Party of Five (1994–2000): Season 2, Episode 1 - Ready or Not - full transcript

Closing up!

Tell your folks to start
feeding you again, Will.

It's your last
free meal. Joe fired me today.

Said there were only
four days left

to the only summer before the
only senior year I'd ever have,

and I should enjoy myself.

That bastard!

Well, you show him.

Don't you enjoy a single minute.

Can I help refill
the salt shakers, Bay?

Claudia, I thought someone
drove you home hours ago.



Obviously not.
So can I help?

No. Go bug
someone else.

Bailey, are you
working or gabbing?

Go bug Julia.

So, tomorrow, huh?

God! I can't think
of anything more romantic

than a woman waiting
for her man to return
from overseas.

Sarah, he's not
coming back from war.

-He's coming back
from summer vacation.
-[music playing]

Charlie,
what is this?

I'm picking a band
for the wedding.

-Pick again.
-Pick again.

Aren't you just dying
to see him?

I mean, you know,
he'll probably
have an accent.



He'll probably say...

[English accent]
"Hello, darling.
It's me, Justin."

Jule!

Claudia, hasn't anyone
taken you home yet?

God! Aren't you just
dying to see him?

[upbeat music playing]

The Shecky Wasserman Band. Care for a hora, Bailey?

Pass.

You know what.
That would be great

for the bonfire. We could blast it

and dance in a circle
around the flame.

It would be kind of pagan.

What do you say?

Oh. I forgot. You're not going
to the bonfire.

What?

Ah, I'm not in the mood.

Sure, forget that it's
practically an end-of-summer,

last-night-before-school
tradition.

Two years is not
a tradition.

But if you had somebody
to go with...

Will.

What about the hot dogs
and the illegal beer

and the marshmallows and...

Hey!

[soul music playing]

[snaps]

[song continues]

[Kirsten]
Of course there's gonna be
some slow tunes.

Some Sinatra, okay?

I am too writing this down.

-[doorbell ringing]
-Mom...

Mom, I gotta go.

Mom, I mean it.
Someone's at the door.

No, I'm not using it
as an excuse

to get you off the phone.

[sighs]

Oh, I love you
too, Mom.

[beep]

Occasionally,
I'd like to murder you,
but I'm hoping that will pass.

-[doorbell rings]
-Coming.

Oh. Hi.

Hello.

Does Charlie Salinger
still live here?

Yeah, he does. Can I
help you with something?

Um... I need to
talk to him.

Is he home?

No. He's, um...
He's working tonight
at his dad's place.

-Is there something--
-Oh, no. No.

That's okay. It's just...

Could you maybe
tell him I stopped by?

Sure.

Uh...

knowing your name
might make that easier.

Oh! Right.

Sure.

I'm Pamela... Rush.

Charlie and I were, um...friends

a while back.

So do you want to leave
a number or something?

No, that's okay.

Well, is there a message?

I'll just be in touch.

I'm sorry to have
troubled you.

Really.

No trouble at all.

[theme song playing]

♪ Everybody wants to live ♪

♪ Like they wanna live ♪

♪ And everybody wants to love ♪

♪ Like they wanna love ♪

♪ Everybody wants to be ♪

♪ Closer to free ♪

♪ Closer to free ♪

[rock music playing over radio]

So...this bonfire thing
sounds cool.

I... I've never been
to one.

Is it, like,
a couple thing,

or do people just
kind of go on their own?

Why, you thinking
of bringing someone?

Oh...
Maybe.

Well, if you do,

tell him not to bring any
booze down to the beach,

the last year
the cops showed up

and made this huge stink.

Oh, right.

Ah, I'll probably
go alone, anyway.

I like doing that
sometimes, you know.

Going to these
things by myself.

Yeah. Solo's cool.

Totally.

I think being alone
gets a bad rap.

God, you are so right.

So, um...

maybe we could
go alone together.

[chuckles]

What? You're funny.

I am?

Yeah, the way
you say things.

"Go alone together."

What? Do I have
something on my face?

We're here.

Oh.

Well, thanks
for the lift. Thanks for all the lifts
this summer.

