02x14 - True Colors

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ANNOUNCER:
Previously on Felicity...

RUBY: I feel like now I know.

I think I'm supposed
to have this baby.

Do you think you could handle

picking up some
pamphlets from the printer?

I might be a com serve
but I'm not an idiot.

Never said you were an idiot.

No, you just keep implying it.

I just wanted to
apologize for the other day

at the health center.

I wasn't there 'cause
I wanted to be there.

I was there 'cause of you.

Sorry.

Sorry.

You, uh... You
want to talk about it?

Talk about what?

That mood you're in.

It's just Greg. He's so
unbelievably arrogant, you know?

And you're just realizing that?

It's like he gets pleasure
out of pushing people around.

Yeah. He does. So quit.

No, because that's exactly
what he wants me to do.

So what? So I'm not gonna
give him that satisfaction.

He can keep pushing, but
I'm gonna keep pushing back.

Whatever. I'm no
good with authority.

Javier's about as
much as I can handle.

Yeah. What's going on
with your community service?

Nothing. I'm just... I'm
avoiding it as long as I can.

So I have to deal with Greg
Stenson, but you're doing nothing.

No. No. Pavone's
really riding my ass now.

Now she's making me
take some philosophy class.

Where you going? Elena's
painting our apartment,

and I'm gonna help
her pick out colors.

MAN: Whoa, oh! (PLATES CRASHING)

Bye.

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

RUBY: I'm a
first-time patient. Yes.

I'm on my parents' insurance.

But could I pay by check?

Yeah? Oh. 3:00.

Okay. Hold on.

Is, uh, 3:00 okay for you?

Noel.

3:00 on Friday. Is that okay?

Yeah.

Yeah. That'll be great.

All right. Thanks.

Okay.

We have our first
prenatal appointment.

God, I can't believe
I just said that.

Do you want to go together,
or should we just meet there?

Either way.

You know, um...

You don't have to go with
me if you don't want to.

It's fine. I said I'd go.

But you don't want to.

Ruby. Just tell me the truth.

There's nothing to tell. Say it.

You don't want to go.

Look, no one's forcing
you to do anything.

Okay? I'm gonna go
to the doctor on Friday.

You can do whatever you want.

Can I?

Because...

What I really want
to do is disappear.

Or trade places
with someone else.

I want this not to be my life.

I would love... I would
love to be that guy...

Who stands by your side and blindly
goes along with this whole thing, but...

I can't. I just... I can't
be that guy, Ruby.

NOEL: I'm sorry.

(DOOR SHUTTING)

ELENA: We can start Friday
after class. Make it into a party.

JULIE: A painting party.
That's going be fun. Yeah.

FELICITY: Did you
ask Noel about this?

He'll love it. He hates the
wallpaper more than I do.

I just, uh... Noel and
Ruby are kind of, you know,

going through a rough spot,

and I just don't think it's
the best time for a party.

Come on. A party will cheer
him up. It'll be good for him.

Besides, those two are
such a couple. They'll be fine.

I invited Tracy.

Oh, your sexy new lab partner?

Would everybody
stop calling him that?

How's it going with him?

So far, just a lot of "pass
the magnesium sulfate."

But hopefully this
party will change all that.

I really want one of these.

Meet me at the ATM. All right.

Hi. Could I have one with
lots and lots of mustard?

Hey, you gonna invite
Eric to the painting party?

Actually, um...

That didn't really work out.
We're not really talking anymore.

Really.

So what about the record deal?

Um, that's just
not gonna happen.

What? Thank you.

It's not a big deal. Come on.

ELENA: You don't have
to eat that chip, you know.

(CHUCKLING)

Well, if it's all
right with you,

I've made an executive decision
to have a painting party on Friday.

A painting party.

Not a party-party.
Just hanging out.

We'll get a few people in here to
help get rid of this ugly wallpaper.

We only have three
months left in this place.

That's three months too long.

