05x16 - Shiny and New

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

- Is something going on?
- You lied about being Robie's father?

I had to lie.

Just forget the wedding. You're
already married, so it's redundant

and I don't feel like doing anything
that involves your father right now.

And we feel betrayed because you didn't
tell us that you live like royalty.

Physically, mentally,
spiritually. I'm fine.

No, you're not.

I'm in a meeting.

Amy and Ricky aren't really married.

Ben and Amy got into the
same school in New York.

Amy can go to school in New York
if that's what she wants to do.

And so Amy is probably relieved

because now she gets to go
to school in New York with Ben

and Ricky can stay here with you.

What do you feel like now?

I'm scared that he'll show up

and take whatever happiness I have.

And I'm not so in love anymore.

No! You cannot break up with Anne!

Not now. You can't!

Amy and I aren't really married.

You and I are getting evicted.

And nothing you do with Kathleen
is going to make that go away.

I need a miracle.

I've always wanted you.

I wish you'd told me before
I asked Amy to marry me.

I couldn't tell you, I
didn't know where you were.

It took me years to find you again.

Please, please don't get married.

We shouldn't be doing this.

I know, I know we shouldn't, I'm sorry.

But I just had to know what it
would be like to be with you.

And you're not married, not yet.

Please, please don't get married.

Married or not, this is
wrong, this is really wrong,

I've never cheated on Amy, never.

And I never wanted to.

Then again...

Look, we have to stop,
she's going to be home soon.

Why did you have to do it?

Why did you have to get her pregnant?

It was supposed to be you and me.

You and me, Ricky. You and me.

Yeah, but it wasn't.

It was me. It was Ricky and me.

We have a child together so
we have to be with each other.

We don't have any choice.

I got this as a special prize

for getting pregnant and having a baby,

and getting engaged and
getting married in high school.

It goes with everything. Doesn't it, Ricky?

Ricky? Ricky!

Huh?

You better get up if you're
going to meet with Leo.

Oh. Yeah.

Thanks.

So I have to go by a copy of my transcript

and then I'm coming back by here

and my mom and I are leaving,

and you'll be here alone, so...

I could go with you.

- Or you could go home.
- No, I'd rather go with you.

Jack, you can't go with
me, you have school,

and this is something I
just have to do with my mom.

I could go with you and your mom.

It would be like, what, a couple of days?

I've missed a couple of days before.

Jack, you missed a semester before.

You missed the entire fall semester,

you cannot miss any more days of school.

Look, I'm just going to
check out these two campuses,

I'll be back in a week,

and while I'm gone,

your dad said they'd love to
have you stay in your old room.

Nah, I'll just stay here.

Is it because you think that guy
knows where your parents live?

What guy?

Maybe Tom and I can bunk out
here together, like old times.

You could. But Tom was invited
to stay at George's house

and I think he's kind of excited about it.

He's already mapped out
the bus route to work. So...

Maybe you'd sleep better at home,

you know, in your old room,
with your parents nearby.

I'm sure the guy doesn't
know where they live.

I'm not even worried about that.

I sleep, I'm sleeping.

- Come on, Jack, you're not sleeping.
- Sure I am.

Jack, I let you stay here another week

because you promised me you'd go
see the doctor, the psychiatrist.

Stop making such a big deal about it

and go talk to Dr. Chan, okay?

I know you don't you need some help,

but you need some help.

You can't get over what
happened to you alone!

But I'm not alone.

I got the Big Guy upstairs,
and that's all I need.

I know.

But the Big Guy gave you a
phone number to call for help,

so get some help.

Do it for me, okay?

While I'm away?

Just talk to Dr. Chan.

Or you can call Lauren's dad.

You know him. You could talk to him.

Talk about what?

I'm telling you, I sleep at
night. I sleep when you sleep.

Come on, Jack.

I don't know why you
have to go tour campuses.

I don't want you to go
out of state for college.

Well, I probably won't,

but I got into these colleges
and I want to take a look at them.

I have to do what's best for me.

I wanna go to whatever college

guarantees me getting
into a good medical school.

It's for our future.

And you have to go talk to someone, too,

because that's also for our future.

Would you just drop it, Grace!

All right.

Well, bye, Jack. I'll see you next week.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you.

Maybe it's a good idea time apart.

But not too much time, because I really
don't want you going away for school.

Unless I go with you.

