04x15 - Defiance

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

Hi, Ben.

What are you doing tonight?

I don't think that we
should get back together.

I'm looking for Omar.

I blocked your calls.

Your mom let me in.

Well, my mom doesn't know that
you slept with my boyfriend.

I kind of maybe still love Jack.

I slept with Henry.

I'm ashamed of myself.

Don't ever come over to this house again!

Ricky proposed to me.

He called me up on the stage

and he proposed to me in front of everyone.

How embarrassing.

Do you mind if we smoke?

You smoke pot?

What's that?

You gave me a reason to
never trust you again.

I went out with your brother
while you were gone,

but now he hates me but
I still care about him.

What if you go to summer school with me?

Why would I go to summer school?

There's nothing wrong with
her going to summer school.

Mom, she's just going to summer
school 'cause Lauren is going.

It doesn't matter why I'm going.
It would be good for me.

Do I smell pot?

Uh...

My, uh... My fault.

Why? Why are you doing this?

Why are you insisting on
going to summer school?

You don't need to go to summer school.

Other than to get into the middle

of this argument with Madison and Lauren,

there's really no reason to go.

Ricky, that has nothing to do with it.

I just want to go to summer school.

Your mother wants me to go so I'll
be there when Ethan is there.

Why do you even care if
I go to summer school?

Because you always work in the summer

and working at the nursery
gives you all day with John

and you earn a little money
and every little bit helps.

Isn't it better to earn a little money

and have some extra time with John?

Yeah. I would like to spend
all day with John, but...

But what?

But I would rather go to summer school

than have the money or the extra
time with John this summer.

And besides, if I can
knock out a few courses,

then it'll make our lives
easier all next year.

How? How?

Ricky, you're going to be in college.
You're going to be busier.

I'll need to pick up the slack.

What slack?
There's not going to be any slack.

With you in college?

Ricky, come on, there's
going to be some slack.

You're going to have to study more,

you're going to have to spend more time

going to and from school...

You're going to be busy, really busy.

And if I'm less busy with school,

then I will have more time

to do all the things I'm
going to have to do

that you used to do for me or with me.

Like cleaning the apartment

and doing laundry and cooking.

I'm going to have to cook more.

Are there going to be cooking
classes in summer school?

I can cook.

You don't have to cook, I'll cook.

I'll cook.

I know you think I can't
cook, but I can cook.

Besides, maybe it would be
healthier if we ate raw foods.

Raw foods, huh? You want to eat raw meat?

Because we get free meat from downstairs

and that saves us a lot
of money on groceries.

Yeah, well, we can't just
eat meat all the time.

We can if we want. I don't want.

Okay, well you figure out how
we can pay for the groceries

since you're not working this summer.

It's not like you were counting on that

little bit of money I'd be
bringing in this summer.

Were you?

We're on a really tight budget here,

and now that we're engaged,

then I think you should stop taking
any money from your parents.

But they're supposed to take care of me

until I graduate high school.

You're not living at home anymore.

We're a family now,

even though we're young and
we're not married yet,

we're a family, so let's
sit down and do a budget

and just look at what we have

before you make your final
decision about summer school.

I'm going to summer school.

Then go.

I'm going to go, I said I was going to,

I don't even know why
we're arguing about this.

We're not arguing, we're just
figuring out the money situation,

like couples do when they're responsible.

Whatever.

It's my last summer before senior year

and I want to do what I want to do!

All right.

You're not my parent, you know. I know.

Did you forget we don't sleep in there?

I might be sleeping in there

if I don't like living
on your stupid budget.

It's not my stupid budget, it's
going to be our stupid budget.

I'm sure we can figure out
how to live on what we have

with you in summer school,
and if we can't...

If we can't, I'm still
going to summer school.

Good morning!

Oh, geez, Grace, something, or someone.

What are you doing here?
The key was under the mat.

Oh. Yeah. Remember to move that.

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

I am making you breakfast

before we head off at summer school,

that is what I'm doing here.

Um, I see suitcases.

Yes, you do. Because I'm moving in!

I thought your mom said
you couldn't move in.

Yes. She did. To go to med camp.

I couldn't go to summer school.

But I thought I'm almost an adult

and I can make my own decisions.

And how's she going to find out about it?

She left for Africa this morning.

What happens when she calls?

I answer my phone. Where my phone is.

You would actually lie to your mother?

She put me in that position.

I have no choice, I have to lie.

