01x22 - First Refusal

[bunniefuu]

Carole: I can't
believe Deborah

wants us to teach
her how to ride.

Stevie: I know. I thougt
she hated horses.

She must really
like Max a lot.

It's so romantic!

It's going to be hard
to keep it a secret, though.

I mean, don't you think
Max will notice

if Deborah comes galloping
by on this horse?

Carole: I don't think

we're gonna start
with galloping, Stevie.

Lisa: And I don't think
we should make her ride

with her eyes closed either.

All I learned from that
was how to fall on my head.

I think we figured
out how not to teach

when we were
helping you out, Lisa.

Eleanor: Oh, hi, girls.

Lisa, I've invited that
nice girl from the stables

to come and stay while
her parents are away.

So tidy up the room,
please, darling.

What girl?

Veronica diAngelo.

She's coming to stay
for a week.

No way!

[horse whinnies]

Ah!

Max: Mom, I told you not
to clean up my desk.

I have a system.

Yes. I can see that.
Very systematic.

Is this what
you're looking for?

Yes, thanks.

I'm keeping it for
a, uh, for a friend.

Oh, really. Who?

Yes. What?

[giggles]
You can drop the act, Max.

I think it's wonderful.

Really?

Of course.

I can't imagine a more
perfect match for you.

Deborah's bright,
charming, funny.

I made a reservation at
her favorite restaurant.

I'm going to ask her
tonight.

Ohh, I'm just
so thrilled for you!

Don't be too thrilled.

She hasn't
said yes yet.

Oh!

Veronica: If my parents

weren't having
the house painted,

I would've stayed home
like I usually do.

Veronica: This is worse
than camping.

You don't even have
your own wide screen TV!

So stay with someone else.

Kristi's parents won't
let her have anyone over

because she's sick.

Don't you have
any other friends?

Eleanor: You two can
camp out on the floor.

Thank you,
Mrs. Atwood.

You're welcome, dear.

What are you doing?

You don't seriously think
I'd sleep on the floor?

Can I sleep over
in your room, too?

Never mind.

Wow! Well, at least you're
an amazing pest repellent.

It's amazing how nerdiness
runs in the family.

How's it going?

I thought you'd
never get here.

When's Deborah's
first lesson?

Shh!

It's supposed to be
a surprise for Max,

remember?

No one's supposed to kno.

Veronica:
I can hear you, you kno.

This is

a private
conversation.

Like I care about your
secret Saddle Club meetings.

Please!

Maybe we should go somewhere
where we can talk alone.

I wish.

My mom says I'm not
allowed to go anywhere

without my houseguest.

Stevie: Why
doesn't your mom

go out with her?

She's the one

who invited
her over.

Just go.

I wouldn't be caught dead
with you guys in public.

Lisa:
Let's go to the stables.

We can talk there.

Eleanor:
Where are you going?

They're going
to the stables.

I really wanted to go, t,

but Lisa said
Saddle Club only.

Eleanor: Lisa. What a way
to treat your guest!

You apologize to Veronica
immediately

for your rudeness.

[giggles]

Deborah!

What Are you doing here?

Deborah:
Me? Oh, nothing.

I--I just...I--I--
I came to see you.

Just couldn't wait
till tonight, huh?

Tonight?

Yeah.

We're still on
for dinner, right?

Oh, no.
I completely forgot.

I'm really sorry.

Um...

I...I have
something to do.

Uh-huh.

I'm really sorry.

Do you mind if we make
it tomorrow instead?

Yeah, sure. Whatever.

Is that OK?

It's fine. Yep, good.

I'll see you later.

Carole:
Where's the houseguest?

[Deborah groaning]

In the lounge
talking on the phone.

That wasn't so bad.

You should've seen my
first time on a horse.

You look way better.

I think this is gonna
take a little bit longer

than we thought.

But I have to learn how
to ride by Saturday afternoon.

Stevie: No problem.

Saturday afternoon
six months from now.

[laughing]

Don't worry.
We have all evening.

[scoffs]

What are you
writing?

"Dear diary,

"mean old Veronica

got me in trouble
with my mommy!"

