02x18 - Party Lines

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ANNOUNCER:
Previously on Felicity...

NOEL: What do you
know about that guy Greg?

Two years ago, he was
busted for cocaine possession.

Are you sure?

I'm glad you're back.

So am I.

BEN: I know about the
cocaine, I know about the arrest,

and I know that she is too
good for you. Get out of here.

If you hurt her in
any way, I'll k*ll you.

You have no right to go
investigating who he is.

That's exactly
what you did to me.

That was stupid and irrational,

and I did that because
I was in love with you.

SEAN: Thank you
so much for doin' this.

Sure.

Wait, hold on one
second. One second...

What are you doing?

I'm just trying to make
you look a little prettier.

Sean.

What? Okay. Fine, okay, good.

No, you look good.

Okay.

(SCOFFS)

SEAN: So that guy from
the independent film channel

says he wants a
little more Felicity.

So that guy from the
independent film channel

says he wants a little more Ben.

How long is this gonna take?

Like you got
somewhere else to be.

All right, let's...
Can we just do it?

SEAN: So talk to me about Ben.

Is that what this
is gonna be about?

Well, they want a little
more of your love life.

Ben isn't part of my love life.

I don't want to
talk about Felicity.

Come on.

Nothing. She...
She thinks I'm a d*ck.

Ben's a jerk, okay?

SEAN: Are you a
d*ck? Are you a d*ck?

He's immature, and
that's what his problem is.

She's judgmental. She
sees things only her way.

I do something
'cause I care about her,

and she thinks it's a crime.

SEAN: So you care about her? No.

I don't want to talk about Ben.

I don't want to
talk about Felicity.

Why? What'd she say about me?

(THEME SONG PLAYING)

Who was Sadie Hawkins, anyway?

I think she's a famous
feminist maybe.

She was a comic-strip
character. (DOOR OPENS)

NOEL: Hey. Hey.

Some ugly chick who
chased down a man.

Why, is there a
Sadie Hawkins dance?

Yeah.

Student council
elections are coming up,

and they're having a
fund-raiser on Friday.

Oh. I need some milk. Okay.

That is so unfair. 'Cause
you're gonna ask Tracy,

you're gonna ask
Greg, and I have no one.

It's a school dance, okay?

I mean, look, there is nothing
lamer than a school dance, trust me.

When you guys are juniors,

a school dance will
seem a lot less important.

He wouldn't have that attitude

if someone had asked him.

Um, you were never funny.

Well, Ruby's gonna ask him,
and I'm gonna be sitting home

eating these cookies
and getting fat.

Ruby went to
Colorado for a few days

to tell her parents
that she's pregnant.

God, that sounds like fun.

Yeah.

You know what would be fun?

If you two went together.

What? What?

Yeah. Yeah. You need a date.

Will you shut up?

Truth hurts.

Okay, if you want to. It's fine.

Oh, gee, thanks.

No, you know what I mean.
You know what I mean.

Are you guys gonna go?

I'll ask Greg if
Elena asks Tracy.

I'll ask Tracy if you ask Noel.

You wanna go? To a school dance?

BOTH: Noel, come on!

Okay, fine. I'll go.

No. You know what? Forget it.

Fine.

(LAUGHS) Okay, so
I'm a terrible bowler.

You might be among the
worst bowlers of all time.

Wait. Excuse me.
The holes were too big.

Every ball I tried
was like for a giant.

Oh, that's so sad.
You're making excuses?

All I'm saying is, if I would
have found the right ball,

I would have kicked your butt.

Hmm.

Um...

This is stupid.

What, me kissing you?

Oh, no, no, no, no. Oh, God...

What I'm about to ask you.

The, um...

The student council's having

this Sadie Hawkins dance...

I hope you're inviting me.

Yeah, I am.

Okay.

Because there's no
one I'd rather go to

a really lame school
dance with than you.

Actually, there's something
I want to ask you, too.

It's sort of related. Uh...

I'm gonna run for
student council president.

I want you to be my
campaign manager.

I've never, you know, been in

student government
or anything like that.

The sit-in. You were great.

It's just really cool the
way you handled that.

Greg has already done
so much with his life,

and it's so obvious
Ben's just jealous.

SEAN: When you and Ben work
together it must be just so tense.

