01x06 - Hello, I'm Right Here

[bunniefuu]

[SARA] Tegan, come in here. Look.

Come in.

- Were you just playing guitar?
- [SARA] Yeah.

♪ Tegan didn't go to school today ♪

Do you think that you'd ever
want to, you know, with Evan?

[MAYA] I don't really
think he's who I'm into.

So glad you're finally
done babysitting, Sara.

Do you ever get tired of
dropping everything for her?

[SIMONE] Why were you and
Sara sleeping like that?

Maybe Sara shouldn't
spend the night anymore.

[SARA] I didn't know if I should
call her. I could call her. Whatever.

[MAYA] Of course, you
can. We should hang out.

- Sure.
- [MAYA] And tell Tegan to come too.

- Okay.
- [SARA] ♪ Tegan, I missed you ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

Wow. It actually sounds
like you practiced this time.

Now that I did your thing,
can I try something else?

Oh, yeah. Well, it's actually
Chopin's "thing" not mine.

And I don't know if we should
be cutting in your sister's time.

I don't mind.

All right. Go.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[JUNE] What is that?

That's just this thing
I've been working on.

That's awesome. You think
you could play it on guitar?

Probably.

[SIGHS] What if it was faster? Like...

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

Yeah, I like that.

All right. Okay. Two
more minutes of this,

then back to some sonatas, okay?

I'm gonna get a cup of tea or a drink.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪

♪ Hello, it's me ♪

♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪

♪ Oh, I'm alive! ♪

- That was...
- [TEGAN] I know.

It's like a song song now.

And you're getting so good at guitar.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Okay. Well, um, I have to go meet Maya.

Okay.

[TEGAN] But... And you're
welcome to come if you want.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[BELL RINGS]

- Hi.
- [MAYA] Hey.

And Sara. What a surprise.

Oh, yeah. Well, I invited
her. I hope that's okay.

[MAYA] Yeah. Of course.

We have work to do.

I'm gonna go look around.

[TEGAN] Okay.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, sh*t, that's the one you chose?

Wrong move.

You're such an assh*le.

[PHOEBE] Sara?

- Hi.
- Hey.

Hi.

We're gonna go grab a
coke. Did you wanna come?

No, I'm good. Thanks.

I'll catch up with you, guys.

[TEGAN] Okay.

What are you doing here?

Uh, my mom is just
shopping down the street

and she's driving me kind of
crazy, so I'm just kinda wandering.

What about you?

Oh, same. Except for the mom part.

How's stuff?

It's okay. I feel like all
I really do is go to school

and then to work and
home and do homework.

So you don't hang out with anyone?

No. Are you?

No. But I was also grounded
for two months, so...

Ah, right.

Maybe we should hang out.

Just as friends. You could
stay over this weekend.

Yeah, I don't know. My mom is still
being so weird about, you know...

But we weren't even doing anything.

I know. But she's still on high alert.

Maybe my mom could call your mom.

She could just explain that it
wasn't what she thought it was.

My mom is good with that kind of stuff.

Yeah.

I mean,

yeah, if you think that'll work.

I mean, it's worth a try.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

- Will you please stop lurking?
- [SARA] I'm not lurking.

I'm just standing here.

Can you just tell me what you want?

Okay.

Phoebe's mom saw me and Phoebe
sleeping in her bed together.

Like close together.

But we weren't doing anything.

- It's okay if you were.
- [SARA] But we weren't.

You know, when I was in
boarding school, I kissed a girl.

- Please don't tell the story again.
- I'm just...

I'm saying that experimenting
is nothing to be ashamed of.

Yeah, I know. But we weren't.

We were just sleeping.

And her mom is being
super weird about it.

She won't even let us hang out.

So, um, what do you want me to do?

Maybe you could call her.

Okay.

- Really?
- Of course, yeah.

Okay. Thank you.

You want me to call her right now?

- Whenever.
- [SIMONE] Okay.

[SARA] Whenever's fine.

And for the record, that was lurking.

Okay. Are you ready?

Okay. Yes. Yes. I'm ready. I'm ready.

