"I think I'm done with school." "You can't be done, you're in fifth grade." "I went to school for 27 years." "So?" "That was your bad decision." " What's the problem, kiddo?" " Everyone's mean to each other." "My new best friend hates my old best friend and now I don't know who to talk to." " It's a nightmare." " Yeah?" "You wanna see a nightmare?" "Come by my office." "Every time I leave Harold and Edna alone together I'm afraid I'm gonna come back to a body count." "Brittany spit on Willow." "Actual spit." "You win." "But you still gotta go to school." "Go get dressed." "Is Hannah here yet?" " No." "Should she be?" "Told her to come by if she wants a ride." "Think I made myself pretty clear." "Well, go get her." "It's only 36 steps to Nina's house." "It's obvious that I don't have a lot of extra time on my hands this year." "Any extra, extra, extra time I have is going to Amy." "I've already spent a week playing tour guide." "That's it." "Favor's done." "I'm out." "Don't give me that sigh." "I'm not being mean, I'm being honest." "I can't help this girl." "She's beyond help." "Look, Nina didn't ask you to give this girl a makeover." "She asked you to be her friend." "Just be nice to her and the other kids will." "That's how it works in high school." "It's not so much to ask." "Or have you forgotten what it's like to be lonely?" "Nothing like some early morning guilt to get your day started." " You're here." " You told me to come by, didn't you?" "Yeah, but I thought you would've knocked." "You didn't have to wait on the steps." "Oh, I don't mind." "It's okay." "What's that?" "What?" "Did I spill on myself or...?" "You're gonna make me say it, aren't you?" "For the record, I tried to imply." "The hat?" "Oh, it's my beret from my dad." "So it's, like, a Hong Kong thing?" "No, uh, he gave it to me a long time ago." "Why?" "Oh." " Nothing." "It's cool." " Oh." "It's, uh, purple." "Okay, that's the last of those." "Let's get them out of here." "Thank you." "Those are my files." "Where are you taking my files?" " A storage facility." " Like hell you are." " Just loading them on the truck." " You do and you'll walk funny for days." " Get back here." " Oh, hush now, Mother." "Continue." "Don't listen to her." "I want every last remnant of the past gathering dust down at Peterson's Storage by noon." "What are you doing with my patients' files?" "I'm dragging them and you into the 21st century." "Kicking and screaming expected, noted, and with any luck, accomplished quietly." "The age of paper is dead, Mother." "Replaced by the sleeker, smaller, more ecologically sound computer." "Behold." " A thing of beauty." " I don't want a computer." "I have a system that has worked perfectly fine for me for over 30 years." "As has the rotary telephone, the vinyl record, the horsedrawn carriage but they are now all useless, outdated relics." " Who are you calling a relic?" " Well, we'll find out once we see if you can master our new database." "And if, after that, you still miss your precious files by all means, feel free to visit them down at Peterson's." "Now, if you'll both have a seat, I will walk you through a quick tour..." "Mother?" "You're going to miss my tutorial on monthly expense graphing and then who will be sorry?" "Did you see what the village idiot...?" "Oh, sorry, doc." "Me and my big mouth, we go everywhere together." "Edna, this is David Beck." "Seattle refugee and lousy mountain biker." "Ow, ow." " My guess is that that hurt." " Not really." "Sorry, I have to check your range of motion..." "I'm fine." "It's not that bad." "David, let the man do his job so I can get to my job." "They don't let you be late when you've only been there a week." "Ow, ow." " Okay, all right, we're done." "Edna, would you help David into a sling, please?" "Was he this much fun with his old doctors or should I be jealous?" "Sorry, this hasn't been our best day." "I swear, I'm gonna take that bike and I'm gonna run over it with my car." "I never should have given it to him." "When my son was 6, he tried to ride a tea tray down the stairs of our apartment." "Twenty stitches." "I told him that he could watch TV, play computer games eat anything he wanted, just no mountain bike." " I know how to ride it." " Clearly." " He's really okay?" "Just a bruised shoulder?" " We'll see how the x-rays turn out but he should be fine in a couple weeks." " Good." "Thanks." "Mm-hm." "There we are, one patched wing ready to fly." "Hey, that's pretty cool." "Can we just go now?" "Wait till he turns 16." "Then it really gets fun." "Awesome." "So how are your classes going?" "They're okay." "Do you have any, uh, teachers you like or you don't like?" "Yeah." "I like some of them." "Some of them I don't like too." " All right." "I'm, uh, gonna