"?" "ger..." "You started flirting with me long before I started flirting back." "I just came to say goodbye." "I violated my parole, and I have to turn myself in." "And we're gonna go to New York, just you and me, and you're gonna see Amy, and you're gonna tell her." "Is it so hard for you to believe that Ricky has feelings for me?" "Stay away from Ricky." "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." "She decided to keep the baby." "That's it." "I hired her for the day." "I'd hire her for longer if she didn't already have plans." "She's good." "If Lauren doesn't have Madison to talk to, you're gonna get a lot of action." "Did you know you were living here?" "Temporarily." "I told you you can't live here." "Tom really wanted me to move into the guest house." "Amy, Adrian's pregnant, and it's my baby." "Come on." "Pick up!" "We're all worried about you, Amy." "You pick up that phone right now!" "Right now, young lady!" "That's not gonna work." "Well, what is gonna work?" "Nothing." "She's clearly not talking to any of us." "No." "She's talking to some of us." "She's talking to you?" "She wouldn't talk to her." "Well, I didn't call her." "And I'm not going to call her until she grows up, and maybe not even then." "Well, so who's Amy talking to?" "Ricky?" "No, not Ricky." "Why would she talk to Ricky?" "Ricky knew." "Ricky didn't tell her." "Why would she talk to him?" "'Cause he's John's father." "Oh!" "She's talking to John." "Go get John." "Maybe if we get John on the phone with her, she'll talk to John, and then we can get in on the conversation." "Trick her?" "Yeah." "Now you're catching on to parenting." "When did you two start scheming together?" "Oh, God." "I think I'm finally coming around to liking your father again." "Well, don't rush into anything." "Take your time." "You know, you may like him now, but when you two grow up, you may not like each other at all." "Maybe the three of us could scheme together this time." "Maybe the three of us can find out a way to get Amy on the phone to see if she's okay." "You want in?" "No, I don't want in." "And are you sure you want in?" "You have to take a step back and really look at the relationship." "Decide with your head if you want to scheme with Dad, no matter what you feel in your heart." "Okay, the advice that I gave to you about Ricky does not necessarily apply to your father and me." "But if I did try to look at the relationship objectively, and if I were deciding if it would be the right thing to do- to be married to your father again- then right now I'd say that maybe it's the right thing to do." "Yes!" "No." "Too late." "You said yes." "No." "I said if I were deciding." "I'm not deciding." "Not yet." "It sounded like you were deciding." "No, I was thinking about deciding." "I was thinking that maybe I would decide something soon, if you're still interested." "I'm still interested." "Good to know." "Oh, where's John?" "I thought we were gonna call Amy." "Ricky's still getting him ready." "So?" "So?" "Sooo?" "Maybe." "Maybe yes?" "Maybe yes." "You think we could make that a definitely yes?" "I'm feeling pretty good about things right now." "That makes me really happy, Anne." "Good." "I'm happy, too." "Would you like to go out to dinner tonight, just the two of us?" "Spend a little time together outside of bed?" "Would you like to spend some time with me outside of bed?" "I would." "Then it's a date." "I mean she'll get over it." "She already knew that they slept together, and she forgave him for that." "So it can't be that big a leap to forgive him for this." "I don't know why everyone's so concerned about it." "I don't know why everyone's so concerned either." "I just know why I'm concerned about Amy." "Oh?" "And why is that?" "Because she's the mother of my son." "So what?" "So what?" "So she's someone I care about." "She's the person I care about most next to him." "Hey, Amy." "I'm sorry about Ben and Adrian, and- and I'm sorry about Ricky and me." "I wish I had never kissed him." "âª Falling in love âª âª Is such an easy 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" "Yes!" "A date, a date, a date." "Where are you taking her?" "And do not say Jeff's." "She likes that place." "That is not a special place." "They have specials." "I'll take her someplace special." "Want some suggestions?" "No, I do not." "I want this to be a night that I plan all on my own, without any help from anyone." "Sometimes when a man loves a woman, he needs a