02x23 - I Got You, Babe

[bunniefuu]

Things are better for both of you-
you and your son--

if you'd just stop fooling around
every time you get an opportunity

and get serious about yourself
and who you're gonna be in life.

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.

And by "fun," you mean-- Sex.

It's freeing to think I don't
have to be the good girl.

Fun, as we know, has consequences.

So I guess the two
of you are friends

after everything was
said and done? Yes.

I don't wanna start over.
I just wanna end this. I'm ending this.

So, can we still hang out

as friends-- you and me?
Of course, Grace.

Thanks for letting me come
over on a school night.

Thanks for letting me
come over any night.

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.

No, I'm not doing that.
I wanna get married now.

I wanna take John on weekends. No.

I don't wanna hurt my
relationship with my son

over a lifetime by not doing
what I should be doing.

No wonder this man has success.

He shouldn't just
be the Sausage King,

he should be the Sausage Czar.

That is a damn fine piece of meat.
So, about John--

Oh, yeah. You gonna take
him on the weekends? Am I?

Isn't that what you said?
I said I wanna take him on the weekends.

That's why I wanted
you to come over here.

So you could see
where I'm taking him.

I'm all set up for him here.
I've got all the safety stuff--

cabinet locks, the outlet covers,
the corner bumpers on the furniture.

I've got a high chair, food,
an earthquake kit for two.

I can take care of my kid.

You got any more sausage biscuits?

Something can still happen.
Something always happens.

He's gonna fall, bump his head,
split his lip, something.

No, he's not. They all do.

You just gotta make sure that the
worst thing that could happen

is not the worst thing
that does happen.

That's called parenting, my friend.

Split his lip?
Girls did it a few times.

He can't fall and split his lip.
I'd get accused of child abuse.

Yeah, different times. Back in the old days,
no one said anything.

I was an abused child.
Someone will say something

if anything like that happens-
if an accident happens.

That's why they do it.
That's why they say something.

That's why they ask questions. 'Cause
when kids got abused in the old days,

when they went to the doctor or the
emergency room, no one asked them anything.

So now you're gonna
be like everyone else.

So if there's an accident,
expect questions.

You prepared for that?
I hadn't even thought of that.

Why don't you stay at your parents'
on the weekend when you have John?

Because I want him to myself.
This is my home.

I got this place so I could be with John--
just the two of us.

I'm just pointing out the worst that could
happen. Now you made me all nervous.

Good. You'll be extra careful.
You'll be alert, on your toes.

This pork or beef? What?

The sausage. It's pork.

Wow. Okay. Gotta go to work.

Are you gonna talk to Amy?
About what?

About John coming
over here on weekends.

Oh. You have to talk
to her about that.

I thought you just wanted my blessing.
And you have my blessing.

I'm happy for you to take
John on the weekends.

It's good for John and for Amy.

So go forth, young man,
and ask Amy.

I did. She said no.

Well, then the answer's no.
I rescind my blessing. What?

I take it back.
I know what "rescind" means.

I got it off my Word of the Day
Calendar Donovan gave me for Christmas.

Gotta go. Mr. Juergens, please,
could you just talk to Amy?

Tell her it's not such a bad idea.
I'm really determined to do this.

All right. I'll talk to her. But if she's
made up her mind, she's made up her mind.

How about a compromise?
I don't think so.

I guess we all knew
it'd come to this--

all the adults in your
life and Amy's life.

I just didn't know it
was coming this soon.

All right. I'll do what I can.
But I can tell you,

you just fired the first sh*t
of what could be a lifelong w*r.

* 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

Hey, where are the moms?
The nursery.

John and Robbie are
all cranked out today.

Oh, good.

No, not good. Not good at all.

Not for you anyway.

And I think Mom's coming
down with something.

She's losing her voice.
That could be good.

She's not happy about it.
She doesn't wanna get the babies sick.

Would you mind if Grant
came over tonight?

There's a Twilight Zone marathon.
One condition:

You talk to Amy and you tell her it's a
good idea for Ricky to take John on the
weekends.

I just talked to her last week telling her
what a good mother she is and everything.

You're good at it. If you don't watch your
tone, I'll make you talk to her every week.

How did you even get in the middle
of Ricky and Amy's stuff anyway?

Amy's been screaming
about Ricky all day

which is why John and
Robbie are all cranked out.

So is Mom.
She's in a bad mood, too?

Who's in a bad mood?

You look pretty.

See?

Why'd she say that? 'Cause you do.
You look pretty.

You don't sound so good,
but you look pretty.

