"?" "of the American Teenager"..." " Nice meeting you." " I'm having an abortion." " I changed my mind." "I couldn't do it." " We're having a baby." "Amy doesn't know anything about this?" "Nope." "Are you gonna tell Amy?" "I think Ben should tell her." "If you wanna set down some rules for Jack, I totally understand." "Rules for you and Jack." "I'm not living with Jack." "Jack's living with Tom." "No one's living anywhere unless there's some rules." "Adrian's having the baby." "I don't think so, Tom." " No." "She is." " If Mrs. Bowman or Mrs. Zegay or whatever she's calling herself said that you couldn't, then the answer is no, you can't live in the guest house." "I don't want Amy to find out." "It would break her heart." "But Ben's gonna have to tell her before someone else tells he" " Did you tell Amy?" " I'm going to tell Amy." "You're damn right you're gonna tell Amy." "And I'm really happy Adrian changed her mind." "You're really okay with Adrian being a mother at 17?" "Today you just found out you're becoming a father, so you can't tell the woman you love that on the very same day." " It's understandable." " Just don't wait too long." " Good morning." " Yeah." "Good morning." " Is John awake?" " I haven't heard him up." "He's been awake, but he's back asleep now." " I guess I overslept." " Sorry." "Thanks for getting him." "I got in kind of late last night." "But who's asking?" "I hadn't seen my mother in a while, so I just wanted John to spend some time with her." "You don't have to tell me lies." "We're not seeing each other." "No, we're not, and I'm not lying." " Really?" " Really." " Ashley, I'm not lying." " You listen up." "I've never given you any reason to lie to me, so don't lie to me." "It's insulting that you even think that I would ca what you were doing, because I don't care what you were doing or who you were doing it with." "Okay?" "I don't." "But you were definitely not spending time with John at your mother's." "I'm not stupid." "I thought you didn't care." "You know, this is why you and I will never ever be really involved, ever." "'Cause I took my son to visit my mother?" "You and I are never gonna be really involved because I could never marry you, and that's the only way I would be really involved with you." "Oh, no." "You can't use that." "That's my line." "That's what I told you." "All right, then." "We're never gonna be really involved because you're practically my sister-in-law." " Oh." "Sister-in-law." " Is that right?" "Well, then, I guess you won't have any trouble telling your wife that the guy she really loves, Ben, is having a baby with the girl she really hates, Adrian." "'Cause there's only so long I can keep avoiding her without telling her myself." "No, you can't tell her." "Ben has to be the one to tell he." "Yeah, he should be, but he's not going to be." "The next time she calls, I'm gonna tell her you have something you wanna tell her." " I'm not telling her." " Why not?" "She's your wife." "I didn't say that." "You know what I'm talking about." "Yeah, I do know what you're talking about." "No, no, no." "Do not blame me for what's been going on here." " What's been going on here?" " Shh." "You know what's been going on here?" "Yeah, I do, Ashley, and we should be ashamed of ourselves." "Ashamed?" "You're not ashamed that you tricked Amy into having sex, but you're ashamed that you're feeling something for me?" "I didn't trick Amy." "I did not trick her." "I just didn't know that she didn't know what we were getting into and" "I don't have to explain that to you because you already know that." "By the way, you started flirting with me long before I started flirting back." "Oh, I hate that word." "No one's flirting with anyone." "We have feelings for each other." "Real feelings." "It's not just a sexual attraction." "Sexual?" "God!" "And you know that." "And you know what else?" "Neither Amy nor Adrian care if we have real feelings for each other." "Actually, they might, especially Amy." "As well as your mom and dad." "They can probably hear every word we're saying at this point." "So?" "Why do you care?" "I don't care." "And what, you've decided that you want Amy now that you can't have Adrian?" "No." "And who says I can't have Adrian if I want Adrian, or anyone else I want." "Oh, get over yourself." "Wow." "What was that?" "That's the sound of Ashley falling in love with the wrong guy." "You can't be serious." "In love?" "With Ricky?" "Maybe attracted to him." "Especially if it would bug her sister." "But in love?" "No way." "Well, either way, it's just so... wrong." "It's