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AMY: Please let me come back to the apartment.

RICKY: I don't want to be with someone who can't trust me.

ETHAN: It's me.

RICKY: Remember that kid who lived with us for a while?

MARGARET: The one that everybody is looking for?

ADRIAN: One for the road?

ADRIAN: Amy is no longer at the apartment.

GRACE: If I could get you a really, really hot date, would you go out then?

DANIEL: Who would I fix her up with?

GRACE: That guy upstairs.

DANIEL: No. No. No, no, no. He's a player.

MADISON: But you didn't say anything. And I broke up with Jack.

LAUREN: That has nothing to do with me and Jesse.

MADISON: Yes, it does. I would have just hung in there for a couple more weeks.

FATHER: You can't send naked pictures of my daughter around to half the school and not go to jail for it.

RUBEN: It's child p*rn.

LEO: Betty and I are splitting up.

AMY: You ever pick up my phone, check my messages, my emails, my texts?

AMY: Did you tell Mom that Nora is living here or am I just supposed to be hiding that?

DANTE: If you're trying to get back with your old boyfriend, what are you doing here w with m?

ADRIAN: I thought it would make him jealous.

AMY: Let me be crazy for you, don't go to Adrian.

RICKY: You need a little more practice at being crazy.

MADISON'S HOUSE

Amy talks with Madison about her relationship with Ricky.

AMY: I hate that I do this to myself. I mean, just last week, all I wanted was for him to let me and John come back to the apartment. And now that I have that, I want more. I always want more or better or different than what I have.

MADISON: Well, welcome to the human race.

AMY: No, I'm sure that some girls would be thrilled to be living with the father of their baby, especially if the father was anything like Ricky, and so caring, and so helpful and... Hot. He's so hot! He is! He's really hot! Some nights I just look at him and I can't believe he's looking back at me the same way.

MADISON: I know. I mean, you were that nerdy French horn player who thought she'd never have a boyfriend, and then you end up... I'm sorry. Uh, where were you?

AMY: Um, I was at... Okay, I know that I'm a lucky girl to have Ricky in my life, but I want to be married. I want to know that Ricky is going to be there for me and for John for the rest of our lives.

MADISON: Well, getting married is not going to guarantee that or anything else.

AMY: I know that, but it's what I want. I feel terrible that I feel this way. I wish I didn't, and I try not to, but honestly, Madison, it doesn't make me feel too good about myself, after getting pregnant at 15, to be living with Ricky at 17. I'm not even sure it's better than living with my parents. Not that my parents are even living together.

RICKY'S APARTMENT

Ricky tells a story to John.

RICKY: Once upon a time, there was a little boy who wasn't much older than you, and he lived with a wicked king who had a bad temper and yelled and h*t things. And the queen couldn't stop him and she was afraid of him. So she did things to make herself unconscious. Bad things. Like she did drugs and she drank too much. So, one day, some people came and took the little boy away, and he went to live at another house, and then another house and then another house. Finally, a good king and queen rescued the little boy and took him in. Unfortunately, by this time, he was a little rotten himself, and he had to learn how not to be like the wicked king and queen when he grew up. And when he was 16 years old, he met a girl at band camp and he had a baby with her. But he didn't marry her, and she wanted to get married so badly she was driving him crazy. So, finally, he decided he wanted to give her what she wanted because he loved her so much. So, he went shopping for a diamond ring. Not a big diamond ring, a tiny diamond ring, the kind of diamond ring you can buy if you save your money working at a butcher shop. A ring like this. Do you like it? Do you like it, John?

JOHN: Yes.

RICKY: I hope Amy likes it. You know who Amy is? Who is Amy?

JOHN: Mommy.

RICKY: Do you want me to give Mommy the ring?

JOHN: No.

RICKY: Why not? Okay, well, I'm not going to give it to her yet. I'm going to wait and give it to her the night I graduate from high school.

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER – OPEN CREDITS

MADISON'S HOUSE

Amy starts to go.

AMY: OK, I'm going to go, Ricky wanted some time to be with John tonight, And... I needed... But I've vented and now And now i'm going to get Ricky to ask me to marry him.

MADISON: How are you going to do that?

AMY: Okay. Well, here's what I'm thinking. I think I'll go by Soda Fountainashioned and get Ricky his that he lie the one with and the sprinkles on top. And then, while he's having his shake, I'll run a hot bath, light some candles and then call him in to take a bath with me. He thinks I can be wild.

MADISON: And your idea of wild and a bath?

AMY: Yeah, it's romantic!

MADISON: You already gave him his only living son, you think a bath is going to top that?

AMY: Goodnight, Madison.

MADISON: I'm sorry, it's just... You know, if he won't marry you after all the things through together, then he's not because you give him a chocolate shake and a bath.

AMY: Shut up. You don't know. Maybe I'll even wash his hair.

MADISON: Oh!