get going." " Oh, wait." "I have something for you." " Just, like, to thank you or- Hey." " Oh, sorry." " Sorry." "Hey, Hannah." "How's it going?" " House of Flying Daggers?" "Wow." " Is that good?" "It's supposed to be better than Crouching Tiger and, uh, I know you're into the whole manga thing, so I just figured..." "Thank you." "It's great." "Okay." "Uh, heh, I'll see you at the lunch table?" " We'll see you there." " Okay." "Bye." "See you." "Wow." "Hit on the first try." "And, uh, you're a really hard person to shop for." "That was sweet of her." "Well, she's a nice girl." "Little off the mark on... everything but I guess was too when I first got here." "In fact, it's scary to think about how much we have in common." "Don't think about it." "You might accidentally revert back to that and then all the work I did the past two years, down the tubes." "Shoulder looks good." "No breaks." "See anything else?" "I see you interrupting my Cobb salad with a question you clearly know the answer to." "Healed fractures along the humerus, the scapula..." "And the rib." "An unusual amount of breaks for a boy." "An unusual amount of breaks for a stuntman." "He's a pretty active kid." "Maybe they're sports-related injuries." "Or perhaps it's what it looks like." "Louise has the number for the county Department of Child Welfare." "You really think that's necessary?" "Well, these kinds of healed fractures are a possible sign of abuse." "You know it, I know it." "It's our obligation to report it." "It's Child Welfare's responsibility to investigate." "They're always skimpy with the bacon." "Have you noticed?" "Well, you know what happens if we go to the DCW." "They don't just investigate the house." "They go to the school, their friends their neighbors." "This family just moved here." "What if we're wrong?" "I could always just drive out there, check things out for myself." " It's your gas." " Yeah." " Hey." " Mm, it's good bacon." "It's one of the best schools." "That's why it's so hard to get into." "I'd kill to go to college in New York." "Literally kill." "I mean it." "I don't think that's an admission requirement anymore." "All right, I, uh..." "I gotta get to the library." " You coming over later to study?" " You supply the chips, I'll supply the books." "I should probably go to the library too." "See you." "So who's the beret?" "Hannah." "Um, she's staying with Ephram's neighbor while her parents are on some business trip in Hong Kong or something." "How long is she gonna be here?" " I don't know." "Why?" " Because she's totally eyeing your man." "What?" "No." "No, she's not." "Did you not just see her follow him out like a baby duckling?" "What do you call that?" "Ephram's just showing her around as a favor." " It's not at all what you're thinking." " I'm not thinking anything." " I mean, obviously Ephram's not into her." " Yet." "Exactly." "I mean, that's the thing." "You never know when the shift can happen." "Like you guys." "I mean, you were friends first too." "Yeah, but it's not the same." " She's just trying to make friends." " Well looks like she's already got one." "You're not eating anything." "I thought we were having lunch." "We're having a lunch." "This is an official meeting." "I need to talk and you need to listen." "We've got problems in that office." "Scratch that." "We've got one problem." "Big one." "Goes by the name of Harold." "I don't really wanna get caught in the middle of all this." "I didn't really wanna have my office ransacked or have morning meetings and daily progress reports." "Do you know he wants to start an inventory oversight system to cut back on the "misuse" of cotton?" "Look, it's going to be fine." "Once Harold settles down he'll drop the Mussolini act." " The man drops nothing." "He had baby teeth that wouldn't fall out till he was 30." "Tenacious as a bulldog and about as sensible." "Now, I understand your kindness in taking him in but I didn't sign up for this." "He's my son and I love him, but I'll kill him if I have to." "Hey, is that the new guy?" "Bullet Point Number 54 on my list." "Junior has to shut up about new guy." "Dr. Hartman?" "Andy Brown." "I recognize you from the cover of TIME." "I've been trying to hook up with you." "I stopped by your office last week but Hal practically whipped out a can of Mace on me." "I'm sorry about that." "Harold's not very good with new people." "Or old people." "Any people, really." " Here's your order, Dr. Jake." " Oh, thanks." "Nina, you look great today." "Must be that shower I skipped." "Um, Andy, I wanted to ask..." " Oh, you know Andy?" " Uh, vaguely." "He's my neighbor." "Get out." "I love this town." "You've got a gorgeous, friendly waitress and the most famous brain surgeon in the world all within a 5-mile