The Secret Life of the American Teenager s02e22 Episode Script
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Previously on The Secret Life of the American Teenager - Are you coming back? - I don't think so.
Leo's got people looking for you.
No one knows if Ricky left because I had sex with Ben, or because he just doesn't want to be the father of Amy's baby.
I wouldn't mind having John to myself and not having to share him with Ricky.
- You haven't talked to Ricky since he left? - Why would he talk to me? You might want to get closer to your family.
If that means getting to know Jeff and being nicer to him, I'm already doing that.
It's called reverse psychology.
- Did your dad find him? - He called his parents, so wherever he is, he's okay.
Ben had sex with Adrian.
- Do you want to be together with Ben? - I don't know.
We hope you get married soon and you're together and happy for the rest of your lives.
- How about tonight? - Tonight? I need a few more days.
This is my dream too, you know.
How many dreams do I have to give up? If you're tired of sleeping on the couch, and you want to sleep in the bedroom, you can.
Take off the baseball cap.
I know where Ricky is.
I want to move forward.
Move forward or run away? Hey, there you are.
How are you? I had my security guys find you.
I wanted to talk to you.
You mind? I guess not.
I mean, of course not.
I'm sorry I left without saying goodbye.
To you, anyway.
I was in a hurry to get out of there, and I'm not good at goodbyes.
I know what you're talking about.
Me, neither.
Ever since my wife died, I've had that problem.
It's just that Amy and John would be better off without me.
So would Adrian.
So would Ben, for that matter.
Don't you mean you'll be better off without them? Who am I to be better off without anyone? No.
They're better off without me.
And why's that? Because I'm me.
And who are you? That's a good question.
What are you thinking? That because you come from this dark past you had no control over, that you have no right to feel angry at anyone, because everyone is better than you? You have a right to feel however you feel, but I think you should let people know how you feel if they did something or said something that made you take off.
Then maybe you have a shot at working it out.
Maybe there's a better solution than for you to leave.
But I don't know what your problem is.
The problem is me and my anger and what to do when I'm angry.
I'm trying not to be angry.
I'm just tired of being angry.
If you're angry, you're angry.
Are you angry at Amy? Yeah, I'm angry at Amy.
I wish I wasn't, but I am.
Well, then say something.
Talk to her.
Talk to Adrian.
Talk to Ben.
And say what? You want me to tell you what to say? I wish someone would tell me what to say.
Well, I highly recommend the truth.
No one really ever tells the truth, do they? Yeah, some people do.
Like me, for example.
Go ahead.
All right, I will.
Think about what you're doing here, Ricky.
Is it best for you to take off and leave your son? Is it better for both of you, you and your son, if you just stop fooling around every time you get an opportunity and get serious about yourself and who you're going to be in life? You have a son, so you're going to have to grow up if you want to be a good father.
And you can't be a good father without being a good person and an honorable man.
You've come a long way, but you've got a long way to go.
Think what you want about me for saying that to you, but I felt compelled to say it.
Kids your age and Ben's age, you don't like anyone getting in your face like this.
You'd rather spend time saying useless crap in text messages and all that Internet stuff, where people are anonymous and irresponsible and avoid direct confrontation.
Well, that's not my style.
That's not me.
So I'm telling to your face what I think, in my opinion, what the truth is.
And I'm telling you all this because I care about you, and I want you to go home.
Now here, take the keys to the apartment.
It's there for you whether you come back tonight or next week or next year.
Because I know you, Ricky.
Sooner or later, you're going to do the right thing.
I really believe that.
Just try to make it sooner rather than later, huh? Who comes to see anyone at this time the morning? Good morning.
Could you give me a couple minutes of your time? What? Are you selling something? I just want to apologize.
It's 6:30 in the morning.
I know.
My dad told me you came back last night, but I wasn't sure if you'd stick around, so I wanted to make sure I talked to you.
I've been calling you.
Everyone's been calling me.
Please, could I come in? Thank you.
I really appreciate this.
We don't have to do this.
I have to do this.
Because your dad's making you do this? No.
Please, just let me do this.
Let me apologize for Don't say what you did, and don't say her name.
If you do, it's going to feel like you're rubbing it in my face.
Then allow me to say that I don't feel good about what I did, and I'm sorry I betrayed your friendship.
Are you? Kind of.
But we weren't really friends, were we? We were just trying to be friends for John's sake.
And then without Amy, without John, I really had no reason to try to be friends with you, and I didn't have a reason not Don't say it.
I won't say it, but I will say that I really resent your having sex with Amy, and I've been angry about it all along.
I've been angry with Amy, too, and I guess all that unaddressed anger just spilled over into Watch it.
Adrian.
I told you not to say her name.
Yeah, or that we had sex, but I said it.
So why don't you just hit me? What are you talking about? I would feel like justice has been served if you hit me, and that would give me the opportunity to hit you.
It's not my business to dispense justice or yours, and for yournformation, not everyone gets what they deserve.
You just get what you get, you and me and everyone else.
Life's not fair.
Get used to it.
I'm not going to hit you, and you are not going to hit me.
I might.
If you hit me, then I might hit you back, and if I hit you back, I might just keep hitting you until you get really hurt.
It hurts to get hit.
It's not like in the movies.
It actually hurts.
Then fine, don't hit me.
I don't really want to get hurt.
I want you to get hurt.
You've wrecked my whole life, you know that? You got the one girl I really love pregnant, the girl I wanted to be with for the rest of my life, the girl I would've married and had children with if it weren't for you.
I want to clobber you.
No one's hitting anyone.
You got that? No, I really don't got that.
I thought you came here to apologize.
I did co here to apologize but now that I'm here I think I broke my hand.
Move your fingers.
Can you move your fingers? Barely.
Then it's not broken.
Going to get you some ice.
No, don't get me some ice.
I'm trying to hurt you the way I wish I had tried to hurt you instead of doing what I did.
Don't ever hit a guy who's just told you he's been hit all his life, okay? Don't ever hit anyone.
That includes me.
If you hit me again, I swear I'm going to hit you.
That really hurt.
Oh, God Okay, don't do that again.
You don't need to prove your point.
That won't be necessary.
I'm not going to do it again.
But you said if you hit me once, you'd keep hitting me.
Don't keep hitting me.
I thought I would.
But you're not going to? No, I don't feel like it.
Sit down before you faint or something.
I'm not going to faint.
But thank you for not hitting me again, But you did hit me harder than I hit you.
Meaning? Meaning you still owe me a punch or something? Didn't you learn anything? Hitting doesn't solve anything.
All right, so what do we do now? I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm going to go see John and Amy and Adrian, and then I'm leaving.
I want to get away.
I thought you just did that.
I did, but evidently I didn't do it the right way, so I've come back to say what I want to say, and then I'm taking off.
I don't guess I could come with you.
Can you come with me? You just punched me.
Yeah, I know, but I had to do it.
I just couldn't quit thinking about it.
I just had to do it.
No, you didn't just have to do it.
And no, you can't come with me.
You get obsessed with things, you know? You're like a little kid sometimes when you just gotta gotta gotta have something, and you can't quit thinking about it.
You just want it.
I do that, yes.
I'll get you some ice.
Who you going to talk to first, Amy or Adrian? You're going to come here at 6:30 in the morning and punch me and then get into my business? It's my business, too.
What is this? It's Boo Boo Man, something I keep for John.
How is it your business? Because it involves Amy, and I still love Amy.
I don't know who I'm going to talk to first.
I just think that if you talk No, I don't want you to weigh in on this, all right? Wait, who would you suggest I talk to first, the woman you love or the woman you were with? Who do you think it should be, the woman you love or the woman you were with? Look, she did this on purpose, you know, Adrian putting the two of us in this parallel situation.
That's why she did what she did with you.
Or she did what she did with me because we both wanted to do what we did.
Which was get back at Amy and me.
But it just wasn't that there was ulterior motive.
It wasn't just sex for the sake of getting back at Amy and you.
Jeez, Ben, yes it was.
You might not have been thinking that far ahead, but I'm sure Adrian was.
Come on, you were, too.
All right, all right, it's just that I've tried to justify it a dozen different ways, and I guess there is no justification.
That's more like it.
I accept your apology.
No, that wasn't an apology, and even if it was, why would you accept it? Because as lousy as it is, worse things have happened to me.
I guess they have.