Mm-hmm.

[LAUGHTER]

- Stop.
- Okay.

- [SARA] Be serious.
- Okay. Okay. [SIGHS]

- [LAUGHS]
- Okay. Now, you be serious.

- Okay, okay, okay. I will. Okay.
- [SIGHS]

Out of your system?

- Yes.
- Okay.

[GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

[PHONE RINGS]

[SIGHS] Hello?

[PHOEBE] Well, whatever
your mom said worked.

My mom said I could sleepover.

- Really?
- [PHOEBE] Yeah. What about Saturday?

Yeah. That's perfect.

[PHOEBE] Great. Okay. I gotta
go but I'll see you then.

Okay. Bye.

[TEGAN] Phoebe?

Uh, yeah.

So, it's not weird or
anything anymore with you guys?

No. We're gonna hang out on Saturday.

Let's keep playing.

Okay.

[GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIMONE] Yeah, but it
was nice to talk to her.

I feel like I hadn't talked
to your mom in so long.

- [PHOEBE] Yeah. It's been a while.
- She's doing well, yeah?

[PHOEBE] Yeah. She's
busy but she's good.

[SIMONE] Right. Right. Are you
liking school? How's it all going?

[PHOEBE] It's good.
It's hard, but I like it.

[SIMONE] It's so nice having you
back here. It's been too long.

- Yeah.
- Hi.

Hi.

We're just gonna go downstairs.

All right. Don't call
me if you need anything.

- Okay, Mom.
- Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

Hey!

- [TEGAN] Hi!
- [PHOEBE] Hey, how are you?

[TEGAN] Oh, I'm good.

[PHOEBE] Hey, what's with the guitar?

Oh, uh, Sara and I have just
been playing music together.

- [PHOEBE] Seriously?
- Yeah.

[PHOEBE] Can I hear?

I don't know. We've only
ever played for our parents.

Please.

♪ Heavy in my pocket ♪

♪ You look good to me ♪

♪ My pants are huge
and chocolate covered ♪

[BOTH] ♪ Hey, I'm just like you ♪

♪ Maybe I'm sloppy and blue ♪

♪ But, hey, I'm just like you ♪

♪ Except I've got nothing to prove ♪

♪ But we're headstrong tonight ♪

♪ b*ating through the
rainbows of right ♪

♪ Gold covered prism of light ♪

♪ Make us headstrong tonight ♪

[CLAPS]

- [PHOEBE] That was amazing.
- [TEGAN] You think so?

Definitely.

If I were you, I would be
playing for everyone I know.

- [SIMONE] Tegan, Maya's on the phone!
- Okay!

- Bye, guys.
- Bye.

I didn't realize you could do that.

[SARA] I didn't either.

But when I picked up
the guitar, it was like

I already knew what to do.

What?

Nothing.

I've just never seen you like this.

You actually care about something.

I've cared about other things.

Other than that.

I missed you.

And I missed you too.

So why don't we stop missing each other?

I'm different now.

- I don't...
- I know you liked

being more than friends, didn't you?

Yes.

So why can't we do that again?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I like boys.

But...

I like you too.

I only like you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ALI] What is this anyway?

[NATALIE] Yeah. Seriously.
You guys are being so dramatic.

And that's coming from me.

- [SARA] Hold on.
- [ALI] Hey. Get down.

If you scratch my brother's car,
I'm the one who gets m*rder*d.

Shh. You worry too much.

[CHUCKLES]

- [MAYA] What's going on?
- [TEGAN] Oh, hold on. Just listen.

Okay. So, thank you
all for being here...

At school? Which we're
required to attend?

Yeah. So Tegan and I have
been writing some songs

and we've been told
they don't totally suck

- and we wanna play them for you.
- [MAYA] Wait. What?

How many of these are about me?

None... yet.

[NATALIE] Unbelievable.

[SARA] ♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪

♪ Hello, it's me! ♪

- ♪ She screams... ♪
- [LILY] Okay. No offense,

but is this like actually you?

Yeah.

So you've just been a musical
genius this whole time?