Sure.

Oh, hey.
You got to...

jiggle it.

There you go.

Thanks.

Good night.

Good night.

[tires screech]

Well, who is she?
How do you know her?

How well
do you know her?

We were friends.

What kind of friends?

Charlie, have you
or have you not
seen this woman naked?

It so happens I have.

-What?
-[laughs]

Me and a hundred
other guys.

She was a figure model
in the fine arts department.

When I was a sophomore,
I drew her.

So you two
didn't, like...

have a thing?

Oh, no.
We had a thing.

A real brief thing.

It lasted...

maybe a month, two.

It was, what...
four years ago.

I haven't seen her since.

Who knows why
she stopped by.

I don't.

Pamela Rush.

Huh.

[splash]

I was thinking about
buying a bike.

Well, you could probably
get a good discount.

I mean, because you
work at a bike shop.

No. A bike.

A motorcycle.

Oh.

Well, you should.

Cool.

Yeah, there's some, uh, trails
up in the headlands

not a lot of people
know about.

I've never been on
a motorcycle.

It's easy. All you
got to do is hold on.

I'd probably throw you
completely off balance.

You might.
I could handle it.

So, uh...

you want to go
with me to look...

you know, for bikes?

Maybe tomorrow sometime?

Uh, tomorrow, I can't.

Whatever.

Griffin, it's gonna
get harder, you know,

to do this.

To meet.

Well, because of school starting
up again and everything.

Yeah. I guess.

I guess so.

I guess things
are gonna change.

I'm kind of sorry about it.

[sighs]

Do you know what those ones
are there? The pink ones?

No, me neither.

It's weird.

All those times
sitting in a garden,

I still don't know
what to call anything.

How many times
have you seen
this movie, Will?

I keep discovering stuff
I hadn't noticed before.

It's very rich
in that way.

It's a $100-million
comic strip.

What's your point?

Let's go. Let's go
see something else.

No! Um...no, no.

I can't get mentally prepared
to see one movie

and then just go see another.

Hey! Hey, Will.

[chuckles]

Bay, you remember
my cousin, Sharon.

Yeah, hi.

-And this is...
-Holly.

-I'm Holly.
-[Bailey] Hi.

I've heard...

almost nothing about you.

Same here.

So...

So, you go to Grant,
huh?

Right.

Right, I go to Grant.
Let's see.

Uh, I'm a senior.

I... I'm applying to colleges.

I have to take my SATs.

Let's see. What else
do you have to know about me?
I'm--

Kind of rude.

Look, I'm gonna go.

Okay, I got some stuff
I have to do.

You shouldn't have
done this to me.

I'm sorry, we're closed.
I must have forgotten to lock--

Charlie.

Pamela. [Pamela chuckles]

Hey!

God, this is so weird
seeing you again.

I mean, uh, Kirsten told me
that you stopped by.

Is she your wife?

Fiancee.

Oh. That's nice,
Charlie.

Yeah.

So, what's going on
with you?

I mean...
you look great.

Thanks.

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm okay.

[sighs]

Not real great.

You're getting worse.

I have a problem.

And I thought I could
take care of it myself,

but I can't.

And I'm sorry
for coming to you, but--

No. Come on.

Come on. It's...

[siren wailing in distance]

Wow.

[laughs]

Wow, look at him.

He's yours?

[Pamela] Spencer.
His name is Spencer.

Spencer Salinger Rush.

Huh. Uh...

Don't take this the wrong way,

but, um...I didn't think
I meant that much to you.

You didn't. He's your son.

Right.

Come on.

Give me a break.

No.

No.

Oh, please don't get
angry, Charlie.

I mean,
I can explain.

We weren't seeing
each other anymore,

and I just didn't think
at the time that you'll--

Get the hell out of here.

-Charlie--
-There is no way.

No way! Kirsten.

[Kirsten]
You're kidding me.

Well, I mean, it's
that time of year, but...

we're getting
through it.

I mean, it's amazing.
We're really doing well.

[laughs]
Look at him.

He's so

cute.

