05x05 - Past History

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Previously on The Secret Life
Of The American Teenager...

No!

Our Ashley is gone.

What?

I'd like to have a wedding
reception for you

and I don't want you to say no.

So stalking to coach Walkins.

What?

And he doesn't have any
objections to you being a little more

public about being a Christian?

Omar is not a pervert!
That's ridiculous!

And I don't believe anyone on the
schoolboard is going to believe that.

I know, but that's the
power of suggestion.

I did not burn the school down.

Who lit the Bunsen burner?

The Bunsen burner?

You lit it?

Who lit the Bunsen burner?

Don't answer that.
I don't remember.

Amy said I don't
want a wedding?

She said she wants
a wedding, but I don't?

That's what she said
this morning.

Well, I came down here
to try to save Omar

but you need divine intervention
just as much as he does.

How would you feel
about going to church?

You got a package from Mimsy.
It came overnight.

Just toss it, it's probably just another bag of socks.
She keeps sending me socks.

Why is there a Detective Shanahan
in the living room with my parents?

Don't panic.
It's all going to be fine.

No, it's not.

I'm telling you,
I do not want a wedding.

Don't tell me,
tell your mother.

Oh, no.
You tell my mother.

You're the one who told her we'd
go along with her big plans.

Okay, I'll tell her as
long as you tell her why.

What do you mean?

I mean you have to work out
whatever your issues are

around not being comfortable
with gay people.

I'm comfortable with
people who are gay!

I totally am.

I just wouldn't be comfortable with
her and a date, gay or straight.

The date is not
going to be straight.

Not if the wedding
is any time soon no.

So that's why, I don't want
her to plan our wedding

and then show up with a date whose
going to be in all the photos,

and then have her change her
mind about who she is again,

and then go back
with my dad again,

which would be
the perfect photo,

just me and my mom and my dad.

What about Ashley?
Ashley's in Italy. Perfect.

Look, your mother is not
going back with your father,

she's gay, all right?
And she feels very vulnerable right now,

and she feels left out more
than she ever felt left out, so

we're just going to go along with
the wedding and get it over with.

I don't want a wedding to be
something we just get over with.

Our wedding was really fun, even
though we didn't get married.

I have to go. I have to stop by the cash
machine, I don't have any money on me.

Aw. Thanks John.

Wait a minute.
Where'd you get this?

It's not real.
Is it?

It looks real to me.

Holy Toledo,

it's not socks,
Mimsy sent cash!

Cash! Yes!

No! We can't keep that.

Oh! Here's the withdrawal.

A thousand dollars?
She sent Ashley ten thousand dollars!

And we got zero.
We are not keeping that.

I am. It's not your grandmother,
you don't get to decide.

Your grandmother
has Alzheimer's,

she might need that
money, we can't take

money from her,
even if Ashley did.

It's only a thousand dollars.

Only? Only a
thousand dollars?

You have any idea how difficult
it is to earn a thousand dollars,

let alone save
a thousand dollars?

Um, Yes.

No you don't.

I'll just put it
in my bank account

and then we can decide
what to do with it.

I don't think so, just hand the cash over
to your mother, just like we got it.

We didn't get it, I got it.

And I am not going
to give it to my mother.

She'd probably squander it on our
stupid wedding or something.

Give it to your mother.

It's my money.
It's not your money.

My money.

Look, I'll just hold on to it.
We can talk about it later when we get home.

You're going to walk around
with a thousand dollars on you?

I might. What'd you do with
the money Leo gave you?

I put it in the bank.

In your account?
Yes. In my account.

We don't have a joint account,

and I don't want a joint
account with you, honey.

Oh, really?
Why is that?

Because you don't
balance your account.

I balance my account.
And I pay all the bills here.

Okay, well then, I'll
put this in my account,

and I'll pay some
of the bills with it.

I think the system
we have is working.

Just give that money back to your mom to
give back to Mimsy and let's go to school.

I have to get to school.

Oh, right, I forgot.
It's your first day of college. Good luck!

Come on, John.

Amy.

Ricky. We can't keep that money.

Bye.

♪ 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 ♪

Hi there.

Oh. I, uh, guess
for your boyfriend.

Ugh.

I say that because
if you might be...

Might be what?

Might be looking for someone.

Are you looking for someone?

Are you looking for someone?

I, you know, good from behind.

What does that mean?
From the front?

You have a really cute face.

Just not as cute as my butt?

Both things are nice.
I got to go now.

Hi!

You must be new here.

Okay, it's way too early
to be that perky.

And I can't stand perky.

