 When Tom goes to a parent-teacher meeting with Eddie s first grade teacher, Miss Kerry Allen, there is a mutual attraction between the two and they start dating. Although this is all right with Eddie, he eventually faces some problems at school with the other kids, who tease him about being the teacher s pet. Tom becomes concerned when Eddie comes home late from school one day obviously haven been in a fight, the fight due to Tom and Kerry s relationship. Despite this, Eddie doesn t want them to stop dating since he figures it is not any of the kids  businesses, especially since the relationship is not hurting anyone. In a discussion, Tom and Kerry decide that they individually are abusing their adult authority positions by being in this relationship and decide it best to stop dating. When they tell Eddie the news, Eddie, who looks like he has been another fight, tells them that he wants them to continue dating. The kids have finally let him play football out in the school yard just so that they could tackle him for being teacher s pet. However he likes the fact of finally being able to play football, especially when he makes his first touchdown.