Valentine #5 May 1973

Jess lands a spot in the band Groovy-Time Thing after a promising audition, but the final decision rests with Don—the group’s founding singer and former electric organ player. Though Don initially resists adding a girl, he’s swayed by her talent, unaware that his own past, marked by a car crash that left him with limited use of two fingers, still echoes through the music they make together.

In "Vendetta," Elaine Dixon races to warn Luis Alba about the danger posed by Enrico, only to arrive just as the threat unfolds. When Enrico lunges with a knife, Elaine steps in—taking the blow meant for Luis—and leaves him forever changed by her sacrifice. Though she can’t bring herself to tell him her true motive, the moment bonds them in a quiet, unspoken understanding.

In "The Wish," Wendy leads her friends on a trip to an old wishing well, quietly hoping Johnny’s attention might shift from Lynn to her. When a sudden rainstorm soaks her during her solitary visit, she makes a wish—only to find herself caught in a quiet moment of reckoning the next day, when Johnny shows up at the well with a surprising revelation.