not just wrong, it's totally taboo." "Well, not totally, I guess." "I mean, he and Amy were only together that one time, and" "Oh, God, am I actually trying to justify this?" "This isn't happening." "I'm gonna tell him to take John and go home." "No." "Just tell him to leave John and go home for a few days, get away from all of us." "Good idea. âª Falling in love âª âª Is such an sy thing to do âª âª Birds can do it We can do it âª âª Let's stop talking Let's get to it âª" "âª Let's fall in love âª" "I have some good news, and I have some bad news." "Oh, boy." "The bad news is that you're going to be a grandmother, and the good news is that you're going to be a grandmother." "What is this again?" "It's called the empty chair." "Yeah." "Good name for it." "It's using Gestalt therapy." "I Googled it." "I thought it could help." "Great." "So now you're a shrink as well as a doctor." "These are my friends." "Would you like to meet them?" "Hi, uh, Mrs. Boykewich." "I'm Madison." "I'm Jack's girlfriend." "Jack's not here." "He's visiting his parents." "But, um, this is his old girlfriend." "I'll take it from here." "Hi, Mrs. Boykewich." "I'm Grace." "Grace Bowman." "How are you?" "Probably not that good since I just told her she's going to be a grandmother." "But, see, you managed to tell your mom, so you can manage to tell Amy." "There is one big difference." "Yeah." "His mom's dead." "Bingo." "Bye, Mom." "Maybe next time, I'll come visit you at your place or visit by myself or- or with Adrian." "Maybe you'd like to meet Adrian." "I don't think you told her who Adrian is." "Oh." "Right." "Um, Adrian is Ricky's ex-girlfriend and the soon-to-be mother of my baby." "I had sex my very first time with her." "In the car." "In front of her house." "Even though she lives next door to Amy, the woman I love, and Adrian and I don't really love each other." "We just kind of like each other." "We're friends- friends who are gonna have a baby together." "There's nothing worse than losing a parent." "Wait." "Hold that thought." "That's a really good thought 'cause telling Amy is not gonna be worse than when you lost your mother." "Sorry." "I'm the newest member." "I didn't know what to say." "Give me a break." "And yet you came up with this." "Who's there?" "It's your mommy." "What do you want?" "Ouch." "Mind if I come in?" "How'd you get in?" "You know what?" "I think someone must've left the alarm system off when they got here." "God, this is... nice." "I mean, it's old, but- Ah." "It's" " It's nice." "You got a nice place here." "Yeah, I know." "What do you want?" "What makes you think I want something?" "Ah, never mind." "Everyone always wants something." "I want something, you want something." "Not from you, I don't." "But you obviously want something from me." "What do you want from me?" "You came to visit me." "Now I'm coming to visit you." "If you don't want the money back, I don't have it." "I put it in the bank." "No, I don't want it back." "I don't want my money back." "Where's the kid?" "Why?" "You want my kid?" "'Cause you can't have my kid." "I don't want him." "I wouldn't mind seeing him." "That's all." "No." "Never." "All right." "I just thought I'd ask." "No harm asking, right?" "Just say it." "I'm not in the mood to play any games with you." "What are you here for?" "Okay." "Well, I'm not dying." "I just came to say goodbye." "I violated my parole, and I've gotta turn myself in to the county women's prison by midnight Monday, tomorrow, so..." "I just thought we could spend the time catching up." "Not if you have drugs on you." "Oh, no, no, no." "No, nothing like that." "No, I'm clean and sober." "Then what happened?" "I forgot to take my gun out of my purse when I reported to my parole officer." " I carry a gun." " Why?" "Because I don't feel like ever getting beat up again." "Don't you know how dangerous guns are?" "Don't you know how dangerous my life is?" "Do you know how dangerous your life is with a gun?" "Come on." "Let's just spend some time together." "It'll be fun." "This is a bad time." " Oh, really?" " It's a bad time?" "What, you have, like, a, you know, rehearsal for the school play or, like, a band competition or a pep rally or..." "Stop, okay?" "Amy's not in town, and I've been staying over at her parents' house taking care of John." "John's my first priority." "That's totally understandable." "Very admirable." "What priority is your mother?" "My mother who violated her parole and is going back to the slammer?" "Do you have another mother?" "As a matter of fact, I do, since you weren't really much of a mother