"Previously on The Secret Life of the American Teenager..." "You need some help." "You can't get over what happened to you alone!" "Would you just drop it, Grace!" "Ricky, I want to get married." "And you want to go to school in New York?" "Yeah, kind of." "It was a wedding gift." "There was no wedding." "Okay." "Amy's taking a little tour of the school?" "She should take a tour of the school." "It's an honor to get into that school, and if she wants to go there, she can go there." "What happened to Dylan?" "We're just friends." "Just like you'll be friends with Ricky some day." "You know I love you." "I'm not going to run off with this woman." "She's flying you all the way across the country for a sandwich." "Adrian, Ms. Wilkenson is 73." "You tell him!" "I bought the restaurant." "This restaurant?" "Congratulations, George." "To me!" "Listen to me, don't do anything stupid." "Listen to me, you're doing something stupid when you let Amy go to New York to go to school." "It's me." "Open up." "Come on, we're going to my house." "Don't shoot." "It's me, George." "Oh, no." "I can't force him to go to therapy!" "He'll go when he's ready to go!" "He's not ready!" "Oh, no, he's ready." "He almost killed me!" "Well, what the hell are you doing breaking into the guest house this time of night?" "If you knew he had an issue with not being able to sleep because of a traumatic incident, why would you break in on him, George?" "Hell, hasn't my son been through enough?" "I sympathize, I do, but he can't be allowed to go around shooting people." "That guy is out of the country." "The police said he's out of the country." "He's nowhere near here." "And I almost got shot!" "His dad left him the gun." "We didn't know he had taken it from the house." "When we moved back from the condo into the parsonage here, we put it in the hall closet instead of our closet where we'd always had it." "You're supposed to keep it locked up and unloaded at all times." "It was." "I thought it was." "And we always stressed gun safety with him." "It was the only thing his father left him, and he's never expressed interest in it other than as something to remember his father by." "And who ever thinks their son will shoot someone?" "Well, apparently not the parents of kids who shoot someone." "Exactly!" "I know that "He doesn't seem like the type"" "is not a good excuse..." "There's no excuse." "Did you know the biggest threat from being shot comes from keeping a gun in the house?" "Some people say if you have a gun in your house, it's over 20 times more likely to hurt you than protect you." "And most accidental shootings happen to people under 25-years-old." "I own guns." "I know this stuff." "Jack knew where the gun was, he took it." "We didn't know." "Look, I am really sorry." "I'll talk to Jack." "I've tried talking to him, I'll talk to him again." "We'd like him to stay with us." "I mean, we tried to get him to stay with us, but he doesn't like sleeping alone so he wants to be here with Grace." "Guess he didn't know what to do when she left town." "But promise, I will talk to him and I'll try and get him to see someone, again." "Not good enough." "Trying is not good enough." "The coach made it conditional to his ever being part of the team again." "He can't motivate him, how am I supposed to motivate him?" "Grace can't even get him to do anything." "You have no idea how frustrating it is to want to help Jack and not be able to help him, especially when my job is helping people." "Hey, I heard you were having some problems with your ex?" "Nice segue, Reverend, but not the time or the place." "Well, look, it's getting late." "I should get going." ""I"?" "You mean "We."" "You're taking him with you." "I don't care who he sleeps with." "He scared the bejesus out of me." "I'm sure." "Good reflexes." " Goodnight, George." " No, no, no, no, no goodnight." "I said he's going with you." "Wouldn't it be better if he went with you and Tom?" "I can't sleep, Tom." "Every time I close my eyes, I see that guy's face." "When I'm in traffic, I think I see him in the car behind me." "When I'm on campus, I think I see him peering around doorways, or watching me in the parking lot." "And when I drive-through some place and get a burger," "I think he's the guy handing it to me." "I can't get his image out of my head." "I can't." "You know the last thing he said to me?" ""Start praying, Christian."" "And yet I didn't." "And God took care of me anyway." "He saved me." "He didn't do a very good job of it." "What?" "God let you get beat up first, then he saved you." "Yeah, well, I'm just thankful I'm alive." "This isn't living." "Walking around afraid that guy will kill you." "That's not how my mom does it." "You're too old for this." "You make your own eggs." "I