Dino bitches at his adulterous ma after finding his dad slept on the couch. Ben finally Makes out with his secret girlfriend, teacher Monica Young. Dino waits all day to talk to Jackie, then she has no time for him: her soccer 'regionals' have priority. Dino ditches his class to avoid coach Dave Scott; ma Annie Whitman tells coach it's over now that Dino knows. Dino's parents have a picnic and make love, but it still doesn't feel right; dad ends up telling her he needs to resign his job. Jonathan is embarrassed to be choosing condoms with his girlfriend Deborah Tynan, but shouts 'sex' trough his cellphone bragging to Dino that he's about to get laid; she tells him her first time was with the new drug store clerk, Gabe, Jonathan is put off, afraid she knows too much about sex; they decide to take it slow as they are right for each-other. Adam's friend Zoe Cresswell dares Dino to drink beer and tells him he looks like her sex symbol Tom Cruise; he misses Jackie's soccer game which went badly, she tastes beer in his kiss and calls him a hopeless egoist. The boys are worried when Ben doesn't tell them about his sex-life and suspect that he may be gay. When they confront him he assures them that he's NOT gay and tells them about his teacher but they dismiss that as a fantasy. Dino goes to Jackie's to make up and finally tells her the whole truth, she still feels they need a new start: she can't depend on him, they don't understand each-other, they sort of break up; on the bus home Dino sees Zoe again...
—KGF Vissers