* Vada's conversation with Thomas J's mother after his death.
--> '''Vada:''' Don't worry, I know he'll be alright. My mother will be looking out for him.
--> ''She turns back, smiles and nods.''
* Vada sadly confessing to Shelly that she stole money from her to pay for the writing class. Rather than getting mad, Shelly comforts her and tells her it's alright.
* When Vada freaks out about her first period, Shelly's right there to explain what's going on, give TheTalk, and comfort a scared adolescent who hasn't even been all that pleasant toward her. They do develop a close relationship, and this is the start.
* Vada and her father discussing her fear that she might have killed her mother by being born. He gently reassures her that her mother's death was nobody's fault and they talk a little about her and Thomas J and missing them.
* Vada decides to join a writing class to be close to her favorite teacher, Mr. Bixler, over the summer. What she doesn't know is that the writing class is for adults but instead of them kicking her out for being a kid, everyone welcomes her openly and treat her kindly. After Thomas J's death, Vada is reluctant to go to the class but having a good talk with Shelly, Harry, and Thomas J's mother, she returns to the class and everyone is happy to see her and even hugs her.
** The poem she reads on the last day of class also counts as this and a TearJerker. It shows both how far Vada has come as a writer and as a person with her acceptance of the changes around her from her father marrying Shelly to the death of Thomas J.
* Among the mean girls that make fun of Vada early in the film, there's one girl called Judy who doesn't join in and invites Vada to come to the movies sometime. The other two walk off continuing their teasing, but Judy hangs back to make an apologetic face. In the ending scene, we see that they have become friends, and Vada's narration says they'll be in the same home room together.
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