JESSE'S HOUSE

Lauren and Jesse are kissing.

LAUREN: Okay. We should stop.

JESSE: Yeah, I guess we should. It's just so nice to be with you again.

LAUREN: It's nice to be with you, too. But we both know you're going away to school, so, like you once pointed out to me, we shouldn't do anything because chances are we won't end up together.

JESSE: Well, as long as we both realize that...

LAUREN: Then what? We should just do it? No. I can't. I just want to wait and see how things go.

JESSE: All right, we can wait. But I really did miss you, and you know how much I care about you.

LAUREN: And you know how much I care about you, but I'm still not doing it.

JESSE: What if I decide to go to the same school that Jack is going to?

LAUREN: I haven't decided where I'm going to school yet, but according to my counselor, I should have lots of options. And I can't limit my options to schools that are geographically convenient to whatever school you go to.

JESSE: But I think you're missing what I'm offering you here. I might be willing to change schools for you.

LAUREN: No, I know what you're offering, and I don't want that responsibility. If you change schools for me, then what happens if I change my mind about us, or if you change your mind about us? Which you have before.

JESSE: So maybe we should just live for today. Or tonight, anyway.

LAUREN: No.

JESSE: You're really good at saying "no."

LAUREN: I've had a lot of practice.

JESSE: Don't you want your first time to be with me?

LAUREN: Yeah. I do, but that's what I want right now, tonight, but in a year, or the year after that I don't know what I'll want then, and neither do you. So, let's just wait.

JESSE: Would it feel right if I said I love you?

LAUREN: Are you saying you love me, or are you asking if it would feel right to have sex if you said you love me?

JESSE: I love you, Lauren.

LAUREN: Oh my God, really?

JESSE: Really. Do you love me?

LAUREN: Yeah. Hey! Stop! Okay?

JESSE: But I love you.

LAUREN: You know what? That was an "I want in your pants I love you." That was not a real "I love you." So I take mine back. Goodnight.

JESSE: Oh, man. I so screwed up.

GRACE'S HOUSE/MADISON'S HOUSE

Jack calls Madison.

MADISON(at phone): Jack?

JACK(at phone): Yeah, it's me, Madison. Look, here's the deal. You were right. I am in love with Grace, I am totally obsessed with her. But I can't have Grace because Grace is with her current boyfriend, Daniel. And as you know, graduation is coming up and I don't want it to be like the senior dance. I don't want to ask Grace to go and have her drag Daniel along again. So I'd like you to go with me. And I hope you don't think I'm being a jerk because I'm being totally honest with you. And since you and I were girlfriend and boyfriend for years, you think you could possibly go with me, for old times' sake? As a friend?

MADISON(at phone): Yeah.

JACK(at phone): You would? Really? Why?

MADISON(at phone): Because Lauren is gonna be there with Jesse, and Amy's gonna be there with Ricky and I want to go, too, even if it's just with you. And Grace isn't gonna be there because she's not a senior, so what do I care?

JACK(at phone): Thanks, Madison. As Coach would say, you're a team player.

MADISON(at phone): That's so romantic.

JACK(at phone): Madison...

MADISON(at phone): I know. We're just going as friends.

GRACE'S HOUSE

Daniel and Grace kiss, Grace receives a text.

DANIEL: Your phone is buzzing.

GRACE: It's Adrian. I know what this is about. I've been avoiding her all week. That idiot never called her.

DANIEL: What idiot?

GRACE: That idiot you fixed her up with from upstairs.

DANIEL: Dante is not an idiot. And hey, I didn't fix her up. You fixed her up. I didn't want anything to do with it.

GRACE: He said he would call her. Can't you just get him to call her?

DANIEL: No. I can't get him to call her. If he doesn't call her, he doesn't call her.

GRACE: Fine. Give me his number and I'll get him to call her. He should be ashamed of himself.

DANIEL: Wait. Did they do something?

GRACE: He took her upstairs to get a better look at the canvas. What do you think?

DANIEL: That doesn't mean that they did anything.

GRACE: You're so naive! She's so obsessed with having him calling her I'm sure he took advantage of her and now he won't even give her the courtesy of a phone call.

DANIEL: Did you say took advantage or took her up on her offer? Whatever they did and whatever they do is their business. It's not our business. Gotta go.

GRACE: Can you talk to him?

GRACE'S HOUSE/CONDO

Grace takes Adrian's call.

GRACE(at phone): Hi, Adrian.

ADRIAN(at phone): Grace, I've been calling you all night because he still hasn't called me.Did you ask Daniel if he knows why Dante didn't call me or not?

GRACE(at phone): He hasn't seen him.

ADRIAN(at phone): Can't he go and see him? He lives upstairs.

GRACE(at phone): Do you really want Daniel to ask him? I mean, doesn't that sound sort of, you know, high school? This guy's in college. I think you should play hard to get.

