"Previously on the secret life of the american teenager:" "Oh, boy." "Mama's got on her power suit again." "I am going to get a job, and when I get a job," "I'm gonna proceed with the divorce, and you are going to be moving." " So, Amy,back to looking for a job, huh?" " Are you talking about you or me?" "If you don't have a family to adopt, you need a job." "and without your father I need to?" "I don't have money so I would not make the best father for the baby or the best husband for Amy, so you and Amy have a nice life with my son." "You win, oun." " I'm not having s again until I'm married." " How?" " I'm reclaiming my virginity." " Maybe I'd like to reclaim mine with you." "By having sex with you?" "I'm the architect on the renovation across e street." " You should give me a call." " Okay." "If you choose to keep the baby, ?" "Are you out of your mind,Benjamin?" "You don't have a dime." "You get your butt up, and get in that kitchen and help her out." "And tomorrow start looking for a job." "Hey, you wanna beat that guy up who was flirting with Anne on the way to the car?" "Come on." "Let's go." "* I know a weenie man He owns a weenie stand *" "* He owns everything From hot dogs on down *" "* Some day I'll be his wife His little weenie wife *" "* Oh, how I love That hot dog man *" "Jealous?" " Guy who owns the weenie stand?" "You know who I'm talking about." "I know you saw him." " Saw who?" " The customer behind you." "The one who was flirting with me?" "And he doesn't own the weenie stand." "He's an architect." "He's renovating the building across from the stand." " So he didn't build the stand?" " No." "He did not." "He owns his own architectural firm, where I have an interview this morning." "And if I get the job, the first paycheck I get is going straight to the attorney." "Could he possibly be David Johnson of JJ Architects?" " How would you know that?" "?" "Because I snapped a picture of him." " Mutual friends told me about him." " Oh." "What'd they tell you?" "That he's younger, better-looking and more successful than you are?" "Yeah, he's a talented." "Gay, and very talented." "I hate to break the news, but your new boyfriend is gay." " And he's deaf in one ear." " You're making that up." "It is David Johnson of JJ Architects, isn't it?" "Wanna call Donovan and get the scoop?" "No, I don't have time." "I have to go." "You're taking the girls to school and picking them up." "After I meet with a guy who I know is not gay" "?" "?" "who has some couples lined up." "?" "This time I'm going to them." "I don't think Amy wants to have the baby adopted." "Well, that's up to Amy, and I don't wantn'nyone interfering with her decision." "Gay and deaf in one ear." "You're an idiot." "Figure skating injury." "Spun into a wall doing a triple salchow." "Shattered the ear drum." "Donovan told me." "George, you are so lying." "How would I know anything about a salchow if Donovan hadn't told me?" "Hey, Donovan, buddy, listen, uh, if Anne calls you, don't take the call, all right?" "And pass that on to Leon." "Okay, thanks, buddy." "Hey." "Oh, hey." "Did you find a job?" "Did I find a job?" " Yeah." "Did you find a job?" " Not a real job." "However, uh, I am more than happy to continue to help out around the house anytime." "You're not gonna have time." "I found the job for you." "Dad, come on, you're not gonna drag me down to the office to make me pretend to work for you there, are you?" "No." "I'm gonna take you down to Boykewich's Butchers and let you get your hands dirty." "Okay, Dad, if, um, if that's a threat," "I'll get a job." "A real job." "I promise." "It's not a threat." "It's an opportunity." "To make some money." "And to make, uh, some new friends." "I have friends." "And, come on, I have money." "You do?" "We?" ", that's news to me." "The trust fund?" "Oh, at." "No, you can't get any money out of that till you're 21." "The kid'll be in school by then." "And you know what, now that you brought it up, that trust fund," "I'm making it 30." "You can tap into it when you're 30." " Dad" " Forty." "And just so you know, I'm going to offer a job to Ricky too." "I think it'd be good if the two of you could work together." "I figure one of you have to take care of Amy and the baby." "One or both of you." "Here's the bus schedule." "Be there at 3:30." "And you're very welcome for the opportunity." "Don't mess with the King." " How'd it go?" " One down, e do go." " Thanks, Leo." " No problem.?" "It's my grandson." " Yeah, I know." "I'll see you, George." "Yes." "Sync:" "FRS¾²¾²@ID the secret life of the american teenager s01e20" "Someone's in a good mood this morning." "You and Mom in the garage again?" "Ashley, garage time is over." "Your mom's got a boyfriend." " She does not." " Afraid so." "Some architect hit on her at the weenie stand." "And this morning, she has an interview with him." "Although the interview will be a challenge for her," "?" "he will