But it's just for a few weeks,

and by the time she gets back she'll see

that I was serious about no boys
and focusing on my school work

and getting the best possible
grades I can in senior year.

I think she'll be fine with it.

And if she's not?

Then she's not.

I don't know, Grace,

I'd love to have you live here, but...

No buts.

This is going to be a fun summer,

a girlfriend summer, just the
two of us and our books.

Okay, I'm going to put my things away.

What do you mean?

I mean she's not here.
And she didn't answer.

Maybe she thought I don't know. Her up,

I checked in last night late this morning.

Oh. Well, maybe that's it.
Maybe she's just late.

She wanted to she insisted on it.

She's probably caught in traffic.

You're sure to be here?

Yes, I'm sure.

She had this crazy plan
and live with Adrian,

but I talked her out of it.

You sure you talked her out of it?
I'm sure.

I hope so, going to be here.

Where else would she be?
I want her to be at med camp,

so I'm sure she'll be at med camp.

I mean, sometimes she
doesn't like what I say,

but she does respect me

and she does usually do
what I want her to do.

She's basically a good girl.

And she loves me, to med camp, she's going

even if you're there.

Wait. Oh, dear.

I think my head is feeling
a little wombley.

Did you take something for the flight?

Yes, but don't worry, it's prescription.

Your prescription? Yes.

My doctor called in something for me.

I get very anxious about flying

ever since my husband was
k*lled in a plane crash.

All right, well, I'm sure
the flight will be fine.

And even if it's not, I will be.

All right, well, enjoy.

Bye, Doc.

Bye.

I think I'm going to like
having Grace live here.

Oh, she didn't make those, her
mother probably made those.

All she can make are cookies.

By the way,

Grace thinks we're not
seeing guys this summer.

You and me?

'Cause I wasn't planning on
seeing any guys this summer,

or any other time.

She and I.

Why's that?

Because we told her mother

we wouldn't see guys this summer,
we would focus on school.

You promised her mother that, too?

Yes. But her mother said no.

So... So you called me.

Yeah, well, you would have called me.

Maybe, maybe not.

Definitely. Not definitely.

I don't have time to argue.

I have to finish getting
dressed and get out of here.

All right, I know when I'm not wanted.

I'll talk to you later.

No, no, no, no, no!

You're supposed to wait until I've left.

Why? Because we're hiding

that we're seeing each other from Grace?

Yes.

No, no, no. I don't play that.

Not telling my brother I was seeing you

is the closest I've ever come to lying.

So, see you.

Bye, Adrian, bye, Grace!

Am I crazy?
I thought I just heard a guy yell,

"Bye, Adrian, bye, Grace"

and then I ran out just in time
to see a guy going out the door.

I saw Omar.

Oh, come on. I did.

No, you didn't. Probably like a...

A mirage. Mmm-hmm.

You know, we've been
without guys for a week,

and you're starting to hear things

and see things that aren't there.

No, really, maybe you're just stressed,

and, you know, just imagining things.

I'm not stressed. Why would I be stressed?

Because I lied to my mother
so I could live with you?

Is it too late for you to go to med camp?

Yes, it's too late for
me to go to med camp!

No, I don't see her, she's not here.

She's not here either, she's
about to miss the first class

and that's against the rules.

She's probably stuck on the freeway,

she's the slowest driver in the world.

Yeah, I know, but excuses
don't really fly here.

I just hope she's okay. Yeah, me too.

I'd hate to see her miss a
summer with you at med camp.

I know you don't mean that.

No, I do. Call me when she's there, buddy.

All right.

What are you doing, you pervert?

Get off my sister's bed!

I wasn't doing anything.
I was looking for Grace.

Oh. Well, I came to tell you that

Grace is looking for you.

She's trying to call you.

She said it's an emergency.

Hello? If my mother calls looking for me,

tell her I'm on my way to med camp.

I'm late but I'm going to med camp,

I'm definitely going to med camp

and gonna personally beg
for them to let me in.

I'm not at Adrian's and I'm
not going to summer school!

I'm going to med camp, I swear.

Oh. Hi, Kathleen.

You're the only one of Grace's
friends that calls me Kathleen.

I apologize. Is it Mrs. Tsegay then?

We'll see, won't we?

Uh, I don't know. Is everything okay?

I'm at the airport, I'm
going to see my husband.

Oh, then tell my dad I said hello.

Oh, that's right! I forgot about that.

I'm forgetting about everything.

I can't remember why I called you.

Are you calling about
Grace and me breaking up?