ADRIAN(at phone): Well, it's a little too late for that.

GRACE(at phone): You slept with him on the first date?

ADRIAN(at phone): You slept with Daniel before you even went on a date with him. And no, I didn't. We just fooled around a little.

GRACE(at phone): Then why did you bring up the fact that I slept with Daniel before I ever went out with him?

ADRIAN(at phone): I don't know. I just felt like it 'cause I'm very upset about this. Grace, guys don't not call me. Okay? This has never happened before. And this isn't good for my ego.

GRACE(at phone): He's probably just busy.

ADRIAN(at phone): With what? Finals are over.

GRACE(at phone): I don't know, Adrian.

ADRIAN(at phone): It's bad enough that I can't graduate with my class in two weeks because I lost my baby and I was too depressed to go to school. I don't need this.

GRACE(at phone): I'm so sorry, Adrian. Does he know what you've been through?

ADRIAN(at phone): Does he know that I lost a baby? No. Not exactly. I let him think that I thought I was pregnant but I wasn't. And okay, it's a little weird that I got married in high school and I'm getting a divorce before graduation, but hey, that's no reason not to call me again.

GRACE(at phone): I know, Adrian, but...

ADRIAN(at phone): But nothing. I need this guy.

GRACE(at phone): Okay, well, if this guy doesn't work out, then we'll get you another guy. There are lots of guys around.

ADRIAN(at phone): I like that one.

RICKY'S APARTMENT

Amy wants Ricky to proposal.

RICKY: Thanks again for the chocolate shake, Amy.

AMY: You're welcome.

RICKY: Someone is looking for a proposal.

AMY: You want to join me?

RICKY: Join you in the bath?

AMY: It'll be fun. I could wash your hair.

RICKY: Oh, my God. She is desperate. This could be fun. Be right there. Till death do us part.

AMY: Did you say something?

RICKY: No.

BEN'S BEDROOM

Ben is with Alice and Henry.

ALICE: I can't believe it's almost the end of our junior year. and then we're seniors! We're gonna be seniors in high school. And a year from now, we'll be looking at going off to college.

BEN: Yeah. So where are we going?

ALICE: Well...

HENRY: Wherever I can get into. Which is probably not where you two can get into, unless I miraculously ace the next SAT.

BEN: Yeah, it's too bad about that, huh?

HENRY: I choke on standardized tests. I don't know what it is. I start trying to figure out how many questions and how much time and I divide the time by the questions, and by then I've lost time and then I divide again, and then I get panicked.

HENRY: Aw, I feel so badly for you. You have to get over that. You should take another SAT course. I've run out of them. I did the one at school, the one at the community college, the one my dad paid a fortune f at that private high school. And I saw a shrink that deals with test anxiety. I don't think there's anything else I can do.

BEN: Don't worry about it. We'll go where you go.

ALICE: Uh, I think we have to go to whatever the best school is that we can get into. Or I have to, anyways. Henry's just going to have to conquer the SATs.

Leo enters.

LEO: Hi, guys. What's going on?

ALICE: Hi, Mr. Boykewich.

HENRY: Hello.

BEN: What you got there?

LEO: Oh, I just thought I'd bring up some mini pizzas for you guys. I'm doing a little test of a sausage we just sold to a nationwide pizza company. Want a taste?

HENRY/ALICE: Sure. 

LEO: You're young people. I want your opinion about this stuff. You probably eat more pizza than anyone, right? What do you think?

BEN: I think I've never had you come up and ask my friends to test out any products before.

LEO: I had some time to k*ll.

ALICE: Well. They're great.

HENRY: Yeah. But I'd go a little thinner on the crust.

LEO: I have nothing to do with the pizza part, just the sausage. But I'll tell them what you said.

HENRY: Oh, no, don't do that.

LEO: Want another one?

BEN: We've kind of been eating junk food all night.

LEO: Okay, well. Staying over?

HENRY: No, we're going over to Alice's.

LEO: Want me to have Mike drive you home?

BEN: They're not ready to leave yet, Dad.

ALICE: And I have my car. But thanks, Mr. Boykewich.

LEO: Sure. All right. Well. Goodnight.

Leo leaves.

BEN: He's a little lonely since Betty left.

ALICE: You have to find him someone new.

BEN: I need to find me someone new.

ALICE: Oh, you'll find someone, but it's kind of soon. You're still married. And next time you meet a girl, I think you should rely on our opinion a little more. You know, like your dad. And Henry and I understand what it takes to make a good relationship. Don't we, Hank?

Leo comes back.

LEO: You guys wanna take home the rest of those pizzas?

ALICE: No, thank you, but maybe we should be going.

LEO: Oh, don't let me rush you.

HENRY: Oh, no, of course not. We have to get home anyway. Goodnight.

ALICE: Night.

(Alice and Haney leaves)

BEN: What the heck is going on?

LEO: What do you mean?