It's hideous in here.

(SIGHING) Whatever.
Have your party.

You know, maybe it's the wallpaper
that's making you so depressed.

They've done studies.

People with blue walls are much
happier than people with black walls.

Who has black walls?

It has an effect. Warm
colors versus gloomy colors.

No, it's not the wallpaper.

Then why are you so depressed?

Noel?

Because Ruby's pregnant.

Or maybe it's the wallpaper.

I'm pretty sure
it's the first one.

And she wants to keep the baby.

And I'm totally
screwing everything up.

She's not even talking to me
right now. I don't blame her.

(DOOR CLOSING)

You the T.A.?

Yeah. Yeah, my
guidance counselor

is making me take this class.

Uh, I guess I'm supposed
to get the assignments?

Thanks.

Felicity, I need you to put these
patient charts into the data base.

Sure. Hey, did you read
the Times yesterday?

Why?

There was this article on
the New York blood center,

how supply is
really low right now.

It's sort of a crisis.

There's never enough
blood. It's always a crisis.

Well, I was just thinking.

Maybe we could do
something to help.

We do. We hold blood drives
every May and September.

Let me know when you're
done with those. I've got more.

"Please" is nice.

Ben.

Yeah.

You never, you never finished
telling me about you and that girl.

In high school.

BEN: We'd only been going
out for, like, a few months,

but, uh, I really liked
her. She was sweet.

Her name was Kelly.

We talked about options, but we
both knew what we were gonna do.

We weren't gonna have a baby.

I was supposed to pick her
up and take her to the clinic.

And...

Um... I was scared,

and some of my friends
had invited me on this trip,

and I just... I
just freaked out.

I freaked out, and I went
snowboarding instead.

You didn't show. No.

I still can't
believe I did that,

just chickened out
like that. You know?

It's horrible.

I almost called her last
year, just to apologize,

just to tell her I
still think about it,

you know, what that must've
been like, just sitting there...

Just sitting there,
waiting for me to show up.

I mean, that's why
I'm telling you this.

I know what a screwed-up
situation this is. You know?

I know how easy it is to act
like an idiot, to act like a coward.

I really regret the
way I acted. I really do.

I just wish I acted differently.

Imagine if she decided
to keep the baby.

What do you mean?

That's what Ruby wants to do.

Wow.

What would you have done?

What would I have done?

Or what should you do?

Hey, there. Hi.

Here. You put
these on like that.

Are you a doctor here?

No. My mom's a doctor.

Yeah, I know. She works here.

I hear she's a very good doctor.

It's broken.

Here. Try there.

I still can't hear anything.
(GREG CLEARING THROAT)

Can you come look at something?

Yeah.

I'll be right back, okay?

Will you fix it when
you come back?

Yeah, sure.

(SIGHING) See that folder?

Yeah.

Do you see the
files in that folder?

No.

For the last three weeks,
we've done all this work,

updating our patient's files,
and now the folder's empty.

I thought you had a little more
experience than your friend Ben.

I don't know what
happened to the files,

but I don't think I even
opened that folder.

You don't think?

I know I didn't.

Well, someone did.

Do me a favor, and
really think about this.

Do you have the competence
to continue working here or not?

I don't have to think about it.

I didn't erase your
files, and I'm not quitting.

Well, I guess that's my problem.

Tell you what, why don't you
go home? Come back Monday.

You know what? You
might be good with patients,

but to everyone
else, you're just rude.

See you Monday.

Potatoes go in quiche, right?

So I'll see you over
at Elena's, right?

Uh, I'm not going.

Going where?

Uh, Elena's having people
over to paint her apartment.

What do you mean you're
not going? You invited me.

(MUMBLING) I don't know.

Okay, I'll, uh,
I'll see you later.

I went to a painting party once.

Fell down a flight of stairs.

Julie...

Hmm?

You might want to
talk to someone about

whatever it is
that's bothering you,

because it's obvious that
something's bothering you.