don't know how." "I'll teach you how." "I know how." "I just wanted you to make them." "I already made them." "I'm gonna put the pan in to soak, you eat your eggs, then you wash the pan and put it away, all right?" "What is this, boot camp?" "Help youelf to anything in the kitchen." "Everyone has to make their own breakfast here, starting now." "You have any whey?" " Way what?" " Whey?" " Way what?" " Whey." "Protein powder." " Do you?" " No." "Why do you have to have powder?" "Why can't you have the real thing?" "Have some eggs and bacon." "Yeah, all right." "Can I get, uh, three poached eggs, six pieces of well-done bacon, some whole wheat toast, no butter, a little honey?" "I'll get you some whey." "How long you planning on staying?" "How long can I stay?" "I slept really great here." "Well, we'll see how it goes." "But you can't, you know, keep sleeping in the bed with me." "It's not healthy." "I think that's the most" "I've slept since I came home from the hospital." " Jack..." " I know, I know." " I'm going to get some help." " Today." "You promised me if I let you stay over here you'd go talk to someone today." "Yeah, I know I said that, but after a good night's sleep, and after talking to Tom, and after shooting you, I feel a lot better." "I really do." "You got two choices, this guy Chan that your doctor recommended, or Dr. Fields, who I recommend." "Everyone is afraid of something." "You can either hide or you can face your fears." "What's it going to be?" "I told you I'd help you." "Just let me help you." "No, I'm catching on." "Really, I am." "Uh, no, you're not." "You're getting farther and farther behind." "Is it further or farther?" "Farther." "Further is more of a verb." "To further your education, to further a cause." "Whereas farther indicates distance." "Why did I ask?" " I'll see you at lunch." " Wait!" "My grandmother was hoping you could kind of hang out with me at the house until she gets home tonight." "Her friend is having surgery and she's going to stay at the hospital with her as long as possible." "And she wants me to stay there with you with no one else at home, the entire house to ourselves, including your bedroom?" "Yeah." "She totally trusts us." "Why?" "Because we're trustworthy." " And she believed that?" " Yes, she believed it because it's true." "Maybe it is and maybe it isn't." "For all she knows we're going to be smoking pot and drinking beer and fooling around." "Yeah, right." "I told her I was going to be helping you with your algebra." "Why did you do that?" "That makes me sound stupid." "No, it doesn't." "It's just the one area of school where you need a little help." "You can't be good at everything." "I'm not good with anything, am I?" "Of course you are." "You're a really good musician." "And you're street smart." "There's a lot to be said for street smart." "Whatever." "I'll come over, we'll see about the algebra." "What?" "Just let me help you." "What are you so afraid of?" "That you'll actually learn something about algebra?" "No." "That's not it." "And I doubt I will learn something about algebra." "I just don't do well in these situations." "What situations?" "Where someone is helping you?" "Where people trust me." "I don't have a good moral compass." "You know, for example, right now, I'm debating whether or not" "I should ask Margaret if I can go or just lie to her and not tell her where I am." "Because if I tell her no one will be home but the two of us," "I think she's going to say, "Then come on over to our house."" "All right." "We could do that." "When we could be alone at your house?" "We're not going to do anything." "You say that now, but who knows?" " I know." " No, you don't." "Good morning." "I wasn't expecting you, but good morning." "Your mom left for work already." "I need some help." "Can you watch John?" "Some kid bit him at daycare, he bit the kid back and they want me to take him out for the day." "They just called me and I was on my way to school so..." "I know it's a huge favor, but I can't miss class." "Amy's in New York, you know, and I have to work this afternoon." "I can't." "I got to do something before I go to work." "Oh." "Well, okay." "Maybe Margaret can help you out." "Um, I already called her." "She's working today." "She has some sort of emergency going on, she can't." "Oh." "Sorry, but like I said, I'm working." "It's okay, I'll handle it." "Amy and I have had it easy between that church nursery and family helping us with John so..." "I'll just have to forget school and stay home and take care of my son today." "Mine and Amy's son." "While she's in New York with Ben." "You don't have to worry about Ben." "She's not interested in Ben." " Who's she interested in?" " No one but herself, apparently." "Hello." "I have