BEN: Did you want them to go for some reason?

LEO: No, not really.

BEN: Is there something going on?

LEO: Not that I know of, no. Something going on with you?

BEN: This is about Camille, isn't it?

LEO: Yeah. Here's the thing. When do you think it would be too soon to give her a call?

BEN: It's never too soon. You're a free man, you're just waiting on papers, so call her.

LEO: Should I call her? Should I just show up? Should I send her flowers first? Or maybe a nice piece of jewelry or something?

BEN: Jewelry? Dad, what are you, Maurice Chevalier? Just call her, or email her or text her and tell her that you and Betty have gone your separate ways and you just want to say hello.

LEO: Well, I want to do more than say hello.

BEN: Well, you can do more than just say hello and not buy her jewelry.

LEO: She likes jewelry. And I want her to like me.

BEN: Like you? Dad, apparently she was waiting for you all those years. I think she more than likes you.

LEO: Look, I went over there last time with nothing more in my hand than a job offer and I got my ass kicked. I don't want to go over there without something this time.

BEN: Okay, well, just don't show up there, she might be dating someone by now. There's no one she'd like as much as you, but you have to contact her first and find out if she wants you to come over there, so send her flowers and ask her to call you.

LEO: That's not how a gentleman behaves, asking a woman to call him. You think she would?

BEN: I think she would.

JUERGENS' HOUSE

George and Nora diner.

NORA: She's gonna drive all the way back to Palm Springs tonight?

GEORGE: She's gonna have to. I don't wanna tell her you're here.

NORA: You're going to let Anne drive herself and the baby all the way back to Palm Springs tonight?

GEORGE: She does it all the time.

NORA: And you don't think it would be a better idea to tell her that I'm living here, to give her the option of staying here tonight, in her own house?

GEORGE: No, this is way more fun. It's our little secret.

NORA: Okay, George, what if something happens on the road? Then it's gonna be my fault.

GEORGE: No, it's gonna be her fault for working so late.

NORA: I can't tell if you're joking or if you just have no idea what civilized people do. Even I know that that's not something someone should do. And I'm an alcoholic, drug addict, ex-con.

GEORGE: Look, this is my house until the girls graduate from high school, and then Anne can do whatever she wants with the house, she can rent it to me, she can sell to me, she can live in it herself, but tonight, it's mine and I don't want to tell her that you're living here and I don't want her staying here. I can't stay in her place, so she can't stay in my house.

NORA: Mmm-hmm. That's what it is. I see. Okay. Well, I better get out of here and hide in Ashley's room before she gets here.

GEORGE: She said it would be another hour.

Anne comes in.

NORA: Well, it wasn't. Hi.

ANNE: Hi. I'm George's ex-wife. I just came to get our son. I'll go get him and get out of your way.

GEORGE: He just ate, so he'll probably just sleep in the car. Should be a pleasant drive for you. Ow!

NORA: Hi. I'm Ricky's mom. I'm Nora. I am gay and I am living here as a temporary solution.

ANNE: Ricky's mom. Hi. Anne.

NORA: Anne, it's so nice to meet you.

GEORGE: Were you jealous? Just for a second there? Either of you?

ANNE: No.

NORA: No.

GEORGE: Here. I packed his stuff already. Goodnight.

NORA: Okay. I think I'll just go to my room now. Okay. You guys figure out who's sleeping where, and, you know, if you need Ashley's bed, I can sleep on the couch.

Nora goes away.

ANNE: So she's living here? Is she paying you money to live here?

GEORGE: No, she just needs a place. She's been living with Ricky's other mother.

ANNE: I know that. Did she get kicked out for some reason?

GEORGE: No, she did not get kicked out.

ANNE: You know she's not gonna have sex with you.

GEORGE: I know that. I know what a lesbian is.

ANNE: Right. So you know that if she brings a date home, the two of them are not going to have sex with you.

GEORGE: They might. All right, well, if you wanna stay, the other half of the bed is open. 457Sorry, Moose.

ANNE: No, I don't want to stay, but I don't want to drive back to Palm Springs, either. I'm sick of driving here and back. I'm exhausted.

GEORGE: Well, Amy's room is available.

ANNE: Good. Then you can sleep in Amy's bed and I can sleep in my bed in my house, like I would have hoped you would have offered.

GEORGE: You don't let me stay at your condo.

ANNE: You are such a child!

(Nora comes in)

NORA: Oops. Just coming back in. I left my cell phone. And I couldn't agree more.

(George leaves)

NORA: I'm sorry. I'm sure you had a long day and didn't feel like being surprised.

ANNE: Believe me, you're not the problem. And I've always wanted to meet you, especially now that Amy is living with Ricky.

NORA: Yeah, and pushing him to marry her.

ANNE: Oh, no. Is that what Ricky is saying? That she's pushing him?

NORA: Well, yeah, but I don't think he minds.