No, it's fine.

What? I... I don't
let him get to me.

Wait a second. He's
running for president?

Yes.

Like president
of the university?

What's his platform,
dr*gs not hugs?

You know, you should
really stop attacking Greg,

it's starting to get old.

Oh, I'm just saying he's
perfect for student council.

What does that mean?

Uh, it means if you ever looked
at a picture of a student council,

like, in a yearbook,
they all look like Greg...

Stiff, earnest, losers.

Here's the thing about Greg.

He knows what he
wants, and he goes after it.

Yeah, yeah, it worked with you.

Make as much fun as you want,

Greg has some
direction in his life.

Oh, uh, unlike me, right?

You know what? She's right.

I don't know what
I'm doin' with my life.

SEAN: Okay, so, what
are you gonna do about it?

Uh, I made an appointment.

With who?

I am very glad that
you wanted to do this,

but the career placement
test is just a tool.

It's not a guarantee
of anything.

Yeah, I know. I understand that.

The results suggest that you're
best suited to be a stockbroker.

A stockbroker?

What, you're expecting
maybe male model?

No, I'm just trying to figure
out what answers I gave

that made me sound
like a stockbroker.

Look, I just said,
it's not a test.

This is a career
assessment instrument.

It's a tool. It's a tool.

And there are other choices.

Now, let's see, uh,
yes, there's teacher.

Teacher? No. Can't do that.

Can't deal with kids. What else?

There's tour guide...
And captain of ship.

(CHUCKLES)

Now, that would
be interesting to see.

Stockbroker was
number one, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, I could probably do that.

Want to set up an internship?

SEAN: It's his first day.

He's reading his
book about options,

preparing to make
his first million.

It's just an internship,
idiot, all right?

Do you have any
first-day jitters, Ben?

No, I'm actually
getting the hang of it.

It's a lot like gambling.

You know, Felicity's
gonna be really impressed.

Who cares?

You.

She's not gonna be impressed.

It's not like I'm running
for president or anything.

Okay, I am running for
student council president,

and I need you to
sign my ballot petition.

Oh, my God. You're running, too?

Why, are you?

No, no, no. Uh, Greg is.

You remember Greg.

Yeah, I'm just sort
of working with him,

but, um, of course,
I'll sign yours, too.

Um... Does Greg have a platform?

Um, no, we're just
kinda figuring that out.

But, you know, I've been
reading all these policies,

it's pretty amazing how much
say the council president can have,

like with affirmative action
and all these social programs.

I know, and then there's that
whole debate about chalking...

Chalking? I didn't
read about that.

Oh, yeah, the
administration wants to outlaw

writing with chalk
on campus streets.

It's completely
washable, first of all,

and mostly just
announces school events.

Vote Richard Coad!
Vote Richard Coad!

Oh, hello, ladies.

Richard Coad. How are ya?

Richard, what are you doing?

Noel didn't tell you?

I'm runnin' for the
highest office in the land.

You?

Okay, see, that reaction
is why I'm runnin'.

I'm not the obvious guy, am I?

Well, what's your platform?

Okay, see, there are too
many rules in this place, right?

I mean, no satellite
dishes in the dorm rooms,

no ferrets, no fun.

Pizza for everyone?

Oh, yeah, that was Sean's idea.

Free pizza Fridays
at the student union.

So do I have your
support come election day?

No. No.

Really?

SEAN: Is that money I smell?

Can you get rid of
that thing please?

What's up, Gordon Gekko?

(LAUGHS) How was
your first day at work?

Did you learn a lot about supply
and demand, makin' money...

No, but I met a really cute kid.

What?

Hey, buddy. Hi, Dad.

(CHUCKLES)

Listen, I was thinkin' that you
could hang out with Ben for a while.

I've got some meetings.

Stephen lives in
Connecticut with his mother.

He's down here for a week.

When I get back, we'll
get something to eat, okay?

I know that this is not what you
were expecting on your first day,

but I really appreciate
it, Ben, okay?

When I get back, we'll talk
about the, um, synthetics spread.

Great.

Okay. I'm really glad
you're here, buddy.

I'll see you later,
all right? Have fun.

How's it goin'?

(VIDEO GAME MUSIC PLAYING)

Here's a rough
draft of my platform,

and I'll come back after
class and we'll talk about it.