hire her, this'll be the beginning of the end of our marriage as we know it." "He is the architect of our demise." "Chocolate chip waffle?" "Yeah, thanks." "But if she brings him home, I'll kill him." "I know you will, pumpkin." "No time for waffles." "We're gonna be late for school." "And by the way, Ashley, yogurt is healthier than chocolate chip waffles." "Pregnant girl is concerned about being tardy?" "Yes." "And I'm concerned about your health." "Until and unless I'm living in your stomach, leave my health to me." "Morning, Ames." "How's the baby?" "He's fine." "He's jumping around a lot this morning." "I think he's in a hurry to get to school." "Do not stop talking about that baby until you're out of the car." "Like you have to tell me that?" "Good morning." "What do you want?" "I don't want anything, however, uh,my dad's in the hallway, and he'd like to speak to you." "About what?" "What did I do?" "It's not so much what you did as what I did." "I believe I offered to take care of the baby, and as it turns out," "I don't have the means to take care of the baby." "So we're in the same unfortunate position." " Broke." " Speak English." "My dad wants to offer you a job, but you don't have to take it." "And in fact, I encourage you to say no." "He can't make you do anything." "He's not really a King." "I heard that, Benjamin." "And you know what, you're not a prince." "So be at the butcher shop at 3:30 like I said." "Is that the job?" "Working at your butcher shop with Ben?" "Have a problem with that?" "Working at the butcher shop?" "No, sir." "I don't." "I mean, I'd love a job.Thank you." "I have a car.I can drive us." "We'll be there at 3:30." "Don't be late." "I'm gonna have Amy, the baby, and your dad over to my side before you can say "pork chop."" "Hey, guess what." "I got a job." "A job?" "Why?" "I'm still looking for a couple to adopt the baby." "And I thought you didn't want a job." "I didn't, but someone offered me a job." "And now I can help out with the baby." "And if you don't find a couple, at least I can contribute something." "If you wanna keep the baby." "It's not a matter of whether I want to or not." "It's a matter of what's best for him." "Yeah, I know." "Okay, well..." "I'll talk to you later Amy." "Ricky got a job." "Yeah." "Me too." "You did?" "Where?" "At, uh, my dad's butcher shop." "He got me and Rickyjob there." "Are you his boss?" "What?" "This is kind of the first time I've realized the King is the King and not Santa Claus." " This is all my fault." " No, no, no." "It's-- my fault." "When you treat a privilege as though it's a right, you lose it." "I lost my privileges, but you, however, gained the possibility of financial support from not one, but two sources." "Not to mention CR meat." "So you can quit your job at the hot dog stand." "I think I'll be able to quit anyway." "Uh, my momay be getting a real job, so the translator position won't be availbelemore." "I have to get to the library, but I'll see you after school." "Right, um, I won't see you after school, but good luck with the job." "Did she say "job"?" "dad got me and Ricky a job working together at the family butcher shop." "Yeah." "I know." " What are we?" "Chopped meat?" " Huh?" "I think that what she means is, why not the two of us?" "You guys wanna work at the butcher shop?" "No." " Kind of." "Why didn't he offer us jobs?" "Because I think that he wants me and Ricky to become friends." "And that he also wants to show me what it's like to support a child." "You left your lunch in the car." " Thanks." " And, uh, do you ever look around before you speak?" "Hey, you two, how you been?" "Haven't seen you around." "Is that why you didn't offer us jobs?" "We're still Ben's best friends although our relationship is sketchy." "You want a job?" "I'll look for a job in the factory for you." "Wanna make sausage?" "Yeah, I thought so." "Dad, this whole job thing, it's so unnecessary." "I mean, Amy's gonna have the baby adopted." "I thought you didn't want her to.?" " Well, I don't." " Then do something about that." "Like do your job." "Earn a paycheck." "Offer to help." "With your own money." "?" "Stop leaving your lunch in the car." "I miss you guys." "Come around any time, okay?" "Gotta get to work, otherwise nobody's gonna have a job." "Good luck." "Behave yourself." "Hi." "Hi." "Well, hello." " I heard about that." " You heard about what?" "I heard about the skating." "Oh." "Yeah." "Had to hang 'em up." "That's what I heard." "Anne, have a seat." "Did you bring a ?" "é?" "Oh, not really." "There's really nothing in my background that gives me the credentials to green up your firm he ?" "however, I did do some research on some locally-made green products and services." "Wow." " There's even a pie chart." " Yeah." "Well, this is great." "Now I-- Now I don't even need you." "That was a joke." "I'm just trying to make you comfortable." "Oh, no, I'm comfortable." "W" " Did