Scott realizes that Bobby won’t read his article because he is functionally illiterate. The next day, Bobby, Dad, and Scott go trout fishing on opening day, which reminds Scott that not everything has changed. Scott accompanies Dad to the dealership for Take Your Child to Work Day. While there, he discovers that he can speak and understand Spanish when he translates a request from a Hispanic couple for his father.

The play opens, and both Wesley and Lee attend. Scott takes care that his friends don’t meet each other because he is concerned that they won’t get along. He reads his newest article to Bobby, who is impressed, and the brothers make up. Later, Scott admits in his journal that he is looking forward to having another brother. At the play’s final performance, Bobby tells Scott that he can do whatever he sets his mind to. After the play is over, the stage crew also congratulates Scott on his work.

Scott tests Bobby’s belief in him by asking Kyle if Kelly would mention him to Julia. Kyle insults Scott instead, and Scott realizes that Kyle is the one who wrote the slur on Lee’s locker.