Hey! Look who
stopped by.

Charlie.

Pamela.

Did you know anything
about this little boy?

His name's Spencer. Isn't he adorable?

Yeah, he is.

Well, um...

I'm gonna let you
two guys catch up.

I hope I'll
see you again.

It would be really nice
if Owen had a friend
to play with.

Bye.

See you.

I thought maybe
if you saw him,

you would believe me.

This is your son,
Charlie.

He is not...
He is not my son.

How can you be
so sure?

You and I did what it takes
to make one of these

three or four times a day

for two months solid,
if I remember correctly.

Yeah. Four years ago.

Usually, it's tradition
to let the father know

when the little test
comes back positive,

or the baptism,

or the delivery
or the circumcision,

or whatever the hell
it is you do!

Oh, come on.
Like you would have
been there for any
of those things.

And you would have told me
to get an abortion.

And I didn't want
an abortion.

I wanted this baby.

[exhales]

And I knew I couldn't
count on you.

He's four years old.

[sniffs] You and I
broke up a little over
four and a half years ago.

And there wasn't
anybody else.

Do the math,
Charlie.

God, I am getting
married in nine weeks.

What do you want me
to do?

I am... I am not trying
to ruin your life.

I'm in trouble.

I got laid off

from this secretarial job
that I had,

and I still have
daycare to pay for.

What is...
Is this blackmail?
Is that what this is?

God's sake, Charlie.

I want you
out of my house now.

You are not gonna
push me away.

Use the back way out.

I have got this little boy
to take care of.

Use the back way.

I'm not gonna go away.

[gate opens]

[gate closes]

Do you think this stuff will
make me more attractive to men?

Men? What men?
You don't know any men.

You know boys.

Oh. right.
Good point by you.

Thanks for cutting through
my question

and finding a way
to insult me.

I'm sorry.

It's just that, well, I'm
getting older now, you know.

I mean, I'm practically
in junior high school.

All these things like
makeup and stuff,

well, they're gonna be
important to me.

And I need someone
to look up to,

and someone to answer
all my questions.

Claud, I'm sorry.

I should be more
sensitive, okay?

Okay.

So, what did you
want to know?

Can I go to
the bonfire with you?

No.

The point is,
you hurt her feelings.

No, Will.
No, that's not the point.

That's not even
remotely the point.

The point is you had
no right ruining
a perfectly good movie

by springing some
stupid date on me. Oh, gee, how could
you ever forgive me?

I merely get one of
the cutest, greatest,
funniest, smartest girls

I know to go out with you.

Why don't you just
hang me up by my
little fingers and shoot me?

Ooh, what a miserable
friend I've turned out to be.

I have better things
to do. Okay?

[Bailey]
I do. I haven't played
football in over a year.

I'm way behind
on my conditioning.
I have to do that.

Right. Right.

So you'd rather do bench
presses and squat thrusts

than to make out
with Holly Blanchard?

You need help, man.

Yeah, but not from you.
Goodbye.

Come on, Bay.

We both know what's
going on with you.

Shut up, Will. [doorbell dings]

Weren't you leaving?

Coming.

Hey, Justin!

How you doing, man?
How was London?

Great. Great.

Cool.
Come on in.

Julia!

This girl is great, Bay.
She's really great.

-She could turn you around.
-I'm ignoring you.

So, hey, man.

So London was cool?

I imagine if you're into
history, it would be very...

-Historical.
-Yeah.

Julia!

Yeah. Yeah. Lots of old,
uh, tombs and stuff.

Julia!

Justin!

Bay, Bay, come on.
Just give it a try.

Why?

-Bailey.
-What?

What? What? Name one thing
that is so great about dating.

All right,
name two things.

[man] I did that too.

What?

Walked around
with a picture in my pocket

for the first few years

like I couldn't believe
I had a kid.

You mind if I...

He's got his dad's eyes,
that's for sure.

You must hear that
all the time, right?

[scoffs]

[rock music playing]

I figured I need
a female opinion, you know?

Yeah. I know.
That's important.

So you'll be honest?

-I'll be honest.
-Okay.