to me." "All right." " Margaret." "How is Margaret?" " She's fine." "Well, I'm not so fine." "Come on, Ricky." "It's gonna be a minimum 18 months of lockup." "I mean, prison sucks." "I don't know." "Yes?" "Do it, please?" "I have school tomorrow." "After school, I'll pick you up." "We'll go get an ice cream like we did when you were little." "I always meant to do that." "Yeah." "Yeah, you'll do it?" "I guess." "Yes!" "Hey, you want to get stoned?" "I got a prescription." "I am kidding you." "Where's your sense of humor, pops?" "I'm sober." "I am." "I mean, everyone else in the world has a prescription for pot, but not me." "Well, you better be sober." "'Cause if you're not, and I even think you're doing drugs- any drug, any" "I'm not gonna have any sympathy for you." "I will turn you in myself." "That's kind of what I'm asking you to do for me." "Tomorrow." "Turn me in." "But, anyway, no drugs." "Really." "Just good old clean family fun." "Okay?" " Hey, Dad, I just wanna say good night." " Not so fast." "Dad, it's, uh, late." "I've got school tomorrow." "I know that." "That's why I thought you'd be home earlier." "You got some business to take care of, don't you?" "Um, business?" "What business?" "Stop it." "Did you call Amy or not?" "Dad, do you remember when you said that you and I are gonna be angry with each other now and then?" "Well- Well, you didn't call her, so I'm angry." "And you're only going to get angrier because I decided I'm not going to call her." "It's just not the best thing for Amy or me or Amy and me right now to tell her about Adrian." "How do you figure?" "Dad, this is an intense music program she's at." "You know, she has to concentrate." "She doesn't need the distractions and neither do I." "I figure there's another week of school left, and then after that, she's in New York two more weeks, and then she'll be home." "Uh-huh." "And I'll deal with it then." "I see." "And if someone else tells her, then what?" "I don't think anyone else will tell her, you know, when I thought about it." "I mean, who just calls people up and gives them bad news?" "Hi, is this Amy Juergens?" "Yeah." "Your boyfriend Ben got Adrian pregnant." "You know?" "Who's gonna do that?" "I know who's gonna do that." " Who?" " You." "'Cause I told you to do that, and you're going to do that." "I gave you a chance to do it your way, and now I'm gonna make you do it my way." "Dad, make?" "You're gonna make me do it?" "How?" "I'll tell you how." "Tuesday morning, we're gonna get on the jet, and we're gonna go to New York, just you and me, and you're gonna see Amy, and you're gonna tell her." "Now, I understand that you're scared, but you can do this, and you will do this." "And if I don't do it?" "Then we'll get on the jet and fly to the closest military school and enroll you so you can learn to be a man." "If you can't learn from me, I'll hand you over to the professionals." " How's that sound?" " Ridiculous." "Look, son," "I know you're still in a state of shock about all this, and I'll use that as an excuse not to completely lose my temper here." "But in this house, what I say goes." "I'm gonna help you with this." "I'm gonna help you." "We've got a six-hour flight and a 45-minute trip into Manhattan." "We're gonna talk." "We're gonna rehearse what you're going to say, and by the time we get there, you'll be ready and prepared to do what you have to do." "No, I won't." "I'll never be prepared to do this, Dad." "You don't understand." "You just don't understand." "You don't know what it's like to have to tell someone bad news like this." "I don't, huh?" "Didn't you spend half the day talking to an empty chair in Grace's kitchen?" "Is there no privacy in that car?" "Does our driver have to tell you everywhere I go and everything I do?" " Mike works for me." " He doesn'work for you." "No one who works in this house works for you." " They work for me." "When you hire people and they work for you, you might expect them to do whatever you tell them to do." "I tell Mike to tell me where he takes you." "I'm sure you know that." " I'm not a kid." " I can drive myself." "Yeah, but you can't drive other people, and you didn't, so let's not get sidetracked here." "The point was that everyone has to deliver bad news sometime in their life if they live long enough." "You remember the day I had to sit you down and tell you that your mom wasn't gonna make it- she was gonna leave us?" "That was the hardest conversation I ever had with anyone." "I thought you meant she was just going to Florida." "It took me days to realize you meant she was