23. Moving

Complete story — includes the ending

When Jack finds dry rot in the basement, he considers selling the house, sending Kevin in a panic. He tells Winnie and Paul that he's moving, but is surprised they take it well and are ready to have a long distance relationship. In the end, Jack realizes that he'll just settle for getting the basement fixed, but accidentally slips and tells Kevin that the Coopers are moving four miles across town. Kevin is now in shock and despair over this and confronts Winnie as to why she didn't tell him, especially that she's going to a different school next year. Thinking she'll stay if he buys Winnie a ring, Kevin gives it to her but she can't accept it and breaks up with him instead, making Kevin throw it in the trash. On moving day, Kevin decides to say goodbye to Winnie and finds her alone in the moving van with his ring in her hand and they have a long hug. Kevin then joins the family for Karen's high school graduation and the family celebrates at a local restaurant where Wayne is working as a waiter. Now Kevin has to travel far beyond his front door and out of his neighborhood to see Winnie; as the present-day Kevin says in voice-over, his world just got a little bigger.