The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 1, Episode 6 - Dance with Me - full transcript

-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M
GONNA GET HIGHER ♪

-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]



-OCTOBER 17, 1968.

-TESTING.

TESTING... 1, 2, 3...

-I HAD ASSUMED MY STANDARD
HOMEROOM POSITION,

DROOLING IN THE GENERAL
DIRECTION OF LISA BERLINI.

BUT TODAY, THINGS WERE
DIFFERENT BETWEEN LISA AND ME.

-RFK JUNIOR HIGH'S
REVISED DRESS CODE

HAS BEEN POSTED
OUTSIDE MY OFFICE.

ALTHOUGH IT'S FAIRLY
SELF-EXPLANATORY...

-YOU SEE, THE NIGHT BEFORE,

WE'D SPENT VERY CLOSE
TO FOUR COMPLETE MINUTES

TALKING TO EACH OTHER
ON THE TELEPHONE.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS ENTERING

THE FAST LANE OF THE
SEVENTH-GRADE SOCIAL SCENE,



AND IT WAS UP TO ME TO
KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.

-SECTION TWO, ARTICLE
ONE... THE MINI-SKIRT CLAUSE.

[ CLEARS THROAT]

ANY SKIRT CUT HIGHER THAN
2 INCHES ABOVE THE KNEES

WILL CALL FOR IMMEDIATE
DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

[POP, LAUGHTER]

SECTION TWO, ARTICLE TWO.

-IS THERE A PROBLEM, MR. ARNOLD?

-UH, NO, MA'AM.

-ALL RIGHT, NOW ON TO OTHER,
MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS.

-YEAH, I WAS LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD NOW.

ALL I HAD TO DO WAS
PLOT MY NEXT MOVE.

-RFK's FIRST FALL DANCE

WILL TAKE PLACE
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

SO, FOR MUSIC AND FUN,
DANCING AND ROMANCING,

COME ONE, COME
ALL, AND HAVE A BALL.

THAT IS ALL.

-YOU'RE GONNA ASK
LISA BERLINI, AREN'T YOU?

-I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE.

-THEN WHO AM I
SUPPOSED TO GO WITH?

-I DON'T KNOW.

HEY, WHY DON'T YOU
ASK CARLA HEALY?

-[SNEEZES] NO WAY.

[SNIFFS] NO WAY.

-WHY NOT? I HEAR SHE LIKES YOU.

-JUST STOP TALKING
ABOUT HER, OKAY?

-THE WORDS "CARLA" AND "HEALY"

HAD THE SAME EFFECT ON PAUL
AS SEAFOOD AND GRASS POLLEN...

SEVERE MEMBRANE INFLAMMATION.

-[BREATHING HEAVILY]

-WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM?

-I SAID THE "C" WORD.

- "CARLA HEALY"?

-[SNEEZES]

-ARE YOU GONNA ASK HER
TO THE DANCE OR SOMETHING?

-NO WAY. I'M NOT.

-YOU MEAN YOU'RE
ASKING CARLA HEALY?

-NO, HE'S ASKING LISA BERLINI.

-LISA BERLINI, HUH?

-YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW. I MIGHT NOT.

-NO, YOU SHOULD. SHE'S NICE.

-SHE'S OKAY.

-WELL, I GUESS I'LL
SEE YOU GUYS LATER.

-WHAT?!

-THEY'RE CALLED
DEAD WHALES, PEOPLE.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHY?

-I FELT SORT OF WEIRD
TALKING TO WINNIE ABOUT LISA.

BUT I FORGOT ALL
THAT BY SOCIAL STUDIES.

THE LIGHTS WERE DIMMED FOR
A SLIDE SHOW ON POLLUTION,

AND I WAS WITHIN
STRIKING DISTANCE

OF THE BEST-SMELLING HEAD
OF HAIR IN THE SEVENTH GRADE.

-WHERE HAVE ALL
THE FLOWERS GONE?

HOW MANY ROADS
MUST A MAN WALK DOWN?

-THE TIME WAS RIGHT

FOR THE MOST INTIMATE
FORM OF COMMUNICATION

KNOWN TO 12-YEAR-OLD MAN...

INTER-CLASSROOM NOTE-WRITING.