That's a possibility. But what's
best for you is to talk to somebody.

Get some rest, move
back into your dorm room,

and just move on with your life

and not let what happened
to you hold you back.

Bye, Jack.

Wow. Court hearing?

You're suing Anne?

- No.
- She's suing you?

No.

Oh, Robie's dad is suing you? With Anne?

- No.
- Mmm.

She served you with an eviction notice?

You're fighting that eviction notice?

No.

Somebody d*ed?

The dog is sick?

None of the above.

Suits are never good.
Why are you in a suit?

Get used to it, sister. I
just reinvented myself again.

Reinvented again.

Re-invented. Again.

- That's right.
- Isn't that redundant?

No, I've never been here before.

I've entered the world of the metrosexual.

What do you think?

I think I prefer the
world of the h*m*.

I know what that is.

I'll tell you what metrosexual is.

I had a mani/pedi yesterday. Buff.

That's kind of h*m*, in my opinion.

Well, a metrosexual is pretty much
a straight h*m*, now isn't it?

All right, I'll go with that.

And I like the look.

What are you going to do
with it, Mr. Metrosexual?

I'll let you know.

You want to meet me at Geoff's for dinner?

For what?

Oh, just tell me now. I
hate to go out to dinner.

Then don't come, we'll
do it some other time.

That's right. I've got a secret.

And the only way you are going to get
in on it is if you come to Geoff's.

- You got a secret,
huh?- Mmm-hmm.

Aren't we pretty much waiting
on an eviction notice from Anne

because of your secrets?

Haven't you learned anything here
lately about not keeping secrets?

Yeah, I've learned I'm too nice a guy

just to sit around and take
whatever life throws at me

without getting up and
taking some initiative.

So you're doing what?

Just tell me now.

- I'll tell you tonight at Geoff's.
- Oh.

Oh! You and Kathleen,
you're tying the knot?

We've been tying the knot
but we're not getting married,

not right now, if that's what you meant.

Yeah, that's what I
meant, what did you mean?

I mean, I've been
shaved, waxed and plucked.

And I am ready to take on
the world all shiny and new.

So you're saying you're
a male prost*tute now?

Don't they wish?

"They" who?

The ladies.

I got to run.

♪ Got the world on a string ♪

♪ Sittin' on a rainbow ♪

You're not going to be sitting
so pretty when we're homeless!

Hello.

Hey. I need a favor.

I need to meet with Leo this morning.

May I ask what this is regarding?

No, you may not. Can you get me in or not?

I have to know what it's regarding.

Not everyone can get in to see the wizard.

I know that. That's why
I said it was a favor.

I can't do you a favor
at work. He's my boss.

- He's everyone's boss.
- Sorry.

I'll be by at 9:00 a.m.

Are you going to go by and see Leo or not?

I'm going to try to see Leo.

I want to tell him we
lied about being married

before someone else tells him.

I don't want him to think
we've stolen his cash.

I don't either.

By the way, what happened to
Mimsy's money that she gave us?

Us? That was not a wedding gift.

- Wasn't it?
- Ashley got money, I got money.

- Less money.
- Why did I think it was a "we"?

We got money.

I don't know.

And I'm going to give those
gifts back to the nursery ladies.

Why don't you just keep
those until we do get married

so that this doesn't turn
into some kind of freak show?

I can't keep that stuff.

You can't keep it until we do get married?

You're not keeping Leo's money.

That's different. He's
practically like my father.

And it's money. It's not a blender.

Oh, no. We used that blender.

Yeah. We used the salad spinner, too.

I didn't. And neither of us touched

the fondue pot, or the
crock pot, or the wok.

But if you give those back, it'll
look as if we liked the blender

but not the other stuff.

Ugh! This is so complicated.

Yeah.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave...

Finish it, smarty pants.

I'm just saying we shouldn't have lied.

But I don't know if we have
to tell everyone we lied

unless we're not getting married again.

You can stop saying that. It's
just "married." Not "married again."

Uh, everyone is going to find out anyway,

so do whatever you want,
tell whoever you want.

It's over.

It's over?

The lie is over.

Are we over?

Why do you want to know?

Got any plans to travel any time soon?

You opened that invitation to tour
the school in New York, didn't you?

Yeah, and I intend to open everything
that comes from that school.

It's a federal offense to
open up someone else's mail.