radius." " Aw, he still thinks you're famous." "Are you kidding?" "Nina, you're carpooling here with the first man ever to do a basilar aneurysm under full circulatory arrest." "And he wrote the case note that got the FDA to approve the gamma knife for acoustic neuromas." "Nice one, by the way." "Hey, Tom Cruise, could you kiss his ass another time?" " We're having a meeting." " This is Edna Harper." " Best nurse in Everwood." " Mrs. Harper, it's a pleasure." "Is that your bike out there?" " Yeah, it's, uh, Marin's new Quad FRS." "Supposed to be awesome for mountains." "You ride?" " Occasionally." "Wanna check it out?" "I've got 20 minutes before my next patient." "Let's do it." "Where do you think you're going?" "We're working on an agenda here, doc." "I get the gist, Edna." "I'm sure that you two will work it out." "I'm not worried." "Hi." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Am I in your way?" "Oh, no." "Not at all." "Here, do you need some help?" "What's your combination?" "Um, 42, 28, 42." "Just gotta remember to pull it up." " So where are you headed now?" " Biology." " Cool, I'll walk with you." " Okay." "So how are you liking County?" "I know it's hard getting used to a new school." "You gotta find which floor has the clean bathrooms but people are pretty friendly, right?" " Yeah." "Ephram's nice." " You know what you need?" " Please don't say a breath mint." "Ha, ha." "No." "A proper crush." "It's the best way to get psyched on a new school." "Find someone you're excited to see and it gives you a reason to dress nice." "You're talking about the beret." "It's bad, isn't it?" "Ephram tried to tell me." "Oh, no, no, no." "Don't listen to Ephram." "The guy doesn't know style." "The beret's fabulous." "We're gonna find someone who gets you and your beret." "I don't really do boyfriends." "Or..." "I mean, have them." "Not a boyfriend, just, like, a crush." "A date." " I've never been on a date." " Are you serious?" "This is even more perfect than I thought." "It's great." "You know what?" "Don't worry about it." "I will find the perfect guy I will plan the date, all you have to do is bring your favorite lipstick." "I'll lend you one." "I come baring painkillers." "Kid size." "In case David's still having trouble sleeping." "Wow." "You have any adult-size ones?" " I'm kidding." "Come in." " Thank you." "I'm sorry about the mess." "Somehow whatever you don't unpack in the first week just stays in the boxes." "You didn't have to come all the way out here." "Well, that's okay." "I was in the area and I thought I might be able to help out." " To be honest, you seem kind of..." " Stressed out?" "Side effects of two jobs and a sitter who is always late." "It's chronic." " So how's David doing?" " It's hard to tell." "He doesn't really like to complain." "There wasn't anything wrong in his x-ray, was there?" " Please don't tell me there's a break." " No, no, his shoulder's fine." "But there were some old injuries that showed up." "I know." "It's my mistake for ever getting him that skateboard." "He's like a kamikaze on that thing." " So he's fallen a lot?" " I don't know." "What's a lot?" "Well, enough to break a few bones." "Are you trying to ask me something, doctor?" "No, I only wanted to, uh..." "Because if you think I hit my kid, just say so." "I only wanted to talk to you, just to see if there's any cause for concern." "So you made up an excuse to come check up on me." "I get it." "Well, go on then." "Have a look around." "All you'll find is a messy house I'm too busy to clean food on the table, and whatever clothes and toys David wants in his closet." " Sara, when I saw the x-ray..." " You're a parent." "You know things happen you can't control, and it kills you when it does, doesn't it?" " I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you." " I know you didn't." "And if I weren't so tired, I would probably thank you for caring enough to ask." "Michael, Michael." "Ow." "Michael." "Ow!" "Michael, calm down." "Michael." "Michael." "No." "Okay." "He heard Dr. Brown in the other room and dropped his glass." " He just got scared." "You need to say hello." "Just say, "Hello, Michael." "My name is Dr. Brown and I'm new. "" "Just like that." "Hello, Michael." "My name is Dr. Brown and I'm new." "Okay." "Okay." "See?" "He's not good with strangers." "And the new house and all the workmen." "He's getting better though." