05x24 - Thank You And Goodbye

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

You would not believe what I've
been doing to try to get out of this!

I have been picking out
(WHISPERS) china patterns.

So, when are you getting married?
Deeper I get myself into this

the more I feel absolutely certain
that I don't want to get married.

I know what you mean.

You're not in love with him.

And I know you don't want to get married.

Why would you want to destroy
the lives of three people?

No matter how much those
three love each other,

Amy does not want to marry Ricky.

You never asked Amy about what Adrian said?

Amy can tell me if she
doesn't want to get married.

Goodbye, Adrian.

Can you do anything to get
out of it? I joined months ago.

My mom asked me to drop
this gift off to you.

(EXHALES)

I just don't want to get married right now.

Well, then don't. Take your time.

When I have sex with Amy, I
don't really feel anything.

I've got nothing to give
back except her freedom.

Very few people are gutsy
enough to call off a wedding.

The day after graduation

she just disappears and
goes to New York. Easy.

This is it, Amy. You're in or you're out.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

- So, what time does the game start tomorrow night?
- 7:00. Home field.

- Good. I won't have to leave work early.
- You don't have to go.

Of course we're going.

We're not gonna miss seeing you march
in your first high-school halftime.

I thought you didn't even like marching
bands, and I mean you hate football.

- Yeah, but I love you.
- I don't have to go, do I?

- Yes.
- Um...

Can I talk to the two of you alone?

You have to talk to them alone
about something? Like what?

Finally deciding to wear a bra?

(PHONE RINGS)

Ashley, why don't you get
that? It's probably for you.

Must be serious. She's sitting down.

Why the long face, sweetheart?

It's for you. It's a guy.

You have a boyfriend? Is that
what you're trying to tell us?

- Hello?
- George, why don't we give her some privacy.

See? I told you. Boys
like nice girls. Come on.

Ben? No.

No, I'm sorry, I... I don't remember.

Amy?

(SNIFFLES)

- What's going on?
- Oh. I just, um,

wanted to come pick up a few things.

Just stuff I should have
gotten rid of a long time ago.

Yeah, I came over to do the same thing.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Everything is fine.

♪ 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

As always, I'm sure everyone's going to
have an opinion about my marrying Ricky.

Ah, forget about everyone
else but your family,

You have a family, married or not.

Are you happy, Dad?

I am.

I really am.

(SCOFFS)

Took a long time coming, Ames.

Took a long, long time for me to grow up.

So, sorry if you got hurt along
the way by anything that I did.

But, um,

everyone is always trying to do
the best they can for who they are

at any given time.

Including me.

And including you.

(SIGHS)

We had a lot of family
dinners around this table.

Lot of birthdays,
anniversaries, family dinners.

This was where all the news happened,

good and bad.

For a while.

Then as things got worse, we
kind of moved into the kitchen,

like this room was too classy
for the arguments, you know?

Didn't want to argue with your mother in
front of the wedding china or something.

Yeah,

the kitchen kind of became the center
of the house when things got real.

(LAUGHS)

- Hey.
- Hey.

Glad you're home.

You're only young once. You
should be having a little fun.

- Why are you two taking a test?
- They're for you.

I think the only way to be absolutely
sure is if you go see a doctor.

I don't have that kind of doctor.
All I have is a pediatrician.

Do you guys mind?

Oh. Okay, yeah.

It's Amy, right?

You don't think I could ever forget the
night we spent together at band camp, do you?

Will you marry me?

- What are you staring at?
- Nothing.

I know what you were looking at.

Well, it's not exactly as if you're
trying to hide anything lately.

- Excuse me?
- Before anybody gets really upset here,

let's just talk about this.

About this?

- I want to have sex.
- Guess I showed up at a bad time.

Night!

I just had a baby!

I'm really sorry you called me a
slut and got suspended from school.

I'm sorry that you're a slut.

A slut and a slut.

Being a slut is gonna keep Ricky
interested in me and not you.

You know, in the long run,
while Ricky may love his son,

he's probably never going to love
you because you ruined his life.