I don't wanna get married for a while,
and I don't wanna argue about it tonight.

I've been dealing with Amy all day.

All of a sudden, it seems that Ricky
wants to have John on the weekends.

He wants to pick up
John on Friday nights

and have Amy pick him up
from him on Sunday nights.

Oh. Hmm?

Well, what would be
the problem with that?

The problem would be that
Amy doesn't wanna do that.

She wants to decide when
John can go over there.

When does she think John
should go over there?

Whenever she says he
can go over there.

So Ricky's just on call?
He's gotta sit around

and hope Amy lets him see his son?

Well, that's what she wants,
and I suggest that we stay out of it.

I wish you suggested that earlier before
I dropped by Ricky's this morning.

Well, maybe I would've
suggested it earlier

if I'd known that's where
you were going this morning.

You see, if we were married,
I'd have to tell you where I'm going.

But we're not married.
So there you go.

Well, if you had been home,
I would've told you

that I'd told Ricky's parents that we
would have dinner with them tonight

so we could talk about it.

So you didn't need to talk to Ricky.
Amy's okay with that?

I didn't ask her. She doesn't
know anything about it,

and she doesn't need to
know anything about it.

The mood that she's in, she'll just
think that we're turning against her.

Isn't Ricky's dad in prison?
We going to prison for dinner?

His foster parents-
Margaret and Shakur.

I see. So your refusal to put
yourself in the middle of things

seems to have put you
in the middle of things.

No, it hasn't. I'm not getting
in the middle of Amy and Ricky.

I'm going around them,
and I'm taking you with me.

I don't wanna see Amy
have to go to court.

I want Amy and Ricky to work
out an agreement on their own.

Dad, you have to talk to Ricky.
Way ahead of you.

Really? You told him he can't
take John on the weekends?

I told him I'd talk to you
about it. But I won't,

because this is something that you and
Ricky need to work out on your own.

And I suggest that you do it before a
judge or a mediator does it for you.

Or your parents.

Dad, you don't want a
judge or a mediator

deciding what's best for
your grandson, do you?

Well, of course not. So maybe you and
Ricky could work out some compromise.

No. This is how it works:
I get John all the time

because I gave birth to him after
stupidly having sex with that idiot.

And now the idiot does
not get to take him.

I get to decide when and if
Ricky gets to see his son.

And that's the way it works.

Well, right now. That's probably
worked fine for a while.

But John's getting older,
and so are you and so is Ricky,

so things might just
change a little. No.

If you didn't have John on the weekends,
you could go out, have a life.

I'll tell you what,
you wanna go have a life,

you wanna go out, why don't you give
Robbie to Ricky on the weekends, huh?

Why don't you do that? 'Cause I don't
want a life. I want your mother.

Well, here's the difference
between you and me:

I'm gonna get what I want,
and you're not.

Come in.

Hi. How are you?

What? I'm not gonna
hit you or anything.

I came over here to support you.

What? I heard about Ricky
trying to take John.

Where did you hear that?
Ricky told Ben.

Ben told Grace. Grace told me.

And I think it's terrible. Really?

Yeah, I do. The guy runs away,

and then comes back and
wants more responsibility?

Yeah. That's what I said.

I feel so bad for you.

Don't feel bad for me.
Ricky's not gonna get John.

I don't blame you for
feeling that way.

The guy can't be trusted.

It was just a kiss, right? Yes,
Adrian, it was just a kiss.

But you had sex with Ben.
That wasn't just a kiss.

And I wanna apologize for that.

If I hurt you in any way,
I'm really sorry.

I wasn't trying to hurt you, Amy.

I was trying to hurt Ricky.

You know, I don't really
like him right now.

Mmm. What do you know.
We have something in common.

And when people have
something in common,

like a common hate for someone,
what do you call those people?

What? Friends.

And you're gonna need friends.

Because if you don't give Ricky
what he wants, he'll go to court.

And when he goes to court
and you go to court,

he's gonna have his friends,
and you're gonna have yours.

And you're gonna need all
the friends you can get.

It's not gonna get that far.

They're not going to court-
Ricky and Amy.

Adrian thinks so.

Amy's just upset.
And I've seen her upset.

But she'll get over being upset,
and she'll realize

that Ricky should have
John on the weekends.

He's his son. I think
it's perfectly reasonable

for Ricky to have his son
for part of the time.

I think you should have
John part of the time. Me?

Hello. You were there every day for
the first nine months of his life.

Well, maybe not every day.
I did go to Italy.

Yeah, you did. Tell me about Italy.

Oh, I'd rather not. Come on.