leaving permanently." " I remember." " I remember that you wanted to go with her to Florida." " I wish I had." " No, you don't." "You'll get through this." "We'll all get through this." "But first, you've got to tell Amy, and I want you to tell her face to face." " All right, Dad." " Then I'll do it." " That what I want to hear." " He's kidnapping me." "Yeah, but on a private jet to New York." " I'll go." "Me, too." " You can't go." " Either of you." "It's a father-son trip, not a joyride." "He's got this crazy idea in his head that the two of us are gonna rehearse what I'm gonna say to Amy, and then we'll take her out to a nice restaurant and buy her a piece of pecan pie, and it'll all be better." "Not right away, of course." "After the pie." "He knows this great place where they have a good pecan pie." "Amy once ate an entire pecan pie here." "I like pecan pie." "Yeah, girls like desserts." "That's been my experience." "Your experience, huh?" "I know a way out of this if you really, really don't want to go to New York." " What?" "What is it?" " Finally, some help." "Call Amy and tell her tonight." " What, are you crazy?" " Yeah, what, are you crazy?" "Just being supportive of Ben." "Listen to me." "People are gonna be talking about this tomorrow at school." "The more people who know, the more likely it is that someone will tell Amy." "Not that she doesn't know already." "Maybe that's why she's calling you." "No." "She's also texting." "And she doesn't know." "And it's not gonna get out at school." "I mean, not right away." "Adrian's not gonna want to just tell everyone that she's pregnant." "Not right now." "She just decided to have the baby." "And it's not like she's showing or anything." "She's not Amy." "She may want to tell people right away." "Have you two even discussed when you're gonna tell people?" "She said that she'll decide that." "I have a feeling that she's gonna decide everything." "As she should." "Just about the only thing you have any control over is when Amy finds out and from whom, and you are losing that control minute by minute." " The clock is ticking." "It just takes one Tweet." " I can't call her." "I'll go to New York." " You sure you don't want us to go?" " You can't go." " Oh, No." "It's Ricky." " Have you talked to him?" "Did you tell him?" " He knows." "I'm sure he knows." " Hello?" " I need a ride to school tomorrow." " All right." "I can do that." " I can pick you up." "Besides, we should talk." " Yeah, we should." "Oh, Amy, that's terrible." "You're cutting out." "We'll get you a new phone." "We will." "She texted me, asking me if I'm getting her texts, because no one's picking up the phone, and she can't get through to anyone." "I hope she doesn't." "Not for another couple of weeks." " Dad, someone has to tell her." " Ashley, no one has to tell her." "Not yet." "Now go grab John." "I gotta drop you two off." "No, I'm riding w w with Ad." "You take John." "No, I need you to take John to the nursery." "He's used to you." "He's not used to me going in and leaving." " Besides, we need to talk." " Talk about what?" "It rhymes with icky." "Just say what you want to say." "You can't date your sister's... impregnator." "Impregnator, huh?" "Boy, I'll bet Mom will let me make up my own mind about that." "She's thone who asked me to talk to you about this, because, you know, you and I are buddies." "Well, if you overheard us clearly, you'll know that I'm not interested in being... impregnated, and there's no chance that I'll be impregnated by the impregnator." "Because you're actually taking those pills, or because you realize you're playing with fire here, and this is not a good idea- you and Ricky flirting around with each other?" "I believe you also overheard what I think of the word flirting." "Is it so hard for you to believe that Ricky has feelings for me?" "We were friends." "Now he's not looking at me the way a guy looks at a friend, and I'm not looking at him that way, either." "Well, then stop looking at each other, because it can never, never work, Ashley." "It could, but it's not going to, because- because he's not marriage material." "He doesn't take his commitments seriously." "That's what we were discussing- who was taking his son to the nursery this morning." "If I weren't afraid of speaking to Amy," "I'd tell her he's being a deadbeat." "We told him to take a couple of days." "He's a grown man." "He doesn't have to do what other people's parents tell him to do." "And he didn't even call me last night." "Ashley, really." "I've been watching you two the past couple of weeks." "I didn't