You're against
chalking on campus?

Yeah, it's a defacement
of school property.

Hmm.

You're against student fees
going into university organizations?

I mean, what about the small ones
that don't get that much support?

Well, I just think that
students should be able to pick

the organizations they support.

It shouldn't be mandated
by the university.

Really? Yeah.

You're against affirmative
action as an admissions policy?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think that
students should be admitted

based on their qualifications.

(DOOR OPENS)

Oh, good, you're here.

Hey, Meghan.

Hey, listen, I was thinking
about bringing a sign

or something to the
meet-the-candidates rally on Thursday.

If you needed
something like that.

Well, that'd be great. Yeah.

Um... Why don't you
talk to Felicity about that?

She's my campaign manager.

What?

Yeah, uh, I'll see you in
a couple of hours, okay?

Okay.

Sometimes I want to
k*ll you in your sleep.

I do like Greg.

SEAN: Even though
you completely disagree

with every single
thing he believes in?

No, don't put words in my mouth.

That's really annoying.

Okay, fine, you explain it.

Well, yeah, that's
pretty much what it is.

That's a disaster.

Tell me about it.

You, uh... Do you
want to do a card trick?

Here.

Pick... Pick a card.

That card. Okay. Now...

Memorize it.

Put it back in
anywhere you want.

Now, what I want you to do,

is I want you to think about it.

Just keep concentrating
on it, all right?

You got it? You
thinkin' about it? All right.

Keep thinkin' about it.

Is this your card?

No.

No?

Right, right, right,
right, right, right.

I did this at a bar once.

It worked then, but
it's not working now.

Hey, how's it goin', guys?

Uh, good.

Look, uh, I know you're
here to learn trading,

and I swear we'll get to that,

but I have another favor first.

Okay.

You like Beethoven?

His dad gave me these
tickets to this concert.

He says Stephen's like this
piano prodigy or something.

SEAN: Hey, did I ever tell you
about the keyboard I invented

for the people that
only have one hand?

Yes.

Oh.

I mean, I...

I don't know what I was thinking
taking a career-counseling test.

I suck at tests.

Did you tell Felicity
about the internship?

No, I haven't told her.
What am I gonna tell her,

that I'm a baby-sitter?

Oh, by the way, I'm not
gonna be here tomorrow.

I got an internship, a guy
on Wall Street, actually.

That's good.

Tell me why I
should vote for Greg.

You're not going
to vote for Greg.

No, you're right,
I'm not going to.

But, uh, come on, just give me
one of his campaign promises.

I'm not gonna stand here
and listen to you mock Greg.

No, I'm serious. Come on,
you're working with him now,

you're running his campaign.
Hit me with one of his great ideas

because, you know,
maybe I'll vote for him.

'Cause right now, Richard's got
me with his whole pizza gimmick.

You would vote
pizza for president.

Come on, just give
me one of his ideas.

Well, he wants to bring
the swim team back.

Very funny.

Very funny.

Oh. Ben.

Hey, Pam.

Someone over there that
actually wants to talk to me, so...

Hmm. Yeah.

Hey...

Yeah, yeah, that's
actually why I'm here.

So, what are you
doing on Friday?

Nothin'.

Okay, all right, 'cause there's
this thing at Reiseman...

SEAN: So you're not
going to the dance after all?

Well, Pam asked me.

Pam asked you to the dance?

Yeah. I said yes.

Oh! Ho, ho.

So you're into her?

Oh, she's just a girl.

SEAN: Come on. Your
best memory of Ben.

All right. You know how last summer
we drove across country together?

Um... Well, there
was this one night

we stayed in this
really cheesy little motel,

and we were getting into bed...

And you had sex?
This is a good story.

No, we didn't have sex.

Oh.

We were pulling
back the covers and...

There was this spider...

Ooh. Like a big one, like this?

No, it was this huge spider.

It was so big, and he was
gonna catch it and put it outside.

So he went and got a
little cup from the bathroom,

and the magazine, caught it, and
he was about halfway out the door,

the spider gets loose,
starts crawling up his arm,

and he spazzes out.

I mean, he's screaming,
like dancing. (LAUGHS)

So, he was such a girl about it,

the manager comes,
thinks someone's being k*lled

'cause he's screaming so loud.