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "You know, you practice so often, you'd think you wouldn't suck so bad." "You study so much you'd think you'd realize that guys don't care if chicks are smart." "Whoa, whoa." "What did we say about hitting?" "What do you think about Brian Cummings?" "Do you think he's cute?" "I should make something clear right off the bat." "I don't do threesomes." "For Hannah?" " Hannah likes Brian?" " No, not yet, but she could." "I'm trying to find the right person for a double date." "He's kind of funny." "Whoa, wait." "Back up." "Double date?" " Tomorrow night." " What are you doing, Amy?" "Nothing." "Helping." "Your little project is my little project." "If you have to be friends with her I have to be friends with her." "Double dates are great, mixes it up." "We don't need to mix it up, and you don't need to be friends with Hannah." "Do you not want me to be friends with Hannah?" "No, it's not that, it's just that I don't see it." "You guys have nothing in common." "And neither do her and Brian for that matter." "He's all wrong for her." "Besides, I think he's dating Terri Hyatt." " No, not anymore." " Well, even still, I think he's wrong for her." "Okay, Mr. Insightful-All-Of-A-Sudden." "Who do you think is the right guy for her?" "I..." "I don't know." "I mean, it's tough." "She's quiet, but she's also kind of special." "Special how?" "You wouldn't understand." "You've never been through the kind of stuff that she's going through." "Not that you haven't been through stuff." "Obviously you've been through stuff, but it's different, you know?" "She's new and she's lost and..." "Oh, that's right, because I never felt lost or alone or sad in my entire life." "That's not what I meant and you know it." "Whatever." "Go play piano and do your thing." "I have another chapter to read." "I'll find a special-enough guy for Hannah." "Don't worry about it." " Yes, Dr. Andrew Brown in Colorado." "Faxes from a Dr. Emery in Seattle." " Neuropharmacologist." " No, I am still holding for a Dr. Agajanian." "What is this?" "I can't read this." "Have them resend it." "It's not their fault." "It's our new fax machine." "The ink's all messed up." " Fix it." "No, uh, I'm a family physician, right." " You fix it." "I wasn't hired for this crap." "I don't fix faxes." "I don't do computers and I don't do windows." " Don't go there." "I don't have time for this." " I know." "You don't wanna choose sides." "You want me to spell Brown?" "That's B-R-O-W-N." "You're Switzerland, or France or whatever country that doesn't have the balls to get their hands dirty." "Grow up." "I have a patient with a serious problem here." "I do not have time to listen to you whining about your son." " If you're not happy, do something about it." " You're right." "Thank you." "I quit." "Oh, come on, Edna." "Edna." "Dr. Brown?" " Yes." "Hello, uh, Dr. Agajanian?" "Yes, this is Dr. Brown." "I was calling about a former patient of yours." "It's after 10." "She's not coming in." "Let's just go to her house and apologize." "Apologize?" "Pshaw." "Save that for when I've actually done something wrong." " Besides, she started it." " It doesn't matter whose fault it is." "She didn't come in today." "We clearly got under her skin." "It'd be a first." "The woman has a tougher skin than a Bradley fighting vehicle." " And you don't think she has a point?" " About what?" "You did kind of ambush her with the office makeover and neither of us were open when she wanted to discuss it." "Nor need we be." "I am already far too patient an employer as it is." "Just ask Louise." "Look, I'm gonna go talk to her." "She is simply acting out, Andy, which is what children do." "Trust me, a few days of being silent as loudly as possible she will come back here begging." "If there's one thing I know about my mother it's that she needs to work." "Edna has a job." " Excuse me?" " What job?" "Better let me do the talking." "I propose we move past conversation, go straight to physical violence." "She'd beat the crap out of both of us and you know it." "Dear God, it's like he's mounted a flat screen on my father's grave." "You boys here for an appointment?" "Two prostate exams coming right up." "Very charming, Mother." "Oh, this is a new low even for you." "How could you, of all people, set foot in this desecrat...?" " Lord, have mercy." "Is that a lava lamp?" " Harold." "Harold, please." "Edna, I know that you're angry and I'm sorry if I've done anything that's hurtful to you and so is Harold." "He just said so on the way over." "Didn't you, Harold?" " I see you're willing to use his computer." " He asked me first." "Oh, well, very nice, Norma Rae, you made your point we got the message, now pack up and come back." "What Harold is trying to say is that we're really sorry." "We want you to come back, and I know we can come to terms if we just sit down and solve this like adults." "I tried that." "Didn't work." "Hey." "I thought I heard friendly voices." "So, what do you think of the new place?" "I think you should go hide in your office, you loathsome, reptilian nurse-stealer." "Whoa, whoa, I didn't