Peppi sits in silence next to Jaime, trying to muster the courage to apologize. She can’t, so Jaime finally breaks the silence by asking her what she needs help with. He helps her figure out how to diagram the mermaid drawing, and they part ways. The next day, Miss Tobins is impressed by the diagram and schedules another tutoring section for next week.

Later, in the art club meeting, Peppi and her friends are talking about what they might draw for the paper. They’re interrupted by a drone carrying a water balloon, which flies into the room, piloted by some boys in the science club. It looks like they’re about to drop the balloon on the art, but Mr. Ramirez calls out for Miss Tobins to tell the boys to stop. She seems ready to scold them, but then gets too interested by the science of their drone and leaves with them, discussing it. 

After the hubbub, Peppi sees Jaime. He has made a rudimentary robot with a sponge attached to it to clean off insults people have written on his locker. He sees her staring, so she ducks away. When Peppi turns around, she sees Maribella, who asks her to be the co-editor of the newspaper comic—Maribella heard Peppi whisper the idea about the newspaper the other day.