you think I was uncomfortable because...?" "Because...?" "You know my 15-year-old daughter is pregnant, right?" " No, I-I didn't." " She is." "And we almost let a gay couple adopt the baby." "Two guys." "But then you found out they were gay?" "No, no, I love them." "And they are very green." "They're into recycling,repurposing, they love antiques." "They renovated an entire house from top to bottom." "They were the ones who backed out." "Of the adoption." "We didn'?" " Because they were gay." " Right." "No." "I mean, that didn't make any difference to us." "To my daughter, to myself, or even my husband." "Because we don't care if someone's gay." "We don't care if someone is gay." "?" "and illegal area for a job interview." "I'm sorry." "I just wanted to say gays are here, they're queer, I'm cool with it." "Well, thanks for this." "Thanks for this research." "This is great." "Um, I'll give you a call and let you know." "Thank you." "And whether or not you hire me," "I reallythat the research helps you out in some way." "Thank you for your time." "This is George's furniture store, but thisbus Donovan speaking, how may I help you?" "You can't help me." "Is my dad there?" "Oh, Amy, how are you?" " Is my dad there?" " He has a meeting this afternoon." " All right, thanks." " Wait, w-wait." "Are you okay?" "Do you need something?" " Yeah, a home for my baby." " I'm sure you'll find a home, Amy." "I did find one." "The couple backed out." "For an entire family of children who were in foster care and desperately need a home." "I'm pretty desperate too." "Amy..." "There's a couple out there just dreaming of becoming parents to your baby." "I'm sure you'll find them" " And if I don't?" " You will." "Yeah." "Bye." "Do you want me to try to find your dad for you?" "No, that's okay." "I can take care of myself." "I just need a ride home from school." "I'll close and come pick you up." "No, there are plenty of people that can give me a ride." "It's okay." "It's so unfair that they don't make these seats a little bigger so we could share." "I don't think it's that unfair." "I told you, I have boundary issues." "I'm just trying to sneak across the border." "Just stay over there." " Hey, Amy." " Amy?" "I hate to ask,but my dad must have forgotten to pick me up from school." "Do you think Jason could give me a ride home?" "Of course.We need to pick up Amy." "She's stuck at school." "Are you okay?" " Yeah, uh, can I get a ride or not?" "Of course." "Um, yeah, w-we'll pick you up." "But you're gonna hang out with us for once." "No, I do not want to be a fourth wheel." "Hey, do you want us to bring you a milkshake?" "We're at the Dairy Shack.The school gets money for every shake they sell today." "Yeah, I know, but I'm trying to be careful about what I eat." "I don't want to gain too much weight, but thanks." "She's worried about her weight." "You can have a shake." "We're gonna pick you up a shake, then we're gonna go to the mall." "There's a two-for-one sale at the Jean Barn." "Oh, well, maybe you could drop me off at home first." "No, you have to go with us." "You have to go with us, Amy." "We can stop by tto Baby Bees store if you want." "Lauren, I'm not buying clothes for the baby since the baby is going to be adopted." "Sorry, Amy." "I-I wasn't thinking." "But we want you to hang" "Oh, Lauren, there's my dad." "He's here." "Um, thank you for offering, but I'm okay now." "See you guys tomorrow." "Her dad showed up." " She seemed kind of down." " Kind of down?" "Don't you think she'd be kind of down?" "She's having a baby whole life is about to change." "Well, not if she doesn't keep the baby." "When will she get over that?" "She's doing the right thing, Jason." "Yeah, she probably is, but it's not the easiest thing." "So he's my brother, I don't care." "He's so cute." " Hey, Amy,how are you?" " I'm okay." " What are you doing here so late?" "?" "We were just going to the Dairy Shack, but I left my notebook here." "Hey, I have an idea." "You want to go to the Dairy Shack with us?" "Oh, no, that's okay." "Lauren and Madison just asked me to go with them." "So are you going with them?" "No, I'm just gonna go home." "My dad's just running a little late." "Do you need Adrian to drop you off at home?" "Do you?" "No, really." "He's on his way." "I better get out there." "I don't wanna miss him." "Heh!" "But I'm just gonna walk down the hall first." "I feel so bad for her." "She always looks so sad." "Yeah, well, giving up a baby can't be easy, but it's the best thing to do." "Yeah, I guess." "I just wish there was another way for her to keep the baby." "If that's what she wants to do." " Well, she can't." " She could." "No, she couldn't." "She can't take care of him." "Your mom took care of you." "She was a single mom." "She was older than Amy." " Well, not much older." " She had a job." " Amy could get a job." "She has a job." "She has a job at that hot dog place." "Well, she