"Got a date." "Who are you supposed to go out with?" "A senior- a girl who's a year older than he is." "Whatcha doin'?" "Becoming a woman, so leave me alone." "Okay, God, now all you got to do is get a dog into the yard." "I know that you can do this." "?" "Amen.?" "Yes!" "There is a God!" "There is!" "So, Mom and Dad, what's up?" "I have acute leukemia." "Oh, Annie." "Happy, no!" "I told you not to eat Dad's shoes." "Oh, great." "We're going to be in enough trouble when they find out about the puppies." "What are we doing?" "Uh..." "I'm making Dad a surprise." "What kind of surprise?" "I'm fixing all of his shoes here, see?" "Uh, so don't tell anyone, okay?" "Okay." "You swear?" "Okay, fine." "Just don't tell anyone." "Okay." "I can't believe the week went by so fast." "Neither can I, darling." "Oh, I would've helped you with that, Dad, if you'd told me." "Give me something." "That's okay, Simon." "I'm balanced." "Getting you a dog at the pound was a very good idea." "You're becoming a very responsible young man." "Yep, and I'm only going to get more responsible." "Good." "You can help me clean the kitchen." "Well, gee, thanks." "Oh, Grandma, thanks for shortening that skirt for me." "What skirt?" "How short?" "And Grandpa, thanks for the subscription toSassy." "Oh, yeah, and thanks for the Swiss Army knife." "It's great." "Can't anybody keep a secret around here?" "Are you sure you won't stay a few more days?" "Please." "'Cause we haven't cleaned out your bank account entirely yet." "I really wish you'd stay." "I'll be back soon, honey." "I promise." "Okay, we better go." "Yep, yep, yep, got to go." "Okay." "Okay, good-bye, everybody." "Good-bye." "Love you." "Is something wrong with your foot?" "I just, I can't seem to find my other shoe." "He loses everything, Grandpa." "I'll go look for it, Dad." "Well, thank you, Simon." "Mom, you want to tell me what's going on with Grandma?" "I know something's going on, and I think I'm old enough to know what it is, whatever it is." "This just isn't a good time right now, okay?" "But you'll tell me sometime?" "Yes, but not now." "Are you sure you won't reconsider staying and having treatment?" "I don't want that, Annie." "I don't want the kids to have to deal with this." "It wouldn't be fair to them." "I know but..." "It's not fair to you to have to keep this a secret, either of you." "Look, we've had a little more time to think about this than the two of you." "Why don't we just take it one day at a time and see what happens." "Thank you, sweetheart." "But you are coming back?" "In couple of weeks at most." "You sure?" "I promise." "Scout's honor." "Okay." "I love you." "Thanks." "Okay, well, have a good trip." "Call me when you get home." "Yep." "Your mother is something else." "She's not worried about herself." "She's worried about the kids." "When are we going to tell the kids?" "We'll know when the time is right." "?" "7th Heaven?" "?" "When I see their happy faces?" "?" "Smiling back at me?" "?" "7th Heaven?" "?" "I know there's no greater feeling?" "?" "Than the love of family?" "?" "Where can you go?" "?" "When the world don't treat you right?" "?" "The answer is home?" "?" "That's the one place that you'll find?" "?" "7th Heaven?" "?" "Mmm,7th Heaven?" "?" "7th Heaven.?" "Hello." "They hung up... again." "Who are you guys expecting to call?" "No one." "No one." "Ruthie..." "Ruthie, you know my friend Jeff?" "Uh-huh." "Mary's expecting Jeff to call, isn't she?" "Zip." "Yeah, get out of here." "Hey, Matt, how long do you think it'll be before Happy has her puppies?" "I don't know." "Why?" "'Cause I don't know how much longer I can keep this up." "I'm running out of good stuff to do before I can give Mom and Dad the bad news." "I think I can help you with that." "Load up the dishwasher and wipe down the kitchen counters." "I got to make a call." "Thanks." "You think we could at least get call waiting." "Or call return." "Or call blocking." "Or a second phone." "Or beepers." "Or a fax." "Or a cellular." "Let's face it." "As long as Dad's a minister, we're never going to have normal lives." "Hang up." "No wonder I can't get a call." "Yeah, me neither." "Who's going to call you?" "Just somebody might call me." "Who?" "Just somebody." "Um, I'll come by and bring you something to eat." "You don't have to do that." "I'm not even hungry." "So I'll come by when I'm done." "It's okay- I'm going to go to bed early." "Still, you have to eat something." "Tell me." "There is nothing to tell." "Tell me or you'll never see the