Why do you have
to be so mean?

You were the one
who said

you wouldn't be
caught dead

in public
with us.

So why'd you
put that act on

in front of
my mom?

I had to do something
for excitement.

I've never been more
bored in my life.

Mrs. Reg: So...

have you figured out what
you're gonna say tonight?

Oh, it's
tomorrow night now,

and no.

I was planning
to wing it.

Oh, I think you
might want to give it

a little more thought
than that, Max.

After all,
this should be a moment

that neither of you
will ever forget.

Thanks, Mom.

That's just what I
need--more pressure.

I'm not trying
to make you nervous.

I just want you
to get it right.

Will you stop it?

Well, I've got my heart set

on Deborah
as a daughter-in-law,

and I don't want you
to bungle this.

I hope you weren't
this hard on Dad

when he proposed
to you.

Oh, your father.

He was so nervous. Sweat
was pouring down his face.

[laughs]

Then he choked
on a piece of steak,

and I had to finish
the proposal for him.

Oh, great.

Very reassuring.

[chuckles]

I'm sure you'll do
much better, hmm?

Veronica:
Can you wake her up?

I really need to talk to her.

[sighs]
Please, Mrs. Cavanaugh.

It's really important.

[sighs]
OK. Fine.

No, just tell Kristi
I'll talk to her tomorrow.

"I wish Max would kick
Veronica out of Pine Hollow.

"All she cares about
is flirting with Phil

"and showing off her expensive
new riding clothes.

"I don't think she even
cares about riding

"or about her horse, Garnet.

No wonder everyone
at the stables hates her."

[sighs]

Looks like I'm not
the only one, huh, Lisa?

If we keep teaching Deborah
in the riding ring,

Max is going to see her
for sure.

Maybe we should take her
out on the trail.

I mean, she has to get off
the lunge line sometime.

Veronica: You just hate t

when Carole's
such a know-it-all,

don't you, Lisa?

What?

It drives you crazy whe,
and I quote,

"Carole thinks
she knows everything

and she doesn't let anyone
else have a say."

I don't know
what you're--

Veronica:
And Stevie's too impatient.

And what was that other
word you used?

Oh yeah. Insensitive.
Right, Lisa?

Nice try, Veronica.

Like Lisa would ever
say that about us.

You read my diary?

You did write
that stuff about us?

Carole: Is that what
you really think?

Lisa: No! I mean,
I wrote it in my diary,

but no one was supposed
to read it.

It's private and--

Sure.

But I didn't mean it.

Yes, you did.

You just didn't
think we'd ever
find out.

Lisa: I didn't mean it!

I was probably
just in a bad mood

when I wrote that stuff.

Tell Carole.

I'm probably too
insensitive to understand.

Stevie!

She can't tell me.

I'm too much
of a know-it-all.

You ready to go?

Your mom's waiting
for us in the yard.

If it isn't bad
enough

you're a total pain
to live with,

now you've made my two
best friends hate me!

What would I know
about best friends?

According to you, everyone
hates me, remember?

Where's Lisa?

She was my personal
cheerleader.

I think she's busy.

Keep your heels deep.

That'll
help your balance.

And don't look down.

Stevie: This is
going to take forever.

No, it's not.

She's just gotta
learn to relax.

Don't grip with
your knees!

Stevie: How's she
supposed to relax

if you're telling her to do
everything all at once?

Carole: She has to be
ready for Saturday.

Yeah, right. Good luck.

[horse whinnies]

Stevie!

You're right!

What's the point?
I'm never gonna get it.

Yes, you are.
You're doing great.

Stevie: Yeah.
You're way better

than when you started.

Ugh!

[grunts]

Well, everyone knows
this isn't my thing.

Anyway, at least
I gave it a sh*t.

You can't quit now.

Thanks, girls.

I appreciate the effort,

but I think I've just
wasted everybody's time.

Veronica:
This is Veronica diAngelo.

I've been trying
to reach my parents.

Yes.

But I've called three times!

Did you give them
my other messages?

I know that,

but I don't think
they got them.

[sighs]

Yes, I would.

Tell them to call me,
and tell them it's urgent.

