"Dear Ephram, I know you're unfamiliar with the kind of mail that doesn't require a DSL connection but let me reacquaint you stationary." "So how's Juilliard?" "Things are going well here despite the obvious missing of you." "Dr. Abbott is taking a bit longer to situate himself into the office than I anticipated but I'm sure things will return to normal any day now." "Then again, "normal" is a strong word whenever Harold is involved." "Any progress, doctor?" "Hardly." "Blue-collar buffoons, they're taking their sweet time sorely miscalculating both the shelving space available as well as how much I plan to pay them in overtime." "You've taken advantage of the hearing protection I've provided." " Yes, well, I'll..." " Oh, no." "No need to thank me." "Here, take as many as you need, doctor." "I plan to match your generosity pound for pound." "In fact, I was thinking of asking the painters to touch up your office." "Any specific color you'd prefer?" "I'm good, thanks." "I was just wondering how long..." "Ah." "Back to work." "Uh, Bob?" "Try downloading the picture again." "I think I figured it out this time." "Even though I still don't fully understand the difference between a JPEG and a pdf." "If that worked, I'll send you the others." "I can't believe it was only three days ago I was eating hot dogs with you and now I have to go to a Spanish class with Señora Sawaya." "Summer school seems wrong." "Everyone find a seat and we'll get started." "P.S. I found that Statue of Liberty penny in my jeans pocket." "So I guess I did take it, which means you were right." "Proving that there is a first time for everything." "Dude, you are not gonna believe this." "I just made 37 baskets in a row." "How hot is that?" "Dear Ephram, I've been working on a new look since you've been gone." "I'm telling you this because you might not recognize me when you come home." "My hair's longer and I'm wearing it down a lot." "Not that one." "I still like it." "Ew." "Why?" "Oh, and if you see Lindsay Lohan, can you please get her autograph for me?" "Brittany says she lives in New York and you'll probably see her." "Maybe you could get one for Brittany too." "P.S. Please come home before your sister hits puberty and burns the house down." "I can't believe your flight got delayed again." "Are you dying?" "Call me as soon as you get home, no matter what time." "I can't believe my dad let you pick me up instead of him." " How did you swing that?" " Wasn't so hard actually." "Your dad and I did quite a bit of bonding this summer." "What, you bonded with my father?" "Why?" "Well, he's a lot funnier than you give him credit for." "And he always pays when we go out." "But mainly because he's the only person in town who didn't mind me talking about you 24/7." "This is way too weird to process." "I'm picturing you and my dad splitting a Coke at Mama Joy's and it's freaking me out." " One Coke and two straws." "Stop it." "Go." "Sleep." "Call me as soon as you get up in the morning." "Will do." "Welcome home, Ephram." "He's all yours, Dr. Brown." "Oh." "Come here." "Oh." "Hey." " All right, Dad." "Air." " Ah." "How was your flight?" "You know, Delia tried to stay up, but she just couldn't make it." " How are you?" "Are you hungry?" " More tired than hungry." " God, you look older." " I am older." "Eight weeks older." "My wrinkles are starting to show." "Let's get you to bed." "You must be exhausted." " We'll deal with the details tomorrow." " I gotcha." "You want me to wake you tomorrow or, uh?" "You know what?" "Just sleep in." " Good night, Dad." " Night." "Hey." "It's good to be home, isn't it?" "Ephram!" "Ha, ha." "Hey." "You're wearing a dress." "I've got more if you wanna see." "Come on." " You're home." "Hey, Nina." "So how was it?" "Did you have a great time?" "Sam, no soda." " Mom, but I want it." "Put it down." "Hello?" "Hi, Amy." "It's Amy." "Hey, Amy." "Hey, can he call you right back?" " Everyone's just getting up around here." " Hey." " Can't get over your hair." "Longer, isn't it?" "A little." "I like those things on the side of your face." " My hair's longer too." " Ten minutes." "She'll call you right back." "Everybody out." "Nina, you're taking Delia to Brittany's?" "Absolutely." "Let's hit it." "Come on, you guys." "Okay." "Welcome home." "You okay?" "Delia was wearing a dress." "I know." "It's weird." "There's something I wanna talk to you about." "And I wanna hear everything." "But first, there's something