bathroom again." "Move." "I've got to go." "Really?" "Do you really have to go?" "Yes." "Really bad?" "Yes." "You know what's good for that?" "Tickling." "No, don't." "I'm afraid I have to." "Mary!" "Okay, okay, okay, I'll tell you!" "Okay, so tell me." "Okay." "His name is Jimmy Moon." "What kind of a name is that?" "I don't know, but he's cute." "Okay, look, don't mention any of this to Mom or Dad." "They're not even comfortable with this whole Jeff thing, and I'm 14." "Besides, I don't want your thing with guys to interfere with my thing with guys." "What do I do if he calls and they answer?" "Well, just say it's a guy who got sick at school and needs the homework assignment." "Hello." "Hi, Mary." "Hey, Jeff." "Don't you have someplace to be?" "It can wait." "Hi, honey." "Hey, Mom, I'm going up to go clean my room." "Oh, that's great." "Hey, did you help Matt with the kitchen?" "Yes, ma'am." "I even loaded the dishwasher and everything." "Good job." "Hey, Mom." "Can I have the car to go to the library?" "The library?" "Yeah." "You're going to the library?" "It's not like I've never been to the library before." "Okay, but don't be late." "I won't be late, and I'll drive safely, and I won't talk to any strangers or cross the street without looking." "Mom, I'm not going off to war, I'm just going to the library." "See ya." "Matt?" "Kitchen!" "Now!" "What time is it?" "5:15." "Oh, good, your-your watch is working, and, uh... the phone is working, too." "Well, it can only mean one thing:" "You're in big trouble." "Yes, sir." "There are just so many questions to ask, I don't know where to begin." "Why don't we try:" "Where were you?" "At a friend's." "What friend?" "Just a friend." "You don't know her." "Oh, it's a her." "That's interesting." "Have you completely lost your mind?" "You are 16 years old." "You have a curfew, you know that, and if for some reason..." "If I can be any help at all, just let me know." "There's no explanation 'cause there's no excuse for staying out all night." "Dad, I went to the library." "Then I was just going to stop by to see this girl." "She wasn't feeling well." "What was wrong with her?" "Um, you know, some..." "stomach thing." "You know, female." "Female?" "Oh." "I see." "I wasn't planning on staying over." "I just got tired and fell asleep on the couch." "Well..." "See that it never happens again." "Well, no, never mind, I'll see that it never happens again." "You're grounded." "I wish we could have gotten closer." "We should have waited till Mom went down." "Okay, let's look at the facts as we know them." "Fact: he said he was going to the library." "Fact: he never goes to the library." "Fact: he stayed out all night long." "Fact: he was probably with a girl." "Okay, that's not a fact, but it's a safe guess, so let's just assume- assumption, he spent the night with a girl." "Assumption: he made out with her all night." "Fact: you are way to young for me to be playing this game with you." "Now go get ready for school." "What are we doing?" "Nothing, sleepyhead." "Come here." "Who's in trouble?" "What makes you think somebody's in trouble?" "'Cause I went down to the kitchen and Daddy just said, "Good morning. "" "So?" "He usually says, "Good morning,pumpkin. "" "He probably just forgot." "He always forgets when someone's in trouble." "Well, it's Matt, but you don't have to worry because it's not any real big trouble." "I think it is..." "So you're in really big trouble, huh?" "You might say that." "What'd you do?" "What d'ya mean, what'd I do?" "I stayed out all night." "That's great." "That's what I thought." "How is that great?" "Were you at a girl's house?" "Why?" "That's even better." "What are you talking about?" "Well, I figure if you're in really, really big trouble, practically the kind of trouble you could get sent to jail for..." "No one's going to jail." "Just the same," "I figure if this is bad enough, Happy and I are off the hook." "What?" "Don't you see?" "This is the perfect time to tell them about the puppies." "Puppies won't be anything compared to this, right?" "Are you crazy?" "You don't want to give them bad news on top of bad news." "Why not?" "Because then they'll take out how mad they are at me on you." "Oh." "Look, take my advice." "Wait until they get some really good news and then tell them." "I hope they get some good news soon." "Hey, did you kiss her?" "Shut up." "J..." "K..." "L, M, N, O..." "Except it's actually four separate letters," "L" " M-N-O." "Oh, okay." "P..." "Uh, I still can't find my