"What does that have to do with anything?" It's an honest question, genuine and curious. She's read the literature but Claire still isn't totally sure she has her mind wrapped completely around the idea of these cohorts, and she's not sure whether or not she should be offended that he might be suggesting she wouldn't step up the way that she is for someone if he didn't sit at her table in the cafeteria.

Images of Martel as Regina George aren't the kinds of things she needs to be thinking about when what she should be focusing on is deciding on the right things to say.