Good night.

Oh, and again, I'm sorry.

I do love you, Amy.

I really do, but we've
been back and forth so much

how do we make this work?

How do you even start
to forgive me for Adrian?

Why not just forget everything
but how much we loved each other.

How much we still do.

I swear to you, Amy Juergens, I will
never do anything again to hurt you.

Amy, Adrian's pregnant and it's my baby.

- Oh, God!
- Wait, wait!

What chance did we ever
have at a relationship,

when he was willing to step
in and come to the rescue?

So, uh, welcome to New York! Come on in.

It's nice. Yeah, isn't it?

It is.

- So, how was your flight?
- It was good.

I'll show you New York.

I'm not really here to see New
York. I'm just here to see you.

It's really good to see you, Amy.

You too, Ricky. You, too.

- Don't help me or anything.
- I'll help you.

I'll give you some advice.

Don't move into Ricky's apartment.

It's too soon and you're not ready.

No, you're not ready.

But, you'll never be ready so
just try not to hate me for moving.

Fine, don't listen to me.
But, you're gonna be sorry.

No, I'm not gonna be sorry.

Fine, then just move out.

I am, tonight!

Hi.

Hi.

I'm happy to have you home.

I'm happy to be home.

So?

We... (SIGHS)

got married.

What's all this?

Oh, well, since you were
coming home for dinner,

I wanted to make it special.

Now, since you're a restaurant
owner, it's hard to compete.

Mmm.

No competition.

Eating with family beats eating
alone in the restaurant any day.

Yes, it does.

Why are we eating in here? We
haven't eaten in here since Dad d*ed.

What's going on? Why are we eating in here?

I just want to have a
family dinner, all right?

- Why?
- Because we're a family now,

and our family's going to get larger.

- Are you pregnant?
- No! (SCOFFS)

I'm talking about Jack. Jack
will be part of our family.

We're adding another family member.

- Who's valedictorian?
- Not Grace.

No, it's not me. It's Grant.

Oh, that's nice.

Yeah. Whatever.

So, what's the decision on college?

Well, I've been thinking

and considering my relationship
with Jack and all the other guys...

You're not making another
decision based on guys, are you?

No. What I was thinking is...

I don't know. Why did you
ever let me go out with Jack?

Uh, I think we tried to stop you.

What's that ring? I never
noticed you had a ring like that.

It's a promise ring.

My parents gave it to
me when I promised them

I wouldn't have sex until I get married.

I know what a promise ring is.
I just didn't know you had one.

Last night. My parents and I
had a long talk about you and me.

I thought your parents
were happy we were dating.

I thought they trusted me. I'm a Christian.

I'm just as committed
to abstinence as you are.

- I had no idea it would be like that.
- Yeah, I didn't either.

- I didn't expect you to be quite so aggressive.
- Yeah.

GRACE: If I hadn't
gotten into that argument,

and if I hadn't been so
determined to prove him wrong,

then I wouldn't have had sex.

- If I hadn't had sex, then he would still be alive.
- Listen to me!

One has nothing to do with the other.

You didn't k*ll him, Grace.

God is not punishing you for having sex.

You are punishing you, so stop.

- Med camp?
- Yeah.

- How'd you know?
- How'd you know?

I went there. I want to be a doctor.

I went there. I want to be a doctor.

BOTH: No way!

So...

Okay, I...

- I do have one regret.
- And what's that?

I regret that we wasted the
whole summer not having sex!

- Oh, good.
- (CHUCKLING)

- So you liked it.
- I liked it.

Oh, we decided we'd go out.

As long as we're still broken up.

- We're still broken up, right?
- Yeah, we're still broken up.

Good night, Grace.

- Oh... am I interrupting?
- No.

Do you think there's anything
to that kissing thing?

Like how Adrian kissed Ricky?

Jack, it would be so nice if you
woke up in time for Christmas.

That would be the best
gift I could ask for,

for you to wake up.

You sure you don't want to wake up? For me?

Hey, where were you this morning,
you missed graduation rehearsals.

- Root canal.
- What?

