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Pepper, you've been hanging out a lot recently, and I wanted to give you

something to show you how much you mean to me.

Aw, where?

Ew, Sawyer!

Thank you.

That was so sweet.

He knows I love extra pepperoni, so he picked them off his pizza and gave them

to me.

Oh, so romantic.

Gross.

DJ, meet the girls.

Girls, meet my little brother, DJ.

What's up, ladies? You can call me the Deej.

Yeah, I can see how you're related.

Yeah, well, with my dad overseas, we've got to be a responsible role model. So,

naturally, I brought him here to work on his Mac game.

Show him what you got, little man.

Time to get to work.

Oh, you know it.

Yeah, little dude wants to be just like me.

That's why I'm going to ask Coach to make him my little buddy in the Bulldog

Buddies program.

Oh, I signed up to mentor little kids for the rest of the year, too.

I know it can be hard to fit in when you're that age.

Yeah, I don't think DJ's going to have any problems fitting in.

Hey, girl, want to come over and play some video games and then see what the

afternoon takes us?

Will there be chocolate chip cookies?

Oh, you know it.

Okay.

She said yes. Okay, okay, but remember the rule. Wait before you celebrate.

Get two digits!

They're still here.

Be cool, be cool.

You won't find me in the bleachers. I'm made of plastic sugar.

We'll be right back.

I just want to thank everyone who signed up to be a big buddy and mentor a

little buddy.

I'm so excited.

When I was a little buddy, I looked up to my mentor.

And now I'll have a little buddy who looks up to me.

Newt, your little buddy is Alex.

Please tell me you're Alex's dad.

Nope.

What are your parents feeding you?

Bella, you're going to be with DJ.

Oh, hold on, Coach. DJ and I wanted to be together. Yeah, sorry, that's not how

it works. The pairings are random.

Troy, you're with Roland.

What?

Do you have any sunblock?

Again, what?

But, Troy, you said we can be together.

Look, Coach, I'm serious, all right? You've got to make this work for us.

Otherwise, I will never catch another pass for you again.

Do you want to sit on the bench? DJ, you're with Bella.

Don't worry, DJ. It'll be fine. I can't think of a better bulldog buddy for you

than Bella. But Troy... DJ, I promise we're going to have so much fun

Now, what do you want to do first?

How about I show you how to do a proper touchdown dance?

I don't know what she's doing, but I want her to stop.

Okay.

All right.

Don't worry. Just try to make the best of it.

Whatever.

I'm feeling me.

Sawyer, I was so touched by your pepperoni gift that I got something for

put in your locker.

Oh, thanks, Pepper.

So thoughtful.

A goat?

Oh, that's Mabel. She saved me from a rattlesnake when I was a toddler.

She's like a second mom to me.

That's so romantic.

I wish a girl would give me a framed picture of a goat from my locker.

I'd be happy to, but I can't promise it'll be a picture of the front end.

I'll take it.

You know what they say, don't look a gift goat in the butt.

Who says that?

You know, they.

Tepper, this is really cool and kind of makes me want to ask you something I've

been thinking about.

How can I put this in a way to understand?

When a billy goat is looking for a nanny goat, he assesses the silkiness of her

hair, the length of her beard.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Not at all.

I'm asking you to be my girlfriend.

Oh my gosh, of course I'll be your girlfriend.

Okay,

so you don't want me to give you any advice about school, and you don't want

talk about problems with your friends.

Oh, do you want me to help you with your homework?

No, definitely not.

I guess I can teach you how to do my touchdown dance.

I've changed my mind. I like to do some homework.

Oh, sorry. I didn't know you guys were down here. You having fun?

Yes. Please, save me.

Okay, yeah, it's been a little bit rocky, but we're getting to the good

healthy snack of celery and peanut butter.

Does she know anything about kids?

Okay, all right. Why don't you guys go toss the football around?

DJ loves that.

Great, let's do it.

You want to go play some football too, Roland?

Do I look like I've ever wanted to play football?

Okay.

Video games, then.

Look, Troy.

This isn't working out, and neither of us wants to do this. So why don't we get

new buddies?

We can do that?

Yes. It says in here, as long as all four buddies agree, we can get new

partners.

Well, that's music to my ears. I'm about to be reunited with my little brother.

All right. Excellent plan, my man. Up high.

Sorry. I'm not allowed to participate in contact sports.

I'm not surprised.

So, what do your parents think about you having a boyfriend?

Um, I actually haven't talked to them about it yet, but I'm sure they'll be

fine. I don't know.

Parents get funny about this type of thing.

We need to figure this out without them knowing.

Who wants lemonade?

And here's our chance.

Hey, um, can we get some advice?

Sure. Um, so, there is a girl on our cheer squad.

Yeah. She's our age.

Same age as us.

And she needs to get a present for her boyfriend.

He's also our age.

Same age as us.