Have me arrested. Until you
start telling me the truth,

I'm opening the mail that
comes from Hudson University.

I'm not going, all right?

You're not going to school there

or you're not gonna go tour the campus?

Why not?

We're not married, Amy. We're
not even pretend married.

And you know what? Give
me back that wedding ring.

I want to give it back to my mother.

Okay, forget it.

I'll tell her we want to use
them for the next wedding.

No, here, take it.

No, you keep it, it's all right.

Ricky, I want to get married.

And you want to go to school in New York?

Yeah, kind of.

No. No, I don't. I do not want
to go to school in New York.

But you want to go tour
the school in New York?

Would it hurt?

Oh, my God, Amy. Give me the ring. Give it.

I'm trying. I can't get it off.

I have to go if I'm going to
get in to see Leo before school.

Then go.

What?

It's just that time is running out.

I have to let the counselor know today

if I'm going to go to
Hudson to tour the campus.

Ricky, it doesn't mean that
I'm gonna go to school there.

I just want to look around.

Good morning.

I wasn't expecting you.

Did something happen to Nora?

Uh, good morning. Did
something happen to Nora?

Well, she's not here. She's always on time.

What are you doing here?

Oh, I wanted to return this to you.

I thought you might bring that back.

So for your honesty...

- I can't.
- No. You can.

You should. You're still going
to get married, aren't you?

So you did hear already?

Yeah, I heard already. So?

Yeah, I think so.

Oh? You think? You don't know?

Undoing a lie could undo the relationship.

I hope we're going to get married. I hope.

- Keep the money.
- Ah...

It was a wedding gift.
There was no wedding.

Okay.

I'll pay you to find out

- what happened.
- I'll tell you for free.

You chicken out at the last minute?

We found some guy on the Internet

and when we got to the place,

he turned out to be some nut,

so, yeah, we changed our minds
at the last minute and we ran.

We didn't want that to be our wedding.

We didn't want the guy to marry us.

And everyone thought we
got married, so we lied.

Okay, I'll take it.

I'll put it aside and I'll give
it to you at your next wedding.

No matter who you get married to.

What's that supposed to mean?

The only woman I want to marry is Amy.

Okay. Is there

some woman you want to be with?

Like Clementine?

How do you know about Clementine!

Bunny?

Rumors abound as to why
you're not really married.

Clementine is just a friend.

I've known her for years, or
I knew her years ago, anyway.

All right.

Camille was just a friend
for many years, you know.

Where is Nora, do you think?

Didn't mean to upset you.

I'm not upset. I hate these stupid rumors.

There are always rumors.

And I should go find my mom.

I'm sure she's on her way.

And as far as the rumors go

and people talking about you
and Amy, or you and anyone else,

there's nothing you can do about it.

Should we call her?

Call her? Call Nora?

You think I haven't called her?

I don't like one minute
late, she's a half-hour late.

She probably just got caught
up with George this morning.

George?

I didn't say you could see him!

- Are you okay?
- No.

I do not like to be late. I'm sorry.

Everything all right at
the house? Is George okay?

Yeah. Everything is fine. George is fine.

I'm not fine. I'm late.

Talk to you later.

Okay.

I was at the bus stop and Jack drives by,

and stopped, and asked...

if I wanted a lift,

and I said, "Sure."

Then, two blocks from there,

he falls asleep at the wheel
and runs into a police officer.

Ran right into the back of
a parked black and white.

So that's why I was late.

And I didn't call because I couldn't call

because my cell phone fell out
of my lap and blam! Not working.

The kid should not be driving
with his arm and his leg in a cast.

Fortunately for him, I knew the officer.

Friend of mine.

Never saw her in the uniform
before. She looked kind of cute.

But I didn't dilly-dally around.

I just grabbed the next bus.

And Jack? Is Jack all right?

Well, you tell me.

He's driving around half-asleep
with Jesus as his copilot.

So whatever's happened,
it's on him, on Jesus.

They didn't even have cars back then.

Why would anyone think Jesus could drive?

Or copilot, or whatever?

Was Jack able to drive
the car after the accident?

They wouldn't let him
drive in his condition,

so they gave him and his truck a ride home.

He's got this big behemoth of truck,

hardly a scratch on it.

Oh! And in case you're wondering,

I did not tell Ricky
that you would see him.

I'm sure you didn't.

So, what did he want to see
you about? The wedding thing?

Or really, the no wedding thing?

