Everyone knows that going steady is a prerequisite to being cool in junior high and Kevin ends up joining the ranks a bit prematurely.
Kevin is happy with his new girlfriend Becky; they like the same things, such as Oreos and making out, and everything seems simple.
Kevin learns first-hand the old adage, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
Kevin spends his first day of ninth grade apart from Winnie, whom he promises to think about every hour.
Kevin’s plans to make up with Winnie run astray when the valentine he makes for her accidentally winds up in Becky Slater’s locker.