"Hello." "Hey, Brandon." "oh, my God, the lonesome traveler." "Hey." "Welcome home." "Thank you, my man." "Good to see you." "Good to be seen." "Hey." "How are you, bro?" "How's the 'Stang?" "Those rednecks treat you okay?" "They ever find that water pump?" "Yeah, they did find the water pump, and it's, uh, running just fine." "Thank you very much." "Well, you should have done what I did-- buy a new corvette." "You bought a new 'Vette?" "You know it." "collectors edition?" "Hello?" "Nice." "clare, come on." "I'm coming." "I'm coming." "Dude, you know what this weekend is?" "It's reunion weekend at the beach club." "Better go dig that green sweatshirt out of your closet." "No, I don't..." "I don't think so." "I got a lot of road dust to knock off myself." "You might want to reconsider." "This year's bikini stock is pretty high." "What's the matter, Brandon?" "You don't want to sit in the boiling hot sun and listen to all the stories about the beach nymphs Steve used to fantasize about?" "Well, that's quite an offer, Mr. and Mrs. Bickerson, but I think I may pass, at least for the time being." "Well, look what the wind blew in." "See ya, Val." "Bye." "Have fun." "Hi." "Val." "How are you?" "Have you been holding down the fort?" "Yes, sir. I am proud to report that while you were out on your scout, I was able to fend off a leaky toilet and an air-conditioning breakdown." "Hmm." "Natives were restless?" "Mm." "Why are you all dressed up?" "I have a meeting with a cpa." "Hoping to get a loan." "oh, yeah." "Right." "Kenny Bannerman." "You know him?" "Bannerman." "Kenny Bannerman." "Yeah, yeah." "He used to work with my dad, right?" "Yeah, Dad said he was one of the brightest young cPAs he ever worked with." "Well, I hope so." "I need some extra cash, or the After Dark's not gonna be able to turn on its lights." "Well, they do call it the After Dark." "I'm sorry your summer didn't go so well." "Yeah, me, too." "I will see you later." "Good luck." "Thanks." "The more things change, the more they stay the same." "Hey, you mind if I sit?" "of course not." "Just 'cause we're not working together anymore doesn't mean you have to ask." "Thanks." "Yeah." "David, do you remember that one time when we were kids, and you went swimming, and that big wave came and pulled your trunks off?" "And you wouldn't get out of the ocean?" "And your little head just kept bobbing up and down in the surf all day?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah, very funny." "oh, come on. lt was hysterical." "And your dad had to bribe you with a trip to Toys R Us to get you to come out." "okay, I remember." "Now can we please forget?" "oh, my God, there's casey Watkins." "I used to have the biggest crush on him." "It was awful." "He would never even look at me." "But Donna, the guy was a jerk." "oh, I was so in love with him." "You know, once I don't think I ate for, like, a week." "Well, you know what?" "If you're so in love, why don't you just go over there and help him with his potato salad?" "oh, please!" "can't we just enjoy ourselves for a change?" "How can you be so insensitive?" "I've been waiting for this pickup from MZA for a week, and you're acting like it's no big deal." "If MZA drops my contract, my video career is through." "David, you have no control over it." "And I..." "I'm sick and tired of talking about it, okay?" "Yeah, it's easy for you to say." "You're the one who bailed out on the deal, remember?" "Listen, David, if you don't want to enjoy yourself today, that's fine with me." "You can just sit here and mope." "Yeah, maybe I will." "Good." "I think I'm going to have some potato salad." "oh, and if I see casey, I'll say hello for you." "Ryan, Ryan, she's checking you out again." "Man, I'd give my eyes for one look at those beauties." "oh, no." "Just... just give up one eye." "Save one for the other chicks." "oh." "Nice advice." "It's a voice of experience." "Besides, Austin, in case you hadn't noticed, she got the hots for your brother." "You really think so, Steve?" "oh, come on." "You ever heard of a sure thing?" "Yeah." "You're looking at one." "If I ever had a chance with Beth Rawlings, I'd either faint or die." "come on, bro." "We got work to do." "Hmm?" "oh." "Brows." "He's... chips off the old block." "Yeah, Darwin would be delighted." "Another victory for genetics." "Hi, guys." "Hey, Kel." "Hey." "Do you want iced cappuccino?" "Yeah, I'd love some." "ooh." "You want one?" "Yeah, sure." "okay." "Thanks." "No problem." "Hi." "Hi." "Another year, another beach club reunion, huh?" "You've always had such a special knack for overstating the obvious." "You remember the good old days when