shoes." "Do you have Daddy's shoes, honey?" "You know, Daddy really needs his shoes, so if you have them..." "I'll wear my good ones." "Have you seen my keys?" "On the counter." "On the coun..." "on the coun..." "No, there..." "And my wedding ring?" "Bathroom sink." "Oh, good." "Okay." "Now all I need to do is find the list of people that I'm supposed to visit." "Thanks." "Oh." "I don't know what you'd do without me." "Well... a lot less of this." "You know what I was thinking?" "That once we get Ruthie in school we can walk around naked again?" "No." "But we could." "I was thinking that there's more to Matt staying out last night than he's telling us." "You really know how to ruin a moment, don't you?" "Yeah." "You think Matt's having sex?" "No, no, I really don't." "How come?" "Intuition." "You got anything more than that?" "Yes." "I asked him and he said no." "Oh, well, good." "I still want to lay down the law about him staying out all night." "I don't think he should drive the car for a month." "How about a week?" "Three." "But he can still take the kids to school because if he doesn't, it's punishing me." "Okay." "But to and from school." "That's it." "Okay." "And the library." "We don't want to discourage him from going to the library." "But we don't even know if he was at the library." "Yes." "I saw his library books when he left this morning." "Okay, the library and school." "Two weeks." "Three." "Okay." "Do you know where my good shoes are?" "The new one's that hurt your feet?" "Yeah." "Yeah, you put 'em in the hall closet after church last week." "You're right." "I don't know what I'd do without you." "Hey, guys." "Hey, Mary." "Hey, I gotta ask you something later, okay?" "Yeah." "It's not going to happen." "Why not?" "Because she's my sister." "She's going to go out with a guy sooner or later, you know." "Yeah, well that guy doesn't have to be you." "What's wrong with me?" "What do you mean?" "You're you." "I know you." "I've known you my whole life." "So what?" "You know, I like her." "She's different." "How?" "She can talk about sports." "Yeah, well, if you were just going to talk about sports, I wouldn't care." "Well, what do you think?" "That I'm going to make a move on your sister?" "No, I think she's going to make a move on you." "I'm feeling a lot better." "Oh, I thought you would." "Oh, she..." "she looks so much better, and she said she feels a whole lot better and she said to thank you for the flowers." "Yeah, she really loved them." "Oh, good." "I'll tell you what." "Why don't, why don't I just come home early?" "You know, I can," "I can work there instead of at the office." "I'd really like that." "Great." "I said, I'd really like that." "Well, good, good... then that's, that's what I'll do." "Bye." "Okay." "Hello, there." "Hi." "Haven't seen you around here before." "Oh, I'm Eric Camden." "The Reverend Eric Camden." "Oh, that's a good one." "Reverend?" "Glenoak Community Church." "That was my wife." "Uh-huh." "Yeah, married for 18 years." "I don't see a wedding ring." "I left it by the sink." "I suppose you left your collar by the sink, too?" "No, we don't wear collars." "I really am married and I've got five kids." "Doesn't everyone?" "No, really, I do." "Look, I don't know what your real story is, but I think I know aching feet when I see them, so if you'd like me to take them across the street to the shoe repair," "I could have them stretched for you." "Well..." "if it's not too much trouble." "It's no problem at all." "Thanks." "I'll be on the seventh floor, Geriatrics." "Oh, you're so lucky." "Just be calm and everything will..." "He's coming around the corner." "Oh, you're so lucky." "Jimmy Moon is so cute." "There's Jimmy." "Sorry." "Hey, guys!" "Hey, Mom." "Hey, Mom." "Hey, Mom." "Hi." "Hey, don't fill up." "Dinner's almost ready." "I'm starving." "Me, too." "All right, chips." "Hey, Happy's looking sort of chubby lately, don't you think?" "Oh, you know, you're right." "I'm probably feeding her a little too much." "You know, 'cause I promised you and Dad that, that I'd feed her and stuff." "I'm just trying to keep to my promise." "Oh, Mom, did anyone call me?" "No, honey, I'm sorry." "You know what the problem might be is she needs her exercise, so what I'm gonna do before I get my homework done is I'm gonna take her outside and play with her a little bit, you know." "Know what else I can do, Mom?" "What?" "I can bring" "Ruthie outside with me and get her out of your way." "I'm not in the way." "I'm helping." "Yeah, but you can