I really appreciate
you doing this for me.

[softly]
My pleasure.

Uh, so what's this
all for, anyway?

Some kind of
big family thing?

No. Actually...
I kind of have a date.

-What?
-Yeah.

Will kind of
forced me into it.

What's that
supposed to mean?

I don't know.

He thinks it would be good
for me. He thinks I need it.

What do you think?
You think it's stupid?

Uh, I don't know.

No.

I guess not.

I mean, what's
the worst thing
that could happen?

What do you think?

[pop music plays]

[Justin]
That's Westminster Abbey.

So, what exactly do you mean
by incredibly boring?

That's me and Big Ben. You didn't do anything?

You just worked
in the restaurant?

That's Windsor Castle.

Pretty much.

That's me after my dad explained
the concept of blood sausage.

[chuckles]

So how is that possible

to be gone so long
and miss so little?

Any new couples at least?

Trafalgar Square.

Not especially.

What's that, um,
there on your head?

That's a pigeon.

Everybody feeds pigeons
in Trafalgar Square.

It's what you do.

-Ooh!
-[both laughing]

And what's that
there on your shirt?

[laughs]

Oh, my God! I have to get
a copy of this.

-Yeah, right.
-No, I'm serious.

Give me the negatives.

No, no. Here, here.
You can keep this copy, okay?

Are you kidding?
I'm gonna get this thing
blown up, like, poster size.

I... I'll make
a copy for you.

Why are there twice as many
negatives as there are pictures?

Huh?

Well, what did you do?

Like, pull some of these
so I wouldn't see them?

No, no. Not exactly.

Who's this girl?

Justin?

She's no one.

She's...

Her name's Allison.

She's a girl
that I met over there, uh.

Her dad ran the lecture
series that my dad did.

We just hung out. That's all.
We were friends.

We were just friends,
Julia. That's it.

And you did all
these things with her.

I mean, that, that part
where she poured paint
all over her body

and rolled around
in all that flour,

what was
that about, huh?

It's art?

I hate to break it
to you,

but that,
that is not art.

I have seen art,
and that is not it.

I spent the whole
night wondering

if regular soap
was gonna get all that
stuff off her body.

[chuckles]

Well, anyway,
thanks a lot for coming.

I kind of had to show up.
Denise and I work together.

Oh, yeah?
Where?

At this coffeehouse
in North Beach.

Coffeehouse? Really?
You work at a coffeehouse?

Trieste. On Grant.
Why, you know it?

Uh, no.

No, it's just...
a friend of mine

used to work at a coffeehouse
in North Beach.

You should come by
sometime.

This is me.

Oh.

Well, I had
a nice time.

So did I.

-Maybe we should--
-So, we should--

[both chuckle]

-You first.
-No, you go ahead.

[dog barking in distance]

I was just gonna say that

maybe we should
do this again sometime.

Is that what
you were gonna say?

Yeah. Sure.
That would be great.

So...

So...

Anyway...

Anyway...

[acoustic guitar playing]

Well...

good night.

Good night.

Forget it, mother.
That is so ugly.

Charlie's right here,
mom, and...

What is it, honey?

Really? You do? [tuts]

Charlie's saying how much
he hates Garamond Bold, mom.

Could you
call her back?

We want to go with something
much less formal.

Please?

Mom...

Mom. Mom. I got to
call you back.

I got to.
Somebody's at the door.

I know. I know.

[winces]

I know you don't want to get
dragged into these arguments,

but, at this point,
she's not even
listening to me.

Charlie?

Here's the thing.

What thing?

The thing about
Pamela and me.

Why she's here.
What she wants.

Charlie? I love you.

What?

And I don't want to hurt you.

Good.

That's good, because...
I don't want to be hurt.

Spencer, her little boy...

She says he's mine, Kirsten.

I think he's my son.

Did you kiss her?

No.

Did you want to
kiss her?

No.

Did you maybe want to
decide on a cycle?

Shut up!

So you're telling me

you spent
all that time with her

and you never once,
not once,

thought of her as anything
except a friend?

Never.

Come on, Justin.
I saw her picture.