want to tell either one of you to stay away from the other." "I was afraid that that would drive you two together." "But now I'm telling you, stay away from Ricky." "I told you I'd come out front." "I thought maybe we could talk before we get in the car." "I don't think so." "In the car is fine." "I'm a new driver, okay?" "I have a provisional license, which means you'd have to drive my car, and I'd rather you not drive my car when we talk about what we need to talk about." "Did you tell Amy that Adrian's having the baby?" "Uh, no." "I thought I'd tell you first." "I already know." "See how that goes?" "Someone told me before you told me." "You better tell Amy." "This is why you wanted me to wait out front." " Hi, there." " Hi." "I'm Ben Boykewich." "Nice to meet you." "Yeah, you two" " You know, you look more like a virgin than I thought you would, Ben." "You got a little Jimmy Stewart thing going on there, don't you?" " I get that sometimes." " This is my mother." " I've met your mother." "No, I'm his birth mother." "He came out of me." "Yeah, ter many, many hours of pain." "I shouldn't have mentioned that." "You're having a baby yourself" " with his old girlfriend." " This is your mother?" " I said that." "She said that." "How many people need to tell you that?" "Hey, do you have time for breakfast?" "I can scramble some eggs." "Oh, can you?" "Who knew?" "This is why I needed you to pick me up." " I'm letting my mom have my car today." " Oh, I see." "Do you want me to ask my dad if the driver can drive her?" " Should she really be driving your car?" " Drugs don't make you deaf, Ben." "I mean, they're bad for you, for sure, but they don't make you deaf." "And, actually, I'm sober right now, and I can hear everything you say." " I apologize." " Save your apologies for Amy, huh?" "Have you told her?" "No, he hasn't." "I filled her in." "We had a lot of time to catch up last night." "No, I haven't told Amy yet." "But my dad is insisting that we fly to New York so I can tell her in person, which I really don't want to do." "Sounds like a lot of money for a lot of nothing, if you ask me." "He didn't ask you." "And, Mom, no advice, okay?" "No." "Please." "Go ahead." "Let someone else tell her, right?" "I mean, this isn't about you and Amy." "This is about you and that other one, his girlfriend- ex-girlfriend" " Adrian." "Go on." "Well, if you ask me, and he did..." "I mean, you know, what goes around comes around, right?" "Amy has no reason to be upset with you." "She had a baby by him." "I mean, a baby, by the way, who I have never met." "And, uh, really, I'm going into the slammer tonight, and I probably won't ever meet little John until, like, 18 months to two years." "Thank you for the advice." "Um, we should probably run along now." "Well, yeah." "I mean, nice meeting you." "You're gonna pick me up from school, right?" "Yeah." "Where was that?" "That was a joke." "Is nothing funny to you?" "You know how many days I stood outside school" " waiting for you to pick me up?" " I can bring you back here." "Yeah, that's a much better plan." "Don't wreck the car, all right?" " All right." "Okay, go to school." " Have fun." " Don't get into trouble." " Actually, that's a little late." " You guys have both already gotten into trouble, haven't you?" " Yeah." "Is she really going back to the slammer?" " Yeah, she is." " She came in last night." "She wanted to spend some time with me, and I couldn't say no." "Well, I could've, but I didn't." "She wants me to go with her to surrender." "They tell you when to show up, and you show up." "But does she really have to?" "I mean, she seems okay to me." "Yes, she has to." "She showed up for a meeting with her parole officer with a gun in her purse." "Was she gonna kill him?" "Ben, she always has a gun in her purse." "She doesn't run around with a nice crowd." "Then it makes sense for her to carry a gun, I guess." "Doesn't make sense." "Guns are dangerous, and she shouldn't have been carrying a gun." "Not to mention it's against the law, and she's on parole." "Whatever." "Let's go." "What are you doing here so early?" "Good morning to you, too." "Good morning, and thanks, Bunny." "You thought I'd leave my mom alone with access to the shop?" "No." "See you two after school." " Morning." " Hi, Adrian." "How are you?" " I'm fine." "How are you?" " Good." "I spent some time with Ben yesterday, and his mother." "Wait." "His mother?" "You mean Betty?" " No, the dead one." " Oh, of course." "The dead one." "I see." "I hope you're not jealous." "No, not in the least." "It was a meeting of the