steal anyone." "She came to me for a job." "She drove up on her motorcycle, handed me her résumé and saluted." "How do you turn that down?" "You didn't." "I thought you guys would be happy." "If I thought it would cause any trouble..." "You know, sell it to someone who buys your Botox baloney." " Let's get out of here, Andy." " Is this really what you want?" "It is." "Hey, Andy, I'm done at 6." "What do you say we hike up Burton's Peak catch the sunset?" " Oh, hike it up your ass." "Is that a no?" "So where's Mr. Wonderful?" "We're gonna miss the movie." "Don't worry, he's coming." "We have plenty of time." "Go like this:" "Ready to get this party started?" "Where's my little underage hottie?" " Hi." " Hi." " You're Mr. Wonderful?" " So, uh, great." "We're all here." "Um, Bright, this is Hannah." "Hannah, Bright." "How's it going?" "Uh, I'm gonna get the car started." "I'll see you out there?" "Cool beans." "Oh, my God, he's so gorgeous." " He thinks so." " He really wanted to go out with me?" "Um, yeah, he saw you over at MJ's the other day." "Asked about you." "Said you were hot." "I'm gonna have to pee like 30 times tonight." "My bladder gets all weird when I get nervous." "Bright said Hannah was hot?" "Uh, not exactly." "He asked about her." "Asked what her name was." "Took that as a sign of interest." " What about Brian Cummings?" " Couldn't make it." "There was nobody else in the whole school, state?" "Everyone's dating someone right now." "It'll be fine." "Besides, there could be sparks." "Could be sparks if Bright tries to burn down the theater in an attempted escape." "Ow." "That's some bruise." "You must have hit the dirt really hard." "Yeah, I pounded my whole side." "You know, you can usually tell the angle of an injury by the shape of the bruise." "But I'm surprised by the pattern on yours." "You sure you fell sideways?" "Because it would make more sense if you'd actually, like, hit a tree and then rolled." "Is that how the crash happened?" "Yeah." "That's what I meant." " Are you sure?" " That's enough." "Come on, baby, let's go." "Because I don't think you were on your bike." " I think your brother Michael did this to you." " What?" " That's not true." " It's okay if it is." "I know he didn't mean to do it." "You don't know anything." "You don't know Michael." " Then please tell me what happened." " I told you, I fell." "Like when you broke your arm last time?" "David?" "It was my fault." "I gave him the wrong toy and he got upset." "I did it." "Michael hit you this hard?" "No, we were just playing." "He didn't know he was hitting too hard." "You said you were riding your bike on the trail." "What difference does it make?" "I'm fine." "Let's just go." "David, I'd like to speak with your mother for a minute." "You can wait outside with Louise." "You okay?" "How could Michael have done that?" "He's so small." "He's my baby." "My guess is it's been happening for some time." " How?" "How could I not know?" " Because he didn't want you to know." "He was protecting his brother." "It's not your fault." "Of course it is." "I should have seen it." "Michael broke his arm." "God, it's my fault." "No, it is not your fault." "It is not." "Sara, you are doing your best in an impossible situation." "You are raising an autistic boy on your own with no help." "I try so hard to keep him in a good routine, to keep him happy." "I know." "I know you do." " Sit down." " Sorry." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Look, what's important is what you do about this now." "He's not a baby anymore, Sara." "He's growing up." "He's getting stronger." "Which means his outbursts are gonna be increasingly dangerous." "Yeah." "Well, I'll keep a closer eye on them." "I won't leave them alone together." "What I'd like to do is recommend you to a facility called Brookwell." "It's a residential school with excellent programs and a great staff." "I could make a call." "I could explain Michael's condition and your financial constraints and they might just take him." "You want me to send Michael away." "Well, it's just 40 miles from here." "And it's a school that's designed for kids like Michael where he can learn and grow and still be a part of your daily life." "I'm sorry." "I can't do that." "Sara, you have two children and one of them is not safe." "You have to do something." "I can't be away from him." "David loves his brother to death." "I can't separate my boys." "If you don't, someone else might." "And if that happens, you won't be able to choose where Michael goes." "I just want you to think about that." " Okay?" " Mm-hm." "Thanks." "And, um, Bright also had Mrs. Chapman for biology when he was a sophomore." " Didn't you, Bright?" " I did." "Heh, that's so funny." "I mean, like how coincidences