04x21 - Allies

[bunniefuu]

GRACE: Previously on The Secret
Life of the American Teenager...

We're never gonna get back
together again, are we?

No, I don't think so.

I changed my mind about Rachel.

And I am grateful that you did.

I really like that woman.
Maybe even enough to marry her.

So you want me to quit my
job at the church nursery

so that you can go help your ex-wife?

If that's what I want to do, yeah.

I just wanted to say face to face that

I appreciate that we
could part amicably.

And it wouldn't be the worst thing

if my dad was in love with Kathleen.

He's in love with his first wife,

always has been, always will be.

I'm happy we at least
have a dialogue going.

This isn't a dialogue, this is a
contest to see who Dad loved the most.

You told him to talk to me.

I just didn't know he was
here talking to you right now.

What's going on?

If Adrian is going to
be a part of your life,

then I wanted to get to know Adrian.

And now that you've gotten
to know me a little better,

you still want to be a part of my life?

I know I wouldn't.

It's summer school, it
doesn't really count, does it?

Yeah, as a matter of fact it does,

and since you're not
usually a "C" student,

I would encourage you to bring up your
grades in the next couple of weeks.

Otherwise instead of summer school
helping you to get into college,

it's actually going to hurt you,

especially if you want to get
into the same school as Ricky.

If you're going to do that, then
you'll probably need straight A's.

Not C's. And certainly not a D,

which is where you may be headed.

Can't I just drop the courses,

drop out of summer school and then
take the classes over in the fall?

No. If you do that, they'll
end up averaging your grades

so there's no way for you to make an A.

And probably not a B.

You'd get a failing
grade for summer school,

and even if you got an A during
the year, you'd end up with a C.

So Amy, I know you're
not happy to be here,

but you are here, and
you signed up to be here,

and you really need to
make school a priority.

You've done it before.

You came back from having
the baby and caught up.

I know you can do it. I just...

I don't want to do it. It's
summer, remember summer?

When kids get a break from
school and they go out and play?

Not kids in summer school.

At least not until they
finish their homework.

If you focus and work hard in the
next few weeks then you've got it.

You'll have two classes out of the way.

Two big classes that'll free you up

for all of your easier
classes all next year.

So, this is what I want you to do.

I want you to stay in the office and

finish up a couple of assignments

that you keep asking for extensions on,

and then you can go back to
class when you're all caught up.

Make yourself at home. I'll be
in and out to check in on you.

I have a lot of
parent/student/principal meetings today.

Or I could just go to the library.

No, you may get distracted there.

Okay, look, here's the thing...

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Is Amy home? Who's asking?

Are you Ricky?

I might be. Who are you?

We're Amy's friends from New York.

Not from New York. We met in New York.

You know, at the program for teen moms.

We're teen moms, too.

Obviously.

Amy said that we should drop
by if we're ever in the area.

And we're in the area.

We drove all the way from
Chicago with our two little guys.

Oh. Well, Amy's at school
and I've got to get to work.

I'll tell her you came by.

But I didn't get your names.

Jane. Jackie.

Got it. Nice meeting you.

Um. We're traveling with our children,

kind of just staying
with friends, you know?

We were hoping we could crash here.

I think Amy said we could crash with her

if we ever came out to California.

Crash here? Oh, we
only have one bedroom.

Maybe Amy told you that when she
was living at her parents' house.

There's lots more room
at her parents' house.

Does she have your number? I
could tell her to give you a call.

Can we just come in?

I have to use the bathroom.

Me, too.

No, Amy, you really can't drop out.

No, I can.

I'll just take whatever the
grade is when it's averaged.

I really don't care anymore.

It's too late in the
summer to start caring.

No, it's not!

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Oh. Sorry. Ricky doesn't usually
call unless there's a problem.

Hello? Do you know two girls
named Jane and Jackie that you...

Oh, my God! Wait, are they
there? Did they actually come?

You invited them? No,
I didn't invite them,

but I said that if they ever came out
to California, they should look us up.

Well, they did.

I can't believe it! I'm so excited
to see them. Let me talk to them.

I'll just be one second.

I came downstairs so I could
talk to you without an audience.