Yeah, they have.
I'm sorry that I hit you, and I know you've been through more than most people, including me, but still, if you wanted to apologize to me, too I don't.
I didn't do anything to intentionally hurt you, and I didn't do anything to Amy to intentionally hurt her.
We did what we did at band camp without any intention of hurting anyone else.
Of course in the proce we did, but we didn't do it on purpose.
What about when you kissed her? What about when I kissed her? It was just a kiss.
Okay, it wasn't.
I apologize for the kiss.
Thank you.
Let's just call it even, all right? Even? Unless Adrian has my baby, we're not even.
Oh, jeez, why did you have to say that? Because I was thinking it? I'm never going to have sex with Adrian again.
All right.
And you're never going to have I'm going to have sex with whoever I want to have sex with.
Ben, listen to me.
You and Amy are over, and that has nothing to do with me and everything to do with you.
Amy's not going to forgive you for what happened, you or Adrian.
She's just not.
I know that because she's never forgiven me even though she was a willing participant and equally responsible.
Never? Never going to forgive me? I don't know about that.
Maybe some day.
Never.
I'm telling you this as a friend.
You sure you're not telling me this as someone who wants Amy for himself? Yeah, I'm sure.
Who is it? It's your mother.
And your father.
May we come in? I'll talk to you after school.
Hi.
Hi, nice to meet you.
I'm Ben.
Hi, I'm Margaret.
I'm Ricky's mother, and this is my husband, Ricky's father.
He goes by Shaker.
Nice to meet you guys.
Uh, I'll just see you around.
Come in.
Come in, have a seat.
Sorry the place is a mess.
I haven't had time to straighten up yet.
Have you had a chance to see John yet? No, I'll try to do that tonight, but I have to talk to Amy first.
We are so happy you came back.
And we want to make sure you stay around, let you have more of a reason to stay around.
What do you mean? Well, we haven't been very involved as grandparents, and we want to be more involved.
That way you can be more involved in your son's life.
What's going on? When is it going to stop? When are we going to get some sleep? They are driving me crazy.
Can any honeymoon at home be that much fun? What? Where did you get those? At med camp.
If you're going to be a doctor, you have to learn how to get some sleep.
Thanks for sharing.
Morning, guys.
Anybody want some coffee? We all have coffee.
Someone keep us awake.
Last night, giggling, laughing, having a good time.
Thank you.
That was your mother.
Oh, the same mother that was married to our father, that one? That's the one.
Hey, Tom, can I talk to Grace alone, just a couple minutes? Be my guest.
Bye.
Let's talk.
Kind of get the feeling that we're getting off to a bad start here, so the sooner we talk, the better.
I'm sure you're kind of uncomfortable having me in the house, and to tell you the truth, I'm a little uncomfortable myself, but you don't want to move, do you? I mean, not you.
All of us.
You don't think we should move.
No.
No.
I figured you didn't, so what's going on? You didn't really want us to get married, did you? Not really.
A little reverse psychology, huh? Kind of.
Doesn't always work.
No kidding.
Look, your mom's been through a lot? Don't you want her to have some fun in life? Yeah, I just think it's a little soon for her to be having this much fun, and you, too, for that matter.
And by fun, you mean Sex.
Well, we're married.
You do believe that it's okay for two people to have fun once they're married, right? No, not always.
You're not married.
Never even been engaged.
You've had fun.
Yes, but I'm never having fun again because I'm not married or engaged, and it's just wrong.
Even if two people agree to have fun and be responsible and do all the right things like using birth control and a condom.
Even if.
Your mom seems to think that you're flip-flopping on the issue of having fun before marriage.
Maybe, but the important thing now is that I have landed.
I'm being good.
You're not talking about being good-fun.
You're talking about being a good girl.
Am I right? Yes.
Okay, so there's a lot of good girls just like you that have fun in high school even though they think they really shouldn't.
Oh, do they? Yes, they do.
They lack the courage to stand up for what they believe in because there might be opposing viewpoints, and that leads to conflict, and good girls do not like conflict, so they usually talk themselves into going along with the crowd.
Is that so? That is so.
So that continues on in life, a good girl's inability to stand up for what she believes in.
Good girls need to gain approval and attention and avoid conflict, so as she leaves high school, goes into college and into med school she gets less and less successful every year because avoiding conflict in life doesn't work because there's always going to be conflict.
What do you know about being a good girl.
I make it my business to know, you know? I'm a doctor for women.
I like women.
I love your mother.
Wow, I actually like what you had to say.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
It's kind of freeing to think that I don't have to be the good girl because to be honest, I don't think I was that good at being a good girl to begin with, so maybe it's just for the better.
I'm not saying that you should go out and have fun.
I mean, fun as we know, has consequences, you know, STDs, unplanned pregnancies, heartbreak.
so, you know, not all of it's good.
No, I know that, but now I know that I can have fun, and I feel better about that, much better.
We were both getting cold feet.
Your mother's fine.
I don't care if she works a few more days.
Because you both have cold feet and it'll give you both more time to back out? Because my mom sent her a surprise for the wedding, and it's not here yet.
Wait, your mom knows you two are getting married? That you're getting married for the fourth time? I'm getting married to the right woman for the first time, and that's the way my mother feels about it, too.
I thought you don't want your family involved.
You thought they wouldn't like that you're marrying my mother.
Yeah, and then I decided to not start off this marriage by hiding it from my family, and I let them know.
And they let me know that they're very happy that your mother and I are getting married.
They're not going to fly here for a short ceremony in the judge's chambers, but they're happy we're getting married.
Oh.
So after all these years, your mother actually harbors no resentment against my mother getting pregnant with me.
That's right.
Sometimes, the most difficult conversations turn out to be the best conversations.
Which I guess you're hoping for, too.
Leo called.
I know Ricky's back.
Oh, is he? You're not dressed like that for no reason.
Dressed like what? Adrian, Ricky's really upset with you and with Amy and with Ben.
Leo says he's come back here to talk to each of you.
The guy's pretty upset.
And why wouldn't he be? Whatever.
I'm not afraid to talk to Ricky.
I'm kind of looking forward to it.
Well, if you need to talk to me afterwards, just call my office.
They'll get word to me and I'll call you back.
Why would I need to talk to you? You think Ricky's going to commit a crime? I don't imagine whatever conversation you have with Ricky will be all that pleasant.
Yeah, it might not start out that way, but you never know what will happen.
No, you don't.
So maybe you want to talk to someone after you talk to him? Someone like an adult who cares about you.
At least, I would suggest you start talking to someone who cares about you, rather than running off to have sex with someone who doesn't care about you.
Ben cares about me.
We're friends, okay? What else do you know? I know that Ricky is probably angry and hurt, and when people are angry and hurt, sometimes they say angry and hurtful things.
Yeah, yeah, sticks and stones and all that, but words can never harm me.
Then you're stronger than most people.
Yes, I am.
At least, than most girls.
How's that? Well, let's see A little girl grows up without a daddy, and it becomes apparent that her mother was never married, and eventually, she doesn't care what people think.
She only cares what she thinks.
And I don't keep anything in.
I act everything out.
Yeah, and not always in the best way.
You want some advice, Adrian, coming from a guy who's made a lot of mistakes and done a lot of stupid things in his life? No.
Yeah, well, I'm going to give it to you anyway.
Listen to whatever Ricky wants to say without comment.
Not a chance.
And say you're sorry about what happened, and then let it go.
Take a break.
Give him some time to think about things.
You think about things.
Back up.
Say I'm sorry? I'm not sorry.
He kissed Amy.
He crossed a line, so I slept with Ben.
That's how I roll.
Adrian, I know you're sorry about what happened with Ben.
Even if you say you're not, I know you are.
And I think you should tell Ricky that.
Even if you and Ricky don't end up together, don't you want to end up friends? So Ricky ends up friends with me, but Amy's husband? Never.
Never.
I didn't say that.
I don't think that's ever going to happen.
Do you think that's ever going to happen? Not if I can help it.
I have to finish getting ready.
All right, Adrian.
I don't think you heard a word I said, but all right.
Listen, if you need me, just call me.
I know.
Call your office and they'll find you.
I heard every word you said.
I did.
I just don't agree with you.
Right.
You know your little friend Ricky's back, right? I heard.
Did you.
Yes.
Who'd you hear it from? He called me.
I didn't talk to him.