I laughed for two
hours. It was so good.

(LAUGHS)

He's funny.

Look at that.

What?

Just admit it, you still
have the hots for Ben.

Okay, I gave you your
story. The interview's over.

Admit it, just once. Will
you just admit it please?

(LAUGHS) That's nice.
There goes my PG-13.

Um, Tracy.

Tracy.

You know that student
council fund-raiser on Friday?

Yeah.

It's a Sadie Hawkins dance.

The girls ask the
guys. You wanna go?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Uh... Do you know Laurie?

Lab, sits next desk?

Mmm-hmm. Yeah. Um...

Well, she'd asked me
like a while ago, and, uh...

At first I wasn't
sure, but then...

No one else asked
me, so I said yes.

Huh.

Laurie, huh?

Laurie.

She got a B-minus
on her O-Chem exam.

But I'm sure you
guys'll have a great time.

Hey, thank you so much
for handing out those fliers.

Yeah. No problem. That's
what a campaign manager does.

That and tell the candidate when
she thinks he's wrong about something.

Something? There
are b*llet points.

Well, I just thought I'd
break it down for you...

Alphabetically.

Uh... Okay, I'll read
your b*llet points.

You can vote for the guy
or the gal that promises

"to make the university safer."

"Or fill up the coffers."

Whatever.

No, me, I'm takin'
a different tack.

I'm focusing my
energy, mostly, on pizza.

(CHEERING)

Thank you. Thank you.

My approach to politics
is surprisingly simple.

People always say to
me, "d*ck, why are you...

"Why are you
runnin' for office?"

And I always say to 'em,
"Well, first of all," I say,

"Not d*ck, 'cause it's not. It's
Richard, and there's a difference."

But secondly, I say...

Hey, what's goin' on?

I cannot do this.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)

What? Are you okay?

I can't talk.

Look, just relax. Just breathe.

This used to happen to me in
high school in the debate club.

I Just... I just get
so nervous and I...

Okay, you're gonna be
fine. Just relax and breathe.

Elena always tells me
to focus. So just focus.

MODERATOR: Leila Foster?

MODERATOR: Leila Foster?

You're gonna be fine.
You're gonna be great.

I'm too freaked.

Okay, you know what?
Then it doesn't matter.

Because this campaign is
more than just this speech, right?

My parents are out there,

and I really wanted
them to hear this.

Oh.

Oh, God...

Can you read this?

What?

Please, Felicity, it's
what you believe anyway.

Okay, I'll go up. Okay.

Um... Leila Foster,
she got sick and, um...

Well, she lost her voice. So...

So, um, anyway, this
is... This is her speech.

Uh...

Look around at
everyone here today.

Each face is different, our
background, our heritage.

As an Asian-American student,

(SCATTERED LAUGHTER)

I am here today to remind you
that we are not that different.

We're all here
to learn, to grow,

and to make this
university the best it can be.

(APPLAUSE)

That's why I believe it would
be a crime for the university

to repeal affirmative action.

(APPLAUSE)

(WHOOPING)

Also, as President, I will
actively support chalkings,

as they are a harmless,
creative form of free speech

that should be a right of
every student in this room.

(APPLAUSE)

What the hell is
she doing up there?

More than anything, I would
like to thank the two people

who have taught me how
to work well with others.

Uh... Mom, Dad, would
you please stand up?

(APPLAUSE)

(LAUGHS)

Felicity was
actually pretty good.

Yeah, and it was nice
of her parents to come.

Her speech was so
better than the rest.

Uh, look, I'm going to, uh...

To a meeting with Professor
Mannings, you want to swing?

Oh, my God. What am I
doing? I have a class upstairs.

See ya.

Yeah. Okay.

Hey, um...

Maybe we should go
to that dance together.

I mean, why not?

Unless you've already
asked someone else.

No, I haven't.

But you can't ask
me, I have to ask you.

Oh, okay.

Okay, do you want
to go to the dance?

No, I...

(LAUGHS)

Yes. Yes, I'll go.

Okay.

Okay.

Bye.

Felicity.

Am I insane?

Or did you just deliver
a very eloquent speech

contradicting my
entire platform?

Technically, it was
Leila contradicting,

but, um, yes.