a question for you." "Make it quick." "Kathy's invited me to stay over at her house when her grandmother isn't going to be home and..." "No." " Hey, Ricky!" " Hey." "What's going on?" "Nothing." "We had a little sleepover while the girls are out of town." "Jack tried to shoot him." " I missed." " You shot at George?" "For what?" "I don't think we need to tell everybody, Jack." "It doesn't exactly make you look good, son." " You shot him with a gun?" " Yes." "We dropped by after work." "I say, after work." "And when I knocked on the guest house door, I startled Jack." "It's nothing you need to be concerned about." "Okay." "Uh, what work?" " Finally." " You didn't hear?" " He bought Geoff's." " Geoff's restaurant?" " Yep." " Can't you keep up?" "I guess not." "When did that happen?" "I invited you and Amy to meet me for dinner last night, and that's why." "I wanted to surprise you." "I'm surprise, all right." "You bought Geoff's?" "I didn't know you knew anything about the restaurant business." " He doesn't." " How hard can it be?" "Hard." "It's a risk." "If you want anything out of life, you've got to take a risk." "You cannot be afraid of failing, or getting hurt, or getting shot." "A man's got to do what a man's got to do." "You got it?" "He really misses Robie." "Hey, George." "Hey." "What'd he say?" "How'd it go?" " It didn't." " What are you talking about?" "Dr. Fields canceled an appointment to take him!" "Very nice of him." " Did you walk Jack up to the office?" " No." " He didn't show up." " What?" "I let him out right in front of the building." "I saw him get on the elevator!" "You should have got on the elevator with him and walked him up to the office." "Should I have gone in and talked for him, too?" "I told you, you can't make him get help." "Dadgum it!" "I can make him get help!" "I wish." "I wish you could." "How did he do last night at your house?" "He slept fine, he seemed fine." "He was reluctant to go but he said he would go." " You're sure he slept?" " I'm sure he slept!" " Where did he sleep?" " He slept in my bed." "All right, he slept in my bed with me, but he slept!" "And he promised me he was going to talk to Dr. Fields" " and I'm going to hold him to it!" " Good." "Good for you." "Sometimes it's easier for someone who isn't the parent to get a kid to do something they should do." "I just hate to see him so messed up like this." "I hate to see the bad guy win." "Yeah, me, too." "I've always been afraid he'd get hurt playing ball." "This..." "I never saw this coming." "I miss those days when he was just a little kid and he'd reach up and grab my hand when he was scared." "And there was something I could actually do about it." " Hi, Amy." " Hey." "I just called the nursery." "They said they sent John home?" "You called the nursery before you called me?" "Did I check on our son before I checked on you?" "Yes." "He bit a kid." "The kid bit him first, but that kid was only two, so..." "What?" "John's not a biter." "Guess John was feeling a little angry today." "What?" "Because I left?" "I didn't say that." "The other kid bit him first." "You didn't say that, either." " I thought I did." " Okay." "I know Ben was on the plane." "And I know you sat next to Omar." "I got a text." "From Ben." "He is so immature." " Ben or Omar?" " Ben!" "Omar, he got this really great job." "He's..." "I know." "Adrian told me, I've already heard about it." " Good for him." " Yeah." "Good for him." "And so, how is it?" "Uh... the school?" "That's what you're there for, right?" "Yeah, that's what I'm here for." "Hey, shouldn't you be at work?" "I couldn't work today and I couldn't go to class today because I had to take care of John today." "So, what do you think?" "I think it's nice to be here for, like, a day or two, but obviously I can't go to school here and leave John with you." "That just wouldn't work out." "And I think we both can see that." "Can we?" "And what does that mean?" "It means that I'll, uh, I'll find a school out there." " Okay." " Or, you know, there is daycare available to us through that teen program I was in, here, in New York." "Why don't you check it out while you're there?" "I kind of did." "I stopped by there today." "It was on the way back to, uh, to where I was going." "All right, we'll talk about it when you get home." " You want to talk to John?" " Yeah, of course." "John, Mommy's on the phone." "Want to talk to Mommy?" "No." " Talk to Mommy." " Hey, John." " Say, "I love you."" " I love you." "I love you, too, buddy." "Say, "I miss you, Mommy."" "I miss you, Mommy." " He's gone." " All right." "Uh... well, I'll be..." "I'll be home late tomorrow." " Will you?" " Yeah." "Okay, well, if you decide to stay longer, let me know." "Okay." "Hi." "Hate to pull you out of class, but