They're upstairs, and they
each have a kid with them,

and they think you invited
them to stay with us.

I said they could crash
for a few nights. So what?

Why can't they stay with us?

Stay with us where?

We're in the living room
and John's in the bedroom.

Well, their boys can stay
in the bedroom with John

and then they can sleep on the
living room floor. It'll be fine.

No, it won't! I wouldn't be
comfortable with that arrangement.

Then go over to my dad's house.

Why don't you and your friends
go over to your dad's house?

Because my dad would be around
and we want to, you know.

No, I don't know.

Look, we're going to
want to stay up late

after John and their kids
go to bed so we can catch up,

and I don't have to worry about
my dad listening to everything,

or you, for that matter.

So, just go over to my dad's house.

No. And they can't stay
in the apartment with us.

They don't have any money for hotels.

Geez, it would just be
for a couple of nights.

Look, I want to see my friends.

And you're always saying
it's my apartment, too.

So see them, then get rid of them

because I don't want to do this.

And it's not my place or
your place, it's our place.

And you should have
discussed this with me.

Okay.

Well, I'm sure you realize
that you don't have time

to be entertaining out
of town guests right now.

Remember what we were
talking about earlier?

Priorities.

I thought we were talking about
my last summer in high school.

♪ 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

Come on, give peace a chance.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, you do too.

And if you didn't have a new girlfriend,

you'd already be talking to Henry

because you don't
have any other friends.

Oh, unless are friends now.

You had over pizzasation with her

and now Amy's your best friend?

Not my best friend,
we had a conversation.

It's the first time
between us. felt normal

was nice. Nice, huh?

Yeah, Dylan is not going to go for that,

you and Amy being friends.

Dylan doesn't get to decide
just who her friends are.

Like me?

She's a smart girl. No,
she's an annoying girl.

And I think she's a little weird. Why?

Uh, you're her first boyfriend

and she's already so obsessed with you

that she's showing up
at your ex-wife's condo.

Oh. Mmm. Second ex-wife.

I think that's how she refers to me.

Yeah, she's funny.

She calls Amy my first ex-wife

even though we were never married.

No, you weren't. Dylan likes me.

She really likes me.

And I like her.

And I like that she likes you and Amy.

I don't buy that.

And I predict that Dylan's
going to get you in worse trouble

than I got you into.

And what kind of trouble would that be?

God only knows, Benny.

But I can't take care of you anymore.

You really need Henry, you know that?

You need your best friend to keep an
eye on you and be your voice of reason.

So get over it,

and make up with your best
friend before it's too late.

I'm Ben's best friend. get over it?ld he

Henry slept with his...

Oh, that's right, you know this.

(SIGHS)

Haven't heard from you. How's it going?

It's going okay.

How's the new girlfriend? Good.

How is it that Henry sleeps with Adrian

and you end up not
being friends with me?

Alice, we're friends,

but Dylan is jealous
enough of Adrian and Amy

without adding yet
another woman into my life.

Adding?

I've been here the whole time.

Dylan would have a problem
with your hanging out with me?

I don't know, but I imagine she might.

And based on that, on your imagination,

you've just quit
calling me or texting me,

you have nothing to say to me?

Ben, we're friends. We've
been friends for a long time.

Alice, it was always
you and me and Henry.

And I know Henry's the one who
screwed up and not you, but...

I'm sorry, it just doesn't
seem right with just you and me.

Okay.

I told you to study.

I told you to come
over and I'd help you.

When was I going to go over
there? After I put John to bed?

Or last weekend, you could
have come over last weekend.

Last weekend was too late.

And I can't pull my grades up,

especially now that
showed up with their kids.

What am I going to do?
get out and do stuff. to

Okay. So, let them go out and do stuff,

but you can't go with them.

You have to study, you have to.

And Ricky's right, in
your apartment.r them

We could make room.

I've never spent the night
over at your apartment.

Well, you could if you wanted to.

They drove with their sons. Chicago

They're my friends.

You don't have time for more friends.

You don't even have time for me.

You're not a good friend to me.

You're not even to yourself.d

You're going to summer school.

How embarrassing is that going to be?