Uh, yes, it was me.

I just felt so bad for her.

She was so incredibly
nervous and...

Did you ever read those
notes that I gave you?

Yes, I did.

And you're not about to
change your position, are you?

No.

Okay, neither am I. I...

So, what are you gonna do?

I think I'm gonna...
Work with Leila.

You hate me. You think
I'm a traitor, don't you?

I love how you think.

Your passion's one of the things
that makes me so crazy about you.

Quitting is so great.

Now I don't have to walk around
talking about things I don't believe in.

You were so good up there.

You really cheered me up.

Really? Yeah.

I guess it was
kind of exhilarating.

I mean, I really believe
in what Leila said...

What I said.

And Greg is okay with that?

He totally understands.

You know, people
applauded for that speech.

Leila really has a chance.

Yeah. Hey.

I'm droppin' out.

What?

I just vomited.

I haven't vomited
in three years.

My parents thought
you did a really good job.

Leila, you can't drop out.

I know, I thought
I could do this,

but I just hate public speaking.

I don't have it in me, but...

I think you should run.

Seriously, you can't drop out.

Yeah, why don't you run?

Why don't you run?

Because I'm not all Norma Rae,

caught up in this
university politics.

That's you.

Me?

You and Leila have
the same platform.

I'd vote for you.

Me?

Will you stop saying
"Me?" and run?

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Who is it? Tracy.

The answer's yes.

What's the question?

The dance.

You said you
wanted to go with me.

I'm accepting.

What about Laurie?

I told her I had other plans.

You can't just do that,

not even to a B-minus Laurie.

It's just rude. Now, look, okay?

I think it's pretty nice.

I mean, I could have told
her an hour before the dance

or I could have gone
to the dance with her,

where she would have
fallen in love with me

because, you know... A
brother just so fine that...

You need to call her right now

and tell her that
you're goin' together.

Okay, I'm not goin' to the dance

with anyone except
you, and that's that.

Well, then you're not goin',
because I'm not asking.

You see, we girls,
we have a code.

We don't just ask
some other girl's guy.

But you already did ask me.

Well, that invitation
has expired.

Oh, you asked someone else?

No, I didn't ask someone else.

Good. Then we're going.

No, you're going...

Home. Right now.

I gotta study.

You know, for someone
who likes me so much,

I sure am getting kicked
out of this apartment a lot.

A whole lot.

And that's wrong.

Before I go, I just got
one more thing to say.

(EXHALES)

Lookin' good.

Hey.

Just happen to know
some people around here,

so I managed to score
us some free pastries.

I'm allergic to dried fruit.

Okay. You want a muffin?
I'll go get you a muffin.

I'm not hungry.

So your dad seems
like a pretty cool guy.

What?

You're the worst
baby-sitter I've ever had.

Well, you're the
worst kid I ever met.

What's your problem?
What do you want to do?

Not go to a lame piano concert.

But you love piano, what
are you talking about?

I quit piano a year ago.

Let's get outta here.

I said I don't want to go.

We're not gonna
go to the concert.

Where are we going?

Would you just come
with me? Come on.

You want to try?

Uh... No?

You don't want to try?

You don't have to if
you don't want to try.

All right, that's
okay. That's good.

Why don't you take a step closer

and come up to that
orange line right there?

And here, before you sh**t, just
bend your knees a little bit, okay?

So the arc is higher. All right?

(GRUNTS)

That's a really good sh*t.
That's a really good sh*t.

Now, just keep
doin' that, all right?

So, uh, where
does your dad live?

Uh, my dad lives in
California... Far, far away.

Do you see him much?

No, hardly ever.

Yeah, me, either.

I think my dad works too much.

Yeah, mine, too.

Yes. (CHUCKLES)

So, can you dunk?

Yeah, I can dunk. I
just don't want to...

I don't want to
break these rims.

'Cause I'm a pretty strong guy.

Try it again. Bend those knees.

(INAUDIBLE)

♪ It can try but
it'll never find me

♪ I won't ever be the
first of the last to know

♪ Come now I will

♪ Take this on hands

♪ Tied behind my back ♪

Hi, yeah, uh, can
someone still register

as a candidate for
student council president

or is it too late?

Really? No, that's great.

