Mom at Sixteen (2005) - full transcript

What you're about to see
is a sight so disturbing,

you may have nightmares
for the rest of your lives.

Some will say
there's no reason

in showing this image
to the world.

But I say, in the interest
of science, we must.

Macy!
Macy, get out of here.

Macy, get out
of the room!

That was what is referred to
as a "teenagerous monstorus."

Macy, if you don't get out
of my room right now,

I'm gonna break
that camera in half.

Mom says get up.



Fine.

No animals or teenagers
were hurt

in the making of this film.

Say "Hi, Mommy!"

Hi, Mommy! Hi, Mommy!
Hi, Daddy!

♪ I love you
with a fearless heart ♪

♪ So why am I afraid

♪ I know that I can't change
your course ♪

♪ But there is no other way

♪ You're walking through
an open door ♪

♪ I can only watch you leave

♪ This heart will always
be a home ♪

Macy, are you
getting this?

♪ Now sail away from me



♪ So proud to lose you

♪ It's hard to let you go

♪ But I already know

♪ I'm proud to lose you

♪ Through the beautiful
unknown ♪

♪ But I'm sure...

Does he look a little
poopy to you?

'Cause I just fed him.

Hmm, I'm not exactly sure
what poopy looks like.

Can you describe it

Oh, and you have to come
into the school office.

It's our first day,
so you have to sign us in.

I have to go?
I have to go in person?

They won't let me
send a note?

Look, I cannot do that,
I've gotta get him

to the babysitter,
I've gotta get to work, I'm--Yes, I'm sure.

It's the law.
Are we above the law?

No, we are not
above the law, no.Are we above the law?

Mom?
What?

I guess you don't want
me to tell you

that your shoes
don't match.

Oh, no.

All right, all right, listen.

Both of you listen up.

Do not make a single plan
for this weekend.

We are unpacking
every one of these boxes

and getting them all
out of the living room.

Hello?
Hi, Dad!

Oh, oh!
Give that to me.

Give that to me.
Bruce?

Hi.
Yeah, listen.

You've gotta get the check
for the orthodontist in.

I sent mine in,
it got there Tuesday,

the doctor's waiting
for your check now, okay?

He's fine.
She's fine.

Can I just call you back
after work?

Okay, thank you.
Bye bye.

Couldn't I have
at least said hi?

I'm sorry.

Get that camera
out of my face.

Thank you!

Jane, I'll pick
you up at 4:00.

Ashley, I have
your textbook.

Meet me at my locker
at lunch.

Okay, girls.
It's showtime.

Hey, your hair
is your crowning glory.

Take your retainer out.

Macy, you cannot wear
those gloves into school.

That's not appropriate.

All right, now,
everybody, shoulders back.

I'm sure this is going to be
a magical day for all of you.

Mom, this is high school,
not Disneyland.

Hey, I've got
your math book.

Macy, Macy,
turn it off.

Go away!

My mom already left.

You need to call her
and tell her to come back,

because this is a school,
not a night club.

Does her mother let her come
to school dressed that way?

Oh, what a cute baby.
What's his name?

His name is
Charley Michael Jeffries.

I gave him a good,
strong name,

because we suspect he's gonna
be a leader for world peace.

May I hold him?

Yeah, hold on a minute.

Just turn
your palms over.

All right, there you go.
There you go, little guy.

That baby smell.

I couldn't imagine
starting over again.

Oh, it's mid-life madness,
believe me.

I didn't even think
I could get pregnant.

But, I'm thrilled. We
are thrilled.

Can we go?Of course.

Now, your schedule
is printed out for you.

If you get lost
or need some help,

you can just ask
any one of the kids.

Mom, Mom.Welcome to Bayview.

Yeah, just getting
your collar, that's all.

Pull it out.

Jacey, shoulders back.
Have a great day.

I love you.

I can't believe
we have to do this.

Starting in the middle
of the semester?

How are we supposed
to make friends?

Wasn't my decision.

None of it was
my decision.

Really?
I thought the whole world

revolved around you.

Anyway, I have
to go down there.

If I get lost,
don't look for me.

Save yourself,
as usual.

♪♪

♪ She sits alone
in a crowded room ♪

♪ She says someday
will get here soon ♪

Do I really like--
I don't know.

Oh my God,
that's awesome.

I know.
It's been three weeks

and my mom still
hasn't noticed.

If I did that,
my mom would flip.

♪ She says I don't
remember love ♪

♪ But it must be a cut above

♪ From what's going on

♪ Around you, around you

The transcripts from their
old school were sent

about two weeks ago,
so they've gotta be
here somewhere.

Just-- just look around.
They're there somewhere.

Okay.How beautiful.

How old is he?Five months.

This is Mrs. Cooper, she's...

she's the girls'
guidance counselor...

Hi....and also
the health ed teacher.

Hi.Donna, this is
Mrs. Jeffries.

She has two new students
starting today--

Jacey, who's a junior,
and Macy, who's a...

Who's a freshman....is a freshman.

Macy and Jacey?

Lyrical, isn't it?

Came to me in a dream.

Okay.
Oh, God.

I am officially now
late for work.

Bye.
Bye.

Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.

Bye.

Okay, today we're gonna
mix things up a little bit.

I wanna switch the roles.

I want you guys
to be the teacher,

and for me to be the student.

And of course,

as always,
what is said in class...

Stays in class.

Okay, today I want you guys
to teach me

about friends with benefits.

Yeah.

Okay, teach me about it,
what is it?

It's just when you
hook up with somebody.
Hooking up, doing whatever

you want with somebody,
and there's no commitment.

So, it's sexual activity
without commitment.

Okay, well, what--
what does hooking up mean?
What does that mean?

Getting some, yeah.
But no strings attached.

Is it full intercourse?
Is it oral sex?

Yeah, it depends
on the girl, really.

Okay, but if it's--
if mostly-- is hooking up

is mostly oral sex,
who goes first?

Well, the girl.

Okay, but then does
the girl get some too,
or is it just one way?

What about the pressure?
Do you guys feel pressure?

Like, say you're in a click
of girls, you know, or boys,

and everyone is hooking up,
so to speak.

Do you feel, like, "Oh, well,
if my friend is hooking up,

but I don't really want to,
I think I need to."

The whole point is that there's
no pressure behind anything.

Most of the normal kids
in this room have had sex.

Okay, so if you're having--
let's go on the premise

that you're having sex,
'cause that's what you tell me

what's going on.

Who is responsible
for the protection?

Who brings the condoms?

The guy should.
The guy should.

Absolutely.
No glove, no love.

That's my motto.

'Cause this guy
gets any, right? Yeah.

Oh, oh, don't-- nah.

The girls are only doing it
because the guys want them to.

I like that the girls
can take as much initiative

as the guys, like...Exactly.

...if I want some,
I can be just like,

hey, I got a condom,
come on over.

What about these
sexual bracelets?

These bracelets
that you girls wear that..

Oh-ho-ho!
We've got some right here.

Okay, well, you--
tell me what they're about.

Blue's oral sex,
and I think pink's like--

And wait, does that mean
that you'll do it,

or that you're known
to have done it already?