important I need to talk to you about." "Come with me." "Wow." "Ha, ha." "You like it?" "It's, uh..." "Ha, ha." " Whoa." " Everything is state of the art." "I think." "I had a contractor soundproof the walls so you can play as late or early as you want." "And I got a stereo guy to hook up a recording gadget so you could make your audition tapes come December." "So this is your new studio." "What do you think?" " Where are you gonna park the car?" " Don't worry about that." "I sold it to pay for this." "This, uh..." "I mean, I, uh..." " Why did you do all this?" " Because you deserve it." "You know, I was just like you when I was your age." "I knew exactly what I wanted to do and knew how much work it was gonna be." "And every day, all I wanted was a place that I could call my own where I could do that work." "Where I could do all that you have to do when you're on your way to becoming great, which you are." "I, uh, don't know what to say." "Thank you." "Okay." "You get two of those." "That's it." "Okay." "Well, listen, I better run." "Dr. Abbott's trying to implement a timecard policy so I'll tell you all about it after dinner, and you can tell me everything too." "Is, uh, 6:00 okay?" "Nina's been planning your "welcome home" dinner since July." "Sure, I'll be there." "Are you hungry?" "Who's hungry, huh?" "I'm sorry, Mr. Jensen I simply don't believe that opening your own Pilates studio's a fiscally sound move." "Previous experience tells me such a forward-thinking enterprise will last about as long on Main Street as a bagel shop." "What about tae kwon do?" "Again, no." "I'm afraid I cannot in all good conscience, lease you the space across the street." "Have a nice day, Mr. Jensen." "Ten feet." "Those were the rules." "At least 10 feet away at all times." "Do we need to review the guidelines?" "How much longer are you planning on keeping that space empty?" "You enjoy losing money or are you just plain stupid?" "Patience being a virtue you know nothing about, I don't expect you to understand." "It does no good to nurture the dream of a simpleton with no business strategy whatsoever." "I'm looking for someone with an actual plan of attack, with staying power so I don't find myself back in this situation come October." "And I will know that person the moment I meet him, Mother." "My instincts about people are never wrong." "Morning, everyone." "We have fish." "Yes, it's a 75- imperial-gallon reef plenum system which achieves its filtration through live rocks, sand and protein skimming." "What do you think?" "What do I think?" "Oh, I think it's great." "Not quite as great as the monolithic espresso maker that, uh, I haven't learned how to use yet but better than the air-purifying system that makes a humming noise." "See, now, I find that the white noise has a soothing quality to it." "Give it time, doctor." " So how's he look?" " Fantastic." " He grew 7 inches." " Seven inches in eight weeks." "Not bad." "Nine o'clock's here, let's get cracking." "We're slammed today." " Send her in." "So there I am one basket left to go." "Pressure's on." "If I don't make this, I'm down to my socks." " So gross." " If Gemma doesn't make it we're talking full-frontal." "When did strip basketball become a sport?" "Was it in the Olympics?" "Did I miss something?" "So, uh, I take a beat, I take a full step back, focus my shot:" "Phwoo." "And it is on." "Uh, it's on or it's in?" "Because I'm confused." "All I know, dude, is summer rocks." "Especially summer of your senior year, your parents let you do whatever you want because you gotta get the nasty out before you go into the real world." "Speaking of which, when do classes start at ECC?" "Five, six days." "I don't know." "I got a week left and nothing left to do." "I plan to enjoy it." "And that cuddling, that's my cue to go." "It's good to have you back, brother." "You know, I was thinking you still have a few days before school starts too and, um, maybe we could go on a little camping trip or something?" "Bright was talking about driving up to Water World." "It's only a few hours north." "It could be fun." "You don't like water parks?" "Well, I'm not a huge fan of any activity that involves a bathing suit." "But I guess I can make an exception for you." "Oh." "You have to go?" "Uh..." "No, I just..." "I told my dad that I would be ready for dinner by 6 and I haven't practiced all day." "Practiced?" "Juilliard's over." "Take a break, crazy man." " Enjoy