Yeah. Maybe I am.

Are you broken up?

She's not over there, is she?
I'm wondering,

because apparently, she's not at med camp.

Hey, just got back from Adrian's.

You didn't see Grace over there, did you?

Yeah. I did. She's over at Adrian's.

Grace's mom is looking for her.

Oh! Ooh! Hang up. Hang up, man!
Hang up the phone!

Get up, you're going to summer school.

Summer school?
That's going to be my punishment now?

That's not your punishment,
that's in addition

to taking away your phone
and your computer.

You're not going to see

your phone or computer
for a long, long time.

And I'm not done yet.

You've been working on
this for a week, you know.

Yeah, I know. And this morning,

I came up with something else.

Summer school.

Dad, I don't need to go to summer school.

I'm sure there's some other
punishment that would be

more productive.

Yeah, well, you don't get to decide that.
Get dressed.

I don't want to go to summer school.

It's a waste of time, and Henry
is going to summer school.

Yeah, well, you're going to run
into Henry sooner or later

and I don't care that Henry
is going to summer school.

Why is Henry going to summer school?

Because Madison is going to summer school.

Why is Madison going to summer school?

Because Madison slept
with Lauren's boyfriend.

Same night Henry slept with Adrian.

No one's speaking to Madison. Or Henry.

So the two of them have apparently bonded.

That's what I've heard, anyway.

You're not supposed to hear anything.

You don't have a phone or a computer.

You're the one who let Alice come up here.
Alice told me.

And Alice is never speaking to Henry again,

and neither am I.

And even if I run into
him at summer school,

I'm not speaking to him.

Just so you know, just in
case you're pretending

you don't know he's going to be there

and this is just your latest attempt

to get the two of us together to talk.

We haven't talked about
summer school, Henry and me.

And who Adrian sleeps with
is none of your business,

you two are soon to be
divorced and that's that.

No, that's not that.
You're still paying for that condo

and my ex-best friend is probably

sleeping with my soon-to-be ex-wife in it.

No, he's not. He might be.

He's not. I talked to Henry.

He knows he made a mistake, Ben.

Uh, yeah, he made a mistake.

People make mistakes. You make mistakes.

You keep making mistakes.

I know you're lying about
who gave you that pot.

I take full responsibility.

Why don't you not take full
responsibility for once? Huh?

You always got to be the hero?

Is that a bad quality?
Always being the hero?

Let me put it another way.
You're always rescuing women.

That's a bad quality.

We've both done it and I thought
we'd both learned from it,

but obviously you haven't learned a thing.

Stop rescuing bad girls
from their bad habits

before you get yourself
into some bad trouble.

Oh, right, you're already
in some bad trouble.

Get dressed. You're going to summer school.

And take what? Whatever.

You're not sleeping in all summer

and hanging around here
in the butcher shop.

You can work at the butcher shop
after school, same as always.

Okay. If that's what you want
me to do, that's what I'll do.

That's what I want you to do.

How is doing what I was doing
before any kind of punishment?

You're doing it without
a phone or computer.

If I go to summer school, I'm
going to have to use a computer.

In fact, if I go to summer school
I'll have access to a computer

because they have computers in the library.

Access this girl Dylan again

and I'll access your ass, you got it?

What does that mean?

Are you threatening to spank me?

Get up, get dressed, and go to school.

You can't be so depressed
about this, honey,

he's a three-time loser.

He got a girl pregnant, now he's
divorced and he smokes pot!

Big deal.

It is a big deal!
It's illegal for one thing.

And for another thing, it's
just not good for you.

If nothing else, it makes
you make bad decisions.

We just tried it.

I believe you've tried it before.

I never said I did.

I'm pretty sure you did.

Either way, it's not his
fault if I smoked pot.

Oh, yes, it was his fault,
he gave it to you.

And he looks like a drug addict.

Is he doing cocaine, and
cr*ck or something?

No. He is not doing cocaine
and cr*ck or something.

Why would you think he's doing
cocaine and cr*ck or something?

Geez, Mom. cr*ck is cocaine.

Well, excuse me for not knowing drug lingo.

But I do know the signs of using dr*gs.

And he's skinny as a rail.

So what?

His father owns a worldwide
sausage company.

Don't you think he should have
some more meat on his bones?

Maybe his weight hasn't
caught up with his height.

Mom, I really really, really
want to go out with him again.

And your father and I
really, really, really

don't want you to go out with him again.

Ever.

Enough with the look, I
don't like the look.