Did you have sex in
Italy with Maria?

No. Grace, I, uh-
I'd rather not talk about this.

She's cute. I saw her.
She looks like a lot of fun.

Have you ever been to Italy?

No, I haven't, but I'd like to go.

Maybe you and I could
go together sometime.

You could show me around.
Or we could go somewhere else.

We could go somewhere
neither of us has been.

Or we could go somewhere
you've been, and I haven't,

and you could show me around.

Have you ever seen my bedroom?

That's funny. Uh...

No, I haven't seen your bedroom.

Well, would you like to?

No one's home.

Maybe you could give
me a tour of the house.

I haven't really seen the house.

Okay. We'll start with my bedroom.

I'm in here.

This is a nice room.

It looks kind of like
I thought it might.

Not that I've thought
about it too much.

Just if I had thought about it...

I have thought about it.

What are we doing here, Grace?

I wanna make out.

In your bedroom with no one home?

That's usually the best time,
isn't it?

I thought we were
just friends. We are.

I don't wanna really do anything.

But making out's a fun thing to do,
don't you think?

Honestly, I just don't
wanna get in any trouble.

I mean, the last time I made out,
it didn't have the best consequences.

That's 'cause you were making
out with the wrong person.

You make a compelling argument.

*

Oh...

You gonna answer that? Yeah.
I'm sorry.

It might be my dad.

Take it.

Really? We're just friends.

Friends that were about
to make out. Take it.

Hello?

Hello? Ben?

Hi, Amy. Is everything okay?

I just thought we should talk.
Can you come over?

I can't right now.

He's hanging out with me. Hi, Amy.

Grace?

Adrian? Hi, Grace.

Hi, Adrian.
Amy, can I call you back?

Tell them to come over here. What?

You need all the
friends you can get.

Um, Ben, I need your help
with something. Grace's, too.

What's that, Amy? I need you
and Grace to be on my side

if Ricky and I get into
some legal thing about John.

You'd do that for me, right, Ben?

I, um...

Don't wanna get in the middle.

I really don't wanna get
in the middle of this, Amy.

I'm sure that you and Ricky can work out
whatever it is you need to work out.

You've always been in the
middle of this, Ben Boykewich.

And now Amy needs you,
so get over here.

You and Grace. You're her friends.

Amy needs you to make a statement

she can use in court to say
what a good mother she is.

And you know what a
good mother she is,

so do it.

Either come over here or
do it yourself, but do it.

See? This is just the kind of thing
that can bring people together.

So, do you wanna go over there?

No.

We can make a video.

For us or for Amy?

Amy. Of us doing this?

I know what you mean.

Do we have to do that right now?

No.

Okay.

I can't believe
that I would ask Ben

to do my any favors
after what he did.

Amy, guys do stupid things.

If you had had sex with Ben,
I would've never had sex with Ben.

He wouldn't even have been
interested in having sex with me.

I would've had to have sex with
someone else to get back at Ricky.

This is not my fault.
Stop trying to make it my fault.

It is partially your fault,
so just accept some of the responsibility

as well as my apology.

I'm so confused.

Let me un-confuse you.

You are the mother of the child.
You're in charge of the child's life.

You have to do what's best for him,
and what's best for him

is to see his dad on the weekends.

What's best for John
is to see Ricky.

And it's best for John to have a
routine and have some stability,

and Ricky can help with that.

And it's good for a boy
to have his father around,

so get over yourself,
make the sacrifice, give in.

No. I have sacrificed all
I'm going to sacrifice.

Ricky does not get
John every weekend.

That's all there is to it.
I've made my decision.

All right. Well, I just told
Dad I would talk to you.

Hi, Adrian. Hi, Ashley.

She's too young to understand.

And again, I'm sorry
I slept with Ben.

And me, too.

Adrian, I wanted to sleep with Ben.

I really did.

I always thought he'd
be my first and my last.

The second and my last.

Yeah, and I thought
Ricky would be my last.

Adrian, I appreciate that
you came over here tonight,

but I really don't think that I'm ready
to forgive you for having sex with Ben.

I don't think I'll ever be able
to forget that you did that.

And I'm never gonna be able to
forget that you had sex with Ricky.

Here's where girls screw up.

The guys have already forgiven
each other and moved on.

For all you know, Ricky's already
gotten Ben and Grace on his side.

So you and I need to forgive
each other and move on,

because it's the best thing
for your son-- for John.

Look, Ricky is not a stable person.

Just because he's the
biological father

doesn't mean he's the best father.

Look, there's gotta be a
better father out there.