it." " I'II, uh, call you after dinner, okay?" "Okay." " We still on for Saturday?" " Absolutely." "Hey." "Uh, Nina's here with Sam." "Not to freak you out or anything, but I have no idea how she got in." "Well, I gave her a key this summer." "Seemed to make sense considering how much time she spends here." "Okay with you?" "Yeah." "I guess." "Anything else happen this summer you wanna fill me in on?" "Nothing I can think of." " You all right?" " Fine, fine." "I'm..." "It's been a long day." "Well, I will, uh, see you down there." "Dear Dr. Brown I've decided that I can't take your money." "These last two months in Denver have been more difficult than I ever thought possible." "But I've come to a decision about this baby and I need to move forward with it on my own." "You can no longer be a part of this." "There are many things I wish I could undo, but most of all I know that I should never have come to you in the first place." "I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't contact me anymore." "Madison." "Oh, good, you're here early." "That offspring of mine wants us to go over these new magazine subscriptions which apparently we need." " Why are you hitting your computer?" " Because it doesn't work and I hate it." "Sure it's the computer that doesn't work?" "MapQuest should be sending me to Denver but I think it's trying to send me to Bob Denver." "A lot more questing here than mapping." "Who are you gonna see in Denver?" "Madison." "Is she okay?" "Well, that's what I'm trying to find out." "She sent me this." "I tried calling her, but there was no answer so I figured I'd just drive down there and see what was going on." " See if everything's okay." " Mm-hm." "And what part of "do not contact me" don't you understand?" "I just wanna make sure she's all right." "That's a load of flapdoodle." "You wanna know if she's living there so you can see if that leash you put on is intact." " It is important that I know where she is." " Why?" " I know you think you did the right thing..." " I did what I had to do." " Ephram would never have been able to..." " Let's..." "Let's don't go down that road again." "You did what you did and it's done." "I may not agree with it, but I certainly don't judge you for it." "The fact remains keeping this secret is killing you." "Now that Ephram is home and you have to look him in the eye every day it's only gonna get worse." "Even if I did regret the decision, there's nothing I can do." " I'm already involved." " But you don't have to be anymore." "You've been given a second chance." "Madison is releasing you." "She did what you asked of her, Andy." "Show her the same respect." "Let her go." "What you doing?" "Since when do you come in without knocking?" "The door was halfway open." "You want me to put a lock on it for you?" "Because I'd be happy to." "Sorry." "So guess what, Counselor Poleson told me if I wanted to ride during the year all I had to do..." " Delia, out." "Now." "You suck." "Uh..." "Excuse me?" "You, sir." "You there." "Uh, no, I'm afraid you'll have to move that vehicle." "That space belongs to my partner." "Is something wrong?" "Well, although we have yet to mark these spaces as reserved rest assured, they do belong to both myself and my partner, Dr. Andrew Brown." "Perhaps you've heard of him." "World-renowned neurosurgeon." "I'm Jake Hartman, by the way." "Dr. Harold Abbott." "Now, if you don't mind." "Wait." " You're Dr. Harold Abbott?" " Yes." "But you're so young." "Pardon me?" "Dr. Harold Abbott worked on my dad's knee more than 30 years ago but you couldn't be the same person." "Most likely that was the work of my father." "We share the same name." "And, up until his death, we shared a practice as well." "Get out, ha, ha." "This is unbelievable." "You have no idea how many times I've heard about your father." "My dad worshipped him." " Really, now." " Wow, amazing." "Well, it was a real pleasure to meet you, sir." "An honor." "Yeah, I was just on my way to grab a cup of coffee." " You care to join me?" " I'd love to." "Should I move my car?" "No, no, you can leave it." "I can't put my finger on it." "I just know something's off." "What are you blabbing about?" "You were all up in each other's goo." " What more do you want?" " He wasn't completely with me." "I mean, he was "with me" with me, but mentally he wasn't, you know?" "Nope." "No, I don't." "Man, you're such a chick sometimes." "What is that supposed to mean?" "It