[THE BOX TOPS'
"THE LETTER" PLAYS]

-♪ GIMME A TICKET
FOR AN AEROPLANE ♪

♪ I AIN'T GOT TIME TO
TAKE A FAST TRAIN ♪

♪ LONELY DAYS ARE GONE ♪

♪ I'M A-GOIN' HOME ♪

♪ MY BABY JUST
WROTE ME A LETTER ♪

♪ I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH
MONEY I GOTTA SPEND ♪

♪ GOT TO GET BACK... ♪

-IN A NOTE, YOU COULD SAY
ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO.

LINES I WOULD HAVE CHOKED ON

UNDER THE GLARE OF
FLUORESCENT LIGHTS

WERE COMING OUT LIKE POETRY
WITH THE VENETIAN BLINDS DRAWN.

-♪ WELL, SHE WROTE ME A LETTER ♪

♪ SAID SHE COULDN'T LIVE
WITHOUT ME NO MORE ♪

♪ LISTEN, MISTER,
CAN'T YOU SEE ♪

♪ I GOT TO GET BACK TO
MY BABY ONCE MORE? ♪

♪ ANYWAY, YEAH, GIMME A
TICKET FOR AN AEROPLANE ♪

♪ I AIN'T GOT TIME TO
TAKE A FAST TRAIN ♪

-THE SIGNS WERE
THERE. SHE WANTED ME.

IT WAS TIME TO THROW
CAUTION TO THE WIND.

-♪ WELL, SHE WROTE ME A LETTER ♪

♪ SAID SHE COULDN'T LIVE
WITHOUT ME NO MORE ♪

♪ LISTEN, MISTER,
CAN'T YOU SEE ♪

♪ I GOT TO GET BACK TO
MY BABY ONCE MORE? ♪

♪ ANYWAY, YEAH, GIMME A
TICKET FOR AN AEROPLANE ♪

♪ I AIN'T GOT TIME TO
TAKE A FAST TRAIN ♪

♪ LONELY DAYS ARE GONE ♪

-THE PROBLEM IS EXCESS.

WE KEEP PUSHING, PUSHING,

AND IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BY
US GOING ONE STEP TOO FAR.

-DEAR GOD, HE WAS RIGHT.
WHAT WAS I THINKING?

I MEAN, ONE LOUSY PHONE
CALL, A COUPLE OF NOTES,

AND, SUDDENLY, I'M
ASKING HER TO THE DANCE?

IT WAS ALL HAPPENING
TOO QUICKLY.

I WANTED THAT NOTE BACK.

THEN AGAIN... WHY STOP
WHEN YOU'RE ON A ROLL?

-LIGHTS, PLEASE.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

-IT WAS ALL SO PERFECT.

WITH ONE FLICK OF THE WRIST,

I'D OPENED UP AN ENTIRELY
NEW AND EXCITING CHAPTER

IN MY LIFE AS AN ADOLESCENT.

LISA BERLINI WAS MINE

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD,
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,

TILL DEATH DO US PART.

-HI, LISA. YOU WANT TO GO TO
THE DANCE WITH ME ON FRIDAY?

-OKAY!

-GREAT. I'LL SEE YOU.

-I HAD IT IN WRITING.

MAYBE THERE WAS SOME
LEGAL ACTION I COULD TAKE.

-UM, LISA?

-OH, KEVIN.

-YEAH.

UM, DID YOU JUST SAY...

YOU'D GO TO THE DANCE WITH BRAD?

-I'D SEEN THAT LOOK BEFORE...

IN 1964 WHEN MY MOTHER PUT
OUR COCKER SPANIEL TO SLEEP.

-WELL... YEAH.

-BUT...

YOU JUST SAID YOU'D GO WITH ME.

-THAT WAS BEFORE BRAD ASKED ME.

-SO?

-SO, I DIDN'T KNOW
HE WAS GONNA ASK ME

WHEN I SAID "YES" TO YOU.

-SO?

-WELL... I MEAN...

YOU'RE NOT GONNA... BE WEIRD
ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING, ARE YOU?

I MEAN, I REALLY
LIKE YOU, KEVIN...

AS A...

-AND THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID IT...