And I don't need any help.

Okay, well, I just
wanted to say hello.

And, um...

You know, the same thing
good friend of mine.

You're kidding?

So, I'm not the
something stupid?

Or was your friend's
teenage pregnancy?

I love funny people!
Loves funny people?

It's Jesus.

Oh no. I hope you're talking
about Jesus Martinez.

Who's that?
A good friend of mine.

I'd love to meet him.

Why don't you bring him
to church on Sunday?

Why don't you go to hell?

Hey, how have you been?

Hey, Grant!
Where have you been?

I had to miss the first week.

I've been traveling.
A couple of colleges

with some other students.

If you had gone to med cp
you could have gone with us.

You toured colleges?
Yeah.

That sounds interesting.

I also had a really
good summer.

Yeah, I heard you went on
vacation in Lesbian Land.

What I meant was,
a Christian again.

I figured. I heard that girl
tell you to go to hell.

Yeah, that wasn't very nice.

It just looked like
she could use a friend.

It looks like she's had
a very close friend.

I think what she needs
now is a gynecologist.

Speaking of which, all of
us fourth term campers

got into three schools
on scholarships,

we just have to pick one,

and we have the option of
graduating high school in January

and starting college earlier.

Really?
Really.

And you know who told us?

Dr. Regina Benjamin
the Surgeon General.

Yeah, I know who she is.

She's incredible.
Really inspiring.

Not like your Lord of
course, but still.

I'll see you later, Grace.

If I just hadn't,
gone on vacation.

Ugh!

What's your problem?

What's my problem?
I could be going to jail.

Are you new here?

Have you seen me before?

Actually, I kind of have.

Deja vu.
Weirdo.

Hello, Ben.

I don't like the
What do you know?

Plenty. Henry and I
stayed up all night talking.

Did you have sex with him?

Did I say we had sex?
We didn't have sex.

We had a conversation.

Well, I hate to tell you
that leads to sex,

you didn't tell him we
had sex, did you?

No. But he told me

that you told him
that you are still

uncomfortable around him
because he slept with Adrian.

Yeah?
Yeah?

That was a lie!

And he feels terrible that
you haven't let go of that.

He feels as if he has to earn his
way back into your good graces.

I had to tell him that.
He saw that we were talking,

he saw the conversation
was intense

and he wanted to know
what we were talking about.

I couldn't tell him we were
talking about that stupid fire.

We will continue this
conversation later,

Ben Boykewich.

I've been trying to call you.
I don't have a phone.

It was taken away,
so I couldn't call you.

Well, what did you
tell the detective?

I told him that nothing we did

that night in the science lab could
have possibly caused an expl*si*n.

Unless there was something
faulty in the gas line,

in which case, we're all lucky it didn't
explode when school was in session.

I told him that I was
really sorry we lied

and went into the school
when we shouldn't have,

but I just wanted
to get you to go

to my school because
you're my boyfriend.

Or you were.

And I told him that although
you lit the Bunsen burner,

and we roasted marshmallows,

I clearly remember turning off the
Bunsen burner before we left.

In other words,
I told the truth,

the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.

And you, you freaked
out and made everyone

all crazy by suggesting things
that happened that didn't.

And now my father is never
going to let me see you again.

Which is probably best because
you're criminally neurotic!

Goodbye.

Ah, hello, loser.

If you get her into anymore trouble, you're
going to have to answer to us, you know.

And answering to us is
worse than going to jail.

Be afraid.
Be very afraid.

I was just trying to get
the truth out in the open.

Sounds to me like you don't
know what the truth is.

The truth is you're a loser.
So stay away from Dylan.

Are you looking at my butt again?
No.

I heard you told
Grace where to go.

Awesome.
Leave me alone.

Yeah, okay.

Finally!

I had to drop my son
off at the nursery,

they were a little late
opening this morning.

Were you waiting for me?

Yes, I was waiting for you.

What kind of mentor are you?

I mean, you have one lousy conversation
with me and the you disappear.

I'm sorry. What's wrong?
You sound really upset.

I'm not upset, I just
don't have any friends.

You're the only
person I know here.

And I'm standing
here waiting for you

looking like a total dork
with no one to talk to,

and some guy
tries to hit on me.

And then some Jesus freak tries
to get me to go to her church,

Oh, that's just Grace.
She's harmless.

Anyways, then this pinhead

stops and stares and mutters
"deja vu" or something.

Huh. Was he
a tall thin guy?

'Bout like this?

Nice looking, dark
hair, kind eyes.

Yeah.
Yeah.

That's probably Ben.