needs another job." "We can't get her a job." "We could." "Anything is possible." "Okay." "Think about it." "You really want Amy to keep Ricky's baby?" "All right, you're in charge of getting out the orders to be shipped." "?" "at close of business." "He has a refrigerated truck, he takes it straight to the airport ernight shipping." "All you gotta do is pack each basket correctly." "We got two kinds of orders." "We got custom orders, we got gift baskets." "This is the chart for the gift basket." "Each gift basket you pack has to look exactly like the picture." "This is what people see when they place the order." "This is what we want them to see when they get the order." "But this is not the challenge." "The challenge is the custom order." "Each custom order has to be as ordered." "A box of steaks costs more than you'll make this month." "So make sure it's right." "Make sure it's right, and make sure it looks good." "Oh, I-I'm sorry." "I have" " I have a phone call." " No, you don't." "No cell phones at work." "That's the rule." "But his girlfriend is expecting." "Well, she'll still be expecting when you get off from work." "And no texting." "And no surfing the web." "Pay attention to what This isn't just a job, it's a dangerous job." "You could lose a hand." "I hope not." "?" "But if you do, and it's because you were on your cell phone, don't come crying to me to put it on a block of ice while you call 911." "And don't make any mistakes." "You work for me," "I work for your father." "Don't go to your father for any problems at work, you come to me." "And that goes for you ?" "Answer me when I tell you something so I have some indication you heard what I said." "And by answer me, I mean "Yes, ma'am" or "No, ma'am"" "or "I didn't understand, ma'am." You got it?" " Yes, ma'am." " Yes, ma'am." "All right, let's get going, we've wasted a lot of time." "Here's today's orders." "Now!" "Go!" "So good to get my truck back." "Somebody just left it in front of the house." "I hope they catch that someone." " They?" "The police." "Why would they catch anyone if you got the truck back?" " I still wanna knowwho took my truck." " I know who took your truck." "Great." "Let's call the police." "I wanna get the guy arrested." "You threw down the keys in front of the truck." "You can't have a guy arrested." " Technically, it'd be entrapment." " No, it's not." "You had any experience with crime before this?" "No." "Just television." "Maybe that's where the guy got the idea to steal the truck." "Television." "You got all these guys in the neighborhood, can't find a job, nothing to do but watch television." "And you tempt them by putting your keys to your unlocked truck right there on the ground in front of it." " That's not cool, man." "I didn't put them there," "I threw them there, 'cause I wanted to catch the mugger and get your money back for the Disadvantaged Youth." "How crazy are you to go chasing after a criminal in a high crime area?" "I may be crazy, but I'm dedicated to helping out Disadvantaged Youth." "And most of all, I made a promise to you to sell those candy bars." "All of them." "And that was your money." "I may have worked for days to get you that money, but that was your money." " I didn't wanna let you down." "Well, you did." "?" "That's why I'm trying to keep the police involved" " until we get the money back." " What'd the guy look like?" "He was kind of tall, he was black." "Are you sure?" "Are you sure you're not profiling?" "I'm not profiling." "No, 'cause you said "tall,"" "and then you went straight to "black."" "I mean, sounds like profiling." "Was he good at basketball?" " You know I'm not like that." " How do I know you're not like that?" "'Cause I'm in love with your sister." "Well, not being prejudiced against black women and not being prejudiced against black men, two different things." " I'm in love with your sister." " Thomas Jefferson owned slaves." "I think you're the one that's prejudiced." "I'm colorblind." "I don't even see color." "You just said the guy was black." " Oh, yeah." " "Oh, yeah."" "All right, let's quit playing games here." "You were the guy." "You mugged me, you took the money, you hit me in the head with a box." "I'm glad you finally admitted it." "I was beginning to think you were stupid." "I am stupid." "I'm stupid enough to think that I could be a good influence on you." ""Stupid enough to think I could be a good influence on you."" "These are candy bars." "And the money really goes to Disadvantaged Youth, a reputable organization that sells candy bars that were donated to them for a dollar a bar." "We're going housto house selling candy bars this afternoon." "Don't you have a sense of humor?" "Look, you got the truck back." "Ha, ha, ha!" "I don't believe it." "The loan went through." "The house is mine." " Thank God for foreclosures, huh?" " It wasn't in foreclosure yet, that's why I got such a good deal." "I