You need a guy who's gonna stand
by you and stand up to Ricky.

Who is that guy, Amy? I don't know.

You know.

What's-his-name.

Um, you know, the guy--

your-- your mother's
boyfriend's son.

Oh. You know,
the guy with the hair.

Uh, Jimmy. Yes. Call him.

And call Lauren and
Madison and Jack

and Zoe and Claire-- What? Who?

They slept with Ricky.

They know he's not daddy material.

Look, you get anyone you can get,

and we'll get videos of
them as character witnesses.

A judge or a mediator-- whoever--

is not going to
question my character.

They're gonna question
Ricky's character.

I've done nothing wrong.
I don't need to prove myself.

Why would they
question my character?

Um, you're the one
who got pregnant.

This is fun.

Shut up. I like the
way you say that.

Shut up. I can't believe we
got conned into babysitting.

I don't mind.
I'm good with children.

Yeah, I am, too.
But that's besides the point.

The point is Robbie is
not our responsibility.

No. But someday we might have
responsibilities of our own.

Someday I may not want to have
responsibilities of our own.

'Cause I'm so tired of my
mother's responsibilities

and my sister's
responsibilities and...

Babies are great birth control.

Birth control, huh?

Yeah.

You have, um...

Do you use--

I have condoms.

But I'm not planning on needing a
condom before I get out of high school.

But if you did need or want a condom,
you'd have one available nearby?

Yeah.

So you've at least anticipated
using a condom before?

Who hasn't,
besides my mother and Amy?

You had sex?

No. Have you?

Yeah, it probably wouldn't
hurt the kid to watch

a couple episodes of The
Twilight Zone.

Well, that wasn't a no.
Rod Serling's a genius.

Yeah. You're not. You're
clearly avoiding the question.

Yes.

Yes, what?

I've had sex.

All right. "All right"?

Yeah, all right.

Doesn't mean you and
I are gonna have sex.

No. Does it mean you and I
could possibly have sex?

Not tonight, but sometime
in the next year?

I'm 15.

I wanna wait until I
get out of high school.

I mean, I want to.

I don't know if I will.

That's why I have the condoms.

But...I'm definitely
not ready. Got it.

Yeah, so, if that's what you're
looking for, go somewhere else.

That's not what I'm looking for.

I just want you to
be my girlfriend.

I don't have to have sex with
you to be your girlfriend, do I?

'Cause I'm not having sex with you.

Oh. I'd never push you
to have sex with me.

Although I wouldn't
push you away, either.

I'm a gentleman.

I'll let you come to me...
when you're ready.

Don't hold your breath. I'm a swimmer.
I can hold my breath for years.

Good. You may have to. I will.

Let's see how long you
can hold your breath. Go.

Four seconds.

I'm so happy

that we're finally getting together

to talk about John
and Ricky and Amy.

Oh, me, too.

I'm so sorry that it's
taken so long to call you.

We'd be happy to keep an eye on John
on Saturdays when Ricky's at work.

Well, I'm sure you know
we've been foster parents

to a lot of children
over the years,

and we've had a lot of
babies in the house.

We both love babies and
children and our son Ricky.

And we would be very happy to
have more time with our grandson.

We want to get to know John,

and we want to make sure
that he gets to know us.

You know, Ricky lived with us
in foster care for many years,

and we consider him our son.

He's really a very special kid.

Well, not kid. Young man.

We agree. We both like him a lot.

And we understand that he
wants to spend more time

with John and with all
of you on the weekends.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

We just feel that Amy should be
the one to make the decision.

She is the mom.

What?

I think that what
they might want to say

is Ricky's the dad.

Well, they can say that
if they wanna say that.

Ricky's the dad.

I know that.

I just feel that if he
would back off a little,

that maybe in time, Amy would change
her mind or be willing to compromise.

How much time?

John's gonna be a year old soon.

I don't know how much time. You're both
aware that I'm a social worker, right?

I've been through a
few hundred cases

over the years involving
teenage parents,

and while judges

favored the mother in the past,
that's not the case anymore.

So if Ricky decides
to take this to court

or to a mediator,

they're probably gonna
rule in his favor.

Yep.

I really hope that Ricky's
not gonna take this to court

or have it mediated.

Amy has been through
so much this past year.

Not that Ricky hasn't.

I know I'm not with
Adrian anymore, but...

You know why I'm not with Adrian.

We're just no good for each other.

Right now I just wanna
focus on my son.

At one time,
you offered to help me.

Would you still help me? Would you
please tell me how to solve this legally?

I want a legal agreement.
All right.