help me with the dog." "Can I help you with the surprise?" "What surprise?" "It's nothing." "It's just a surprise." "Come on, Ruthie." "Hey, stay off the phone." "I got to make a phone call." "So do I." "Hey, wait a second, Matt." "Yeah?" "Don't make any plans, okay?" "Your Dad and I talked and we've restricted your car privileges for three weeks." "Why?" "!" "You stayed out all night." "But I wasn't even doing anything." "Just the same, you should have called." "I fell asleep." "Matt..." "Fine." "I'd feel a lot better if I knew who you were with." "Look, she's just a friend." "A friend from school?" "I met her at the library a couple of weeks ago." "What's with you and the library?" "You never used to go to the library." "So now I'm going." "What's wrong with that?" "Nothing." "Nothing at all." "That's why we're allowing you to continue to drive to the library and to school, but that's it." "Is she helping you with your paper?" "No." "Sorry." "Look, I'll bring her by sometime so you can meet her, okay?" "I'd like that." "When?" "Mom..." "Maybe when she's feeling better?" "Can we talk about this later?" "You bet." "After dinner With Dad." "So can I go to the library now?" "Yes." "Dinner's at 6:00." "All right, see ya." "See ya." "Wouldn't wanna be ya!" "Jump up." "Jump." "Jump up!" "Up." "Okay, this is good." "Now I can teach this to Happy, huh?" "Not Dad's shoes again!" "No!" "Bad dog!" "Oh..." "Okay." "I need you to distract Mom, okay?" "Go inside and tell her you're thirsty." "But I'm not thirsty." "It doesn't matter." "Yes, it does." "Oh, the two of you are ruining me." "Hello." "May I speak to Matt, please?" "Uh, this is his mom." "He's not here." "Oh, okay." "Could you tell him that Renee called?" "Uh, sure, sure." "He should be home around dinner time." "Okay, thanks." "So are you feeling better?" "Uh, Matt told you?" "Yes, he did." "Mom, can I have a glass of water?" "It's for Simon." "Sure, you know, um, if you feel like having dinner with us, we're gonna have pot roast." "I'd be happy to set an extra plate." "Are you sure?" "That's so nice." "Absolutely." "Around 6:00?" "Okay." "Yeah, I'll be there." "Great, bye-bye." "Oh, here." "Thanks." "May I hang that up for you?" "No, thanks." "I'll do it." "Well, it's my good jacket so I figured" "I'd take it upstairs, put on a sweatshirt or something, you know, so it doesn't get dirty." "It's dry clean, you know." "Hmm." "Finally." "You're calling him?" "Why not?" "You want to call Jimmy?" "It's better than waiting." "No way." "Hey, guys." "Hi, honey." "Hey, Dad." "Look, I'm setting the table." "It's Matt's turn." "I told Matt about the rules and that we'll talk after dinner." "Good." "What happened to your shoes?" "Oh, uh... this... well, this nurse took them to the shoe shop to be stretched, only it closed for the weekend." "Was she pretty?" "Uh..." "What's the extra place?" "Matt's friend." "I invited her over for dinner." "What friend?" "Oh, Renee called just after you left." "And she said she was feeling better so I asked her over." "What?" "I think the correct response is "thank you. "" "Mom." "What's the problem?" "I'm sorry." "You said you were going to invite her over and it seemed like a good time." "It's not a good time." "Why is that?" "Because it just isn't." "Oh, don't bother anyone." "I'll get it." "What is it with Simon?" "Yeah, he's such a little suck-up." "Have you noticed that, too?" "I" " I think I better tell you something." "Hi." "I hope I'm not late." "Um..." "Hi." "Um... this is my friend, Renee." "Are you two going to have a baby?" "Simon!" "Simon!" "No." "I'm..." "I'm gonna have a baby, but Matt's not the father." "Oh, well, there's some good news, huh?" "Simon!" "Simon!" "Um, would this be a good time to tell you that Happy's going to have puppies and she's been eating your shoes, Dad?" "So are you ever going to get married?" "Uh, maybe when I'm older." "Well, how old are you?" "Uh, 17." "Wow, that's young." "Yep." "Are you thinking of having any more kids?" "I think that one may be enough." "My mom has five." "So, anybody want to tell us what went on at school today?" "Anybody?" "Okay, where was I?" "Just tell me why you thought you couldn't come to me with this." "I'm supposed to tell you everything, but you don't want to tell me what's going on with Grandma?" "Okay, let's just stay focused on this right now." "Fine." "But I still want to know." "You will in time." "Why can't I know now?" "Because, son, right now," "I want to talk about you and Renee." "There is no Renee and me." "I