means that you are a drama queen." "Amy, you thrive on the crazy, okay?" "It's like your life is going really well right now." "You got a totally cool boyfriend, he's totally into you and you are looking for problems." "Why?" "I'm not looking for them." "He's not mentally with you?" " Well, what does that even mean?" " It means it's like I'm crazy." " Heh." "Thank you." "I am." "I'm totally freaking out for no reason." "Why would I do that?" "Eh, it's all right." "Your life has been such crap-ass lately, you forgot what it even feels like to be happy." "In fact, that whole weird feeling you're talking about, probably just a good mood." "You're right." "That's probably what it is." "There's nothing wrong with me and Ephram." "I just have to sit back and enjoy the fact that I have a fantastic boyfriend who's home and we're gonna have the best senior year ever because we totally deserve it." "Okay, no need to bust out the pom-poms." "Courchevel is the best." "If you're talking scope and size, you can't beat it." "They've got these double black-diamond runs that are unreal." "That's if you're into, like, the whole mondo resort thing, which I'm not." "Uh-huh." "Deer Valley is good but they got this hate for snowboarders." "I'm a puritan, but every now and again you just wanna get out there and shred." " You know?" " Ha, ha, I do." "I do." "I gotta be near good powder, a big part of what drew me here." "Do you realize that you live in the epicenter of all the greatest ski resorts in Colorado?" "I mapped it out." "You're less than two hours away from six different spots all with the most amazing conditions." "Los Angeles isn't all that far from Squaw Valley, is it?" " I'm familiar with Squaw." " Yeah, but I'm just so over L.A." "I'm just so burned out on the whole scene, you know?" "The people, the traffic." "It's like we were talking about your dad." "There's nobody like that out in Los Angeles." "Doctors aren't making the house calls unless it's a silicone emergency." " Ha, ha." " That's not the way I wanna spend my life." "I wanna be around real people who are grounded who don't need Kabbalah bracelets to feel like they're connected to something." "I'm just ready to start the next chapter of my life." "Maybe meet a great woman to settle down with, start a family." "More coffee?" "Thank you." "Anyway, I know this all sounds a little crazy..." "Oh, no, no." "Not at all, no." "I certainly understand how the urban lifestyle can wear a man down." " Everwood would be a nice change of pace." " It would, right?" "Mm." "Now all I need to do is find a place to set up shop and I'm in." "Well, is that so?" "So are you in the market for a piece of prime real estate?" "Well, it doesn't even need to be prime." "So long as there's room to hang my skis and park my bike." " Oh." "You just might be in luck, Mr. Hartman." " Uh, please, call me Jake." "Jake." "Now I believe today may be a, uh, serendipitous opportunity for the both of us." " Yeah?" " Excellent." " Yes." "So, what do you think?" "I think that poor boy's gonna faint when he sees you." " Really?" " Oh, I love you in that color." " You don't think the pink one's better?" " No." "I don't understand what's so important about this date." "You spent 10 days together in New York City." "What could be more romantic than that?" "Yeah, but this is our first official date in Everwood." "I mean, this is the beginning of what could be the most important relationship I ever have, Mom." "Well, in that case I think you probably need a new pair of shoes too." "Oh, you're the best mom ever." "My God, how weird is that?" "Look." "What?" "Look." "It's like we're always in the same place." "Isn't that fate or something?" "It could be that there's only one main street in Everwood but fate's nice." "Here." "I'm gonna call and say hi." "Cover me so he doesn't see my dress." "Well, maybe your number didn't come up." "Sometimes when I get one of those private calls, I don't answer it either." "Yeah." "Dr. Brown." "Mindy, I think we met once..." "Madison's not here." "Are you guys moving?" "You shouldn't be here." " I know." " No, you don't." "You don't get it." "She trusted you." "You were like a father to her." "I don't know if you know about her family, but her dad took off when she was a kid." "And her mom's a religious zealot." "You can imagine how she took the news about the pregnancy." "Which is why she came to you first." "I told her you wouldn't be the most