The Secret Life of the American Teenager s04e19 Episode Script
The Splits
Yeah, I want to get out, too.
That's your summer, school and work.
Those are the choices you made, so live with it.
Good morning, Ben.
Good morning I'm Ben's cousin.
And who's this? I'm not Grace's cousin.
I'm her brother.
He's not my brother.
Who told you he's my brother? I thought we were this upstanding Christian family but as it turns out, we're just as screwed up as everyone else.
Dylan and her friends have been at school with Ben all day.
All day? I'm just trying to be a friend.
Well, if you like Jacob, and you're on his side, then you are not my friend.
So you're basically just breaking up with me and Jesse for a second time? I'd like to look at it more as I'm letting go.
You want to go out with Dylan, go out with Dylan.
I know there's a catch to this.
There is a catch to this.
You're responsible for anything that happens.
And I'm not.
There you were Beautiful The promise of love was written on your face You led me on with untrue kisses You held me captive in your false embrace Quicker than I could bat an eye Seems you were telling me goodbye Just a minute ago your love was here All of a sudden it seemed to disappear Sweetness was only heartache's camouflage The love I saw in you was just a mirage We used to meet in romantic places You gave the illusion that your love was real Now all that's left are lipstick traces From the kisses you only pretended to feel And now our meetings you avoid And so my world you have destroyed The way you wrecked my life was like sabotage The love I saw in you was just a mirage You only filled me with despair By showing love that wasn't there Just like the desert shows Hi, there.
Oh, Ben, don't you look nice! Yeah, and he smells nice.
I can smell him from here.
Thanks, Dad.
So, where are you taking her? Geoff's.
Did you make a reservation? You need me to call? No, Dad.
I don't need you to call.
I made a reservation.
Well, we hope you have a wonderful time.
Oh, dear.
Did I just say "we?" I'm sorry.
It's embarrassing.
Aw, come on, I think we can say we if we want to say we, can't we? Come on, you two are disgusting.
I'll see you around midnight.
She has a curfew.
Just make sure you, uh Never mind.
I said I was going to leave you alone and let you make your own decision, I'll leave you alone and let you make your own decision.
Just remember to, uh Have a good time.
Have a good time.
But not too good of a time.
Good night.
Bye.
He's so grown up.
He's grown up all right.
He's been married, he's lost a child, and his divorce papers are sitting over there on my desk.
And he doesn't know? Seemed like the wrong night to give them to him.
Yeah.
I got mine, too.
It's official.
Oh? Well, that's nice.
I mean, you know, that they finally came through.
Not that it's not sad, but It's not sad.
Falling in love is such an easy thing to do Birds can do it We can do it Let's stop talking Let's get to it Let's fall in love + (CHUCKLES) Wait.
Oh, wait.
Okay, Mom, that's enough.
such a big deal.
Yeah, she still has to before it's an actual date.
I know, but once she does, This is so exciting.
dating! It's a little too exciting.
I just want everyone to calm down.
This is what normal girls do.
They go out on dates, it's no big deal, okay? Okay, you got your cell phone? Yes.
Cell phone's charged? Yes.
You got money with you? Yes.
I have money with me.
Okay.
You know, sometimes guys like Ben, they think that they are entitled to anything they want.
You've met Ben, he's not like that.
And there's no one else like Ben.
No, probably not.
There's probably not another high school senior getting divorced after losing a baby who's going out with a girl who's going out on her first date.
Okay, that's enough, Robert.
Yeah, and don't (DOORBELL RINGS) Hey! Stop right there, both of you.
I'll get the door.
No funny business.
No pot smoking, no fooling around, dinner and come home.
make out in the driveway.
I know the rules.
Hello, Cecilia.
These are for you.
Oh.
And Dylan, these are for you.
Smooth.
And the pressure is on.
no one was disappointed.
You're so thoughtful.
Thank you, Ben.
Yes, thank you.
How sweet.
Sweet.
I had Cubans for you, but Dylan said you'd given that up.
Yes, I hope to live long enough to see Dylan graduate from high school and then graduate from college.
And then start her career and then get married and then have my grandchildren.
And in that order.
Not that other people can't do it in another order and still turn out to be very fine people, Robert.
Okay, we better get going.
Midnight.
Or before if you want, feel free to come home before midnight.
That's it? No inquisition? No, I think Let's just go.
.
Oh.
Oh.
(SIGHS) He's a nice boy.
He's weird.
Hey.
Hi.
I found your mail we left out for recycling.
Oh.
Really? Yeah.
Wonder how it got there.
(SIGHS) So, how is your mom? Fine.
Did you talk to her about Jacob? No, not really.
Other than to tell her that Amy was nosing around at school today.
Was she? Yeah, she came up to me at my locker and she was like, "I met your brother, he's so nice.
" And? And everybody was just standing around waiting to see what she was gonna say, and waiting to see what I was gonna say.
It's like she was taking my personal tragedy and putting it on display for the entire world.
Look, Grace, I know it was a shock but it's not a tragedy.
I suffered a tragedy.
That's not a tragedy.
Look, just talk to the guy.
You know you're gonna talk to him sooner or later, so just talk to him.
I don't want to talk to him.
And I know what you went through was a tragedy but that doesn't mean that this isn't a tragedy too.
My whole life has been ruined by this guy.
It's like, it's like losing my father twice! Or it could be like finding your father again.
And your father wouldn't want you to be like this.
No, he definitely wouldn't.
And he didn't want me to know about Jacob.
Obviously.
'Cause if he had wanted me to know, he would have told me.
Maybe he didn't tell you because he couldn't.
Couldn't? Yeah.
Maybe he couldn't.
Look, who knows when he even found out.
Your family was always so happy, you were happy.
If he told you, he probably figured that you would never be happy again.
So whenever he found out, he just lived with it and he was the one who was never happy again.
How do you know? Maybe he was twice as happy as the rest of us and none of us were ever really happy because it was all fake, fake, fake! Where are you going? We're just talking, I'm just trying to talk to you.
Yeah.
About Jacob.
And I do not want to talk about Jacob.
Why won't everyone just leave me alone! And why does everybody want to give him what he wants but nobody wants to give me what I want? Because it's impossible to give you what you want.
The guy exists, and you can't pretend he doesn't.
(SIGHS) I didn't come by here to get a lecture.
I just wanted to come pick up a shirt.
Jeez, all I said to Grace was that I met Jacob and he's a really nice guy.
Well, obviously Grace doesn't want to talk about him, Ames.
What, did she call you and cry to you because I said something to her? Oh, please, Wife Number One called you and said something to you because Grace said something to her.
That is ridiculous! We're seniors! We're all grown up now and Grace still has to have her mommy call my daddy because I did something mean to her? Just call her and apologize.
I've got a two-year-old who wants his favorite pajama shirt before he'll go to bed tonight.
And I haven't eaten, I'm hungry and all you care about is Wife Number One's daughter? No, that's not all I care about.
No, it isn't, is it? She's married you know, just in case you were thinking of trying to get back with her or anything stupid like that.
Kathleen Bowman-Tsegaye is married.
For the third time now.
I know that.
Why can't you and Mom just work things out once and for all? Your mother is gallivanting around Europe with your sister, and you know I know what? Don't you and Ricky talk? About Mom being gay? No.
You know why? Because she's not.
And when would Ricky and I even have time to talk? I get up, I get ready for school, I get John ready for his day.
I drop John off, I go to school, I go to the nursery after school, we go home, we have dinner, we clean up and we go to bed.