You really have to summer school.

You know what? what it's like. Okay?

You have it easy. no responsibilities.

Your mom still does or your dad.or you,

All you have to do is study.

I resent that. than just study.

I...

I hand washed a blouse last week.

(SCOFFS) Oh, please, Lauren.

You have nothing to do
and do your homework.

That is such a luxury.

It's more like a choice.

Oh, I see.

It's a choice.

And I chose badly.

As in I chose to have
a baby in high school.

You said it. No, you said it.

All right, I said it.

You don't make good
choices for yourself.

Why are you trying to
be friends with Ben again

when you got what you wanted?

You're living with Ricky,
you're engaged to Ricky.

Did you even tell Ricky that
you spent an hour talking to Ben

when you went to get pizza?

No. He didn't ask.

What?

It was a choice.

Another bad choice.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey, you want to go off
campus for lunch today?

Lauren just spoke to me.

I was standing right here.

I was about to head right down there

and she looked at me,
and she kept walking,

but she said, "Hi," and she didn't
turn around, she kept walking,

so I called back, "Hi."

And she didn't tell me
to shut up or anything.

She actually spoke to me.

So, you want to go off
campus for lunch or not?

This is huge.

This means she is on the
verge of being my friend again.

I knew she'd get sick of Amy.

Amy and Ricky, Ricky and Amy.

Yeah. I'm starving.

Maybe you should try
to talk to Ben again.

Maybe this is the day that
we both get our friends back.

I don't know if I want my friend back.

(SIGHS) I can't afford
to want my friend back.

It's too painful and too frustrating.

And I got to tell you, Madison,
if you make up with Lauren,

I'm going to be lost, I have no one.

That's what they call karma, my friend.

I mean ex-friend. I
mean ex-best friend.

But somehow your karma seems
to be stinking up my life.

Okay. Don't listen to her.

You deserve way better
than Ben as a friend.

Even better than me.

Oh, no, Madison, don't.

You know what? I'll call you.

We'll have lunch another time.

Oh, no.

Hi. Hi.

Hi.

Lauren just spoke to me
so I thought I'd see if

maybe you wanted to speak to me.

I speak to you all the time, I just
don't want to be friends with you, okay?

Okay.

So, what are you doing in here?

Something I would only
discuss with a friend.

Okay, well, I'd love to hear
about it if you want to talk.

I really, really would like
us all to be friends again.

No groveling, okay?

A stupid fight with Amy and Lauren is
not worth losing your self-respect over.

I've already lost my self-respect
with that stupid guy Jesse.

I mean, why would I have sex with
somebody I don't even care about?

Why are you asking me? I don't do that.

Anymore.

Well, I've apologized,
like a thousand times,

but there's no excuse.

At lfast no excuse that
anyone's gonna understand.

I'm going to try to find Lauren.

Hi.

Hi. What's going on?

I don't want to talk about it.

Maybe you'd like to talk to Ben.

I know you and Ben are talking.

We bumped into each other, so what?

So it took him an hour
to get back with the pizza

and I was stuck talking
to the new girlfriend.

So, no, you didn't just bump into him.

And I suppose now you're going to start

talking to Ricky again
to get back at me?

No.

You know, strangely
enough, I'm happy with Omar,

and Ricky is happy with you.

We're both happy being
away from each other

and with other people.

No, you and Ben are the wild cards now.

I'm very happy with Ricky.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello? Did you call them?

They're still up there.

I am not going to call
my friends until...

Do you mind? This is
a private conversation.

Look, I don't want them to feel like
they aren't welcome in our apartment.

I'll just talk to them when I get home.

At 6:00 or 7:00 tonight?

I just want to see them for one night!

Wild card.

(SIGHS)

Hi, Amy. Hi, Amy.

Hi, Grace.

Hi, Amy.

I was looking for Ethan. Do
you know where I might find him?

Yeah, I know where you might find him,

but if I were you, I would go
make friends with someone else.

Okay, what's the matter?

You don't like Jacob?

He's not good enough for Ethan?

He's my brother, you know.

Okay. Ethan's in the band room.

Oh. I hadn't thought of looking there.