You break it, you break it
and they'll do it.

And if a guy comes up
and he breaks it...They break it?

If he breaks it, then you have
to do what the bracelet means.

Except that you guys
never do.

I don't know how many
of those things I snapped.

You're wearing
a black one, which means?

Well, I'm just wearing it
for fun, but like...

Oh-ho, okay.
But aren't you giving

the impression to the people
who are looking at your wrists

that you are willing to have
intercourse with them?

They wanna think that they can.
I'm not just gonna go

sleep with anyone if they break
my bracelets.

Oh, come on now.Okay, all right.

Thank you guys so much
for being so open with me.

We'll continue this next class.

Bye.

Thank you, Mrs. Cooper.

Bye.
Oh, hi.

You're new, right?
You're Jacey?

Right.
Are you okay?

I... I didn't
sleep well last night.

Oh, a new baby in the house
will do that.

Bye.
I met your mother

and your little brother
in the office this morning.

Bye.
He's so cute.

I know my class is a pretty
free-wheeling class,

so I hope you feel
safe to jump in.

Thanks.

All right, ladies,
today we're gonna be focusing

on the front crawl.

We're gonna sort the lanes
according to speed--

fastest down there, slowest
in the big section over here.

Now, focus on technique, okay?

Get a good roll
through your shoulders,

and if you know how
to bilateral breathe,

do it, all right?

We're gonna meet
down on that side.

Don't get into the water
until I tell you to.

[guys hooting,
hollering, whistling]

Thank you very much, gentlemen.

Take it on outside.
Take it outside.

Lily, you know you gotta
wear a one-piece.

You're wearing a two-piece,
why don't you sit down

for the day, okay?

Hey, did you hear
about that Jacey girl?

No?
She used to go
to Westbrook.

I guess she just got out of,
like, six months of rehab.

No way.

Apparently,
she just left one day

without telling anyone,
boyfriend included,

and now she shows up here?

Westbrook's like, what,
40 minutes from here?I know.

Why doesn't she just
go back there?

I'll get the skinny.

Hi, I'm Gena.

Hi.

You must be pretty screwed up
to change schools

in the middle
of your junior year.

Whatever.The kids here
are pretty cool,

as long as you stay away
from the obvious riff-raff.

The posers are lame
and the jocks are retarded,

but the mainstream nobodies
are pretty cool.

All right, ladies,
in the pool.

Good job.

Get your head
in the water.

In the water, and pull
all the way through.

Allison,
pull all the way through!

Werner, head down!

You're gonna drown
out there.

All right, good.

♪♪

Hey, hold on.
I'll call you back.

Hey!
Hi.

Hey, uh, tell me, did you
ever swim in competition?

A long time ago.
Yeah?

Yeah, 'cause we-- a bunch
of our strong swimmers

graduated last year,
and we could really use
the help on the team.

I don't really
swim anymore.

Oh.

All right, well, call me,

you know, if you have
a change of heart.

But yeah...
'cause swim team

looks really good on
a college application,

and it gets you
out of PE.

We meet twice a week,
and swim meets start

in a couple weeks.

Did I mention, they're really
snappy swimsuits.

I'll think about it.

So this young girl,
this child

who still has braces
on her teeth-- hi--

and is even too young
to drive, by the way,

she comes to my office today
to tell me

that she thinks she's pregnant.

Wow.

So this young girl
who hasn't been to college,

no less graduated high school,
who sits home,

and she watches
cartoons all day,

why can she have a baby,
and I can't?

Um... so what'd you say?

Well, I convinced her
to talk to her mother.

She went to the doctor,
she's not pregnant, by the way.

But the point is, she could
have a baby if she wanted to.

Sandra?

Yeah?
Hi.

Aren't you supposed to be
studying for the SATs?

'Kay.
No, no, no, now.

Now would be a good time.Okay.

Sorry, what's the point?

The point is that they just
don't seem to make

the connection
between having sex,

that that can result
in having babies.

Honey, they don't want
to listen to a sexy woman

who's having sex
with a sexy man

to tell them that
they can't have sex.

This is very hard
for me to be in a school

with all these young girls
who can get pregnant

and I can't.Oh, damn, we gotta
get dog food.

I gave the last can
to Bear this morning.

Hello, are you
listening to me?

Yes.

Come here.

I-- I think
if the in vitro doesn't work,

we should reconsider adoption.

What?And I'm calling the agency

I can't go through
that process again.

You're telling me that you
can go through that again?

Well, we might have to,
and I just wanna make sure

that we have a backup plan
so I don't have to watch
you collapse again.

Excuse me!

You were just
as wrecked as I was.

You just won't show it.

But I can recover.

What are you saying?

Are you saying
I had a choice?

What choice did I have, Bruce?

What-- what choice
did I have?!

No, no, I did not,
I did what I did

and what I had to do
to protect the children.

Oh... no, please.

The girls are fine.

No, they're fine.
They're private.

♪ And if it doesn't
help yours at all ♪

♪ Then you would have
me to blame ♪

♪ For not making an effort
to put out the fire ♪

♪ Before this weather came

♪ I've got nothing left,
got nothing ♪

♪ Nothing left to lose

♪ I've got nothing left,
got nothing ♪

♪ Nothing left to lose

♪ I just give it away
for nothing ♪

♪ Not that it meant
anything to you ♪

♪ I've got nothing left,
got nothing ♪

♪ Nothing left to lose

♪ You were the new thing
in my life ♪

♪ That I approached
the old way ♪

♪ Now you're the sun
on my wings ♪

♪ Made of birds
and wax supplies ♪

♪ You're a different season of
morning light that can't stay ♪

♪ But that's pretty much
my style... ♪

Yeah.
Well, you know what?

Bully for you.
I'm working a full-time job too,

and I'm raising
three children.

Yes, I did.
Your begrudging support
is very much appreciated.

Are you tired
of erectile dysfunction

keeping you down?

Permanex is the ED solution

that guarantees to keep
your love life spontaneous.

Now, you'll be ready whenever
the occasion arises.

Dad's not coming
home for Christmas,

he's going to Hawaii
with Shelley.

Whatever.

Whatever, because it doesn't
affect your world, right?

Whatever, because whatever.

...please consult your personal physician immediately.

Permanex!

Warning: Permanex may cause
light-headedness,

stomach cramps and vomiting.

Stop that.
What?

I'm trying to cook here.

I'm not stopping you.

You're driving me crazy.

Oh really, am I?
Uh-huh.

What am I doing?I'm warning you.

What?

Are we still fighting?

I don't know, are we?

I don't wanna be.

Me either.

If you wanna keep cooking,
I won't bother you.

Bother me.

What do you think?

Nice.

Coach Bob's gonna freak.

I totally wanna ditch.

Yeah, I'm not into
swimming today either.

Here.

It's like a vitamin,
it's totally safe.

My mom uses them
to lose weight.

I usually take two, so you
can totally start with one.

Good job, Jeffries!
All the way to the wall!

Hard to the wall!
Accelerate it!

Push it! Push it!

All the way to the wall!

Hey, pace yourself.