There's no talking.
These are the good old days, you'll see.
No, I won't see.
Ugh.
I have to go.
Call Grace when you get home, all right? You're not like seeing Kathleen or anything, are you? She's married.
Do you come here all the time? Everyone seems to know you.
Yeah, my dad and I eat here all the time.
Did you ever eat here with your wife? With Adrian? Yeah, we came here a couple of times, but I was coming here long before Adrian.
My mom and dad used to bring me here when I was growing up, so it feels like a family place to me.
Really, it holds no special meaning for Adrian and me.
Did you ever bring Amy here? Yeah.
I thought about going someplace that neither of us had been before, but I was nervous.
I don't want anything to go wrong especially after waiting this long to go out.
Me neither.
I hope I haven't made you uncomfortable.
No.
Not uncomfortable really.
Just maybe a little jealous.
Jealous? Of? Adrian and Amy.
I mean, you've been through so much with each of them and you even married Adrian.
Believe me, Adrian and Amy have nothing to do with us.
Of course not.
As long as you don't have anything to do with them.
Because I could be extremely jealous.
I actually kind of like that.
Really? Well, you wouldn't be jealous if you didn't really care about me, would you? No, I wouldn't.
+ if he's not even seeing Kathleen? That doesn't even make any sense.
I don't know.
Can we talk about that later? Or not talk about it at all? I mean, I'm surprised he's not taking some pleasure in finding out that her marriage wasn't so perfect after all.
He always thought that she one-upped him somehow by marrying a doctor and getting a bigger house Hey, can you stop that? Don't we have an agreement about not talking in bed? Um, one, this isn't a bed until we make it into one, and two, no we do not have an agreement about not talking in bed.
Could we make one? Ricky, I'm serious about this.
About what? I don't want my dad to go out with Grace's mom.
It's none of our business.
Well, can we make it our business? Can't you talk to him about it? About Kathleen? No.
Why not? Because I don't want to get involved.
Oh, you'd rather spend Christmas and holidays with my dad, Kathleen and my mom? Do you know how miserable my mom would be? Maybe she wouldn't be miserable at all, and if he's happy He would never be happy remarrying his first wife and I would never be happy having Grace as my sister.
Ugh.
Can you imagine? No.
Come on, Ricky, just point out to him that it would be a mistake, please.
He'll listen to you.
I don't want to talk about this, all right? Not to you, not to him.
Ugh.
You don't want to talk to me about anything.
Oh, no, I want to talk to you, I always want to talk to you.
For example, I'd really like to talk to you about when you might want to get married.
If planning a wedding is too much pressure, maybe we could just run off and get married this summer, elope.
Elope? Ugh.
I don't want to do that.
(SIGHS) I told her to apologize, I don't know if she will, but I gave it a shot.
I just don't think people realize how upsetting this is.
I mean, Grace really needs time to get used to the idea.
I'm still getting used to the idea.
It's like I never even knew who Marshall was.
He was with this woman for 15 years.
I mean, it's just unbelievable and ridiculous and painful.
George, it's very painful.
Yeah.
I'm sorry that happened.
Hey, you don't think Nah.
What? You don't think that's why doctors go on all these volunteer missions, do you? To cheat on their wives? No, I don't think that.
Why would any doctor have to go halfway around the world just to cheat on his wife? Or to cheat on her husband.
I know there are lady doctors.
Is this supposed to be comforting? Oh, I thought you were looking more for an explanation.
I would like an explanation, but not from you, from Marshall Bowman.
Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen.
But if the other husband is cheating, the new one, maybe he could explain it.
(SCOFFS) What? You're not thinking that? If I were you, that'd be the first thing I'd be thinking about.
Not that I want to plant ideas in your head or anything.
What'd I say? What did you say? Oh, nothing.
I was just talking to Kathleen.
Anne is pretty much halfway around the world right now, right? I don't know.
Why? Next time you speak to her, ask her if she's fooling around over there.
Why would I do that? Because I'm asking you to.
I just wish she could find someone, man or woman.
Why is that? She deserves to be happy.
No, that's not it.
All right, I deserve to be happy.
Yeah, that's it.
You think you can't be happy unless she's happy? Not without feeling guilty about it.
This family is so screwed up.
I mean, for people who don't do drugs or drink, you're all still completely dysfunctional.
You've been talking to Amy, haven't you? (CHUCKLES) Oh, you were playing soccer with Bonnie and Ronnie all this time? Yeah, they're pretty good.
And they're cute kids.
I don't know why Tom doesn't like them.
Oh, he likes them.
He just doesn't want to be responsible for them.
Oh, well, their mother just got home so she'll take care of them, I suppose.
Yeah, I suppose she will.
And you are calling your mother every day, right? You promised.
Almost every day, yes.
You know, she keeps asking about Grace and how she's doing, I hate to keep lying to her.
I really want to talk to Grace.
She'll talk to you.
Just give her time.
She won't even answer a call from me, or a text.
I'm sure she will eventually.
Tom said he'd take me there, to her condo.
You know if I wanted to talk to her face to face.
Take you there how? Tom doesn't drive, and I'm sure Rachel doesn't want to take the two of you anywhere after she just got home from work.
Tom said he would drive.
He said he would drive you or take you? He He probably meant on the bus.
Tom knows all the bus routes.
He has them all memorized.
But, Jacob, I don't want you over at Grace's.
And I don't want you and Tom riding around all over the city on a bus on a Friday night.
Let her come to you when she's ready to talk, all right? I get the feeling that's not just a suggestion.
No, it's not.
I'm telling you not to do that.
No offense, but maybe I'm a little more mature than American guys my age.
My mother usually lets me make my own personal decisions, my own rules.
Well, if you want to stay with me, you have to go by my rules, there are gonna be rules, Jacob.
Yes, ma'am.
Is my husband cheating on me? Dr.
Tsegaye? Your mother runs the hospital, so she would know.
Has she said anything? Um, I I think that if there are going to be rules, then maybe there should also be boundaries.
I, I'm sorry.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
Same thing that's wrong with everyone else.
It's me, having me around.
No, it's really not you, it's Me.
Okay, well, maybe it is you, but, well, I'm really happy you're here, I am.
I mean, we needed to know the truth, no matter how difficult it is to deal with, we needed to know the truth about Marshall Bowman.
And I need to know the truth about Jeff Tsegaye.
Because for once in my life, I would like to not be living a lie.
So if he's cheating on you, then you have a reason to dissolve the marriage.
But if he's not, you have no reason to dissolve the marriage.
Other than it's just not what you want.
What happened to the boundaries? You are way too smart for 14.
+ Come on, if I(crash your car, I'll get you a new one.
But you couldn't get me a new you if you crashed it.
Tom, you don't drive.
Where'd you hear that? Well, you don't, do you? Of course, I do.
I can drive! A car? Yes.
A car.
My dad let me drive all the time.
Do you have a license? Yes.
I have a license.
Don't worry.
But, Tom, you're not on my insurance.
You're not covered if you should happen to, you know, hit someone else.
I will pay if anything happens.
This is important to my family.
All right, well, I'll drive him.
I'll take Jacob to Grace's condo.
Come on, we'll get the kids, we'll get Jacob, and we'll drop him off while we go get ice cream.
And then we'll go back, pick him up and bring him back here.
I want to drive Jacob myself.
And I would like to let you because I'm tired and I just want to get the kids inside and get them cleaned up, and give them a snack, and read to them, and go to bed.