Thanks.

So he's your brother now?

Yeah!

All right.

You know, my mom is having
dinner with your father tonight,

so maybe you were right.

You told me that your mom was married

and that she would never
leave her husband for my dad.

You also told me that that
guy was not your brother.

So make up your mind.

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I got to catch that kid.

Come here, kid.

And whose kid is this?

Two of Amy's friends dropped
by, they both have children.

I guess one of them escaped.

You have house guests?
Four house guests?

I hope not.

I hope Amy's going to come home
after work and get rid of them.

Here. I'll take him upstairs.

Let's go.

Amy is so lucky.

I mean, look at this
place, it's great, isn't it?

I would die to live
in a place like this.

And hey, that Ricky...

Oh, I know.

My boyfriend is such a dork.

I can't even believe
I had sex with him now.

And more than once.

I found someone down
in the butcher shop.

I didn't realize he was
up from his nap. Sorry.

He came l the way down the stairs

and was just wandering
around the butcher shop

where there are knives
and meat cutters, and...

It's not a place for children.

We don't let John just wander
around the butcher shop.

We were just talking
about how cute you are.

See ya.

David, you just got
Mommy in big trouble.

Don't go outside the apartment again.

Now go over there and play with Allen.

Think he understands that?

No. It was more for me than him.

This is so not a vacation.

Maybe we should go to
the beach or something.

I just want to do nothing
for a couple of days.

I'm tired of driving.

I'm tired of being a
mom. I'm no good at it.

We should have sent the boys
on a vacation with their dads

and just stayed home.

Yeah, right. Yeah, right.

Seriously. I would be a much better mom

if I just had some
time to take care of me.

Yeah.

Ricky, you really need
to stop calling me.

One of them wasn't watching her kid

and he came down here and he was
wandering around all over the place.

Jackie. Probably Jackie.

Amy, I can't take care of your friends

and watch their children and work.

And even if I wasn't working, I don't
want to watch someone else's kids.

I'm sorry.

(SNIFFLES)

Are you... Oh, no, don't try
to manipulate me by crying.

They have to go.

I'm not trying to manipulate you.

I'm just having a really lousy day.

(SIGHS)

Don't worry about anything, I've got
it covered, it's all going to be fine.

No, it's not.

No, it is. I'll make sure it is.

Couldn't help but overhear.

Hi, Ethan.

Can I be of service?

Uh, no. I don't think so. I'm fine.

Um...

Jacob was looking for you
earlier, did he find you?

Jacob?

Yeah. You know Jacob, Grace's brother?

Oh. Yeah.

I wonder what he wanted.

I don't know.

But I don't have time to do this.

I have to catch up with
some things, some homework.

In trouble, huh?

No. I'm not in trouble.

But I will be if I don't
finish this, all right?

Been there.

Here you go.

Yeah, I like her, she's cute.

But are you sure she
wants to go out with me?

We're going to find out. Step back.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

No, that's too smiley.

It looks as if I'm trying too hard.

Do another one. All right.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

No. No. That totally
looks like I'm posing.

Do another one.

All right, hurry up, dude,
we both have to get to class.

Did you find out if we
can use Ricky's apartment?

That was never going to work.

Even if he and Amy let us use the place,

it's got baby stuff all over it.

We're never going to get
anywhere with two chicks

if there's baby stuff
laying all over the place.

But your guest house
is freend clear, right?

(CAMERA CLICKS)

No. No, my eyes were closed.

And we cannot use the guest house.

I'm already in enough trouble with my...

I don't know what to
call her, my dad's wife?

Try to get a decent
photo this time, will you?

I'm not taking another one.
This is what you look like.

I'll tell them to meet us at
your guest house at what, 9:00?

9:00? No. That's too late.

It's a school night and I don't think
Kathleen will be out that late with George.

She's old.

Well, these chicks aren't.
They're 17, it's summer.

They're not going out
before sundown, come on.

The later it is, the less
chance we have of getting caught.

I'll get back to you.

(CHUCKLES) That was hilarious.

I don't know if that's a compliment.

Oh, it wasn't sex so don't be insulted.

It was foreplay. It was making out.