I feel great.

Hey, Jeffries,
hold a second.

I timed you.
You just did 18 laps...Thanks, Coach.

in six minutes.
Impressive.

Practice is Thursday.
Why don't you come to my office,
get yourself a swimsuit?

All right, I'm gonna
keep swimming.

No, bell's about to ring.
Come on.

Nice, good job.

All right, ladies,
I'm giving you 10 minutes

to make it to your next class.

Oh, sorry.

No, no, wait, wait.
Jacey!

Wait.

Mom, get the baby!

Mom!

Mom!
The baby's crying.

Oh, okay, I'm coming.

Mom, can't you go
get Charley?

I will, I'm coming,
I'll be right there, baby.

Be right there.

[Charley continues crying,
Jacey shushing]

It's okay,
it's all right.

Okay, yeah,
you want your fish?

You want your fish?
Yeah!

Yeah, the fish is nice.
Fish.

Okay, okay,
I won't change you.

I won't change you.

Shh, no!

Stop crying!

Shh! Quiet! Ugh!

It's okay!

It's okay,
your mommy's here.

Your mommy's here.

Oh, sorry.

Oh, hey.
Hi.

Miss Holtz told me
to come here after Spanish.Yeah, come on in.

But I'm gonna be late
for my next class.

I can give you a pass,
it's all right.

Look, I just wanted to explain
about yesterday, 'cause, um--

Look, I don't really care.

Yeah, but you may not have
understood what you saw.

It's not that important.

I'm... trying
to get pregnant.

And so, I'm doing
in vitro fertilization,

so I have these shots
every day.

And my husband, he normally
gives me the shot,

but he's been
really busy, so...

I'm hoping that this can just
stay between you and me, okay?

It's none of my business.

Hey, are you still thinking
about joining the swim team?

Well, you know,
just 'cause it's a cool way

to know more kids and feel
more part of the school.

I gotta go to class.

All right.

What point is Mr. Holbart
making when he says,

"men and women have
their place until death"?

Jeff?That men and women

play different roles and that
they should stick to them?

But he says earlier that women
can do anything men can do.

Still, just because they can,
doesn't mean they should.

Ew.
Jacey?

You have any insights
to offer us?

On what?

On last night's reading.

What was it again?

"The Course of Gender",
did you read the material?

Not last night.

Well, then you've just
earned yourself a zero.

I read it two years ago.
James Holbart.

And his short story
following his essay,
"The Lifespan of a Day".

He looks at the concept
of gender in today's world.

He makes the assumption
that after death,

when souls gather,
they meet on equal footing.

His hypothesis is that there
is no gender in heaven.

That's correct.

Don't forget, your analysis
of one of the works

of Shakespeare
is due by Friday.

Jacey, can I speak
to you a minute?

Yeah.

Why are you in my class?

What?Why are you in English II

when you clearly belong
in AP Literature?

I've read your transcript.
In the past two years,

you've taken only
honors classes.

I just thought I'd take it
easy this year, you know,

and not push so hard.What do you think
we'd have today

if Mr. Shakespeare decided
to take the easy way out?

Mr. Shakespeare didn't have
MTV and the Internet.

He had no choice
than to sit around

and write about boys who wanna
sleep with their mothers

and kill their fathers.

Does anyone here know anyone
who's pregnant right now?

Well...

my boyfriend's sister
got pregnant when she was 16.

Yeah.Her parents had to support her
and it was really hard for her.

You guys, you know,
you all hook up,

and you speak about
your friends with benefits.

But do you discuss
the responsibility

that comes from having sex?

There's things a girl
can do, right?

And if she's hooking up just
for fun, she should be...

It's not all on us
to be careful

who we're sleeping with,
it's your guys' fault too.

But don't you think kids
are having sex younger
and younger these days?

Kids are scared to
talk to their parents
about it these days.

And why do you feel
like you can't speak

to your parents more openly?

Having sex
is usually a secret,

and you don't talk
to your parents about that.

My dad would freak out at me.

If you got a girl pregnant,
what would you want

the next step to be?
How would you go about that?

Me, personally, I wouldn't
turn my back on her.

If you got a girl pregnant,
how would you take care of it?

Do you have the support
to take care of it?

If a girl I was with
got pregnant,

I'd just tell her
to get an abortion.

Just that easily, just have
an abortion like that?

Yeah.We don't get any
say in the matter.

Like, most chicks
don't even tell the guy

when they get an abortion.

...when the guy
just walks away.

I mean, my sister had
an abortion because
she was all alone.

My mother kicked her
out of the house.

Miss Cooper.

Miss Cooper,
what's your take on abortion?

What do you think?

Well, um... the Supreme Court
ruled on Roe Versus Wade

giving a woman
a right to choose.

Yeah, but I-- I don't really
care about the Supreme Court.

What do you think?

A woman has the right
to choose still now.

At the moment,
that's being threatened.

I think it's very
important that--Let's say there's this woman

who wants to have a baby,
but she can't get pregnant.

How do you think she'd feel
about these girls

casually aborting fetuses?

I would imagine that she'd feel
very badly about that.

Okay, um...Oh, this is so dumb.

You tell us to be honest
with you, but you won't
even be honest with us?

Jacey, if you'd like
to talk about something

with me personally,
we can do that after class.

Ooh!

It can't be as bad
as you're making it sound.

No, it is, this new girl,
she is pushing me,

and I do not know why.Honey, don't you think

that probably has more
to do with your hormones?

Excuse me, my hormones?
Don't make this just about me.

I'm not going through all this
just for myself, you know.

Yes, you are.

What do you mean?

What, you don't want a baby?
We're not in this together?

I thought we both wanted a baby.
We don't, that's not right?

I just don't care
where it comes from.

Where are you coming from
right now?

We've been going
through this process
for over a year now.

An adoption,
two cycles of shots...

Honey, honey....given twice a day?

But if this is what
we have to go through...Losing a baby
through adoption

and now you tell me
you don't want it?If this is what
we have to go through,

is it still worth it?Yes, it is!

Yes, it is,
it is worth it!

It's worth it, because I can
feel something.

I can feel something, Bob,
I swear it's working.

It's growing inside of me.

I know it's gonna work
this time, I know it.

I burnt the chicken!It's just chicken.

It is not just a chicken,
Bob, look at it.

Look, is this chicken?
It's garbage now.

It's fine.It is not fine, Bob!

Everything is not fine.

Come on... huh?
Take you out for Mexican.

Go by yourself,
I don't wanna go.

I went to take
a migraine pill today,

and to my enormous surprise,
there were only two left.

Last time I took a pill,
I had half a bottle.

What should I conclude
from that?

Don't look at me.

I get high on life
and s'mores.

I love s'mores.
Shut up!

Excuse me, don't talk
to your sister that way.

What, so you're asking me
if I took your drugs?

First of all, I could get
much better drugs at school.

Second of all, tranquilizers
don't exactly count

as migraine medicine.

So, you are taking drugs?

I just said that I could get
better drugs at school

if I wanted.

Boy, that's a great attitude,
Jacey.

Macy, if you turn
that camera on,

I swear to God,
I will smash it.