I don't have to. That's
what I have you for.

No, I'm serious. I
mean, it might help if you,

you know, actually
discussed things

with someone who knows
what they're talking about.

You know what? Ben's right.

I told Elena I would
go to the party.

You want to go with me?

Sure.

Okay.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Come in.

Floor calendar, as
if anyone reads it.

Thanks.

So, how are you doing?

How are, uh, how are
things with you and Noel?

Um...

I don't know about Noel.

He sort of bailed out on me.

What do you mean?

I don't think he wants
anything to do with the baby.

I know it seems
crazy what I'm doing.

I'm sure that's what
everybody thinks.

I guess...

I just really thought
Noel would be different.

NOEL: Ruby...

What are you doing here?

The other day,
the things I said...

I was just... I was just going
out of my mind for a second.

It's been without a doubt the
most stressful week of my life.

Not that that's an excuse
for any of the things I said.

All of which I regret.

Look, the point is...

I'm not going anywhere.

Okay, I'm gonna be
here for you and...

And we're gonna go through
this whole thing together.

FELICITY: Pavone alluded
to some story he's got,

but she wouldn't
tell me what it is.

I don't care what it is. It doesn't
excuse him for being such an ass.

Hey, believe me, I'm not
making excuses for the guy.

Uh, don't look at that.

I know, I look so ridiculous.

No, you don't. You look pretty.

(DOOR OPENING)

You're begging her to drive
across the country again?

Yeah. I thought I'd do
that about once a year.

Hey, if anyone calls,
we're gonna be at Elena's

at a painting party.

You wanna come?
A lot of paint to sniff.

(MOCK LAUGHING)

(LIGHT THUMPING)

There it is.

RUBY: That's the baby?

That little spot right there.

You want to come look?

Can you see it?

Wow.

How big is it?

It's about two centimeters.

About the size of a pinto bean.

You're eight weeks pregnant.

Everything seems to
be developing normally.

Fetal weight, heart
function all looks great.

Eight weeks, that's, uh...

That's two months.
That's impossible.

You were... You were
in L.A. two months ago.

She's eight weeks.

That can't be right, can it?

You had sex with another guy,

and it never crossed
your mind to tell me?

It never crossed your mind
that this might not be my baby?

It was one night,
and we were safe.

No, you weren't that safe.

I don't know what happened.

I never thought it could be his.

Who is he?

He's no one.

God, I can't believe
this is happening.

Is he an actor?

No, he's a producer.

A producer?

There is not a more disgusting
cliché than that, Ruby.

You and I weren't
really even dating yet.

We had slept
together before you left.

Yeah, but I didn't know
what it meant to you.

Then ask me!

I didn't know if you really
cared about me at all.

And then I got
that first letter,

and it was the sweetest thing.

But it... It had
already happened.

So...

I...

If I say anything else,
I'm gonna regret it later.

(DOOR SLAMMING)

How many layers of
wallpaper are there?

I think it was like six.

Six? We're gonna
be here for a month.

I brought enough food
for a month. Quiche.

Quiche? You brought quiche?

I made it, okay?

Anyone care to
indulge, a little quiche?

ALL: No.

RICHARD: So, they invite
us over to paint their apartment

and then they don't show up?

Nice.

Um, Elena and Tracy
will be right back.

They just went to go pick
up some more brushes.

And what about Noel?

Um, he said he'd be here.

What the hell's going
on with that guy?

He hasn't called
me back in days.

Yeah. You know, I think, uh,

he and Ruby are kind of going
through a rough time right now.

You know, I warned
him about her.

I knew she was trouble.

(CRUNCHING)

Oh, my God.

Please put a shirt on.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Carl, I'm not talking
to you anymore.

GREG: It's not Carl.

Who is it?

Greg.

Are you one of my advisees?

Uh, no, I'm not.

(SIGHING) Then what do you want?

I'm looking for Felicity.