And I'm sorry, two adults sneaking
around to make out is hilarious.

Or genius. Or genius.

Now I wish I hadn't even
told Grace we were going out.

She would never have known.

Oh, well...

Thanks for lunch. And for...

Making out.

You told Grace we were going out?

I just thought I would meion it to her

that we were having dinner, as friends.

That way, if we got caught,
we wouldn't look suspicious.

Yeah, all right. However
you want to play it.

It's all up to you, Kat.

I like it when you call me that.

Goodbye.

Thanks for lunch.

We could still go out for dinner.

No, it wouldn't b*at lunch.

That was fun.

Goodbye.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

(LAUGHING) Bye.

(BABY CRYING ON MONITOR)

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What? Is he down there again?

Geez, I can't keep up with that kid.

I bet you could if you tried.

He's right there.

Oh. Yeah. He is.

You really should keep
an eye on your sons.

Does someone actually
have to tell you that?

Look. We don't have
boyfriends or fiances

or Prince Charmings, all right?

It's just us and the deadbeat dads.

And we're tired.

And what time does Amy get
home? We want to go out.

Yeah, this place is nice and all but
it's all we've seen of California.

We want to go out.

Amy won't be home for hours
and then she has to do homework.

So if you two want to go somewhere,

I can keep an eye on the little guys.

Okay. Okay.

Oh. Wait a minute. We
don't really know you.

He's fine.

I'm sure Amy will give me
a good reference, call her.

No, that's okay. We'll be back.

Yeah. What time were you thinking?

Just leave me your cell numbers
in case I have any trouble

when it's time for them to go to bed.

Really? Really?

Oh. He has no trouble sleeping anywhere.

He's used to staying with
my mom, or my friends,

or other family members.

Yeah, Allen, too. Bye.

Cell numbers.

(BELL RINGING)

So, let's go by the market
and get a pile of snacks,

and then start working on the
final paper for world history.

Oh, I can't believe I'm almost
finished with high school.

That's not due for weeks.
I'm gonna go over to Jack's.

No, let's just get the
bibliographies done.

I really want to get started on this.

I mean, I can finally see the
light at the end of the tunnel.

Well, I'd like to see
it after I see Jack.

Okay. Let me ask you something.

If you like Jack so much, why is
it that you're holding out on him?

We made out. And how long you
think he'll be happy with that?

As long as I'm happy with that.

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. I think you're holding out on him

just in case Daniel comes back around.

Daniel? Who said anything about Daniel?

Look...

I'm not going to have sex with Jack

if there's even the slightest chance

I'm ever gonna want to have sex
with Daniel or any other guy.

My numbers are getting too high.

I'm stopping at three.

You'd still be at three if
you slept with Jack right now.

Unless you're counting him twice.

All right, all right.

The real reason is, if I
get back in bed with Jack,

that's it, for life.

And if you get back in bed
with Daniel, that's it for life?

Daniel would never make
that kind of commitment.

Oh, and you think Jack would?

Yes. He would.

I just don't know if I would.

So I'm not going to have sex with him.

Hi, Alice.

I know you're not talking to me. But...

I miss you.

I miss you and Ben.

I miss me and you and Ben hanging out.

Really? Really.

Can't we just be friends, Alice?

I don't think so, Henry.

Because I still love you

and I still want to be your girlfriend.

But Alice...

I know this is cliche, but
don't you think we're too young

to be making those decisions about who we
want to spend the rest of our lives with?

No. Come on, Alice, give it up.

You should be out there
dating and so should I.

We have no life experience.

You mean we're not whores? Yeah.

I don't want to be a whore.

I want to be your whore.

I want you to be my friend.

I can't.

That's really selfish
of you, you know that?

Because if you can be my friend,

then maybe Ben could
be our friend again.

(SIGHS)

Hi.

Hi.

I'm so sorry. Thanks
for saying hi to me.

Oh, Madison, you are such an idiot.

I know, I know, I know.

Why did you do it?

I don't know. I felt sorry for him.

You felt sorry for him?

He knew you didn't like him.

Just because I wouldn't
have sex with him?

No, he just knew.