we were in high school?" "We used to have so much fun every summer." "Yup, I remember, but I'm still having fun." "You know, I remember a certain summer in particular that was very memorable." "l bet you do." "oh, I think you know exactly what I'm talking about, don't you?" "Yes, all I had to do was consider the source." "Hmm." "Well, let's see if my memory serves me." "It's about 20 feet from where we're sitting right now, right?" "The grunion were running, it was a full moon, and that night, I was lucky enough to have Kelly Taylor in my arms." "Mm." "You have a good memory." "Some things are unforgettable." "It was unforgettable, wasn't it?" "What?" "You're such a pig." "I know I'm a pig, but other than that, it was unforgettable wasn't it?" "All right, it was unforgettable." "Are you happy now?" "Yeah, I'm happy, but I didn't mean to upset you." "Gosh." "You didn't upset me." "I got to go." "Tell clare I said good-bye." "Kelly, Kelly, Kelly." "I remember the night of the spring dance." "Heck, I remember when we broke up." "You're generally one of the most thoughtless and spoiled people I've ever known." "Well, surprise." "We have a lot in common." "You're the only one I know who's as defective as I am." "I am not defective, Steve." "oh, yeah?" "Your mom spends half her life in detox, the other half of her life unconscious." "Shut up!" "And I've never even met the man who you claim is your father." "Although I suppose it doesn't matter too much as long as the checks keep coming in on time." "Why are you trying to ruin my night?" "I'm not trying to ruin your night." "I just get so angry when all you had to do was say one word, just one word to let me know you cared about me." "I do care about you, Steve." "I said I'm sorry." "I don't know what else I can do." "I don't know." "I'm sorry, too." "I don't know why I said these things." "'cause deep inside, you're just a jerk, that's why." "Here's your drink." "Hello." "Here's your drink." "No, thanks." "You sent me to get iced cappuccino, and now you don't want any?" "Thanks." "Where's Kel?" "She had to go." "Why?" "What happened?" "Nothing." "These stupid beach club reunions." "once in a while, they bring up bad memories, that's all." "Your dad?" "No." "No, actually, it's, uh, Kelly." "Kelly?" "What about Kelly?" "oh, it was nothing." "It happened a long time ago." "Forget it." "Well, you started it, so finish it." "Something happened between us, that's all." "It's... nothing really." "I shouldn't have brought it up." "It was after we slept together." "What?" "You slept with Kelly?" "Yeah." "When we were in high school." "You knew that." "No, I didn't know that." "clare, come on." "Everybody knows Kelly and I slept together." "Well, I guess I missed that." "oh, honey, I'm sorry." "I thought you knew." "Well, I didn't, okay?" "And I kind of wish you hadn't have told me, 'cause now you've ruined my whole weekend." "clare..." "l don't even want to talk to you anymore about it, okay?" "Ms. Malone, nice to see you again." "Same here." "Take a seat." "Thanks." "Well, I spoke to Jim Walsh since last we saw each other, and he told me that you were practically family, and that I should bend over backwards for you." "Well, don't strain yourself." "So, what'd you have in mind?" "Do you play tennis?" "A little." "Excellent. I've got a court at 1 1 :00, a partner with a sprained ankle." "What do you say?" "Well, I thought I was coming by to get some sound business advice, and now you need a tennis partner?" "Valerie, are you more than 30 days in arrears to any of your creditors?" "No, not yet." "Good." "Then we'll get in a couple of sets, and we'll solve your financial crisis over some vegetable juice." "Sounds like I don't have a choice." "Ah, you catch on quick, you know that?" "come on." "Let's go." "Hey, Kel." "Hi, David." "Hi, Mark." "How you doing?" "Good." "Hey, you're not taking off already, are you?" "Yeah, I start my work at the aids hospice today." "I have to be there by 1 :00." "So do you have any idea when Brandon's coming back?" "Uh, Steve said he got back this morning." "Why?" "Well, I've got some big plans for him at the campus TV station this year." "Yeah, Mark's the new, uh, program director." "I really want to get Brandon on board here, okay?" "So if you guys can help me out, I'd really appreciate it." "What do you say?" "I don't know about that." "Brandon's always had a mind of his own." "Good luck." "See you." "Hey, come on, that's my sister you're looking at." "Yeah, I just hope she looks back." "All right." "Now, I can keep staring at you until I embarrass myself, or you can just tell me how we know each other." "okay. I'll, um..." "I'll