Summary

Main character Greg Heffley is upset about his best friend, Rowley, having a girlfriend. Greg's mom has told him that "friends come and go, but family is forever", but that doesn't make Greg feel better. The pictures Greg draws of him with his family all have him with a scowl on his face. Greg misses being able to blow bubbles in their chocolate milk at lunch. Abigail, Rowley's girlfriend, comments on how immature blowing bubbles is, and so Rowley thinks it's uncool to do it and stops. Greg also misses his sleepovers with Rowley because Rowley ends up calling Abigail and talking for a long time.

Greg writes in his diary about missing - and needing - Rowley to help him transcribe his English homework from print to cursive. Cursive hurts Greg's hand, so he would pay Rowley one peanut butter cracker...