Did he tell you they're not married?

I know he told you!

Hi, honey, I'm home!

George! You look great!

- Are you excited?
- I am.

Oh, my, you look really handsome. Mmm...

I'd like to drag you upstairs
and have my way with you,

if I didn't have to go with Grace.

You wouldn't have to drag me.

But you do have to go with Grace,

and I've got to start my new life.

I think this is the smartest
thing you've ever done.

And good for you for not sitting
around and feeling sorry for yourself

and getting back out there and...

- Well, you know.
- Yeah, I know.

I'm sure everyone is saying it's a risk.

Hey, life is a risk.

If you want it, you got to go for it,

and I'm going for it, babe.

So you're not scared?
Not even a little bit?

- Not even.
- Good for you.

- Have you heard you anything from Anne?
- Nope.

But I'm not going to wait around for her

and I'm not going to base my
life on whatever Anne wants

or doesn't want me to do.

I'm a man, damn it.

A metrosexual man of action.

Yeah! That's what I love about you.

You are a man, a real man.

- Don't mess up
the hair.-- Oh.

Wouldn't dream of it. Oh!

Okay. So here's Tom's suitcase.

He's gonna take the bus to Geoff's

and then he's going home with you.

He's very excited.

Me, too. Have a good trip
and don't worry about a thing.

I'm sorry I'm not going to
be here for your big day.

I'll try to keep it very low key.

You'll be here for the rest of my life.

Mmm.

Hey, how are you?

No one got hurt.

Did your mom tell you?

I gave her a ride to work and this
stupid cop had her car camouflaged

and I ran into the back of it.

I didn't see it, no one could have seen it.

No, my mom didn't tell me.

You ran into a cop?

It wasn't my fault.

- Are you back in class?
- Yeah, I'm back in class.

- Are you married?
- No.

I didn't think so.

I thought everybody thought so.

Eh, they did and they didn't.

I think it reached "who
cares" status weeks ago.

Except with Ben, of course.

Of course.

Are you still living in the dorm?

I'm living with Grace. She got
a little crazy after the accident

and she wants me to be
there with her every night.

Except for this week, she's going
to look at campuses with her mom.

Hey, is Amy doing that?

She can't decide what she's doing.

All right, well, if she goes away,

I can come over there
and help out with the kid.

I've kept John by myself many times.

I think I can handle it.

He can write on my cast. Kids love that.

I could just sleep on the couch.

Uh, I sleep on the couch.

Oh.

Hey, how are you?

Fine.

- Are you?
- Yeah.

- How's Grace?
- She's fine, too.

But she's out of town, so if you
need anything while she's gone,

- I can come over.
- Come over?

If you or Omar need me to, yeah.

I got to go.

I guess you're fine, too.

I guess.

Even though you're not really married?

Even though.

Aw, I'm sorry.

It's not like it didn't work out.

It's just that we're not really married.

We'll get married.

And you're not sorry.

I'm not interested either.

I love Omar, and Omar loves me.

Our love is real.

It was different when I got married before,

when Ben and I were pregnant.

That was not real.

That was more of an obligation.

Not that we didn't come to
love each other eventually.

Amy and I do not feel obligated
to be married to each other,

we want to be married to each other.

- But you're not married to each other.
- Nope.

But we want to be married to each other

and we're going to be
married to each other.

Before or after she goes
to school in New York?

Heard from Ben.

So, Amy's taking a
little tour of the school?

- She hasn't decided yet.
- Oh, I think she has.

Whatever. She should
take a tour of the school.

It's an honor to get into that school,

and if she wants to go
there, she can go there.

We'll work it out. I love her, Adrian.

I love Amy.

See, you don't sound like you love Amy.

But I love Omar.

And Omar would never take
off and move to New York

for school or anything else

because I'm in school here

and our lives are here

and he loves me.

He.

Loves. Me.

I'm so sorry, I'm new.

Can I get you guys anything?

Ooh. Bad timing. We are right
in the middle of a conversation.

Are you Clementine's friend, Ricky?

Yes, he is.

This is for you.

Oh, boy.

Oh, this is going to get
good. I knew it! I knew it!

- Hi.
- Hi.

What were you doing in
the counselor's office?

- What?
- Jody and Francine said

you were in the counselor's office.

I thought you weren't
friends with them anymore.

I hate them.

I was accused of cheating on a math test.