And he used it to make
me feel sorry for him.

And he just kept smiling
and telling me I was pretty,

and he has such a beautiful smile,

which only became annoying
after a while, by the way.

I was just so attracted
to him, and he was so cute.

But then he just kept smiling,
and smiling, and smiling.

Believe me. I know.

That same smile that attracted
me to him in the first place

just eventually turned me off.

Yeah. I should have just waited
until that happened to me.

I mean, I never should have done it.

No, you shouldn't have, but you did.

I guess I should just get over it.

I'm really going to try.

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Should we go tell Amy?

(LAUGHING)

No. No.

I really need a break from Amy.

Oh! I know what you mean.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Hi. Hi.

Oh. Hi.

So, what's going on?

I got a little behind in my assignments.

I guess I didn't make summer school

as important as I should have.

You, uh, want some help?

No. No.

And even if I did want help,
wouldn't that be a problem?

With your girlfriend.

Probably. But she'd get over it.

Well, I don't need any help.

I think I just need
to do this by myself.

But, thanks. You're welcome.

Excuse me.

See ya. And good luck.

So, how are you doing?

Um, I have to admit, it was
nice to have a day to catch up,

but I'm not quite caught up.

Well, I'll stay as long
as you want to stay.

I'd like to stay.

I'd like to stay until
I got everything done.

Even if that's until midnight.

But the reality is, I have
a son, and I have a job.

And I have to leave my
homework unfinished yet again

because I have to go to my job,

because not only do we need the
money, we need the insurance.

So... All right, so
you have to go to work.

Ricky can take over with
John when you get home.

No, I already asked him to
take over with the house guests.

And they went out, and he's babysitting.

I can't leave my friends'
kids with him and not help him.

And my friends are gonna
come back to the apartment.

And I can't finish this.

Look, I know I need to,
and I want to, but I can't.

You can.

You can do it. You can do
anything you want to do.

How?

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It's about time.

Am I late? No.

But your little friend left an hour ago

to take care of sosome personal business

and I got stuff that
needs to be done here.

Thus the job.

All right. All right?

All right.

What are you in such a good mood about?

I don't know, just, uh, life is good.

So, what do you need me to
do? Life is not that good.

What's up? Nothing.

I swear. Ricky had personal business?

That's what I said.

Amy's got some friends
in town. He's babysitting.

What?

Just grateful to...

I don't know, have some
choices in my life again.

What choices? Who to go out
with, who to be friends with.

Uh-huh. I heard you're
not that free to be friends

with either of your ex-wives.

Wow. Word gets around.

Yeah.

Dylan may be jealous of Amy and Adrian,

but Dylan was also smart enough

to try to make friends
with Amy and Adrian.

(SCOFFS) Friends, huh?

Yeah. Which leaves me to be
friends with Amy and Adrian.

No, it doesn't. You can't be
friends with either one of them.

You and Dylan can be
friends with Amy and Adrian,

but you can't, not just on your own.

She's seen to that.

And if she's friends with them,

you don't have confidentiality
with either one of them.

And that's why you need Alice and Henry.

And you need Alice and Henry
to not be friends with Dylan.

Oh, geezez, did my d
ask you to say that?

It's the way of the world.

All I need is Dylan.

Here's the thing, noodle head.

Surely you recognize
that Dylan's smart enough

to keep her friends close
and her enemies closer.

So, if you're thinking
that you're free now

to be closer to either
one of her enemies,

your ex-wives, you'd be wrong.

You're just not feeling
the leash. It'll tighten up.

And then Antonio said,
"But I'm the big brother,"

and Harrison said, "But
I'm the little brother."

And the daddy said, "The
point is, you're brothers."

Can you be my daddy?

You already have aaddy.

But I'd love to be your friend,

because I can't wait
for my son to meet you,

because I know he's going to
want to be your friend, too.

You're really a good
reader, you know that?

You know lots of words already.

And so do you.

You must have really good mommies, huh?

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey, Amy.

Read more.

Just a second.

Your friends aren't going to be
back by the time you finish work.

They may not be back
before the boys go to bed,

which is fine, we're
getting along great.

Uh, you'd have to drop John off.