objective person but she defended you." "She said you were a good man." "She said you would help her." "I have tried to protect Madison from day one and I'm gonna continue doing that." "That is why I'm here." "That's not why you're here." "You're here because you wanna know if she kept the baby or not." "You're just trying to cover your ass." "And I'm not gonna help you do it." "I told her to call Ephram." "I told her he deserved to know the truth." "About the pregnancy and about what kind of man his father really is." " Mindy..." " I don't know if she did or not." "I just thought you'd wanna know." "Must be pretty bad." "You barely even grazed your whipped cream." "I'll just take a check, Nin." "Hey, Dr. Brown." "Can I talk to you for a minute?" " Now's not such a good time, Amy." " It's about Ephram." "What's the matter with Ephram?" "I don't know." "Do you know of anything bothering him?" "Did something happen?" "What exactly is he doing?" "Not what he's doing, it's how he's being." "He's all secretive and shut off." "I mean, he acts like everything's fine, but I can tell it's just an act." "I know him too well." "Are you not getting any of this?" "Oh, maybe, a little." "What could be so big that we couldn't talk about it?" "We talk about everything." "Why don't you just ask him?" "That seems to be the only thing you can do right now, right?" "Or I could just not bring it up and this whole thing will disappear." "That happens sometimes, right?" "Sometimes." "Problem is things you try to bury have a way of digging themselves up again." "Naturally, all the floors in here are true hardwood, red oak, I believe." "They look great." "I'm surprised you didn't upgrade to Pergo laminate." "Easy to clean." "No, no." "My father laid this floor with his own two hands when Pergo was not an option." "Now, I do remember he considered carpeting at one point back in 1972 if I recall correctly." "He was feeling the need to modernize." "I was able to talk him out of that or we might be standing on a rust-colored shag right about now." "It's a fantastic space." "And you've kept it up beautifully." "Yeah." "It might be due for a paint job." "Yeah, I was thinking that." "Of course, you'll never be able to match this color exactly." "My father and I, we could never agree." "He was loyal to ecru, while I have always preferred eggshell." "A minute difference, of course, but a trained eye could always tell." "I was prepared to yield to my father's preference as I'd been a part of the practice for, couldn't have been more than five years but my father took great pride in being a man of compromise." "He took me to the paint shop had Lawrence there mix us up a batch of ecru eggshell." "A winning combination, as I'm sure you'll agree." "Uh, like I said, it looks great." "Amazing, isn't it?" "All these years." "Really does look exactly the same." "Well, I'm sold." " Sorry." " It's perfect." "I love it." "Where do I sign?" "Oh, right." "Perhaps you'd, uh, prefer to schedule an inspection before we do any formal signing." "I don't think that's necessary." "It's only a lease." "I trust you." "Heh, that's adorable." "But I really do think that's for the best." "Uh, I'll get some quotes." "And if you can't wait, you can't wait." "I understand if you need to take your business elsewhere." "Elsewhere?" "I just said I love it." "Right, right, and thank you for stopping by." "Oh, there you are." "I've been trying to reach you." "I've got a lot of messages that I think we have to go over before we just..." "Well, what crawled up his butt?" "Good morning, Dr. Abbott." "Mr. McManus called." "He was wondering..." "Not now, Louise." "Aah, God!" "Aah!" "Are you okay?" "What the hell is this thing?" "Oh, it's..." "It's ergonomic." "I replaced your old chair, which didn't seem to provide enough back support." " I thought you'd appreciate it." " Appreciate it?" " Do I look like I appreciate it?" " Not at the moment." "If fact, I don't appreciate any of the completely asinine changes that you have made to my office." "I hate the magazines." "I hate the rugs." "I hate that thing you call a coffeemaker." "And I hate fish." "I'll have you know many of those fish were imported." " I went out my way..." "Well, who asked you to?" "I sure as hell didn't." "I didn't ask for any of this crap." "Well, forgive me for assuming that you might prefer a top-of-the-line espresso machine to your $5 garage-sale Mr. Coffeemaker." "And as for the