He was my boyfriend
when I was pregnant.

You had a boyfriend
when you were pregnant?

Yeah. Ricky didn't exactly
come around a lot at first.

And Ben kind
of fell in love with me

and I fell in love with him and...
It was nice.

He was nice.

He treated me really well,

but Ricky and I got
to know each other

and we have John
and we fell in love

and Ricky and I
are still in love

and Ben has gone on
to other relationships.

All right well thanks
for talking to me.

Hi.
Back at ya.

Oh, no! No, no, no, no.

Can I heat that up for you?

Ricky?
Uh, yeah?

Don't you recognize me?

I'm really sorry, no.

Although I'm kind
of surprised I don't.

If I should, I mean.

And I'm not like that anymore.

I'm in a relationship.

A relationship, huh?
You're wearing a wedding band.

Oh. Right. I'm married.

Clementine? I lived at the
Ramsey's when you were there?

You're that Clementine?

I'm that Clementine.

How are you? I'm good.
I'm a sophomore here.

And I have a job now.

And I have my own place so...

Things are going much better
than I ever would have expected.

And I have to say

seems like things are going
better for you than I expected.

Yeah, look at us.

Who knew, huh?
Who knew.

I thought you'd be in jail.

You too. I mean, I thought
you'd be right there with me.

I have to get back to work.

But we have to catch up.

I'm kind of in a relationship.

Kind of?
Isn't that a wedding band?

Oh. Yeah.
I'm married.

Married? And you're
a freshman?

Yeah.

All right. She must be
a really special girl.

Or, oh geez, you didn't have
to get married, did you?

Have to? No. No one
has to get married.

Look, it was great seeing you.

If I don't see you again, it's just because...
I'm busy and everything.

And married.

Yeah, and that.

Bye. Good to see you.

Did I say that already?

Um...

Oh, yeah.

You actually
tipped at the counter.

I'm big on tipping.

I don't know why
I said that. Bye.

Buddy!
Oh God.

Have you been to class yet?

Yeah. I'm just waiting for the next one.
English lit.

Oh. well, we've all got the same
class, we can walk over together.

We've got a half hour,
let's grab some coffee.

I did that, I had some coffee,
I'm just going to walk around.

Have some more coffee, come on.
This is great, isn't it?

We don't need any coffee.
Let's just walk around the campus.

I really need to study.

No you don't. And you just said
you were going to walk around.

We'll walk around with you.

What, did you promise Amy you wouldn't
hang out with me or something?

No. Then relax dude, this
is gonna be a fun year.

You forgot your phone.

Thanks.

You're not going to tip her?

I tipped at the counter.
I'll go tip her.

Just leave it alone.

Jack's right,
this is going to be fun.

Especially for
you it looks like.

She's someone
I knew in a foster home.

She was like a sister to me.

Then introduce me.
She's hot.

Let's just go.

Let's.

Coach is trying to get me to say I'm
a Christian before Saturday's game.

Why is that? Eh, he just thinks
it's a good public image.

And it'll psyche out the other team
if they think God is on our side.

You're not going to do that, are you?
Lie about something like that.

As serious as that.

Like you're going to tell Amy about
knowing that waitress? Yeah. I am.

Describe her
to me without lying.

I told you. She's a girl I lived
with when I was in foster care.

We were at the same house
for not even a year.

Did you have sex with her?

No. I didn't.
We were too young

and too messed up and it
wasn't exactly a good home.

No. We did not have sex.

I'd have sex with her.

You're supposed
to be a Christian.

Yeah, but not that
kind of Christian.

I'm a Christian who has sex if
I'm in a committed relationship.

Oh! Give it up and just go to
church and have sex with Grace.

You know you both want to.

She says she's not going
to do it again until...

Can we just make an agreement not to spend
the next four years talking about sex?

Have we not grown up at all
during the last four years?

Boy, he is so married.

Guess we'll see, huh?

We got to get this
Operation Tebow moving.

We got a game coming up.

Grace is working on it, but Jack's
not being very cooperative.

Can't Grace be a little
more persuasive?

I don't think that's allowed.

All right.

This team needs an extra boost.

I've got a hunch this Christian
angle is going to do it

'cause God knows
we've tried everything else.

Don't worry.
It's going to happen.

I'm going to make it happen.

That's the spirit.

Hey, Margie.
Oh, let me just grab my coat

and roll the calls over
and we're on our way.

What do you think of the place?

Very impressive.

And don't you look
good behind that desk.

Nora, I hope you're
proud of yourself.

You're doing really well.

And it's Margaret, not Margie,
but that's a very cute name.