are funny." "I gotta go to the bathroom, excuse me." "Oh, my God." "I didn't know that boredom could cause actual physical pain within your body." " Let it go, Bright." " Oh, yeah." "Believe me, it's..." "It's gone." "Yeah." "So I'll be over at the jukebox, killing myself." "If anyone needs me, feel free to drag my corpse out of here when the date's over." "This is not funny." "Well, it's a little bit funny." "Like when she started talking about Halliburton." " Bright thought she meant Halle Berry." " I know, I was there." "That was pretty funny." "She likes him." "She's just trying to impress him, that's all." " Well, he doesn't like her." " I don't know why." "Maybe you could explain to him how special she is and how sweet she is and all of that." "Don't blame this on me." "It wasn't my idea to set up Bright and Hannah." "So Bright isn't good enough either?" "Okay, okay." "Um, maybe I should have invited Brad Pitt to come with us." "Or Maroon 5, one of those guys would've been acceptable." " Amy..." " Or maybe if Bright saw Hannah the way you see her, they would fall in love and make babies and live happily ever after." "Oh, my God." " Ha, ha." "What...?" " Shut up, don't say it." "You thought that I liked Hannah?" " No." " Yes, you did." " No, I didn't." " Yes, you did." "No, I thought that maybe she liked you and that you two were gonna become best friend-neighbor-whatevers." "Never mind." "Amy you are crazy, do you know that?" "Yes, occasionally." "First of all, even if Hannah did have a crush on me which I don't think she does she'd be way too terrified to ever do anything about it." " Unlike your friend Katie." " What did Katie do?" "She totally grabbed my ass in gym the other day." "She what?" "Okay, I thought of another story I could tell Bright." "This one's really funny." "Uh, is he in the bathroom or?" "Oh." " Yeah, that makes more sense." " Don't worry, that's just Bright." " I mean, he does..." " No, it's okay." "You don't have to." "He never said I was hot, did he?" "You made that up." "Can I go home now?" "Okay, I have a plan." "It involves groveling and offers of a raise." " Did I mention it was an exorbitant raise?" " You can keep it." "I'm not big into backpedaling." "Decisions get made, they stay made." " I've got work to do." " Just hear me out." "Okay, first off, an apology, all right?" "From now on, you can run that office any way you want to." "We can go back to the old system." "No one can touch a letter on the eye chart without your say so." " Did I mention the computers are history?" " The computer was never the problem." "I'm a combat veteran, doc." "I've pulled shrapnel out of a kid's head by flashlight." "You think I'd be scared off by a DSL line?" "Listen to me, Edna." "I need you over there." "And not just to remind me which way is up." "You have always been more than just a nurse to me." "You are the first partner that I have ever had." "I feel the same way, sarge." "You're the most gifted doctor I ever met, next to Hal Senior." "And that's saying something." "Your apology is accepted." "But I can't come back there." "I'll talk to Harold." "We can work this out." "What's wrong with me and junior, you can't fix." "There's a reason he is the way he is, Andy." "I left for the Army when he was just a kid." "And when I came back, he created a universe with no room in it for me." "Rules and bedtimes and things I didn't understand just to make me feel left out, which it did." "I didn't get it then." "I thought he was just being a brat." "But I see it better now." "I hurt him, so he found a way of hurting me back." "And we just kept on doing it that way." "Still do." "But I can't end up hating my own son, and if I come back there..." "I'm sorry, I just have to save some space for family." "So you're really leaving me?" "Afraid so." "Edna..." "I had a ball, kid." "Yeah?" "Hannah, can I talk to you?" "I'm actually kind of busy." "I know you probably hate me right now, and I don't blame you." "I just came by to apologize." "Perks of Being a Wallflower." "Is that for school?" "I haven't read that." " No, I just like the book." " Wow." "You're the only person I know besides me that reads things that weren't assigned." "Yeah, well, people are pretty dumb." "Yes, they are." "Me included." "I did a stupid thing setting you up with my brother." "I'm really sorry that I did that." "Why did you?" "I just freaked out." "My friends had me thinking that you were interested in Ephram." " What?" " I know, it's ridiculous." "I just thought that maybe you guys had this bond, and..." "Normally I'm not like this." "Trust me, I'm actually really secure with myself most of the time." "It's just lately." "I guess that makes sense." "Why?" "Because you care." "And the more you care about something