give you a hint." "It's from the beach club." "Yeah, well, that much I already figured out." "come on, give me something else." "okay, um, the summer between ninth and tenth grade." "Let's see... ninth and tenth grade." "Did your parents have a cabana here?" "You're getting warmer." "oh, my God." "You were the girl in the cabana next to ours." "Your father's a doctor, right?" "That's right" " Dr. Martin." "l'm Donna Martin." "That's right." "Yeah." "Now I remember." "Wow, you, uh..." "you sure have changed." "Well, so have you." "You wouldn't even talk to me back then." "Well, let's, uh, chalk one up for the passage of time." "Hey, are you gonna be at that dance tonight?" "Yeah." "Are you?" "l sure am." "Good." "We'll see each other, then?" "count on it." "okay." "Good-bye." "Bye." "Well, that was a good workout." "Yeah." "You know, with a little practice, you could learn to control that topspin." "oh, I'm hopeless." "Are you kidding?" "Aah." "Where did you learn to play so good?" "My wife, she was the star of her college tennis team." "You're married?" "I was." "Well, I am, technically." "We're separated." "l'm sorry." "Uh-uh." "Don't be." "It's been a long time coming." "Well, you've indulged me." "Now it's your turn." "Whew. I think I can get you the money you need to revitalize your business." "Really?" "Yeah." "I prepared several loan applications plus an SBA application, and I'm pretty certain one of them will come through, so..." "So, what do I have to do?" "Well, just sign the paperwork and we wait." "Well, how long?" "My cash is not gonna hold out forever." "Well, an okay on the bank loan will be short-term, but the, uh, SBA will take a little bit longer." "But don't you worry." "We'll get you through." "So, when do I sign the papers?" "Um, tonight at an early dinner." "You've got this all figured out, don't you?" "That's my job." "Excuse me?" "May I help you?" "Hi." "Yeah." "Um, a friend of mine is volunteering here, and I just wanted to stop by and say hello. ls that allowed?" "oh, you must mean Kelly." "Yeah." "come by to wish her luck" "on her first day?" "lf she needs it." "I'm Linda Hill." "I'm the director of the aids Hospice." "Hi." "Uh, you will find" "Kelly somewhere back there cleaning up." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Kelly." "Brandon?" "What are you doing here?" "Actually, I, uh, came by to see you." "Bet you never thought you'd find me doing something like this." "To tell you the truth, uh... lt's part of my psych work this summer." "It's something I really wanted to do." "For me, you know?" "I understand." "It's good for the soul." "Yeah." "When did you get back?" "couple hours ago." "Yeah?" "So, are you headed over to the beach club?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "I just wanted to see you first." "Well, I'm glad you did." "As soon as I'm finished up here, I'll meet you over there." "okay." "You'll recognize me." "I'm the one with the farmer tan." "okay." "I'm glad you're home." "I missed you." "Yeah, I missed you, too." "See you later." "clare... where's your better half?" "Back there playing poker." "Did you know that, uh, Steve and Kelly slept together?" "Yeah, sure." "Why?" "Great." "So, everybody does know, then, right?" "What are you talking about?" "Everybody but me." "clare, it was a long time ago." "We were in high school." "What's the big deal?" "Has it ever occurred to you how incestuous this little group is?" "I try not to dwell on it." "Do you think that Steve might still have feelings for her?" "l mean..." "No." "No-no, absolutely not." "Brandon, please." "clare... you know how Steve feels about you." "Maybe, but, um... it's human nature, and Steve's about as human as you can get." "Steve, I want to talk to you." "Uh, honey, right now, I'm in the middle of a winning hand." "Like I care." "Talk to me now or this is gonna be the longest poker game of your life." "Hey, Sanders, you'd better fold before you get folded." "oh, you'd love that, wouldn't you?" "Steve, I'm serious, okay?" "I was bluffing anyway." "What's the matter?" "What's so important?" "I want to get out of here, okay?" "Take me home." "Now?" "come on, it's the middle of the afternoon." "I thought you were looking forward to a day at the beach." "I was, but I'm not anymore, okay?" "clare, come on, just try and relax and have a good time." "No!" "I want to know what happened between you and Kelly." "I told you we did it once and that was it." "What more do you want to know?" "Well, why does it bother you?" "I mean, why are you still bringing it up?" "Because it happened here, that's all." "I just remembered that." "Well, how did