Someone's in a good mood.

Well, I was going to wait until we're
at lunch to tell you, but I can't!

Shakur and I are going to have
a big wedding for the kids,

isn't that exciting?

Uh, yeah. Is it before
or after the wedding.

Anne is going to have
for the two of 'em?

What wedding?

Oh, sh**t.
She didn't tell you?

Tell me what?
She's not having a wedding for them.

I think she is.

No, she's not.

Shakur and I are doing that.

We're going to have elephants.

The bride and groom are going
to ride in on elephants.

And Shakur's family is coming
and my family is coming.

Real elephants?
Like at the zoo?

Real elephants.

A real wedding.
A big party for five hundred people.

That's crazy!

I love that idea!
I want to go to your wedding!

What does Ricky say?

I wanted to tell you
and Anne first.

I was going to give her the
courtesy of being part of it all.

Apparently she didn't
feel the same way about me.

I think she was just sidetracked
by Ashley, she flew the coop.

She's in Italy.

Oh, boy.

Well, still.

I wish Anne had called me.

I don't want her
to be disappointed.

Me neither.
She's a nice lady.

Yes, she is.

But you're on my side right?

I mean, you're
Ricky's mother too.

Well, I mean, it's tough.

Anne is gay. But...

You've got elephants.
I got to go with you.

We'll talk her into it.

But first, we better
talk to Amy and Ricky.

I don't think they
want a wedding.

Anne just pressured
Ricky into it.

I don't do that.
I know my son.

And I know Ricky
is very happy with Amy

and that he loves our family

and he's going to
be very excited

when I tell him
what we want to do.

And, you can tell that
you are excited also.

So, I'm the closer.

Ah, I don't mind.

I'm going to wear harem pants.
I love those.

Okay, we'll see.
Let's get some lunch.

Nora, I'm sorry.

But uh, I need you
to stay here.

Can you just send
up or something?

I apologize Margaret.

I know the two of you are
supposed to be having lunch,

but I have an emergency.

That's okay, Leo.

You just go and take care of
whatever it is you need to do.

What do you need to do?

I have to go.

What's that about?

As an employee of
Boykewich International,

I cannot discuss...

Any matters relating to Boykewich
business practices or matters

which are deemed
confidential by the company.

That's all right.
But does this have

anything to do with Ben

accusing the student teacher
of being a pervert?

The one that was dating Adrian?

No. How'd you hear that?

The whole school has heard it.

And Ethan's in school.

Well, Miss Smarty Pants,

it has nothing to
do with anyone

being a pervert, it has
to do with the fire.

Oh, the fire at
the high school?

Rats! How do
you do that?

How do you get people
to tell you things?

Don't worry, I'm not
going to say a word.

Would you like
to see some pictures

of the elephants and tents?

Yeah. Wow.

So how did that
fire come about, I wonder?

Bunsen burner, they were
roasting marshmallows...

If we're going to b*at
Amy's mother,

we need to start
this right away.

I don't know if we should try
to b*at Amy's mother.

I do. We're Amy's
best friends.

You know in her heart of hearts
she wants a real wedding.

I mean, I understand
why they ran off,

they're living together and
they have a child together,

and they wanted to make it all
official without all the hassle.

But this isn't going to be a hassle,
we can do everything for her.

For them.

You know and any wedding that Amy's
mom plans, would be all hassle.

And Amy wants a wedding,
not a hassle.

I'm not sure Amy does
want a wedding.

Look at all the trouble we went
through for that flash mob

and the singing and everything.

I don't think she
was all that impressed.

And that was a lot of work.

I mean, she said
thank you and everything,

but I don't know, she seemed
kind of funny about it.

Maybe that was because
she was shocked and awed.

But this will be
a planned event.

And Amy wants a wedding.

And we want to
give her a wedding.

No. You do.
You want a wedding.

You just want to wear
that sparkly dress again.

We did look hot.

But it's not about
a sparkly dress.

I just... I just don't
want to let go of her.

We were the first people she
told when she was pregnant.

Even before she
told her mother.

We've been
best friends forever.

And after this year, everyone is just
going to go their separate ways.

Maybe not.

Maybe we'll all end up at
the same college together.

Lauren, you're not
going to stay here,

you'll be going away,
to some big fancy school.

You can go away to some big
fancy school with me.

No! You are not going
to stay here and

go to school where Jack goes,

just hoping to get him back!

But I miss him.

I know. I miss Jesse.

But how stupid would
we be to make

decisions about what college we want
to go to based on our old boyfriends?