or someone the scarier it gets when you think you might lose them." "And then once you start thinking that way then even the most secure people in the world act really weird." "But I don't think you have to worry about that with Ephram." "You could go schizophrenic on him and he'd still hang around." "What makes you so sure?" "Because he's in love with you." "No, no, um, he's never..." "I mean..." "You think?" "Yeah." "So did you hear that Katie grabbed his butt?" "Oh, my God." "I know." "It's awful." "It's one of these things where..." "I've known these girls since elementary school and I don't really necessarily like them, I just have them." "You know?" "My best friend, Laynie, moved away to boarding school again this year and she would have loved you." "The point is, I really miss having a friend that doesn't drive me absolutely insane." " I kind of need one." " Really?" "Yeah." "Me too." "So honestly speaking, I won't get mad." "You would never have gone for Ephram?" "No, ha, ha." "Not my type." "I mean, no offense, but I'm really more into guys like your brother." "Bright?" "Are you serious?" "Yeah." "I'm surprisingly shallow." "You sure do make a lot of house calls, Dr. Brown." "The school called." "They said they needed David's medical records for enrollment." "David's records, not Michael's." "It's a great school." "I've seen pictures, it's beautiful." "It's a lot nicer than the public school he's going to now." "My sister-in-law pulled a few strings." "Why David?" "I don't understand." "Michael would never survive in one of those group homes." "He needs me." "But David's stronger." "He'll be okay." "He might even be better off, really." "Finally have a shot at being a normal kid." "Won't have to worry about his mom and his brother all the time." "He's still gonna worry." "I know." "He has an amazing heart, but so does Michael." "I don't expect you to understand, Dr. Brown, but they're both my children." "They're both part of me." "There wasn't an easy choice to make here." "Just one that I could find a way to live with." "Trust me, this is the best I can do for both of them." "What about you?" "What about me?" " There you are." " Left my bag." "So there's a nasty rumor floating around." "Apparently you were seen crawling across the street this morning." "One can only assume in an attempt to woo a certain ill-tempered nurse back to her post." "Rumor confirmed." "I see." "Well, I hope you exacted some concessions in exchange for her return." "She's not coming back." "Oh." "Well, I seem to have overestimated the power of your charisma." "I..." "I could muster up an apology if you think I should make the attempt." "I think we should just let it sit for a while." "I see." "You..." "The funny thing is, when we were working together she always complained about unnecessary paperwork." "I genuinely thought she would like the computer." "I know you did." "So how did things go with Mrs. Beck?" "Did you...?" "Did you find a long-term facility for the autistic brother?" "Well, it turned out to be a bit more complicated than that." " But it worked out in the end." " No, it didn't." "Well, I gotta go get, uh, Delia at Brittany's." "I promised to take her out for ice cream." "Apparently, fifth grade sucks but she's convinced that, uh some hot fudge and rocky road will take the edge off." " And who am I to disagree?" " Indeed." "Can you even remember when life was that simple?" "No." "I can't." "And I'll build you a house" "Or I'll find someone who knows how" "Oh, oh" "And I'll love you" " This is a good song." " Yeah." "Maybe Hannah and I will play it at our wedding." "You are a very violent person, you know that?" "I think you should be flattered." "Don't know who said jealousy was a bad thing." "There's a movie, she boiled the bunny, it was very scary." "I think it's a compliment." "Not to mention one of the most basic instincts we have as human beings." "It's like eating or breathing." " What is?" " Being territorial." "Claiming something or someone as your own and then, like, marking it." "Saying, "This property is mine." "No one else can have it. "" "For the record, if I ever referred to you as property, I'd be being beaten right now." "I just think it's fascinating how people treat each other." "It's like if you like someone, you're not supposed to show it." "And if you hate someone, you're supposed to pretend that you like them so they don't know you hate them." "But if you love someone..." "Yeah?" "It should be easier." "You should finally be able to relax." "Once you're past all the crazy, I mean." "Yeah, makes sense." "I love you, Ephram." "They'll be bold and pretty" "I love you too." "We'll all love you silly" " Yeah?" " Yeah." "Cool." "And I'll love you" "Simple and steady" "Oh, oh, oh"