little help from a man who loves a man." "I think I know where to take my wife to dinner." "Ex-wife." "Ex, ex, ex, ex, ex." "Lonzo's." "That's not even as nice as Jeff's." "For a thousand bucks, you can get them to close the back room for the night" "Well, I can get them to close the back room for the night." "Then you can have the place just for the two of you." "A thousand-dollar dinner?" "No, you still have to pay for dinner." "Look, Lonzo's back room is fantastic." "It's tiny." "It's a tiny little place that is so romantic." "And the food is very, very good." "And the wine" " The wine selection is to die for." "How much is that gonna cost me?" "What's the cost of losing her now?" "Oh, it's Anne." "Hello." "Hi." "Hi." "What's up?" "I was just calling to make sure that we're still going out to dinner." "If we're not going out to dinner," "I need to pick up something to cook here at home." "I'm making plans right now." "Oh?" "Yeah." "Are you getting help from Donovan?" "Yes, I'm getting some help from Donovan, so you know it's gonna be good." "Well, it doesn't have to be that good" " Donovan good." "Oh, my" " It's not a special occasion." "We're just having a meal together outside of the house." "Just the two of us." "We can go anywhere." "No, no, no." "It's gotta be good." "I want it to be good." "It's just not gonna be special or fancy, just good." "Okay." "So I can dress casual?" "Yep." "How's 6:00?" "6:00 in the evening?" "No." "7:00." "8:00. 8:00." "8:00 is fine, George." "We go any later than 8, I'll fall asleep before the main course." "8:00 it is." "I'll see you then." "I'll make the call." "Oh, wait." "A thousand bucks?" "They won't shut it down for less than a thousand bucks?" "Would you quit worrying?" "You know how much we made off that Web site last month." "So take it and spend it on Anne." "It was her idea in the first place, wasn't it?" "So spend it on her." "Show a little appreciation for all the things she's done for you." "Oh, dear God, George, you did tell her." "It was her idea." "You can't make money just thinking about things." "You actually have to go out there and do something with those ideas." "I got out there, and I did something." "With your ex-wife's ideas." "Jared, it's Donovan." "I have an emergency." "I need the back room for tonight." "No, it's not for me, you big silly." "It's for George." "Yes." "That one." "I called her, and I've left text and emails, but I don't want to seem too pushy." "Well, that's your problem." "You're not pushy enough." "You went all the way to New York to tell her about Adrian." "The least she could do is answer your texts and emails." "Try her again." "Hey, did you hear from Amy?" "No." "I was asking him." "I know." "I was answering for him." "Ben can answer for himself." "Hey, just because you're having his baby doesn't me he still can't go back with my sister." "Oh, I knew you were thinking that." "So what?" "What if I am thinking that?" "You're not in love with Ben." "You and Ben are just... parents." "Uh, awkward." "Your sister isn't even speaking to Ben, so he can go out with Grace if he wants to go out with Grace." "Oh, please." "That's ridiculous, isn't it, Ben?" "No, it's not." "I'm beginning to feel part of a dating matrix that's never been explored before." "Well, then, get Amy to talk to you so you can stop exploring." "Maybe he doesn't want to stop exploring." "Yes, he does." "He does if he knows what's good for him and Amy." "He flew all the way to New York." "He tried, okay?" "And now he wants to go out with Grace." "You can't seriously be trying to get Ben to date Grace." "Yes, I can." "It's no different than Ben and Amy getting together when she was having Ricky's baby." "Yes, it is." "Besides, Grace belongs with Jack." "You know she'll end up with Jack." "He's living at her guest house." "Speak of the devil." "What's going on?" "I feel some tension." "There shouldn't be any tension." "It's Friday." "Almost Friday night." "Date night." "What, are you guys having an argument or something?" "Really?" "It involves me somehow?" "No." "It's not an argument that involves you." "It involves Amy and Ben and not Grace." "I think I know why you don't want Ben and Grace together, Ashley." "Because I want Ben with Amy." "Yeah, but isn't Ben kind of busy right now?" "Yes, he is." "We're having a baby." "And if Ben wants to, he's dating Grace." "You see how ridiculous that sounds?" "That does sound kind of ridiculous." "Anyway, Ben's in love with Amy." "Not