[NATALIE] This song is
like really, really good.

I would listen to this like a
hundred thousand times in a row.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

- ♪ Hello... ♪
- [TEGAN] Hey, where are you going?

♪ ... it's me! ♪

♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[TEGAN] It's not gonna work.

[MAYA] Yes, it is. Trust
me. I'm very persuasive.

Yeah. I guess you are.

Hey!

Drinks are on me.

Thanks.

We forgot our IDs. So stupid.

[JOSH] Yeah. No problem.

You know what? I'm a bartender over
at JJ's, if you want to stop by.

Sometimes people who forgot
their IDs hang out there.

Cool. Thanks.

Cool. All right. See ya.

See ya.

[TEGAN] I can't believe
you got him to do that.

[MAYA] It's not that complicated.

Guys will do anything you
want if you flirt with them.

You should try it.

I don't think I could pull that off.

I don't have a ton of
that kind of experience.

Oh, have you not...

You're not missing much.

You don't like it?

I mean, it's all right.

It's a good way to not think about

the things I don't wanna think about.

[TEGAN] Are you serious?

Why would I know any
Bruce Springsteen songs?

I'm not a middle-aged man!

[TEGAN] Because he's great!

- I doubt it.
- [TEGAN] I'll prove it to you.

Me and you, Blacktop Records.

Okay. But not because
I think you're right.

Just because I like
hanging out with you.

I like hanging out with you too.

Um...

you know, there's a lot
about my life that's shitty,

but when I'm with you, I
kind of forget about all that.

Was that so lame?

Yeah. Totally.

Nothing about you is lame.

I've never had a friend
before that's just mine.

It's really cool.

Am I lame now?

No.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

- [TEGAN] Hi.
- [MAYA] Hey.

And Sara! What a surprise.

[TEGAN] Oh, yeah. Well, I
invited her. I hope that's okay.

Yeah.

Of course.

[TEGAN] We have work to do.

I'm gonna look around.

Okay.

Okay. Convert me to Springstianity.

[TEGAN] So as an entry point,
Born in the U.S.A. is a safe bet.

Okay.

But I see you more as a Darkness
on the Edge of Town type.

I don't know what any
of those words mean.

[CHUCKLING]

[TEGAN] Well, let's keep looking.

Oh, but I do love this one.

[MAYA] I don't know which one to choose.

Let's see.

Oh.

- That's the one you chose?
- What?

- Wrong move.
- Wait. Really?

- [CHUCKLES]
- You're an assh*le.

[PHOEBE] Sara?

[SARAH] Hi.

- Hey.
- [TEGAN] Hi. We're gonna go grab a coke.

- Do you wanna come?
- No, I'm good. Thanks.

- I'll catch up with you, guys.
- [TEGAN] Okay.

That seemed awkward.

I didn't think so.

Hey, you wanna come over so you
can be there for the first time

I ever hear Bruce Springsteen,

get my reactions in real time?

[TEGAN] I can't.

I promised Sara that I would
do something with her later.

What kind of something?

[TEGAN] Nothing interesting.

But I expect a full debrief
of your reactions later though.

- Track by track.
- [MAYA] Mm-hmm.

[BRUCE SPRINGSTEN: "HEARTLAND"]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[SINGER] ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Well, lights out tonight ♪

♪ Trouble in the heartland ♪

♪ Got a head-on collision
smashin' in my guts man ♪

♪ I'm caught in a crossfire
that I don't under... ♪

[PHONE RINGS]

[TEGAN] [OVER PHONE] Hello?

- Hey, it's me.
- [TEGAN] Hey.

- Are you busy right now?
- [TEGAN] Um...

Uh, I just wanted to see if
you wanted to meet up somewhere.

[TEGAN] Be quiet.

Sorry, that was to
Sara. What did you say?

I just wanted to see if you could...

[TEGAN] Maya, can I call you back?

- Sure.
- [TEGAN] Okay. Bye.

[DISCONNECT TONE]

Bye.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[TEGAN] But you
admitted that Kurt Cobain

is a better songwriter
than Billy Corgan.