I was just going to my room
to film my sorrow.

What do you want from me?

Do you have any idea
what you're putting

this family through?Whatever.

You know, we did
make a decision.

Mm-mm, youmade
a decision.

No, no.
No, no, no, no, no.

That's not fair
and you know it.

We came to an agreement
together.

I'm keeping my half,
I expect you to keep yours.

I'm sick of lying about it.

Well, what do you wanna do,
tell everybody in the world?

I didn't kill anyone,
I just had a baby.

Well, you know,
keep taking drugs, okay?

There's a good chance
you'll kill yourself.

♪♪

Aw...

♪ These oceans in my life

♪ I feel like
they're pulling you away ♪

♪ And I see you're drowning

♪ And I would give
my breath to you ♪

♪ If I can

♪ Just don't let go again

♪ And baby, I will hold you

♪ Find a way to keep you
from the cold ♪

♪ If I can have you
in my life again ♪

♪ Baby, I,
I will hold you tight ♪

♪ And I'll love you
through the night ♪

Hey, this is Brad,
you finally reached me,

but I'm not here, so leave
a message after the beep.

Thanks.

♪ Love, love I feel

♪ Is crashing on me
like waves ♪

♪ I don't know which way is up

♪ But I'm hoping
the angel I saw ♪

♪ Was you

Come on, ladies, go!
Push!

They look good.
Yeah.

Is that Jacey in the lead?

Yeah, she's incredible.

She's a total natural.Yeah.

She just broke
the school record too.

[overlapping chatter,
cheering continues]

Wow, congratulations!
Great!

Jacey?

Call an ambulance.

You're with her, are you
Yeah, I'm one of her teachers.

You know what happened?

She passed out
in swimming class.

Her coach is coming here
in a little bit.

Right, can you
tell me her name?

Jacey.
Jacey Jeffries.

Jacey, I'm Dr. Hughes.

Can you hear me?

Is she gonna be okay?

It's almost over,
Jacey, we're going
to the delivery room.

Concentrate.
Breathe, breathe.

I'm right here.
I'm right here.

Mommy, I'm scared.You're doing great.

I got your hand.
You're doing great.

You're doing great.

Can you tell me your name?

Jacey Jeffries.
Is he okay?

Is who, is who okay?Jacey, you fainted at the pool

and they brought
you to emergency,
but you're gonna be all right.

We've called your mom,
she's on her way.

No, no, call her back,
tell her I'm fine.

We're just giving
you some fluids.

And I wouldn't suggest
swimming any more marathons.

Jacey? Jacey!Your mom.

Oh, honey.
What happened?

I'm okay, Mom, I'm okay.Oh, baby.

I'm her mother,
what happened?

She'll be fine, Mrs. Jeffries,
she's just dehydrated.

I'm okay.There's no danger now,

but I would like to do up
a full bloodwork on her.

I'd rather she go to
our family doctor,
if you don't mind.

I'm sure you're
a terrific doctor.

I'd just rather go to somebody
that we know and trust.

Okay, all right.I'm okay.

Mom, it's fine.We just have to
sign her out.

Nurse?

She has to leave
in a wheelchair.

Ethan, can you help
Miss Jeffries, please?

It's a formality.

This used to happen
to me all the time

when I was her age,
I would get very lightheaded.

I think it had something to do
with not eating her breakfast.

Okay, so I sign that
when I get to her?
All right.

She has to go
in the wheelchair, huh?

Everything's--
everything will be fine.

I'm sure.
We've got it...

Do you think
she's on drugs?

Which one?

Jacey?

Hey, what's going on?

My mom went to go
sign some papers,
she'll be right back.

You know, you can talk to me.

Look, it has nothing
to do with you,

it has nothing
to do with school.

I'm sorry about what
I said in class.

It's just, if you're in
some kind of trouble,

let me help you.Look, Miss Cooper.

This has nothing
to do with you, okay?

You're just mad because
you're too old and dried up

to have a baby of your own,
so don't take it out on me.

I'll do whatever
you want, okay?

I'll join the swim team,
I'll go to class,

I'll get straight As,
just leave me alone.

Oh, Jacey,
he's your baby, isn't he?

No.
He's not my baby.

Jacey...

He-- he's not mine.

He's not my baby.

[rap music playing,
overlapping arguing]

All right, well,
I've been in serious pain.

And everybody's
knocking themselves
out in this household.

Make your life work!

What serious pain are you in?

[music volume increasing,
arguing inaudible]

♪♪

I don't wanna
hear about Brad.

Brad is lucky that I didn't
charge him with statutory rape.

You were 15 years old!

Mom, that's ridiculous!

You were only 17!

All right, all right,
all right.

Jacey, what fantasy world
are you living in?

Do you think
an 18-year-old boy

with an engineering scholarship

is gonna wanna
give up all that

and stay here with you
and raise a child?

And get married, and what,
work in a gas station

to pay for diapers?
You are naive!

He loved me.

Well, darling,
love is overrated.

♪ Kids with joints

♪ Hopper head thieves
putting yayo with joints ♪

♪ Murderers, drug dealers,
bangers and ballers ♪

♪ OG one-timers
and big shot callers ♪

♪ Welfare checks,
debts and crack babies ♪

♪ Living in the west
might drive you crazy ♪

♪ Ghetto in jail,
ghetto on bail...♪

Let's suppose
you get married, okay?

Do you know what
the statistics are

for a marriage
between a 16-year-old

and an 18
And then what?

You're a single mother without
even a high school education.

What guys do you think
are gonna want to date you

under those conditions?You're wrong about Brad.

We could make this work.

Baby... I love you.

And no matter
what you think,

and no matter how much
you hate it,

I am gonna do
everything in my power

to give you
your life back.

Here you go.

♪♪

Don't hang up!
Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Thank you for not talking.

♪♪

Hey, you wanna ride?

Yeah, get in.
Thanks.

♪♪

It's a lonely night.

Yeah, how you doing, huh?

[overlapping chatter
continues]

You scared the crap out of me,
I thought you were Mom.

She went to bed
hours ago.

That's all I need,
Mom on my back.

She needs to be on
your back, okay?

Where were you,
and what were you doing?

Nothing really.

I hitchhiked
to the arcade.

You hitchhiked
to the arcade?

Chill out, okay?

I just stood around
and talked, or rather,

they talked and I pretended
to smoke a cigarette.

Oh, okay, so now
you're smoking?

Not really,
but this guy offered me one,

and I didn't wanna look
like a total dweeb.

You know what, you are
completely out of control.

You could have been killed
or kidnapped--

I seem to remember
plenty of nights

when you snuck out.

Look, I was an idiot.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Oh, okay, so you wanna
end up like me?

It'd never happen.
I'm not a slut.

I put in extra marshmallows.

You know, I am really sorry
about what I said,

and I didn't mean it.

And I know you and Brad
were totally in love.

Dad's gone.
Mom's a lulu.

Now you're sneaking out.

I'm sorry you're stuck
in the middle of all this.

Are you kidding?

I have waited
my whole life for this.

For what?

Since you were little,
you made all As,

and you were good
at everything.