He left me a message.
He said he'd see me at school.
Oh, really? Am I supposed to believe that? Because after you lied to me about not knowing where he was, I don't know what to believe.
Yeah, I know.
That was wrong of me.
But I didn't know where his mother was.
I just knew he'd go see her.
He'd been wanting to see her.
And I thought it would make Amy feel better, knowing he was okay That he didn't just run away from her, he was going to take care of some unfinished business.
The point is, you lied.
And you and me, we don't lie to each other.
That's our thing, honesty.
And in the swirl of insanity around us, we were clinging to that, to our honesty with each other.
I know.
I blew it.
But it did make Amy feel better.
She and I had a secret.
And I couldn't trust you with the information.
I was afraid you'd tell Mr.
Boykevich, and he'd figure out where Ricky was.
He figured it out anyway.
Yeah, but not before Ricky had a chance to talk to his mother.
All right.
From now on, no more lies.
I promise.
What do you think? I think you look ridiculous.
That's my girl.
Now here's the hard question What's going on with Ricky? What does he want to talk to Amy about? I don't know what's going on between the two of them.
That's between Ricky and Amy.
But I don't envy him trying to have any kind of discussion with her.
She's not easy to talk to.
And you are? Yeah, I am.
What's Ricky's real interest in you? Seriously.
Don't you think it's sex? No, I don't.
We're friends.
How come he's friends with you and not the mother of his baby? Again, she's not that easy to talk to.
Come on, she's not that bad.
No, she's not bad at all.
She's good.
Too good.
You can't really fight with her.
You say something mean to her because she drives you crazy, but then instead of saying something mean back, she just says, "Oh, you're so mean to me," and walks away.
She doesn't get that when someone throws you a punch, you throw them one back, and you go back and forth until the fight's over, and then the fight's over.
It's never over with her.
And if she ever does stand up for herself, she turns around and apologizes for it later, or she just feels bad about it.
It's like shadow boxing.
You keep punching until you're tired, but then you don't really accomplish anything.
Come on, Ash.
I think your sister's gotten a lot stronger since she had the baby.
She doesn't cry as much as she used to.
She still cries.
I see her speaking her mind with a lot more ease than she ever did before.
She's certainly been speaking her mind with me and your mother.
Yeah.
I admit, she's not as nice as she used to be.
But having John hasn't been all bad.
When she starts her life again in 18 years, she's probably going to be a lot stronger person because of him.
A much better person.
I really think that.
You ever say that stuff to her? The nice stuff.
No, I can't.
I've got a lot of bad stuff I have to say first before I get to it.
Not that I ever mean to say the bad stuff in a bad way.
It just jumps out at the wrong time, when I'm angry with her.
Why do you have to say any of the bad stuff? Why can't you say the nice stuff? Don't ask me.
Ask your therapist, and all the other therapists in the world.
I'm just 15.
I have to say what I think and what I feel, and I get that from you.
Yeah, you do.
So you think the new hair was a mistake? Definitely.
But it probably worked for your purposes.
Probably.
How'd you find out? Mr.
Boykevich called Dad.
Oh.
And? And supposedly, Ricky's angry and has come back to confront me.
And Ben and Adrian.
He's angry with you? That's what Dad said.
He's angry with you about what? I don't know.
I don't want to know.
Why not? Why? You just want him to be angry with you and never tell you why? That's the opposite of confrontation.
He doesn't get to be angry with me.
He doesn't get to confront me unless I feel like being confronted, and I don't.
Anyone can be angry with anyone about anything.
Then he can just keep it to himself.
Maybe it's not true.
Maybe he's not angry with you, but the only way to find out is to talk to him.
You're going to have to talk to him eventually, Amy.
Even if you manage to avoid him at school, he's still going to be over here to see John.
You're still going to have to see little John's daddy.
There's no way to avoid that.
I know that he's little John's daddy.
And that's why he has no right to be angry.
I hate that.
I hate hearing that he's angry with me.
He has a right to feel any way that he feels, and so do you.
But if Ricky's angry with you about something, just hear him out, okay, Amy? Maybe he just needs to talk.
He just needs to be heard.
Then he can go to a therapist.
Oh, that's right.
He's been going to therapy for years.
Do you want to go, too? Me? Why would I go to therapy? It might be a good place to work things out, by yourself or with Ricky.
Like he and Adrian did? That worked out well, didn't it? Adrian ended up having sex with Ricky's friend.
Ricky's friend? Ben.
You can say his name.
I don't want to.
I just want to forget that he ever existed.
Well, he exists.
And it was a lousy thing that Ben did, but when enough time has passed and you think you can handle it, you two need to talk, too.
To a therapist or to each other? I told you, we already talked.
That's not talking.
Just because you got over Dad sleeping with Adrian's mom, do not think that I will ever get over Ben sleeping with Adrian, because I'm not.
I think that Ricky's not the only one that needs to confront his demons.
I think that you do, too.
What demons? Ben and Ricky and Adrian? I can't.
You can if you want.
Why would I put myself through that? Haven't I done enough for John already? Let me answer that.
No.
I can never do enough for him.
I really, really love him, Mom.
Then like Ricky, do what you have to do.
I had to tell her.
I didn't tell her where you were, but you're John's father.
And despite what she said, I knew she was worried about you.
Ben really hurt her, and It's okay, Ash.
I didn't say you couldn't say anything.
I just figured you wouldn't.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't have, but I can't say I'm sorry, because I felt it was the right thing to do at the time.
Then it probably was.
So you're going to stick around? I don't know.
I have some options.
I'm considering my options.
Yeah, options.
All of which include doing what's best for your son, I hope.
Of course.
So you can't really go anywhere.
No, I can.
I don't know when, but I'm definitely going to get away for a while.
Definitely.
I didn't say you could go.
Oh, hey, Ben.
It's good to see you.
Hey, Ashley.
Oh, watch the shoulder.
I've got a bad shoulder.
So you're still speaking to me? What's not speaking to you going to do for me? What's not speaking to me doing for your sister? Why don't you just man up and speak to her? So I guess the two of you are friends after everything was said and done? Nice way of putting my idiotic behavior, but yes.
Good.
I like both of you.
And so does my nephew.
Wish I could find some way to see him.
Maybe you can, some day.
Just speak to her.
Hi, Adrian.
Ashley.
Bye.
Hi, Ben.
Hi, Ricky.
I'll let you two talk.
Okay, Ben.
Oh, and I'll talk to you later, okay? Hey, Ben.
Hey.
Miss me? Yes, I missed you, and I'm going to continue missing you.
I can't do it anymore, Adrian.
I honestly can't.
But we don't have to talk about it now.
We can talk after school if you want to talk about it.
We can talk about it now.
We've said all this before.
I know.
And then you changed your mind.
Won't you change your mind? You can't.
Let me try.
No, I'm not playing anymore.
Fine.
No more playing.
But you shouldn't have kissed Amy.
No, I shouldn't have, and you shouldn't have slept with Ben.
But we were over before then.
Anything we had going was over the first time I cheated on you.
I don't know a lot about love, but I'm pretty sure if a man loves a woman, really loves her, he doesn't cheat on her.
But I cheated on you, too.
Yeah, you did, and I'm pretty sure when a woman loves a man, she doesn't cheat on him.
You know what? Let's forget all that and start over.
I don't want to forget all that.
I don't want to start over.
I'm ending this.
You don't love me, Adrian, and I don't love you.
Yes, you do.
No, I don't.
Come on, Ricky.
I know you love me, and I love you.
Don't run away from me.
I'm not running away from anything.
I might be leaving at some point, but I'm not running away.
I'm just facing the truth, and the truth is, Adrian, you and I cannot trust each other.
You don't make a good girlfriend.
I don't make a good boyfriend.
And some day, I want to be a good husband and good father.
And this, you and me, this relationship, that's not the way to become a good husband or father.
I'll see you around.
Is this about Amy? No, this is about me.
Amy? Hey, Ricky.
I'm happy you're back.
I heard you're upset with me, but I don't want to talk at school.
All right.
Could I come over tonight? I really miss John.
Yeah.
He's missed you, too.
We'll talk tonight.
I love you, John.
I really, really love you.
That's what I heard They broke up.
They break up all the time.
No, for real this time.
Okay.
I mean it.
I don't care, Madison.
I just don't care.