RICKY'S APARTMENT

Ricky and Amy are on the couch.

RICKY: You know what I've been thinking, Amy?

AMY: No. What?

RICKY: That we really should get married.

AMY: Really?

RICKY: Yeah. When we both graduate from college, and we have jobs and we're more settled, we should get married.

AMY: Um, yeah. Yeah, that sounds good. I mean, good and kind of vague. Could you be more vague?

RICKY: That wasn't vague. That was very specific. That would be five years from now. We should make a five-year plan and stick to it. Five years will go by like that. Especially if every night is like tonight. My neck is a little stiff from holding my head back when you were shampooing my hair. Would you mind giving me a massage?

AMY: Um. Okay. Sure.

HIGH SCHOOL

Alice and Henry talks outside.

HENRY: Even if I can't get into school that your'e... my parents wouldn't have the money for me to go. There are five kids in my family. I'd have to get a scholarship, and I don't think there's any chance of that.

ALICE: Let's not worry about things that haven't happened.

HENRY: It's just that... I'm starting to feel a little guilty about the sex.

ALICE: What?

HENRY: I mean, we both see the possibility of this not lasting, yet we keep having sex. Really good sex.

ALICE: Well, now that you've said that, it's not going to be good sex. And I can't see the possibility of us not lasting, or I couldn't until you started talking like this. You're not sabotaging the SATs just to not get into a good college, are you? Are you trying to get away from me?

HENRY: Alice, we've been together since the third grade.

ALICE: And?

HENRY: And if we take a break after next year and go to different colleges, then, I don't know, that might be good for us. I may even want to travel for a year or two before I go to college.

ALICE: Henry, you are not breaking up with me at school, are you?

HENRY: I said take a break, not break up. Take a break, and not for another year.

ALICE: You coward! You don't want to be with me, so you're going to wait until we get into different colleges and then use that as an excuse?

HENRY: Just forget I said anything. Alice.

Alice leaves, Ben comes in.

BEN: Sorry, couldn't find parking. Where's Alice going? Henry?

HENRY: I think I'm gonna throw up.

BEN: What's wrong?

HENRY: Alice thinks I broke up with her.

BEN: Why? Did you?

HENRY: No. If we break up, it'll be next year, after we both graduate and go our separate ways.

BEN: But just last night, we were talking about all going to college together if you can do a little better on the SATs. Oh, no. You don't want to take the SATs again, do you?

HENRY: I just can't. I can't do it! You don't understand the pressure of being Filipino.

BEN: Your family places a lot of importance on the SATs?

HENRY: And on grades. And on college. And on marrying someone they approve of.

BEN: They don't approve of Alice?

HENRY: No, they do. They'd like to see us get married. And "like to see us" means you're expected to, and Ben... She's the only girl I've ever even kissed.

BEN: Oh, Henry.

HENRY: When I graduate, I wanna see the world. I wanna go places, experience new things with new women.

BEN: What made you start thinking this way?

HENRY: I think it was either when you got pregnant or married or filed for divorce.

Madison, Lauren and Amy talks together in the hallway.

MADISON: He called last night and I'm going to graduation with him and everything graduation-related. You know, I agreed to go as his date, as a friend who knows that he doesn't love me. He loves Grace.

AMY: Why? Why would you do that?

MADISON: Well, because I thought Lauren was going with Jesse, and you'd be there with Ricky and we'd all have a good time. It's just an agreement. I mean, we both agreed.

LAUREN: You have absolutely zero self-esteem, you know that?

MADISON: Well, look where your self-esteem got you!

AMY: Madison!

MADISON: And you! I don't see a ring on your finger. Chocolate shake and a bath didn't work out? Huh?

LAUREN: What?

AMY: I'm trying to get Ricky to marry me. And, by the way, he did say he would marry me.

MADISON: When? When we get out of college and we get a job and we get settled. Then he asked me to massage his neck.

LAUREN: And you did, didn't you?

AMY: Yes. I did. It made him happy.

LAUREN: What is he gonna do to make you happy?

AMY: I am happy. That's why I wanna get married.

LAUREN: Amy, you're in high school.

AMY: And I'm living with him and our son.

Jessie joins girls.

JESSIE Excuse me, Lauren? Could we talk?

(Amy and Madison leaves)

JESSE: Can we talk?

LAUREN: You sure you don't want to do more than talk?

JESSIE: I apologize. It's not like me to be so pushy, but it's not like you to go past first base, so I thought I could, you know, go for a home run. I misread the signals.

LAUREN: That's ridiculous.

JESSIE: I know. I know it is, and I know I got too pushy and I blew it. But please, Lauren, it won't happen again. I promise. I can hear the word "no." I can.

LAUREN: You couldn't last night.

JESSIE: I really do love you. Lauren? I was just joking. Lauren!

Adrian talks with Grace.

ADRIAN: I don't think I'm doing that. No. Not intentionally.