Soccer, piano, dance,
swimming, school-- everything.

And now, you're the screw-up
and I'm the good kid.

I'm the one
who they can point to

and say, "This is
our good child.

"She only gets Bs and Cs,

but she's the one
who didn't get pregnant."

Shut up.

You know Mom's gonna
freak out about your hair.

Your hair is your...

...crowning glory.

Yeah.
Let's see what
we can do about it.

Grab my brush.

Have a seat.

In a show of solidarity,

the girls try and fix
the psycho hair.

They don't realize
that life as they know it

is about to end.

Oh, no.

What is it with--
this is what?

Some kind of act
of adolescent rebellion?

You realize, of course,
you've shot yourself

in the foot, because your hair
was your crowning glory.

I mean, it's your hair,
it's your prerogative.

I, on the other hand,
can't do anything with my hair.

I haven't got the time
or the money.

And it's not even
an attractive purple.

Look, it's that new girl Jacey.

So gross.

Whore, whore.

Slut.

There she is!
Oh-ho!

Hey, where were
you last night?

Watch this.

Look at what they're doing.

Maybe I should...

Stay out of it.

Let her family
deal with it.

So, when she says,
"Out, damn spot,"

she's really trying...
she's really trying

to clear her conscience.

The-- the blood is gone,
but her guilt and remorse

for what she's done
will never wash away.

Thank you, Harry.

You're welcome.

Gena, you're up.

I thought you were going
in alphabetical order.

I figured you wouldn't
get to to me till next week.

I made it very clear
that you all needed

to be prepared by Friday--I'll go.

Fine.

Romeo and Juliet
might have been very young,

but that's what made
their love so pure.

They were victims
of a natural passion

that neither of them
was prepared for.

And their love
was so strong and so deep.

And then I believe that Juliet
found out she was pregnant,

and she knew it would
screw up her whole family.

So, she goes to tell Romeo,
but she finds him dead.

What she doesn't know
is that he's only sleeping.

But still, she feels...
so lost and alone.

She decides to take her life

rather than live
without the love

that was the breath
that sustained her.

Tom!

Okay, I want all the girls
to stand up, please.

Come on, girls, stand up.

I think you all look lovely,

but we have to say that
almost every dress code

in our book is being
broken here.

I mean, if you got it,
might as well flaunt it.

What do you guys think
of the dress code?

No one follows it.

What do you think,
it's-- it's limiting
your

Definitely, yeah.

Look at my tattoos
and my piercings.

I wanna show them off.Okay.

You can sit down,
thank you very much.

Do you realize that
you are wearing outfits

that trigger a response
from the opposite sex?

Well, I'm meaning to
trigger a response.

Is it?
Yeah.

But doesn't that trigger
a slightly different response

than, say, turtlenecks
and a parka?

Well, I can't--
I can't help that.

I'm not gonna limit
what I wanna wear

just because guys
are gonna look.

And what about the influence
that you get from watching TV,

and MTV, and music videos,
things like that?

Just gives us ideas.

Gives you ideas?

If we see a video
and everyone's having sex,

then we're gonna start
thinking about it.

Yeah, so it makes you curious,
it makes you wanna try it.

I read this--
this quote that said

women were like ovens,
they're more slow to warm up,

but men are like microwaves,

you push one button
and they're ready to go.

Do you think that's
pressing buttons?

We see every day in the media
role models

dressing up
in revealing clothing.

So, how can you expect us
not to dress like them?

Well, what are the results
of dressing like this

or behaving like this?

Okay, so you hook up, and then
what happens after that?

If we don't give it up,
they don't like us.

So what?

So what if they
don't like you?

Find someone
who's willing to wait.

Like you did?

Yeah, but why wait
if you're in love?

Yeah.
I'm not gonna wait forever.

I'm sorry, Tom, who were you
just in the bathroom with?

Okay, all right.

You're a liar.

Really?

Okay... okay.

Ask Gena.
Okay.

Rawr!

Excuse me, did it hurt
when you had your baby?

Ohh!

Okay, okay!

That is not how
we speak in this class.

You were pregnant?

That's not how
this class works.

How can you do this?

Thank you very much.

That was very inappropriate.
Jacey?

Jacey

♪♪

Excuse me, do you know
where the admin building is?

Thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

Bye.

I haven't heard from you
in, like, eight months.

Then you just show up here.

How... how messed up
is that?

I'm sorry.

Okay, yeah, you're sorry.

You have to give me
a second here to adjust.

But my mom made us move.

And you couldn't call
and tell me that?

I wanted to, but...
Whatever.

Look, I know
you're mad at me.

Yeah.I just need five minutes

to talk to you.
About what?

About us.
About what happened.

Yeah, what happened?

You left, I got...
I got so messed up.

I mean, you just disappeared!

I loved you.

That's stupid, right?

I loved you too.

Can't we just go
somewhere and talk?

What do you wanna tell me?

Can't we just hang out?

Like it used to be.

Yeah.

All right.

♪♪

♪ Dreaming comes so easily

♪ 'Cause it's all
that I've known ♪

♪ True love is a fairytale

♪ I'm damaged,
so how would I know ♪

♪ I'm scared and I'm alone

♪ I'm ashamed
and I need for you to know ♪

♪ I didn't say all the things
that I wanted to say ♪

♪ And you can't take back
what you've taken away ♪

♪ 'Cause I feel you,
I feel you near me ♪

♪ Didn't say all the things
that I wanted to say ♪

♪ And you can't take back
what you've taken away ♪

♪ 'Cause I feel you,
I feel you near me ♪

♪ There's mending
for my soul ♪

♪ An ending to this fear

♪ Forgiveness for a man
who was stronger ♪

♪ I was just a little girl

♪ But I can't go back

♪ And say all the things
that I wanted to say ♪

♪ And you can't take back
what you've taken away ♪

♪ 'Cause I feel you,
feel you near me ♪

♪ And say all the things
that I wanted to say ♪

♪ And you can't take back
what you've taken away ♪

♪ 'Cause I feel you,
oh, I feel you near me ♪

♪ Ohh

What are you doing?

I love you so much.

I-- I came here
to tell you something.

Can it wait
till after, please?

Please, Brad.

What?
What the hell?

I'm sorry.What, what's wrong?

I got pregnant.

What, you...

You-- you're not pregnant.

No, I know I'm not,
not right now.

That's why my mom
made us move.

And... what,
you had an abortion?

No, I...

I had a baby.

We had a baby boy.

My mom's pretending
like it's hers,

so that it won't
ruin our lives, but...

I wanted you to know.

You're so full of it.

N-no, my mom,

she just freaked out
about the whole thing.

You're-- you're freaking
me out if this is true--

It is true.

You can see him
if you want.

Why are you
telling me this now?

Because I thought
you should know.

What... I don't...

Oh, thank God.
She's back.

I'll call you later.

Where have you been?
Out.

Yeah, I got that.
Out where?

Just out.
Jacey!

I've been up all night.
I was scared to death.

I had absolutely
no idea where you were.

That was your father
on the phone.

We were about
to call the police.Why didn't you?

Why didn't you call me?