I bet he goes for Amy.
I don't think so.
I think so.
He just ran away from Amy.
No, from Adrian, because of what she did with Ben.
Yeah, all right, he ran away from Ben and Adrian and Amy.
I don't think he's going back with Amy.
But she had his baby.
Exactly.
Crying? Yup, that's what I heard.
She ran out of school crying.
Huh.
I'm not surprised.
I'm not interested.
You know what this means? That they're broken up.
They're broken up because he's in love with Amy.
Always has been.
Wellokay.
That's all you can say? Uh, yeah.
This is something that I'm interested in.
I pretend to be interested when you talk about your stupid cockatoo, so you pretend to be interested in this.
This is way more exciting than your bird saying "Obama.
" This is real life.
My bird saying "Obama" is real life.
What do you have against my bird? Madison.
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
He's coming over tonight.
Ricky.
This is it.
Now we know why Ricky told Ben that Amy will never forgive him.
He wants her.
How do we know that? He broke up with Adrian.
How do we know that? He broke up with Adrian.
Yeah? Are you stupid? This ruins any chance that Ben had.
Not with Grace Bowman.
He doesn't love Grace Bowman.
He would if Amy was out of the picture.
I just want to clear the air.
Yeah.
Thanks, Grace.
I wanted to talk to you, too.
But of course, your first concern was to talk to Amy.
And Adrian.
Yeah.
Not that Amy's talking to me, but She will, in time.
I'm sure of it.
Hey, I talked to Jack after Adrian had sex with him.
I guess you and Adrian did more than Adrian and Jack did, but still, eventually I forgave him and we ended up getting back together.
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately? Ben, you and I have something in common.
We both had sex for the first time with the wrong person at the wrong time.
It's just not a good feeling.
I like sex.
You could even say I love sex.
I just didn't love how it made me feel the next day.
Or the next week, or the next month.
I'm sorry I ever did it.
Yeah, I know that feeling.
But next time, I want it to be with the right person at the right time.
It's just so complicated.
How do you know? Yeah.
How can you know? It was easy when I could just use my religion and say "Never, not until marriage.
" But I don't believe that.
And I wish I did, but I don't.
I don't think I can wait until I'm married.
I don't know if I want to wait.
But still, next time, I hope it'll be with the guy I end up marrying.
Yeah, and next time, I want it to be with a girl I end up marrying.
Although I don't know if I'm going to find that person in high school.
I guess that could happen, though.
Yeah.
I mean, my mom and dad met in high school.
So can we still hang out as friends? You and me.
Of course, Grace.
And could I get a ride home from school? Oh, yeah.
You bet.
The office told me you called.
Is this about Ricky? Adrian, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Want some ice cream? It'll be okay, Adrian.
Everything will be fine.
I told her.
I told her she's pretty and smart and she's a wonderful mother and sister.
Why'd you do that? I'm happy that you did that, but why did you do that? I told her if she did that, Grant could come over.
And I did that.
Couldn't you just do that for no reason? Just say something nice to your sister because you love her.
No.
Why not? Because it's called self-esteem.
Self.
She has to say nice things to herself.
She has to believe in herself.
She has to speak up for herself.
I don't think Amy needed you to say something to her you didn't mean.
And I think that Amy's doing fine.
I think she did okay for herself at school today.
Okay how? She spoke to Ben "Hello, Ben.
" "Hello, Amy.
" And she told Ricky she'd talk to him tonight.
And she's in there right now, talking to him.
And I'm sure that, boosted by your comments to her, she'll be strong.
Invincible.
She is woman.
And that's why Grant gets to come over Because Sugar Plum boosted Amy's ego.
You don't have to say anything to anyone.
We're just going to hang out in my room.
Good night, everyone.
Hi, Mrs.
Juergens.
Mr.
Juergens.
Thanks for letting me come over on a school night.
Thanks for letting me come over any night.
Oh, for crying out loud.
You're welcome.
Just don't stay past 10.
parenting classes to other teen mothers.
Let's go.
I don't think I'm ready for Ashley to have a boyfriend.
Yeah.
Me, neither.
What about you? Ready to have a husband? George I love that you love me, and that you would do something crazy like what you did to your hair, but let's see if the feeling lasts.
Let's see if we're still in love a year from now when our anniversary rolls around, and if we are, let's get remarried on our anniversary.
What? We can live together as two independent, single people who just want to be together, can't we? No, we can't.
Sure we can.
No, I'm not doing that.
I want to get married now.
I know, but I don't really want to get married now, so this would be a nice compromise.
It's not a compromise, it's you getting what you want.
Is there something wrong with that? Anne, I'll give you everything you want, but I don't want to wait till next year to think about getting married.
Our anniversary just passed.
It's only a year.
Your hair will be in by then.
Sorry, I was trying to lighten the mood.
The mood's not light.
We have a son.
I want us to be his married parents.
I hear that, but I want to wait.
For what, Anne? For what? I'm not saying no.
Yeah? Well, I am.
Moose.
All right, now that we got the little guy in bed, we should talk.
Do we have to? I'm actually enjoying having you here.
We have to, Amy.
We have a lot to talk about.
All right.
What did I do? What did you do? Yeah, what did I do? Other than have that beautiful boy in there.
I'm happy you had the baby.
I'm happy I have John in my life.
I love him, Amy.
I know it's been tough on you, but it's been tough on me, too, and I wasn't handling everything as well as I could.
I want to apologize for leaving, and for not telling you myself that I wanted to see my mother.
And I feel really badly about tricking you into kissing me.
But of course, when I did kiss you, it became apparent I wasn't tricking you into doing something you didn't want to do.
I just wanted to kiss you anyway.
But then, unlike two adults with a baby who have some privacy and can do stupid things without the whole world knowing, your sister told your dad, and your dad said something to me in front of Ruben, and then Ruben said something to Adrian, and the little world around us came tumbling down on me.
I shouldn't have kissed you.
I'm sorry.
It's more than that, Amy.
We've both been acting like kids with a kid.
I don't want to act like a kid.
I want to act like an adult.
I am an adult.
I'm a legal adult.
I have an apartment.
I have a job.
I have a son.
So? I have a job, too.
Yeah, you do.
But you live at home, with your family and our son.
And I can't see our son unless I come over here and jump through hoops.
You take John to your place sometimes.
Yes, and I pick him up from here, and I bring him back here, and our business becomes everyone else's business, and I'm tired of it.
I don't think it's the best thing for John.
Okay, so what are you saying? That I should get my own place? That we should get our own place? No, no.
Because I would never just live with you, not at 16.
I want to take John on weekends.
I'll pick him up, and then you pick him up on Sunday nights from my apartment.
What? I have work on Saturday, but my mom and dad will watch John for me during work hours.
They want to do that.
They want to see more of John, too.
In their house, at my apartment.
Not over here.
No.
Think about it, Amy.
This way, you have weekends free.
You can with your new boyfriend.
What's his name? Jimmy? And what, you and whatever date you have can just play house with my son? No.
First, you run away because you don't want any responsibilities That's not why.
It just became overwhelming, and I ran off.
I'm sorry.
I thought maybe you and John would be better off without me.
Oh, and now you think the complete opposite? What if you get overwhelmed again? I'm not going to.
You might.
You might suddenly get the urge to go see your mother again or an aunt or an uncle or something.
Amy.
What? You're not taking my son.
Our son.
He's not just your son, he's our son.
And I don't want to just keep coming over here and be a part of your family and their life.
I want John to be part of my family and my life.
And by the way, if I have a date, I have a date.
I've never said anything about Ben being around John, or Jimmy or anyone else.
That's because you're not his mother.
What does that mean? I don't know.
I'm his mother.
I get to decide everything.
No, Amy.
You don't.
And you're not going to.
You want to take him on weekends and I'll take him during the week? I'd be willing to do that, too.
I'm not going to let you take him for five days of the week.
That's crazy.
This is his home.
He's used to this home.
We're used to him.
I love him.
I'm not going to let you keep him all week.
I'm not even going to let you keep him all weekend.
He's fine when he stays over at my place.
We have a good time together.
I love him, Amy.
Yeah? Well, I love him more.
I'm sure you think so, since I haven't exactly been doing all that I could be doing.
But that's going to change.
Don't do that, Amy.
Don't cry.
I don't want to hurt you.