Uh, yeah, 200
signatures. I know. Thanks.

Hey. I need some help.

What happened?

Uh, we were playing basketball.

I think he broke his finger.

Uh, yeah, hang
on. Just a second.

Okay.

Hey, Greg...

Listen, everything's
gonna be all right.

I have some friends here.

Everything's gonna
be fine, okay?

What's up?

He hurt his finger.

We only admit students here.

You should take
him to the hospital.

Well, we right
around the corner.

He's in a lot of pain.
Please, just like pretend

he's a little freshman. Please.

Greg, just take a look at him

and make sure it's
not broken, please?

No, please. Ow! That hurts.

Okay, okay. Stephen, I'm gonna
have to reset your finger, okay?

Oh...

Stephen, listen to me
for a second, okay?

This happens to basketball
players all the time.

Do you know who Shaquille
O'Neal? Do you know who that is?

This happens to him every day.

It's like a badge
of honor thing.

I don't know what that means.

It means that you're a real
athlete, that's what it means.

This happened to me once.

My coach told me to think of
the food that I hated the most.

What food do you hate the most?

Brussels sprouts. I mean, how
sick, how gross are brussel sprouts?

Actually, I kinda like 'em.

Okay, well, what
else do you hate?

Peas.

Peas. All right. Okay, peas.

So, on the count of three, I want you
to scream, "Peas!" Can you do that?

Okay. Okay.

All right. Here we go.

One, two, three.

Peas! Peas!

(GROANS) Oh! Ow!

Ow. That hurts.

Okay. That's okay.
It's done. It's all done.

GREG: Okay, keep that straight.

Felicity, could
you call radiology?

We need to X-ray
this immediately.

Yeah. Yeah, no problem.

That's great. You did real
good, Stephen. You did real good.

I'd never seen Ben like that.

SEAN: Like what?

Just how he was
with that little boy.

It just reminded me of...

Of what?

Nothing.

So how is this gonna work?

How much is this gonna cost?

I'm sure Greg won't charge you.

No?

Oh...

(CHUCKLES)

So how's his, uh, how's
his campaign goin'?

I'm actually not working on
Greg's campaign anymore.

We, um...

We didn't exactly
agree on every issue.

I'm actually considering
running myself,

which I know is ridiculous.

Why is that ridiculous? Stop.

I know how you feel
about student politics.

Anyway, I'd have to get 200
people to sign my ballot petition

by next week, which
is basically impossible.

So, what? You're not gonna run

because you need
some signatures?

I mean...

I really think you should do it.

I think you'd be great. I
mean, you really have this way

of making people
wanna try harder.

Come on.

I'm serious.

You were really
amazing with him in there.

I mean it.

Yeah. Well...

I'll let you tell his dad.

But, seriously, if you do
run, I'll sign your petition.

Yeah?

Yeah, and then you'll
only have, like, 199 more.

I guess that's not so many.

Basketball?

Yeah, I know it was a stupid
thing to do. I know. I'm sorry,

but we got it X-rayed.
It's not broken.

Does it hurt?

Not anymore. Not really.

Your mother's gonna throw a fit.

Well, it'll get you out of
piano practice for a few weeks.

Dad, I quit piano.

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

Yeah? Yeah.

So what next?

I don't know. I was thinkin'.

I mean, this... This
might be stupid.

It's not like the big
idea or anything.

Maybe an afterschool program...

Um...

Coaching a kids basketball team.

I don't know. Does the university
have a program like that or...

I'll check into it.

Thanks. Um...

Yeah. That'd be great.

Hi. Hey.

Do you wanna help me with these?

They all need insurance codes.

Sure.

Thanks.

Thank you for taking
care of Stephen.

That was really great of you.

Yeah. Of course. I just, uh...

I hope no one
finds out about it.

Yeah.

So...

I think I might run for
student council president.

What?

Leila dropped out. She quit.

You know how you said I was
passionate about her ideas?

That's because
they're my ideas, too.

I didn't think that
you wanted to run.

Well, I didn't, initially.

But then after that speech

and then what you said to me,

and what other
people have said...

Other people?

Uh, who? Ben?

I think I'd be good at it.

Yeah. You'd be great
at it. That's not the point.

So you have a problem with this.

Yes, I have a problem with this.