things end?" "I mean, why was it just that one night?" "You know what?" "I really don't want to talk about this." "Well, guess what, I do." "Give me a break, clare." "It's nothing that I'm proud of." "can't you just leave it at that?" "l knew it was something." "lt was nothing." "Now, give it a rest." "No." "No?" "okay, then, you know what?" "You're on your own." "I'm gonna go back and play cards." "Your flowers are beautiful." "Well, this place sure has changed since the last time I was here." "oh, really, when was that?" "Back a few years ago when I joined the firm," "Jim and cindy had my wife and l-- my ex-wife and I over for, uh, dinner." "You don't seem sure of that." "is she your wife or ex-wife?" "It is a marriage in name only." "As a matter of fact, she's on Martha's Vineyard right now for the summer." "And when she gets back, we're going to finalize things." "Any kids?" "Yeah." "I have a son, six." "That's great." "Must be hard, though." "Hasn't been easy." "on any of us." "So what would your wife think about us going out to dinner?" "She couldn't care less." "She does her thing, I do mine." "So how's Brandon and, uh, Brenda doing?" "Well, Brenda's been in London for the last few years, and Brandon's probably down at the beach club with his friends." "Beverly Hills Beach club?" "Yeah." "I go there all the time." "You're a member?" "I've been for years." "Well, uh, are we in a hurry, or can I fix you a drink?" "No hurry." "okay." "oh, you may not want to leave this joint lying around." "Uh, I'm sorry." "I hope this doesn't offend you." "oh, what, are you kidding me?" "You never know." "Well, that's true." ""Err on the side of caution," l always say." "Yeah." "Well, I'll get you a drink." "Uh, scotch okay?" "That's fine." "Here you go." "Thanks!" "So my mom says I don't have a curfew tonight." "What about you?" "Nah, we never have curfews." "our dad trusts us." "Wow, you're lucky, Ryan." "Usually my mother watches me like a hawk." "But not tonight." "I like the sound of that." "Me, too." "So maybe we could take a walk later." "Sounds great." "Well, I'm getting a little chilly." "I'm going to go change." "Do you want to meet me here later?" "count on it." "How'd it go?" "Great!" "She wants to take a walk with me later." "Where'd she go?" "She said she had to go change." "Really?" "Great, perfect." "What?" "Follow me." "Got an idea." "oh, great." "Look, Mark, I don't know anything about television." "I've been waiting for my shot to be editor of The Condor," "Yeah, but you're intrigued, right?" "Well, the idea of being the news director of the campus TV station does have some appeal, yes." "A couple beers, man." "Good." "Good." "Look, I don't expect you to make up your mind right here, okay?" "Just wait until you see the investment the university's putting into this" "new operation, all right?" "All right. I'll wait." "Maybe you can convince me." "I will convince you." "Mm-hmm." "Hey, guys." "What'd I miss?" "Just this maniac twisting my arm for the last half hour about giving up my journalistic integrity for the idiot box." "Brandon, you know as well as I do that nobody reads newspaper anymore." "All right, let's get shaking!" "So, Kelly... how about a dance?" "Sure." "You don't mind, do you, Brandon?" "No, no, no, I wouldn't dance with you anyway." "It'd be too confusing." "Who would lead?" "I can't believe I let you talk me into this." "Just be quiet." "You're about to have a peek at paradise." "Honey, is that you?" "!" "Yeah, Mom!" "Do you want the shower?" "No, I'm just going to change into a sweater." "You make sure you put something warm on." "It's chilly out there." "l will, Mom." "Don't look or you'll turn to stone." "Why did I listen to you?" "I..." "Thanks for the dance." "Well, that was just the first one." "Let me get you something to drink." "okay." "Don't you go anywhere." "I'll be right back." "I won't." "Well... you two are looking really, uh... cozy." "David, please." "Let it go." "No, I'm not going to let it go." "What's going on here?" "I'm having a good time." "That's what's "going on."" "Would you like to dance?" "No, Donna." "I'm really not in the mood to dance right now." "You know, it was one thing when you wanted out of our business partnership, but now, now I realize you just wanted to start dating other guys." "I'm not dating him, David, I'm dancing with him." "And if you weren't in such a perpetual bad mood, we'd be having a good time." "oh, yeah, it's always my fault, right?" "Maybe if you'd open your eyes, you'd realize I'm having a lousy time, and you're not making it any easier." "I'm sorry, but I've tried." "You don't want to listen to anything that