You saw her negative.

In real life, she's got
a hump and a harelip.

Yeah, right.

All right. Fine.
She doesn't.

But it doesn't matter
what she looks like,

or how smart she is
or how funny she is,

because what
she isn't is you.

And Julia,
I'm nuts about you.

And you know what else?

I don't know what you did
every second of this summer.

And that's okay
because I trust you.

I trust that you would
tell me the important stuff.

Because I'd tell you.

This is when you say,

"It's okay. I love you.

The only reason I'm acting
like a nut bar is because

I can't stand the thought
of you with anyone else."

Let's see.

Well, another pair
of overalls.

And, well, definitely
another pair of high-tops

because, well, my old ones
have holes in them and...

Morning. Kirsten's taking me
to get some
back-to-school clothes.

I grew half an inch
over the summer.

You are? Today?

I thought we were gonna
go to the stationers.

I rescheduled.

So, what does that mean?

I didn't cancel,
Charlie, okay?

I rescheduled.

Why? Are you
punishing me?
Is that it?

[Claudia] Uh-oh.

Well, what's going on?
Did you guys have a fight?

Never mind.

I don't want to never mind. Well, I don't want to
talk about it.

[Claudia]
Well, why not?

It's complicated, Claud.

Well, what's that
supposed to mean?

It means you're too young
to understand, okay?

Hey, you know
what, Charlie?

I am not a baby.

I am two days away
from junior high school.
I get stuff.

Like I get that "Oh, you're
too young to understand"

is just a lame excuse
for not telling me

how you screwed
something up.

You're right, Claudia.
It is.

Well?

I'm not punishing
you, Charlie.

I just... I can't go.
Not today.

I can't sit there
and pretend I care

whether or not
the invitation says,

"Please share
our happiness and joy"

or "Please share
our joy and happiness,"

when the fact of the matter is,

I'm not experiencing
a whole lot of either of those things
at the moment.

And I certainly don't
have enough to share, okay?

[people chattering]

-Hey.
-Hey.

What are you doing here?

Same as you.
Picking up my final.

Jeez. Fifty-six dollars
after taxes.

So, um...

how did it go last night?

Last night?

Holly.

Oh, that.
That was great.

You know,
she's really great.

[sighs]

Is it hard?

What?

Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of hard.

I want it to work.

Yeah. I know you do.

-You know what I wish?
-What?

I wish it could be
like you and Justin.

You know, I wish
we could just...
skip ahead four months

through all the hard stuff,
till every thing's easy.

What are you talking about?
It's... it's not easy.

I mean...we've
been apart now nine weeks,

and that's a long time.

Things can happen to people. I mean, they can change.

-You never know.
-Yeah, right.

Stop trying to
make me feel better.
You guys are perfect.

You think? Hmm.

Yeah, I guess.

Definitely. I should be
thankful for what I have.

Me too.

I'm lucky. I'll tell you what.

You give me a couple weeks
to get, you know,

comfortable with everything,

and we'll double-date.

You, Justin, me and Holly.
What do you say?
Is that a plan?

Yeah. Definitely.

Okay. I'll see you.

Hey.

Hey.

Um...do you think we can
take a walk or something?

You've ordered already,
sweetie, didn't you?

It's okay. My boyfriend
already ordered.

Oh. Um, I don't work here.

Oh, I'm sorry. I can't see.
I just took my contacts out.

Julia is, uh...

Well, we... We kind of
know each other.

Uh, this is Erica.

Hi.

[Erica] Do you wear contacts?

Because I was in New York
this summer
doing some print stuff,

and my agency said
I'd get more work

with blue eyes
instead of brown.

Brown eyes are...out.

-Are they?
-Oh, no offense or anything.

So, what? Did you two
take some kind of
class together or something?

Look, um, I gotta go.

You know, this could be
a pretty good year

for you guys
in Division Two.

You know football?

Poster of Steve Young
above my bed.

Oh, yeah?

I'd really love to
come see you play.

I mean, I'm a real fan.

So, where should we go?

I'm sorry.

What? About what?