Dead Parents' Club, and he introduced all of us, and he told his mom about you." "It was so moving." " Oh, I'm sorry I missed that." "Were there snacks?" "Yeah, of course." " But don't worry." "He's gonna introduce you another time, if you want." "Yeah, sure." "Oh, you know, maybe when she's had some time to get used to the idea." "Yeah." "I mean, I'm not even used to the idea, and I'm your best friend." "Well, get used to it 'cause I'm having a baby, and I'm happy about it." "You know, Tom's been asking about you." "He knows you're not gonna marry him, but he still wants to be friends." "So maybe you could call him." "Sure." "Actually, could you call him tonight?" "'Cause I don't think he's gonna have a very good day." "No?" "Um, what's a bad day for Tom?" "Tom's always happy." "He's up for this job at the courthouse." "He got the job, actually." "But now he has to take a drug test." "And that's a problem because..." "Because he and Jack got into some pot brownies that somebody left in our guest house refrigerator." "What?" "Well, I'm glad he didn't give me any." "What if they had given me pot brownies?" "I'm having a baby." "Shh!" "Oh, shush about what?" "The pot or the baby?" "I don't care who knows about the baby." "What's that about?" "Oh, I didn't tell you?" "She decided to keep the baby." "That's it." "That's it, Madison." "We are no longer best friends." "Jesse!" "Oh, well, don't get upset." "I had a hectic weekend." "I didn't get a chance to tell you." "Why?" "Too busy doing this?" "And this." "Oh, and this." "Two can play that game." "Come on, Jesse." "All right." " Wait." "Wait a minute." " Lauren..." "We're gonna be spending a lot of time together." "Fine by me." "Hey, guys." "So, guess you heard." " No." " Yes." "Y" " Yes." " No." "Maybe." "It's okay." "You're Ben's best friends." "I'm sure you know." "And if you didn't, I'm pregnant." "And I'm okay with that." "So talk about me all you want." "Attention, everyone." "Attention." "Yes, I'm having a baby." "And I don't care who knows about it or what you have to say about it." "Oh, and it's Ben's." "Are you kidding me?" "You can't eat too much meat." "Where'd you get that?" "Uh, my doctor." "Ah." "Okay." "Think about it." "Your doctor wants you to be sick, right?" "If you're sick, you go to the doctor." "Ergo, if you don't eat meat, you get weak, you get sick, you go to the doctor." "I never thought about it like that." "Give me a steak." "Make that two of them." "Coming right up." "Wait till you see what this does for your sex life." "Protein equals protein, my friend." "I can't believe it." "She didn't even discuss it with me- when to tell people." "I told you so, and your dad told you so, and your friends told you so." " And I told you so." " What the" " No, no." "Leave her alone." "I hired her for the day." "I'd hire her for longer if she didn't already have plans." "She's good." "Ah, just earning a little cigarette money." "You smoke?" "Oh, it's not the smoking that's gonna kill me, dude." "It's the showers that are gonna kill me." "The cigarettes are just a little bargaining tool." " I am kidding." "Geez." " Funny." "Hey, um, we better go." "It's kind of a long drive." " Go ahead." " We got it covered here." " Nice meeting you, Nora." " Come back anytime." " I'm gonna remember that." " Thanks, Bunny." "You're a stand-up gal. and, Benjamin, good luck with that baby." "And good luck telling your girlfriend about that baby." " Thank you." " And good luck to you in..." " uh, at your new place." " Thanks." "I'm just gonna go upstairs and get my stuff." "Are you gonna be able to do this?" "I've been doing this for one or the other parents since I was a kid." "I'll be fine." "You can't break the law." "That's the bottom line." " You can't break the law." "If there weren't laws, I'd be dead by now." "I'll see you tomorrow." " No, you won't." " Um, tomorrow's my big day." " It'll be fine." "It's Amy." " Yeah." "Amy." "Hey, how'd you rather be taking your own mother back to prison?" " I don't think so." "See you." " Good luck." "Come in." " Madison." " Lauren." " Hey, nice." " Yeah, it is nice." "Oh, I parked down by the firehouse." "I hope that's far enough away." "Yeah, that should do it." "I just wanted you to see the place." "Yeah." "Well, dude, you need to let these people know you're staying here soon 'cause I don't think anyone else is gonna walk 5 miles just to get here." "I just did it because Lauren made me." "And now she wants me back at her house." "Geez." "Yeah, I want to tell them- Grace's mom and her husband- but Tom wants me to wait." "He's afraid