Épisode Pomp S04E12 - The Secret Life of the American Teenager Saison 4

Previously on “the Secret Life of the American Teenager”

 

AMY: I want to be married.

MADISON: You may never get that, Amy.

 

RICKY: Do you like it?

JOHN: Yes, dad.

RICKY: I'm gonna wait. Give it to her the night I graduate from high school.

 

BEN: This is about Camille.

LEO: When do you think it would be too soon to give her a call?

BEN: Tell her that you and Betty have gone your separate ways, and... you just want to say hello.

 

HENRY: We've been together since the third grade.

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

 

ADRIAN: I have to be at that graduation ceremony in a cap and gown.

 

ADRIAN: I know someone who lives upstairs.

OMAR: Who's that?

ADRIAN: Some really rude, obnoxious guy named Dante.

OMAR: You're Adrian, aren't you?

ADRIAN: Yeah. And you are?

OMAR: Omar.

ADRIAN: His brother.

 

MADISON: I don't want to go to any graduation stuff with you.

JACK: I can't go through graduation solo.

 

JESSE: I will never make the mistake of pushing you to do anything you don't wanna do.

 

DANIEL: If you want have a relationship with me, it's gotta be just you and me.

 

BEN: You're my best friend.

HENRY: So is Alice.

 

ANNE:You and George make good roommates.

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

 

BUNNY: You're up to something.

RICKY: She's trying to get a proposal out of me.

BUNNY: And?

RICKY: And I intend to enjoy that.

 

LAUREN'S BEDROOM

 

Ken doesn't wants to Lauren go in the summer house of Jesse.

 

KEN: No. I don't think that's a good idea. Not at all.

LAUREN: Dad, you have to let me go, it's Jesse's graduation party.

KEN: I don't have to let you go, I really don't.

LAUREN: But it's his and his family's party for him and his friends. And all my friends are going.

KEN: Is your brother going?

LAUREN: Ugh, he's not even going to graduation!

KEN: Oh. Right.

LAUREN: Yeah, Mr. Smarty Pants thinks it's beneath him.

KEN: Mr. Smarty Pants, huh? Jason has to be at his school Friday to register for summer school, he had no choice. Is Madison going? Her dad's gonna let her spend the night at some house on the lake fifty Miles from here?

LAUREN: That depends on how this goes. And Amy's parents are letting her go.

KEN: Well, I think she's already moved out of the house. And I don't see Ricky going to a party like this.

LAUREN: I do. If he's not gonna marry her, it's the least he can do.

KEN: I'm not going to get into all that. Jesse's parents gave him permission to use their summer house on the lake? They know he's throwing a party and they're OK with that?

LAUREN: Yes. They think it's a good, safe place to have a party.

KEN: Drinking near a lake is safe.

LAUREN: Who said anything about drinking?

KEN: Don't be so naive, Lauren. It's a graduation party with no parents around for 50 Miles, there's gonna be drinking and probably other illegal activities, and so couples having sex. I don't want you doing any of that.

LAUREN: I'm not gonna do any of that stuff. Dad, don't you trust me by now?

KEN: I do, I do trust you, Lauren. I trust that you won't drink, that you won't do anything illegal, and that you won't have sex in high school.

LAUREN: I won't. I promise.

 

MADISON'S HOUSE

 

Madison talks about the summer house to her father.

 

MADISON'S FATHER: So you want to go to the party, but you don't want to go with Jack?

MADISON: Well, I kind of want to go with Jack, but I told him that I'm not doing any of the senior stuff with him.

MADISON'S FATHER: And why did you tell Jack you don't want to do any of the senior stuff with him?

MADISON: Because I have too much self-esteem. I said I'd go as his friend, but I really don't want to. 'Cause he doesn't love me, he loves grace.

MADISON'S FATHER: But if Jack finds out that you're going to the party, and he asks you to go with him?

MADISON: I'm going with friends, I'm not going with or for Jack.

MADISON'S FATHER: Really? Are you sure you're not saying this just so I won't think that you're sleeping with Jack? Not that I'm saying that you can go.

MADISON: Dad, everyone is going. Please, just let me go, please!

MADISON'S FATHER:  I just don't like the idea of a bunch of seniors out partying all night. I'm sure there'll be booze, and worse.

MADSON: Well, there won't be any drinking and driving because everyone's spending the night at the house.

MADISON'S FATHER: So, there will be drinking?

MADISON: I'm not going to drink or do anything worse.

MADISON'S FATHER: I'd just feel better about it if the lake house was a little closer. If it was somewhere I could come and pick you up if something doesn't go the way you expect it to and you want to come home.

MADISON: Jack can bring me home if I want to come home. You know, we're still good enough friends. He'd do that I'm sure.

MADISON'S FATHER: Well, he won't be able to do that if he's been drinking, will he?

MADISON: Well, then, I can drive myself home.

MADISON'S FATHER: From some place 50 Miles away from here in the middle of the night that you've never been to before?

MADISON: Dad, I'm not gonna have to drive myself home. Just let me go, please.

 

RICKY'S APARTMENT

 

Amy tries to convince Ricky to go in the summer house.