Well, probably the best thing
is for you to get a mediation.

I don't think you wanna
get into a court case.

And just be prepared that
it could go either way.

The mediator's recommendation might be
what you want, or it might go another way.

They might recommend that you see
John less than you're seeing him now,

or that you only get
supervised visitation rights.

You never know how things will go.

All I know is that I wanna do this.

I'm sick of the uncertainty.

The only way I'm gonna feel
like I've done a better job

as a parent than my mother
did is if I speak up.

Okay.

Well, here's the thing.

I'll talk to your parents
and to Amy's parents,

and I'll set this
up for all of you.

But only on one condition:

That you go back to Amy and try--

really try to work this out.

Because once it's official,
once it's in the system,

you can't just decide to make it
unofficial and get it out of the system.

And once the decision is made,

one person's going to win,

and the other loses,
even with a compromise.

And that's how it's gonna feel--

that one person has lost
and the other one has won.

If you lose,

you're gonna resent Amy.

And if you win,
she's gonna resent you.

I can only speak for myself.

If I lose, I'll just
have to get over it.

And if I win, I don't know
if I care if Amy resents me.

I don't know if I care what
she thinks about me anymore.

I only care about what John
thinks or what he will think.

Talk to Amy, and then call me.

Hi, Amy. Thanks for
agreeing to talk to me.

But I kind of thought
you might bring John.

Why? He doesn't get a vote in this.

I make his decisions for him.

I know that. And you've been making
good decisions for him all along.

I don't need your approval
or your fake compliments.

It wasn't fake,
and I wasn't finished.

I think you've been making good
decisions for our son all along.

But now I think you're making
a bad one, and you know it.

Oh, is that right?
In whose opinion? In my opinion.

Other people have
different opinions.

Would you like to see?
Like to see what?

Adrian and I recorded

some people who would be
my character witnesses

if you and I go to court.

Let me guess. That would've
been Adrian's idea.

Not just her idea.
It was my idea, too.

Adrian's not your friend.

Well, she's not your friend.

It wasn't that long ago that you
wouldn't even let me see John

because I was spending
time with Adrian,

and you didn't want her near him.

And you know that if
I were to call her up

and tell her that I wanted to
get back together with her,

she would turn around and be
my friend and not your friend.

Whatever. She's my friend right now.
Here. Look at th.

I don't wanna look at that.
I just wanna talk.

Can we please just talk, Amy?

My name is Adrian Lee.

I've known Ricky Underwood
for almost two years,

and I've known Amy Juergens for
about the same time.

Ricky is an unstable person.

One day he's in love with you,
and then the next day he's not.

I know, because we've been intimate
for almost two years.

We've even been in therapy together,
but it didn't help.

He has intimacy issues

with me and with women in general

and with anyone that
gets close to him.

He recently disappeared for days

without letting anyone
know where he was.

He can't be trusted.

Amy, on the other hand,
is solid as a rock.

She's a good mother.

She continued going to high school
after she got pregnant,

and then continued after
the baby came.

And she has a job after school.

She has been the one to
take care of John

every day of his life.

She only has her son's best
interest at heart

when she says she should
be the one to decide

when and where Ricky
should see him.

And she's my friend.

We used to hate each other

because I was Ricky's
girlfriend for a while,

but after Ricky and I broke up,

and Amy and I got to
know each other,

we found out we have a
lot in common.

And she's a good mother.

Well, I already said that,

but it's true.

Would you like to see more?
That's not gonna help you.

Clearly, she's just
being vindictive.

Well, Madison and Lauren
aren't being vindictive.

Hi. I'm Lauren.

And I'm Madison. And we're
Amy's best friends.

And we think that she should get
full custody of John.

Yes. Although Ricky should
have visitation rights

as dictated by Amy.

Or you, Your Honor,
if you're watching this.

I can go on. Please don't.

I'm Jack Pappas.

Uh, I'm friends with
Ricky and Amy.

I like both of them,
but if one of them

needs to make decisions for John,

like where he's gonna
be every day,

well, I guess it should
be his mother, Amy.

It definitely should
be his mother.

I can go to my friends and get
them to do the same thing, Amy.

Like Ben?

Hi. I'm Ben Boykewich,

former boyfriend to Amy Juergens.

I was her-- I was her
boyfriend at the time

that John was born and for
many months afterwards.

And I just wanna say that Amy
is a very good mother.

Hi. I'm Grace Bowman.
I'm a Christian,

and I got Amy a job working in
our church in the nursery

so she could work and see her son
ever day after school.

And she's doing a really good job,
from what I hear,

and she's a really good mother.