Can we do this later?No, we can't!

I can't handle this
right now.

Jacey, you can't handle it?

Jacey, I am the one

who is up with the baby
all night.

I am the one
who's working all day.

And now, I've been up
all night waiting for you.

Wow, why don't you
give yourself a break

and stop being such a neurotic,
controlling bitch?

I'm sorry.

Your baby needs you.

Look, I--
I hate you too!

You know what,
I told Brad.

And you'll be
really happy to know

that he totally
blew me off!

You were right.

Oh, baby, I'm sorry.

I don't need him!

I don't need him
and I don't need you!

YouNo!

You think you can
do this all by yourself?

Sure.
All right.

You give it a try.
Here you go.

Good luck.
Come on, Macy.

Look, I'm gonna take Macy
to the dentist,

and then I'm gonna
buy her some sneakers,

and then I'm gonna
buy her some books,

and then I'm gonna
get my hair done.

And if you wanna call me
and apologize,

you can reach me
on my cell phone.

If you don't want to,
I don't give a damn!

I'll be in the car.
Macy, come on!

Okay.

Yeah, it's okay.
It's okay.

She didn't mean it.

There it is,
that's the building.

Turn, turn, turn here.

I got it.

Oh, there's a spot
right there.

All right.Maybe it's a sign.

Maybe everything's
gonna be okay.

Signs?

Yes, signs.

It is a scientific fact
that signs are real.

So, now what?

We park in the back and put
a curse on that jerk's car.

By the way,
is

I just wanna know if you're
gonna be passing them blue eyes

and crazy to my kids.Oh, a little crazy

is one thing.

Your feet is a whole
other story.

What do you see?

I mean, just tell me
it's a boy.

We implanted four embryos
this time, right?

Yeah.
Mm.

I know it sounds stupid,
but I dreamed it was a boy.

I mean, it's all right
if it's more than one.

We've been waiting
for so long,

that a readymade
basketball team is fine.

Unless it's eight to ten,
all bets are off.

Sorry, did I say
something stupid?

What, what is it?
What do you see?

I'm sorry, it doesn't look
like any of the embryos

have implanted.

I don't understand.

I've had morning sickness
and everything.

Well, we knew
there'd be a small chance

that none of the embryos
would take.

But this is the third time.

You said that three times
would give us the best chance.

Sometimes
there's no explanation
why things don't work.

We can start again,
when you're ready.

I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.

It's fine.

Yeah.

Aw, yeah.

Atta boy!

I'm gonna take
Bear for a walk.
You gonna be okay?

Oh yeah, I'm fine.
How 'bout you?

Great, yeah.

I mean, I got you,
live in America.

Doesn't get any better
than this!

All right, come on.

Come on, Bear.

Bear.

Come on.

Oh...

Jacey!
Hi.

I'm sorry, I found your address
in the phone book.

I didn't know
what else to do.

Come in, come in.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean
to bother you, but...

I didn't know if you'd
be here or at school.

It's Saturday.
Right.

Would you mind
holding onto him?
Oh, sure.

He likes if you--
he likes if you
pat his butt.

Okay.
Hello.

I brought his formula.

All I need would be
purified water.

Yeah, yeah, he's fine.Where's your mother?

Oh, it doesn't matter.
Um, I just...

Ugh, my head, do you mind
if I sit down for two seconds?

Please, yeah,
make yourself at home.Thanks.

You want something to drink?

No, no, I'm okay.
Thank you.

Hi.

May I kiss your stomach?

[blowing raspberry,
baby giggling]

Why do babies
love that so much?

Uh, Donna?
You're so cute.

Donna?

Hi.
Why is Jacey Jeffries

asleep on our couch?
And more to the point,

what's her baby doing
in your arms?She just showed up
on the doorstep.

She needs my help
or something.
Come on in.

Have you called
her parents?

No, I haven't,
but I will soon.

Look, this is Charley.
This is Coach Bob.

He's so little.

Yeah, they all start out
this way, you know.

You wanna hold him?

Yeah.

Charley.

Say hi to Bob.

Look.
Hey.

Yeah.

Hi.

You like that?
Oh yeah, you like that.

[Donna and Bob
talking indistinctly]

Look at him.

Ohh...

Oh, doo-doo-doo-doo, yeah.

Big yawn.
Ahh...

He'll never have that.

Hi.

A dad to hold him
and tell him about the world.

This is a great room.
I thought you didn't
have a baby.

We don't,
we're still trying.

Oh, but you got
all this stuff.

Well, we bought it when...

We lost a baby.

And we just kept it
for whenever...

well, for when we have one.

You know, the first feeling
I had when I was pregnant,

it's like there were guppies
swimming in my stomach.

Did you feel the guppies?

I've never been pregnant.

Oh, but I thought you said
you lost a baby.

We were gonna adopt a baby,

but the birth mother changed
her mind at the last minute.

Jacey, here.

You know we have
to call your mother.

You know that, right?Yeah.

Hi, big guy.

Do you think
we choose our parents?

I don't know.

I saw a psychic on TV once
who said that little souls

choose who to be born to
before they even get here.

Why would anyone
choose me?

Jacey, why are you here?

I just need someone
to talk to.

I mean, my mom's
making me pretend

like this never happened,
you know, like Charley

isn't my son, and I should
just go on with my life.

But I can't do that,

and she just won't even
listen to me.

I appreciate you bringing
them home, Mrs. Cooper,

but I know my daughter,

and she is not prepared
to mother a baby.

Charley.

What?
His name is Charley.

You keep calling him
"the baby" like we don't
know who he is or anything.

Jacey, I think if anybody
knows who he is, it's me.

If Jacey tries
to raise a child,

she'll drop out of high school,
she'll never go to college,

she'll never have a life.

It's just a different
kind of life.

Mrs. Cooper, come on.
You're a teacher.

You know what happens
to children

when they drop out of school.

But there are other kinds
of schools

these days for young mothers.

There's schools where they can
go to their classes all day,

and there's a full daycare
program right there on campus.

Excuse me, but you--
you don't have

any children yet,
do you, Mrs. Cooper?

No.

But I have counseled
young girls for many years.

And I feel honored that Jacey
has trusted to come to me.

I'm glad she trusted you.

I am,
trust is very important.

I trusted Jacey.

I trusted Jacey
when she told me

she wasn't having sex
with Brad.

Yes, she made a mistake.

But the result of that mistake
is a beautiful baby boy.

You've all had five months
to fall in love with him,

with Charley.

But now, I think Jacey
needs to open up

the discussion
of her options.

What options?
Really, what options?

I think we've exhausted
all the options.

Jacey, a baby
can't thrive this way.

A baby has to know
who the mother is.

I have nothing but admiration
for what you have done.

But right now,
you have a daughter here

who needs to find out
what's best for her.

And for you,
and for Macy,

and for Charley.

I think I know what's best
for my own child.

And I think I know
what's best for mine.

Your child?
All right.

You gave birth to Charley,
and in that sense, Jacey,

you are his mother.

But there's a heck of a lot
more to mothering than that.

Who stayed up with him
for 48 hours

when he had the croup?