Were you cheating on the math test?

- Yes.
- Why?

There's no other way for me to
pass math. I'm not good at math.

I am. I could help you.

- Uh...
- No.

Why? 'Cause I'm a girl?

No, don't be ridiculous. I
know girls can be good at math.

Then why don't you let me help you?

Because you're not just
any girl who's good at math,

you're my girlfriend.

I would find that humiliating.

For me to help you with math?

Yes. I don't need your help.

You'll just cheat instead?

No, the counselor put a stop to that.

So I'm just going to accept
that math is just not my thing

and I'm never going to be good at it,

so I'll just fail.

You'll just fail rather
than let me help you?

Look, Margaret's tried to help me,

Shakur's tried to help
me. I can't be helped.

Even if I let you help
me, you can't help me.

So the plan is just to
fail Algebra 1 and 2,

and Geometry and Calculus
is out of the question.

- Right.
- Ethan,

it's too early to decide
you're not good at math.

You can get good at math.

You're going to need math.

For what?

For thinking! And for getting
through high school and college.

I have no plans to go to college.

Well, I do. And frankly,
that's kind of horrifying,

that I stayed here to be with you

and you don't even want
to try to be good at math.

No. I don't. No interest whatsoever.

Hey, I need some help.

- With?
- Math. Algebra.

Oh. You should talk to
Ricky, I'm not great in math.

I mean, I'm okay at it,
but Ricky is like a genius.

If you think he's a genius, I'm
surprised you haven't grabbed him up,

married the guy.

So you've heard that we're not married.

So hear this. We're getting married.

Amy, you are running out of time.

I need to tell the school if
you're going on that campus tour,

and I think you should go.

Uh, yeah, okay.

- You're going to go?
- Um...

I didn't really want to
share this information.

Please. It's high school.
All information is shared.

And go. I don't care.

All right. Well, then, I'm going.

No, don't do what I say.
I don't know anything.

Are you going or not?

- Yeah.
- Good.

What campus tour? Not the one in New York?

You can't go to that school.

You can't go and be
married to Ricky, anyway.

His life is here. He's already in college,

he's working at the butcher shop,

he has an apartment with free rent.

What kind of wife are you?

I'm not a wife.

But I plan on being a very
good wife when I am a wife.

And I can go to school in New
York and still be married to Ricky.

I'm no good with math, but
I'm very good with people.

No, you can't.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Adrian told me that
you're going to New York.

Ugh. I didn't say it was definite.

But I told Ben that I
was thinking about it.

But, well...

Look, Amy, I love you.

Don't guilt yourself into
turning down that opportunity

for me or for John.

You can do what's best for
you and still be married to me.

What's with the change of attitude?

I don't know.

I got to campus and it's beautiful there,

and I love it and I love going to college,

and I love my life with you.

I want you to love
wherever you go to school

and love your life with me just as much.

So I'm going to quit being a jerk
and try to be supportive here.

You sure something didn't happen?

Nothing happened.

So it's okay with you?

It's okay with me.

John and I will be fine, everything
will be fine. Everything is fine.

Thank you, Ricky. Thank
you. I don't deserve you.

No, you deserve someone better than me,

but I'm hoping you'll choose to be with me

and keep choosing to be with me.

I love you.

I love you, Amy.

So, how's it going, Miss Juergens?

Did you tell Adrian that I'm thinking
of going to school in New York?

Let me see. Adrian and I last talked...

When? When was that?

Oh. Yeah. I did.

Well, if you were hoping to cause
some sort of problem, you didn't.

Some sort of problem like what?

I mean, what would be a bigger problem

than having to go around and tell people

you're not married, after
you said you were married?

Yikes, you must be having a terrible day.

No, I'm not. You know why?

Why?

Becaus Ricky told me that he totally
supports me, being in NEw York.

Either just touring the campus,
or going to school there.

Because he wants me to be
happy because he loves me.

Uh-oh. I would be very
suspicious if I were you.

I don't even know what that means.

Are you going to New York?

Yeah, I'm going to New York.

And to Chicago. And then to Miami.

And then to London, Paris and Rome.

You want to go? We could
travel the world together.

We could go to some exotic
college that no one's ever seen,

just the two of us.

I'm getting married, Ben.

Well, so far we've been
able to work around that.

What happened to Dylan?

We're just friends.

Just like you'll be
friends with Ricky some day.