they'll kick me out." "He's not used to the place yet." "He still thinks it's haunted." "Oh, those two need to make up." "I don't have an unlimited text plan." "My parents won't let me." "They think I'd text too much, and I would." "And I don't want to be Lauren's girlfriend and her boyfriend." "No, no, no." "You don't want her to make up with Madison yet." "If Lauren doesn't have Madison to talk to, you're gonna get a lot of action." " We both are." " Oh." "I should've know." "You have an ulterior motive." "I'm just taking advantage of the situation." "I'm a "glass is half full" kind of a guy." "All right." "I'd love to stay and hang out where you're not wanted, but Lauren is now insisting I leave, right now." "Hey, then go, buddy." ""Buddy"?" "What's up with this guy?" "Jesse, Tom." "Tom, Jesse." "Don't bother." "I don't wanna meet your fans." "You know why?" "Because you're no friend of mine." "Nice meeting you." "I failed the drug test." " Oh, I forgot you had that today." " I failed the drug test!" "I'm sorry about that, Tom." "I really, really am." "The job was mine, but I failed the drug test." "Is there any way they'll let you take it again?" " No, there isn't, Jack." " Oh." "Hi, Mrs. uh" " Zegay." " Zegay." " How do you spell that?" " T-S-E..." " Never mind." " So, Jack, uh, you're living here," " and you gave Tom pot brownies?" " He did." "No, I didn't." "I" " I mean, I didn't mean to." " It wasn't my fault, honest." " They were in the freezer, and we were hungry, and I didn't know." "I swear." "Did you know you were living here?" "Kind of." "I mean, temporarily, till you say I can't live here." " Jack, I told you you can't live here." " You said I couldn't live in the house." "But Tom really wanted me to move into the guest house, and he said we were gonna tell you when the time was right." "This wasn't the right time, Tom." "Yeah." "The right time would've been when you moved in," " or better, before you moved in." " And you should've asked." " I should have." "I'm sorry, Mom." " No, no, no." "You are not gonna get away with this anymore- doing whatever you want and then apologizing." "Tom, you knew this was wrong." "Now, you may not have known about the brownies, but you knew this was wrong." "And now, everyone knows about the pot brownies." "Yes, they do." "At least everyone in the courthouse." "Oh, geez." "I didn't even think about that." "It's not a good group to know about this." "Should I go tell someone?" "And tell them what?" "It was an accident?" "No." "I think we'd better leave well enough alone." "Can I just stay here then?" " Do you have any other options, Jack?" " Not really." "All right." "Well, I'm not gonna put you out on the street." "So, I guess we'll just see how things go." "And I gotta talk to Grace first to see how she feels." "She knows." "Grace knows?" "She didn't eat any of the brownies." "She has no excuse." "She should've told you." "Yeah, she should've told me, and you should've told me, and you should've told me." "But you didn't." "So we'll deal with it." "All right." "Well, I guess we'll see you at dinner, Jack." "Yes, ma'am." "And after dinner, I want you to help Tom go through the want ads to find another job." "Yes, ma'am." "Oh, and I take it you threw away the rest of the brownies?" "Yes, ma'am." "I really wanted that job." "I know, and I'm really sorry about that, Tom, but the good news is we're roommates." "She said, "We'll see. "" "Yeah, well, at least no one went to jail, right?" "Thanks for the use of the car this morning." "Here's the key to the safety deposit box." "If, you know..." "Just in case." "All right, then." "You sure you don't want to go in?" "Yeah." "I'm sure." "Yeah." "Oh, and here." "This is- This is for you." "Go ahead." "Take it." "Did wonders for me." "How can you make jokes at a time like this?" "I don't know." "Maybe it's because, for once, I'm not thinking about myself." "I'm thinking about you." "I'm gonna be thinking about you every day... for a while, so..." "Well, you know where to find me." "I know where to find you." "Um, maybe you can send me some pictures of John, please?" "All right, then." "Yeah, I should go." "I'm gonna learn to speak Vietnamese." "You really should have a goal when you're in there." "You know, something to do." "Vietnamese." "All right." "I'm going." "Bye." "Mom!" "Mom!" "It'll be fine, Ricky." "Okay?" "It'll be fine." "Hi." " Good morning." " Good morning." "Well, I talked to Amy." " And?" " Oh, I didn't tell her." "Ben called last night, and he asked that none of us tell her." " He's going there today." " To New York?" "I