And I don't like Ben Boykewich.

He's trouble, trouble with a capital T.

Mom. Uh-uh.

You go out there and you find
yourself another boyfriend,

a nice boy,

someone who doesn't do dr*gs,

someone who doesn't even want to try dr*gs,

someone who's never had sex
before or gotten a girl pregnant,

someone who's never gotten a divorce.

So I'm off restriction?

No. I meant when you're off restriction.

But it's summer! I want to go
out, I want to go out with Ben!

You don't need to go out in summer,

you'll get sunburned

and skin cancer with your
fair beautiful skin.

You can go out in the
fall when school starts.

Mom, please, please, please,
I've been in all week.

Maybe your father and I can think about it.

Could I go out tonight?

I can't get sunburned at night.

No. You can't get sunburned at night,

but you can get into trouble at night.

Mom, you totally got the
wrong impression of Ben.

He's a really nice guy
and I really like him.

Like someone else.

How am I going to meet someone else to like

if I can't get out of the house?

I'll talk to your father.

Not about going out with Ben,

just about going out of the house,

but you'll have to promise me
you'll never go anywhere near Ben.

Okay, I won't go anywhere near Ben.

Thanks, Mom.

I'm not promising anything.

I know that. But thank you.

Alice's phone.

Hello, Alice's phone.

Hey, how are you?

I miss you!

And I miss you!

But I'm going to have to give
Alice her phone back today,

I promised.

Aw. Do you have to?

Yeah. But maybe I can call you from work.

I have to see you. I have good news.

Your dad is going to let you see me? No.

Yeah, my parents aren't going
to let me see you either.

Another thing we have in common.

My dad said that he's gonna
send me to summer school

as part of my punishment.

And?

And who's going to know if
I'm in summer school or not?

Why didn't she drop you off at school?

'Cause you know, I'm scared.

No, you're not. No, I kind of am.

Scared of what?

Scared of screwing up
and getting sent back.

Then don't screw up.

I'm not going to screw up on purpose.

You're not going to screw
up accidentally either.

I don't know what you're
in such a bad mood about.

I'm in a bad mood because I don't think

Amy should be going to summer school,

but Mom is all happy about it

because now Amy can be there for you

and I don't even think

she knows what being there for you entails.

Yeah, that is really nice of Amy, isn't it?

To be there for me.

Yeah, it is, especially since

Amy has other more important
things to do this summer.

Like what? It's summer.

This is when we work, this is not
when we go to school, usually.

We're engaged, we have a kid,
we have other responsibilities.

I can hear you.

Other responsibilities?

Aren't I your other responsibility?

We are not going to be responsible for you,

I am not going to be responsible for you,

Amy is not going to be responsible for you.
You know why?

Because you are going to
be responsible for you.

And you are not going to screw up.

Good morning, Ethan.

Good morning, Amy.

Thanks again for letting me
walk into school with you.

It makes the first day of high school

a little less awkward for me.

Yeah. I remember my first
day of high school,

how awkward it was.

What? Oh, nothing.

So you're going to go, even after
looking at all the numbers,

you're going to go?

Because you know, you could
just walk him in there

and walk out and go to the nursery.

I could, but again, I'm not going to

and I could hear everything you
were saying in here, you know.

This may not be when you
go to school, Mr. Perfect,

but some people need to go
to school during the summer.

Like Ethan. And like me.

Let's go, Ethan.

Yeah, Mr. Perfect.

What are you doing?

I don't know. What are you doing?

I was giving Ethan a lecture

and you're undermining my
authority by calling me names.

You don't have any authority.

No, you definitely don't
have any authority.

Yeah, I do.
I'm an adult and you're not an adult.

That doesn't mean you can lecture me.

Yeah, it does. Whatever.

We have to go.
You can lecture him when we get home.

His home, not our home,

he goes back to his home after school.

Margaret said to just bring me back here

since she's working this afternoon.

I'm working this afternoon. And so is Amy.

Yeah, Amy told her maybe I can
just do my homework up here

until someone can pick me up.

We have to go, we have to drop John off.

I can take John.
And when were you going to tell me this?

That you're dropping him off here?

How am I going to keep an eye on him

when I'm downstairs in the butcher shop?

Uh, I don't know, but I'm
sure Ethan can stay up here

all by himself without
getting into any trouble.

Can't you, Ethan?

I'm sure.
And thank you for your trust, Amy.

You're welcome.

Wait downstairs.

You got the eye roll.

What? What?