GRACE: Adrian, I just think it was too soon for you to go out again. It was too soon for you to even meet Dante. It should not be this big of a deal if a guy doesn't call you back after he went out with you. That just happens sometimes. It just feels bad because you're so vulnerable right now. Look, I'm sorry. I know I said I'd find out why he didn't call, but I'm not going to. I am not going to help you look desperate. That's how this looks. And you don't do desperate. You're Adrian. You should think about that.

Adrian comes to see the counselor.

KATELYN: Oh Adrian, come in. I'm just getting paperwork done for all the...

ADRIAN: Graduates?

KATELYN: Yeah. Which you will be, too. At the end of summer.

ADRIAN: I have to graduate with my class. I have to. I have been rough way too much not to get to graduate with all the students I started school with. Please, please, there has to be a way. I just lost a baby. My marriage is breaking up. And the guy I went out with last week isn't returning any of my calls or text messages.

KATELYN: You went out with a guy? On a date? Are you and Ben even divorced?

ADRIAN: What's a divorce? We're done. It's over. I have to be at that graduation ceremony in a cap and gown. Please, please, please, appeal to whoever you have to appeal to get me on that stage. I'll go to the classes this summer. I'll finish whatever work I have to do. I just want to be with Ricky. I mean, Ricky and Jack and all of my friends. Surely, you can find some way to allow me this one happiness after all I've been through.

KATELYN: I'll try.

ADRIAN: Thank you. I know you can do it.

Adrian goes away and falls in Ricky.

ADRIAN: Oh, oops!

RICKY: Yeah, like that wasn't intentional.

ADRIAN: It wasn't intentional.

RICKY: Fine. Two more weeks and no chance of this ever happening again.

ADRIAN: Uh, yeah, there is. Don't forget. I got into the same college you got into.

RICKY: I forgot. But you still have to graduate.

ADRIAN: Yes, but the counselor just told me that I might get to go to the graduation with all the rest of you. I'll just have to finish my requirements this summer.

RICKY: Whatever.

ADRIAN: Wait! Slow down! Can't you even have a normal conversation with me? I'm not after you. I have a boyfriend.

RICKY: You have a boyfriend? Does your husband know?

ADRIAN: Um, my soon to be ex-husband. And it's none of his business. And he doesn't care. Do you care?

RICKY: No, Adrian, I really don't. I'm really in love with Amy.

ADRIAN: Well, you're not married to Amy, are you?

RICKY: No.

ADRIAN: And you're not engaged, are you?

RICKY: No.

ADRIAN: Then you're still technically available.

RICKY: Not for long.

DANIEL'S APARTMENT

Adrian knock on the door, someone say to come on.

OMAR: Come in.

ADRIAN: Oh! Oops. Sorry, wrong apartment. I was looking for Daniel.

OMAR: Oh. No. Right apartment. Daniel's not here.

ADRIAN: Oh. I didn't know he had a roommate. A good-looking roommate.

OMAR: You're half right. I am good-looking, but no, he doesn't have a roommate. I live upstairs. I was just borrowing some food. Or going to. Nothing here.

ADRIAN: Oh, you live upstairs? I know someone who lives upstairs.

OMAR: Who's that?

ADRIAN: Oh, just some guy. Some really rude, obnoxious guy named Dante. Do you know him?

OMAR: Kind of.

ADRIAN: Yeah, well, we went out, and I thought we h*t it off, but apparently he was faking it. I haven't heard from him. Look, you haven't seen him around, have you?

OMAR: No. He took off when he finished his last final. He's backpacking across Europe with some guys.

ADRIAN: I knew it! I knew there had to be a good reason why he hadn't called me.

OMAR: Well, he could have called you. I mean, it was last minute, but he could have called you. Especially since you're going through a divorce and all. Oh, yeah, he told me. You're Adrian, aren't you?

ADRIAN: Yeah. And you are?

OMAR: Omar.

ADRIAN: His brother.

OMAR:Yep.

ADRIAN: Oh. Oh.

MADISON'S HOUSE

Jack comes to see Madison.

JACK: Hey, your dad let me in. You didn't tell him we were seeing each other again?

MADISON: No, because I thought about it, and I don't want to go to any graduation stuff with you. Lauren's right. The only reason I'm doing it is because I have zero self-esteem and I probably would have ended up sleeping with you, too, so I changed my mind.

JACK: Wait a minute, you can't just change your mind. You're my friend.

MADISON: No, not really. I mean, not that good a friend. I mean, I don't, like, mind talking to you in the hallway and stuff like that, but I don't wanna go out with you.

JACK: Madison, come on, I can't go through graduation solo.

MADISON: No, you can. And you should. You deserve to go solo.

JACK: Don't be like that. Next year, if you don't have a boyfriend, I'll do it for you.

MADISON: Next year, if I don't have a boyfriend? Ha! I'm gonna have a boyfriend.