told you, we're friends." "You know what?" "I'm proud of you for being friends with someone who needs a friend." "But...?" "But nothing." "Renee needs friends right now, but what she needs most is her parents and the baby's father." "Yeah, well, her Mom left years ago and the father wants nothing to do with her." "Can you imagine being 17 and pregnant?" "I can't even imagine kissing a guy." "I can." "Well, you'd better be careful." "You can't get pregnant from kissing a guy." "Well, exactly how do you get from the kissing part to the pregnant part?" "Just stop at the kissing part." "You don't have to worry about the pregnant part." "I could get that answer from Dad." "Hello?" "Hi, Mary." "Hey Jeff..." "What?" "I don't understand it." "I mean, some girls do it all the time and nothing happens." "Renee did it once." "It's not fair." "She's so nice." "Well, it's not a punishment, Matt." "It's just a biological fact of life." "Do you mind if I talk to Matt alone, please?" "Well, actually I do." "What's up?" "What did you say to Jeff?" "That's between me and Jeff." "Not any more it isn't." "He broke our date." "I can't believe you told him I was trying to kiss him!" "You're such a jerk!" "Look, he's my best friend." "We talk about this stuff all the time." "You want to go out with him, you get talked about." "Yeah, that's really nice." "You were just using him to try to get kissed!" "No, I wasn't!" "Okay, okay, that's enough." "Mary, do you mind if I make a suggestion?" "Do you have to?" "Uh, well, actually, yes, I think I do." "If you're not using Jeff just to get kissed, then tell him that." "Tell him there's no pressure, and you just want to get to know him and have a little fun together, and, you know, if many, many, many, many... uh, dates from now," "when you're feeling comfortable with each other, then maybe there could be a kiss." "Or not." "You think that would work?" "It's worth a try." "The important thing is to talk and to keep communications open..." "Mary's too young to date." "I mean, haven't you learned anything from this whole Renee thing?" "We used protection." "We just didn't use it right, I guess." "Well, I mean obviously." "And once I found out I was pregnant, you know," "I really wanted to have the baby." "I didn't want to give her up for adoption." "So how bad does it hurt, having a baby?" "Uh, I don't think I'll answer that question." "But it does help if you are prepared." "Are you talking any classes?" "No, not yet." "Well, um, they're giving some free ones down at the women's clinic." "I can get you the information." "Yeah, thanks." "You know, this just isn't where I saw my life going." "I mean, I always thought I'd be a singer or a music teacher or an astronaut." "Anything but an unwed mother." "Well, you know, maybe I could be the first singing unwed mother astronaut." "Hi." "Yeah?" "I'm a friend of your daughter's, and, uh..." "I don't have a daughter." "Your daughter said to tell you that she's doing okay." "And she just..." "Hi..." "I'm Eric Camden, the minister at Glenoak Community Church." "Listen, I've got three daughters of my own." "Really?" "Yeah." "Any of 'em pregnant?" "The puppies were not your fault, but you should have told us about the shoes when Happy ate the first one." "That's what they call hindsight, isn't it?" "Yes." "Yes, it is." "Don't worry, Mom." "I'll find a way to pay for them." "How?" "Now, Ruthie, this is an adult conversation." "Oh." "Hi." "Hey." "Where are your shoes?" "Oh, I, uh, I loaned them to Dad." "You mind if I have some of that?" "You drink coffee?" "Yeah." "I had no idea." "You know, there's a few things about me you don't know either." "Like what?" "Like I was really good at English Lit." "I'm not bad at it either." "You know if I make an "A" on this paper," "I don't have to take the midterm." "Is that why you've been going to the library?" "Why would you keep that a secret?" "I just didn't want to jinx it." "If I ask you something straight out, would you give me an honest answer?" "Try me." "Is Grandma going to die?" "She's been diagnosed with a form of leukemia that's very hard to treat at this advanced stage." "So is she gonna die?" "Yes..." "Yes, Matt, she is." "Hey." "Your mom told me you two talked." "Are you okay?" "What if I'm not?" "You gonna tell me Grandma's had a good life so it's all okay?" "Matt..." "I really don't want to talk about it." "Another time." "And I don't think we should tell the kids." "I don't think they're old enough to deal with it yet." "So, um, what time should