But you can't drive my car, Tom, I'm sorry.
Please.
No.
We'll see about that.
(CELL PHONE RINGING) Hi, Amy.
I just wanted to apologize about today.
I never should have brought up, uh, that person.
Especially when we were at school.
I'm really sorry.
I'm sure that you're going through a really tough time, and if you need me, I'm sure you'll let me know.
Well, that was really nice of you, Amy, thank you.
And I will let you know.
I hope you will.
I will.
Because I do consider you a friend, Grace.
Thank you.
Which makes asking you this just a little awkward.
But, um, you don't think that your mom and my dad, the two of them, you don't think they're trying to get back together again, do you? My mother is married.
(SCOFFS) And you know what, she might be a little crazy at times but she's not crazy enough to leave her husband for your father.
(HANGS UP) Uh-huh.
Oh, well, they'll do what they want to do.
Yeah, none of our beeswax as my dad says.
Well, they won't listen to us anyway.
What do we know.
Yeah, I know.
Okay, well it was nice talking to you, Grace.
Mmm-hmm.
Okay, good night.
She hung up on you, huh? You weren't going to find out anything for me.
You could have just talked to my dad, you know? Yeah, but I'm not interested in talking to him about Kathleen.
But I am interested in talking to you about when you think we should get married.
Amy, come on, the ring may be enough for you, but it's not enough for me.
I don't want to push you, but I want to get married.
When are you gonna marry me? I don't know.
Maybe when you stop trying to have sex with me while I'm trying to talk to you.
You can't keep doing this.
You're going to have to talk to me at some time about getting married or why you don't want to get married.
(SIGHS) Hey, my mom told me you were here.
Why didn't you text me or call me or something? It was kind of nice being by myself.
Especially by myself in here.
Remember when we used to come in here and sneak around and make out? It was fun.
Yeah, it was fun.
And we could do that again if we weren't just friends.
I need a friend.
What's going on? Who are you hiding from? Oh, yeah.
The guy that came home from Africa with your mom.
That's the one.
All right, well, I guess you'll deal with that when you're ready to deal with that.
He looks like him, you know.
Yeah, kind of.
I couldn't help it.
Come on, he doesn't look like him.
I mean, I wondered if he was even telling the truth.
It's in his eyes, and in his mannerisms, and how he digests everything before he'll say anything.
And his smile.
He has that big smile like my dad had.
It's going to be all right.
Hey, I know we're just friends, but, um, would sex make you feel any better? (CHUCKLES) All right.
(CELL PHONE BEEPS) Mailman.
Thank you.
Can I come in? Yeah, you can come in, but I thought you were hanging with the guys tonight.
And I thought you were hanging out with Grace tonight.
Is Grace here? No, she's not here.
I tried to talk to her about her brother again, and she just can't deal with it, so she took off.
Good.
Why is that good? Because now we have the place to ourselves.
Yeah, but I don't feel like doing anything tonight.
So if you just dropped by to have sex, forget it.
(CHUCKLES) Okay, I didn't just drop by to have sex.
I dropped by because I didn't buy this whole "take a night and hang out with the guys" thing.
Yeah, it's Friday night.
We don't have to do anything.
It's nice just to be alone with you.
We can just talk.
Again.
What do you want to talk about now? I've already told you everything about me.
I'm sure you know more than you even want to know.
Okay, why don't we talk about this for starters? This envelope has a court listed as a return address.
Maybe it's jury duty.
I don't want that.
It's not that.
Why don't you open it? Because it's personal.
Oh, look.
It's already been opened.
Look, don't come over here and get in my face.
(CHUCKLES) I knew there was a reason you didn't want me over tonight.
You are so bad at being vulnerable, you know that? Maybe I'm not vulnerable.
So what? You have your whole life ahead of you.
(SNIFFLES) You want to go talk to Grace or don't you? I guess it'll have to wait.
I guess it won't.
Tom, your mum says you don't drive.
She doesn't know.
Your dad taught me.
But you don't have a license.
I have a license.
Really? Really.
Let's go.
Oh, Betty! What brings you by on a Friday night? Everything all right? Oh, yeah, yeah.
Everything is fine.
I, uh I just stopped by to say hello.
I got some mail today.
Me too.
Uh, but change is good, right? Yeah, I I miss you, Leo.
And you know, I just want you to know how grateful I am for everything that you've done for me.
Thank you again.
Yeah.
Sure.
My pleasure.
Uh, it was really nice of you to come by and tell me that.
And, uh, good night.
Uh, I know I should have, uh, called first.
But you know I was, uh, I was on campus today, uh, yoknow for orientation.
And, and then, and then some of the kids invited me out for pizza.
And then after that I just I just really didn't feel like going home.
You know, this whole thing is still new for me.
This, this, this This living alone thing.
Uh, in another month, you'll be in classes.
That's pretty exciting, right? Yeah, but it's scary too.
You know, I I was thinking maybe I could, you know, live in the dorms during the week and then, uh, you know, just go to my condo on the weekends.
But I just can't decide if I'm wasting your money or if it's a good idea.
You know, on the one hand, I feel like, you know, hanging out with the other students, you know, makes me feel like, you know, a part of things.
You know, makes me feel like I can blend in.
But on the other hand, I might not be able to get any studying done in the dorms.
What do you think? I think you should do whatever you want.
Give the dorms a try for a semester and if it doesn't work out Hey, you always have the condo.
So, uh, good night, Betty.
Leo, you are You are like God and Santa Claus and Bill Gates all just, like, rolled into one, you know that? Yes, he is, isn't he? Hello, Betty.
Good to see you.
I'm sure you and Leo have a lot to talk about.
So, good night, Leo.
Thanks for dinner.
Oh How's that going anyway? I'd love to see where you work.
I'd love to see the butcher shop.
Really? You're a vegetarian.
You want to go to some place where there are dead cows? Yeah.
Because it's a part of your family.
It's a part of you.
All right.
I'll take you sometime.
Why don't we go now? Now? It's not open now.
You don't have a key? (SIGHS) Well, I have a key, but it's just that, there are security cameras around.
We might end up answering a lot of questions.
And the answer would be that you just wanted to show me the butcher shop.
You know, we can't get into any trouble, we just can't.
We're not going to get into any trouble.
+ Did Amy ever kiss you like that? No, she didn't.
I don't think.
Try it again.
No, definitely not.
Did Adrian ever kiss you like that? No, Adrian never kissed me like that.
No.
No? Don't forget the security cameras.
My dad's in the security business, you know.
Yeah, I know.
This is hardly a high-tech system.
I think we can work around this.
Don't worry, we're not gonna have sex.
I'm just going to make kissing me more exciting than having sex with Amy or Adrian.
Hmm.
(CLATTERING) Did you hear something? Seriously, I heard something.
BEN: Sorry, sorry, it's just It's us.
Was that Ben? Ben? Sorry, uh, we accidentally knocked over that little, uh, display area.
Hi.
Hi.
Do you know what time it is? are you in bed at 11:00? Come on in.
Hello.
Hi, Amy, I'm so sorry.
Did we wake you? Yeah.
Sit down, I'll get you something to drink.
You want something to drink? No, I'm sure they don't.
We're not gonna stay.
Uh, Dylan just wanted to see the butcher shop.
I'm Ricky, by the way.
Oh, sorry, um, this is Ricky.
Ricky, Dylan.
Nice to meet you, Ricky.
This apartment is so charming.
It has so much character.
(CHUCKLES) Ben's dad was nice enough to let me live here when I wanted to get out on my own.