I may be that stupid.

No, you're not.

I just hope someone
wants to marry me someday.

Someone will.

But Madison, it's too
soon, it's way too soon.

We're not Amy.

We've got years to enjoy before
we settle down and get married

and have kids

and maybe in a few years
we won't even want that.

Maybe marriage and babies

are easier to think about than
being personally successful

in a field that we've
yet to even know exists.

It's easy to think about guys
and weddings and all that stuff

it's hard to picture
starting a business

or inventing something that will make
a real contribution to the world.

It's even hard to imagine

that maybe someday

we may have the opportunity to
travel the world on our own

and get to meet new people from different
cultures and different countries.

Those are the kinds of things
we should be dreaming about.

Yeah. I'd like to meet
a guy from Madrid.

Or Amsterdam.
Or Mongolia.

You know, those Mongolian guys are
really macho with their little ponies,

riding across the tundra,

k*lling those rats and stuff.

Hey, Madison, could I talk
to you about something?

We're talking.
Sorry.

That's okay, what do you want?

A little privacy?

Oh, for Pete's sake. We're seniors.
You're a freshman.

I need some advice about
something. It's personal.

Okay.
From her.

Good luck.

Can I ask you a question?

I hope so, after all that.

And I hope you're
not hitting on me again.

No, I just want to ask your
advice as an older woman.

Do girls who have
had sex, do they

well, do they ever want
to have sex with a guy

who hasn't had a lot of sex,

with other people, women?

Because if not,
what I was wondering was...

Watch it. I'm not hitting
on you, it's just that...

I'm sure you could maybe teach me a thing
or two, purely on a friendship basis,

or even on a
I-would-pay-you-basis.

Not that it wouldn't be pleasurable
for both of us, as well as safe.

And I might add, I respect you,
that's why I have come to you.

That and the only other girl I
really know at school is Amy.

Get out of here!
Are you sure?

Fine! I'll get
out of here.

I'm not some kind of hooker.

I mean, I'm just naturally sexy

which doesn't mean I have sex
with every guy I go out with.

It must be the blonde hair.

You won't believe what that
Ethan guy just asked me!

Maybe I would.

He asked me if a
girl who has had sex

would still have sex with
a guy who hasn't had sex

and then offered
to pay me money.

That little...
I'm going to have Ricky talk to him.

He's hitting on that girl
I'm supposed to be mentoring.

Oh. The pregnant one.

I get it, he wants
to have sex with her

and she's obviously
had sex and...

And obviously
he's out of his mind

because that is not
going to happen.

Not as long as my mentor
lungs are still breathing.

Is this a good time to talk
to you about the party.

The kind of wedding thing?

No. Madison,
do not start with that.

I don't want a wedding
or anything like a wedding.

I don't want my mother
to do anything

or Ricky's mothers to do anything
or my best friends to do anything.

All right?

She went over there and she
took Rabi with her.

Not me, Rabi.

I don't even get
to yell at Ashle

all I get is to capitalize
my text messages

while the two of them are looking for an
apartment and shopping and eating spaghetti.

I'm kind of glad you didn't
go to Italy with Anne,

while the two of them are looking for an
apartment and shopping I'd be really jealous.

It's not like we would
have been fooling around.

You never know.
I know.

So I guess the
wedding is on hold?

There's not going to be a
wedding, there already was

a wedding and that's the
only wedding I'm paying for.

Maybe Anne will want to pay
for it all by herself.

How's she going to do that?
Do you know how much weddings cost?

Every time I talk to her, she's
got bigger and bigger ideas.

The guest list is up to
two hundred and fifty people

and she's looking at some place
on the beach near Santa Barbara.

I don't know how she thinks
she'd pay for all that.

Oh, I don't know.
I guess she could sell the house.

It's just you now.

You and Nora.

Anne's not going
to sell that house.

She cried when I switched out
the kitchen counter tops.

You did those
granite counter tops?

I did.
Wow.

I guess I didn't realize that
you did that kind of thing.

Sure I do. You want something done around here?
I'd love a project.

I'd love to get the
wallpaper down in here.

I can paint, but I don't think I
can remove the paper by myself.

I can take down the paper and paint,
and you don't have to lift a finger.

No, no, I'd want to help. Then let's do it.
Let's do it right now.

Really?

Yeah, I'll run home and grab some
tools, back in five minutes.

Okay.

Mmm.

Wait, George, I have
something to tell you.

Oh yeah?
What's that?

The divorce papers
came through.

Yeah?
Yeah, and here's the thing...

Don't come back in five minutes,
don't start any projects with me,

unless...