THE WORD I WAS TO HEAR
FROM BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

LIKE LISA BERLINI
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

THE WORD THAT STRUCK
A CHORD SO VIOLENT IN ME

THAT I WANTED TO STRANGLE
GUYS LIKE BRAD GAINES

WITH MY BARE HANDS.

- FRIEND.

-AAGH!

-TOUGH BREAK WITH THIS
LISA BERLINI THING, HUH?

-AT LEAST PAUL WAS HAPPY
TO HEAR OF MY REJECTION.

IT MEANT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK

CARLA HEALY TO BE HIS DATE.

-AREN'T YOU GONNA
EAT YOUR HAMBURGER?

-I'M NOT HUNGRY.

-I WOULDN'T EAT IT, EITHER.

YOU SEE HOW THEY
MAKE THE HAMBURGERS?

OH, THEY PUT ALL
THIS GROSS STUFF IN IT.

-IT TASTES ALL RIGHT TO ME.

-I HEARD EDDIE OBIN
BIT INTO A HAMBURGER

AND A BUG FLEW OUT
FROM UNDER THE BUN.

-NO WAY.

-THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

-I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

-I DO. IT'S DOCUMENTED FACT.

- [SLAMS TABLE]
- ALL RIGHT, THAT DID IT.

THERE WAS ONLY SO
MUCH ONE GUY COULD TAKE.

-FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO WAY

A BUG CAN BREATHE
UNDER A HAMBURGER BUN.

AND IT PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE SUFFOCATED

BEFORE EDDIE EVEN BIT INTO IT.

-THAT'S RIGHT.

AND BESIDES THAT,
A BUG IS TOO QUICK

TO GET CAUGHT IN A
HAMBURGER TO BEGIN WITH.

-LET'S SAY IT DID GET
CAUGHT UNDER THE BUN

BUT DIDN'T SUFFOCATE.

IT PROBABLY WOULD
HAVE FLOWN AWAY

WHEN EDDIE PUT THE KETCHUP ON!
- WHEN EDDIE PUT THE KETCHUP ON!

-WINNIE AND I ALWAYS SAW
EYE-TO-EYE ON STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT WAS LIKE WE WERE BORN UNDER
THE SAME SIGN OR SOMETHING.

-SUIT YOURSELVES.

I'M GETTING AN
ICE-CREAM SANDWICH.

-[SIGHS]

OH, IS THAT THE NEW LUNCH MENU?

-YEAH.

PIZZA BOATS, CHILLED PEARS,
AND CARROT STICKS ON WEDNESDAY.

-MAYBE IT WAS THE
BUZZ OF THE CAFETERIA,

MAYBE IT WAS THE
STING FROM LISA BERLINI,

BUT SITTING THERE
ACROSS FROM WINNIE

I FELT A HUNGER
BURNING WITHIN ME.

-SLOPPY JOES, TATER TOTS, AND
AN ORANGE WEDGE ON THURSDAY.

-I LOVE SLOPPY JOES!

-ME TOO.

-HER MESSAGE
SEEMED CLEAR ENOUGH.

BEHIND THE CHARADE OF
THE LUNCH-MENU RECITAL

BURNED THE UNTAPPED
RAGE OF OUR SECRET PASSION.

-ON FRIDAY, IT'S
MACARONI AND CHEESE,

PEANUT-BUTTER COOKIES,
AND FRUIT COCKTAIL.

-WINNIE, WILL YOU GO
TO THE DANCE WITH ME?

-DANCE?

I CAN'T.

I'M ALREADY GOING
WITH KIRK McCRAY.

-GOD.

WINNIE COOPER AND
AN EIGHTH-GRADER.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

-REALLY AMAZING.

-I MEAN... HE'S ACTUALLY...

COOL!

-SO I'M TOLD.

-CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL
TEAM, MR. POPULARITY...

-LOOK, PAUL...

THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN
BEING COOL, ATHLETIC, AND POPULAR!

-IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH TO TAKE.

FIRST LISA BERLINI HAD
OPENED THE WOUND,

NOW WINNIE COOPER
HAD POURED THE SALT.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE SOLUTION LEFT

WITH REGARDS TO
THE UPCOMING DANCE.

-SO I GUESS IT'S JUST YOU AND
ME FOR THE DANCE ON FRIDAY, HUH?