And he let us stay when Amy and I wanted to live together.
"Wanted?" Is that past tense? Uh, no, it is not past tense.
We're very happy living here.
Obviously.
And that's a beautiful engagement ring, Amy.
When are you two getting married? When I stop trying to have sex with her.
(LAUGHS) (FAKE CHUCKLE) I've, uh, I've been trying to settle on a date but I haven't even been able to pencil in anything on the calendar because Ricky and I just can't keep our hands off of each other.
(CHUCKLES) So thanks for interrupting us because now that Amy's hands are free, I'll get a calendar and we can settle on something, even if it's just a time of year, a season, anything.
So stick around.
Maybe you can help us.
What do you think would be a good date? When's a gootime to get married? I think we better go.
Yeah, it sounds as if maybe we came at a bad time.
BEN: Yeah.
(CHUCKLES) Wait.
Ben, how did you and Amy pick a date for your wedding when you got married? I think it was based on my due date.
Good night.
Maybe the four of us can go out some time Good night.
(CHUCKLES UNCOMFORTABLY) You are such a jerk! Pick a date.
You've been married twice? Please, please do not be upset with me.
I forgot that we did that.
I forgot that Amy and I got married.
You forgot? Yeah, it was null and void from the time we said "I do.
" We were underage.
It didn't count.
So, if we ever got married, that would be your third wedding? Yes, but only my second marriage.
(SCOFFS) Did you ever have sex with Amy? What? With Amy? No.
No, I did not.
Are you sure you didn't just forget? (SCOFFS) I'm positive I didn't forget.
Believe me, if I'd had sex with Amy, I'd remember And that did not come out like I thought it would.
I never had sex with Amy.
So you've only had sex with Adrian, with your second wife? Amy was not my first wife.
We were never husband and wife.
Just answer the question.
I spent a summer in Bologna.
(SCOFFS) I guess the truth is, I don't want to be married.
It was a mistake to get married, and I don't want to follow my husband to Africa.
So, I'm gonna tell him that.
Well, you should, if that's the way you feel, you definitely should just say it and get it over with, and go on with your life.
You deserve to be happy.
Is that Anne? I just talked to her.
It's Kathleen.
Sorry.
Hi, Kathleen.
Is that Ricky's mom? Hi, Nora.
She says hi back.
I talked to Anne and she's very happy over there.
Uh, she's having a wonderful time and she's very happy.
Very happy.
So you should feel free to be happy, too.
George? Uh, yeah, sorry, we got interrupted.
Um, where were we? You were telling me that I deserved to be happy.
Well, you do.
Everyone deserves to be happy.
Are you happy? Me? Hell, no.
I'm miserable.
I'd like to do my whole life all over again.
And given that's impossible? I'd like to do parts of it over again.
Yeah, me too.
Can I come in? I'd like to talk to you.
I'm sorry, I don't want you to come in.
What the hell did I do? It's not what you did tonight, it's just what you did.
I mean, how did you ever marry that woman? Camille, I, I had been so sad for so many years that I never even thought of having a life outside of work and Ben.
And you know that.
And then along came Betty and she was fun, and I got a second chance at having a life and I took it.
Now it wasn't the life I really wanted as it turned out, but Betty was good to me, and Betty's probably always gonna want to be friends, and I'm gonna be friends with her.
I told her not to just show up again at the house, but I'm gonna be friends with her.
And I imagine, eventually, she'll make a lot of new friends at school, and she won't be around as much, and I want to have children.
Just think about it.
Good night.
I love you, Leo.
(SIGHS) + It's just not the way things were supposed to turn out.
It's not the way you thought things would turn out.
But a lot of things are just beyond our control.
Yeah, I know.
But I grieved the loss of my baby so intensely that I think I didn't have any feelings left when it came to losing Ben.
Ben is a good guy.
He's not the guy for me, and I know we shouldn't be married, we don't want to be married, but I just felt like such a loser when I saw this piece of paper.
I know you, and once you admit to feeling like that, you'll pick yourself up and go right back to being the same confident and practically arrogant girl that you are.
The thing is, it took me so long to get confident that I'm afraid the more times I pick myself up, the more times I leave a piece of me on the ground.
Well, maybe there are some pieces that you want to leave on the ground and move on, you know? Like Ben Boykewich.
I'll put that envelope back outside (CLEARS THROAT) You and me, we'll move on together, all right? Don't go breaking my heart, college boy.
Right back at you, college girl.
Just a few more weeks, you'll be in college, too.
Hmm.
All right? Thanks for following me home.
No problem.
And thanks for walking me to the door.
Just doing what a friend should do.
(CHUCKLES) What? You look kind of funny.
There's (CHUCKLES) So do you.
You know, I think I'm gonna like just being friends.
That was fun, making out in the car.
It's like a parked car has its own set of rules.
You can't go too far 'cause of people walking by on the sidewalk.
I wonder what the rules are like in there.
Oh, yeah.
In there is off limits.
Oh.
Thanks for letting me come over.
Good night, friend.
Good night.
(CHUCKLES) I I don't know what to do with friends hands, I (SIGHS) Where are you going? Nowhere.
I just thought that maybe you'd like to talk.
I think we've done enough talking for one night, especially you.
I want to talk.
I want to talk to you about why you don't want to get married.
Didn't we just have fun? (CHUCKLES) Yes, we just had fun.
But I still can't believe that you said that in front of them, that I won't marry you until you stop trying to have sex with me.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
I don't want to push you, but I want to get married.
Tell me what's really going on.
You've been a little nuts ever since I gave you the ring.
What's going on is I feel like an idiot getting married in high school.
I know we have a baby and I want to get married, I feel so lucky that you asked me, but, jeez, it's like, I'm already a teen mom, and if we get married while I'm a teen, then maybe we'll have enough time left to get divorced while I'm still a teen.
What makes you think we'll get divorced? Look at my family, I don't want to be like my mom and my dad.
What about my mom and dad, the birth ones, couple of winners there, huh? Everybody's parents are screwed up.
So what? We're not like anyone else's parents.
We're only like John's parents.
And we'll make sure our little family doesn't end up divorced.
If we get married, there's always a chance that we could get a divorce.
But if we never get married I want to get married.
I do, too.
(CHUCKLES) I'm just scared.
(SOFTLY) I love you, Amy.
I love you, too.
I don't think this is it, either.
Stop putting pressure on me! Tom, I thought you knew where you were going.
I know bus routes, I don't know car routes.
Couldn't we just follow the bus route you take to the condo? You should have thought about that sooner.
(SIREN WAILING) Hey, look, that's a police officer.
We could get directions from him.
Oh, God, I'm, I'm going to get deported.
We, we could go to prison, Tom.
I was in prison anyway.
A guest house, two kids.
What was I thinking! License and registration please.
No problem.
Son, this is a fishing license.
Is it? Give the officer your driver's license.
I can't.
You have to.
That's the only license I have.
I, I didn't know, I swear.
He said he had a driver's license.
I say a lot of things.
Well, do yourself a favor and don't say anything else until you get a lawyer, all right? Are you Aren't you Doctor Bowman's son? He was our family pediatrician, Doctor Bowman.
Yes, I am Doctor Bowman's son.
And so is he.
Hold on.
DYLAN: I had such a nice time tonight, thank you.
I had such a nice time, too, but I don't want it to end.
It doesn't have to end.
I'm sure my parents are in bed.
Sneak into my bedroom and have your way with me.