I have news for you and for
everyone else looking for Felicity.

What?

What?

You have news?

Um...

Do you know where she is?

Uh, she's... Should
be back any minute.

Did you want... You want
to come in and wait for her?

Why don't you come
in and wait for her?

Sure.

So how's the health center?

Oh, it's great. I
mean, I love it.

Except the guy I
work for is such a jerk.

Really?

Yeah. I don't know
what his problem is.

I mean, he's
actually impressive.

He basically runs the place.

But he has it out for
me for some reason.

Hmm.

So, um, there's counselors
there and stuff, right?

Yeah. You know,
doctors and counselors.

Oh, I was just wondering.

Hey. BEN: Hey.

Sorry we're late.

Everybody, this is Tracy.

Hey. TRACY: What's up?

BEN: Hey.

Hi.

Hey, I know you.

You're the guy that had the
satellite dish in your dorm room, right?

Yeah. I'm that guy.

Hey, man, quiche?

No.

We've got real food.

Quiche.

I don't want any quiche.

It was nice of you to come help.

Actually, it's selfish.

I can't keep studying here
with wallpaper this ugly.

Are you wearing perfume?

Maybe.

So that was when
you knew for sure,

that you wanted to be a doctor?

Yes, during my dad's recovery.

Wow.

So then what?

Uh, then I went to college.

Here?

Yeah.

Did you apply to
a lot of schools?

I did.

I think it was a total
fluke that I got in here.

Not that I'm not smart.

Am I making a fool of myself?

No, uh, no.

You know what?
When Felicity gets back,

could you just tell
her that I stopped by?

Oh, you're leaving?

Yeah. Oh, because...

I just now remembered
where she is.

Where?

You know what?
I'll take you there.

(DANCE ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ Brothers and sisters

♪ It's time for
you to lose the junk

Oh, yeah!

♪ You can never have enough love

♪ Just got to
believe in the funk

♪ Brothers and sisters

Come on!

ELENA: What are you doing?

This is supposed to be a
party, right? Where's the party?

Where's the party? Come on.

(HOOTING)

I found the party!

Come on!

♪ I know you
cannot help yourself

There you go!

♪ You know you wanna hang around

(JOYOUS SCREAMING)

Okay, come on!

♪ I know you're
feeling funky now

Oh, no.

♪ I know you wanna hang around

♪ Let the lovin' be funky

♪ Mothers and fathers

SEAN: Come on.
You want some of this.

You know you want
some of this. Come on!

SEAN: Go, Richard!

♪ I know you
cannot help yourself

♪ We'll make it out of control

♪ You know you wanna hang around

♪ Let the lovin' be funky

♪ I know you're
feeling funky now

♪ We'll make it all come true

♪ You know you wanna hang around

♪ Let the lovin' be funky

Hi.

How's it going?

Good.

You look like crap,
man. You okay?

Yeah, yeah, fine.

♪ Let the lovin' break through

♪ Let the lovin'
break through... ♪

(TURNS OFF MUSIC)

Should, um, should
someone go talk to him?

Let's just... Let's
give him a minute.

He looked terrible.

He did look bad.
ELENA: Poor guy.

Why poor guy?

SEAN: I don't know.

JULIE: Me, neither.

Well, will someone tell
me what the hell's going on?

JULIE: What is going on?

Noel and Ruby are having
some problems, that's all.

What do you mean problems?

(DOOR OPENING)

Hi.

Look who I brought.

What are you doing here?

Hi.

You got a second?

Yeah, sure.

Um, we can go in the back room.

This morning Maureen came
into my office and apologized

for having deleted some
files in the computer.

I know I can be a
little abrupt at times,

but there's a review
of the health center.

Next Tuesday, some med
school faculty, they come in,

they evaluate the
place. Anyway, I just...

I want it to be perfect,

and it's just been
really stressful.

Maureen did it?

Yeah, Maureen did it.

