, so she leaves in the hopes of getting Payton back into politics. Meanwhile, James is now Payton's roommate at NYU and eagerly agrees to help McAfee with her plan. They eventually call Skye to get her on board.