that he's not involved with you." "Yeah." "Involved with you, in love with Amy." "She's not even speaking to Ben." "Either way, Grace needs to find a boyfriend." "I'm the one that needs to find a boyfriend." "Yeah, well..." "Yeah, well, what?" "You're having a baby." "And?" "And nothing." "There's not a lot of Bens around." "Then again, Ben was around, or is around." "But then there's Amy and, I guess, Grace, who, like I said, needs to find a boyfriend." "And like I said, I do, too." "Hey." "Did you tell Grace that we're gonna be hanging out at the guest house?" "It sounds so cool, so adult- "hanging out in the guest house. "" "Guest house." "No, I didn't get a chance to tell Grace." "So you two made up?" "Of course." "We're best friends." "Yeah, but Amy's your best friend." "You don't speak to her." "What's your point?" "That best friends don't always need to speak to each other or be together." "Well, yeah, kind of." "But especially since our other best friend is angry with the two of us, we feel a lot better hanging out." "And that reminds me." "Lauren and I have something we wanted to ask you." "Go on, Lauren." "You go on." "No, you." "Hey, Lauren." "Hey, Jesse." "So, are we invited to the guest house tonight?" "Madison, you know Tom's not gonna be home tonight?" "Yeah, and I thought you wouldn't mind if I invited Jesse and Lauren to come as well." "Wasn't my idea." "Look, my dad won't let me if there's not gonna be someone else there." "Why?" "Like these two are gonna keep the two of us from having sex?" "Yeah, something like that." "Oh, I didn't know anything about chaperoning." "We won't have time for chaperoning." "Don't worry." "Oh, I'm not worried." "Don't start, you two." "Save it for tonight." "You save it for tonight." "Madison, I wanted to be alone with you." "I want to be alone with you, too, but" "But it's not too late to get rid of them." "What if you tell your dad they're coming, and they don't?" "So lie to my dad and fool around with you?" "Jack, there are some limitations." "Maddie, wait up." "Stop calling her." "Did she tell you to say that?" "No, I'm telling you." "Stop calling her." "Amy doesn't wanna talk to anyone." "The only person she's talking to at all is John." "Oh, and I'm sure John gets her on the phone all by himself?" "I get her on the phone for John." "Yeah, I know." "I was just pointing that out." "Do you think that you could get her on the phone for me?" "No, I cannot get her on the phone for you." "She's not talking to you." "She's not talking to her family or her friends." "She's not talking to anyone who knew that Adrian's having your baby and didn't tell her." "She told you that?" "She didn't have to tell me that." "I figured it out all by myself." "I shouldn't have to tell you that." "You should've figured it out all by yourself." "It's killing me, okay?" "It's killing me." "I don't care if she yells at me and tells me that she hates me." "I just want her to talk to me." "When she talks to you, I'm sure she will tell you that, but that might not be for a long, long time." "Look, take my advice." "Don't aggravate the situation by calling and calling and texting and texting and e-mailing and whatever else you're doing." "Just stop." "Leave it alone." "Give her some time, and then maybe by the time this music program is over, and Amy comes home from New York, she'll come around again." "She'll come around?" "As in, she'll forgive me?" "No, but seeing your name on the caller ID every 15 minutes is not helping your cause." "Let her come to you." "As difficult as that might be, you're gonna have to do that, Ben." "Did she tell you that?" "You are hopeless." "I take it we're talking about Amy." "Hi, Dad." "Hi." "And, yes, we were talking about Amy." "We're talking about the fact that Amy is not talking to anyone." "And it's been three days." "Three days, Dad." "Yeah, I know." "I'm here to see Ricky." "You and I can talk tonight, if we have to, but nothing's changed, Ben, and nothing's going to change." "So we'll see you at dinner" " Betty and me." "But, son," "Betty's tired of hearing about Amy, so knock it off." "I'm sorry." "Betty's tired of hearing about Amy?" "My stepmother is tired of hearing about the thing that means the most to me right now?" "Well, I don't think she minds hearing about the baby." "She's just tired of hearing about Amy." "Are you going over to Adrian's tonight?" "No." "For your information, and for Betty's information," "I'm going over to Grace's house