What do you think she should get him?

She shouldn't get him anything because she shouldn't have a boyfriend.

Yeah, because if she's your age, she's way too young.

I didn't know you felt that way. We are so glad that you're not dealing with

that kind of boy -girl stuff yet.

Okay.

Yeah, middle school boys, Don't care about girls' feelings. They're all

emotionally insensitive heartbreakers.

They're not all like that.

I was.

Honey, you're our baby, and we wouldn't want to see you get hurt.

And that's why you're not allowed to have a boyfriend for a long time.

Good thing she doesn't have one, then.

Of course she doesn't.

Right. I don't have a boyfriend.

Oops.

Anymore?

like after you take a snap? Let me show you.

I take a three -step drop.

The defense is closing in on me. I quickly scan the field to see which one

receivers is open.

Then... Hey!

Hey!

Then Troy screams at me from across the field, whether he's open or not.

DJ, come over here. I got some good news.

What's going on?

Get ready, because I'm about to make your day. I just found out that a fall

of us agreed to it, and we can switch buddies. So now you and I can be

and you don't have to deal with Bella and her.

Looking good, Troy.

Okay, so what do you say? Should we go break the news to her?

Actually, I'm going to stay with Bella.

Wait, you're choosing her over me?

Yeah, sorry, bro. She's teaching me how to throw a football.

But that doesn't make any sense. Why would you want to throw a football when

want to be a wide receiver like the Troy?

I don't want to be a wide receiver anymore.

What do you mean?

I want to be a quarterback, just like Bella.

You want to be just like her.

What is going on?

Great practice, guys.

Now, before you go, there's been some complaints that someone has been taking

your teammates' body products and not replacing them.

I only have one thing to say to that.

Newt, I'm sorry.

It's okay, Coach.

Men have done far worse for cookie batter body butter.

I don't know whether to rub it on my elbows or eat it.

Hey, DJ.

Who's bought this arcade?

You're so on.

Oh, do you want to talk to Troy?

No? You're good?

He'll talk to you later.

Hey, Dixon, what's with the attitude?

I'm sorry, Coach. I'm just frustrated.

You want to talk in my office?

I got a box of cookies with your name on it.

Actually, it has Coach Park's name on it, but it was delivered to my office,

finders eaters, I say.

Now, what's going on, Dixon?

Look, Coach, when I signed up with DJ to do Bulldog Buddies, I didn't know it

was going to be random.

So now Bella's DJ's big buddy, and she's becoming his idol.

We never hang out. He wants to be a quarterback, and he's dancing like a...

a... Well, man, he's dancing like Bella.

Ooh.

You know, son, it sounds like you're in a Ronda Pettigrew situation.

Ronda Pettigrew?

Yeah. She was my college girlfriend.

At least she was until she broke up with me and started dating Chuck Bataro and

left me crying into my acid -wash jacket.

Oh.

That's so sad.

I know.

She broke my heart.

Oh, no, the image of you in an acid -wash jacket.

Hey,

son, I pulled it off.

And the leather pants helped.

Anyway,

I knew once Rhonda realized what she'd been missing, she'd come back to me.

Ah, I see what you're saying. Show him what he's missing.

That's some good advice, Coach. Thanks.

Hey, uh, Rhonda came back, right?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, she came back.

To pick up her stuff.

Ladies, I am so excited about the union of Pepper and Sawyer. I coined a new

nickname for them.

Team Sawyer.

Sorry, Newt, but that's a no -go.

Yeah, now that I've said it out loud, I'm a little less confident.

It's not the nickname.

My parents won't let me date.

What? No, that's horrible.

Why would they keep you two lovebirds apart?

They say I'm too young.

And now I have to break up with my first boyfriend.

Oh, man.

This is so sad.

I know. I can't look.

But I can't look away.

That wasn't too bad at all.

I was expecting way more tears.

Pepper's a strong girl.

I was talking about Sawyer.

Wow. He seemed pretty okay with the breakup.

Well, that might be because we didn't break up. Pepper, I couldn't do it.

I like him so much.

I'm thinking I'll keep dating Sawyer, but won't tell my parents because

freak out.

And Sawyer, are you going to tell them about your parents' rule?

No way.

Then he'll freak out.

But in a really cute way.

I like him so much.

I don't know about this plan. I mean, how long do you honestly think you're

going to keep this up?

I don't know.

Just until my parents are okay with me having a boyfriend.

So I'm thinking senior year?

College?

Yeah, you're right.

No wedding.

Well, I'm on the side of love no matter how it exists.

Even if it's in secret.

Thanks, Newt.

I gotta go. I promised my little buddy a piggyback ride.

This is not what I expected when you asked for a piggyback ride.

But I can work with it. To the smoothie counter!

Okay, now remember, you should have fun, look happy, and most importantly, make

DJ see what he's missing so he'll want to switch buddies.

Let's do it!