love good deals." "Be kind, George." "You know those people." "Never liked them, but basically I just saved their butts." "They were throwing their money away, going back to college at their age." "Those two nincompoops were never gonna finish college." "D-did Amy call you?" "Amy?" "No." "Were you supposed to pick her up after school?" "She called over here looking for you." "Oh, jeez, I think Anne did say to pick up the girls." "Did Ashley call?" " Ashley?" " Please tell me you picked up Amy." "?" "?" "Why didn't you remind me?" " I don't know." "So you don't know where she is or if she's upset?" "She's almost eight months pregnant, she's always upset." "Plus, she's probably annoyed that I talked non-stop about the baby the entire way to school." "I got hung up at the bank." " They still have banks?" " Of course they still have banks." "I didn't know." "I thought they just had those machines." "You can't get a loan for a house at those machines." "Does Ashley know about that?" " Hey, it's me, Dad." " Who?" " Did you get a ride home?" " Not exactly." "I'm just out with friends." "Want me to come and get you?" " No." " I'm so sorry, Ames." "I was driving down Bleeker Street, and the brakes went out, and I had to steer my car to a stop, and, uh, I almost hit a deer." "Really?" "That's like the third time this month when you've been late for something that you said that." "They really have to do something about this deer problem." "So you call me if you need a riokay, honey?" "Yeah, okay." "Bye." "Okay,I'll take care of it." "Thanks." "I am so sorry." "There was a problem with an order that I had to straighten out or I would've been stuck with 300 onesies." " Can I help yousomething?" " Well" "Actually, can't say I need any onesies." "I have lots of those." "From my baby shower." "Very popular gift." "If it's a brand we carry, and if they're still in the package," "I'd be glad to exchange them for you." "If I thought I could find them in my minivan," "I'd go out and get them." "Thing is piled high with stuff" "The high chair, the bassinet, the car seat" " It's a mess." "And yet I see you're still shopping." " Must be your first." " Yeah." "Heh." " You look so young." " Oh, uh, thank you." "I'm" " I'm 21." "I" " Just one semester short of finishing college when I got pregnant." "All that late-night studying," "I got a little distracted one night and there you go." "It's a boy?" "You look like you're carrying a boy." "I am." "He should be here in about four weeks." "Ohh." "Boys." "I've got two boys, twins, Jeffrey and David." "That's nice." "So, what are you gonna name him?" "We're not sure yet." "My husband wants us to see him first, then decide." "Oh, that's what we diy." "And when we first saw the babies, we knew exactly which one was Jeffrey and which one was David." " It's so funny how that happens." " Yeah." "I can't wait to see his face." "This is a gift." "Now, I know you have everything, but it is your first, and these truly are the best little overalls." "You've got to have them." "From me to you." "I couldn't let you do that." "No." "I want to." "And I wanna see him in these." "Promise me you'll bring him back here so I can meet him." "Okay..." "Uh, but really, m-my baby has so much already." "Maybe you should give those to a baby in need." "We do plenty to take care of babies in need." "When he outgrows these, justring 'em back, we'll put 'em in the giveaway basket." " Oh, well,that's very nice of you." " I didn't get your name." "Oh." "Uh, it's..." "It's Lauren Madison." "Oh." "Good luck, Lauren Madison." "Thank you." "Dude,you finally found your sport." "I'm just trying to make it look like the picture." "Yeah, all right." "Well, you better get moving." " Excuse me?" " You heard Bunny." "We have to get all these orders out by end of day." "It's a half-hour from end of day, you've made three baskets." "Yeah, but my baskets look good." "Yours on the other hand..." "Mine on the other hand are just as good, and I'd never curled ribbon before." "Hey, girls, quit gossiping and get back to work." "Where's my cow?" "Here you go." "You wanna learn to slice tMI?" "Yeah." "I mean, yes, ma'am." " Excuse me." " Uh, maybe I'd like a lesson in slicing beef too." "You would, would you?" "Did you finish your baskets?" "Um, no." "Uh, no, ma'am." "But the baskets I did finish are perfect." "Quantity and quality, Ben." "Get back in there." "I really appreciate this opportunity." "I'm just so happy to have a job." "Is this your first job?" "Yeah, it's my first job." "I started here when I was about your age." "Brought in my own cow." "4-H project." "about 20 years ago." "So you never got promoted upstairs?" "This is as high up as yan go here." "Manager." "But it's a good job." "You work hard, you'll do okay." "LYrivin' a Tercedes.?" "that." "?" "should I bor ?" "helping Ben?" "to his emplois Lare loyal?" "I knew you were smart." "Go ahead." "Finished already?" "Got