the couple who adopted the baby, they're trying to reach you." "Sonya called the office." "Because..." "Because she's called your grandmother's house, and she tried you on your cell and she couldn't get you and she needs to talk to you." "All right." "Is the baby okay?" "I don't know, Kathy, she just wants you to call her." "My boyfriend called the baby's mom and dad." "What does that mean?" "He said he wants to see the baby." "Oh." "Can he do that?" "I don't know." "He signed the papers." "He said she could be adopted, but... he just wants to see her." "He had said he didn't want to be involved in any way." "He didn't want to see her, he never wanted to see me again and now..." "You need to call your parents." "My parents went out of the country." "They're in France buying a horse." "I'm sure you can reach them." "And until you do, I'm sure your grandmother will know what to do." "Yeah, but I don't want to bother her with this today." "She has a friend who needs her today." "She's at the hospital with her friend." "So I'm just going to go home and Ethan is going to come home with me and we're going to do algebra." "And I'll think about this tomorrow." "If there's anything I can do..." "Thanks." " Are you in trouble?" " Huh?" "You got called out by the counselor." "Oh, yeah." "She just wanted to ask me something about running for class office next year, as a way of meeting more people and being more social." "That's all." "Uh, that's not all." "What's going on?" "That's what's going on." "No, that's not what's going on." "Oh, you're not going to tell me again about your magical powers of reading people's faces, are you?" "The baby daddy called the adoptive couple." "He wants to see the baby." "It's my worst nightmare come true." " How dare he!" " I know." " I hate him." " Did you call him?" "Call him, tell him to knock it off." "I don't want to call him." "Yeah, but you're going to have to call him." "Why is he doing this?" "Why now?" " I don't know." " Oh." "I bet I know." " You know?" " I bet he heard you have a boyfriend." "You think that could be it?" "Why would he care if I have a boyfriend?" "Cause guys are like that." "Did you tell Ethan what's going on?" "I haven't had a chance." "And when I do have a chance," "I don't know if I'm going to tell him because he's not going to like it and... things are just getting back to normal, you know?" "I'm no longer the teen mom." "I'm just his girlfriend and he's my boyfriend and I don't want to go back to being a teen mom who has problems with the baby and the boyfriend and all that." "Sooner or later, he's going to want a normal girl." "What?" "He's totally in love with you." "He went to Texas to beg your father to let you stay here." "He's not going to dump you, if that's what you're afraid of." "Hey, Ethan." "See ya, Ethan." "Call me." "So what were you doing in the counselor's office so long?" " Is everything okay?" " Yeah, everything's fine." "I was just looking at some options for next year's classes." "Are there options?" "It's public school." "It's a magnet school and there are advanced classes." "There are choices." "So are you walking home with me?" "I guess I am." "Thanks, I really appreciate it and so does my grandmother." "I'll try to make the tutoring session fun." "But not too fun." "Nothing that would give any indication to anyone that I really can't be trusted." "Um... everything okay?" "Yeah, why do you ask?" "'Cause I'm losing circulation in my hand." "Oops." "Sorry." "Hey, you know, Ricky's not working this afternoon and I know you were missing the butcher shop." "Care to, uh, go over and give Bunny a little help?" "Where's Ricky?" "Home with the kid." "He bit some kid or some kid bit him or something." " John?" " Yeah." "John." "Huh." "He's probably angry that his mommy is in New York with someone's son." "He got into school there." "He gets to go spend a weekend on campus before he signs on the dotted line." "I doubt he even knew if Amy was on that flight." "Coincidence." "Oh, I don't think so." "I think someone found out what flight she was on and booked a ticket hoping to get the two of them back together." "I just gave you a raise." "Are you spending the time you're supposed to be working coming up with conspiracy theories?" "I did not send Ben to New York to be with Amy." "Truthfully, I don't want him to be with Amy." "She's a nice girl, but too much water under the bridge." "Are you going to the butcher shop or not?" " Yeah, I'll go." " Go." "I'm going." " You want bus fare?" " What?" "In addition to that raise?" "Nah." "Hopefully I'll get there before closing time." "Just joking." "The driver will take you over." "Bye." "And thank you for that." "Goodbye." "Oh." "While you're over there, why don't you pick up one of those