And, uh, I promised
that I'd have all those files

transferred to the
computer before the review,

so now I'm gonna
be there, like...

24 hours a day
getting that done.

But it's not because of you,

and I just... I wanted to
come here and tell you that.

So do you need some help
finishing the files before review?

That would be the greatest thing

you can possibly do
for a human being.

(SCRAPING)

Quiche?

No, thanks. Scraper?

Sean. What?

Let him scrape. We need
all the help we can get.

He didn't come here to work.

Uh, no, that's okay. I can
help out for a little while.

Uh, me, too. I can help.

If you need me.

What?

So when you say
he's having problems,

what kind of problems?

Richard, if you don't
stop bugging me...

What, did she dump him?
Does she have a deadly disease?

Is she pregnant?

What? Nothing.

Oh, my God, is she?

Ruby's pregnant.

Ruby's not pregnant.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Now I get it.

Poor guy.

Did anyone check on Noel or...

ELENA: I think we should
just leave him alone.

SEAN: Let's just
give him his space.

BEN: Yeah, just leave him
alone. RICHARD: Poor guy, indeed.

I can't believe she's pregnant.

I know, I can't either. My God.

You know, I'm pissed.

I can't believe
what she's doing.

BEN: Why are you pissed off?

It's totally irresponsible
to have a baby

when you're a
freshman in college.

Wait, wait, wait, she's having
the baby? That's insane.

SEAN: You know what?
This is none of our business.

RICHARD: It is our
business. He's our friend.

ELENA: Most girls
would not have that baby.

GREG: Actually, that's not true.

64% of pregnant
teenagers have the baby

and about 90% of them
actually raise the child.

Great. Thanks
for the stats, Greg.

JULIE: You know, she could
put the baby up for adoption.

That works, too.

TRACY: My parents got married
when my mom got pregnant at 17.

They're still together,
they're in love,

and they got three more kids.

GREG: Well, you're lucky,
but that's also an exception.

Really? What percentage of
parents stay together, Greg?

What's your problem?

My problem is that 63%
of me thinks you're a d*ck.

Guys! ELENA: Are you
saying it's wrong for her

not to have the baby?

I thought you were pro-choice.

Yeah, I am, and that means

that there's a choice, right?

JULIE: You guys, we can sit here

and say what we think
Ruby should do... I'm adopted.

What would happen if my birth
mother decided not to have me?

RICHARD: Well, guess
what? None of us would be here

if our parents hadn't
given birth to us.

The point is, Ruby has
Noel trapped like a rat.

I gotta pee.

JULIE: God, you guys are sitting
here pitying Noel like he's the victim.

Well, I love him just
as much as you guys,

but guess what?
He is not the victim.

Ruby is the one who has to
deal with the consequences.

That's her choice.

He got her pregnant!

No, I didn't.

It's, uh, it's not mine.
It's not my baby.

Parties in this apartment
are always so much fun.

Hey, man.

Hi. So, uh...

Could you guys keep it down?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hi.

Can we talk?

Yeah.

Uh, you know what? I'm gonna go.

Yeah, uh, me, too.

MEGHAN: I'm going with you.

We should go. I'm
right behind you.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

When we came out
of the doctor's office,

I actually thought... Do I still
want to go through with this,

knowing that it's not yours,

knowing how it happened?

Yes.

It's part of me.

I can't not have this baby.

I'm trying to figure out what
it's like to be you in this situation.

But I don't think I can.

I barely know what it
feels like to be me anymore.

I just wanna tell
you two things.

One, that I'm sorry...

Not just that I slept
with someone...

For all the wrong
reasons, but...

Because I didn't tell you.

I didn't tell you because I
wouldn't want you to tell me...

That just as we started dating,

you had this meaningless
night with some girl.

If that's all it was, I
wouldn't even want to know.

Can I have a tissue, please?

Yeah.

The, uh... The
other thing that I...

I wanted to say is that...

I really thought

that we were falling in love.