JACK: You don't have a boyfriend right now.

MADISON: I will have a boyfriend by this time next year.

JACK: Okay, well, I don't have a girlfriend this time this yea Okay? So please.

MADISON: No.

JACK: But Lauren and Jesse and Amy and Ricky are gonna be there.

MADISON: Lauren broke up with Jesse.

JACK: Oh, so that's it. It had nothing to do with being a friend to me.

MADISON: I told you that.

JACK: No, you didn't.

MADISON: No, I did.

JACK: Madison, after all the time we spent together, and all the things we did together, you can't just do this for me? I really need you.

MADISON: No, you need to get over Grace. And once you get over Grace, if I'm still around and I haven't found that boyfriend, then, maybe, I'll think about going out with you as a friend. But not now. No.

JESSE'S BEDROOM

Lauren comes to see Jesse.

JESSE: Can you say, "Idiot?" Say, "Idiot." I want to be reminded every day that I'm an idiot.

LAUREN: Hi.

JESSE: Hi.

LAUREN: Sorry to surprise you like this.

JESSE: No, no, nice surprise. Come in. What's going on?

LAUREN: Well, first of all, you're not an idiot. Okay, maybe just a little bit. But, I thought about it, and I guess a guy can make a mistake and learn from that mistake, right?

JESSE: If you're talking about me, yeah. And I will never make the mistake of pushing youto do anything you don't wanna do. Never, never again. I swear.

LAUREN: All right.

JESSE: Really? All right?

LAUREN: Yeah.

JESSE: I'm kind of afraid to say it again.

LAUREN: Don't be.

JESSE: I love you.

LAUREN: Thanks. I love you, too.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

JESSE: Do you wanna get that?

LAUREN: No. I'm sure it's just Madison.

MADISON'S BEDROOM

Madison lets a message for Lauren.

MADISON(at phone): Hey! It's me, Madison. The new Madison. Madison with self-esteem. I told Jack no. It wasn't easy, but I did it. And I feel really good about it. So, maybe, graduation night, you and me, we can go do something. Go look for guys together or something. Um, okay. Call me.

GRACE'S BEDROOM

Jack wants to Grace and Daniel come with him at ceremony.

JACK: I mean, it wasn't too weird, the senior dance, right? We had fun. So, maybe you two would wanna go to graduation with me. I mean, Daniel, you didn't even get to go to your own graduation because you graduated early. Maybe you'd enjoy going?

DANIEL: Are you asking me out on a date?

GRACE: Jack.

JACK: I can't go by myself.

GRACE: Your parents are gonna be here.

JACK: That has loser written all over it.

DANIEL: And taking your ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend wouldn't?

JACK: I'm desperate.

GRACE: Then ask Madison. Maybe she'd go with you.

JACK: She already said no.

GRACE: Then find somebody else. There are tons of girls out there, Jack.

JACK: I can't just ask someone new to something important like that.

GACE: Yeah, you can.

JACK: It's a night I'm gonna remember for the rest of my life. Years from now, I'm gonna look back at the pictures and say, "Who is that random girl?"

DANIEL: The girl you took to graduation.

JACK: Fine. Forget it.

(Jack leaves)

DANIEL: He's a nut. Oh, no. No. You're not feeling sorry for him, are you?

GRACE: Well, it's his senior year, and I don't know...

DANIEL: Okay, Grace, that's it. I can't deal with your friends and all their issues.

GRACE: What?

DANIEL: I'm crazy about you. I am. And if you want to have a relationship with me, it's gotta be just you and me. Not you and me and Adrian and the neighbors. Or you and me and Jack. Or you and me and your mother. It's gotta be just you and me.

BEN'S BEDROOM

Alice is lying in the bed, Leo joins her.

LEO: Alice, are you okay?

ALICE: Yeah, thanks, Mr. Boykewich. I'm just waiting on Ben to get home. If you don't mind.

LEO: No. No, I don't mind.

ALICE: Henry broke up with me.

LEO: What? You two have been together forever.

ALICE: I know. But when we go to college, he wants to go to separate colleges.

LEO: That's a whole year away from now.

ALICE: I know. He broke up with me a year in advance. He just ruined my senior year. Maybe even my life.

LEO: Don't cry, Alice. It'll be okay. I'll find Ben for you and get him over here.

ALICE: It's just that I've never dated anyone else. I'm gonna have to start all over. I don't wanna start all over. I want Henry. And Henry doesn't want me.

CAMILLE'S HOUSE

Camille finds flowers in front of her door with an envelop.

CAMILLE: "Would you mind calling me? I would really like to talk to you. Love, Leo."

RESTAURANT

Henry and Ben talks together.

BEN: I'll have the usual.

HENRY: I'll just have some bread. Thanks. Ugh. I can't eat. I still feel sick.

BEN: Did you think this through, Henry?