See ya.

Hi.

Hey, baby, how are you?

What's going on?

What is going on is that
I have to go to New York.

- For?
- Lunch.

I'm having lunch with
my boss's boss's boss.

The Chief Executive Officer
wants to have lunch with me.

- Oh. When?
- Tomorrow.

But I don't have time to shop.

I don't know what I would take to New York.

You have school tomorrow.
I'm taking the red eye.

I'll have lunch and then
I'll take the red eye home.

So what are you saying?

I wouldn't miss but a day of classes.

You're not going to miss any classes, babe.

You're not going this
trip. Maybe next trip.

Why not this trip?

They didn't ask for you and me to meet

with the CEO of the
company, they just asked me.

I'm sorry.

Okay, so they asked you,

- now you ask me.
- I can't.

You can if you want.

I think it's enough pressure that I
have to fly to New York for this meeting

without taking my lovely fiancée.

Oh! Is it pressure for you
to take me out to lunch?

With the boss's boss's boss?
Yeah. That would be pressure.

But I'm sure there will
be other opportunities,

for the two of us to go to
company functions together.

Just not this time.

Okay, okay. I'll go to New York,

but I won't go to lunch.

I'll do something else instead. I'll shop.

There's not another seat on the
flight, and you have to go to school,

and I have to go to this lunch meeting.

All by myself.

Oh, look whose pouting! That's cute.

Cute? I am not cute. I'm a grown woman.

And we're engaged to be married.

And I want to go to New York.

Is the CEO of the company
a woman by any chance?

Well, I've hit the jackpot here.

- Cute. And jealous.
- I'm not cute or jealous!

The CEO is a woman.

Oh! Then I'm going.

This is so not the reaction I expected.

I've never seen you jealous before.

I've been jealous, but
I've never seen you jealous.

You know I love you. I'm not
going to run off with this woman.

How do you know that? You don't know that.

She's flying you all the
way across the country

for a sandwich.

Adrian, Ms. Wilkenson is 73.

She's 50 years older than I am.

I don't think she wants a boy toy.

- Then what's she want?
- She wants to meet me.

She's excited about the project.

Oh, I bet she is.

I bet she's totally hot for it.

Okay, look. If you want to get
on a flight tomorrow morning,

then you meet me in New York,

we'll stay an extra night or two.

But you'll be missing school

- and I don't think you really want to do that.
- Yes, I do.

I want to miss school and
go with you to New York.

I mean...

Can't you move the meeting to next week?

No.

You suck, you know that?

I know that.

You want to drive me to the airport?

I'm not going to drive you to the airport.

I didn't think so.

So when the company offered to
send me a car, I took 'em up on it.

Now, your job as the woman I
love the most in the entire world

is to be supportive and
send me off feeling good.

I'm not having sex with you when
you're going off and leaving me here.

I didn't mean have sex with me!

On the other hand, it
is a really big meeting.

No.

All right, then. I'm headed out.

Are you sure I can't go with you?

I'm sure. But if you're nice to me,

I'll bring you anything
from the airport you want.

Ugh!

You know, your dad thought
we would meet him at Geoff's.

I tried to call him, but I can't get him.

Yeah, well, I didn't really feel
like meeting him and Kathleen anyway.

Yeah, but we said we would and
I don't think Kathleen is there,

he never mentioned Kathleen.

Besides, I think you were kind
of planning to do this all along.

Well, I was hoping you would come around,

but if you didn't, I wouldn't have gone.

You could wait until tomorrow.

I get an extra day if I take the red eye.

All right, have your extra day.

We'll miss you, but you have a good time.

I just love New York.

I mean, I don't know how we'd ever work
it out for me to go to school out there,

but I just want to feel like
I can go there if I want to.

- You can.
- How?

I mean, really.

How could we work it so
that I could go there?

Well, I think I could
manage keeping John here,

so he can go to his same nursery

and not have any changes,

and you could fly in every
other weekend or something?

Yeah.

Or I could fly here once a month

and you could fly with John
to New York once a month.

Yeah. That would work. We're a modern
couple, it's a modern arrangement.

- Yeah. It is.
- I told Ethan he can come over tonight.

Mom's going to drop him off
on her way to the clinic.

She's got something going on tonight.

He needs help with his math.

He needs help with his life.

Kathy could help him with his math.

Does he really not want her to help him

just because she's his girlfriend?