guess that's better than a phone call or a text message." "Yeah, I guess." "Maybe at some point, someone could take John to New York to see her." "That'd make her feel better, I think." " Someone like Ricky?" " You're thinking Ricky should go?" "Ashley, come on." "You and Ricky?" "Me and Ricky what?" "How do you really feel about him?" "Just tell me." "No judgment." "Promise." "I like him." "I think maybe I more than like him." "I think maybe I love him." "Okay." "And do you think that he feels the same way about you?" "I don't know." "Okay, Ashley." "Here's the tough thing about relationships." "Sometimes, you have to let your head overrule your heart." "Sometimes, even though you think you're in love, you have to take a step back and think about whether or not this love is really to your benefit." "Do you really think that it's the best thing for you to be in love with Ricky?" "I thought you said in matters of the heart, you should decide with the heart." "That's what you said the last time the two of us talked about boys." "When was that?" " Third grade." " Oh, right." "Dwayne." "Oh, such a nice boy." "And Ricky's not, so you're changing your advice?" "No, I'm changing my advice because you're older now." "You're not a little girl anymore." "And Ricky's certainly no third-grader." "You have to think, Ashley, as well as feel." "In fact, sometimes, you can think about the way that you want to feel and feel that way." "You can." "You really can." "Hey." "Do you need a ride to school?" "Yeah, she does." "Thanks, Ricky." "Have a nice day." "Look, we need to talk." "No, we don't." "That's the beauty of being friends." "We don't have to talk at all." ""Friends"?" "For now, okay?" "Now would be perfect." "What's wrong?" "Uh, my mom came to visit." "Not my foster mom, my birth mom." "Really?" "And you didn't call me?" "No, she was at my place." "I'll tell you about it in the car." "Did you hear Ben's going to New York?" "Yeah, I heard." "Come on." "You know what you're gonna say?" "Yeah." "I'm, uh- I'm gonna tell her what I told you I'm gonna tell her when we were on the plane." "Okay, give it to me again." "Dad- No, no." "Really." "The more times you say it to me, the easier it'll be when you have to say it to her." "Dad, please." "I already feel like I'm gonna throw up." "There's no throwing up." "You're a grown-up." "Now go ahead." "I love you." "I've loved you from the first time I saw you." "And ever since then, we've been through a lot together, and yet" "Don't pause here." "Drive it through." "Keep going." "And yet..." "Darn." "What was it?" ""You and I have been through a lot together," ""and yet our problems seem to have made us stronger." "We've grown up a lot since we first met. "" "I'll take it from there." "Oh, no." "All right." "Stay strong, keep your mood up, and don't slouch." "Ben!" "Hi." "I can't believe you're here." "I can't believe I'm here, either." "Don't you love it?" "This is so exciting." "Hi, Mr. Boykewich." "Hi, Amy." "Uh, you look beautiful." "Doesn't she look beautiful, Ben?" "New York's been good for you." "Thank you." "You really do look beautiful." "Have you gotten taller?" "No." "I don't- I don't think I'm taller." "Uh, I'm gonna go in and get us a table and a drink, and I'll see you inside." "All right." "Amy, Adrian's pregnant, and it's my baby." "Oh, God." "It wasn't supposed to come out like that." "Wait" " Wait" "Amy, I love you." "I've loved you since the first time I saw you." "Adrian's pregnant?" "And since that time, we've been through a lot together." "What" " What are you talking about?" "Our" " Our problems have only made us stronger, and we've grown up a lot since then" " Ben, stop!" "Is this why you came out here?" "To tell me tt Adrian's pregnant with your baby?" "I wanted to talk to you face to face." "Why?" "So you can remember what my face looked like the last time you see me?" "Amy, I don't want to marry Adrian." "I'm not going to marry Adrian." "She's actually having the baby?" "She is actually having my baby." "But that doesn't have to change anything between us." "Let" " Let's just- We'll go in there." "Let's have dinner, and we'll talk about" " No." "No, no" "We're" " We're not gonna do that." "But I came all this way to see you." "And I have a calculus test tomorrow." "I don't know why I said that." "Do you like pecan pie?" "They have great pecan pie here." "Who cares what I think of pecan pie?" "wait, Wait." "It's what I said." "She's angry." "But you did the right thing by coming here and telling her." "Now you wait." "Did you tell her about the pie?" "Come on."