I pick you up?" "Around 7:30." "And remember, we have a deal." "No kissing." "Hi." "How you doin'?" "I'm Eric Camden." "I'm the minister down at Glenoak Community Church." "I was wondering if I could talk to you about a friend of mine, Renee Nicholson?" "What about her?" "I think she could use your help." "Take a look around, man." "You think we got any buried treasure in the back yard?" "Actually, I was wondering if you had thought about employment, you know, in case the baby needs food, shelter, clothing, stuff like that." "Yeah, I applied for a nuclear scientist." "There's no openings." "Well, if you're interested, there might be an opening down at the pool hall." "Nothing as big as nuclear science, just bussing tables, minimum wage." "My address is on there." "It's a scary thing having a daughter." "If there's anything I can do, just give me a call." "So, it's a girl?" "Yeah, you're going to have a daughter." "Congratulations." "Bye, Lucy." "Bye, see you later." "So, have people been coming up to you and saying I like you?" "Um..." "Do you like me?" "Uh..." "Yeah, yeah, I don't like you either." "I guess people were just playing a joke on us." "Wait..." "Matt..." "I" " I think we should talk, man-to-man." "Okay, what's up?" "Well, I've been thinking." "Well, don't do that." "You might hurt yourself." "Come on, I'm serious." "Sorry." "Go ahead." "What've you been thinking about?" "Renee." "I think you should talk to Dad." "No, I'm pretty sure I should talk to you." "Well, I don't know if I can answer your question or not, Simon." "Well, it's not really a question." "It's more of an, uh..." "observation." "Okay, I'll give it a shot." "Well, I think you should marry Renee." "Simon..." "No, I mean, she's nice, you're nice..." "I bet the baby is gonna be nice." "Simon, I can't marry someone just because they're nice." "Renee and I are just friends." "We're not in love." "I want to be in love when I get married." "Well, I mean, she's sweet, she's pretty." "She's got great table manners." "What's not to love?" "Nothing." "So, you'll think about it?" "Nope." "You want to know why?" "Because I only want the best for Renee." "You know, I want her to marry someone she's in love with, too." "A guy who's stable and responsible." "Gee, I never thought of that." "She can't marry you;" "you're not responsible." "You got three seconds." "One... two... three!" "This gentleman is here to see you." "Thanks." "Hi!" "I just came by to thank you." "You-you know, for the job." "I got the job at the pool hall." "I went down there as soon as school was out." "Um..." "I'm Lou." "You know, Renee's... uh, the father." "But I thought the guy I met this morning..." "No, no, sir." "That was my older brother." "He said he could use a job, too, so if you know about anything else..." "Oh." "Sure, great." "I" " I'll look for something." "Uh, yeah, you know," "I don't know if you'd be interested, but we're having a special service this Sunday." "Uh, yeah, um..." "I" " I might be working." "Uh, the pool hall's closed on Sunday." "Oh." "I can't believe it." "I'm finally actually going out on a real date with a guy." "The kiss is kinda out of the question now, but still, it's a date." "Hey, what's wrong?" "Nothing." "Then why are you crying?" "It's just a really sad article." "InSassy?" "I made a complete fool out of myself in front of Jimmy Moon, and now he doesn't like me." "Then he's the moron, not you." "I told Grandma today that we talked." "Maybe... you could give her a call, if you want, just to say hello." "I don't know what to say." "Just tell her that you're thinking of her, you know, like you always do." "I told her about Renee." "She was really impressed how you reached out to her." "Did you tell her I stayed out all night and I can't drive for three weeks?" "Yeah." "I tell her everything." "Hey, Matt, we haven't had a chance to talk about your grandmother." "What's to talk about?" "People talk to me about everything, but my own son won't talk to me unless I corner him in a room." "Why is that?" "'Cause he has me to talk to." "Still, I-I talked to my mom growing up, and I talked to my dad, too." "Oh, yeah?" "The dad you talk to about the weather once a week long distance?" "We're both avid weather fans." "Okay... now here's what I'm thinking, if it's all right with you guys." "What's that?" "Two words, Dad:" ""Lemonade stand. "" "How many times have you set up a lemonade stand?" "Uh, a lot." "And how many times have you so much as paid your mother back for the ingredients?" "Uh, how