- Root canal.
- Root canal?

You? You have perfect teeth!

- Apparently not.
- (LAUGHS) Were you in pain?

Am I in pain?

Well, I've pretty much been in
pain for the last four years,

so, why would today be
any different? (CHUCKLES)

High school was not kind to you either.

Well, here's hoping that
college will be better.

So, do you think that college
will be better, for me, I mean?

- I hope so, Ben.
- Are you going to marry Ricky,

because living over you and Ricky

could bring me to a new
depth of unhappiness which

could have been my dad's plan all
along to keep me at home. (CHUCKLES)

The wedding is tomorrow.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

So you missed graduation rehearsals,

I should tell you what we have to do.

Be in the gym at 6:00.
Bring your cap and gown,

what you have on underneath is up to you,

and then, afterwards,
return your cap and gown

to the locker,

and make sure that there's
not anything left in our locker

- but your cap and gown.
- I guess Ricky will be with you.

Yeah, I guess he will.

- I think I'm going to bring Adrian.
- Yeah. Makes sense.

I mean, you and Adrian are friends
and I'm sure Adrian would like to come.

You're really getting married?

- So, you dance?
- Mmm-mmm. Not really.

- (LAUGHING)
- Neither do I.

How hard can it be?

I've never had a boyfriend, ever.

I've never had a girlfriend, ever.

I forgot something.

I forgot to do this.

Good night, Amy.

I love you.

Me, too.

Is she pregnant?

- Pregnant?
- Yeah, you know, is she gonna have a baby?

No! She can't be pregnant.
I just kissed her.

(LAUGHING) Oh, wow! Oh,
man. Where are yours?

- Somebody's in a good mood.
- I am.

Ben, I am. (GIGGLING) I don't
know why I am. I just am.

- Gonna be a family now.
- (LAUGHING) Yes.

We are. (CHUCKLES)

We are, Amy.

Till death do us part.

(BABY CRYING)

Bye!

So,

I guess this is it.

Yeah, guess this is it.

- Don't make me cry.
- (LAUGHING) I'll be over here.

I wish you were going with us.

Well, maybe you can transfer
if you don't like Hudson.

Yeah. Maybe.

- So, what about the wedding? Is the wedding on?
- Yeah.

The wedding is still on.

It's going to be fine.

You and Ricky will be very happy together.

You don't believe that.

No, you know what, I do. I think
that once you finally do it,

you'll be so relieved that it's done.

And then you'll settle
in and you'll be married

- and stuff. (CHUCKLES)
- Yeah.

Listen to Lauren, she's
right. I mean you're gonna be

married and settled in

and we're still gonna be best friends.
We're still gonna see each other.

You know, you can come up to
Berkeley and have fun with us

and we can come up to New York and see you.

Sure. (CHUCKLES)

Well, we're going to that party.

Yeah. Are you sure you don't want to come?

I'm getting married tomorrow. (LAUGHING)

And we have to go pick
up John from Ricky's mom

and I don't really want to go to a party.

All right, then.

I guess we'll be going.

- Bye, Amy.
- Bye, Amy.

Bye!

Best friends forever!

If you get bored...

Well, Henry, sir, I guess
high school is officially over

- and you're officially one boot away from boot camp.
- Yeah.

- I'm looking forward to that.
- You cried all night.

- Whoa! All night?
- Yeah.

- All night.
- What, are you gonna kiss and tell?

We kind of got back together.

- Oh, Good timing.
- HENRY: Hey, what can I say?

- She's the love of my life.
- Oh, Henry.

I wish you weren't going away.

We're both going away, but when
we get back, it'll be for always.

Oh, brother.

- I saw that.
- (SIGHS)

Yeah, I was looking at her, so what?

- So, you're still in love with her, you big idiot.
- Yeah.

All right. So, are we all
hanging out at your dad's house,

or do the three of you want to
grow up and come over to the condo?

Oh...

No. I'm not going over to your dad's house?

You can come over, if you want.

Yeah. Thanks for the invite but I
don't want to spoil your good time.