But more importantly, I don't want to hurt my relationship with my son over a lifetime by not doing what I should be doing.
Good night.
Leo's got people looking for you.
No one knows if Ricky left because I had sex with Ben, or because he just doesn't want to be the father of Amy's baby.
I wouldn't mind having John to myself and not having to share him with Ricky.
- You haven't talked to Ricky since he left? - Why would he talk to me? You might want to get closer to your family.
If that means getting to know Jeff and being nicer to him, I'm already doing that.
It's called reverse psychology.
- Did your dad find him? - He called his parents, so wherever he is, he's okay.
Ben had sex with Adrian.
- Do you want to be together with Ben? - I don't know.
We hope you get married soon and you're together and happy for the rest of your lives.
- How about tonight? - Tonight? I need a few more days.
This is my dream too, you know.
How many dreams do I have to give up? If you're tired of sleeping on the couch, and you want to sleep in the bedroom, you can.
Take off the baseball cap.
I know where Ricky is.
I want to move forward.
Move forward or run away? Hey, there you are.
How are you? I had my security guys find you.
I wanted to talk to you.
You mind? I guess not.
I mean, of course not.
I'm sorry I left without saying goodbye.
To you, anyway.
I was in a hurry to get out of there, and I'm not good at goodbyes.
I know what you're talking about.
Me, neither.
Ever since my wife died, I've had that problem.
It's just that Amy and John would be better off without me.
So would Adrian.
So would Ben, for that matter.
Don't you mean you'll be better off without them? Who am I to be better off without anyone? No.
They're better off without me.
And why's that? Because I'm me.
And who are you? That's a good question.
What are you thinking? That because you come from this dark past you had no control over, that you have no right to feel angry at anyone, because everyone is better than you? You have a right to feel however you feel, but I think you should let people know how you feel if they did something or said something that made you take off.
Then maybe you have a shot at working it out.
Maybe there's a better solution than for you to leave.
But I don't know what your problem is.
The problem is me and my anger and what to do when I'm angry.
I'm trying not to be angry.
I'm just tired of being angry.
If you're angry, you're angry.
Are you angry at Amy? Yeah, I'm angry at Amy.
I wish I wasn't, but I am.
Well, then say something.
Talk to her.
Talk to Adrian.
Talk to Ben.
And say what? You want me to tell you what to say? I wish someone would tell me what to say.
Well, I highly recommend the truth.
No one really ever tells the truth, do they? Yeah, some people do.
Like me, for example.
Go ahead.
All right, I will.
Think about what you're doing here, Ricky.
Is it best for you to take off and leave your son? Is it better for both of you, you and your son, if you just stop fooling around every time you get an opportunity and get serious about yourself and who you're going to be in life? You have a son, so you're going to have to grow up if you want to be a good father.
And you can't be a good father without being a good person and an honorable man.
You've come a long way, but you've got a long way to go.
Think what you want about me for saying that to you, but I felt compelled to say it.
Kids your age and Ben's age, you don't like anyone getting in your face like this.
You'd rather spend time saying useless crap in text messages and all that Internet stuff, where people are anonymous and irresponsible and avoid direct confrontation.
Well, that's not my style.
That's not me.
So I'm telling to your face what I think, in my opinion, what the truth is.
And I'm telling you all this because I care about you, and I want you to go home.
Now here, take the keys to the apartment.
It's there for you whether you come back tonight or next week or next year.
Because I know you, Ricky.
Sooner or later, you're going to do the right thing.
I really believe that.
Just try to make it sooner rather than later, huh? Who comes to see anyone at this time the morning? Good morning.
Could you give me a couple minutes of your time? What? Are you selling something? I just want to apologize.
It's 6:30 in the morning.
I know.
My dad told me you came back last night, but I wasn't sure if you'd stick around, so I wanted to make sure I talked to you.
I've been calling you.
Everyone's been calling me.
Please, could I come in? Thank you.
I really appreciate this.
We don't have to do this.
I have to do this.
Because your dad's making you do this? No.
Please, just let me do this.
Let me apologize for Don't say what you did, and don't say her name.
If you do, it's going to feel like you're rubbing it in my face.
Then allow me to say that I don't feel good about what I did, and I'm sorry I betrayed your friendship.
Are you? Kind of.
But we weren't really friends, were we? We were just trying to be friends for John's sake.
And then without Amy, without John, I really had no reason to try to be friends with you, and I didn't have a reason not Don't say it.
I won't say it, but I will say that I really resent your having sex with Amy, and I've been angry about it all along.
I've been angry with Amy, too, and I guess all that unaddressed anger just spilled over into Watch it.
Adrian.
I told you not to say her name.
Yeah, or that we had sex, but I said it.
So why don't you just hit me? What are you talking about? I would feel like justice has been served if you hit me, and that would give me the opportunity to hit you.
It's not my business to dispense justice or yours, and for yournformation, not everyone gets what they deserve.
You just get what you get, you and me and everyone else.
Life's not fair.
Get used to it.
I'm not going to hit you, and you are not going to hit me.
I might.
If you hit me, then I might hit you back, and if I hit you back, I might just keep hitting you until you get really hurt.
It hurts to get hit.
It's not like in the movies.
It actually hurts.
Then fine, don't hit me.
I don't really want to get hurt.
I want you to get hurt.
You've wrecked my whole life, you know that? You got the one girl I really love pregnant, the girl I wanted to be with for the rest of my life, the girl I would've married and had children with if it weren't for you.
I want to clobber you.
No one's hitting anyone.
You got that? No, I really don't got that.
I thought you came here to apologize.
I did co here to apologize but now that I'm here I think I broke my hand.
Move your fingers.
Can you move your fingers? Barely.
Then it's not broken.
Going to get you some ice.
No, don't get me some ice.
I'm trying to hurt you the way I wish I had tried to hurt you instead of doing what I did.
Don't ever hit a guy who's just told you he's been hit all his life, okay? Don't ever hit anyone.
That includes me.
If you hit me again, I swear I'm going to hit you.
That really hurt.
Oh, God Okay, don't do that again.
You don't need to prove your point.
That won't be necessary.
I'm not going to do it again.
But you said if you hit me once, you'd keep hitting me.
Don't keep hitting me.
I thought I would.
But you're not going to? No, I don't feel like it.
Sit down before you faint or something.
I'm not going to faint.
But thank you for not hitting me again, But you did hit me harder than I hit you.
Meaning? Meaning you still owe me a punch or something? Didn't you learn anything? Hitting doesn't solve anything.
All right, so what do we do now? I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm going to go see John and Amy and Adrian, and then I'm leaving.
I want to get away.
I thought you just did that.
I did, but evidently I didn't do it the right way, so I've come back to say what I want to say, and then I'm taking off.
I don't guess I could come with you.
Can you come with me? You just punched me.
Yeah, I know, but I had to do it.
I just couldn't quit thinking about it.
I just had to do it.
No, you didn't just have to do it.
And no, you can't come with me.
You get obsessed with things, you know? You're like a little kid sometimes when you just gotta gotta gotta have something, and you can't quit thinking about it.
You just want it.
I do that, yes.
I'll get you some ice.
Who you going to talk to first, Amy or Adrian? You're going to come here at 6:30 in the morning and punch me and then get into my business? It's my business, too.
What is this? It's Boo Boo Man, something I keep for John.
How is it your business? Because it involves Amy, and I still love Amy.
I don't know who I'm going to talk to first.
I just think that if you talk No, I don't want you to weigh in on this, all right? Wait, who would you suggest I talk to first, the woman you love or the woman you were with? Who do you think it should be, the woman you love or the woman you were with? Look, she did this on purpose, you know, Adrian putting the two of us in this parallel situation.
That's why she did what she did with you.
Or she did what she did with me because we both wanted to do what we did.
Which was get back at Amy and me.
But it just wasn't that there was ulterior motive.
It wasn't just sex for the sake of getting back at Amy and you.
Jeez, Ben, yes it was.
You might not have been thinking that far ahead, but I'm sure Adrian was.
Come on, you were, too.
All right, all right, it's just that I've tried to justify it a dozen different ways, and I guess there is no justification.
That's more like it.
I accept your apology.
No, that wasn't an apology, and even if it was, why would you accept it? Because as lousy as it is, worse things have happened to me.
I guess they have.
Yeah, they have.