tonight." "Oh, and tell John not to mention that when he talks to Amy." "He's driving me nuts, that kid." "He's driving everyone nuts." "Hey, I was wondering, you talk to your mother this week?" "She called me the first night after I got home." "She won't call again for a few weeks." "Then it'll be a few months." "And then who knows?" "That's a shame... for her to end up like this on such a minor thing." "Carrying a gun is not a minor thing." "She could get hurt." "She could hurt someone." "And, again, as I've pointed out, it's against the law, and she was on parole." "Yeah, it's tough." "I mean, it's a tough one." "I mean, she did get sober, and she seemed like she was straightening her life out, and then she slipped up like that." "How do you know all this stuff about my mother?" "Bunny." "Bunny told me." "She really enjoyed meeting her." "Thought she was good in here." "She's good at any job for a day." "Then she usually goes back to her old job." "Maybe she just hasn't found the right job yet." "No, she found the right job, or jobs." "But dealing drugs and getting paid for sex are both illegal and demoralizing." "But moving on." "Yeah." "Sorry." "Like I said, moving on." "No one wants to do those things." "I mean, sometimes they do those things 'cause they don't know anything else to do to survive." "So here's what I'm thinking- or what Bunny's thinking." "Maybe we could offer your mom a job here." "It might help her get out." "She just went in." "Yeah, well, I think we could get her out." "She deserves another chance, don't you think?" "She's had lots of chances." "This is probably her hundredth chance." "Yeah." "But you never know." "This time, she might turn around." "She might not." "She might." "How are you gonna get my mother out of jail?" "Pay someone?" "No, no, no." "Nothing like that." "Then what?" "You have a friend in the DA's office or something?" "We both have a friend in the DA's office, don't we?" "Oh, no." "I'm not asking Adrian's father for a favor." "I don't want anything to do with her or her family." "And your son just got his daughter pregnant." "You're gonna ask him for a favor?" "I'm happy you pointed that out." "Well, not happy, but since you brought it up, you're right." "I'm hardly in a position to be asking Ruben for a favor." "Me?" "No, I don't wanna ask." "I only ask people for favors for myself, okay?" "And someday, I might need a favor from Ruben." "And I don't wanna use up my favors on my mother." "She is your mother." "Yeah, she is." "But she's not really a mother, less the foster parents and my other mother, Margaret." "Now, if Margaret needed a favor- any favor" "I'd do anything for her that I could do because she's always been there for me." "Which is not the case for my other mother, the one who's in jail." "Who wants her out of jail anyway?" "Bunny." "Bunny likes her." "She needs somebody here during the day." "It's a lot busier during the day." "She said your mother was really good with people." "Of course she's good with people." "She was a" "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm- I'm really sorry." "Moving on." "It's just that, my mother working here?" "Mr. Boykewich, you don't know my mother." "You don't want my mother working here, believe me." "You don't." "Son, you know me." "You know I believe in giving people another chance- a chance to straighten out their lives and to do the right thing." "Did you just call him "son"?" "Thanks a lot." "Hi, Adrian." "Hey, Ben." "Uh, what time do you get off work?" "Adrian, I told Grace I'd go over to her house." "Yeah, we, you told me you wanted to go to this first doctor's appointment with me." "And I had asked the nurse to call me if there was a cancellation, and the last person for today just canceled, so we can get in." "Then you can go over to Grace's house." "Uh, okay." "Sure." "Then it's a date." "Our first." "Oh, Ashley, I didn't know you were home." "I need for you to watch Robie until your dad gets home." "Mimsy's husband" " Eugene." "Her husband's name is Eugene." "And no." "Mimsy has the flu, and Eugene is speaking at a conference tonight." "Oh, on what?" "Grifting at 80?" "He's not 80, and he's not a grifter." "I don't think." "He's a very nice man." "He didn't know that Mimsy had Alzheimer's when he married her." "She said that she was visiting from Monaco and had ties to the royal family." "Which goes toward him being a grifter." "Well, it would be if she had any money, but she doesn't have a lot of