[Veronica sighs]

Ever heard
of a little privacy?

Like when you read
my diary?

This is still my room.

It's not my problem

you don't have
anywhere else to go.

Until your parents pick you
up, you stay on your side

and I'll stay on mine.
Got it?

Fine!

Thank you for the ride,
Mrs. Atwood.

Bye, girls.

You are so fake.

You're the one pretending to
be everyone's best friend

and then writing about them
behind their back.

Mrs. Reg: How are
the roommates this morning?

Lisa: Fine!

I gather sharing the
same house for a week

hasn't brought
you any closer.

I think my mother
enjoys torturing me.

But maybe she wanted
for you to think

what it would
be like

to walk in
Veronica's shoes.

Imagine if you were
an only child.

I wish!

No, what I meant was
what if

your parents decided
to go on vacation

and leave you alone
with the hired help?

I bet you'd feel
pretty lonely.

It would be kind of weird.

Your mom told me that
Veronica's parents

didn't even bring
her to the door

when they dropped
her off.

And they haven't
called once

to see how
she's doing.

I know.

And you've made it
pretty clear

there's no room in
your house for her

or in your friendship
with the Saddle Club.

Ah, not very
comfortable shoes

to walk in,
are they?

You have to get
better right now!

I don't care
if you have strep throa!

Anything's better
than staying with Lisa.

Wait! Don't go!
[dial tone]

Kristi!

She's not feeling
better, huh?

Sorry to disappoint you,
but you're stuck with me.

Veronica!

Look, I'm sorry we haven't
been getting along, OK?

I don't like you;
you don't like me.

Why would we get along?

I know,

but I guess I kind
of know how you feel.

I mean, my two
best friends

aren't speaking to me
right now,

and I don't have anyone
to talk to.

Veronica: I never asked

to be dumped at
your house for a week.

And you and your precious
little Saddle Club's--

I know.

We totally left
you out.

Sorry.

Yeah, well,
it was really rude.

[Veronica sighs]

But I guess I shouldn't
have read your diary.

But you shouldn't have
left it lying around

for me to read!

Doesn't matter now.

Carole and Stevie will
never talk to me again.

They probably wouldn't
have freaked out so much

if they'd seen all that
sappy stuff

you wrote about them.

Stevie: I know what she
wrote about us

was totally brutal,

but you know
what I was thinking?

That Lisa never would've
let Deborah give up.

Exactly.

She's like little
Miss Positive.

Except when she writes
negative stuff

about her friends.

Yeah. I guess.

I mean, how could she
say that stuff about us?

I know, but she
was kind of right.

I mean, sometimes
I don't think

about stuff
before I say it,

and it comes out--

Insensitive?

Yeah.

I mean,
if I hadn't said

that comment
yesterday,

Deborah never
would've quit.

She quit because I was
being such a know-it-all.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Do you guys
have a second?

There's something
I have to show you.

I thought you should
see for yourself

what else I wrote
about you.

I did say you were
a know-it-all, Carole, but...

Carole: "But most of
the time, Carole's right."

Lisa: "I'd be
lost without her.

"Whenever I need
someone to talk to,

I know I can count
on her."

Lisa: "And Stevie's
the funniest,

most adventurous person
I know."

"If it weren't for Stevie,

my life wouldn't be
half as exciting.

"When I get into trouble
and I don't know what to do,

"she always comes up
with a plan.

It always sounds crazy,

"but it usually works.

It always makes me feel
better, no matter what."

Carole:
That's so sweet.

What're you trying
to do, make us cry?

I'm so sorry.

Carole: Don't be.

We had no right
to be mad at you.

Stevie: Your diary's
totally personal.

And it should stay
that way.

Lisa: Actually, Veronica's
the one who gave me the idea

how to apologize.

[frustrated grunt]

Where are you going?

I'm gonna throw up

if I have to listen
to any more Saddle Club sap.

Veronica, wait!

What I wrote about you
was really mean.

But I wrote some other
stuff about you, too.

"It's too bad
Veronica's parents

"didn't come to the horse
show on the weekend,

"because she and Garnet
were amazing.