little pamphlets on our restaurant supply and take it home to George." "Oh." "Sneaky." "I've been wanting that account for years." "I've got every restaurant in this part of town but that one and no matter how many steaks I ate there," "I could never get that Geoff to do business with me." "Feel out George, will you?" "All right, Leo." "I will see what I can do." "Hey, there you are!" " Here I am." " You ready to go?" " Yeah." " Okay, but, um, first..." "You know when you asked me for a ride this morning and all the way here we talked about how great Dr. Fields is?" " Yeah." " You didn't see Dr. Fields." "Grace called me looking for you." " You shot George Juergens?" " I missed." "Why can you not accept that you need help?" "Why can't anyone accept the fact that I don't need help when I've got all the help I need in Jesus Christ our Lord?" "I'm fine." "And I don't want to talk to a shrink who doesn't even believe in God." "How do you know?" "All right, let me ask you something." "Do you think your dad stopped each of the surgeons going into the operating room to ask them if they were Christians or not?" "Or do you think that your dad didn't care if they were Christians, because he just wanted to get the best help that he could get for you no matter what religion they were?" " I don't know." " Yes, you do." "You know." "Look, Jack, you got your physical health covered, you got help with that, and you've definitely got the spiritual help covered, how about you get your mental health covered?" "I don't believe in mental health." "There's no such thing as mental health." "There's no mental, it's intangible." "I have a brain and my brain is fine." "Okay." "I get the logic." "But..." "How about this?" "How about love is intangible." "You believe in love, don't you?" "Love is real, isn't it?" "Jack, Grace loves you, your mom and dad love you, your friends love you." "Get some help." "What are you so afraid of?" "Can I have a ride?" "Hey, I see Grandma left us some dinner." "What is it?" "Is it hot?" "Looks like green corn tamales and brisket tacos." "We had brisket last night." "She used the leftovers." "This is one of my favorites." "It's not hot?" "Oh, that is good." "That's really good." "We should eat now, it'll help you concentrate." "All right." "But we don't really have to study." "No, we have to study." "I want to study." "I like to study." "Oh, come on." "No one likes to study." " No, I do." " All right." "So you'd rather study than, say, make out?" "We could maybe make out a little." "Later." "After we do our homework." "All right, let's do our homework." "And after my grandmother gets home." "After your grandmother gets home?" "You know, so she doesn't lose trust in us." "Oh, no." "Who's that?" "That is my boyfriend." "I didn't know you had a boyfriend." "I thought I was your boyfriend." " From Texas." " What's he doing here?" "I think he wants to see the baby." "Did you know he was coming?" " No." " I got it." "Get the hell out of here." "Kathy?" "Yes." "Ethan is my boyfriend." "Did Ethan get to see the baby?" "He was at the hospital, so, yeah." "Do you really want to see the baby?" "It's been bugging me." "So why didn't you call me before you called Sonya and Jonathan?" " They're really upset." " I'm upset, too." "I didn't find out you had the baby until some girl at school told me." " You didn't say you wanted to know." " I wanted to know." "Geez, Kathy, she's my baby, too." "I know, but she's not really your baby or my baby." "She's their baby, they're adopting her." "Not if I change my mind." "You're not going to change your mind." "Come on, don't do this to me, and to them, and to her." "She's just an innocent baby." "I just started thinking about it and... maybe she's the only baby I'll ever have." "I doubt it, but I hope the next one is planned and you're older and married." "Yeah, me, too." "It's not too late." "We could still get married and take care of her on our own." "That would be selfish, wouldn't it?" "Two people who don't love each other, who are still in high hool, trying to be parents?" "Don't you think she deserves better?" "And how would we support ourselves?" "How would either of us get a job?" "How would we finish school?" "How could we ever go to college?" "I'm not going to college anyway." "I don't have the money." "So I'm just going to get a job and..." "And what?" "I'm just going to drop out of high school and stay home?" "We are not going to ask for the baby back!" " What now?" " I got a little problem." "Not a little problem." "I'm busy here." "Take care of your own problems for once." "You know, a lot of cultures consider a 13-year-old a man and you're 15 now, so just grow up and do the right thing." " I'm over at Kathy's..." " I told you not to go over there." " I