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In San Diego, Steve starts to realize he does not want to associate with the pot heads and underachievers. In Houston, when Steve returns home after the holiday Dub picks him up at the airport. Their relationship starts moving quickly and they are becoming closer and doing many new things together. They start to become more intimate and this is very new to the both of them. As they  are in Steves room alone, his father comes home and he tells Steve he doesn't want girls in his room. In San Diego, Steve starts to date Allison and she tells him that her mother and brother were killed in an accident when she was little and her father has been depressed ever since. This I believe shows Steve that no matter what people go through, when a person has goals in life, they can achieve anything and Allison is an example of that.