works as a lifeguard over the summer and seems to be unable to attract women, make plans for university. Wheels (Neil Hope), Joey and Snake's friend, gets into cars and begins drinking, buying a used car in need of repairs. Eager to hold on to her before she leaves for university to study journalism, Joey proposes to Caitlin at a graduation party hosted by Lucy. Caitlin demurs, explaining that she is not ready for that kind of commitment. Joey storms out, only to run into classmate Tessa Campanelli (Kirsten Bourne) fresh from an argument with her boyfriend Todd (Christian Campbell), and agrees to give her a ride home. Arriving at the Campanelli house, Tessa pulls Joey toward her for a kiss. The next day, on a break from the photo shop where she works with Spike (Amanda Stepto), Tessa visits Joey next door at the drug store where he works and asks him on a date. Joey, though initially hesitant, accepts Tessa's offer, and later tells Wheels he went to "third base". Tessa confides in Spike the details of the relationship. Spike reminds her that Joey and Caitlin have a pattern of breaking up and reuniting, but Tessa notes that Caitlin will be leaving for university in a matter of weeks. With Caitlin working most evenings and weekends as a waitress and Joey working days, they spend little time together, and Joey starts seeing Tessa more frequently, culminating in them having sex. He continues to date Tessa while he dates Caitlin, with neither realizing he is dating both. By the middle of August, Tessa discovers she is pregnant. When she realizes that Joey is still with Caitlin with no intention of breaking up with her, she dumps him on his nineteenth birthday. She is last seen entering a women's health clinic. That night, Joey and Caitlin have sex, with it being Caitlin's first time. The next day, at an end of the summer lake house party, hosted by Lucy's boyfriend Bronco (L. Dean Ifill), Caitlin accepts Joey's earlier marriage proposal. Snake lashes out at both Joey and Wheels for their constant teasing about his apparent inability to get a girlfriend, with Snake physically fighting Wheels, and announcing Joey's infidelity. Caitlin overhears this and confronts Joey about it, telling him that she was going to study locally in order to be with him. She breaks off the engagement and locks herself