Again? BOTH: Gotcha! (SIGHS) Good night.
Good night.
That's your summer, school and work.
Those are the choices you made, so live with it.
Good morning, Ben.
Good morning I'm Ben's cousin.
And who's this? I'm not Grace's cousin.
I'm her brother.
He's not my brother.
Who told you he's my brother? I thought we were this upstanding Christian family but as it turns out, we're just as screwed up as everyone else.
Dylan and her friends have been at school with Ben all day.
All day? I'm just trying to be a friend.
Well, if you like Jacob, and you're on his side, then you are not my friend.
So you're basically just breaking up with me and Jesse for a second time? I'd like to look at it more as I'm letting go.
You want to go out with Dylan, go out with Dylan.
I know there's a catch to this.
There is a catch to this.
You're responsible for anything that happens.
And I'm not.
There you were Beautiful The promise of love was written on your face You led me on with untrue kisses You held me captive in your false embrace Quicker than I could bat an eye Seems you were telling me goodbye Just a minute ago your love was here All of a sudden it seemed to disappear Sweetness was only heartache's camouflage The love I saw in you was just a mirage We used to meet in romantic places You gave the illusion that your love was real Now all that's left are lipstick traces From the kisses you only pretended to feel And now our meetings you avoid And so my world you have destroyed The way you wrecked my life was like sabotage The love I saw in you was just a mirage You only filled me with despair By showing love that wasn't there Just like the desert shows Hi, there.
Oh, Ben, don't you look nice! Yeah, and he smells nice.
I can smell him from here.
Thanks, Dad.
So, where are you taking her? Geoff's.
Did you make a reservation? You need me to call? No, Dad.
I don't need you to call.
I made a reservation.
Well, we hope you have a wonderful time.
Oh, dear.
Did I just say "we?" I'm sorry.
It's embarrassing.
Aw, come on, I think we can say we if we want to say we, can't we? Come on, you two are disgusting.
I'll see you around midnight.
She has a curfew.
Just make sure you, uh Never mind.
I said I was going to leave you alone and let you make your own decision, I'll leave you alone and let you make your own decision.
Just remember to, uh Have a good time.
Have a good time.
But not too good of a time.
Good night.
Bye.
He's so grown up.
He's grown up all right.
He's been married, he's lost a child, and his divorce papers are sitting over there on my desk.
And he doesn't know? Seemed like the wrong night to give them to him.
Yeah.
I got mine, too.
It's official.
Oh? Well, that's nice.
I mean, you know, that they finally came through.
Not that it's not sad, but It's not sad.
Falling in love is such an easy thing to do Birds can do it We can do it Let's stop talking Let's get to it Let's fall in love + (CHUCKLES) Wait.
Oh, wait.
Okay, Mom, that's enough.
such a big deal.
Yeah, she still has to before it's an actual date.
I know, but once she does, This is so exciting.
dating! It's a little too exciting.
I just want everyone to calm down.
This is what normal girls do.
They go out on dates, it's no big deal, okay? Okay, you got your cell phone? Yes.
Cell phone's charged? Yes.
You got money with you? Yes.
I have money with me.
Okay.
You know, sometimes guys like Ben, they think that they are entitled to anything they want.
You've met Ben, he's not like that.
And there's no one else like Ben.
No, probably not.
There's probably not another high school senior getting divorced after losing a baby who's going out with a girl who's going out on her first date.
Okay, that's enough, Robert.
Yeah, and don't (DOORBELL RINGS) Hey! Stop right there, both of you.
I'll get the door.
No funny business.
No pot smoking, no fooling around, dinner and come home.
make out in the driveway.
I know the rules.
Hello, Cecilia.
These are for you.
Oh.
And Dylan, these are for you.
Smooth.
And the pressure is on.
no one was disappointed.
You're so thoughtful.
Thank you, Ben.
Yes, thank you.
How sweet.
Sweet.
I had Cubans for you, but Dylan said you'd given that up.
Yes, I hope to live long enough to see Dylan graduate from high school and then graduate from college.
And then start her career and then get married and then have my grandchildren.
And in that order.
Not that other people can't do it in another order and still turn out to be very fine people, Robert.
Okay, we better get going.
Midnight.
Or before if you want, feel free to come home before midnight.
That's it? No inquisition? No, I think Let's just go.
.
Oh.
Oh.
(SIGHS) He's a nice boy.
He's weird.
Hey.
Hi.
I found your mail we left out for recycling.
Oh.
Really? Yeah.
Wonder how it got there.
(SIGHS) So, how is your mom? Fine.
Did you talk to her about Jacob? No, not really.
Other than to tell her that Amy was nosing around at school today.
Was she? Yeah, she came up to me at my locker and she was like, "I met your brother, he's so nice.
" And? And everybody was just standing around waiting to see what she was gonna say, and waiting to see what I was gonna say.
It's like she was taking my personal tragedy and putting it on display for the entire world.
Look, Grace, I know it was a shock but it's not a tragedy.
I suffered a tragedy.
That's not a tragedy.
Look, just talk to the guy.
You know you're gonna talk to him sooner or later, so just talk to him.
I don't want to talk to him.
And I know what you went through was a tragedy but that doesn't mean that this isn't a tragedy too.
My whole life has been ruined by this guy.
It's like, it's like losing my father twice! Or it could be like finding your father again.
And your father wouldn't want you to be like this.
No, he definitely wouldn't.
And he didn't want me to know about Jacob.
Obviously.
'Cause if he had wanted me to know, he would have told me.
Maybe he didn't tell you because he couldn't.
Couldn't? Yeah.
Maybe he couldn't.
Look, who knows when he even found out.
Your family was always so happy, you were happy.
If he told you, he probably figured that you would never be happy again.
So whenever he found out, he just lived with it and he was the one who was never happy again.
How do you know? Maybe he was twice as happy as the rest of us and none of us were ever really happy because it was all fake, fake, fake! Where are you going? We're just talking, I'm just trying to talk to you.
Yeah.
About Jacob.
And I do not want to talk about Jacob.
Why won't everyone just leave me alone! And why does everybody want to give him what he wants but nobody wants to give me what I want? Because it's impossible to give you what you want.
The guy exists, and you can't pretend he doesn't.
(SIGHS) I didn't come by here to get a lecture.
I just wanted to come pick up a shirt.
Jeez, all I said to Grace was that I met Jacob and he's a really nice guy.
Well, obviously Grace doesn't want to talk about him, Ames.
What, did she call you and cry to you because I said something to her? Oh, please, Wife Number One called you and said something to you because Grace said something to her.
That is ridiculous! We're seniors! We're all grown up now and Grace still has to have her mommy call my daddy because I did something mean to her? Just call her and apologize.
I've got a two-year-old who wants his favorite pajama shirt before he'll go to bed tonight.
And I haven't eaten, I'm hungry and all you care about is Wife Number One's daughter? No, that's not all I care about.
No, it isn't, is it? She's married you know, just in case you were thinking of trying to get back with her or anything stupid like that.
Kathleen Bowman-Tsegaye is married.
For the third time now.
I know that.
Why can't you and Mom just work things out once and for all? Your mother is gallivanting around Europe with your sister, and you know I know what? Don't you and Ricky talk? About Mom being gay? No.
You know why? Because she's not.
And when would Ricky and I even have time to talk? I get up, I get ready for school, I get John ready for his day.
I drop John off, I go to school, I go to the nursery after school, we go home, we have dinner, we clean up and we go to bed.
There's no talking.
These are the good old days, you'll see.