He finds it emasculating.

Yeah. I know.

He needs work. But hey, don't we all?

Madison and Lauren are going
to be taking me to the airport.

I know, you told me.

Or they can stay here and I'll take you.

No, you've done enough.

Thanks for making me feel okay about going.

If you love someone...

Finish it.

Set them free.

If they come back, they're yours.

And if they don't, they never were.

Of course the guy who wrote that

was divorced twice and married three times.

George! There you are.

- Here I am.
- Hi.

Hi, Ben. Glad you could make it.

I didn't tell him. Should I tell him?

Go ahead.

Nah, it's your news, you tell him.

Here. Sit down. Join us.

- What's going on?
- Oh, nothing much. How's your dinner?

Oh, it's great. I'm not that hungry though.

I'm flying out tonight.

I'm gonna go check out
Hudson University in New York.

They're not married.

Yeah, well, who knows
what will happen with that?

- Exactly.
- So you're flying out tonight, huh?

Yeah, the driver is going to come
get me after we're finished up here.

You want anything for the flight?
You might get hungry later.

You tell him!

I bought the restaurant.

This restaurant?

Congratulations, George.

To me!

To George.

Tom, you all right? Where are you buddy?

I'm here.

There you are!

Four transfers, but I made it.

So, you want to have a drink at the bar?

You want to sit down and
have a steak? You hungry?

The bar? I don't drink.

But I'd like to have a steak at the bar.

Whatever you want, sir.
That's the policy here.

How do you know what the policy is?

Do you work here?

I don't just work here,

I'm the new owner.

- Say what?
- I bought out Geoff.

- Congratulations!
- Thank you, Tom.

Are you going to change the name?

I'm not going to change a thing.

The restaurant's doing well.

Take a seat at the bar, I'll be right in.

Well, hello, ladies. The
hostess will be right with you.

Is it just the two of you or will
your boyfriends be joining you?

It's just the two of us.

And could we have a booth, please?

Did you have a reservation?

Under Gorgeous and Beautiful perhaps?

Give 'em the best booth in the house.

George, you can't be giving
away dinner and making any money.

When's the last time anyone
bought you dinner, huh?

- It's been a while.
- Next time, bring Camille and Chloe.

Absolutely.

Just wanted a little time alone
with Ben before he took off.

He can't be seriously
going after Amy, can he?

I don't know. He's still seeing Dylan

and he's still friends with Adrian.

I don't know what's in that kid's head.

Yeah. Teens, huh?

Only for another year.

Scary.

They're growing up, but that's
what they're supposed to do.

They're getting older. I don't
know if they're growing up.

But I am.

So, what do you think? Was this a wise
business decision buying this place?

You'll do well here.

It's a people business
and you're a people guy.

Thanks, Leo.

You going to change anything?

Nope. People don't like change,

and, well, if I change anything,
I'm going to do it really slowly.

If you don't mind my asking,
what made you decide to do this?

Eh... I realized I was going
to have some time on my hands.

Anne is going to keep Robie
close to her and his father.

I heard.

I want to see him, but, frankly,
I thought I'd look like a loser

if I just was sitting at home,

taking in whatever profit I got
out of the furniture business,

- which relies on Anne a lot these days.
- Mmm.

I want to get out of it altogether.
I want to cut all ties with Anne,

and I want to get married to
Kathleen and start life over.

So, this is step one.

Good for you, George. Good for you.

Goodnight. See you.

Thanks.

Oh, thank you.

Excuse me.

- Hey, what are you doing here?
- Hey, what are you doing here?

I'm going to tour Hudson University.

And I'm just going for a business lunch.

All the way to New York
for a business lunch?

I just got a job. I wanted to
get my masters while I worked,

but I got a really big job.

I sold this idea I've had for a while.

Really?

Yeah. I want to put school on
DVDs and public broadcasting

and make it available to everyone.

Take the best teachers in the country

and have them teach each grade

and others will teach each subject area.

Wow. That is a really great idea.

It just happened, really.

But it is huge.

They gave me a first class
ticket, I didn't even know.

Nice!

Yeah, my grandmother gave me some money

and I kind of splurged.

I was just so excited
that I got to go, so...

It is the red eye, so it
wasn't that bad. I guess.

So are you going to be
traveling back and forth a lot?

I think I'm going to be traveling all over.

I did hear that you gave Adrian a ring.

