 Dino is miserable because of his ma Annie and coach Scott. He got over breaking up with Jackie almost instantly, as Zoe Creswell brings him more excitement,  typical  rapidity the mates envy him. Zoe sneaks him in trough the movies  fire exit and puts her hand in his pants, but he ditches practice and a history test meanwhile. When coach finds out and insists he could become a star, he still quits the ice hockey team; coach lies to dad Michael Whitman -having cuckolded him- who found out from another dad about the boy s reason, but after telling ma Dino quit, she confesses Dino saw her and coach in the home pa pays for with the job he hates. Even Sue s parents think a play on top of the mock trial is too much, however well it looks on a Princeton application. Ben s parents think he s on drugs and give him an 8.30 curfew. His girlfriend and teacher insists he takes part in her Romeo and Julia production, which he fears would give him an  official  gay reputation, even with his friends, and isn t wrong; yet he who hesitated even to be in the chorus and Sue are selected for the leads. Jackie wants time for herself; other boys still stand no chance. Jonathan gets sex advice from his girlfriend Deborah s mother. Dino s pa tells coach to leave town and knocks him out; now disgusted dad sleeps in the car, frightened kid brother Max with kindly comforting, silently desperate Dino.