What is going on?

What is going on is that
just because we're engaged

doesn't mean you're the boss of me.

Or that kid out there.

I know I'm not the boss of you,

but I am the boss of him, and
you're the boss of him, too.

No I'm not, I'm just his ride to school.

No. No, you're not just his ride to school.

Mom didn't ask you to give

him a ride just so you'd give him a ride.

She could give him a ride.

No, you're the person looking
out after him at school

and keeping him out of trouble.

Oh, please. I am not.

No, you are.
And you better take it seriously

or you're going to end up getting blamed

for any trouble that he gets into.

How?

Ricky, if he gets into trouble,
he gets into trouble.

Now we're both going to get
into trouble if we're late.

If? If he gets into trouble?

Not if. When.
He's going to get into trouble.

In fact, he's going to be
testing you and everyone else

to see how much trouble he can get into.

So you better take a
really firm stand with him

and tell him you're not going
to have anything to do with him

if he gets into any trouble at all.

Do not be his friend, Amy. Be his parent.

He understands parent,
he responds to parent,

he responds to being
lectured and threatened

and disciplined, he needs all that.

He needs and wants a parent.

I'm not his parent and I
don't want to be his parent.

I'm a high school senior.

Okay? I want to enjoy my senior year

and act like a high school senior,
not like someone's parent.

Well, except for John of
course, but he's two.

And you know what, like every other kid,

Ethan needs love and trust.

Maybe he responds to the expectation

that he will do the right thing
because people care about him.

You shouldn't just expect him
to fail or get into trouble.

Okay. Fine.

I was going to read him the riot
act and tell him specifically

what to do today and what not to do,

but you go ahead.

Let him do whatever he wants to do,

be nice to him, be his friend,

see how that goes.
You two enjoy summer school.

Oh, I'm going to.

Quit telling me what to do, old man Ricky.

I'm going to need some lunch money.

It's right where we put it last night.

It's our money, my money and your money.

You don't have to ask, it's right here.

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

I should just leave you
alone about summer school.

But please don't be nice to Ethan.

Ricky, I can't not be nice to him.

I'll see you when I get home, okay?

Thank you for taking John and
thank you for everything.

I love you. I love you, too.

New school for you, you're
going to make new friends,

and this can be a whole new life, Ethan.

I mean, starting today,

this could be a better life for you.

I know you're going to do really well here.

I hope so, Amy.

I've been in so many schools
and in so many homes,

it'd be great if I could find
somewhere where people are nice.

You know, where I fit in.

Hey, Amy.

I'm not speaking to you. And hello,

I'm in the middle of something here.

What were you saying?
Hey, she's good looking.

She's a senior, and she may

be good looking but she's
not a nice person.

Why do you say that?

That skank actually showed up.

Hi. I'm Lauren.

This is Ethan. He's new.

He's staying with Ricky's
mom, hopefully permanently.

Yeah, hopefully.
If school works out for me and everything.

I'm just gonna wander
around to get my bearings.

Are you sure? I could show you around.

Oh, no. That's okay, I got it.
I'm good at this.

My navigational skills are excellent.

I can't believe she had the
nerve to show her face.

I was hoping she'd go
back to the food court

to the hot dog stand and be with Stanley.

He's sleazy enough for her.

Well, he's too old for her.

I think she should just take
a break from guys anyway.

I don't think that's going to happen.

I heard she's going out with Henry.

What? Yeah.

And he slept with Adrian at
the party, did you know that?

I knew that Alice and Henry broke up,

but Adrian and Henry?

Oh, poor Ben.

Poor Ben? Hello. Poor me. I loved Henry.

I've known Henry ever
since the third grade,

and it's not like I wasn't
having sex with him.

I was having sex with him!

And suddenly out of nowhere
he breaks up with me

and then sleeps with Adrian.

I'm so sorry, Alice.

Men stink.

Amen to that.

You know, our best friend Madison
slept with my boyfriend Jesse.

What? Yeah, she betrayed me.

He betrayed you, too.

Yeah, well, we all know how that happened.

Well, it didn't happen because
you weren't having sex with him.

Right. I'm proof that having sex with a guy

won't keep him from having
sex with someone else.

So is Henry going to summer school?

Yes, it's the only reason I
signed up for summer school.

He wanted to go so hopefully
he'd do better on the SATs

and we could get into the same college.

Well, you can hang out with us.

Thank you.

Hey, it's Ben! So Ben took your side?

Of course he took my side,
I didn't do anything.