No, I won't see.
Ugh.
I have to go.
Call Grace when you get home, all right? You're not like seeing Kathleen or anything, are you? She's married.
Do you come here all the time? Everyone seems to know you.
Yeah, my dad and I eat here all the time.
Did you ever eat here with your wife? With Adrian? Yeah, we came here a couple of times, but I was coming here long before Adrian.
My mom and dad used to bring me here when I was growing up, so it feels like a family place to me.
Really, it holds no special meaning for Adrian and me.
Did you ever bring Amy here? Yeah.
I thought about going someplace that neither of us had been before, but I was nervous.
I don't want anything to go wrong especially after waiting this long to go out.
Me neither.
I hope I haven't made you uncomfortable.
No.
Not uncomfortable really.
Just maybe a little jealous.
Jealous? Of? Adrian and Amy.
I mean, you've been through so much with each of them and you even married Adrian.
Believe me, Adrian and Amy have nothing to do with us.
Of course not.
As long as you don't have anything to do with them.
Because I could be extremely jealous.
I actually kind of like that.
Really? Well, you wouldn't be jealous if you didn't really care about me, would you? No, I wouldn't.
+ if he's not even seeing Kathleen? That doesn't even make any sense.
I don't know.
Can we talk about that later? Or not talk about it at all? I mean, I'm surprised he's not taking some pleasure in finding out that her marriage wasn't so perfect after all.
He always thought that she one-upped him somehow by marrying a doctor and getting a bigger house Hey, can you stop that? Don't we have an agreement about not talking in bed? Um, one, this isn't a bed until we make it into one, and two, no we do not have an agreement about not talking in bed.
Could we make one? Ricky, I'm serious about this.
About what? I don't want my dad to go out with Grace's mom.
It's none of our business.
Well, can we make it our business? Can't you talk to him about it? About Kathleen? No.
Why not? Because I don't want to get involved.
Oh, you'd rather spend Christmas and holidays with my dad, Kathleen and my mom? Do you know how miserable my mom would be? Maybe she wouldn't be miserable at all, and if he's happy He would never be happy remarrying his first wife and I would never be happy having Grace as my sister.
Ugh.
Can you imagine? No.
Come on, Ricky, just point out to him that it would be a mistake, please.
He'll listen to you.
I don't want to talk about this, all right? Not to you, not to him.
Ugh.
You don't want to talk to me about anything.
Oh, no, I want to talk to you, I always want to talk to you.
For example, I'd really like to talk to you about when you might want to get married.
If planning a wedding is too much pressure, maybe we could just run off and get married this summer, elope.
Elope? Ugh.
I don't want to do that.
(SIGHS) I told her to apologize, I don't know if she will, but I gave it a shot.
I just don't think people realize how upsetting this is.
I mean, Grace really needs time to get used to the idea.
I'm still getting used to the idea.
It's like I never even knew who Marshall was.
He was with this woman for 15 years.
I mean, it's just unbelievable and ridiculous and painful.
George, it's very painful.
Yeah.
I'm sorry that happened.
Hey, you don't think Nah.
What? You don't think that's why doctors go on all these volunteer missions, do you? To cheat on their wives? No, I don't think that.
Why would any doctor have to go halfway around the world just to cheat on his wife? Or to cheat on her husband.
I know there are lady doctors.
Is this supposed to be comforting? Oh, I thought you were looking more for an explanation.
I would like an explanation, but not from you, from Marshall Bowman.
Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen.
But if the other husband is cheating, the new one, maybe he could explain it.
(SCOFFS) What? You're not thinking that? If I were you, that'd be the first thing I'd be thinking about.
Not that I want to plant ideas in your head or anything.
What'd I say? What did you say? Oh, nothing.
I was just talking to Kathleen.
Anne is pretty much halfway around the world right now, right? I don't know.
Why? Next time you speak to her, ask her if she's fooling around over there.
Why would I do that? Because I'm asking you to.
I just wish she could find someone, man or woman.
Why is that? She deserves to be happy.
No, that's not it.
All right, I deserve to be happy.
Yeah, that's it.
You think you can't be happy unless she's happy? Not without feeling guilty about it.
This family is so screwed up.
I mean, for people who don't do drugs or drink, you're all still completely dysfunctional.
You've been talking to Amy, haven't you? (CHUCKLES) Oh, you were playing soccer with Bonnie and Ronnie all this time? Yeah, they're pretty good.
And they're cute kids.
I don't know why Tom doesn't like them.
Oh, he likes them.
He just doesn't want to be responsible for them.
Oh, well, their mother just got home so she'll take care of them, I suppose.
Yeah, I suppose she will.
And you are calling your mother every day, right? You promised.
Almost every day, yes.
You know, she keeps asking about Grace and how she's doing, I hate to keep lying to her.
I really want to talk to Grace.
She'll talk to you.
Just give her time.
She won't even answer a call from me, or a text.
I'm sure she will eventually.
Tom said he'd take me there, to her condo.
You know if I wanted to talk to her face to face.
Take you there how? Tom doesn't drive, and I'm sure Rachel doesn't want to take the two of you anywhere after she just got home from work.
Tom said he would drive.
He said he would drive you or take you? He He probably meant on the bus.
Tom knows all the bus routes.
He has them all memorized.
But, Jacob, I don't want you over at Grace's.
And I don't want you and Tom riding around all over the city on a bus on a Friday night.
Let her come to you when she's ready to talk, all right? I get the feeling that's not just a suggestion.
No, it's not.
I'm telling you not to do that.
No offense, but maybe I'm a little more mature than American guys my age.
My mother usually lets me make my own personal decisions, my own rules.
Well, if you want to stay with me, you have to go by my rules, there are gonna be rules, Jacob.
Yes, ma'am.
Is my husband cheating on me? Dr.
Tsegaye? Your mother runs the hospital, so she would know.
Has she said anything? Um, I I think that if there are going to be rules, then maybe there should also be boundaries.
I, I'm sorry.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
Same thing that's wrong with everyone else.
It's me, having me around.
No, it's really not you, it's Me.
Okay, well, maybe it is you, but, well, I'm really happy you're here, I am.
I mean, we needed to know the truth, no matter how difficult it is to deal with, we needed to know the truth about Marshall Bowman.
And I need to know the truth about Jeff Tsegaye.
Because for once in my life, I would like to not be living a lie.
So if he's cheating on you, then you have a reason to dissolve the marriage.
But if he's not, you have no reason to dissolve the marriage.
Other than it's just not what you want.
What happened to the boundaries? You are way too smart for 14.
+ Come on, if I(crash your car, I'll get you a new one.
But you couldn't get me a new you if you crashed it.
Tom, you don't drive.
Where'd you hear that? Well, you don't, do you? Of course, I do.
I can drive! A car? Yes.
A car.
My dad let me drive all the time.
Do you have a license? Yes.
I have a license.
Don't worry.
But, Tom, you're not on my insurance.
You're not covered if you should happen to, you know, hit someone else.
I will pay if anything happens.
This is important to my family.
All right, well, I'll drive him.
I'll take Jacob to Grace's condo.
Come on, we'll get the kids, we'll get Jacob, and we'll drop him off while we go get ice cream.
And then we'll go back, pick him up and bring him back here.
I want to drive Jacob myself.
And I would like to let you because I'm tired and I just want to get the kids inside and get them cleaned up, and give them a snack, and read to them, and go to bed.
But you can't drive my car, Tom, I'm sorry.
Please.
No.