You're cute.
You're still recording.

Oops.

I'm gonna edit that part.

Yeah, you should,
if you're gonna use that.

So you and Ben are speaking again?

That's good, Amy. I'm glad.

And I hope you let Ben
come around John, too,

'cause John likes him.

Yeah. He e-mailed me that.

All of them did.

You wanna know why?
'Cause they're my friends.

And how would you know
that John likes Ben?

Because I used to see him
with him at your house.

Don't do this, okay?

Just keep things the way they are.

I don't want any changes.

I do. That's why I'm asking you.

Please let me have
John on the weekends.

No.

Why not, Amy? Just tell me why not.

Let me hear your point
of view on all this.

I wanna know why you don't want
me to have John 48 hours a week.

Because I don't.

Because he's mine. Because I
changed my whole life for him.

I'm just asking for you
to let me change mine

for the same reason,
Amy-- because I love John.

No. I can't. I just-- I can't.

I don't want to, and I don't
think I should have to.

Why can't you just be satisfied
to see him when I let you see him?

Because my being a father shouldn't
be limited to your whims.

That's why. And if you want a fight,
you got one, you know that?

I really resent your getting
people to make those videos,

and I resent them doing that, too.

Those are my friends, too.
At least Ben is.

And Grace and Jack's okay.

We shouldn't put our friends
in the middle of this.

We shouldn't put our families
in the middle of this.

Oh, yeah, is that what you think?

Then why did our parents have
dinner together last night?

Who asked them to do that? Not me.
I didn't ask them to do that.

You invited my dad
over to your place.

I did do that, and I
invited Adrian's dad over

and talked to him which
is why I'm talking to you.

Because he asked me to try
to talk to you one more time.

Why is it such a big deal?

Why is it so important that I
not take John on the weekends?

I told you why I want him.
Why do you want him?

Why do I want him?

He's my baby. I love him.

And...

I don't want him to love you.

Ah, there it is.

So I guess we'll see
each other in court.

I know I promised I would.

But I'm sorry. I-- I can't.

All right. If you can't, you can't.

But why can't you?
What if the judge finds out?

That you said you'd
have sex with me

if I made a video
statement for Amy? Yeah.

You really think a judge would
find out something like that?

That he'd even care?
Isn't it illegal?

Lauren said it's illegal for
me to offer you oral sex

in exchange for your testimony.

Even so, I'm sure it
happens all the time.

especially in divorces
and custody hearings

where friends are set
up against friends.

But it's illegal. I don't wanna go
to jail for something like that.

You're not gonna go to jail.
Juvie hall maybe, but not prison.

Oh, God. Don't say that.

My biggest fear in
life is going to jail.

I won't press charges if
you do it with me now.

Jack... I'm joking.

I'm just joking around.

No one's pressuring
anyone into having sex.

I would've made that video anyway.

I think you're gonna
have to make another one,

just so it's clear that nothing
was offered in exchange.

All right. Whatever
you want, Madison.

Really? Really?

Well, I might wanna have real sex.

Maybe. After Betty
and Leo's wedding.

Why then? I don't know.

I mean, we'll be all dressed up,

and I'm not gonna have
a curfew that night.

I don't know. I was
just thinking, I guess.

All right.
I like the way you think.

So, I was thinking,

maybe we should do it after
Leo and Betty's wedding.

Okay.

Do what?

Have sex.

Sex? Are we thinking
about having sex?

We are.

I didn't know. What do you think?

Oh, I think it would
be slightly awkward

since we haven't really
done a whole lot.

It might be.

Yeah.

But...

I guess that would be okay,
if you want.

What made you suddenly
wanna have sex?

Madison. She and
Jack are gonna do it.

Shouldn't you and I decide
rather than you and Madison?

All right.

All right. I'll do it.

Good.

I just talked to Amy.

Oh, good. How'd it go?
I saw the video.

I can explain. Explain.

Amy and Adrian asked some of us

to record video
statements on her behalf.

That's not an explanation.
You're right.

The explanation is I was
over at Grace's house,

and we weren't really
thinking right.

You had sex with Grace? Oh, God, no.
We're just friends.

Who weren't thinking right.
We made out a little.

Don't have sex with Grace.
I'm not gonna have sex with Grace.

Although she is a lot more
fun than I had thought.

Fun enough to get you
to betray me on camera?

I didn't betray you.
I just-- I didn't endorse you.

I can make a video for you.
I can get everybody to maka video for you.

Good, because I'm gonna need that,

because the conversation
with Amy didn't go that well.

What happened?