-NOPE. I'M NOT GOING.

-WHAT?!

YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

-NO, I DON'T.

-KEVIN, YOU KNOW I
CAN'T GO IF YOU DON'T GO.

-YES, YOU CAN. YOU CAN
DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.

I'M STAYING HOME.

-KEVIN, ONLY LOSERS STAY HOME.

-THEN I GUESS I'M A LOSER.
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL, ANYWAY?

IT'S JUST A STUPID DANCE.

-JUST A DANCE? JUST A DANCE?!

JUST A DANCE?!

-UGH! LEAVE ME ALONE, PAUL.

-KEVIN, YOU'RE
MAKING A BIG MISTAKE.

-NO, I'M NOT. NOW GO AWAY!

-WELL, I CAN'T JUST SHOW
UP TO THIS THING ALONE.

-THEN DON'T.

GO ASK CARLA HEALY
AND STOP BOTHERING ME!

-MAYBE I WILL.

- FINE!
- GOOD!

[DOOR SLAMS] [SNEEZING]

-JEANNIE, I WANT TO HAVE A...

-OH, MASTER! OH, I
HAVE BEEN SO UNHAPPY!

ALL I WISH TO DO IS PLEASE YOU!

-WELL, UH, JEANNIE, I
CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT.

YOU'VE NEVER BEHAVED
THIS WAY BEFORE.

-OH, NO, MASTER. I ONLY
WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.

-OH, WHAT I WOULD HAVE
GIVEN FOR ONE OF THOSE.

-IF YOU GUYS WANT
TO EAT TONIGHT,

YOU'VE GOT TO SET
THE TABLE FOR ME.

-FINE.

-UH, HOW MANY CHAPTERS
OF THAT BOOK HAVE YOU READ?

-AND I'D APPRECIATE
IF YOU'D DO IT NOW.

NOT IN AN HOUR, NOT AFTER "I
DREAM OF JEANNIE," BUT NOW.

-YOU SAID YOU'D DO
ANYTHING I WANTED.

-FIRST LISA BERLINI,
THEN WINNIE COOPER,

NOW MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD.

WOMEN WERE PROVING TO
BE THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE.

-[SIGHS]

-KEVIN?

-HUH?

-ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT?

-YEAH.

-SOMETHING HAPPEN AT SCHOOL?

-NO.

-I WAS TOO COMPLICATED
TO BE PRIED OPEN LIKE THAT.

I HAD MY DIGNITY.

-YOU SURE?

-I DON'T THINK MRS. COOPER'S
A VERY GOOD MOTHER.

-I BEG YOUR PARDON?

-WELL, IT'S JUST THAT

SHE'S LETTING WINNIE
GO TO THIS DANCE

WITH THIS BIG EIGHTH-GRADER,
AND HE'S A REAL JERK.

I DON'T THINK SHE
SHOULD LET HER GO.

-WELL, IS THERE SOMETHING
MRS. COOPER SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT THIS EIGHTH-GRADER?

DOES HE TAKE DRUGS OR SOMETHING?

-NO.

-WELL, WHAT IS IT, THEN?

-WELL, IT'S JUST THAT
HE'S THIS EIGHTH-GRADER,

AND HE THINKS
HE'S SO COOL, AND...

WINNIE'S VERY YOUNG, MOM.

-I KNOW.

SHE IS.

DID ANYONE ELSE ASK HER?

-WELL, HOW AM I
SUPPOSED TO KNOW?

I'M NOT EVEN GOING.

-WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T
REALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY

ABOUT WHO WINNIE
GOES TO THE DANCE WITH.

-I KNOW.

-AND JUST BECAUSE YOU GO
TO A DANCE WITH SOMEONE

DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SPEND

THE WHOLE NIGHT
DANCING WITH THEM.

-YEAH.

-THE GREAT THING
ABOUT A DANCE...

IS THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

-MOM'S ADVICE ALWAYS
FOLLOWED A CERTAIN LOGIC,

BUT SOMEHOW IT WAS GONNA
TAKE THAT EXTRA MATERNAL NUDGE

TO KICK ME INTO ACTION.

-BUT IF YOU DO
DECIDE TO STAY HOME,

WE'RE HAVING
COMPANY FRIDAY NIGHT.

