She is also seen covering for Cassie with Daniel in the room, while McKay is actively trying to find Cassie after she drunk texted him. She is not at McKay's party, and finds out about the details of what happened through Cassie.ĭuring the Halloween episode, ' The Next Episode', Lexi is dressed up as painter Bob Ross and is seen her helping Rue scare McKay's little brother, Troy. In ' Pilot', Lexi is seen giving her pee to a drugged up Rue in order to pass the sobriety test that Rue's mother, Leslie gives to Rue. The night when Cassie let their father back in their house, Lexi witnessed him walking away with their stolen fine china but was too scared to say anything, and decided to return to bed. Despite that fact Lexi still blamed herself for it, claiming if she hasn't been so passive and afraid to say anything, things could been different. A couple of days later, Suze told Lexi that Rue overdosed but survived. Lexi tried to talk to Rue about getting any help but Rue brush it off, so Lexi decided to limit contact with her. However, they eventually grew apart as Rue's drug use started to get out of control. Afterward, Lexi asked whether she felt 'really weird' or 'uncomfortable'. When Lexi was asked to the freshman formal by a student named Tucker Blake, she decided to try practicing French kissing on Rue.

While attending pre-school, Lexi befriended Rue Bennett, and for many years considered her to be her best friend, even to this day.

Although Lexi's childhood was very similar to Cassie's, she was often put aside by both her parents who seemed to prefer more her older sister than her. Lexi was born to Gus and Suze Howard and grew up alongside her sister, Cassie Howard. And even at the time when she did get the courage to say something, she backed down. How she always been so passive, how she never had the courage to say anything.

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