He knows. Amy showed
him the videos.

Ugh!

Yeah, I know. Ugh.

We're idiots. I know.

And now we're gonna
have to fix this.

We're gonna make a video
statement endorsing Ricky.

All right.

Do you wanna come over tonight?

Really? You want me to
come over there tonight?

Yeah. Do you want to?

Do I want to?

Oh. No cell phones at work!

Don't have sex with Grace.

Oh, hey. There you are.

I didn't know you'd be in this
afternoon, so I came over.

Thought I'd hang out a bit
and give Ben a ride home.

Maybe grab some dinner.

Only got a week left
as a single man.

You excited about the wedding? Of course.
You're gonna be there, right?

After all you've done for me, I wouldn't
miss it for anything, Mr. Boykewich.

Good. Good. So, how'd it go?

Not well. What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna call Adrian's dad, Ruben,

and ask him to go ahead and
set up some kind of mediation.

You sure? I'm sure.

And if it doesn't go your way?
Then it doesn't go my way.

And then you're gonna take off again.
No, I'm gonna stay here.

But I may have to punch Ben again.

What did you do now?

Nothing yet.

What does she mean by that?

That's another
conversation about Grace.

Oh, boy. I can't keep up with you.

What did you do to Ricky?

You didn't get in the middle of
his business with Amy, did you?

I told you to stay
out of that. Did you?

I did. Did you stay out of it?

No, but neither did a whole
bunch of other people.

Ben, you and a whole bunch of other
people don't wanna be responsible

for making a decision for a
one-year-old baby, do you?

A decision that could affect
the rest of John's life

and Amy's life and Ricky's life?

I mean, what is wrong with you?
I'll tell you what's wrong with him.

He's thinking about
having sex with Grace.

No, no, no, no, no.
We're just friends.

Yeah, well, sometimes friends
do some really stupid things.

Griffin and I are friends,

but I don't want to
be friends with you.

Not just friends.

Me, neither.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that I wanna make
my own decisions about sex.

I don't want my parents
making those decisions for me.

I said it should be his mother,

but maybe that's because I
didn't have a father.

And since John has a father
as well as a mother,

and since his father's been around
ever since he was born,

then maybe his father should be in
on the decisions as well,

and that would be Ricky Underwood.

I'm making this video on
my own volition,

and I have received no favors.

I have to admit,
Ricky has come a long way.

Yeah. No one thought he'd even come
around after John was born.

I mean, I think he's a player,

but, hey, that hasn't
gotten in the way

of his being a father,
that I know of.

They're both good parents-
Ricky and Amy.

I mean, for teenagers. They spend
a lot of time with John.

Yeah, I would never wanna spend that
much time with my parents.

Me neither. But it's important, at John's
age, to have both parents around,

and it's nice that they're fighting
over spending more time with him.

Rather than fighting over not
spending time with him,

and pushing him on the person.

They don't do that. No.
They both love John.

I'm generally considered an expert,
you know?

And I get paid for my testimony,

but, uh, this is-
this is just a mediation,

so I'll waive my fee.

Uh, well, everybody knows

Amy's done a great-

oh-- a great job with her son.

And, uh, I mean, look at her.

She's a mother,
and she looks like that.

You know? I mean, come on.
She's hot.

Where was I? Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Uh, Ricky's not that bad either.

I mean, you know, he should keep-
he should keep the son.

I mean, just-
just for the weekends.

And, hey, Amy, that makes available,
right?

I think Ricky would be fine to
take John on weekends.

I didn't realize it was
one or the other--

that if we spoke up for Amy, then Ricky
wouldn't get to take John on weekends.

And by the way,
Ricky has a job, too.

He works after school, and he contributes
money whenever he can.

He's trying really hard to
be a good father,

just like Amy's trying really
hard to be a good mother.

She is a good mother.

I'm Amy's ex-boyfriend,
which isn't why I said

all the nice things
about her before.

I really think that she's a really
nice girl and a good mother,

and I hope one day we can be
friends again, but...

Here's the thing:
I work with Ricky.

We both work at my dad's
butcher shop,

and the two of us are friends.

He's my friend. I may not have always
been the best friend to him,

but we're friends.

And he's a good dad.

I mean that.

Amy's a good mom,
but Ricky's also a good dad.

Sorry, Amy.

Okay.

Is that it?

Are we not going to hear from...

Adrian Lee, on your behalf?

No, she's not speaking to me.

Wasn't it her father who
got us all here today?

Was it?

Yes.

I've heard from your parents.

I've heard from your friends.
I've looked at your school records.