your butcher's license yet?" "That can wait." "Let me help you with that." "Help me?" "Maybe you should dll out the perwork on yours considering no one knows 're going, and you haven't chargedarfor the?" "Behat information's on the back of the order." "You just turn it over and it becomes the mailing label." "And the order has already been charged, that's why we're fillire the order." "?" "filling orders if someone hadn't paid for 'em?" "I take back what I said." "About getting everyone on my side." "?" "Please, don't do that wh fake sinfarity thing with me." " I see right through it." " I want AI to keep the baby." "Hi." "I'm back." "Hi, assistant person." "I let myself in." "Obviously." "Should I call security?" "I'll let you know." "Did you forget something?" "You, uh, wanna speak out for animal rights this time?" "Well, I am passionate about saving animals, but I don't have any animals myself, so I think that would seem hypocritical, whereas I do have gay friends." "Although, come to think of it, they have animals." " Cats, dogs, everything." " Do they?" "Anyway, I don't think I'm comfortable speaking up for animal rights until I quit eating meat," "?" "?" "?" "I veeen reading something when clearly there was nothing to read into." "So I came here, and sort of tried to over-compensate for flirting with you by overstating my admiration for gay men." "So, what are you saying, you don't really like gay men?" "I love them." "I-I do." "I" "I just don't love them any more than any other specific group of people in the world." "I love everyone." "Equally." " Everyone?" " Pretty much." "Let's rewind to "There was nothing to read into my flirting with you."" " I was flirting with you." " I thought you were." " But why would you do that?" " Why wouldn't I do that?" "Because you're gay?" " What?" " Gay." "?" "I'm sorry, I-I forgot about your, um, hearing problem." "Uh, challenge." "Impairment." "I am deeply heterosexual, and unfortunately," "I can hear every word you've said." "Hi." "I'm Anne Juergens." "David Johnson." "Nice to meet you." "Hockey skates." "Now th we've got that cleared up, let's take a look at this research." " Okay." " Don't ever let that happen again." "Let what happen?" "My dad loves you, and my sister loves you, and" "Have you ever seen this before?" "No, I took it out of her jewelry box." " Well, who made it?" " Who else?" "Ben." "Where were we?" "?" "I got the job as a wait so I could help her keep the baby." "I feel left out of the whole thing." "?" "too." "You know, this is just her and Mom conspiring to adopt." "Yeah, well, it's me and you conspiring to not adopt, so we can't say anything." "and, uh, I'm gonna do whatever I have to do to make sure that happens for you, to make sure that you get all that life has to offer 'cause that's what my parents did for me," "and because you're my son." "You think the baby's gonna buy that when he's 18?" ""I love you so much, but I gave you away" ""because I didn't wanna miss prom or homecoming" ""or high school graduation" ""or all of those fun times hanging with my two BFFs." ""And besides, I met a rich guy after I got pregnant," ""and I think he really really likes me, and just I didn't want you to mess that up, little baby."" "Ash, come on, you know she's struggling with this." "This isn't easy for Amy." "No, it isn't." "We blew it." "Now she's not gonna listen to us." "She hates us." "She shouldn't have snuck up like that." "Ashley, it's her house too." "And it's the only safe place she's got right now." "It's Amy's sanctuary where she gets away from the world." "Like the hunchback of Notre Dame?" "Like the hunchback of Notre Dame?" "Ashley, I'm serious here." "I want you to go fix this with Amy." "Your mom's gonna be home any minute with a list of couples, and we're in trouble." " Then why don't we go fix it?" " You stole the DVD,and you made the big speech." "Oh, jeez, it's your mom." "Amy probably called her." "Go now." " Hey." " It's me, George." "I guess I'm just gonna head straight to the stand." " I didn't get the job." " What?" "But gay men love you." "He's not gay, George." "David Johnson is not gay." "Johnson?" "You mean Jackson." "David Jackson, right?" "No." "Johnson." "Oh." "That must be the problem." "That Donovan." "I hope I didn't throw you off." "Oh, of course not." "I'm sure it had nothingnoth do with that I was screaverything,thind the guy'?" "Oh, I feel just terriblete Is there anything I can do?" "I could swing by the weenie stand, pick up your suit, get it to the cleaners so you can have it back by morning." "That's so nice of you." "Why are you being so nice to me?" "'Cause I didn't get the job, or there's something else going on?" "Well, I know it must have been a terrible day for you." "How'd you make out with the interviews, the couples?" "That part of the day went pretty well." "But I'm gonna let Amy decide." "Don't say anything." "Don't say anything." "Amy already