[SARA] No, I didn't!

[TEGAN] You did. I remember.

[SARA] I never said that.

[TEGAN] No. You definitely said that!

- Hey!
- [BOTH] Hi.

Sorry, we're just...
[CHUCKLES] it doesn't matter.

You never called me back last night.

[TEGAN] Oh, yeah. Sorry.

I was going to but we just got busy

and some stuff took
longer than we thought.

- It was Sara's fault.
- Shut up.

At least I was taking it seriously.

- [TEGAN] I was taking it seriously.
- [SARA] Hmm.

Well, that's not the way
I remember that happening.

- [TEGAN] But that's what happened.
- [SARA] No. I don't think so.

[TEGAN LAUGHS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Hey! You don't want to come sit with us?

Um, I'm not really feeling
the group thing today.

Oh, is everything okay?

Yeah.

Um, it's just we haven't hung
out, the two of us, in a while.

[TEGAN] I know.

Sara and I have been
working on this thing,

but what if we hang out later?

- Okay. Yeah.
- [TEGAN] Okay.

Well, I'm gonna go, but meet me
in the parking lot after school.

Mm-hmm.

[WOMAN] What is this anyway?

[WOMAN] I mean, seriously,
you guys have been so dramatic.

And that's coming from me.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[ALI] Hey, get down.

If you scratch my brother's car,
I'm the one who gets m*rder*d.

Shh. You worry too much.

[MAYA] What's going on?

[SARA] Oh, hang on. Oh, just listen.

Okay. So, thank you
all for being here...

[NATALIE] At school? Which
we are required to attend?

[SARA] Yeah. So, Tegan and I
have been writing some songs,

and we've been told that
they don't totally suck,

and we want to play them for you.

Wait, what?

[NATALIE] How many
of these are about me?

[SARA] None. Yet.

[NATALIE] Unbelievable.

[SARA] ♪ She screams I'm alive ♪

♪ Look at me ♪

♪ She screams I'm alive ♪

♪ Hello ♪

♪ It's me ♪

♪ She screams I'm alive ♪

♪ Oh, I'm alive ♪

♪ She screams I'm alive ♪

♪ Oh, I'm alive ♪

[LAUGHS]

[SARA] ♪ Look at me ♪

♪ She screams... ♪

Hey. Where are you going?

I thought we were supposed to hang out.

Yeah, something came up.

Did you not like the song?

Everybody else loves it.
Why do you care what I think?

[TEGAN] Why are you being like this?

Because it sucks to find
out you've been lying to me

about this thing you've been doing.

[TEGAN] Well, I wasn't lying. I was...

I was embarrassed.

What if we weren't any good?

Well, apparently you don't
have to worry about that.

[TEGAN] Why are you so upset about this?

You've been blowing me
off to hang out with Sara,

even though she's been so shitty to you.

I don't get why you're
just giving in to her.

I'm not "giving in to her". We found
something we like to do together.

Whatever.

You've been using me as, like,

a filler friend while
Sara was ignoring you.

You're not a filler friend.

- You're really important to me.
- Yeah.

As long as Sara's not around.

[TEGAN] That's not true.

You should go back to your adoring fans.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[JOSH] Hey.

Hey.

[JOSH] So did you, uh,
you find that ID yet?

Can't seem to locate it.

[SCOFFS]

[JOSH] Is that good?

Yeah.

[TONGUE CLICKS]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

[VERUCA SALT: "SEETHER"]

[SINGER] ♪ Seether is
neither loose nor tight ♪

♪ Seether is neither black nor white ♪

♪ I try to keep her on a short leash ♪

♪ I try to calm her down ♪

♪ I try to ram her into the ground ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[SARA] There's this girl, Cass,
that Phoebe really wants you to meet.

[TEGAN] Is this because
you feel bad for me?

[TEGAN AND SARA]
♪ ... the things they tell you they lie ♪

They should play at the party.

Yeah, it's too bad we can't
play one of these songs.

- [TEGAN] It's ours. Maybe we can.
- [SARA] How?

I'm sure we can figure something out.