HENRY: No. I didn't think it through. It's just been in the back of my mind for months and then all of a sudden it was out of my mouth. I was gonna wait until this time next year.

BEN: You were gonna wait until next year knowing this is how you feel about Alice?

HENRY: I know, I know. I feel guilty about even having sex with her these past few months. But it's not that I don't love her. It's just that... I don't think I love her enough to think about making any kind of commitment.

BEN: Well, you two were friends before you ever got together, so I'm sure you'll be friends again.

HENRY: My mom said, "Friends to lovers forever. Lovers to friends, never."

BEN: Never heard that one.

HENRY: Yeah. Me neither. But I think she might be right. Alice isn't gonna want to be my friend. But you two should be friends.

BEN: Of course.

HENRY: Not too close of a friend.

BEN: Henry, I would never...

HENRY: Yeah, you say that now, but you're vulnerable and she's vulnerable.

BEN: Henry, no. It's not gonna happen.

HENRY: Don't let it happen, please.

BEN: You're... You're not thinking right. Henry, you're my best friend.

HENRY: So is Alice.

BEN: I wish you'd talked to me before this happened. Maybe I could have done something.

HENRY: I don't want you to do anything. I hate that this is happening, but it had to happen. I can't just keep screwing up my SATs.

JUERGENS' HOUSE

Anne is still here, Nora enters.

NORA: Oh, hi.

ANNE: Hi.

NORA: I didn't realize you'd be here. I can go do something else.

ANNE: Oh, no, that's okay. I think I might be here for a few days. I have this really huge project and I can't drive back and forth or I'll never get it done. But I think once it's done, I might be taking a little vacation.

NORA: Good for you. So where's our old man?

ANNE: Oh, he's taking Robie and Moose for a walk.

NORA: I don't how you did it. I mean, he's a little immature, for lack of a better word.

ANNE: Yeah. Charming, but immature. You're right. I don't think there really is a better word.

NORA: But you must love him, right? I mean, you had three children with him, so you must really love him.

ANNE: I guess. But not enough to be with him every day. It might be love, but it's a really low flame. NORA: Got it.

ANNE: And you? Don't you have a girlfriend? Someone who works with Ruben or something? Amy told me.

NORA: Yeah. Didn't work out.Turns out I'm immature.

ANNE: Well, then, you and George should make good roommates.

NORA: You sure you don't mind if I stay here?

ANNE: Oh, I don't mind. I don't know how Ashley will feel when she gets home.

NORA: Do you have any idea when that will be?

ANNE: I talk to her on the phone every night. I think she might be getting a little bored, but I also don't think she'll ever be back here. Ashley's wanted to be someplace else since she was 13 years old. So maybe she'll get her own apartment, or, best case scenario, she'll wanna go to college. She's really a smart girl.

NORA: She's got a smart mother.

BUTCHER SHOP

Bunny and Ricky close the store.

BUNNY: Hey, thanks for sticking around. Couldn't have got that delivery put away without you.

RICKY: No problem. Just doing my job.

BUNNY: Yeah. Where is Prince Boykewich today?

RICKY: I don't know. You don't know?

BUNNY: Said he had personal business.

(Amy enters in the store)

AMY: Hey, Ricky. Hey, Bunny.

RICKY: Hey, little man.

JOHN: Daddy.

AMY: He had a really good day today. He was outside running around all day, so he's gonna sleep really good tonight.

RICKY: Oh, great.

AMY: I stopped by and picked up your favorite movie you've always wanted me to see.

RICKY: Seven Samurai?

AMY: Yes

BUNNY: Oh, good one. Enjoy that.

AMY: And I stopped by the new Chinese restaurant on the corner, and guess what?

RICKY: What?

AMY: They have those scallion pancakes. Yeah. The ones you liked from the Chinese place in New York. Thought that Chinese food would go really good with the movie so I ordered dinner. And I'm buying.

RICKY: Wow. Thanks. But you know, samurai are Japanese, not Chinese, not that it matters.

AMY: Oh. There aren't any sushi places around.

RICKY: I'd rather have Chinese anyway.

AMY: Okay. Well, then, I guess I'll see you upstairs. What if we all put on our pajamas right away, wouldn't that be fun?

RICKY: I don't have pajamas.

AMY: I know.

(Amy and John go upstairs)

BUNNY: So, you got her just where you want her, don't you?

RICKY: What?

BUNNY: What's going on?

RICKY: Nothing. Life is good.

BUNNY: I know you. You're up to something.

RICKY: No, she's up to something. She's trying to get a proposal out of me.

BUNNY: And?

RICKY: And I intend to enjoy that.

BUNNY: Yeah, well, don't take that too far.

RICKY: I won't. I really love Amy.

BUNNY: Are you gonna propose to her?

RICKY: I'd tell you, but I know you don't like to discuss personal business at work. Night, Bunny.

End of the episode.
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