rugs, well, there is only so much wood a man can take." " You can say that again." " What?" "What...?" "I'm wooden, is that what you're saying?" "Wooden?" "You are a 2-by-4." "I can see my attempts at creating a positive work environment have been completely undervalued." "I apologize, doctor, if I have made your office so unbearable." "I was merely trying to introduce some efficiency into this barnyard you call a medical practice." "I want my chair back!" " What?" " You've been in here all day." "I just wanted to make sure you were still alive." " You hiding?" " It's called practicing." " It's why you built this place, remember?" " What's going on with you, Ephram?" "You've had a dose of attitude since you got back." "I wanna know why." " I don't have time for this." " Well, make time." "What is going on?" "You didn't say two words at dinner." "You fight with your sister." "Even Amy can tell you're upset about something." "Amy?" " You talked to Amy?" " Yes, of course." "I saw her at Mama Joy's, we talked." "I cannot believe you." "How many times do we have to have this fight before you figure it out?" "I don't know what we're fighting about." "Don't have conversations with my girlfriend." "I don't want you to fix things for me because whenever you think you're fixing things, you're actually making things worse." "Keep it up and I'll take this place back..." "Go ahead, take it back." "I never asked for it." "What is this?" "I thought you were done throwing tantrums." "I thought we were starting to communicate." "Communicate?" "I don't see you communicating with me." "In fact, if anybody's been acting weird around here, it's you." "All the hugging, the big studio." "What's it all about?" "A little hypocritical, don't you think?" "You expect me to tell you everything I'm thinking when you don't tell me dick." "I tell you what I think is necessary." "Well, so do I." "What do you want me to tell you?" "I don't know." "But you obviously have something to say." "Well, I guess we all have secrets." "Hootie." "Hootie." "Hootie." "Working weekends now, are we?" "Or did I miss that memo?" "I'm simply here to feed Hootie." "I'll be leaving now." "Well don't." "Please." "I'm sorry, Harold, I..." "I had no right to blow up at you like that yesterday." "I just want you to know it isn't really about you or Hootie." "Andy, despite what you may think, I wasn't trying to change this office for my benefit." "If anything, it was a poor attempt on my part to show my gratitude for everything you've done." "There's nothing to be grateful for." "We're partners." "My moose is your moose." "In fact, that's why I came here this morning." "I wanted to get this hung before the Monday morning rush." "Thank you, Andy." "Very thoughtful." "But?" "Oh..." "I had no idea how difficult it would be to give up my practice." "I've been turning down offers on that space for two months each rationalization making more sense than the next." "Now I'm finally understanding it's me." "Are you having second thoughts about the partnership?" "It's not the autonomy I miss, not really." "That office across the street has been in my family since 1948." "My father and I worked side by side in that 1200-square-foot piece of prime real estate." "There's a lot of memories there." "It's..." "It's hard to let go." "Well, you don't let go of your memories, Harold." "They live inside of you." "You take them with you wherever you go." "Whether it's moving to an office across the street or to another state entirely." "Trust me, they hang on." "All that wisdom inside and yet the beard remains." "I just don't get it." "Well, I propose we hang this sign and get back to whatever's left of our Saturday, shall we?" "Why don't you do that?" "I think I'll just, uh, camp out here for a while." "Troubles at home?" "Have you ever kept a secret from your children, Harold?" "Or even from Rose, for that matter?" "I'm certain I have." "What if the secret in question involved them?" "I mean, directly." "Well, I don't see how I'd be able to keep it a secret for very long." "Not in my household." "Why?" "Eight weeks ago I told Madison to leave town." "After finding out that she was pregnant." "Ephram?" "I told her not to tell him." "I also told her that I would take care of whatever she needed as long as she needed it." "But now I don't know where she is." "I don't know if she's had an abortion or if she's decided to keep the baby." "I don't even know if she's told