I have to say." "You know what?" "I've had it with you." "At least now I know who I can count on." "No, wait." "is that really the way that you feel?" "Yeah, it is." "Then I'm sorry." "'cause you can count on me." "You just don't want to see that, 'cause you're so angry that I don't want to be your partner anymore." "You just know everything, don't you?" "You two have a real nice evening." "It was the most incredible meeting with anyone I've ever had." "Right then and there in the middle of this small town, in the middle of nowhere Texas, this girl decides to entirely change her life." "It was unbelievable." "Well, I'm sure you had something to do with it." "I don't know about that." "I think it was just luck and timing." "I don't know, Brandon, you've changed a lot of people's lives." "Mine included." "Yea, I thinketh not, young maiden." "You're doing just fine all by yourself." "Thanks." "I'm really trying to get my life together." "I want to be happy, you know?" "Well, that's not too much to ask." "Now you are mocking me." "No, no, no, I'm not mocking you, but you got to tell me what's going on?" "clare is mad at Steve for something that happened between you and Steve years ago?" "What's the story?" "I don't know." "He told me." "I don't get it, though." "I mean, if you ask me, Steve has a big mouth." "Did I hear somebody mention my name?" "Yes, you did." "Why would you tell clare about us?" "Why would you want to hurt her feelings like that?" "I thought she knew." "Besides, what makes you think I would hurt clare's feelings on purpose, Kel?" "You know, I was just getting to know you two crazy kids back when all this went on." "Maybe you'd like to share your pain with your Uncle Brandon, huh?" "No. I don't want to share." "And, Kelly, I would appreciate it" "if you didn't share, either." "Fine." "I'm going to go talk to clare, try to smooth things over." "Why don't you just let it be?" "No, I won't." "I don't want her to be mad at me." "okay, it's just you and me now, big fella." "Give." "Something happened after Kelly and I broke up, but I never told anybody." "Not even Kelly?" "Not even Kelly." "Actually, I'm not too proud of it, either." "Maybe now's the time to come clean." "Yeah, I'm afraid it is." "oh!" "Whoa!" "oh, my God!" "What are you guys doing here?" "Ryan, I told you we had the wrong cabana." "Beth, I'm really sorry." "We didn't mean it." "You came in here to watch me shower, didn't you?" "And you saw my mother?" "Please don't remind us." "You two are disgusting!" "Get out before I call security." "Really, Beth, I'm sorry." "Really sorry." "I thought you were different, Ryan." "I liked you." "We were going to have such a good time tonight." "We still can." "Don't ever speak to me again." "So what happened with your wife?" "Thank you." "How come it didn't work out?" "I thought we were here to talk about business." "Haven't we talked enough about that already?" "okay." "Well, Diane and I were college sweethearts." "We were both very young and, um... very inexperienced." "So are you saying you weren't in love?" "No, no, no." "We were in love." "Like I said, we were just, um, "inexperienced."" "And by that you mean...?" "Um, I never sowed any wild oats, and neither did she." "Bottom line is, we just, um, lost the passion for each other, and, uh, I started looking at other women." "And once that happens, you lose trust and everything falls apart." "Any regrets?" "Yeah, a few." "It's going to be difficult with my son and all." "Yeah." "Sorry." "Hey, life goes on." "Besides, I'm just learning how to live my life again." "I'm glad." "Hey." "How's it going, casey?" "Silver. lt's been a long time." "Yeah, not long enough." "David, if you're going to be rude, please leave." "oh, what, what?" "Now, now you're telling me where l can sit?" "No, she's asking you politely to leave us alone." "And if that doesn't seem to work, I'm telling you." "oh." "That was real convincing." "You know what?" "Let's, let's go, okay?" "You know what, David?" "If you're trying to ruin my evening, you're doing a really good job." "Donna, I'm not trying to ruin anything." "I just, I can't stand seeing you with this goofball." "Leave me alone." "You said you couldn't count on me, so don't." "l didn't do a thing!" "You ruined everything!" "lt was already ruined!" "Hey, hey, hey..." "Brothers, what's going on here?" "He's an idiot, that's what's wrong." "Hey, if we hadn't have gotten caught, you would not be complaining right now." "Shh." "Hey, what happened?" "He had the bright idea to sneak into Beth's cabana so we could take a look at her coming out of the shower." "You what?" "lt was his idea!" "Get over here." "How stupid can you guys be?" "Hey, like you never did anything like that." "So that makes it smart?" "Look, all I know is, I've ruined everything with Beth, and it's his fault." "No, no, no, it's both of your faults." "When are you guys going to learn, you've got to respect women if you want them to respect you back?" "I don't want them to respect me, I just want to get..." "Hey, shut up!" "You know, this may come as a surprise to you, but women are people, too." "You actually think that that's a way to a woman's heart?" "Let me tell you something, it's not." "I learned that the hard way." "I don't want to see you guys make the same mistakes that I made, you understand me?