Well, unless you're really serious
about me and not just trying

to have sex with me for ol'
time sake or something.

I am serious about you.
You know that.

I know I said that we had to wait until I
got divorced, but now that I am divorced,

I just don't feel comfortable
jumping right into bed with you.

How do you feel about that?
I feel hurt. I feel disappointed.

I feel that you lied to me
about something I really think

is the biggest part
of any adult relationship.

Really? I'm joking. Pretty much.

Pretty much? As much as I want
to jump into bed with you,

what I really want is
for us to be happy together.

Meaning?

I was with Anne for
almost twenty years

with and we've had
three children together

and it never felt like
we were married.

And not because she was gay,

although I can now see how
that might figure into it.

I just, I got married
because we had Amy.

And then we had Ashley.
And then we got divorced and then we had Robie.

It's always felt as if we had to be
married whether we wanted to or not.

This time I want to be married
because we both want to be married

and we love each other
and we respect each other

and we want to be together
for the rest of our lives.

I want to spend the rest of
my life with you, Kathleen.

I'm going to go get my tools.

It's not a good
idea, all right?

I know him.
He's not for you.

And you don't need
to be dating right now.

You just need to focus on your baby
and your health and your classes.

You can't get behind
in your classes,

you're already a year behind
where you're supposed to be.

Don't throw that in my face,

I've moved around a lot.
My dad's in the CIA.

Should you be telling me that?
Isn't that confidential information?

I'm going to tell you anything I
have to to get you away from me

so I can go talk
to my new friend.

I'm not sure Ethan is
capable of being a friend,

and he should be focusing
on his classes as well.

He's really cute. And I'm sick of sitting
around the house with my grandmother.

Then I'll try to do something with
you, but it has to be on a Saturday.

I work after school

and the only time
I have is on weekends

and then I try to catch up
with my homework while doing

laundry over at
my parents' house.

I'm sorry, was that an invitation
to hang out or a cautionary tale?

You can bring your homework
and we'll do it together.

Will the kid be there?
John? Yeah, of course.

Nah, I don't want to.

I don't want to meet your kid,

it would be like you're trying to
talk me into not giving up my baby.

No, I'm not.
That's not what I'm doing at all.

I'm sure the family you have for
her is a very loving family

and they're the right
choice for your baby.

Look, I don't think
you're doing the wrong thing

by allowing your baby
to be adopted.

Then why didn't you?
Because I didn't, okay?

Everyone should have a choice.

A choice to have
the baby or not,

a choice to allow the baby to
be adopted or keep the baby.

These are very personal decisions
and they are never easy,

I'm sure it's not easy on you.

Oh, no!

What's wrong?

No, no, oh, no.

What? I think someone
broke into my locker.

You made it pretty easy,
your lock wasn't locked.

Which makes it even worse.
I have no one to blame but myself.

You're going to have to ge a new
license, new credit cards...

New husband.

I can't believe we're doing this!
I am so excited.

I never liked that wallpaper,
Marshall picked it out.

Sorry. I didn't mean
to bring up his name.

You can bring up his name
any time you want.

Pretty dainty wallpaper
for a player.

Speaking of which, where's his son?
When is he coming back?

Jacob? I don't know.

I like him and I'm happy
we got to meet each other

and that he and Tom and
Grace are friends.

And if you had never met him and never
found out, you'd be even happier?

No. It's good
to know the truth.

Ah, is that what's
going on here?

You're seeking the truth
through wallpaper?

Why are you taking
down the wallpaper?

This was Dad's favorite thing in the
house, he picked it out himself.

It was like the one
decision you let him make.

Oh, he made some other
decisions without me, Grace.

Sorry, Grace, I guess we
took you by surprise.

It was just kind of spur of the moment.
The wallpaper was peeling off

and your mom just wanted to get rid of it.
No offense to your dad.

I'm sorry. I can not get used
to you being in our house.

Christian or not,
I'm still human!

I'm sorry. I'm going
to go talk to her.

I got it.

Sorry about that.

About flaunting my relationship
with your mother in your face.

That was wrong of me.

Yeah. It was.
It was completely insensitive.

I feel really bad about taking down the
wallpaper, we should have asked you about it.

That's the wallpaper you grew up with and
even though it was falling off the walls,

still, it's your house,
it's not my house.

It's really my mother's house and I guess
she can do whatever she wants to it,

including having you take down
the wallpaper in the kitchen.

Why don't you come back in?

Nah. I'm not really good
at that stuff like that.

Is there anything you'd
like to do in here?