And neither of us is speaking to Henry.

I guess Alice is catching
you up on all the latest.

What are you doing here?

Part of my punishment.
I have to go to summer school.

But I can't drive to summer school.

My dad got a special driver

to drive me to summer school and to work.

Driver slash security guard.

You need a security guard now?

Driver slash security
guard slash babysitter.

Apparently I'm a drug addict now.

What are you talking about?

I got busted. For marijuana.

I met some girls at your boyfriend's party.

Oh, yeah. The redhead. I saw you with her.

She smokes pot?

She and all of her friends. And me.

And you're still letting your
dad believe it was your pot?

It was my pot.

See you.

So Ben is smoking pot now?

Geez, he must still be suffering

from everything that's happened this year.

Yeah. Or he's lost his mind.

It's not enough that he
got Adrian pregnant,

they lost a baby and he got a divorce.

Now he needs more trouble in his life?

I'm sure it's just part
of the healing process.

I'm sure it's going to
take a long time for him,

for him and Adrian to both heal.

That's probably why they're

both making some stupid
decisions right now.

I feel so badly for both of them,

and just slightly guilty that
Ricky and I are coming together

right as they're falling apart.

Hey, let me see your ring again.

Isn't it funny how the one person
we thought would be a cheater

is the one person who didn't cheat?

Ricky? Yeah.

Of course, he's not perfect.

But neither am I.

Yeah, it's right down there,

just turn left at the end of the hall.

Thank you.

And by the way, I thought
Amy was very rude to you.

You seem like a nice enough girl to me.

Yeah. Amy used to be my best friend.
So did Lauren.

And they just turned on you.

Girls will do that, you know,
girls can be really mean.

And unforgiving.

So what happened?

Did you do something they
won't forgive you for?

I don't know what you could have
done, really, you seem so nice.

I am nice. I just made a little mistake.

It wasn't even my fault.

Happens to me all the time.

You want to do the right
thing, but then you don't.

And you make one little mistake,

and everyone makes a big deal out of it.

Well, I kind of slept
with Lauren's boyfriend.

You mean he slept with you?

I honestly doubt you'd seduce
your best friend's boyfriend,

you hardly seem like the type.

You look like a classy girl to me,

the kind of girl a guy
would be lucky to marry.

Yeah?

Yeah. And of course this guy
would want to sleep with you,

I mean, look at you.

Damn. Any guy would want to sleep with you.

You're so good looking, you know that?

And sexy, you are really sexy.

You look all innocent, but hey, you're hot.

So, like, who are you again?

Are you related to Ricky?

Hi, Adrian. Can we talk?

Oh. Hi, Henry.

This isn't about your
feelings or anything, is it?

'Cause sometimes things are
just best left unsaid.

I got all your messages, I just
didn't want to talk to you.

I just wanted to apologize.

Oh, no, no. That's okay.
You were pretty good.

Nothing to apologize for.

What? No.

I just wanted to apologize
if I took advantage of you.

What?

Unless of course, you maybe
took advantage of me?

Oh, no, no, no, no one
took advantage of anyone.

You knew what you were doing.

I already told you, you were pretty good,

I mean considering that it
meant nothing to either of us

and it was just party sex.

Yeah, well, Ben knows, you know.

I don't care if Ben knows.

He's not speaking to me.
We're not friends anymore.

What? What happened?

What happened? Us. We happened.

Yeah, so? Ben was with that redhead.

Not that I'm keeping score.
But if I were, I'd win.

He didn't have sex with that girl.

He will. I've heard about
those private school girls.

Don't let him make you feel guilty.

Again, he's not speaking to me.

Maybe you could talk to him.

Maybe if he sees that it
wasn't a big deal to you

he wouldn't be so upset with
me, and he'd forgive me.

I'm not going to talk to him

about you or any other guy I've slept with.

It's none of his business.
It's just me being me.

Or, the old me.

There's a new me now.
I've changed since last week.

It's been a long time
coming, but I've changed.

Yeah, I met someone and I'm going
to be totally faithful to him.

I may even be in love,

really in love for the first time.

You met someone in the last
week, after the party?

No, it's that guy that I
came to the party with.

You came there with someone?

Hello. Yeah.

He left right after he saw me kiss Ricky.

Does he know we slept together?
Of course not!

And no one's going to tell him.

He's in college, so no one knows him.

Except for Grace, but she
would never tell him.

I hope.

Hey. We can't let them get to us, you know.

Impossible. I feel so lousy.