money." "No, not now anyway." "He loves her." "He thinks she's funny." "She loves him." "She thinks he's funny." "They laugh a lot." "They enjoy each other's company." "Oh, is that what he told you?" "I have to go up there, and I have a date with your father, which I'm not gonna be able to make, and I can't get hold of him because he's not picking up his phone," "and Donovan doesn't know where he is, and I can't bring Robie because Mimsy's sick." "Can you help me out here?" "Fine." "I'll try to find Dad." "850, 855, 860, 865, 870, 71, 72, 73, 74" "All right." "I know where to find you." "I'm sure it's all there." "If you thought I wouldn't cheat you, why couldn't this wait for tonight?" "Cash up front." "And you're getting this, which, by the way, will look a lot better by candlelight." "You want violins?" "Do violins come with the room?" "Ã  la carte." "How much?" "Let me show you a menu of all of our services." "A rose" " One rose is 50 bucks?" "Long stem." "The house red wine is a hundred bucks." "Well, they bottle it for me special back in the old country." "Sicily?" "Napa." "Listen, friend of Donovan's, you're gonna have a good time here." "Where else can you have a meal in a room that has a couch for after the meal, huh?" "My house, that's where." "Ahhh." "You're everything Donovan said you'd be." "Come on, my friend." "This is money well spent here." "You and your lover are gonna have a good time." "She's not my lover." "She's my wife." "We'll see." "Oh, cookies again." "I smell Ben." "Yeah, he's coming over." "I don't know what time, but after he gets back with Adrian from her first OB-GYN appointment." "Oh, dear honey." "Adrian's first OB-GYN appointment?" "Grace, you r" "I don't even know what to say." "Well, you don't have to say anything." "I know you don't want me to go out with him, but I am." "All right." "Well, you're a big girl." "You can decide for yourself what's right for you." "That's right." "I can decide what's right for me." "And I know that it's slightly unorthodox for me to be going out with a guy who's having a baby with my best friend, but if that's what I wanna do, then that's what I wanna do." "You married a guy nine months after Dad died." "A lot of women wouldn't have done that either." "Uh-huh." "Okay." "Well..." "Here." "I got this for you at the market." "What is it?" "It's a new product for your skin." "You wash your face with it in the morning, and not only does it get your skin clean, it gives you a burst of energy." "So if your date doesn't go so well tonight, tomorrow morning, you get up, you use this, and maybe you get enough energy to do something else, Grace." "Something that's good for you, and maybe even something that's good for somebody else." "Something, uh, beautiful instead of something slightly unorthodox." "Did you get one for yourself?" "Oh, wait." "It's too late." "You married the guy." "Tom, you said you were going out tonight." "I was, but Adrian had an appointment, and she can't go." "Well, what kind of appointment?" "I mean, if she's getting her hair done or nails or something, she'll still have plenty of time to go out." "Doctor's appointment." "Oh." "Maybe you should go with her." "I don't think so." "I have a date, and I was really looking forward to having the place to myself." "Oh, really?" "Really." "You could rent my half for the evening." "How much?" "It will cost you a lot of money." "That's all right." "I got three other people that'll pitch in." "Name the price, and it better not be more than 20 bucks." "You're kidding yourself." "Attaboy." "I think the kitty's over there." "Kitty's that way." "Right there." "Go get him." "Hey, Ashley." "I need you to babysit." "Oh, me?" "Really?" "I would love to babysit." "I know you don't mean that, but I need some help tonight." "Well, I'm already babysitting, at least until my dad gets back, and then I think I'll do something else- something fun, something just for me." "I don't think I'll be that long." "I should be back by 9:00." "No." "Why not?" "All right." "Don't do this, okay?" "You know I care about your sister, but you also know I care about you." "Do I know that?" "No, I don't know that." "Ashley, we agreed to be friends." "So what, that moves Amy into first place?" "I said she was second place behind John." "I didn't mean it the way you're trying to make it sound." "I care about Amy in a very different way than I care about anybody else." "Oops, you did it again." "Look, just take the kid with you