Who drove him around
half the night, every night

for two weeks when he was
teething and couldn't sleep,

and still got home
and got you to school?

Who came home in the middle
of the day when the babysitter

said he was spiking
at a fever of 104,

and it would not go down?

Who rushed him
to the emergency room

and stayed with him
for three hours

and somehow managed
to get over to that mall

and pick you and your sister up
at the appointed hour?

That's what
makes a mother.

Are you prepared to do it?

Hi, honey.

The girls are in there.

The girls?

Aren't you here
for the mothers group?

I don't know
if I'm in the right place.

Well, you have a child.

Yes... yes, I have
a five-month-old son.

Then you're in
the right place.

Legally, we're supposed
to have the same rights

that every mother
in Massachusetts has,

but that's totally
not true.

What do you mean?

You can keep your baby

as long as you can prove
you can care for a kid.

Support it,
get a job, pay rent.

But no teenager
can do that.

Exactly, which means
if you wanna keep your baby

and your parents
don't want to help,

you're totally screwed.

I'm not sure who the father
of my baby is.

I know it's one
of three guys,

but I'm just not sure
which one.

God, I forget what it's like

to be a normal teenager,
you know?

All my friends ditched me.

Their parents say
I'm a bad influence on them,

which is so lame,

'cause they're all
having sex too.

So, I've decided, I'm giving
the baby up for adoption.

Really?

Look at me.
I can't be a mom.

And all the guys I was with

are way too immature
to be fathers.

I could never give my baby up
and never see her again.

Mm, I'm getting
an open adoption.

I get to see
the baby sometimes.

And they send me pictures
and letters and stuff.

And the parents
are okay with that?

They said they want me
to be involved

with the kid's life
from the beginning,

so that I'm not
a big mystery.

The kid will know
I'm his birth mother,

I just won't be the mom.

So, you choose the parents.

Yeah, you look through
a booklet of couples

who want a baby,
you read about their families,

you choose one,
and they set it up.

That's a little dressy
for stir fry, isn't it?

Just thought
I'd spruce things up a little.

You look great.

Thank you.

By the way, Dr. Landau
called today.

He wants to know if we wanna
do another round of in vitro.

Oh.
Yeah.

I told him that we were gonna
let nature run its course,

and I put our names
on the adoption list again.

You did?

I realized we're gonna
be great parents.

It doesn't matter
where he or she is from.

So, tell me...

think this stir fry
can wait for a little while?

Why?

Really shouldn't eat
before athletics,
don't you think?

I love you.

I love you too.

[knocking,
Charley cooing]

Oh, hold that thought.

Hold that.
I will be right back.

All right, you're gonna
stay right there,

you're not gonna move.

Yeah.

Hi.

Hi.
What are you doing here?

Um... I just-- I wanted
to know if I can see him.

Yeah, sure.
Yeah? Great.

Let's see...

He's right there.

He sorta looks like me.

Especially in the eyes.

That's his name?

You know,
my middle name's Charley.

I know.
Yeah.

Yeah, that's the one thing
my mom let me do, name him.

She wanted to name him
Casey.

Jacey, Macy and Casey.

Like putting
a target on his back.

Yeah... yeah.

You think I could
hold him?

Yeah, sure.

Hi, Charley.

Oh, come here, big boy.

Oh yeah.
Is he okay?

Bless you.
Of course, yeah.
Yeah?

It's just a sneeze,
he's got a little cold.

I'll go get a tissue.

Talk to him.
He won't break.

Hi, little guy.

I'm-- I'm sorry
I freaked out.

It kinda caught me off guard.

It's okay.

Hi.

God, he's so great.

I was supposed to give
him up for adoption,

but I... I couldn't.

I guess I didn't know
it was possible

to love someone so much.

He's really ours.

Brad!

Mrs. Jeffries.

What are you doing here?

He came here
to see his baby.

Are you sure
that's a good idea?

Why not?

This could get
kinda painful, Brad.

There's no way you're not
going to get attached

to a baby.

And I assume
you have no intention

on raising Charley.

Look, I'm 18.
I have a right to see him.

People have been doing
this forever, right?

Why not us?

Why not you, what?

Get married?

Quit school?

Give up all your dreams?

Do this full time?

And how are you gonna
support a family?

You don't have any skills.

You would have to work
two jobs just to subsist.

Mom, this is not
your decision to make.

It's not my decision,

but I think I'm part
of the decision.

Brad, do your parents
know about this?

Mom?
Would you like me
to talk to them?

Mom, leave him alone!

Hey, look, Jacey...

Oh, it's all right.

I'm gonna call you,
okay, Jacey?

Yeah.

Jacey and I
can make this work.

Thank you.

♪♪

Jacey?
Hi.

What are you doing here?

I just--
I just stopped by.

I brought dinner... dinner.

Uh...

Hamburger and chips,
that's all.

This is Jasmine,
my lab partner in biology.

Hi.This is a friend

from high school.

Why don't you head in?
I'll meet you inside.

Thanks.

We sort of have a lot
of studying to do, I don't...

No big deal.
I'll see you around.

I can give you
a call or something.

No.

Look, you just-- you should
have called, you know?

It's no big deal.

She's just a friend
and stuff, she's not...

How's the baby?

The baby's fine.

Yeah, well, about that?
I talked to my parents.

They totally freaked out.

They want the baby
to have a paternity test

to see if it's mine.

I mean, they got lawyers
and everything.

What do you think?

You know, I wanna do
the right thing.

It's just,
right now, everything is--

my parents won't let me
leave school.

If it's mine...

my parents will pay
and stuff.

Ifit's yours.

Hello.

Hello, attention.

Ladies and gentlemen,
hello, hi.

Macy, what am I doing here?

I asked you to come.
Hello?

I don't ask for much,
so you decided to indulge me.

Hi, everyone, can I have
your attention, please?

I'm here for Wednesday's
open mic,

because, well, we have
a problem here at our school.

Two more of our football players

have been suspended from
the team for sexual activity.

On the bus, in our gyms,

there have been 75 dress code
violations so far this year.

Okay, sit down, sit down.

Sexual intercourse is happening
here during school hours.

Okay, all right.
Well, you know what?

I thought maybe you might
like to hear...

Hi.
Can I borrow Charley?

What's going on?I'll bring him
right back.

...from one of
your own peers,

Miss Jacey Jeffries.

I think I'm more nervous
than you are.

[Charley babbling,
scattered "aww's"]

Hi.

My name is Jacey.
Some of you guys know me.

This is my baby boy.
His name is Charley.

I'm 16 years old, and I got
pregnant when I was 15.

It happened to me,
and what I want you guys to know

is that it can happen
to you too.

Okay, it can happen
if it's your first time.

It can happen if you love
each other,

and it can happen if you don't.

It can happen if you
think you're being careful.

It can happen if you're not
doing well in school,

or it can happen
if you have straight As.

This is silly, me trying
to tell you guys.

I brought some friends with me,

and they know something
about this too,

and I think it's really nice
that you guys can meet them.

My name is Trea, I'm 15,
and I'm eight months pregnant.