SO YOU CAN BE
MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER.

-HI. WOULD YOU CARE TO DANCE?

HELLO, THERE.

I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING
YOU ALL ALONE OVER HERE.

YOU WANT TO DANCE?

[New York accent] YO, BABE.
ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

I DON'T GOT ALL NIGHT.

[STEPPENWOLF'S "MAGIC
CARPET RIDE" PLAYS]

-♪ I LIKE TO DREAM ♪

-JUST LET IT ALL HANG OUT.

GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR BODY.

-♪ TALL AND TAN AND
YOUNG AND LOVELY ♪

♪ THE GIRL FROM
IPANEMA GOES WALKING ♪

♪ AND WHEN SHE PASSES,
EACH ONE SHE PASSES GOES ♪

-♪ LOUIE, LOUIE ♪

♪ OH, NO ♪

♪ ME GOTTA GO ♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

♪ I SAID A-LOUIE, LOUIE ♪

-THIS WAS NOT FOR
US. NOT IN PUBLIC.

BUT IN PRIVATE...

-♪ BORN TO BE WI-I-LD ♪

♪ GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN' ♪

♪ HEAD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY ♪

♪ LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE ♪

[WHISTLE BLOWS] ♪ IN
WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY ♪

♪ YEAH, DARLIN' ♪

-ARE YOU SURE I LOOK
BETTER WITHOUT MY GLASSES?

-YOU LOOK LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.

HOW DO I LOOK?

-I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.

-♪ I LIKE SMOKE AND LIGHTNING ♪

- THERE'S WINNIE.
- WHERE?

-OVER THERE BY THE PUNCH BOWL.

-♪ RACING IN THE WIND ♪

-THAT'S MR. CUTLIP, PAUL.

-OH. YEAH.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYS]

-THE GOAL AT A
JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL DANCE

IS TO LOOK AS
BUSY AS POSSIBLE...

WITHOUT ACTUALLY SETTING
FOOT ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

-♪ ...ALL OVER THE
WORLD TONIGHT ♪

♪ ALL OVER THE WORLD ♪

♪ YOU CAN HEAR THE
SOUNDS OF LOVERS IN LOVE ♪

-GOOD JOB, PAUL.
LOOK WHO YOU JUST HIT.

-[SNEEZES]

-WHY DON'T YOU GO OVER
AND ASK HER TO DANCE?

-[SNEEZING]

IS SHE LOOKING OVER HERE?

-NO, SHE'S NOT
LOOKING OVER HERE!

-GOOD.

-SHE'S COMING OVER HERE.

-♪ SO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY ♪

♪ CLOSER, NOW ♪

-HI, PAUL.

-HI, CARLA.

-[SIGHS]

-♪ IT ISN'T A DREAM ♪

-CARLA?

I THINK PAUL, OVER HERE,

HAS A LITTLE
SOMETHING TO ASK YOU.

-[Laughing] OKAY!

-♪ FOREVER AND EVER ♪

♪ THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH
ALL OVER THE WORLD ♪

-IT WAS AS SORROWFUL A SPECTACLE

AS I HAD EVER SEEN
ON THE EVENING NEWS.

-♪ YOU CAN HEAR THE
SOUND OF LOVERS IN LOVE ♪

-BUT THEN AN AMAZING
THING BEGAN TO HAPPEN.

PAUL ACTUALLY BEGAN
TO ENJOY HIMSELF.

BY MY THIRD CUP OF PUNCH,

HE WAS HAVING
THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.

-♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪

♪ NOW, IF THERE'S A SMILE ♪

-AND I BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT
A MISERABLE TIME I WAS HAVING.

AND IT WASN'T JUST PAUL.

LISA BERLINI WAS HAVING
THE TIME OF HER LIFE.

MRS. RITVO WAS HAVING
THE TIME OF HER LIFE.

EVEN RODNEY THE CUSTODIAN
WAS HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.

I... WAS IN HELL.

AND THAT'S WHEN WINNIE
COOPER ENTERED THE GYM.

I HAD NEVER SEEN
HER LOOK PRETTIER

THAN SHE DID STANDING
THERE IN THE DOORWAY...

UNTIL KIRK McCRAY
WALKED IN BEHIND HER.

THEN SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL!

