After Riley Mathews commits suicide, she leaves tapes behind explaining why she made the choice she did. When they show up on Farkle Minkus' front porch, he slowly starts to unravel her story. After dating her in freshman year and then breaking up with the girl he was in love with, he kept his distance, but came really close towards the end of sophmore year. Person, after person, after person, Farkle finally gets his answers. "Hey, it's Riley Mathews. Now before you freak out, don't stop listening. Every person needs to listen, so grab a fuzzy blanket and get confrontable. This is what really happened to me."