many times, Mom?" "Hmm, never." "No." "But, Dad, I think I got the secret now." "It is location, location, location." "Simon, I..." "I know how hard it is for a kid your age to earn money, so why don't you think about something you could do as a community service?" "Think of something you could do for other people, and, you know, I'll buy my own shoes." "You know, that's a great idea!" "What's a great idea?" "I'll give the lemonade away!" "Well, that's not what I meant, son." "I know, but Dad, think about it." "Now, between Sunday school and church," "I'll give lemonade away, and then maybe so many people won't go home." "So, Dad, can I?" "Eh, we'll-we'll see." "I can't call him." "Yes, you can." "Just say you didn't know what to say today, and you're afraid he took it the wrong way." "Hi." "I didn't know what to say today, and I'm afraid you took it the wrong way." "I got the machine." ""... fluffy white snow, cups of golden eggnog," ""visions of sugarplums." ""At this festive time of year, it's good for each and every one of us... "" "Hey, can I go to the library?" "You want to go to the library on a Friday night?" "I thought you finished your paper." "And if you were planning on meeting Renee," "I think Lou was going by to meet her tonight." "Yeah, I know." "She told me." "So... can I go somewhere else?" "Nope." "Not-not for three weeks." "Oh, unless you want to go play some pool." "You up for a game?" "No, thanks." "I don't think I'm that desperate." "Yeah, well, maybe by next weekend." "Maybe." "Oh, that must be Jeff." "Uh, hi." "Is Lucy home?" "Did you talk to Renee's dad?" "I left a message." "I'll be right back." "I" " I can't remember if I locked the front door." "Oh, I locked it." "Oh." "Maybe I'll get a glass of milk." "You want one?" "I'll get it." "No, no, that's okay." "I'll get it." "You know, you really shouldn't make it so obvious that you're waiting up for her." "Mary'll think you don't trust her." "Besides, she won't step through the front door till the legal limit at exactly 11:00." "Am I that obvious?" "Yep." "I don't care." "Hi, Dad." "Going down to check on Mary?" "Uh, no." "Why would I do that?" "I trust your sister implicitly." "Hey, your friend Jimmy seemed nice." "Oh, um, he's just a guy in my class." "He came over... to get a homework assignment, 'cause he was sick." "You know what we have in common?" "What?" "Neither of us is any good at not telling the truth." "Oh, yeah." "Sorry, Dad." "Yeah, me, too." "I'm going down to the living room to wait on your sister." "Promise?" "No problem, Grandma." "I just wanted to say hello." "I'm glad you were still up." "Yeah, three weeks, but I'm hoping Mom will get me off after two." "No problem, Grandma..." "Oh!" "So, you need to use the facilities?" "Okay, you got about two minutes, Happy, so hurry it up." "Hi." "Where were we?" "Oh, here you go, sir." "Thank you for coming." "Free lemonade." "Hi, Sally." "Hi, Sam." "Hi." "Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Sobel." "Thanks for coming." "See you in church." "How are you?" "Good morning." "See, Mom." "I told you this was a good idea." "Yes, but the service will be starting soon, so you better start closing up, okay?" "Okay." "See you inside." "You, too." "Coming in?" "Do I have a choice?" "Bring Simon with you, okay?" "All right." "So, why aren't you charging anything for the lemonade, Simon?" "Well, I was going to charge plenty, so I could get my Dad some new shoes, but he wouldn't let me." "Does your Dad need new shoes?" "Yeah." "Do you have any idea how much shoes cost?" "You give that to your father." "Wow, thanks!" "The Reverend needs new shoes." "Excuse me." "The Reverend needs new shoes." "Oh, sure." "Uh..." "I just, uh... have... a couple of announcements to make this morning." "Hey, Matt, look!" "Hey, what's all this?" "Shoe money for Dad." "Come on, he's gonna love this!" "Um, I'll be there in a minute." "Okay." "While we're all getting settled this morning..." "Okay, shh, shh shh, shh!" "...I'd like to welcome the newest member of our choir," "Renee Nicholson." "?" "I see an angel?" "?" "It has spread its wings?" "?" "Above my head?" "?" "And my heart?" "?" "The joy?" "?" "And love around me...?" "You know, that's my daughter in there." "The one who's singing." "Oh, yeah?" "Come on." "?" "I see an angel?" "?" "It has spread its wings?" "?" "Above my head and my heart?" "?" "The joy and love around me?" "?" "Has filled me so?" "?" "Has given me the chance?" "?" "To be an angel?" "?" "I see an angel?" "?" "Around me.?"