Ephram about any of this." "So you have no idea how to find her?" "No." "You think she's been in contact with Ephram?" "Maybe." "I'm not sure." "I know he's been fighting with me, he's been fighting with Amy." "Oh, my God." "Do you think that he's told Amy?" "I don't know." "But it's possible." "So I talked to your camp counselor today, Mr. Poleson." "He said if you wanted, we could go visit your horse." "Delia, come on." "You can't do this anymore." "Do what?" "Yell at people for no good reason and then pretend you didn't." "I'm sorry I yelled at you, okay?" "I don't care that you're sorry." "You still did it and I didn't do anything to you." "I know." "I've been going through some pretty big stuff lately." "So what?" "So have I." "And you never ask me about me." "Not once." "I said I was sorry." "Why are you giving me such a hard time?" "Because." "I waited for you to." "I'm so happy you changed your mind, Hal." "I was a little worried for a minute there." "You got a little freaky-deaky on me but now that I'm back in this space, I feel such a strong positive energy." "This is going to be the best decision I ever made." " I can't thank you enough." " Oh." "You're more than welcome." "All right." "There you go." "Signed, sealed and delivered." "I've enclosed a cashier's check for first and last month's rent plus deposit and the insurance rider's in there too." " Excellent." "Well, I'm sure you'll have many happy years here, Jake." "I hope so." "You're a tough act to follow." "Well, that's kind of you to say." "But I'm sure your business will be booming in no time." "I'm looking forward to having a sporting-goods store here on Main Street." " I'm sorry?" " Will you be specializing in ski equipment?" "There's been some kind of misunderstanding." "I'm not opening a sporting-goods store." " Oh, you're not?" "Oh." " No." "I'm a doctor, a GP." "This is going to be my medical practice." "Your what?" "Okay, how could you...?" "You're 12 years old." "You're sweet." "I've got a kick-ass dermatologist back home." "He'll swing by a couple of times." "I can make an appointment for you." "No, no, no." "This is lunacy." "I specifically remember you saying all you needed was a place to hang your skis." " Well, that clearly implies..." " Figure of speech, you know." "A place to hang your hat?" "Gosh, I really thought that we had talked about this." "I'm sorry for any miscommunication but in any event, it's all right there in the lease." "I should really get back." "God knows what kind of damage the movers have caused." "I'll see you later, Hal." "It's Harold." "Dr. Harold Abbott." "Hey, Dr. Abbott." "Is Amy home?" "Hey." "I'll be upstairs if anyone needs me." "You look nice." " You're breaking up with me, aren't you?" " What?" " Just get it over with please, fast." " What is this?" " Just read it." "It's from Juilliard." "It's my evaluation from the summer program." "Basically, I failed." "What?" "How can you fail piano?" "Ah, apparently, there are many, many ways." " But you're an unbelievable player." " Amy, please." "Please." "Don't." "I mean, I know you mean well, but it just makes me feel worse." "So this is what's been bothering you?" "Yeah." "That's it." "Wish you would have just told me, Ephram." "I know what you're going through, my report card was terrible." "It's not a report card, Amy." "This is my entire life, my whole plan, and it's falling apart." "Dad redid the garage so I'd live up to my genius potential but as it turns out, I'm not a genius." "I'm average." "If I wanna be anything other than average I'm gonna have to practice every day until winter when the auditions come up again." " So that's what you'll do." " Yes, that's what I'll do but w..." "Where does that leave us?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, you wanna do all this stuff." "You..." "You wanna go camping and go to Water World and do things that we should do together since we're this new, happy couple but I just..." "I can't do it all." "I can't help Bright pick out all his classes for ECC I can't be there for Delia, I can't sit down to the Brady Bunch dinners with Nina." " So you are breaking up with me." " No, no." "I don't..." "I don't know." "I don't..." "I..." "I just..." "I just need some more time to figure it all out." "You know, I just..." "I need more time." "Okay." " Okay." " Okay." "Take some time." "Figure it out." "Call me when you know what you want." "I'll be here." "For a while, anyway."