Why I Changed My Mind
- Jack decides to be one of August's welcome buddies after all.
- He doesn't do it to avoid a lecture from his mom.
- He doesn't do it to protect August from Julian, who he knows is going "to be a jerk about the whole thing" (4.Why I Changed My Mind.38).
- He agrees to help August because he suddenly feels terrible about the time his younger brother ran screaming from the sight of August. Right in front of August.
- Jack's mom is mortified when she hears about this. She's disappointed in her boys, calls for them to be more sympathetic, and scolds Jamie for using the word ugly to describe August.
- Jack changes his mind because he realizes "if a little kid like Jamie, who's usually a nice enough kid, can be that mean, then a kid like August doesn't stand a chance in middle school" (4.Why I Changed My Mind.38).