We're just going to sit around and
eat junk food and cry. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, I'd rather do that alone.

So, congratulations, Ben, Henry and
Alice, and, uh, yeah, I should be going.

Bye.

(LAUGHS)

- We can go to the party if you want.
- No, I don't want.

- I'm just saying.
- No. I just want to go home, I think.

It's your graduation. We went
to a party after my graduation.

No, we didn't go together,
we just ended up together.

Yeah. We did, didn't we?

I just really want to go home.

Are you going to speak
to Adrian before she goes?

Bye, Grace!

Stay in touch, okay?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, too.

(SIGHS)

(LAUGHING) Oh! All right.

Thanks. (SNIFFLES)

I'm really going to miss you two.

(SNIFFLING) Bye, Jack!

Bye, Ricky!

Bye, Ben!

I hope you'll be very happy.

(LAUGHING) Okay, bye.

(SOBBING) I don't want to go!

I loved high school! I loved it here!

Come on, Grace. Let's go.

- May the best man win.
- (CHUCKLES)

- Uh, the best man did win.
- (SIGHING)

The wedding's tomorrow.

It's not over until the
I do's have been said.

Goodnight, Ben.

Congratulations on your graduation.

- Yeah.
- Goodnight.

Goodnight.

- Are you ready to leave?
- (DOOR OPENS)

I just wish I could do it all over again,

- do it differently, do it better,
- (DOOR CLOSES)

(SIGHING) but I can't,
so, I guess it's time.

I guess it is.

All of this started when I
put this ring on my finger.

So, you know what?

I'm gonna take it off.

JACK: All right!

No, I'm taking it off
because I don't need it.

I'm not tempted to have
sex with you anymore.

I'm not tempted to have sex with anyone.

I see you're not wearing
your promise ring anymore.

No, you saw me take it off.

Yeah, and I thought you
took it off in anger.

Plus, I thought your parents would
make you put it right back on.

No, they haven't even noticed it was off.

Well, you should put it back
on. It's not safe out here.

No. I don't care if it's not safe out here,

it's safe in here.

Grace, I love you.

I've always loved you.

But I don't know if that's enough.

It may not be enough, but
it's a good place to start.

I love you too, Jack.

I still feel the same as
I did before about sex.

I'm not ready to have sex.

You sure about this?

I'm sure.

I'm absolutely sure.

I want to have sex and we're
too young to get married.

What are we supposed to do, Jack?

- What are we supposed to do?
- I don't know.

But here's an idea.

Oral sex.

It's... it's just an idea.
It's kind of a loophole.

It's still sex.

Not if you don't believe it's still sex.

If you don't believe that, everybody wins!

I hate that you've had sex with her.

Well, I did.

And I can't take it back, it happened.

Well...

I want to do something with you
that you haven't done with her.

We do that all the time.

Well, then, I want to do something else.

Something else like what?

Are you saying you want a favor from me?

I hope you don't mean
some sort of sexual favor.

I didn't say I wanted a favor.

I don't want a favor from
you, sexual or otherwise.

Well, you already got a sexual
favor from me, if I recall.

That wasn't a favor. You wanted
to do that just as much as I did.

- And you thought it was great.
- Eh...

It was so good you thought
you k*lled your own father.

(SCOFFS) I know. How stupid was that?

Just so you know, I...

I am open to having the same
kind of sex we were having before.

- If you insist.
- (CHUCKLES)

- What did you want to tell me?
- I wanted to say that I...

- This isn't the right place.
- Tell me.

I've been an idiot.

I never realized how much
I love you, and... (SIGHS)

and how much I wanted to be with you.

Um, what made you realize that? Your dad?

Yeah. Well...

- Guess he likes me better than Grace.
- So do I.

What are you thinking about?

Nothing.

(SIGHING) We're gonna be friends, right?

Best of friends.

Bye, Jack.

Bye, Grace.

- It's been fun.
- Yeah.

(DOOR CLOSES)

♪ Get up, get on your feet

♪ We got something you should see

♪ No, we're not gonna leave

♪ This is where you need to be

♪ Tonight, tonight...