Okay, now pretend like we've been talking about something really funny,

Woo!

Oh! Hey, guys!

Didn't even see you there!

What's up? Just playing some foosball?

2 -1 -2. You and DJ versus me and Roland here.

That's cool, but Bill and I are having fun.

Ooh, nice shot, Deej.

Deej?

Well, you know, me and, uh, Roland really came to this big game of girls

He's like a little brother to me. Right, Roland?

Who's Roland? Okay, you know, I think that girl over there is checking you

Roland. Now remember, do it just like Detroit taught you. Now go get them

digits.

I hope you're wearing sunblock.

No. What? That is not what I taught you, man.

Oh, right.

Yeah.

What's good, bae?

Bulldog bunnies!

Woof, woof, woof!

First a dance, now a special handshake?

Uh -uh.

Come on.

Oh, so I guess I'm not important anymore?

Oh, it's not like that, Troy. It's okay. No, it's not okay.

Look, he's supposed to be my little buddy because he's my little brother.

But you know what?

You two can have each other.

I'm out of here.

Oh, what good, bae?

My pizza stone is made from the roof tiles of a Tuscan villa.

That's what makes make -your -own -pizza night so great. Right, Pepper?

Yeah, I kind of like that mom makes smiley faces with pepperoni.

It's a cheap gimmick.

Ah, there's a timer now.

Honey, that's the smoke alarm. Oh, no.

Haunted? Ooh, scary.

Scary. Oh, you left your scarf at the Sarkade and I thought I'd bring it to

Thanks. I'll see you at school.

Pepper, are these your friends?

Yeah, just friends.

Well, I'm glad he came by. He can be guest judges for my newest pizza

Oh, don't mind him. He has this fantasy that he's going to end up a contestant

on Super Chef.

Well, let's let Pepper's friends be the judge.

to stop him but i didn't know what to do if pepper's parents find out the truth

about sawyer their heads will explode i'll do what i can well what do you

smoky why

don't you try mine a smiley face what a cute gimmick

oh there you go pepper

What are you guys doing?

Uh, yeah, what are we doing?

Uh, it's a new game we play. Right.

Musical buffoonies. Whoever gets them last will see them all. Newt.

Oh, they've touched so many hands.

I didn't know it was a game. I was just trying to be a good boyfriend.

Uh, did you say boyfriend?

He said boyfriend, which in French means boy with a, uh, front.

What is going on here? Why is this kid calling himself your boyfriend?

Because she's my girlfriend.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Pepper, you know we said you're too young to have a boyfriend.

Mom and Dad, I am so sorry.

Sawyer, I didn't tell them about you because I didn't want to stop seeing

What?

You never told them?

Dad, Sawyer's not the type of boy you're worried about. He's sweet and polite,

and he cares about my feelings.

Ever. It's okay.

Mr. and Mrs. Silverstein, if I'd known you didn't approve of Pepper having a

boyfriend, I would have never asked her out.

I'm so sorry.

I'll see myself out.

Sawyer, wait.

Gabe, he has good intentions, and he seems like he'd be careful with her

feelings.

I don't know.

Gabe, he pretended to like your terrible pizza.

You're right. That kid's a saint.

You can have a boyfriend.

I can have a boyfriend!

And I can keep my girlfriend!

Is this me? I can stop eating all this pepperoni.

Hi.

Hi.

Ah, hey.

It's the Bulldog buddies.

Don't worry, I won't get in the way of your little bro -mance.

Or bro -thith -mance.

Fem -bromance?

Whatever.

I'm out.

Man, you've been acting crazy.

What's going on with you, Troy? Bella, you know exactly what's going on. You

stole my brother from me.

What? Huh?

Look, you used to be my biggest fan, man, and now you're Bella's.

What happened to you?

Look, we go all the way back to when you were just a bump in Mom's stomach.

That's deep. How could you just throw that away?

It's not like that. Jory, you're my hero.

I am?

Come on.

I stayed with Bella because I realized she can teach me how to be a QB.

And if I learn how to be a QB, one day, we both play in the NFL, I can throw a

touchdown pass to you.

Dixon to Dixon.

You know what?

Come here.

even thought i was stuffing you for bella i know man i just i wasn't

straight but with dad away the men in the house need to stick together hey i

forgive you bro on one condition you have to do a proper

touchstone dance okay no i'm not doing that you look like a couple of

chickens riding bicycles you know you love it

roller coaster ride, but I'm glad it all worked out between Pepper and Sawyer.

Yeah. Pizza night was pretty crazy.

I'd love to stay and chat, but my ride's here.

Being a mentor is so rewarding.

To the vending machines, Alex.

Wait, I left my wallet in my locker.

Sorry.

No, no, no, no, no, no. It's in there. It's in my pocket.

Back to the vending machines, Alex.

Oh, you're so gonna hate me for this, but I meant the upstairs vending