know, but I did." " And now what?" "Her old boyfriend showed up, the baby's father." " What does he want?" " He wants to go see the baby." "He wants to change his mind about the baby being adopted." "At least that's what he's saying." "Don't get in the middle." "The middle would be a terrible place to be." "I was thinking maybe you could come over here and tell him how hard it is to be a father." "I don't have time, I'm too busy being a father." "I'm cooking dinner and waiting for John to get up from his nap, while I try to write a paper that's due tomorrow and catch up online with what I missed in class today." "You could bring your computer with you." "And John, of course." "No, I'm not going to do that." "I can't do that." "It would be impossible to do that." "No one understands how difficult it is to be a father when you're a teenager until they've done it." "Hell, no one realizes how hard it is to be a father, anyway, until you've done it." "And I recommend you don't do it." "So when this guy leaves, don't be fooling around with Kathy in that empty house." "Geez, you know, not every guy is thinking about sex every minute of the day." "All right some of us maybe, but... you know, I'm not completely insensitive." "I don't think this would be the time to approach her." "I don't think high school would be the time to approach her." " You just wait." " You didn't." "Right." " Right..." "I have to go and" "I have to figure out the right thing to do myself." "Hey, how was scol today?" "It was school." "I know." "I'm supposed to ask you something more difficult to answer than," ""How was school today?" If I expect you to talk to me." "I like talking to you." "I just don't think you really want to know how school was." "You want to know about Ben?" "Ben and I have been texting." "I don't know." "I'm sure Ben would text me if he wanted me to know anything." "You know how he knew Amy was on that flight?" "She printed out the ticket on one of the computers in the library then copied it and left it in the machine." "Ben did the same, saw she was on a different flight, so he changed his." "But Omar was a coincidence." "But I think maybe Amy left that copy in the machine on purpose." "I think she wanted Ben to know when she was going." "Because?" "Because she likes to act all independent and everything, going to school in New York and all that, but have you ever seen her without a guy?" "Even for a week?" "First it was Ben, then Ricky, then Ben, then some weird guy, then Ben, then Ricky." "She's never even been by herself." "And where do you get your information?" "Ben." "I should have known." "Look, sweetie, Ben may not be the best judge of what happened in his or Amy's life." "I don't know why he can't let her go." "I thought he turned around, but the idea that Amy would go to New York, possibly without Ricky, just set him off again." "I think there's something kind of sweet about it." "Well, Amy and Ricky have a son." "There is nothing sweet about Ben pursuing Amy while she's on the fence about what she wants with Ricky." "I forgot about the kid." "Yeah, well, you can't forget about the kid." "Not if you have one." "Even if you want to forget." "So that's your boyfriend, huh?" "Going somewhere?" "Jack may be more comfortable talking to me alone." "I don't mind if he's here." "I mind if he's here." "Frankly, I want to hear what you have to say to him." "George, therapy is kind of personal." "Not kind of, very." "I've got nothing to hide." "Yeah." "He's got nothing to hide." "And he's the one who dragged me in here." "I don't know what good any of this is going to do." "I mean, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" "Okay, ask me anything you want, Jack." "Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the one and only son of God?" "I'd rather not answer that one, Jack." "Then the answer is a "No."" "He thinks he's been miraculously healed." " Of what?" " Well, my bones are healed." "The ones that are in the casts or other bones?" "No, the ones in the casts." "That's why I want to get the casts off." "Because I don't even need them." "And I'm getting really tired of them and I want to be able to work out again." "And has God spoken to you, out loud, in a voice you can hear, telling you that the bones have healed?" "I hear Him in my heart." "And has God healed you of any feelings of fear and anxiety following the attack?" "I know about the attack." "Maybe." "Um..." "I know something shifted inside right after I shot George." "Something shifted for me inside, too." "Luckily not in my pants." "He missed." "Is that how the two of you came to be in my office together?" "Because Jack tried to shoot you?" "Yeah." "I dropped by the guest house, he didn't know I was coming..." "Blam." "This is getting