I'm sorry that I hit you, and I know you've been through more than most people, including me, but still, if you wanted to apologize to me, too I don't.
I didn't do anything to intentionally hurt you, and I didn't do anything to Amy to intentionally hurt her.
We did what we did at band camp without any intention of hurting anyone else.
Of course in the proce we did, but we didn't do it on purpose.
What about when you kissed her? What about when I kissed her? It was just a kiss.
Okay, it wasn't.
I apologize for the kiss.
Thank you.
Let's just call it even, all right? Even? Unless Adrian has my baby, we're not even.
Oh, jeez, why did you have to say that? Because I was thinking it? I'm never going to have sex with Adrian again.
All right.
And you're never going to have I'm going to have sex with whoever I want to have sex with.
Ben, listen to me.
You and Amy are over, and that has nothing to do with me and everything to do with you.
Amy's not going to forgive you for what happened, you or Adrian.
She's just not.
I know that because she's never forgiven me even though she was a willing participant and equally responsible.
Never? Never going to forgive me? I don't know about that.
Maybe some day.
Never.
I'm telling you this as a friend.
You sure you're not telling me this as someone who wants Amy for himself? Yeah, I'm sure.
Who is it? It's your mother.
And your father.
May we come in? I'll talk to you after school.
Hi.
Hi, nice to meet you.
I'm Ben.
Hi, I'm Margaret.
I'm Ricky's mother, and this is my husband, Ricky's father.
He goes by Shaker.
Nice to meet you guys.
Uh, I'll just see you around.
Come in.
Come in, have a seat.
Sorry the place is a mess.
I haven't had time to straighten up yet.
Have you had a chance to see John yet? No, I'll try to do that tonight, but I have to talk to Amy first.
We are so happy you came back.
And we want to make sure you stay around, let you have more of a reason to stay around.
What do you mean? Well, we haven't been very involved as grandparents, and we want to be more involved.
That way you can be more involved in your son's life.
What's going on? When is it going to stop? When are we going to get some sleep? They are driving me crazy.
Can any honeymoon at home be that much fun? What? Where did you get those? At med camp.
If you're going to be a doctor, you have to learn how to get some sleep.
Thanks for sharing.
Morning, guys.
Anybody want some coffee? We all have coffee.
Someone keep us awake.
Last night, giggling, laughing, having a good time.
Thank you.
That was your mother.
Oh, the same mother that was married to our father, that one? That's the one.
Hey, Tom, can I talk to Grace alone, just a couple minutes? Be my guest.
Bye.
Let's talk.
Kind of get the feeling that we're getting off to a bad start here, so the sooner we talk, the better.
I'm sure you're kind of uncomfortable having me in the house, and to tell you the truth, I'm a little uncomfortable myself, but you don't want to move, do you? I mean, not you.
All of us.
You don't think we should move.
No.
No.
I figured you didn't, so what's going on? You didn't really want us to get married, did you? Not really.
A little reverse psychology, huh? Kind of.
Doesn't always work.
No kidding.
Look, your mom's been through a lot? Don't you want her to have some fun in life? Yeah, I just think it's a little soon for her to be having this much fun, and you, too, for that matter.
And by fun, you mean Sex.
Well, we're married.
You do believe that it's okay for two people to have fun once they're married, right? No, not always.
You're not married.
Never even been engaged.
You've had fun.
Yes, but I'm never having fun again because I'm not married or engaged, and it's just wrong.
Even if two people agree to have fun and be responsible and do all the right things like using birth control and a condom.
Even if.
Your mom seems to think that you're flip-flopping on the issue of having fun before marriage.
Maybe, but the important thing now is that I have landed.
I'm being good.
You're not talking about being good-fun.
You're talking about being a good girl.
Am I right? Yes.
Okay, so there's a lot of good girls just like you that have fun in high school even though they think they really shouldn't.
Oh, do they? Yes, they do.
They lack the courage to stand up for what they believe in because there might be opposing viewpoints, and that leads to conflict, and good girls do not like conflict, so they usually talk themselves into going along with the crowd.
Is that so? That is so.
So that continues on in life, a good girl's inability to stand up for what she believes in.
Good girls need to gain approval and attention and avoid conflict, so as she leaves high school, goes into college and into med school she gets less and less successful every year because avoiding conflict in life doesn't work because there's always going to be conflict.
What do you know about being a good girl.
I make it my business to know, you know? I'm a doctor for women.
I like women.
I love your mother.
Wow, I actually like what you had to say.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
It's kind of freeing to think that I don't have to be the good girl because to be honest, I don't think I was that good at being a good girl to begin with, so maybe it's just for the better.
I'm not saying that you should go out and have fun.
I mean, fun as we know, has consequences, you know, STDs, unplanned pregnancies, heartbreak.
so, you know, not all of it's good.
No, I know that, but now I know that I can have fun, and I feel better about that, much better.
We were both getting cold feet.
Your mother's fine.
I don't care if she works a few more days.
Because you both have cold feet and it'll give you both more time to back out? Because my mom sent her a surprise for the wedding, and it's not here yet.
Wait, your mom knows you two are getting married? That you're getting married for the fourth time? I'm getting married to the right woman for the first time, and that's the way my mother feels about it, too.
I thought you don't want your family involved.
You thought they wouldn't like that you're marrying my mother.
Yeah, and then I decided to not start off this marriage by hiding it from my family, and I let them know.
And they let me know that they're very happy that your mother and I are getting married.
They're not going to fly here for a short ceremony in the judge's chambers, but they're happy we're getting married.
Oh.
So after all these years, your mother actually harbors no resentment against my mother getting pregnant with me.
That's right.
Sometimes, the most difficult conversations turn out to be the best conversations.
Which I guess you're hoping for, too.
Leo called.
I know Ricky's back.
Oh, is he? You're not dressed like that for no reason.
Dressed like what? Adrian, Ricky's really upset with you and with Amy and with Ben.
Leo says he's come back here to talk to each of you.
The guy's pretty upset.
And why wouldn't he be? Whatever.
I'm not afraid to talk to Ricky.
I'm kind of looking forward to it.
Well, if you need to talk to me afterwards, just call my office.
They'll get word to me and I'll call you back.
Why would I need to talk to you? You think Ricky's going to commit a crime? I don't imagine whatever conversation you have with Ricky will be all that pleasant.
Yeah, it might not start out that way, but you never know what will happen.
No, you don't.
So maybe you want to talk to someone after you talk to him? Someone like an adult who cares about you.
At least, I would suggest you start talking to someone who cares about you, rather than running off to have sex with someone who doesn't care about you.
Ben cares about me.
We're friends, okay? What else do you know? I know that Ricky is probably angry and hurt, and when people are angry and hurt, sometimes they say angry and hurtful things.
Yeah, yeah, sticks and stones and all that, but words can never harm me.
Then you're stronger than most people.
Yes, I am.
At least, than most girls.
How's that? Well, let's see A little girl grows up without a daddy, and it becomes apparent that her mother was never married, and eventually, she doesn't care what people think.
She only cares what she thinks.
And I don't keep anything in.
I act everything out.
Yeah, and not always in the best way.
You want some advice, Adrian, coming from a guy who's made a lot of mistakes and done a lot of stupid things in his life? No.
Yeah, well, I'm going to give it to you anyway.
Listen to whatever Ricky wants to say without comment.
Not a chance.
And say you're sorry about what happened, and then let it go.
Take a break.
Give him some time to think about things.
You think about things.
Back up.
Say I'm sorry? I'm not sorry.
He kissed Amy.
He crossed a line, so I slept with Ben.
That's how I roll.
Adrian, I know you're sorry about what happened with Ben.
Even if you say you're not, I know you are.
And I think you should tell Ricky that.
Even if you and Ricky don't end up together, don't you want to end up friends? So Ricky ends up friends with me, but Amy's husband? Never.
Never.
I didn't say that.
I don't think that's ever going to happen.
Do you think that's ever going to happen? Not if I can help it.
I have to finish getting ready.
All right, Adrian.
I don't think you heard a word I said, but all right.
Listen, if you need me, just call me.
I know.
Call your office and they'll find you.
I heard every word you said.
I did.
I just don't agree with you.
Right.
You know your little friend Ricky's back, right? I heard.
Did you.
Yes.
Who'd you hear it from? He called me.
I didn't talk to him.
He left me a message.
He said he'd see me at school.