Ricky, I wanna thank you for
volunteering your court records.

By the way, I've duly noted
that you've been working

on your issues in
therapy for some years.

And, Amy, I wanna commend
you for staying in school

and getting your grades back up to where
they were before the baby, while working.

And oh, when you see your friends,

please pass along to them
that it's unusual for friends

to stick by teen
mothers and fathers,

so they're also to be
commended for their support,

as are the families.

Nice to see the mothers
and fathers here today,

and good to know you
both have family support.

So, with that in mind,

and being that both
parties have been unable

to reach a compromise on their own,

I'm ready to announce
my recommendation.

Wait. For what?

Jeez. Um...

For me-- For me to
do the right thing.

Please don't make a decision.

Let me make a decision.

I'm wrong, and he's right.

Ricky should be able to
take John on the weekends.

I, um-- I know that it's important

for John to be around his dad,

and I know that Ricky will be around
John for the rest of his life,

and that he'll be a good dad,
because if he isn't,

I will not hesitate to
stand up for my son.

I also shouldn't stand
in the way of my son

and his father.

Thank you, Amy. Good decision.

Very good decision.

Of course, it's not
actually your decision.

It's my decision.

So, um, starting next weekend,
Ricky, you'll pick your son up

at Amy's house before
bedtime on Friday night.

And, Amy, you will pick John up at Ricky's
house before bedtime on Sunday evening.

And I want you both

to keep this arrangement
pleasant and civil.

Hope I don't see you here again.

So I get John for
his first birthday?

His first birthday's next weekend.

Next weekend? Yeah.

Well, I guess that'll
be a good test

of your pleasantness and civility.

You did great, Amy.
That was the right thing to do.

Was it?

I don't get to have John
on his first birthday.

Amy, you'll see John
on his birthday.

You and Ricky plan a
birthday party together.

Have everyone all together.
That's the way it should be anyway.

Amy, Ricky got what he wanted here,

so I think he'll be willing to
compromise with you on this.

You'll work it out.
This is the beginning

of working out lots of birthdays,
holidays and weekends.

You both just need to continue doing
what the right thing is for John.

I'm really proud of you.

Me, too.

Thank you for encouraging me to do
this and for supporting me in this.

Of course.

Just remember,
this is the easy part.

The hard part's the next 18 years-
working things out.

Well, 17 after next weekend.

And you're going to invite Amy and her
family to the birthday party, right?

And I would suggest
that you give it a park

or some other neutral location
so you can always go back there

in the years when his birthday
doesn't fall on the weekend.

And remember,
Amy is going to treat you

the way you treat her in
all of this, so be nice.

I am nice.

Well... Okay.

We're gonna let the
two of you talk.

So, is this how you want
you and me to end up--

in a conference room discussing who
gets Robbie on holidays and weekends?

George, I said I
would think about it.

Let's just see how things go.

And I said I don't wanna
just see how things go.

I don't wanna wait. But we were
miserable when we were married.

And we're not
miserable now, are we?

I kind of am, yeah.
Well, you didn't seem too miserable

until lately when the
subject of marriage came up.

Let's just run off after
Leo and Betty's wedding.

Just you and me and Amy
and Robbie and Ashley.

We'll go to some Vegas
chapel and get married

and just have the family there.

What do you say? I say what I've
always said: I'll think about it.

You got until Leo
and Betty's wedding.

I'll see you outside, Amy.
Bye, Ricky.

Oh, and if you and Amy want me to bake
the birthday cake, just let me know.

I'd love to do it.

What do you wanna do?

We're in this together.

Your mom can bake the
cake if you want,

and you and I can plan
the party together.

What do you say?

Are they home yet? No.

Have you heard from them? No.

Rats!

All right.
I'm sorry I bothered you.

No, it's okay.
I'm happy you came over.

I actually wanted to
ask you something.

Sure. What?

If a person wanted to
get birth control pills

without their mother knowing they
were getting birth control pills,

how would a person do that?

And that person would be...

you?

You're how old?

15. Same age as Amy
when she got pregnant.

Oh, yeah. Well, then,
you can get birth control pills

at the free clinic without
your mother knowing.

But I suggest you ask your mother.

I asked my mother. My mother took
me to get birth control pills.

In fact, I just changed
birth control pills.

With change, your body
has to get used to it6

And, you know, you have to be
on the pill for at least a month

before they... really get started.

I hope that's why I'm late--

that I changed pills.

I mean, I always use condoms, too,

but...condoms can break.

I had a condom break just recently.

Do you have a calendar?

How recently? When was the
mother-daughter dance?