Will told me
about you, and...

And he told me that
you were this great person.

And that you were
really smart

and funny and cute
and nice.

Whoa.

I'm guessing this means

you didn't have as good
a time last night as I did.

No, I did.

But I don't want to.

That doesn't make
much sense, Bailey.

It seems easy, you know?

You know, we just...

We just keep going out
and we keep having
a great time,

because I don't know
how a person could
go out with you

and not have a great time.

[sighs]

And then you start
to matter to me.

And...

And I don't think
I want that.

What should I say?

Well, you should say
that I'm an idiot.

Because... Because...

I'm gonna see you
in six months
with some other guy,

and I am gonna think that
that guy's so lucky.

And I am gonna be so jealous.

But...

But I can't...yet.

I can't.

That's too bad.

Can we just call it a night?

Yeah.

I'll walk you back.

[car door slams]

Good night, Holly.

Okay, what if...

What if I gave her money?

Like, I got together
a bunch of money
and I gave it to her

on the promise
that she would stay away?

I mean, I could do that.

Would that make you happy?
Is that what you want?

Don't put this on me.
Don't you dare do that to me!

-None of this makes me happy.
-I know.

I'd just like to know
how many children

from how many
different mothers
who are not me,

am I gonna end up
taking care of in my life?

Kirsten...

[sighs]

That's not what I mean.

I don't mean that.
I don't mean that.

[sighs]

I'm sorry.

[sighs]

I don't know
what to tell you, Charlie.

Does it bother me
that you're the kind of guy

who's had a baby
with another woman?

You bet it does.

Is it gonna matter
between us?

I'm gonna try to
make it not matter.

But what happens
when that woman calls again?

Or when that little boy
comes over
to play with you?

Or he needs something from you,
money or, or time.

Something you give him

and then don't have
enough left
for Owen or Claudia...

or me?

I mean, what happens then?

I don't know.

I honestly don't know.

[Charlie] I'm just...

I'm trying to
figure out, you know,

what's best for a kid.

I mean, it's tough
to not have two parents. But...I mean,
on the other hand,

a little kid needs
some sort of stability,
you know?

Not have some stranger
come in and out of his life.

What are you trying
to say, Charlie?

I'm just trying to
figure it out.

[boy] Whoops.

[clattering]

He's a little commando.

Yeah?

I was too at his age.

Anyway, uh...I could help
pay for things for him.

Good.

That would help a lot.

But, you know, maybe me
coming in and out
of his life...

I mean, that could be exactly
what he doesn't need. I mean...

Maybe it would be better.

[Pamela] I understand.

Look at that.

It's his favorite toy.

He could pound on that
little hammer till doomsday.

[Pamela] Go figure, right?

Right.

Should we talk about
the money, Charlie?

[banging]

[sighs]

[dishes clattering]

Uh...my boss
just stepped out.

He's gonna be back
any second now.

He doesn't really
like it when friends
of mine drop by.

Why didn't you tell me?

I don't know.
You never dropped by before.

No.

About her.

Erica.

I don't talk about
that kind of stuff.

Why? You don't think
it matters that
you have a girlfriend?

Well, you have
a boyfriend, right?

That Justin guy.

[gear clicking]

Yeah. I know.
What, you thought I didn't?

You never talk about him.

So you and me,

it's not like
we're going out or anything.

Well, right.

Of course not.

I mean, we're not going out.

So, what's the problem?

I don't know.

How about that, O?

You're an uncle. Uncle Owen.

Uncle Owen.

"Hey, this is my Uncle Owen.
He's almost two."

Kinda weird, huh?

You were out all morning.

Yeah.

-You went to see her?
-Yeah, I did.

Went to give her
some money

and to tell her that was
all I had to offer her.

Just money.

So, that's it then?

[sighs]

Well, the thing is,
uh...he was there.

Spencer.

And, uh...he was
playing and...

And I was just
watching him and...

He had this
little carpentry set...

with these tools
and plastic workbench.

It's his favorite toy.

And I know this is stupid,
but I just kept thinking...

you know,
"He gets that from me."