to be more like a reality show than a therapy session." "Jack, tell me why you're here, other than he dragged you in here after you tried to shoot him." "I can't sleep." "Tom's already told everyone so..." "I know the guy that did this to me left the country, at least that's what the cops are saying," "but I see his face everywhere I look." "I'm scared." "I'm too scared to sleep." "That's not necessarily a bad thing, being afraid." "Fear is nature's way of protecting us sometimes." " It alerts us to danger." " Don't tell him that." "What?" "Next thing you know he's going to want his gun back." "Even if I had the gun, that guy could have a bigger gun." "It's just that my confidence is shot." "If that guy, or any other guy, came after me," "I couldn't fight him off." "I've only got one good leg and one good arm." "And that's why you want to believe the bones have healed, because you want the casts off." "Because they make you feel vulnerable." "Told you he was good." "Could I talk to him alone?" "Sure, kid." " Come in." " Thanks." "What are you doing here?" "Oh, I was just helping out in the butcher shop in your absence." "I am so glad to see you." "I am so tired." "I am so happy to have an adult to talk to." " I've had John by myself all day." " Make you want to drink?" "No." "But I hadn't done an entire night and day for a while and I'm a little out of practice, and I'm stressed out..." " Again, I'm really happy to see you." " So what's for dinner?" "Meatloaf and mashed potatoes." "Can you stay?" "If you give me a ride home." "How can I give you a ride home?" "After dinner, I have to give John a bath and then put him to bed." "And then I can't just leave him here." "I bet a ride in the car would put him to sleep, huh?" "Maybe." "I'm not promising anything." "I got to get a car." "You got to learn to drive and get a license first." "I do all right." "You know, I could help you with John." "I'm okay now." "I'm doing really well." "I could babysit in a pinch." "Even not in a pinch." "Amy will be back tomorrow." "Yeah, okay." " What's going on?" " Nothing." "I'm just looking at you and thinking what a great kid you are." "I'm not exactly a kid but I appreciate the sentiment." "You're not exactly a kid, you're a man." "And you know, plenty of single dads are raising kids alone these days without the help of anyone." "Without the help of anyone?" "I doubt it." "No one can raise a kid on their own without any help from anyone." "And, again, Amy will be back tomorrow, unless you know something I don't?" "No." "Well, yeah." "I know I was very happy when you told me the two of you were married" "and I was just as happy when you told me the two of you were not married." "Because, uh, I'm just going to say this." "I don't think you should marry Amy." "Everyone seems so concerned that she's only 18 and she has her whole life ahead and what would her life be like if she didn't have a son with you." "And, well, you're 19 and you have your whole life ahead of you." "So if you don't want to be married then don't be married." "I want to be married." "Okay." "I'm just saying..." ""Just"?" "Do you know what you said here?" "I'm just trying to protect you." " From what?" " I don't know." "Life, I guess." "I..." " Maybe I won't stay for dinner, huh?" " Yeah." "Maybe you shouldn't." "Yeah." "Hey!" "Look who's here!" "Yeah, look who's here." "I was going to come by your fancy new restaurant but I went to a meeting instead." "Just felt like an extra one this week for some reason." " Willowdine there?" " Oh." "I haven't seen much of her lately." "Guess she's spending some time down in Palm Springs." " Wouldn't know." " Neither would I." "So, where are the boys?" "Well, Tom went to bed and Jack is staying over at his parents' house tonight." " You sure about that?" " Yeah, he spent some time with Dr. Fields." "He's feeling a lot better." "A lot." "Good!" "Ah!" "Good for him!" " Yeah." " And good for you." "'Cause I know you probably had a little something to do with that." "Not really." "Hey, I, uh, I brought you home a steak and a baked potato in case you hadn't eaten." "That is mighty thoughtful of you." "Thank you." "I have not eaten." "Of course, it's not Boykewich beef, it's from the restaurant." "Oh." "I, uh, took the liberty of bringing you one of our little brochures on, you know, restaurant supplies and costs and all that, just in case you ever think about, you know, switching over." "Yeah, okay, why not?" "Did I just sell you on our services?" "Ricky already asked me." "He got me some prices this afternoon and called me between laundry and dinner and naps." "Well." "Good." "Good for him." "That Ricky is a go-getter." " Yep." "He's a good man." " He is." "You know, I got a feeling, someday soon," "Anne is going to