spoke to her." "I have to get back." "Oh, and Mom thinks she got the job." "She's still with that guy, the architect." "Is there something going on?" "I wasn't going to say anything, but..." "I was at the doctor's, and I missed picking the girls up." "Ashley took the bus." "And Amy-- Well, I called her, she said she was gonna get a ride, but then she took the bus too." "And now they're both in horrible moods, they got into a fight,things were said." "You go on down to the weenie stand, I'll bring them by?" ", you can take care of them, 'cause you're bett'r at this stuff, you mared in this stuff, women's studies." "Yeah." " Here's the time to put that to good use." " I don't think Amy feels like working tonight." "I'm just gonna go by myself." "Ashley and I will go by an organic produce stand and bring her something." "I want you to speak to Ashley." " About?" " Aboubecer to Amy." "Why can't yok her?" "And, anyway, why were you at the doctor's?" "You haven't been to the doctor's in years." "This isn't the time to talk about it." "We'll talk face to face." "George, what is it?" "I need you to be strong here." "I know there's a lot going on, you don't need anything else to worry about," " so promise you wse?" " About the girl?" "The girls are young, healthy." "Spit it out." "What's wrong with you?" "It's the..." " petula." "The what?" "But honestly, that's not where the pain is coming from, it's coming from not being included in the video when Amy finds out the sex of the baby." "I have to go." "Jeez, she's turning into a man, and I'm turning into a woman." " Get out." " You can't tell me to get out of my own house." "That's your mother's job." "Heh!" "Don't look at her." "You two were in on this together, making fun of me while I'm having a baby." "How could you?" "You're my father!" "Amy, you know me." "You know your sister." "We mock people." "We mock ourselves." "You can't take these things personally." " Well, I do." " Come on, you know we love you." "We were just upset we weren't part of the video, that's all." "No, that's not all." "Do you really think I don't care about my baby?" "No, you care too much, yet not enough." " What does that mean?" " Something good, right, Ash?" "You care enough to take care of the baby before he's born, but you don't care enough to take care of him after that?" "I can't!" "Someone else has to do that." "Why can't you understand that?" "I can't understand it, and I don't think the baby'll understand it when he grows up either." "He will understand." "He'll understand that I was only doing what I thought was best for him." "I mean, even if you and Mom and Dad and Ricky and Ben and all of our family and friends helped out, it's not possible for me to be a mother, a real mother, at 15." " Says who?" " What?" "Suppose you could." "Suppose you could be a real mother at 15 and raise the baby yourself." "Suppose we all helped you raise the baby." "?" "and Ben and their families and their friends." "This is not some weird group project, Ashley." "This is a human being, and I am responsible for this human being." "He's my son." "I have to do the right thing." "I have to do what's best for him." " I have to find him a home." " Think about yourself." "Think about doing the best thing for yourself." "Maybe it's best for you and your baby to stay together." "I can't think about that, because it's not." " It can't be." " Why can't it?" "Why do you insist on believing that this is a bad thing that happened?" "Because that's what other people think?" "Please listen to me, please." "I know you wanna be in the band, but it's not the band that's important to you, it's music." "You love music, and you can still play your French ?" "when the baby comes." "And I know school is important to you, but really isn't it education that's important?" "You'll get the education you want somehow, Amy." "I know you will, because you're smart." "You've always been smart, so you'll figure out school." "You'll figure out a way." "And you'll find some work, ?" "You can do this, Amy." "You really can." "It's possible that this baby is a good thing for all of us." "It's possible that we all learn how to live from this." "And to be happy." "Come on." "So Mimsy has Alzheimer's, Mom and Dad are getting a divorce, and the family is splitting up, and you got pregnant the first time you had sex." "So what?" "Maybe it's all good." "And even if it isn't, let's just say it is." "When did you move away from the dark side?" "As soon as I could." "You could keep the baby, if you want." "I mean, I wasn't gonna say anything, but... really?" "So you really did all this just to get the job?" "Well, honestly, I figured if I didn't get the job," "I could just use the research to get another job." "Ah." "I was just hoping that this was just for me." "Could be." "How much are you thinking about paying me?" "I see.You think you could get me drunk and then ask me about the