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "If I see you guys pull a stunt like this again, we're through." "'cause I've had it with you." "You got it?" "Yeah." "Now, get out of here before I bonk your heads together." "That was pretty good." "I'm proud of you." "I wish it was something that someone told me when I was young." "I talked to Kelly." "And..." "I think whatever you guys are working through, it's bringing out the best in you." "Well, you ready to go home?" "No, I can't." "I got to take care of something." "Do you mind?" "No." "Go." "Get it out of your system." "Thanks for being so understanding, clare." "Well, I would, uh, invite you in, but I wouldn't want my roommates to get the wrong idea." "And what idea is that?" "I'm a cpa and you're my client." "Yeah, I was going to say that." "Now the big question." "What are you doing tomorrow?" "I was going to go to the beach club." "You were?" "So was I." "I'll see you, then?" "Yeah." "okay." "Good night." "Good night." "Hey, Kel." "Hi." "can I talk to you?" "Sure." "How's clare?" "She's okay." "Good." "Kel, you remember the spring dance in tenth grade?" "It seems like a lifetime ago, but I remember it." "I was the queen of the dance." "How could I forget?" "Yeah." "Remember I got drunk, and we got into a fight?" "Yes." "But to be honest with you, I don't have the faintest idea what we were fighting over." "Kelly, did you know that night we made love at the beach club was my first time?" "I didn't know that." "I thought you were Mr. Experience." "Yeah, I wanted everybody to think that." "I wish you would have told me." "I wish I would have told you, too." "In fact, there was a lot of things I would have done differently." "Like what?" "Well, when we did it, it was a big thing for me." "But it really didn't seem like a big thing for you." "Well, I was a lot different then, too." "Yeah." "But I did something afterwards." "I did something bad, Kelly... to you." "What is this all about?" "You can tell me. lt's okay." "okay." "After you broke up with me, Kelly, I started spreading rumors about you." "What are you talking about?" "I told anyone that would listen that you were a slut, and that you'd sleep with anybody." "It was me, Kelly." "I was the one who spread all those rumors about you, and I'm to blame for the horrible reputation you had at West Beverly all those years." "How could you do that?" "I thought we were friends." "I know. I... lt's just, once the ball got rolling, I couldn't stop it." "I'm sorry." "You bastard." "Do you know how long l had to live with that?" "Do you know how long that followed me?" "And the worst part is, I became that girl." "I became the slut that everybody thought I was, and I am still getting over it." "l'm sorry." "Yeah, well, sorry does not make up for what you put me through!" "Listen, buddy, the important thing is, is that you told her." "You came clean about the whole thing." "Yeah, just a little late." "Five years." "Five years." "You know, Brandon, I don't think she's gonna forgive me for this." "Well..." "You think you could talk to her for me?" "You want me to work on her?" "I don't know what I want." "Look, Steve, you want my advice?" "Just give it some time, man." "Give her a little space, this whole thing will blow over." "So, I'm off to the beach club, though it's the last place in the world I feel like being today." "So, don't go." "No." "I can't disappoint clare." "She's been very understanding through all this." "Hey, good morning." "Yeah, in some parts of the world." "Poor Steve." "He told you, huh?" "Yeah, more than I wanted to hear." "Hmm." "But let's face it." "If he hadn't have spread those rumors about Kelly, somebody would have." "You know what, Val?" "I'm really getting tired of you badmouthing Kelly." "She's a friend of mine, so if you want to do it, that's fine." "Just do it somewhere else." "okay?" "okay. I'm sorry." "You going to the beach club?" "Yeah. I'm gonna meet Kenny