Oh, really? Am I supposed to believe that? Because after you lied to me about not knowing where he was, I don't know what to believe.
Yeah, I know.
That was wrong of me.
But I didn't know where his mother was.
I just knew he'd go see her.
He'd been wanting to see her.
And I thought it would make Amy feel better, knowing he was okay That he didn't just run away from her, he was going to take care of some unfinished business.
The point is, you lied.
And you and me, we don't lie to each other.
That's our thing, honesty.
And in the swirl of insanity around us, we were clinging to that, to our honesty with each other.
I know.
I blew it.
But it did make Amy feel better.
She and I had a secret.
And I couldn't trust you with the information.
I was afraid you'd tell Mr.
Boykevich, and he'd figure out where Ricky was.
He figured it out anyway.
Yeah, but not before Ricky had a chance to talk to his mother.
All right.
From now on, no more lies.
I promise.
What do you think? I think you look ridiculous.
That's my girl.
Now here's the hard question What's going on with Ricky? What does he want to talk to Amy about? I don't know what's going on between the two of them.
That's between Ricky and Amy.
But I don't envy him trying to have any kind of discussion with her.
She's not easy to talk to.
And you are? Yeah, I am.
What's Ricky's real interest in you? Seriously.
Don't you think it's sex? No, I don't.
We're friends.
How come he's friends with you and not the mother of his baby? Again, she's not that easy to talk to.
Come on, she's not that bad.
No, she's not bad at all.
She's good.
Too good.
You can't really fight with her.
You say something mean to her because she drives you crazy, but then instead of saying something mean back, she just says, "Oh, you're so mean to me," and walks away.
She doesn't get that when someone throws you a punch, you throw them one back, and you go back and forth until the fight's over, and then the fight's over.
It's never over with her.
And if she ever does stand up for herself, she turns around and apologizes for it later, or she just feels bad about it.
It's like shadow boxing.
You keep punching until you're tired, but then you don't really accomplish anything.
Come on, Ash.
I think your sister's gotten a lot stronger since she had the baby.
She doesn't cry as much as she used to.
She still cries.
I see her speaking her mind with a lot more ease than she ever did before.
She's certainly been speaking her mind with me and your mother.
Yeah.
I admit, she's not as nice as she used to be.
But having John hasn't been all bad.
When she starts her life again in 18 years, she's probably going to be a lot stronger person because of him.
A much better person.
I really think that.
You ever say that stuff to her? The nice stuff.
No, I can't.
I've got a lot of bad stuff I have to say first before I get to it.
Not that I ever mean to say the bad stuff in a bad way.
It just jumps out at the wrong time, when I'm angry with her.
Why do you have to say any of the bad stuff? Why can't you say the nice stuff? Don't ask me.
Ask your therapist, and all the other therapists in the world.
I'm just 15.
I have to say what I think and what I feel, and I get that from you.
Yeah, you do.
So you think the new hair was a mistake? Definitely.
But it probably worked for your purposes.
Probably.
How'd you find out? Mr.
Boykevich called Dad.
Oh.
And? And supposedly, Ricky's angry and has come back to confront me.
And Ben and Adrian.
He's angry with you? That's what Dad said.
He's angry with you about what? I don't know.
I don't want to know.
Why not? Why? You just want him to be angry with you and never tell you why? That's the opposite of confrontation.
He doesn't get to be angry with me.
He doesn't get to confront me unless I feel like being confronted, and I don't.
Anyone can be angry with anyone about anything.
Then he can just keep it to himself.
Maybe it's not true.
Maybe he's not angry with you, but the only way to find out is to talk to him.
You're going to have to talk to him eventually, Amy.
Even if you manage to avoid him at school, he's still going to be over here to see John.
You're still going to have to see little John's daddy.
There's no way to avoid that.
I know that he's little John's daddy.
And that's why he has no right to be angry.
I hate that.
I hate hearing that he's angry with me.
He has a right to feel any way that he feels, and so do you.
But if Ricky's angry with you about something, just hear him out, okay, Amy? Maybe he just needs to talk.
He just needs to be heard.
Then he can go to a therapist.
Oh, that's right.
He's been going to therapy for years.
Do you want to go, too? Me? Why would I go to therapy? It might be a good place to work things out, by yourself or with Ricky.
Like he and Adrian did? That worked out well, didn't it? Adrian ended up having sex with Ricky's friend.
Ricky's friend? Ben.
You can say his name.
I don't want to.
I just want to forget that he ever existed.
Well, he exists.
And it was a lousy thing that Ben did, but when enough time has passed and you think you can handle it, you two need to talk, too.
To a therapist or to each other? I told you, we already talked.
That's not talking.
Just because you got over Dad sleeping with Adrian's mom, do not think that I will ever get over Ben sleeping with Adrian, because I'm not.
I think that Ricky's not the only one that needs to confront his demons.
I think that you do, too.
What demons? Ben and Ricky and Adrian? I can't.
You can if you want.
Why would I put myself through that? Haven't I done enough for John already? Let me answer that.
No.
I can never do enough for him.
I really, really love him, Mom.
Then like Ricky, do what you have to do.
I had to tell her.
I didn't tell her where you were, but you're John's father.
And despite what she said, I knew she was worried about you.
Ben really hurt her, and It's okay, Ash.
I didn't say you couldn't say anything.
I just figured you wouldn't.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't have, but I can't say I'm sorry, because I felt it was the right thing to do at the time.
Then it probably was.
So you're going to stick around? I don't know.
I have some options.
I'm considering my options.
Yeah, options.
All of which include doing what's best for your son, I hope.
Of course.
So you can't really go anywhere.
No, I can.
I don't know when, but I'm definitely going to get away for a while.
Definitely.
I didn't say you could go.
Oh, hey, Ben.
It's good to see you.
Hey, Ashley.
Oh, watch the shoulder.
I've got a bad shoulder.
So you're still speaking to me? What's not speaking to you going to do for me? What's not speaking to me doing for your sister? Why don't you just man up and speak to her? So I guess the two of you are friends after everything was said and done? Nice way of putting my idiotic behavior, but yes.
Good.
I like both of you.
And so does my nephew.
Wish I could find some way to see him.
Maybe you can, some day.
Just speak to her.
Hi, Adrian.
Ashley.
Bye.
Hi, Ben.
Hi, Ricky.
I'll let you two talk.
Okay, Ben.
Oh, and I'll talk to you later, okay? Hey, Ben.
Hey.
Miss me? Yes, I missed you, and I'm going to continue missing you.
I can't do it anymore, Adrian.
I honestly can't.
But we don't have to talk about it now.
We can talk after school if you want to talk about it.
We can talk about it now.
We've said all this before.
I know.
And then you changed your mind.
Won't you change your mind? You can't.
Let me try.
No, I'm not playing anymore.
Fine.
No more playing.
But you shouldn't have kissed Amy.
No, I shouldn't have, and you shouldn't have slept with Ben.
But we were over before then.
Anything we had going was over the first time I cheated on you.
I don't know a lot about love, but I'm pretty sure if a man loves a woman, really loves her, he doesn't cheat on her.
But I cheated on you, too.
Yeah, you did, and I'm pretty sure when a woman loves a man, she doesn't cheat on him.
You know what? Let's forget all that and start over.
I don't want to forget all that.
I don't want to start over.
I'm ending this.
You don't love me, Adrian, and I don't love you.
Yes, you do.
No, I don't.
Come on, Ricky.
I know you love me, and I love you.
Don't run away from me.
I'm not running away from anything.
I might be leaving at some point, but I'm not running away.
I'm just facing the truth, and the truth is, Adrian, you and I cannot trust each other.
You don't make a good girlfriend.
I don't make a good boyfriend.
And some day, I want to be a good husband and good father.
And this, you and me, this relationship, that's not the way to become a good husband or father.
I'll see you around.
Is this about Amy? No, this is about me.
Amy? Hey, Ricky.
I'm happy you're back.
I heard you're upset with me, but I don't want to talk at school.
All right.
Could I come over tonight? I really miss John.
Yeah.
He's missed you, too.
We'll talk tonight.
I love you, John.
I really, really love you.
That's what I heard They broke up.
They break up all the time.
No, for real this time.
Okay.
I mean it.
I don't care, Madison.
I just don't care.
I bet he goes for Amy.
I don't think so.
I think so.
He just ran away from Amy.