(SIGHS)

So I'm alone? So what?

I'm happy.

It's okay to be alone.

God loves you.

Even if you're not a Christian,
God loves you. Pray with me.

Are you sure that's what
you really want, Jack?

You want God to love you?

Are you sure you don't want me to love you?

You'll find someone else. So go.

Go be a father, go be a
Christian, go be whatever you want.

I can take care of myself
just like I always have.

I don't need you. And I don't need them.

Could you use some company?

You know, I could.

- Mom, I...
- It's okay, Adrian. I know.

- You know what?
- That you're pregnant.

MINISTER: You may kiss the bride.

- Is something wrong?
- I don't know.

Something just... just doesn't feel right.

I didn't do anything wrong.
That's what they told me.

The doctor said I didn't... (SOBBING)

I didn't do anything wrong. (SOBBING)

(YELLING) She was my daughter, too!

And this was my daughter's nursery!

How could you take everything out of here

without saying anything to me, Adrian?

(SOBBING)

Made you forget about your old
boyfriend for a few seconds, didn't I?

Not your husband, your old boyfriend.

You know I just ruined him for you, right?

'Cause if you ever kiss him again,

you're gonna be thinking about me.

I don't think I want to be engaged.

I want the ring back.

(KNOCKING)

Who is it?

OMAR: Who do you think it is?

I told you I bought you some
luggage, right? (CLEARS THROAT)

Right.

You can get into school in New York.

Let's go.

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

There's just something so

right about a first love.

Wrong.

Sometimes, it's just infatuation.

I mean, not in my case, but sometimes.

(SIGHING)

(STAMMERING) I've had a good life, Ben.

I've been lucky.

But, I haven't always gotten what I wanted.

- And I'm still happy.
- What did you ever want that you didn't get?

Your mom.

I wanted your mom to live.

But accepting reality leads to
being free of judgment as, uh,

what should be or shouldn't be.

And that,

that's what leads to happiness.

That and Amy.

- Goodnight, son.
- (SIGHS) Goodnight, Yoda.

I'll Yoda you.

(LAUGHS)

Love you. I love you!

Please don't be mad at me.

Don't be mad at me. (SNIFFLING)

Oh, my God, Amy! Don't be mad at you?

And it's angry by the way, not mad! Angry!

Okay.

Don't be angry with me.

I am angry with you! And I have a
good reason to be angry with you!

You can't do this! You can't!

Um, no, I can.

And I have to.

(SNIFFLING) I have to call it off, Ricky.

I can't go through with it!

(WHISPERING) You're insane!

I've given you every opportunity to get
out of this wedding and you insisted!

You insisted we go through with it!

We're gonna go through with it!

I'm gonna make you go through with it!

(SOBBING) What am I saying?

We're not going to go through with it
because you don't want to go through with it.

And you know what? Neither do I!

(STAMMERING) I hate you.

If you're going to be like that,
then I hate you, too! (SOBBING)

What do you hate me for? Hmm?

I changed my whole life
for you! I'm a great guy!

I don't cheat on you, I
take care of you and John,

- and I'm responsible and...
- You're not in love with me.

(SOBBING) If that's what you were going
to say. You are not in love with me.

- I love you, Amy.
- I know that you love me, Ricky,

but you aren't in love with me.

You're just marrying me because of John.

What difference does that make?

All the difference in the world.

Hi, Ricky, it's me, Amy.

I just wanted to tell you
that I'm at the hospital.

- I didn't know is someone had called you.
- No.

Why are you at the
hospital? Is everything okay?

Everything's fine.
(LAUGHING) The baby's coming.

I didn't know if you wanted
me to be there or not.

We never really talked about it.

I think you should be here. He's your son.

(BABY WHIMPERING)

Hi, John.

Daddy's here.

I love you.

Lock up when you leave.

Mr. Boykewich.

- I don't know what to say.
- Say "Thank you".

Thank you.

If I had planned on
taking advantage of you,

I would have had a condom
with me. But, I didn't.