I mean, where else
would he get that from?

Not his mom.
Not, not some other guy.

He's got...a little piece
of me in him.

And I just thought, "Wow.

Wow. What an amazing thing."
You know?

Yeah.

I'm a father.

I'm his father.

And don't laugh at me,
but I just keep thinking...

"That little kid could love me."

[rock and roll music playing]

[man] Coming over.

Take it.

[people laughing and chattering] Just so you know...

Allison and I never danced.

We had sex,
but we never danced.

[laughs]

I'm kidding.

It's a joke. I'm joking.

-It's not funny.
-Oh, come on.

You want to laugh.
You know you do.

But you're afraid
that if you laugh,

it will mean that you're over
this whole Allison thing.

And if you're over it,

then you'll have
no reason to be mad at me.

And then you'll just have to
resign yourself to the fact

that you have a great boyfriend
and you love me desperately.

[laughs]

-I got you.
-Oh, shut up and dance.

Hey, did you see?
Jenny Hinton got braces.

Ho, ho-ho.

At her age,
senior year, tragic.

I say go with
the overbite.

So you having
a good time?

Sure.

Yeah, I can tell. All right.

To senior year.

You know what
this means, man?

-No idea. What's it mean?
-Not a clue.

Senior year.

[slow rock plays]

Ah!

Claudia, what the hell
are you doing here?

-I thought we told--
-I took the bus.

I wanted to see.

-Cool.
-Okay.

You came, you saw,
you're going home.

-Come on. I'll take you.
-I'll make a scene.

-What?
-You heard me.

I like your style, kiddo.

Come on, Claud.
Give me a break.

Look, I swear
I won't be a pest.

Hey, I won't even
say a word.

I mean, you won't even
know I'm here.

And the point of this
would be...

Hey, I start something
pretty big tomorrow too,
you know. Nobody throws a bonfire when
you start junior high school.

In fact, you know...

nobody does much
of anything. So...

You kind of
have to find a way

of making it a big deal
for yourself.

Because...it is a big deal.

Junior high school,
I mean, it's a very
big deal.

I just wanna watch, Bay.

[sighs]

Hold this a sec.

Come here.

You move, you speak,

you're dead.

[chuckles]

[both laugh] -You know what?
-What?

If you told me that
you had met somebody
this summer,

like a guy, a guy friend.

Mm-hmm?

I'd be perfectly
okay with it.

You would?

No, you wouldn't.

I totally would.

I mean, in fact,
I'd be happy

that you didn't spend
your whole summer by yourself.

Because you wouldn't have
written me all those letters

or acted the way you did
over those photos

if I weren't the one.

The guy for you.

Go ahead. Tell me I'm wrong.

Argue with my logic.

I'm cold.

-This better?
-Tighter.

Tighter.

[fire crackling]

Is this seat taken?

So is your friend
meeting you here? Holly?

Oh, no.

No, that's not
really happening,
me and Holly.

Really? I thought that
you guys were kinda--

No. No.

Not your type?

No, she's...

pretty much
completely my type.

It's me. It's my fault.

[waves crashing]

Are you a good swimmer?

Why?

[laughs]

You aren't thinking of...

Bailey, that water's
gotta be 50 degrees.

It took me forever
to learn how to swim.

My dad tried to teach me
but the...first time out,

I cracked my head
against the side of the pool

and swallowed
all this water and...

after that, I couldn't.

I wanted to.
I just couldn't.

And for the longest time,
I just... couldn't let go of the side.

You know?

Do you think
I'm stupid, Sarah?

I mean, do you think
it's okay if...

If I wait for a while?

Yeah, you know.

I think you should wait...

till you're ready. I miss her.

[sighs]

So...

school starts tomorrow.

Can you believe it?
Where did the summer go?

Who knows, you know?

Maybe it'll be a great year.

Maybe.

[sighs]

Maybe.

[sighs]

[acoustic guitar playing]

[laughs]

You looking for the lady?

Yes.

With the, uh, little boy.

She cleared all her stuff
out this morning.

Paid me the rent
she owes.

She's gone, man.

[door closes]