We don't have car seats for
these guys. What's going on?

My mom's not having dinner
with George, they had lunch.

She wants me to have dinner
with her and Tom and Jacob.

You don't have to go
right now though, do you?

No. I don't have to go right now.

All right. Grace, look,
we should stop doing this

unless we're going to do more than this.

I don't think we should
do more than this.

Then let's not do this at all.

I'm fine with not doing this at all.

I can't keep making out with you

without wanting to have sex with you.

I don't know what we're doing here.

I don't want to have sex with you.

Thanks.

And do you mean you don't want
to have sex with me this afternoon

and you might want to have sex with me

at some point in the
not too distant future?

No. I mean, I don't
want to have sex with you

until there's some kind of commitment.

A big commitment.

Like we plan on getting married
in the future kind of commitment.

All right, then let's just not make out.

What? You don't seriously think

I could make a commitment
to you for life right now?

And you don't want to make
a commitment to me, do you?

I mean, you're a senior in high
school, I'm about to start college.

Who knows what's going
to happen in the future.

Well, I know.

I know I don't want to be with you
if you think about me like that.

'Cause apparently you're the type
of guy who can't make a commitment.

And you can? Yeah.

Did you make a commitment
to Grant? Or to Daniel?

No, but since Grant and Daniel,

I have learned in order to
enjoy sex, I need a commitment.

I don't want to end up like Jacob's mom.

Seeing you once a year
while I raise a kid alone

and then you find some other
woman and have children with her.

What? Yeah.

Either you tell me that
when you and I have sex,

from that point on, we don't
have sex with anyone else

and we're going to be
married, or we don't have sex.

All right, well, let me think
about it. And I'll get back to you.

I forgot. We're at my house, in my room.

But I thought about it, and Grace,

I can't make that kind of commitment.

All right, I can study now.

All right.

Mind if I take a nap while you study?

Not if you take a nap at home.

Oh, come on. If I go home,

I'm just going to have
Daniel knocking at my door

asking if he should call Grace.

I thought he was seeing
his old girlfriend.

They're just friends. He still
wants to go out with Grace.

Oh.

Would he ever marry Grace?

Marry her?

Wait.

Why do I have a feeling I'm about
to step into a very bad conversation?

The mere mention of someone else's
marriage makes you that nervous?

We're not talking about us, we're
talking about Grace and Daniel.

She's not even out of high school,

how can she be thinking about marriage?

Oh. Sorry.

Forgot that you were...

I forget myself, it's okay.

You think you'll ever get married again?

Sure. Why not?

Will you marry me?

What'd you say?

Seriously. Marry me.

I'm 18. I'm too young to get married.

You've already been married.

And I don't want to be married
again until I get out of college.

But I am getting out of college.

I'll he my bachelor's at
the end of the semester,

and I'm going to start teaching
while I get my master's.

Seriously, are you going to
find a better man than me?

I love you, Adrian, and I don't
want you to be with anyone else.

Ever again.

Why did you do this, you jerk?

It was so good, I was so happy.

And now we have to
stop seeing each other.

No, we don't.

Look, take as long
as you want to answer.

Tell me a week from now, a
month from now, a year from now.

Years from now.

But no cheating.

And eventually you have to say yes.

+

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey. No Dylan tonight?

No, I've got homework.

Homework, huh? Yeah.

What's going on?

Nothing's going on. You sure?

Positive.

You seemed kind of quiet at dinner.

Do you think Betty and
Camille would ever be friends?

Oh, I hope not. That friendship
would not be sanctioned by me.

Dylan wants to be friends
with Amy and Adrian.

Keep your friends close and
your enemies closer, huh?

Bunny said the same thing, but Adrian
and Amy are not Dylan's enemies.

And I see it more as
Dylan's jealous of them

but she's trying to overcome
that by being friends with them.

Yeah. Here's the thing.

She'll be friends with them
as long as they each have

someone in their lives
that they're happy with.

If Amy breaks up with Ricky or
Adrian breaks up with her new guy,

then she's only going to be friends
with them to keep them away from you.

Is that so bad?

Everything you say or do will be shared
by Dylan with your exes and vice versa.