Yep, we're engaged.

But we're going to take it slow,

maybe get married in
the next couple of years.

Um, I guess Adrian told you
that Ricky and I aren't married.

- No?
- No.

But we're going to get married.

Um... We just ran off and things
got crazy and we lied and...

I don't know. I'm just a senior.

But we have John so we're
just trying to figure it out.

We want to get married, but I have
a lot going on with my family and...

And you're young.

Well, Ricky is the same age as Adrian.

You're right. Adrian's young, too.

But we're going to take our time,

get married in the next couple of years.

That's what the engagement is,

a commitment to get married.

Well, Ricky and I aren't married,

but I guess we're still engaged.

You guess?

No, no...

No. We're engaged.

I just don't know where
I want to go to school

and Ricky wants me to
go wherever I want to go.

Nice.

What's your favorite neighborhood.

I like Little Italy.

Mmm. Me, too.

Although my favorite Italian
restaurant is on the lower east side.

Mine, too.

"Mine, too. Mine, too."

Yeah. Schiripa's.

Yes! The spedino?

Oh!

Too bad we won't have any time to go there.

Some other time. In the future.

You and Ricky and me and Adrian.

And John. Don't forget John.

Of course, John.

So, if you go to school in New York,

would you bring John with you?

Ricky said he'd stay here, but,
I don't know, I think I'd have to.

And then Ricky would stay where he is?

I don't know. It's all really new.

I still think it's best that we get
married and then decide all of this.

But of course, you don't
have to get married.

There's plenty of single
mothers raising their sons alone.

I'm not doing that.

But you could do that if you wanted.

I don't want to do that.

I want to get married.

- Do you?
- Yeah.

Do you really?

Do you really want to get married?

You can listen to Omar, you
don't have to get married.

You were eavesdropping this whole time?

Please don't tell me you texted Adrian

that Amy and I are
sitting next to each other.

Hmm. Let me see. When was
the last time I texted Adrian?

Oh, yeah. Right.

It was right before they said
to turn off the electronics

and put away the phones.

Great.

When is Margaret coming! Geez. It's 11:00!

You don't go to bed at 11:00.

She's got an emergency she's handling

and you still don't
understand this stuff so...

So I'm tired. I want to
go home and go to bed.

What was your answer?

X equals...

Kathy.

The answer to all this is Kathy.

You know, I should have let her tutor me.

No, you two would just be making out.

You're not having sex, are you?

Are you kidding? She just had a baby.

- No!
- Do not have sex in high school.

I'm just going to say it.

Do not have sex in high
school. It's a mistake.

Not using condoms is a mistake.

My whole goal for high
school is to use a condom.

Wait until you're in college.

You didn't.

No. I didn't.

She's here! She's downstairs. Goodnight.

Listen to me, don't do anything stupid.

Listen to me, you're doing something stupid

when you let Amy go to
New York to go to school.

I got to go.

- Ricky?
- Did Ben text you or not?

Yeah. He texted me.

He texted me, too. I'm
surprised I didn't hear from you.

You were hoping to hear from me?

No. I just figured you'd
get pissed off and call me.

Sorry, Ricky, but I'm in love

and I'm not the old Adrian.

Omar's totally trustworthy, right?

He better be.

But, um, I know Amy is, so I'm not worried.

Are you?

"Ricky, I heard you and
Amy aren't really married,

and maybe you'll still get married,

but there's something
I want to say to you.

I've always wanted to be with you.

I've always been in love with you,

and running into you
again after all these years,

it just seemed like maybe
we're destined to be together.

I can't stand to be near you
every day and not have you.

I don't know if you're in love with Amy

or you just feel
obligated to her and John,

but time will tell.

There's no way for us to ever have a life

until and unless you give
your relationship with Amy

every chance and
exhaust every possibility.

Please try to make it work out with her.

Do whatever you have to do
to make it work out with her,

but if it doesn't

we'll find each other again."

You should have just told me
that Jack wants to sleep over.

I don't care if he sleeps over. Poor guy.

Everyone knows he has a
problem, he knows it, too.

Very scary what he went through.

I know. But he won't talk to anyone.

I'll talk to him.

You go get those brownies your mom
always has under that cake thing.

Jack, it's me.

Open up. Come on, we're going to my house.

Don't sh**t. It's me, George.

Oh, no.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, the g*n, it just went off.

You could have k*lled me!