In here? No. I don't know.

I don't really want you
to do anything for me.

I wasn't volunteering, I was just thinking
that maybe your boyfriend Jack...

He's not my boyfriend.
Your old boyfriend Jack,

he's pretty handy, he could probably
paint or hang some shelves or something.

He's busy, he's has football,
he's got a whole new life

over on the big college campus.

Plus he doesn't care about me.

He just wants to
have sex with me.

And I'm not into that anymore.

That's why I was suggesting
doing something else together.

Oh, I get it.
Now I get it.

You're taking down the wallpaper just
so you can have sex with my mother!

No, I'm taking down the wallpaper
because I want to be with your mother

for the rest of my life.

And I'm telling you that now, so you won't
be surprised if things work out later.

We might even go to church.

I got to get back to work.

Henry? What are
you doing here?

We talked about your
not dropping by.

I know, but Alice
said I should talk to you.

Oh. Uh, well, this
isn't a good time.

My dad called and
told me to meet him here.

Oh yeah?
Is everything all right?

No, Henry.

Everything is not all right.

And since you dropped
by, I might as well tell you.

That you b*rned down the school?
Alice already told me.

I know you told her and not me.

It's okay.
I understand.

She told you!
Yeah.

And she told me I could
tell you she told me.

Yeah. I should have told
you when I told Alice.

I maybe should have told you
instead of telling Alice,

although that certainly could have
had some strange repercussions.

Dylan and I b*rned
down her school

or I thought we did and
I went to Adrian's dad

and told him and then the
police got involved and...

I think I could be going
off to jail, I don't know.

I mean, Dylan thinks the worst
thing that's going to happen

is that we're never going to be
able to see each other again, but

I think I could be
going off to jail.

Ben, your dad would never
let anyone put you in prison.

Not for something like burning
down a stupid school.

I mean, there are too many
schools to begin with.

And, and that one?
I mean, it was just a private one.

Not paid for by the taxpayers.

You can stop now, Henry.

No matter how good
a friend you are,

I don't think you can justify the stupid,
irresponsible things I did last summer.

I know I can't.

You b*rned it down on purpose?

No, I... We, Dylan and I,
b*rned it down by accident.

You didn't burn down anything.

Hi Henry. I got
to talk to Ben.

I'll call you later, Henry.
Thanks man.

I didn't burn down anything?

No, whatever Miss Dylan
told the cops,

they told the fire department
and this led to them

checking the gas lines
coming into the school again,

the lines were running
too close to the electrical.

Bottom line,
you're off the hook.

With them.
But not with me.

What! It's over?
I'm free?

No. You're not free.

You're restricted to school,
work, and home.

And maybe Alice and Henry.

Oh, my God! I'm innocent?
I didn't do anything?

No, you did.

You stupidly got involved

with a girl who gets some kind of
kick out of living on the edge,

and as of right here and now, I do not
want you hanging out with her ever again.

It's just Alice and
Henry, Henry and Alice.

You never got into any trouble
just hanging out with those two.

Because they're your friends, your
real friends, your best friends.

Oh, no.

All right, I'm going
to start telling the truth.

Good idea.
I slept with Alice.

Slept with Alice as in...

How the hell did that happen?

Never mind. I don't want you
hanging out with anyone

until the School Board matter
is over and then we'll see.

Alice!
Henry doesn't know.

Good. Don't tell him.

There's just one more thing.

Please, Ben, when does it end?

I promised God that
if I got off,

if I didn't get arrested for
arson, that I'd go to church.

Well, God's used to that
sort of thing I imagine.

So don't worry about it.

I don't know Dad, I mean...

Maybe I could go to hell for.

For that fire.

But not for sleeping with one best
friend and lying to the other one?

Ricki, you home?

Hi. My mother just called,

she wants you to call her.

Oh? Your mother?
Margaret. Yeah.

Oh, did she say what she wants?

She wants to talk to you, she
sounded kind of excited.

In a good way?

I think so.
Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

I think she may be
calling about Ethan,

I'll talk to her later.

How was your
first day at school?

Good, pretty much like
high school with a lawn.

But, um,

look I want to tell
you something.

I ran into a girl
named Clementine

that I was in
a foster home with,

she works in the coffee shop.

Oh. That's nice.

I guess.
Did she stay in foster care?

I didn't really ask her,
I had to get to class.

The one class I have
with Jack and Adrian.

How's Adrian?
She's okay.

I just have the
one class with her.

And Jack? He's all caught
up with football season.

Okay, well, there's something
I need to tell you.

What's that?

Well, it seems
as if I... Um...