Well, why wasn't it a problem
when I was helping Leila out?

It was, but I was trying to
be fair and understanding,

and now you've responded
by deciding to run against me.

It's just student government.

I mean, it's not
like it's a big deal.

If it's not a big
deal, then don't run.

It is something that
I really want to do.

You know, I risked my job
seeing that kid because of you.

No. Don't do that.

Don't turn the right thing
to do into a favor for me.

All right.

All right.

Run.

Do whatever you want.

SEAN: So you and
Greg got in a big fight.

Do you wanna tell us about that?

Not really.

Was it about Ben?

No, and it wasn't a big fight.

They got into a huge fight. They're
not going to the dance together.

I don't care.

Are you and Felicity gonna
be dancin' together tonight?

I'm goin' to the dance with Pam.

He's going with Pam?

Yeah, but he's totally not
into her. You know that, right?

What did they get
in a fight about?

Was it about the fact
that you betrayed him

and now you're
running against him?

I didn't betray Greg.

Are we done? 'Cause I gotta go.

Can I go with you
tonight, though?

I really want to get it on film
when you guys get back together.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

Felicity and I are
not getting together.

Where are you going?

Oh, uh... To the dance.

You are? With who?

Julie.

Excuse me?

I thought you two
decided not to go.

Well, we weren't going to,

but then we changed our minds.

It would have been nice
if somebody'd told me.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Hello. Hey.

You ready? Yeah,
yeah. Let's, uh...

Hi. Hi.

Now I'm the only
one that's not going.

Call Tracy.

No way. I have my pride.

Well, then, we're gonna...

We'll see you later.

Hold on.

Hi.

It's Elena.

What is that supposed to mean?

Yes, I'm calling
about the dance.

Screw the girls' code.

Half an hour?

That boy is wrapped
around my finger.

Give me a second.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

See? We're not late.

Yeah. Whatever.

Look. Let's go check out the
food and beverage situation,

see if there's anything left.

So, you wanna dance?

Oh, God. Maybe in a minute.

You wanna just scope
it out, see who's here?

Yeah. That seems a little safer.

Hey. Hey!

How's Stephen doing?

Oh, he's good.
Thanks. Yeah, he's fine.

Where's Greg?

Oh, I... I came alone.

Why? Um...

Where is... Where is Pam?

Um, Pam's talkin'
to her roommate.

So, um...

It looks like I'm gonna
need that signature.

Yeah? That's
great. That really is.

Yeah.

Thank you for your encouragement

'cause it just kinda
pushed me over the edge.

Oh, sorry about that.

Terry's in love, and
needed to talk about it.

Hey. Hi.

Do you wanna dance? Yeah. Sure.

Bye.

Are you...

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Go dance.

Oh...

Oh, God.

They're playin' a slow one.

(SIGHS)

Now I feel like I'm at the
prom, and there's no curfew.

Well, let's take a break.

No. No, no!

A break? No.

You don't wanna dance with me?

You don't wanna slow dance...

With me? You know what?
You are too much, okay?

But you wanna... Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, God.

It's painful, how
much you like me.

You wish.

(LAUGHS)

Here you go. Free
pizza, everybody.

That's me, Richard Coad.

Richard Coad, yeah,
means free pizza.

Everybody, you like to boogie?

Cool.

RICHARD: Enjoy the pizza. Yeah.

No. There's more!
There's plenty more.

Come on, everybody. Yeah!

I'm glad you're running.

(SIGHS)

No, you're not.

No, I am.

I overreacted...

And I realized I wouldn't
feel like a real winner

unless I b*at the
toughest competition.

So you, uh, think
you're gonna win, huh?

I think I'm gonna
kick your butt.

(LAUGHS)

All right, look, we've
circled this place three times.

We've hit every
table of bad food.

Okay, you wanna dance?

Yeah. Okay.

Finally. Let's dance.

All right.

Okay.

I hope we look better than them.

(LAUGHING)

Slow dancing.

♪ Following your ghost

♪ Like the times I turn around

♪ And you're gone

♪ And I still believe
in what we wanted

♪ Much more than you think

♪ You know, the
stars are all lit up tonight

♪ But my heart is crumbling

♪ Can I hold on tight

♪ To the memory of you... ♪