I'm hoping that we
can still make this work,

despite things.

Think about it.

I mean, I don't mean
to put pressure on you.

I'm sorry if that's the
way it makes you feel.

I just... I needed to say this.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Hi.

Hey.

Interesting night, huh?

Yeah. I think I
overreacted a little.

I guess that whole discussion

stirred something up in me.

Everyone was
stirred up, I think.

Did Ben ever tell you
what I was going through

when I started staying
with you guys last year?

No.

There was this guy, Zach.

We had just started dating,

and he came by to
my room one night,

and he... Sort of
forced himself on me.

What does that mean?

He r*ped me.

He dropped out of school,

and I didn't press
charges or anything, but...

I don't know. I thought I was
over it, but I guess I'm not.

The same thing
happened to my sister.

Really? Yeah.

So now there's two
guys I wanna k*ll.

You know how you said that I
should probably talk to somebody?

Yeah.

I need to.

Yeah.

Thank you.

For what?

Just thank you.

What? He apologized.

Yeah, but that doesn't
mean you have to forgive him.

I work with him
almost every day.

What do you want me to
do, not accept his apology?

I wouldn't! He's such a loser.
He's such an arrogant loser.

Need a decaf skim latte.

Decaf skim. You're
so funny about him.

Funny? No, I'm
not... I'm not funny.

Yeah! It's like you're
threatened or something.

No, I'm not threatened. I
just see through that guy.

I see through that... That
stuck up, elitist crap he pulls,

and I know that apology's all part of
some, like, big manipulation or something.

Need a double
espresso and a mocha.

Okay, conspiracy theorist.

I'm telling you... You
watch it. I'll watch it.

You should. I will.

So they're showing
Planet of the Apes

at the screening room
tonight. Do you wanna go?

I can't. I told Greg I'd
help him input all his files.

That's exactly what
I'm talking about!

What? Here. That's
why he apologized.

So you'd help him with
whatever he needs help with.

I offered. He knew you'd offer.

What is it about him that
bothers you so much?

His hair. His hair?

I don't know what it is.

NOEL: Hey.

Hey. How'd everything
go last night?

Okay. I mean, it was
complicated, but...

Yeah.

Can I get you some coffee?

No. Uh...

Actually, is Ben here?

Um, yeah. Why?

I just want to talk
to him for a sec.

Sure. He's in the back room.

Okay. Thanks.

Ben.

(SPEAKING INAUDIBLY)

(TYPING)

GREG: Here.

"M."

Thanks.

So are you and Ben going out?

What?

Are you dating?

No. Uh, we're just friends. Why?

Oh, I don't know. I just, uh...

Figured, you know, I mean...

You were pretty
upset when he left,

and just the way
he acts around you.

What do you mean?

I don't know. It's just
sort of a sense I got.

How about you?
You dating anyone?

Uh, no. I was...

Until last month.

Eight months. It's
a record for me.

What happened?

Nothing happened. I happened.

What does that mean?

I'm, uh... I'm no
good. I'm a mess.

Personally, I think anyone
with a massively screwed up past

shouldn't be allowed
to be in relationships.

I mean, legally.

So what's your massively
screwed-up past?

It's depressing enough in here.

I'm not about to make
the moment darker.

I mean, if I walked
away right now,

I'd be totally
justified, wouldn't I?

BEN: I don't know.

She cheated on me.

You know, it sounds
like when this happened,

you guys weren't even
totally together yet.

Were you?

Truth is, I'm relieved.

I'm totally relieved.
All the pressure's off.

So why am I still so pissed off?

You still like her?

Yeah, I guess that's
the thing, you know?

I still care about her.

I mean, what am I supposed
to do, not care about her?

Well, one thing you
definitely don't wanna do

is you don't want to
walk away too early...

Before you figure it all out.

I mean, you do that... You
could regret it for a long time.

So what the hell
am I supposed to do?

sh**t.