wherever you're going, 'cause Aunt Ashley is not keeping him tonight." "You owe me." "I don't owe you." "I don't owe you anything." "Yeah, you do." "Oh, how do you figure?" "You told your sister that you kissed me." "Oh, so you are talking to her." "Not really." "She didn't give me any time to explain." "So you know what?" "You explain." "You explain it to her." "I'll be home around 9:00." "Where have you been?" "Mani-pedi." "Took forever." "Fridays, you know." "Got just enough time to grab a shower, then time to grab your mother." "Hand me your phone." "Huh." "Your phone was off." "All right." "Mom had to go to Mimsy's." "What?" "No!" "Yeah, that's what I said." "But the grifter is speaking at some seminar, and Mimsy has the flu." "No!" "No, no!" "Look, if you make them cry, I'm gonna get really angry." "I paid a grand to get the backroom at Lonzo's just for your mother and me." "This was my comeback night." "I thought you were back already." "Oh, this is the stupidest divorce ever." "A grand!" "She can't not go!" "You paid $1,000 just to get the back room at a restaurant?" "It's got a couch." "And that's not all." "I got a violin and a rose." "Couldn't you go stay with your grandmother?" "Oh, and how would I get there?" "Where's Ricky?" "Whcouldn't he take you?" "Oh, he had some kind of stupid appointment." "That's why I'm babysitting John." "Oh, this can't be happening." "Damn!" "I think I broke a nail." "You're not going in with me." "Oh." "Of course not." "But what actually happens here in the office?" "Never actually been in an office before." "I usually just go to the clinic, but with my mom and dad married now," "I've got really good insurance." "And me and my dad." "So if this place or this doctor are not to your liking, then we can go someplace else." "Ricky's mom recommended him." "His practice is teen mothers." "His?" "Yeah." "His?" "Stop." "You're making me nervous." "I am so sorry." "That patient canceled and rescheduled, and we already had you coming in, so I didn't want to cancel your appointment." "I'm Dr. Attavi." "Adrian." "Hi." "Hi." "And you are?" "I'm the father." "That was my next question." "What's your name, Dad?" "Uh, he's more like a friend." "But I'm still the father." "Oh, uh, Ben Boykewich." "Boykewich." "You're not related to that Sausage King, are you?" "I am The Sausage King." "You got that?" "He's the prince, son of The Sausage King." "Oh." "I'm sorry." "I hope that was a fair impersonation." "Pretty much." "Yeah." "Great." "Well, welcome, Your Majesty." "So are you excited about the baby?" "I am, now that you're here." "You see, I was dating this guy, and he had a baby with Ben's girlfriend, and so, I slept with Ben." "But unfortunately," "I was on a new pill, and the condom broke, and now this guy isn't speaking to me, and Ben's girlfriend isn't speaking to him." "That's the worst that's happened- people aren't speaking to each other." "That's very civilized." "Nothing like my high school." "And, um, when were you in school?" "In high school?" "I'm sure way before you were born." "How old are you?" "I'm old enough to deliver a baby." "I've delivered quite a few." "Yeah, you look like you'd be good at it." "Excuse me." "This isn't going the way I was thinking it should go." "And how was that, Ben?" "Well, for one, you're not a woman." "No, I'm not a woman." "But I am in practice with my mom." "It's a mother-son practice." "So there are times when a woman may have to fill in for me." "Oh, no." "I can wait." "For you, I mean." "That's very nice of you." "I'm assuming this is your first baby?" "Mm-hmm." "Well, sometimes babies don't wait." "They kind of have their own schedule." "So you think you're about seven weeks?" "Yes." "I'm absolutely certain." "Oh, right." "It was a very special night for the two of you." "And are you two reading up on pregnancies?" "You know, it's very important for you to do the right things for the baby at this stage." "Do you know what a baby looks like at seven weeks?" "Yeah." "I'm" " I'm still hung up on the whole male doctor thing." "Well, if it's gonna make Adrian uncomfortable, we can get her in to see my mom." "But wasn't it your mom who recommended me to Adrian?" "No, that was my boyfriend's mom." "The boyfriend that isn't speaking to me." "The one who had the baby with his girlfriend who isn't speaking to him." "Yep." "Now, so you were saying, the baby at seven weeks..." "Yeah." "Right now, the baby is about the size of a raspberry." "Really?" "Huh." "And at eight weeks?" "A green olive." "I'm sorry, but before you ruin every fruit and garnish for me, could we just talk alone for a minute?" "Okay." "I'd be happy to step out." "But let's make it quick." "It is Friday night." "No." "I meant you and me alone." "Ignore him." "You look like a really good doctor to me, and I'm sure I'm in capable hands." "Don't worry, okay?" "All the girls like me." "And I am married." "I have two daughters of my own that I delivered myself." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I don't want you touching her." "He could be a problem." "âª It's a simple crush, you understand âª âª Sand kept slipping through my hands âª" "Hi." "Do not acknowledge her." "She won't leave." "What?" "Did you say something?" "It's so nice in here, huh?" "Geez, Grace." "No." "It's okay, really." "Don't worry." "I'm not staying." "I just want to dance." "All right." "Fine." "One dance, and then you're leaving." "Yeah, I'm leaving." "I, uh, actually have a date, too." "Oh, really?" "Who are you going out with?" "Ben." "Ben?" "Yeah." "He just had to go somewhere with someone first." "So he's going out with Adrian, then coming over here and going out with you?" "Kind of." "It's a doctor's appointment." "âª" "So, is Amy still not talking to you, too?" "Good." "Anyway, I just came in here to dance and pass the time, hang out with my, uh" "Wait." "Are we friends?" "Cool move." "âª I was lost, but I found what I was looking for âª âª We can, we can- âª" "Coming." "Thank you so much." "Not a problem." "Kind of curious as to what you have to tell me." "Can I get you something to drink?" "Got any scotch?" "To answer your question, I'm 17." "I forgot." "I actually forgot." "Your phone call made me a little nervous." "I can get you some apple juice or milk." "No." "Skip it." "I'm fine." "Here's the thing- You're the father." "I knew it." "You and Adrian, not Ben and Adan." "I had a feeling." "No, it's Ben and Adrian." "Ben's the father." "I'm not the father." "But you want to be a father." "I am a father." "This has nothing to do with that." "This is something completely different." "I need to ask for your help... again." "But you're not the father?" "No." "Well, I just thought that" "No." "All right." "Well, then, ask." "What do you need?" "Are you in some kind of trouble yourself?" "My mom went back to jail." "She violated her parole by carrying a gun in her purse, which she feels she needed for protection." "But before you say anything, I do not sympathize with that." "She knows the rules." "Besides, it's dangerous for her to carry a gun." "She's always chosen to live a dangerous life, so..." "So I don't even know why I'm asking, because she was never really a mother to me." "Lately, I've been working on forgiving her." "And... the thing is, she's one year sober, and she had been doing really well." "But she was having trouble getting a job, and she came here to see me, and she met the woman who runs the butcher shop" "Bunny." "And Bunny and Mr. Boykewich are willing to give her a job." "And if there's some way that you could maybe work with her court-appointed attorney and see if there's any way she could appeal her case or something..." "Oh, I don't know about that, Ricky." "If you had gotten to me before she went back in, then maybe." "But even then..." "I can look into it." "That's all I can tell you." "I just don't know." "I don't know what her record looks like." "I don't know if she's telling the truth about what happened." "I just have to have a lot more information." "I had to ask." "Like I said, I'm working on forgiveness." "Although I don't know about any togetherness- working together and all that, so..." "Well, I'll, uh..." "I'll see what I can do." "But, um," "I have a favor to ask as well." "As long as you're working on forgiveness, think about forgiving Adrian, will you?" "She's not gonna come to you for that." "But I think it would help if she had that." "And just like you had to ask because this involves your mother," "I had to ask because this is about my daughter." "She doesn't need to be struggling through a teenage pregnancy and have the one guy she's ever really loved not speaking to her." "This is amazing." "Your mother would've loved this." "You can bring her some other time." "Not at these prices." "How's the online store doing?" "What online store?" "The one offering environmentally friendly furniture custom made." "I Google, and so does Mom, so you better tell her." "I did it