I felt guilty enough that
I broke up with her,

why the hell did I do something so stupid?

Low self-esteem. That's what I have.

I have extreme selfishness.

Well, what are we going to do?

I think we've done enough.

Hi, Ben.

Why are you in summer school?

Why do you care? I don't.

Just don't be mean to Henry.

What we did did not mean anything
to either of us, all right?

Not all right.

And I'm not so upset with
you as I am with Henry.

Who you're with is your
business, I suppose,

but Henry was my best friend.

Best friends are hard to come
by, you should forgive him.

Did Christ forgive Judas?

I think he did.

Really? Yeah.

Well, maybe he shouldn't have.

Well, look who's here.

And I thought it would just be me.

Of course you would think
that, because everything

is always about just you, isn't it?

Alice.

Why should you reprimand Alice?

Apparently, you don't
know right from wrong.

Leave Henry alone, he made a mistake

and he feels badly about it.

It doesn't matter how
badly he feels about it,

he still did something wrong.

Yeah. And you can't do something that wrong

and expect that everyone is
just going to forget about it.

Why not? We would all forget
about your big mistake

if you weren't always carrying him around

like some sort of fashion accessory.

Don't you dare refer to John as a mistake!
Or an accessory!

Fine! We'd all forget about
your unplanned pregnancy

if you weren't carrying
him around with you.

Why you little... Take that back!

Oh, just shut up, Amy.

What?

I have been waiting for someone
to say that for years!

And if you were just trying

to prevent someone from
saying something about,

you know, what happened
to us, thank you, Ben.

Even though we're divorced,
you're still very thoughtful.

No, he's not. He's probably just stoned.

Hey! Hey!

All of you! Detention.

Sorry I'm late.

Some new student broke
into the condom stash

in the school nurse's

office creating some
more unnecessary chaos.

I hate summer school.

Excuse me, excuse me, I'm here, I'm here.

Yes, you are here, and you're late.

So, sit down, and you have detention, too.

I got kicked out of med camp.

So I will be living with you

because I'm probably going to
get kicked out of my house.

All right, well, welcome back.

Excuse me, is Amy Juergens in this class?

Yes.

Yeah, I'm in this class.

You want to come to my office, please?

We need to have a word
with your friend, Ethan.

Psst! Ben!

I lied. I lied to my own mother.

She paid a lot of money for med camp.

And I didn't give them any
notice I was cancelling

so she can't get her money
back and now I have a mark

on my permanent record
for getting kicked out.

They kicked you out just for being late?

No. Not just for being late.

I sort of went off on Grant.

I tried to claim that he

was supposed to pick me up and he didn't.

And then he called me a
liar in front of everyone.

I mean, I've been one of the star
students at med camp for years.

Now, everyone thinks I'm a big liar.

And that is not a good quality in a doctor.

Are you kidding me?

Looks like they'd give you
extra credit for that.

Look, I think you should just go to bed,

get some rest, start fresh in the morning.

I don't have a TV in there, and
I don't feel like going to bed.

Hey, Adrian, is Grace home?

I see she's home.

What are you doing here?
What are you doing here?

Other than lying to your mother.

She called me, and she called Grant.

She even called Daniel looking for you.

I think Daniel told her you were over here.

How does he know?

I'll just be in my bedroom.

Let Omar in, will you?

You told Omar and Omar told
Daniel and Daniel told my mother.

Are you all right?

I will be.

Once I get over the

embarrassment of getting
kicked out of med camp.

Yeah. Grant told me.

Would you two quit talking?

Eventually.

Would you consider going out with me

since you're not at med camp and
since you and Daniel broke up?

No. I can't.

Why not?

Because when my mom calls, I
want to be able to tell her

that I'm keeping my promise
of focusing on school

and not being with any guys all summer.

Then why are you here?

Why don't you come home with me?

Oh, yeah, you're at my

house because I'm supposed
to be at med camp.

We both could be at the house.

I think that she would

like that you were home
instead of over here.

I don't know.

This is what I wanted to do this summer.

I wanted to live here with Adrian,

and I want to go to summer school.

I just really want to do what I want to do.

Don't we all?

Grace, I love you.

And when your mom gets back,

I'm going to be all out of excuses
for living at your house,

and then I'm going to have to go home.

Of course, I want to go home to my family.

I'm happy they're back.
But I'm going to miss you.

Maybe when you're seeing guys again,

maybe you could think about seeing me.

Maybe we could give it just one more sh*t.