We'll see about that.
(CELL PHONE RINGING) Hi, Amy.
I just wanted to apologize about today.
I never should have brought up, uh, that person.
Especially when we were at school.
I'm really sorry.
I'm sure that you're going through a really tough time, and if you need me, I'm sure you'll let me know.
Well, that was really nice of you, Amy, thank you.
And I will let you know.
I hope you will.
I will.
Because I do consider you a friend, Grace.
Thank you.
Which makes asking you this just a little awkward.
But, um, you don't think that your mom and my dad, the two of them, you don't think they're trying to get back together again, do you? My mother is married.
(SCOFFS) And you know what, she might be a little crazy at times but she's not crazy enough to leave her husband for your father.
(HANGS UP) Uh-huh.
Oh, well, they'll do what they want to do.
Yeah, none of our beeswax as my dad says.
Well, they won't listen to us anyway.
What do we know.
Yeah, I know.
Okay, well it was nice talking to you, Grace.
Mmm-hmm.
Okay, good night.
She hung up on you, huh? You weren't going to find out anything for me.
You could have just talked to my dad, you know? Yeah, but I'm not interested in talking to him about Kathleen.
But I am interested in talking to you about when you think we should get married.
Amy, come on, the ring may be enough for you, but it's not enough for me.
I don't want to push you, but I want to get married.
When are you gonna marry me? I don't know.
Maybe when you stop trying to have sex with me while I'm trying to talk to you.
You can't keep doing this.
You're going to have to talk to me at some time about getting married or why you don't want to get married.
(SIGHS) Hey, my mom told me you were here.
Why didn't you text me or call me or something? It was kind of nice being by myself.
Especially by myself in here.
Remember when we used to come in here and sneak around and make out? It was fun.
Yeah, it was fun.
And we could do that again if we weren't just friends.
I need a friend.
What's going on? Who are you hiding from? Oh, yeah.
The guy that came home from Africa with your mom.
That's the one.
All right, well, I guess you'll deal with that when you're ready to deal with that.
He looks like him, you know.
Yeah, kind of.
I couldn't help it.
Come on, he doesn't look like him.
I mean, I wondered if he was even telling the truth.
It's in his eyes, and in his mannerisms, and how he digests everything before he'll say anything.
And his smile.
He has that big smile like my dad had.
It's going to be all right.
Hey, I know we're just friends, but, um, would sex make you feel any better? (CHUCKLES) All right.
(CELL PHONE BEEPS) Mailman.
Thank you.
Can I come in? Yeah, you can come in, but I thought you were hanging with the guys tonight.
And I thought you were hanging out with Grace tonight.
Is Grace here? No, she's not here.
I tried to talk to her about her brother again, and she just can't deal with it, so she took off.
Good.
Why is that good? Because now we have the place to ourselves.
Yeah, but I don't feel like doing anything tonight.
So if you just dropped by to have sex, forget it.
(CHUCKLES) Okay, I didn't just drop by to have sex.
I dropped by because I didn't buy this whole "take a night and hang out with the guys" thing.
Yeah, it's Friday night.
We don't have to do anything.
It's nice just to be alone with you.
We can just talk.
Again.
What do you want to talk about now? I've already told you everything about me.
I'm sure you know more than you even want to know.
Okay, why don't we talk about this for starters? This envelope has a court listed as a return address.
Maybe it's jury duty.
I don't want that.
It's not that.
Why don't you open it? Because it's personal.
Oh, look.
It's already been opened.
Look, don't come over here and get in my face.
(CHUCKLES) I knew there was a reason you didn't want me over tonight.
You are so bad at being vulnerable, you know that? Maybe I'm not vulnerable.
So what? You have your whole life ahead of you.
(SNIFFLES) You want to go talk to Grace or don't you? I guess it'll have to wait.
I guess it won't.
Tom, your mum says you don't drive.
She doesn't know.
Your dad taught me.
But you don't have a license.
I have a license.
Really? Really.
Let's go.
Oh, Betty! What brings you by on a Friday night? Everything all right? Oh, yeah, yeah.
Everything is fine.
I, uh I just stopped by to say hello.
I got some mail today.
Me too.
Uh, but change is good, right? Yeah, I I miss you, Leo.
And you know, I just want you to know how grateful I am for everything that you've done for me.
Thank you again.
Yeah.
Sure.
My pleasure.
Uh, it was really nice of you to come by and tell me that.
And, uh, good night.
Uh, I know I should have, uh, called first.
But you know I was, uh, I was on campus today, uh, yoknow for orientation.
And, and then, and then some of the kids invited me out for pizza.
And then after that I just I just really didn't feel like going home.
You know, this whole thing is still new for me.
This, this, this This living alone thing.
Uh, in another month, you'll be in classes.
That's pretty exciting, right? Yeah, but it's scary too.
You know, I I was thinking maybe I could, you know, live in the dorms during the week and then, uh, you know, just go to my condo on the weekends.
But I just can't decide if I'm wasting your money or if it's a good idea.
You know, on the one hand, I feel like, you know, hanging out with the other students, you know, makes me feel like, you know, a part of things.
You know, makes me feel like I can blend in.
But on the other hand, I might not be able to get any studying done in the dorms.
What do you think? I think you should do whatever you want.
Give the dorms a try for a semester and if it doesn't work out Hey, you always have the condo.
So, uh, good night, Betty.
Leo, you are You are like God and Santa Claus and Bill Gates all just, like, rolled into one, you know that? Yes, he is, isn't he? Hello, Betty.
Good to see you.
I'm sure you and Leo have a lot to talk about.
So, good night, Leo.
Thanks for dinner.
Oh How's that going anyway? I'd love to see where you work.
I'd love to see the butcher shop.
Really? You're a vegetarian.
You want to go to some place where there are dead cows? Yeah.
Because it's a part of your family.
It's a part of you.
All right.
I'll take you sometime.
Why don't we go now? Now? It's not open now.
You don't have a key? (SIGHS) Well, I have a key, but it's just that, there are security cameras around.
We might end up answering a lot of questions.
And the answer would be that you just wanted to show me the butcher shop.
You know, we can't get into any trouble, we just can't.
We're not going to get into any trouble.
+ Did Amy ever kiss you like that? No, she didn't.
I don't think.
Try it again.
No, definitely not.
Did Adrian ever kiss you like that? No, Adrian never kissed me like that.
No.
No? Don't forget the security cameras.
My dad's in the security business, you know.
Yeah, I know.
This is hardly a high-tech system.
I think we can work around this.
Don't worry, we're not gonna have sex.
I'm just going to make kissing me more exciting than having sex with Amy or Adrian.
Hmm.
(CLATTERING) Did you hear something? Seriously, I heard something.
BEN: Sorry, sorry, it's just It's us.
Was that Ben? Ben? Sorry, uh, we accidentally knocked over that little, uh, display area.
Hi.
Hi.
Do you know what time it is? are you in bed at 11:00? Come on in.
Hello.
Hi, Amy, I'm so sorry.
Did we wake you? Yeah.
Sit down, I'll get you something to drink.
You want something to drink? No, I'm sure they don't.
We're not gonna stay.
Uh, Dylan just wanted to see the butcher shop.
I'm Ricky, by the way.
Oh, sorry, um, this is Ricky.
Ricky, Dylan.
Nice to meet you, Ricky.
This apartment is so charming.
It has so much character.
(CHUCKLES) Ben's dad was nice enough to let me live here when I wanted to get out on my own.
And he let us stay when Amy and I wanted to live together.