IT WAS ALL SO UNFAIR.

I MEAN, THIS GUY
ALREADY HAD EVERYTHING.

AND NOW HE HAD MY WINNIE.

I WASN'T GONNA
JUST STAND IDLY BY.

IT WAS TIME TO DO

WHAT ANY HOT-BLOODED
12-YEAR-OLD GUY WOULD HAVE DONE

IF HE WERE IN MY SHOES...

-DO YOU WANT TO DANCE?

-SURE!

- TRY TO MAKE WINNIE AS
FURIOUSLY JEALOUS AS I WAS.

THE KEY WOULD BE

TO APPEAR LIKE I WAS
HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

AND DANCE AS I HAD
NEVER DANCED BEFORE.

-♪ THE TEARS OF A CLOWN ♪

-APPARENTLY, WINNIE WAS
PLAYING THE SAME GAME.

-♪ OH, YEAH, BABY ♪

♪ NOW, IF THERE'S A
SMILE ON MY FACE ♪

["CHERISH" BY THE
ASSOCIATION PLAYS]

-DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?

-SURE, I GUESS SO.

-♪ "CHERISH" IS A WORD
I USE TO DESCRIBE ♪

-IT ALL MADE SENSE AT THE TIME.

THIS WOULD BE THE MOMENT

WHEN WINNIE'S EYES MET
MINE ACROSS THE DANCE FLOOR

AND WE'D BOTH REALIZE

THAT WE WERE REALLY MEANT
TO BE DANCING WITH EACH OTHER.

-♪ ...THAT I HAD TOLD YOU ♪

♪ YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY TIMES ♪

♪ I'VE WISHED THAT
I COULD HOLD YOU ♪

♪ YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY TIMES I'VE WISHED... ♪

-UM, EXCUSE ME.

I'M JUST GONNA GO
OUTSIDE FOR A MINUTE.

-♪ CHERISH YOU ♪

♪ "PERISH" IS THE WORD
THAT MORE THAN APPLIES ♪

-SITTING ALONE
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL,

I KEPT WONDERING WHAT
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE

IF I HAD ASKED WINNIE FIRST.

HAD I MEANT ANYTHING
AT ALL TO HER?

HOW COULD SHE HAVE
FORGOTTEN ME SO QUICKLY?

[BOING!]

-[As Jeannie] OH,
MASTER! WHY SO GLUM?

[LAUGH TRACK]

PLEASE DON'T BE
UPSET WITH ME, MASTER.

I ONLY WISH TO PLEASE YOU.

[LAUGH TRACK]

-HUH?

-I WAS ONLY USING HIM
TO MAKE YOU JEALOUS.

[LAUGH TRACK]
- I KNEW IT!

HOW COULD YOU
SLOW-DANCE WITH HIM?!

YOU NEVER EVEN SAID
A WORD TO ME ALL N...

[BOING!]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

-WELL, YOU CAN'T BLAME
A GUY FOR DREAMING.

BUT, REALLY, I KNEW
THAT I'D ALREADY BLOWN IT.

FIRST I'D FORGOTTEN
ABOUT WINNIE,

NOW SHE'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME.

I GUESS IT WAS ONLY FAIR.

-KEVIN?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?

-NOTHING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?

-I DON'T KNOW.

-DO YOU LIKE HIM?

-HE'S NICE.

-[SIGHS]

WINNIE...

CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE THING?

-♪ I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU ♪

♪ TOO LONG ♪

♪ TO STOP NOW ♪

-AND SO WINNIE AND I HAD OUR
ONE SLOW DANCE, AFTER ALL.

BUT THINGS WOULDN'T
BE THE SAME BETWEEN US.

WE WERE GETTING OLDER.

AND WHETHER WE WANTED IT OR NOT,

THE LISA BERLINIS
AND THE KIRK McCRAYS

WERE CHANGING US BY THE MINUTE.

ALL WE COULD DO
WAS CLOSE OUR EYES

AND WISH THAT THE SLOW
SONG WOULD NEVER END.

-♪ OOH, BEEN LOVING YO-O-U ♪

♪ A LITTLE TOO LONG ♪

♪ I DON'T WANNA STOP NOW ♪

♪ OH, OH, OH ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU ♪