I'm just saying that there
is no reason for Dylan

to be friends with Amy or Adrian.

She has girlfriends.

If you and Adrian, or you and
Amy were divorced with kids

then it would be good if your
girlfriend or wife was friends with them.

But you don't have that complication

and you don't need that complication.

Yeah, but I'm friends
with Amy and Adrian,

so it seems Dylan should be
friends with Amy and Adrian.

You're friends with Adrian?

We're on friendly terms.

That's different.

And you're on friendly
terms with Amy? Since when?

Eh, it's kind of happened gradually.

You're not going to be friends with Amy.

She's engaged to be married
to Ricky, and Ricky...

Oh, no.

Don't even think about it.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sure he hasn't called you

because he's thinking about it.

But let me tell you, I know Leo.

And if you could just change your
mind about having a baby Boykewich,

that would be fantastic.

Well, I'd like to, Betty, but
that's honestly how I feel.

And I'm embarrassed
that that's how I feel

and I'm even more
embarrassed that Leo told you.

Oh, I knew you would be.

It's just that, you know, I
thought if we talked about it,

then maybe I could help
you save your relationship.

I mean, you're kind of old to
be having a baby, aren't you?

Well, other women my
age are having babies.

It can be done.

Yeah, but

not without completely
wrecking your sex life.

And Ben is so screwed up,

that I don't think Leo is ever
gonna want to roll those dice again.

And he's really looking forward to

Ben getting out of high school next year

and going off to college, far away.

I don't know if I'm comfortable

talking about these
things with you, Betty.

I think maybe I should just call Leo.

Sure you should.

But you can stillshould talk to me.Leo.

We're friends.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Are you Jacob?

Yes, ma'am. Interesting.

I'm Margaret. Ethan's foster mom.

Also interesting.

You're also Ricky's mom?

Yes, I am.

Ethan was caught
sneaking out of the house

and I wanted to let you know

that he is not allowed out of
the house without my permission,

especially not at 9:00 on a school night

to let you copy his homework.

To let me copy his homework?

Yes.

Uh. Thank you for letting me know

and for driving all the
way over here to tell me.

I came all the way over
here to talk to Kathleen,

but Tom says she's already in bed.

Right. That's why I
came out here to study,

so I wouldn't disturb her studying.

Yeah? You make a lot of
noise studying, do you?

I like to read out loud,
it helps me remember things.

Well, see if you can remember this.

I know about the girls.

I know Ethan was sneaking
now to come over here

so that the two of you could
hook up with two 17-year-olds.

You're too young to be
going out with 17-year-olds.

And you're too smart to get
yourself into trouble with Ethan.

I love him, but he can be trouble.

And he can get you into trouble.

Not that you're not capable of
getting into trouble yourself.

I know about you, and Tom, and the car.

You're not getting off
to a very good start here.

I'm so sorry.

This was a really stupid idea.

But I don't have any friends

and Ethan wants to be friends,

and those girls were very pretty.

Well, you can go on back inside now

because they're not coming over.

They're still not back.

They came here to have fun,
I guess they're having fun.

Yeah.

Ricky is such a nice guy.

Yeah, he turned out to
be a nice guy. I like him.

Thanks for not going
out with Kathleen tonight

and helping me with my homework.

Hey, you're more important
to me than Wife Number One.

Thanks, Dad. No problem.

You think we'll ever
be friends, you and me?

One day we'll just be two adults
talking to each other as adults?

Yeah, when you get to be an
adult and behave like an adult,

then that can happen.

But until then, you're my little girl.

And my little girl does
not fail summer school.

All right, let's look
at this list again.

Who was allied with
whom during World w*r II?

Ugh! At this point, I'm so tired,

I don't even think I know
what the word "ally" means.

Allies are like friends.

Two countries who share a
common enemy or a common goal.

But allies change over the
years, you know what I mean?

I think I do.

You don't think I should
be friends with Ben?

Not unless you want World w*r III.

Tell Ricky you talked
to Ben at the pizza joint

and then drop it.

Amy, you and Ben don't
need to be friends.

You don't need to be enemies,

but you don't need to be friends.