money?" "Yes." "So...?" "Well, honestly, we could probably pay you" "Were you not gonna kiss me?" "I was gonna tell you how much I was gonna pay you." "Oh." "Okay." " A year." " Okay." "Why are you saying okay?" "Don't say okay to that." "What, you're going to pay me more?" "I'll take it." "No, no, no." "What you wanna say is," ""That would be fine as a consultant, but for that money," "I'd have to work for more than one architectural firm."" "Well, I can't keep on doing these interviews." " Why?" " You're so good at it." "That's a joke, right?" "Ah, yeah." "No, what I'm saying is, start a consultant business where you go to other firms, other interior design firms or directly to clients that just wanna green up." "Oh I don't think I'm ready to start my own business." "I think not only are you ready to start your own business," "I think you're ready to start your own life." "Well, maybe tomorrow." "But tonight I've got two teenage daughters who are fighting and one soon-to-be ex-husband who just got bad news from his doctor about his peET." "I'm sorry, what is that?" "His girliend?" "There's not a body part called the petula, is there?" "And let the girls fight it out." "They're gonn'rbe fighting for years, a lifetime." "Let's go grab dinner and talk." "And don't take out your cell phone." "They can figure it out." "Have dinner with a grownup." "And by the way," "I will never talk to you the way that your husband talks to you." "You deserve better." "What do you think?" " People are here to see you." " Who?" "stupid cheerleader." "Wife Number One's daughter." " Grace?" " You want me to send her away?" "No, I'm kind of curious as to why she'd be here." " How'd she get here?" " Some guy is with her." "Big guy." " Hi." "Hi." "Hello." "You wanna sit down or something?" " Um, could we?" " Yeah, sure." " Hi." "Can I come in?" " Uh, yeah." "Sure." "What are you doing here?" "I don't know, but what are you doing here?" "I saw you at the stoplight, and I turned around." " Oh, hey, Amy." " Hi." "I don't know whaty're doing here." "Hey,is there a party going on?" " Hi, Ricky." " Hi." "I don't know what's going on." "So are you dating him now?" "No, I have a girlfriend." "We're friends." "Yeah, whatever." " Why are you here?" " Why are you here?" "Okay, someone tell me why you're all here." "I just wanted to ask you if you'd be interested in a job." "She doesn't need to get a job." "Ricky and I got jobs." "And, uh, we're gonna make those jobs work, Amy." "Promise." "We just wanted you to take that into consideration in case you were thinking you'd like to keep the baby." "Well, I would like to keep the baby, but I just don't know." "Oh, you know you wanna keep the baby." "I mean, who wouldn't wanna keep Ricky's baby?" "Uh, it's a complicated decision." "Well, if it helps, Grace came up with a really good idea, and she came to me, and I went to my dad." "And, uh, here's what the church can offer you." "A job." "A job in the daycare center." "So you can leave the baby there during school hours, then when you get out of school,you can work to pay for the care that you receive." "And if you would, you could teach the kids music, and they'd pay you for that." "And the church provides insurance to all employees," "?" "my dad thinks it's ethically responsible." "And we can all babysit for you, if you need us to." "We'll help you, if you want, if you decide that you wanna keep the baby." "Wait, and how am I helping out?" "I forget." "Oh, yeah." "Um..." "Adrian volunteered to help us throw a baby shower for you at her house." "No!" "If she's gonna have a baby shower, then we're gonna give her a baby shower." "Too late." "So...you're having a shower?" "You're keeping the baby?" "Figured if everyone was here, we'd just..." "You'd just what?" "Hi." "Lovely home." "Are you keeping the baby?" "You're up late." "You're out late." "Did you have a great time?" "Yeah, I did have a great time." "He's a very nice guy." "And I'm really excited about my new job." "I'm so excited for you." " Mom" " Amy." "I know that you wanna keep the baby." "I could feel it." "And while I don't know how I feel about you taking on motherhood at 15 years old," "I think that you could do it, if that's what you really wanted, and that's what I told Reverend Stone today." "I got a job." "A job with insurance and daycare." "And" " And Ben got a job." "And Ricky got a job." "And everyone wants to help, Mom, everyone." "I think I can do it, Mom, will you let me do it, will you?" "Will you let me keep the baby?" "I'll be a good mom, I promise I will." "Of course, Amy, of course you can." "And I will help you as much as I can." "But, Amy, this is going to be your baby, and you have to take care of him." "And it's not gonna be easy." "Thank you." "Thank you." "I know that I can be a good mom because I'veot the best mom in the whole world." "She didn't mention you." "Or me." "Par for the course." " We did it." " We did it."