Because I didn't plan it.

So, this isn't all my fault, you know.

That's why I'm so angry all the time.

Angry at myself.

- And you.
- And the world.

- Stupid, stupid, stupid thing to do.
- Yeah.

Let's make sure our son doesn't pay for it.

Would you and John like
to go out with me tonight?

We would love to.

I'll see you around 7:00.

Amy Juergens,

- will you marry me?
- (LAUGHING) Yes.

(APPLAUSE)

See, things have changed. Things
have changed for the better.

Trouble that started here is over.

Bad thing became a good thing
that became you, me and John.

Yeah. I'm gonna do my best
to make the rest of our lives

happy and as much fun as I can.

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry, too.

I tried.

- What are we gonna do?
- We're gonna call everyone

and we're gonna tell them.

And then I'm going to leave.

(SOBBING) And I'm going to
leave John with you this summer.

And, yeah, (LAUGHING) we're just
gonna, you know see how that goes.

We're just gonna have to
figure it out as we go.

- All right.
- All right? (SNIFFLING)

Look, Amy,

we have to be friends,
real friends, to do this.

To raise John together.

Or raise him separately, I guess.

I know.

We will be friends.

We are friends. (LAUGHING)

After everything that we've been through,

we both just deserve to be madly
in love when we get married.

That's what I want.

That's what I want for you.

Are you madly in love with Ben?

(CHUCKLING)

I just don't know. I don't know
if I'm doing the right thing.

Then maybe you're not.

Or maybe your dad is making you feel
so guilty that you think you're not.

- She's not.
- She is.

There's no reason for her to be
miserable for the rest of her life.

She's not miserable,
she's just aiming too high.

Dad! Everyone is going
to think I'm a bad mother.

- I don't want to be a bad mother!
- ANNE: You're not a bad mother.

You're going to be a
well-educated, happy mother.

Which you could be right here with
your happy husband and happy son.

He doesn't want to be married either.

- They want to get on with their lives so just let them!
- AMY: You're right.

(SNIFFLING) I do. I just
want to start my new life.

You know, you guys did
some selfish, stupid things

and I still love you, so John
will still love me, right?

We didn't know we were
selfish and stupid at the time,

we didn't have our parents
to point it out to us.

ANNE: John will still love you.

John is never going to think
that you're a bad mother.

And you're not, Amy, you're not. It's okay.

You want to go to college in
New York, so go. It's okay.

(SNIFFLES) Thanks, Mom.

Okay. I'm okay now. Let's go.

- You're sure?
- Yeah. Let's go. We have to get to the airport.

(SNIFFLING) All right, but
we can't keep doing this.

Yes, we can.

(LOCK UNLOCKS) You know
it's just that, like,

maybe I was wrong. Maybe I am in love.

Or, maybe I'm never going to be in
love and maybe it doesn't matter.

Ricky's a good guy, he's really a good guy.

ANNE: But, that's not enough.

If you don't want to
spend your life with him,

you don't want to spend your life with him.

And if you make yourself do that,
eventually you'll end up resenting John.

Oh, bull.

If she comes to her senses

and goes back up there, she's
going to feel good about herself

and John and Ricky are
going to feel good, too.

It's all right to make this
about Amy and what she wants.

No, it isn't, she has a kid.

That's not some kind of life sentence.

Okay.

Let's go, I'm okay.

I'm fine, really.

I want to do this. I want to go to New York

and I've said my goodbyes and I just...

I really want to do it so...

let's go.

Amy, you're going to be
back in a couple of weeks.

You're going to be back every
couple of weeks this summer,

so, really, it's okay.

I said we could go.

Okay, you know what? I'll just
run up and say goodbye again.

I just want Ricky to know
that I love him and John, too.

It's just that if I don't
do this for myself then

I will never know what I
could have done in my life.

And...

Yeah, no. (STAMMERING) I
don't want to go up again.

You say goodbye once and...

you know, I don't want to upset John, so...

(MURMURS) let's go.

(LOCKS DOOR)

"... and she lived happily ever after."

So will we.