To me, I mean, I don't know...
I'm just guessing,

Margaret was probably
calling about Ethan.

Ethan was hitting on
my little mentoree today

and now she
likes him, apparently.

I don't know why
my mother would care,

she did sound like
she's in a good mood

so maybe she's happy
he has a friend.

You think so?

I don't know.
I mean, isn't the dad back in Houston?

The baby's being
adopted, right?

Right. Yeah.

So...

What? Ethan shouldn't be her friend?
She shouldn't be Ethan's friend?

No. It's just that they've
both been in trouble before

and, you know...

I know sometimes two kids who got
into trouble turn out all right.

Yeah.

Anything else?
Yeah. What's for dinner?

I just ordered Chinese food.

I had class, then I had work,
and I've got to study so...

I didn't cook.
That's okay.

I love Chinese.

You want to talk about the
money while we're waiting?

We can talk about that later,
I want to get changed.

You're looking a little pale,
you sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

You want another hit
before I take off?

Oh. No thanks.
I don't usually drink coffee,

I'm kind of getting a headache,

but it is keeping me awake
and I have to study, so...

Look, sister,

I know that you're
not Ricky's wife

but I take it that
you're interested in him,

otherwise you wouldn't be sitting
here drinking coffee all night

and trying to get
chummy with me.

You are so wrong.
Ricky and I are just friends.

We were friends before
he got Amy pregnant,

we go way back.

Well, as long as you
don't go way forward.

He's married and he's happy
and he's doing really well

and you are not going to
screw that up for him.

So you still care.

I have a boyfriend!
Kind of.

Thank you so much
for your help.

After you guys lived
there for so long,

it just didn't feel clean,
you know.

I just thought a nice fresh
coat of paint might help.

Oh, it's no problem, I haven't painted
in a while, it was kind of fun.

You're so nice
to help me, really.

Well, I owe you,
or your mom anyway.

I lived here for free
for a year.

Still.

I got to go, I have
a curfew you know.

No, I didn't realize.

Not that coach would mind me
being late from your place.

No. He probably wouldn't.

Grace, I know he thinks you
might get me back into church

and get me interested in being
a better Christian, but...

A better Christian?

Meaning you're thinking of
yourself as a Christian again?

I wasn't, no. That just
came out wrong.

Um, what I'm
trying to say is...

I love you, Grace,
I still love you,

and I still want
to have sex with you.

And I don't want to be in a relationship
with you without having sex.

Sorry.
Wait.

You love me?
You know I love you.

But I can't
not have sex with you.

Please, Jack. Come on. I just...
It's not right for me.

Not in high school.
I've made too many mistakes in high school.

But we could still make out and
fool around a little, just no sex.

Does fooling around include...

No.

All right.
I'll think about it.

Okay, think about it.

Goodnight.
Goodnight.

Elephants? Uh...
I don't really see Ricky on an elephant.

An elephant?
Who are you talking to?

Your mother.

Yeah, I mean.
I'm open to it,

but you gotta talk to my
mom when she comes back.

Okay. Okay,
goodnight, Mom.

Did you say elephant?
Yes.

Your parents want to have a
traditional Indian wedding

and come in on elephants.

What?
That's ridiculous.

Yeah.

Okay, I have to tell you something.
And it's not good.

Is it worse than
riding an elephant?

Yeah.

I put the money in my purse.

I put my purse in my locker
and I didn't lock it.

When I came back at the end
of the day, it was gone.

I reported it as stolen
then I was late to work

because I had to
talk to a police officer

who told me that I'd never find
it, but he filed a report anyway.

You thought
your purse was stolen

and you lost a thousand dollars and
you're just telling me this now?

Madison dropped it off.
She said you left it at school.

Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!

It's all here!
All of it!

Give it to me.

We are getting in way too deep.

Give it to me.
I'll put it in the bank.

And if we get forced into riding
elephants, we can flee the country.

I think it sounds kind of fun.

I bet you have
to wear a turban.

We are not having a wedding.

You tell your mom that
and I'll tell mine.

So how long does it take for
the baby belly to go away?

Well, you have to wait for
the baby to get out first.

No, I know that. I just wondered
is it like weeks or months or...

I'm 15. I don't think
it'll take that long.

Why, are you
worried about that?

No, just curious.

I've never known
a pregnant girl before.

Who are you talking to?

No one.

Who was that on the phone?

Not your old boyfriend, I hope.

No, I'm not speaking to him.

It was my new boyfriend.

You met someone?

Yeah,

I think I did.

Cool.

Yeah.

Cool.