"Wanted?" Is that past tense? Uh, no, it is not past tense.
We're very happy living here.
Obviously.
And that's a beautiful engagement ring, Amy.
When are you two getting married? When I stop trying to have sex with her.
(LAUGHS) (FAKE CHUCKLE) I've, uh, I've been trying to settle on a date but I haven't even been able to pencil in anything on the calendar because Ricky and I just can't keep our hands off of each other.
(CHUCKLES) So thanks for interrupting us because now that Amy's hands are free, I'll get a calendar and we can settle on something, even if it's just a time of year, a season, anything.
So stick around.
Maybe you can help us.
What do you think would be a good date? When's a gootime to get married? I think we better go.
Yeah, it sounds as if maybe we came at a bad time.
BEN: Yeah.
(CHUCKLES) Wait.
Ben, how did you and Amy pick a date for your wedding when you got married? I think it was based on my due date.
Good night.
Maybe the four of us can go out some time Good night.
(CHUCKLES UNCOMFORTABLY) You are such a jerk! Pick a date.
You've been married twice? Please, please do not be upset with me.
I forgot that we did that.
I forgot that Amy and I got married.
You forgot? Yeah, it was null and void from the time we said "I do.
" We were underage.
It didn't count.
So, if we ever got married, that would be your third wedding? Yes, but only my second marriage.
(SCOFFS) Did you ever have sex with Amy? What? With Amy? No.
No, I did not.
Are you sure you didn't just forget? (SCOFFS) I'm positive I didn't forget.
Believe me, if I'd had sex with Amy, I'd remember And that did not come out like I thought it would.
I never had sex with Amy.
So you've only had sex with Adrian, with your second wife? Amy was not my first wife.
We were never husband and wife.
Just answer the question.
I spent a summer in Bologna.
(SCOFFS) I guess the truth is, I don't want to be married.
It was a mistake to get married, and I don't want to follow my husband to Africa.
So, I'm gonna tell him that.
Well, you should, if that's the way you feel, you definitely should just say it and get it over with, and go on with your life.
You deserve to be happy.
Is that Anne? I just talked to her.
It's Kathleen.
Sorry.
Hi, Kathleen.
Is that Ricky's mom? Hi, Nora.
She says hi back.
I talked to Anne and she's very happy over there.
Uh, she's having a wonderful time and she's very happy.
Very happy.
So you should feel free to be happy, too.
George? Uh, yeah, sorry, we got interrupted.
Um, where were we? You were telling me that I deserved to be happy.
Well, you do.
Everyone deserves to be happy.
Are you happy? Me? Hell, no.
I'm miserable.
I'd like to do my whole life all over again.
And given that's impossible? I'd like to do parts of it over again.
Yeah, me too.
Can I come in? I'd like to talk to you.
I'm sorry, I don't want you to come in.
What the hell did I do? It's not what you did tonight, it's just what you did.
I mean, how did you ever marry that woman? Camille, I, I had been so sad for so many years that I never even thought of having a life outside of work and Ben.
And you know that.
And then along came Betty and she was fun, and I got a second chance at having a life and I took it.
Now it wasn't the life I really wanted as it turned out, but Betty was good to me, and Betty's probably always gonna want to be friends, and I'm gonna be friends with her.
I told her not to just show up again at the house, but I'm gonna be friends with her.
And I imagine, eventually, she'll make a lot of new friends at school, and she won't be around as much, and I want to have children.
Just think about it.
Good night.
I love you, Leo.
(SIGHS) + It's just not the way things were supposed to turn out.
It's not the way you thought things would turn out.
But a lot of things are just beyond our control.
Yeah, I know.
But I grieved the loss of my baby so intensely that I think I didn't have any feelings left when it came to losing Ben.
Ben is a good guy.
He's not the guy for me, and I know we shouldn't be married, we don't want to be married, but I just felt like such a loser when I saw this piece of paper.
I know you, and once you admit to feeling like that, you'll pick yourself up and go right back to being the same confident and practically arrogant girl that you are.
The thing is, it took me so long to get confident that I'm afraid the more times I pick myself up, the more times I leave a piece of me on the ground.
Well, maybe there are some pieces that you want to leave on the ground and move on, you know? Like Ben Boykewich.
I'll put that envelope back outside (CLEARS THROAT) You and me, we'll move on together, all right? Don't go breaking my heart, college boy.
Right back at you, college girl.
Just a few more weeks, you'll be in college, too.
Hmm.
All right? Thanks for following me home.
No problem.
And thanks for walking me to the door.
Just doing what a friend should do.
(CHUCKLES) What? You look kind of funny.
There's (CHUCKLES) So do you.
You know, I think I'm gonna like just being friends.
That was fun, making out in the car.
It's like a parked car has its own set of rules.
You can't go too far 'cause of people walking by on the sidewalk.
I wonder what the rules are like in there.
Oh, yeah.
In there is off limits.
Oh.
Thanks for letting me come over.
Good night, friend.
Good night.
(CHUCKLES) I I don't know what to do with friends hands, I (SIGHS) Where are you going? Nowhere.
I just thought that maybe you'd like to talk.
I think we've done enough talking for one night, especially you.
I want to talk.
I want to talk to you about why you don't want to get married.
Didn't we just have fun? (CHUCKLES) Yes, we just had fun.
But I still can't believe that you said that in front of them, that I won't marry you until you stop trying to have sex with me.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
I don't want to push you, but I want to get married.
Tell me what's really going on.
You've been a little nuts ever since I gave you the ring.
What's going on is I feel like an idiot getting married in high school.
I know we have a baby and I want to get married, I feel so lucky that you asked me, but, jeez, it's like, I'm already a teen mom, and if we get married while I'm a teen, then maybe we'll have enough time left to get divorced while I'm still a teen.
What makes you think we'll get divorced? Look at my family, I don't want to be like my mom and my dad.
What about my mom and dad, the birth ones, couple of winners there, huh? Everybody's parents are screwed up.
So what? We're not like anyone else's parents.
We're only like John's parents.
And we'll make sure our little family doesn't end up divorced.
If we get married, there's always a chance that we could get a divorce.
But if we never get married I want to get married.
I do, too.
(CHUCKLES) I'm just scared.
(SOFTLY) I love you, Amy.
I love you, too.
I don't think this is it, either.
Stop putting pressure on me! Tom, I thought you knew where you were going.
I know bus routes, I don't know car routes.
Couldn't we just follow the bus route you take to the condo? You should have thought about that sooner.
(SIREN WAILING) Hey, look, that's a police officer.
We could get directions from him.
Oh, God, I'm, I'm going to get deported.
We, we could go to prison, Tom.
I was in prison anyway.
A guest house, two kids.
What was I thinking! License and registration please.
No problem.
Son, this is a fishing license.
Is it? Give the officer your driver's license.
I can't.
You have to.
That's the only license I have.
I, I didn't know, I swear.
He said he had a driver's license.
I say a lot of things.
Well, do yourself a favor and don't say anything else until you get a lawyer, all right? Are you Aren't you Doctor Bowman's son? He was our family pediatrician, Doctor Bowman.
Yes, I am Doctor Bowman's son.
And so is he.
Hold on.
DYLAN: I had such a nice time tonight, thank you.
I had such a nice time, too, but I don't want it to end.
It doesn't have to end.
I'm sure my parents are in bed.
Sneak into my bedroom and have your way with me.
Again? BOTH: Gotcha! (SIGHS) Good night.
Good night.