there." "Really?" "Yeah, he's been unbelievable." "can't imagine how much he's helped out the After Dark." "So now you're going to spend the day with him at the beach?" "lsn't he married?" "He was." "He's separated now." "Hmm..." "Better be careful, Val, or someone's going to start spreading rumors about you." "Hey, Kel." "I'll catch up with you." "Hi." "Hey." "You know, there's an egg toss here today." "Be my partner?" "No, thanks." "What, Kelly?" "What do I got to do?" "I said I was sorry." "I don't know." "I'm a different person now, Kelly." "So am I." "I never should've told her." "Haven't you heard that the sun'll kill ya?" "Well, at least I'll look good when I go." "Yeah." "Well, sit down." "Make yourself comfortable." "Thanks." "So, uh, tell me more" "about your son." "Michael?" "You'll love him." "He's a good boy." "Hey!" "Kelly, hi." "How are you?" "I'm great." "How are you?" "Good to see you." "How are Diane and Michael?" "Good, good." "They're back East right now." "oh, good." "Uh, I'm sure you two know each other." "Hmm?" "Yeah." "How're you doing, Kel?" "Terrific." "Uh, Kenny's helping me out with the books" "for the After Dark." "Ah." "Good." "Well, see you guys around." "okay, bye-bye." "How do you know her?" "Uh, when Michael was an infant, she used to babysit for us all the time." "She knows my wife very well." "Are you guys good friends?" "Good enemies." "What are you doing here?" "I just, I came to apologize." "I was way out of line last night." "Do you want to come in or have some coffee?" "No." "No, no, um..." "Look, I've... I've been real stressed out." "But I'm going to try really hard not to take it out on you." "Thanks." "I appreciate that." "So, uh, are you going to be down at the beach later?" "Yeah." "Maybe we can hang out." "Maybe." "We tried, but it just didn't work out for us, did it?" "I guess not." "Still friends?" "Yeah, always." "Well, I'll see you down there." "Later." "okay." "Kelly, we weren't finished out there." "Steve, I know..." "Quiet." "Let me talk a second." "I'm sorry." "I am, too." "I've been a jerk all night." "Me, too." "I know." "But despite all the things we've gone through, all the fights and all the stupid things we've ever said to each other, I still love you, Kelly." "And I don't care what you say, because I know deep down inside, you love me, too." "Maybe." "But not the way you mean." "There's lots of different ways of loving someone." "Then I guess in my own way, I love you, too, Steve." "Happy Birthday." "could I get another one right here?" "You know the spot." "come on." "Kel!" "Kelly!" "I was just thinking about you." "Kelly, you got to forgive me." "I know what I did was unforgivable." "But my life's not going to be as good a place unless you're in it." "I wish you would've thought of that back then." "So do I." "You asked me if I remembered the spring dance." "Well, I do." "I remember that we said we loved each other that night." "The thing of it is, I said so many horrible things about you, even after that night, I... I'm so sorry." "I'm just glad that you were honest with me." "Having you tell me the truth now makes up for anything that you could've done." "I was kind of hoping you'd say that." "You look great." "Thanks." "Listen, Kenny, uh, I feel really uncomfortable being here." "Why?" "I saw your wife's bathing suit in there." "It just doesn't feel right." "Don't worry about it." "I mean, I'm not worried about it." "Just relax." "I got something for you." "This is my way of showing you that I believe in you and your club." "open it." "$10,000?" "You're giving me $10,000?" "You'll pay me back." "It should take a little time before the other money comes in, so that should cover you." "I don't know what to say." "Don't say anything." "Just know there's somebody in your corner." "okay?" "Thanks." "oh!" "Ahh!" "ooh..." "Well, it looks like you two got things worked out." "Yeah, we did." "It felt good to forgive someone." "Not as good as it felt to scramble that egg on Stevie's chest." "We were all just young and stupid." " Hey!" "I think I'm still young and stupid." "It really reminded me of how strong the bonds are between all of us, you know?" "But it felt really good to be alone this summer." "Help me figure out who I am." "That's the way I felt about my trip, too." "It's good to see we're on the same page." "Are we?" "Well, maybe not exactly the same page." "A couple pages apart; certainly in the same chapter, though." "Do you ever think that we'll be in the same place with each other?" "If the time's right for the two of us, we'll know it." "And if it isn't?" "Well, then we'll know that, too, won't we?" "Yeah, I guess we will."