"I kind of feel
sorry for her.

"I'd be really upset
if I rode that well

and no one was
there to see it."

[choked up]
Yeah, right.

Like I care
what you think!

Carole: So are you guys,
like, friends now?

Lisa: Yeah, right!

See any flying pigs?

I can't believe you
apologized to her.

She read your diary!

Lisa: I know.

It sounds weird,

but under all those
designer clothes,

I think she might
actually be a human being.

Deborah: I have been
looking everywhere for you guys!

If you guys aren't
busy right now,

I'd really like to give
those riding lessons

one more try

if you can put up with m.

Of course!

Are you sure
you want to do this?

I've decided
to follow my heart,

whether Max appreciates
it or not.

Stevie:
You're riding like a pr!

Carole:
Keep your shoulders--

you're doing great!

Whew!

I think I'm ready.

Lisa: For what?

Deborah: It's a surprise,

but do you think you
could help me

get Max's horse ready?

[horse whinnies]

OK. I'm ready.

I'm doing it
tonight.

Max--

Nothing's going to stop
me. If she says no--

Max!

Hey there, Deb.
Yes, hello.

I was, uh, just telling Mom
about the, uh, the vet!

Yes, that vet is--
is costing me a fortune.

Could I borrow him
just for a moment?

I, um, I have
a surprise for you.

Well, I never thought
I'd see this.

What have you girls
been up to?

Let's go.

Lisa:
You better hurry up, Max.

Stevie: Yeah.
I don't think Deborah's

ready to ride solo, yet.

Giddyap.

Max: So is this why you've
been hanging around

the stables all week,
looking suspicious?

Deborah: I wanted it
to be a surprise.

Well, believe me,
I didn't have a clue.

But you look great
on that horse.

Well, it's, uh,
a special occasion.

Oh, yeah, what are
we celebrating?

That depends.

[exhales]

You are
my best friend.

You're my greatest
supporter,

my soul mate.

[chokes up]
And I want to sit

across the breakfast
table from you

every morning for
the rest of my life.

Deb--
I know.

I may not be
the horsewoman

of your dreams.

But I also know

I can't imagine
my life without you.

Will you marry me?

Only if you marry me back.

[laughing]

Oh, Max,
it's gorgeous,

but I asked you
first.

Anyone who feels
about horses the way you do

and still plans
a proposal on horseback,

how could I
possibly refuse?

Is that a yes?

Oh, yes.

I would be very proud
to be your husband.

[horse nickers, whinnie]

Stevie:
Wow. I guess

those
riding lessons

really did
pay off!

Well, I don't think
he's marrying me

for my equestrian
skills.

At least I hope not.

And if he is,

he's going to be
sadly disappointed.

No! You were
riding really well.

Yeah, we can keep
teaching you if you want.

Oh, thanks, guys,

but I think next time
I might try something

just a little bit
less scary.

Maybe skydiving?

[laughter]

[music starts]

♪ Hello, world ♪

♪ This is me ♪

♪ Life should be ♪

♪ Fun for everyone ♪

♪ Life is easy ♪

♪ If you wear a smile ♪

♪ Just be yourself ♪

♪ Don't ever change
your style ♪

♪ You are you ♪

♪ I am me, we'll be free♪

All: ♪ Hello, world ♪

♪ This is me ♪

♪ Life should be ♪

♪ Mmm, mm, yeah,
fun for everyone ♪

♪ Hello, world ♪

♪ Come and see ♪

♪ This is me ♪

Carole: ♪ Come on, baby♪

♪ Don't be afraid ♪

♪ Come on, baby ♪

♪ It's not too late ♪

♪ Say you do ♪

♪ Won't you open up the door
and let me in? ♪

All: ♪ Hello, world ♪

♪ This is me ♪

♪ Life should be ♪

♪ Mmm, mm, yeah,
fun for everyone ♪

♪ Hello, world ♪

♪ Come and see ♪

♪ This is me ♪

♪ Fun for everyone ♪

♪ Hello, world ♪

♪ Life should be ♪

♪ Mmm, mm, yeah,
fun for everyone ♪