Not tonight, not this week,
maybe not even this summer,

but when you're ready to go out again.
Think about it.

Please go out with me.

He's waiting for me in the parking lot.

We're going over to his place. Goodnight.

So should I leave?

You sure you don't know
whose phone that was?

I'm gonna find out sooner or later.

All right. It was Alice's.

I borrowed it three days ago.

I've been talking to Dylan

practically the whole time we
weren't supposed to be talking.

We have a house phone, you know.

Ah, at last the truth.

Anything else you want to tell me?

It wasn't my pot.

It was their pot. They brought it over.

I was just covering because Dylan
got into some trouble before

and I didn't want her to
get into any more trouble.

This girl is not the
girl for you, Benjamin.

She's trouble with a capital T.

You don't love her, you two
don't even know each other.

We're getting to know each other.

I don't like that she shows up here

unannounced with her friends
and brings pot with her.

It bothers you when people
show up unannounced?

You like Henry, he's been showing
up for years unannounced.

He doesn't bring pot
with him when he comes.

I don't like her parents showing
up unannounced, snooping around.

Henry's parents have never
shown up unannounced.

And they never will.
Because I'm never speaking to him again.

Are you speaking to Adrian?

Yes. When it's impolite not to.

What happened was as much
her fault as it is Henry's.

No, it wasn't. And, as long as
we're telling the truth here,

I care much more about Henry
than I ever did about Adrian.

He was my best friend,
I've known him forever,

and I thought I could
trust him with my life.

And my soon-to-be ex-wife.

You can't let a woman come between
you and your best friend.

Honestly, Dad, right now
I don't care about Henry

or Adrian or anyone but Dylan.

I am obsessed with Dylan.
I have to see her again

and no matter what you do to
me, I'm going to see her.

When did defiance become
an option in this house?

Please, Dad, please.

She smokes pot!

I didn't know she smoked pot.

She doesn't smoke pot all the time,
and she's a really nice girl,

and she's never had sex and

she's innocent and beautiful
and smart, and...

I don't know, Dad, look,

I can live without pot or alcohol,

but I just can't live without her.

Well, you're going to have to, Romeo.
And that's an order.

Hey.

I just want to say that you
were right and I was wrong.

You know what he wanted the condoms for?

I would assume sex.

Yeah. He thought he might have a
chance at your friend, Madison.

He might.

She's not going to have sex with him.

He's 14 turning 15.
He would be underage for her.

She's 18. She could get arrested.

Well, if his parents or
guardians press charges,

but your parents wouldn't
do that, would they?

No, no, doesn't work that way anymore.

No one has to press charges
except the police.

Oh. I didn't know.

Is your mom upset with me?

No. No, she's upset with me.

She was counting on me to

pressure him into behaving
at school his first day.

Yeah, I should have let you do that.

I should have done that.

You should have done that.

And you? And me?

You should have done what?

I should have put a little
more pressure on him myself.

I just thought he would respond better

to kindness and trust
and love and all that.

He doesn't know those things,

those things are foreign to him.

And he's a guy, a young guy.

It's not that he's stupid,

he just has to be told exactly what to do

and then he'll do it. Maybe.

Not that anyone can anticipate

what possible trouble he'll

consider day to day, but here's an example.

You have to say, "Do not short
change the cafeteria lady.

"Do not write graffiti

on the bathroom wall or on school property.

"Go to class, do not
steal or borrow anything

"From any other students'
backpacks during class.

"Do not have sex at school
or on school property,

"And if you do have sex
off school property,

"Do not have sex in a parked
car or a public place

"And wherever you are, use a condom."

You have to spell it out.

Maybe not, I mean, he was
trying to get condoms,

maybe he already knows all that stuff.

And maybe he doesn't.

Taking a kid in like that is a lot of work,

for my parents and for us,

it's going to be a lot of work for us.

Yeah.

Okay. Well, I'll do better tomorrow.

You have tomorrow off,
and the next day off,

Ethan is suspended for two days.

What? That seems kind of harsh.

No, it's not harsh at all.

Kicking him out of school would be harsh,

letting him out for two days is not harsh.

Where's he going to be?

Guess.

With you?

Ricky, I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry.

I tried to warn you. I know.

It's just that you have to
trust me more and Ethan less.

I know. I mean, I like the kid.

But you have no idea what he's capable of.

You let Ethan in the apartment alone

after everything he did at school today?

I took it out when I dropped him off.

See, I did learn a little
something at summer school.