My mom kicked me out
as soon as she found out,

and my boyfriend doesn't think
that the baby is his.

So, I'm living with
my grandmother right now.

She says I can stay there
until the baby's born,

but then we gotta find
our own place to live.

My name's Maria,
I'm 16 years old,

and my son Miguel
is nine months.

I live with my mom
and my two brothers.

Miguel's father is not
a part of our lives.

He came the day
Miguel was born,

but we never saw him
after that.

It's hard.

My mom helps me
watch Miguel while I'm working,

but she has a job too,
and she gets tired.

Hi, I'm Claire,
and I'm 16.

My daughter Mimi
is five months old.

I live with my boyfriend's
parents, they help us.

Basically, I go to school,
and then I come home

and I sit on the couch
and watch TV with my daughter

until my boyfriend comes home
from his job.

And then we go
for a walk or something.

Some people would say
that having a baby

is nothing special.

They're wrong.

Giving birth is always
extraordinary.

It's a miracle.
It's the universe's way

of saying that this world
should continue.

Man, I never thought
it would happen to me.

The world tells us
that having sex

is just part of our lives.

And movies, magazines, TV,
they all say the same thing.

But the world lies
to us, okay?

Sex is a big responsibility,

a responsibility
that we're not ready for.

Are we ready to have kids?

We still are kids.

I was really lucky.

I have a mom
who supported me

and my son
through the whole thing.

I'm very grateful to her
and I love her very much.

I love you.

When I first had Charley,

I agonized over what
was the right thing to do.

Should I give him up
for adoption?

Should I go back to school
and let my mom raise him?

Should I get a job
and put him in daycare?

But I'm beginning to realize
that...

it's not about
what's best for me.

It's about what's best
for my son.

He says, "Look at
the handsome boy.

Who's the handsome boy?"

Hi!
Hi.

What's this?

I wasn't going
to give it to you,

but I made it for Charley

when you were gonna
give him away.

Oh...It's not finished though.

It's a rough cut.
I'm still tweaking.

What do you think?

Look at the present.

Here, you wanna
play with him?

Yeah.
Say "hello, Aunt Macy."

Hi!

See you later.

Hi, I'm Macy,
Jacey's sister.

I'm your aunt, Aunt Macy.

After you're born,
you're going to live

with a new family,
so I thought one day

you might have questions about
your original family

and your birth mom,
so I made you this.

Hopefully, when you're older,
your mom and dad

will let you see it.

This is Jacey and me
when we were young.

This is my mom.

Round and round.

And my dad,
your grandpa.

Surprise.

This is what your mother
looked like

when you were inside her.

Don't be frightened
by her size,

you don't come
from fat people.

She'll go back to normal
when you come out.

Macy! Cut it out!

Macy, turn off the camera. Macy, stop it!

This is your mother
on her way to having you.

Apparently, some degree of pain is involved in giving birth.

Shut up!

But I'm told
the mothers don't care.

One more. I can't do it!

I only include this to show you how hard your birth mom,

my sister,
worked to have you.

All moms love their babies.

but I think yours
love you more.

She wouldn't take any drugs
because she was worried

you'd be all drugged out
when you were born.

By the way, that's your
original grandmother

coaching your original mom on.

Oh my God, this is the most
amazing thing I've ever seen.

I love you already.

♪♪

Mom, do you have anything
to say to your grandson?

Oh, boy...

I just wanna say that I love you.

I love you, little guy.

And I am very proud
of my beautiful,

beautiful brave daughter
for making this decision

to provide you with a family
that can give you

everything you deserve.

This is the hardest decision
that she'll ever have to make.

It's hard on all of us.

But she did it
out of love.

Sweetie, the woman from the agency is here.

I know. I know.

And now it's time for us to say goodbye to Charley.

No, I can't say goodbye.

No, he's my baby boy.

Sweetheart, sweetheart.

You have a beautiful
couple out there

who want to adopt Charley. We made this dec--

Mommy, I can't let him go.

Darling, you are not ready
to be a mother.

You have told me that yourself.

Months ago, we made
this decision.

But I can't
give him up, Mommy.

I can't say goodbye.

Could you have done it?

Could you have given me
or Macy up for adoption?

To total strangers.
It's too hard.

Listen to me.

I tell you what
we're gonna do.

We're gonna keep him.

Really?

Yep.
We can keep him.

Yeah, but listen, you are going
back to high school.

You hear me?
Yes, ma'am.

And you are going to college,
do you hear me?

Absolutely.
And you are
gonna go through

with every dream you ever had
for your life.

Do you hear me?I hear-- yes.

All right, all right.Loud and clear.

Now, I... will raise Charley
as if he were my own.

Okay.
All right?

Come here, Macy.

He's going to be my child.

Do we understand,
and do we agree?

Yes?
Those are the conditions,

those are my conditions,
those are the only conditions

that I will do this under.

Absolutely.

Oh, baby, baby,
baby, baby.

[teacher shouting indistinctly,
basketballs bouncing]

Oh, sorry.

Where's Bob?Back there.

Okay, thanks.

Hey.
Hi.

Way.
Are you sure you wanna
go through this again?

Well, she says it's a totally
different story this time.

She says the mother's
already signed the papers,

she's made up her mind, but she
does want an open audition.

Are we okay with that?Fine.

The father's already
signed the papers.

Is it a boy or girl?

I forgot to ask.

Get your stuff.
All right.

Hi, again.
Hi.

How are you?Hey.

Scared.
Yeah.

I've been through
everything with this girl.

'Kay.Everything is finalized.

So-- so, when do we
meet the mother?

What hospital is she at?

She's here now.
And the baby's here too.

She's ready to hand
him over.

Now?
Really?

Yes.
Now?

We can take our baby
home today?

Yeah, I'm a little amazed
by this myself.

But I'll go get them.

Okay.

Is this really happening?

I think so.

Jacey?
Jacey?

Hi.

Maybe it's like
the psychic said.

Before he was born,
I believe Charley chose me

to be his birth mother,

but he chose you guys
to be his mom and dad.

And to raise him.

This is how
it's supposed to happen.

Is this for real?

Oh, Charley.

This is the hardest thing
that I will ever do.

I know.

But I'm giving him to you
because I do love him,

and I want more for him.

Is this okay?

Yeah, it's the right thing.

It is,
it's the right thing.

Oh, Jacey,
thank you so much.

Thank you.

You'll always be a part
of our family.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Say hi to Coach Bob.

I'm Charley Cooper,
and I'm going into
kindergarten.

Uh-huh, and how do
you feel about that?

I'm happy, because I'm good
at reading and numbers.

Anything else new
in your life?

I got a baby sister
last year.

And where does she come from?

Inside of my mommy's tummy.

And where do you
come from?

Inside of my Jacey's tummy.

Who's Jacey?

Aw...

Who am I, hm?

She's my birth mother.

And what is so special
about Jacey?

She helped me
find my family.

Anything else?

I'm the only one who knows

how much she loves me.

How's that?

'Cause I'm the only one
who knows what her heart

feels like from inside of her.

Aw, come here!

Mm!
I love you.

I love you too.

♪♪