No, from Adrian, because of what she did with Ben.
Yeah, all right, he ran away from Ben and Adrian and Amy.
I don't think he's going back with Amy.
But she had his baby.
Exactly.
Crying? Yup, that's what I heard.
She ran out of school crying.
Huh.
I'm not surprised.
I'm not interested.
You know what this means? That they're broken up.
They're broken up because he's in love with Amy.
Always has been.
Wellokay.
That's all you can say? Uh, yeah.
This is something that I'm interested in.
I pretend to be interested when you talk about your stupid cockatoo, so you pretend to be interested in this.
This is way more exciting than your bird saying "Obama.
" This is real life.
My bird saying "Obama" is real life.
What do you have against my bird? Madison.
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
He's coming over tonight.
Ricky.
This is it.
Now we know why Ricky told Ben that Amy will never forgive him.
He wants her.
How do we know that? He broke up with Adrian.
How do we know that? He broke up with Adrian.
Yeah? Are you stupid? This ruins any chance that Ben had.
Not with Grace Bowman.
He doesn't love Grace Bowman.
He would if Amy was out of the picture.
I just want to clear the air.
Yeah.
Thanks, Grace.
I wanted to talk to you, too.
But of course, your first concern was to talk to Amy.
And Adrian.
Yeah.
Not that Amy's talking to me, but She will, in time.
I'm sure of it.
Hey, I talked to Jack after Adrian had sex with him.
I guess you and Adrian did more than Adrian and Jack did, but still, eventually I forgave him and we ended up getting back together.
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately? Ben, you and I have something in common.
We both had sex for the first time with the wrong person at the wrong time.
It's just not a good feeling.
I like sex.
You could even say I love sex.
I just didn't love how it made me feel the next day.
Or the next week, or the next month.
I'm sorry I ever did it.
Yeah, I know that feeling.
But next time, I want it to be with the right person at the right time.
It's just so complicated.
How do you know? Yeah.
How can you know? It was easy when I could just use my religion and say "Never, not until marriage.
" But I don't believe that.
And I wish I did, but I don't.
I don't think I can wait until I'm married.
I don't know if I want to wait.
But still, next time, I hope it'll be with the guy I end up marrying.
Yeah, and next time, I want it to be with a girl I end up marrying.
Although I don't know if I'm going to find that person in high school.
I guess that could happen, though.
Yeah.
I mean, my mom and dad met in high school.
So can we still hang out as friends? You and me.
Of course, Grace.
And could I get a ride home from school? Oh, yeah.
You bet.
The office told me you called.
Is this about Ricky? Adrian, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Want some ice cream? It'll be okay, Adrian.
Everything will be fine.
I told her.
I told her she's pretty and smart and she's a wonderful mother and sister.
Why'd you do that? I'm happy that you did that, but why did you do that? I told her if she did that, Grant could come over.
And I did that.
Couldn't you just do that for no reason? Just say something nice to your sister because you love her.
No.
Why not? Because it's called self-esteem.
Self.
She has to say nice things to herself.
She has to believe in herself.
She has to speak up for herself.
I don't think Amy needed you to say something to her you didn't mean.
And I think that Amy's doing fine.
I think she did okay for herself at school today.
Okay how? She spoke to Ben "Hello, Ben.
" "Hello, Amy.
" And she told Ricky she'd talk to him tonight.
And she's in there right now, talking to him.
And I'm sure that, boosted by your comments to her, she'll be strong.
Invincible.
She is woman.
And that's why Grant gets to come over Because Sugar Plum boosted Amy's ego.
You don't have to say anything to anyone.
We're just going to hang out in my room.
Good night, everyone.
Hi, Mrs.
Juergens.
Mr.
Juergens.
Thanks for letting me come over on a school night.
Thanks for letting me come over any night.
Oh, for crying out loud.
You're welcome.
Just don't stay past 10.
parenting classes to other teen mothers.
Let's go.
I don't think I'm ready for Ashley to have a boyfriend.
Yeah.
Me, neither.
What about you? Ready to have a husband? George I love that you love me, and that you would do something crazy like what you did to your hair, but let's see if the feeling lasts.
Let's see if we're still in love a year from now when our anniversary rolls around, and if we are, let's get remarried on our anniversary.
What? We can live together as two independent, single people who just want to be together, can't we? No, we can't.
Sure we can.
No, I'm not doing that.
I want to get married now.
I know, but I don't really want to get married now, so this would be a nice compromise.
It's not a compromise, it's you getting what you want.
Is there something wrong with that? Anne, I'll give you everything you want, but I don't want to wait till next year to think about getting married.
Our anniversary just passed.
It's only a year.
Your hair will be in by then.
Sorry, I was trying to lighten the mood.
The mood's not light.
We have a son.
I want us to be his married parents.
I hear that, but I want to wait.
For what, Anne? For what? I'm not saying no.
Yeah? Well, I am.
Moose.
All right, now that we got the little guy in bed, we should talk.
Do we have to? I'm actually enjoying having you here.
We have to, Amy.
We have a lot to talk about.
All right.
What did I do? What did you do? Yeah, what did I do? Other than have that beautiful boy in there.
I'm happy you had the baby.
I'm happy I have John in my life.
I love him, Amy.
I know it's been tough on you, but it's been tough on me, too, and I wasn't handling everything as well as I could.
I want to apologize for leaving, and for not telling you myself that I wanted to see my mother.
And I feel really badly about tricking you into kissing me.
But of course, when I did kiss you, it became apparent I wasn't tricking you into doing something you didn't want to do.
I just wanted to kiss you anyway.
But then, unlike two adults with a baby who have some privacy and can do stupid things without the whole world knowing, your sister told your dad, and your dad said something to me in front of Ruben, and then Ruben said something to Adrian, and the little world around us came tumbling down on me.
I shouldn't have kissed you.
I'm sorry.
It's more than that, Amy.
We've both been acting like kids with a kid.
I don't want to act like a kid.
I want to act like an adult.
I am an adult.
I'm a legal adult.
I have an apartment.
I have a job.
I have a son.
So? I have a job, too.
Yeah, you do.
But you live at home, with your family and our son.
And I can't see our son unless I come over here and jump through hoops.
You take John to your place sometimes.
Yes, and I pick him up from here, and I bring him back here, and our business becomes everyone else's business, and I'm tired of it.
I don't think it's the best thing for John.
Okay, so what are you saying? That I should get my own place? That we should get our own place? No, no.
Because I would never just live with you, not at 16.
I want to take John on weekends.
I'll pick him up, and then you pick him up on Sunday nights from my apartment.
What? I have work on Saturday, but my mom and dad will watch John for me during work hours.
They want to do that.
They want to see more of John, too.
In their house, at my apartment.
Not over here.
No.
Think about it, Amy.
This way, you have weekends free.
You can with your new boyfriend.
What's his name? Jimmy? And what, you and whatever date you have can just play house with my son? No.
First, you run away because you don't want any responsibilities That's not why.
It just became overwhelming, and I ran off.
I'm sorry.
I thought maybe you and John would be better off without me.
Oh, and now you think the complete opposite? What if you get overwhelmed again? I'm not going to.
You might.
You might suddenly get the urge to go see your mother again or an aunt or an uncle or something.
Amy.
What? You're not taking my son.
Our son.
He's not just your son, he's our son.
And I don't want to just keep coming over here and be a part of your family and their life.
I want John to be part of my family and my life.
And by the way, if I have a date, I have a date.
I've never said anything about Ben being around John, or Jimmy or anyone else.
That's because you're not his mother.
What does that mean? I don't know.
I'm his mother.
I get to decide everything.
No, Amy.
You don't.
And you're not going to.
You want to take him on weekends and I'll take him during the week? I'd be willing to do that, too.
I'm not going to let you take him for five days of the week.
That's crazy.
This is his home.
He's used to this home.
We're used to him.
I love him.
I'm not going to let you keep him all week.
I'm not even going to let you keep him all weekend.
He's fine when he stays over at my place.
We have a good time together.
I love him, Amy.
Yeah? Well, I love him more.
I'm sure you think so, since I haven't exactly been doing all that I could be doing.
But that's going to change.
Don't do that, Amy.
Don't cry.
I don't want to hurt you.
But more importantly, I don't want to hurt my relationship with my son over a lifetime by not doing what I should be doing.
Good night.