make us move from here." "Anne's not going to make us do anything." "She's angry, but, hey, so am I." "No one seems to appreciate what I did so..." "I'm going to get some new people in my life and stop wasting m my tie worrying about Annee or being afraid of what she might do." "Well, you've got someplace to go." "You've got Kathleen's house." "You are going to get married, right?" "Right." "Very much looking forward to it." "You've been a really good friend to me, George." "And, well, it's probably time for me to move out anyway." "You got a place to go?" " I've been saving my money." " For a car." "Yeah, thought I'd do that first, but maybe I'll get an apartment first." "Well..." "I thought you were afraid of living alone." "Afraid that you might start drinking again." "Guess I should to deal with that sometime, might as well be now." "I was just thinking on the bus over here," ""I'm going to start looking."" "All right." "All right." " Is he gone?" " Yeah, finally." "Sorry about that." "We should get started on our homework." "Uh, not so fast." " Are you okay?" " Yeah." "It's just all a part of, you know, that thing I went through." "That "thing" you went through?" "Giving life to a human being at 15 and then sacrificing any and all desires to be with the baby because you know she's in the best place, even if it's ripping your heart out?" "It's not." "It's not ripping my heart out." "I'm okay with my decision." "Doesn't mean it was an easy decision." "I'm okay!" "Can we stop talking about it?" "Stop talking about it?" "This is huge, your boyfriend showing up here." "Did you know he was coming?" "No, I didn't." "I knew he called them," "I just didn't know he was going to show up here." "Is this why you were in the counselor's office?" "Yes." "Sonya was trying to reach me." "I just didn't want to tell you." " Why not?" " Because I don't like talking about it." "I don't like talking about the baby or anything to do with the baby." "It's not that I don't care about her." "I'll always, always care about her and what happens to her, but..." "This is going to sound completely selfish and stupid." "Say it." "There's nothing so selfish and stupid you can't say it to me." "I love you." "And I love you." "What's the stupid and selfish thing you can't say to me?" " I love you." " No, what's the selfish and stupid..." "Oh." "That." "That you love me." "How is that stupid or selfish?" "Because I should be focusing on saving my child from any harm, not worried that you're going to break up with me." "Why would I break up with you?" "Because your life is already complicated." "Why would you want more complications like a girlfriend with an ongoing baby drama?" "You're the one who's stupid, you know that?" "I don't care if my life is more complicated because of you and who you are." "You're also the sweetest girl I ever met." "So Don Juan wants to take the baby?" "He says he does, yeah." "Yeah, well, he doesn't." "No, unfortunately he does." "I don't know anything about algebra, and I'm definitely not learning anything about algebra tonight, but I do know about people and that guy is not looking to take a baby home with him." "Ethan, he's determined to see the baby and he wants to take h, her and me, back to Texas." "No, that's what he said." "I don't care what he said, that guy is a liar." "I don't think so." "You didn't think so when he lied to you about the foolproof birth control, either." "No, I didn't." "And he's not a nerd, by the way." " Yes, he is." " No." "I was expecting this wimpy, unattractive intellectual and that's hardly the case." "Oh, please, he's a nerd." "He thinks he's slick, he's trying to pull a fast one." "He doesn't want to be a father and mess up his sex life." "He hasn't had sex since we had sex." "No, he's after something and it's not the baby." "And it's not you." " You just get in?" " No, no, I've been in for hours." " I just can't sleep." " Oh?" "And why is that?" "I don't know." "Something bothering you?" "Yeah." "Something is." "I just, uh..." "I don't know how to say it." "Then just say it, Amy, just say it." "I'm just afraid of losing you, Ricky." "I don't want to lose you." "Come in, it's open." "Hi, Ben." "What's going on?" "Packing." "It's too loud in here." "There's no way I'm going to get any sleep." "Where are you going?" "To the nicest hotel suite that I can get into." "That sounds good." "Bebe's going to party all night but I'm not sure I'm into it." "I want to look halfway decent for my interview tomorrow." "You can come with me and share a suite if you want to." "So, did Dr. Fields have any idea how long it might take before Jack is feeling a little more secure?" "No, but this is progress, real progress." "I'm just relieved he's finally able to talk." "Yeah, but still..."