for her." "I'm trying to draw her into the business." "The two of you are gonna work together?" "You can't even be married together." "I'm not gonna work with her." "I was just gonna get her idea going, and then turn it over to her." "You should've told her." "I didn't know it'd go over so well." "I mean, her business plan was pretty goo but you never know." "And I was thinking of turning the online business and the store over to her." "And you're gonna do what?" "This." "Watch the babies." "This is my dream." "I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad." "I missed out on a lot of good things when you girls were growing up." "I see where this is going." "You blame yourself for Amy, don't you?" "Yes, I do." "It's not gonna happen again, Dad, with me, if that's what you're thinking." "I want to know about you and Ricky." "Geez, did he tell the whole world I kissed him?" "No." "You kissed him, or he kissed you?" "I kissed him." "I was going to, and then he kissed me." "Was it everything you dreamed it would be?" "Pretty much." "Aw, Ashley." "I know, Dad." "I know." "It- It can never be." "I mean, unless it is." "It isn't." "Don't make me throw up a thousand-dollar meal." "Please don't waste any pain on this boy, Ashley." "Please?" "I can't have him hurt both my girls." "I can't help it, Dad." "I'm trying." "I just..." "I know it's wrong." "It is, Ashley." "It's entirely wrong." "I know." "I just..." "I just can't help it." "What time was the party over?" "Oh, about half hour after it started, or 15 minutes after your sister arrived." "Too bad." "Yep." "I mean, the guy looks like he's 12." "You know, maybe 13, tops." "And then Adrian asked him about each day of the entire pregnancy." "Yeah, that's a lot of days." "That's a lot of days for you to be with Adrian." "Yeah, not to mention 18 years after that." "Yeah." "Not to mention." "Good cookies." "Oh, don't worry." "I can teach Adrian how to make them." "Huh?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "I'm really glad that you stopped by." "You want to take some home with you?" "You sure?" "Yeah." "I'm sure." "Thank you." "Yeah." "Ah, more." "Wait." "You know the way out." "Out?" "Yeah." "Hey, I thought I heard you out here." "You're up early." "I went to bed early." "How'd your appointment go?" "Really well." "I really like this new doctor." "Good." "Yeah, and I got a lot of stuff to read." "And I'm gonna switch over to the prenatal vitamins and make sure I eat right and get plenty of rest and do anything else the doctor tells me to do." "That's good." "That's really good." "Good to take care of yourself and the baby." "Yep." "So the appointment went well?" "Yeah." "How'd your night go?" "Oh, it was interesting." "I saw Ricky last night." "Did you?" "Yeah, he wants some legal help for his mom." "Oh." "Well, I'm glad you can help him." "Well, I don't know if I can help him, but I told him he can help me." "Help you how?" "By at least speaking to my daughter." "Dad, you didn't have to do that." "I understand if Ricky never speaks to me again." "Yeah, well, I don't." "Things happen." "And you two were really close." "This baby's gonna change your life, and it's not gonna be easy." "You don't need any friends turning against you." "That friendship was gonna come to an end anyway." "We were on a collision course." "But if Ricky decides he wants to speak to me, then I would speak to him." "Maybe we could be friends again... someday." "Maybe you could." "Amy?" "Hey, Adrian." "Hi." "Did you mean to call me?" "Yeah, I meant to call you." "There's something I want to say to you." "All right." "Go ahead." "Say anything you want." "I can take it." "Adrian, you know, this music program I'm in is for teen mothers who are musicians." "And I've gotten to know about 40 other girls who are mothers, just like me and just like who you're going to be." "Yeah?" "Yeah, and it's not easy to have a baby in high school." "One of the hardest things about it is you lose most your friends." "Okay." "Not that we were ever close friends, but there were a few times when you came up to me and offered to be my friend, and I just want to know if that offer still stands." "The offer to be your friend?" "Well, for us to be friends." "I mean, after all, we're neighbors." "And I don't know." "Maybe one day our children will play together." "Yeah, maybe they will." "So friends?" "Friends." "I'll see you in a couple weeks." "Okay." "See you." "Bye, Adrian." "Bye, Amy." "Synced By YesCool"