Gracefully Grayson

Grayson gets upset when she notices that Amelia and Lila are wearing matching new outfits the next day at school. She goes back to having lunch on her own in the library, where she finds a flyer advertising the spring play tryouts. Grayson feels like she’s “disappearing” as her friendship with Amelia is deteriorating, and impulsively decides to sign up.

After his class, Finn tells Grayson that he is happy she is showing interest in the play. He explains that she will have to read through a few scenes and choose a character to read for. The play is a retelling of the Greek myth of Persephone, which Grayson enjoyed the previous year.

Grayson shows up to the auditorium to audition and watches the other students getting ready. Among them, she notices eighth-graders Paige, Reid, and Andrew, who usually get the lead parts. Finn tells them about the story of Persephone, who was abducted by Hades in the Underworld. Zeus asks Hades to free Persephone because her mother Demeter, the goddess of the Harvest, is letting the crops die. In the end, Hades lets Persephone spend half the year above ground and the other half in his realm, giving rise to the different seasons.