 

AMY: We can get a babysitter. I'm sure my dad would be happy to take John for the night.

RICKY: No, I don't want to get a babysitter to go somewhere I don't want to go. I don't even like getting babysitters to go somewhere we do want to go.

AMY: I wanna go. Madison and Lauren are going and a lot of other people. It would be fun to do something less adult and more high school, for a change.

RICKY: Yeah, I don't really want to drive 50 Miles to be with a bunch of kids drinking and doing other stupid stuff and having sex. I'd like to do something less high school, more adult.

AMY: But it's going to be your last night of high school.

RICKY: Yeah. High school. Just graduation from high school. It's not that big a deal.

AMY: It's a very big deal. Twelve years of school you've finished? Hello, that's quite an accomplishment.

RICKY: If you feel that way about it, then you party at some lake house on your graduation night, but I don't want to, Amy. I want it to be just you and me. Here. Right here. You and me and our son.

AMY: Aw, come on, it's you and me and John all the time. We should make it special, graduation night. Really special. And out in the outdoors like that, who knows what kind of crazy things could happen.

RICKY: Not me. And I don't want to know. And I promise, graduation will be special with just the two of us. I promise. Promise. No. It doesn't matter what you do. You can't talk me into it. So, don't even try, all right? You've done enough for me lately.

AMY: But you won't do this one little thing for me?

RICKY: No.

 

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER – OPEN CREDITS

 

HIGH SCHOOL

 

Grace comes around Adrian.

 

GRACE: What are you thinking?
ADRIAN: I don't know, what am I thinking?

GRACE: You're gonna go after Dante's brother, Adrian? His Brother, Adrian?! It's bad enough you don't see to have any boundaries, when it comes to going after friend's boyfriend or your boyfriend's friend or whatever Ben was, but this is Dante's older brother. It's his brother, Adrian!

ADRIAN: Dante should have called me.

GRACE: He's backpacking across Europe with his buddies.

ADRIAN: He should have told me he was going.

GRACE: You just met Dante! To tell you everything.

ADRIAN: Well, I don't have to him everything either. Don't forget, I'm still married.

GRACE: OK, I thought you liked Dante. Do not go out with his brother, if you like Dante. He's going to Europe back, hen when he gets maybe your divorce papers will be filed, and you'll be free go Out with him for real.

ADRIAN: I'm free now. He just isn't around. And I'm not gonna wait around for him. Look, I really like his brother. I really like Omar.

(Ben joins the girls)

BEN: Good morning.

GRACE: Good morning.

ADRIAN: What's going on?
BEN: Well, we got invited to a party.

ADRIAN: "We", who?

BEN: We. You and me. I guess Lauren's boyfriend thinks we're all friends, and I think he's even inviting you, too, grace. You and whoever you want to bring. To his family's summer house, at the lake, graduation night.

ADRIAN: And, um, whoever I'd like to bring?

BEN: You... you're bringing your'e not even divorced yet.

ADRIAN: I know. I was just asking.

BEN: Hmm. Whatever Adrian, I'd love to see you interest other than Ricky. I can still drive you up there, if you want.

ADRIAN: Um, that's OK. I think I'll just and her new friends, if her new friends are going. You know, it might be worth if we went together, you might meet someone up there or something.

BEN: I might.

ADRIAN: Mmm-hmm.

(Ben leaves)

ADRIAN: I hope that stupid consuler don't get up on stage with everyone else, if she doesn't, then... Graduation could be depressing. You know, maybe we can go to the lake a little sooner, have our own party. Know what I mean?

GRACE: Yeah, I know but it's not our house. And I don't even know if Jannie gonna want to go.

ADRIAN: Are you having a trouble with Daniel? No. Not really. It's just...He's a little bit more muter then my high-school's friends. you know, I don't know if he wants to go, he is in collage.

ADRIAN: Hmm, if he thought you'll have sex with him, at the lake, he'd go.

GRACE: I don't think he will want to use Jessie's parents' lake house for those purposes his own apartment.

ADRIAN: I'm gonna go see the counselor.

(Cellphone rings)

ADRIAN(at phone): Omar. Hey yourself.

 

Adrian leaves, Jack comes to see Grace.

 

JACK: What's going on? You hear about Jesse's party?

GRACE: Yeah, I heard. But I'm not a senior and I'm not graduating, and my boyfriend's in college, so...

JACK: So are you going?

GRACE: I don't know.

JACK: Well, you should go, whether Daniel goes or not, you should go. It's all your old friends. Last chance to be with our senior class.

GRACE: I don't think I want to go.

JACK: You're making too big a deal out of it. It's one night with a bunch of old friends.

GRACE: OK, I'll think about it.

 

Ben talks with Alice.

 

ALICE: But graduation is the last day of school. We always spend the last day of school together. You, me and Henry.

BEN: Yeah. Um, I guess we won't do that this year, unless of course, you and Henry decide you want to, and then the three of us can go to the party.

ALICE: The three of us? Ben, there is no three of us. We're gonna be taking turns with you. 'Re sharing custody. Didn't Henry tell you?

BEN: Uh, no.

ALICE: Yeah. So... I thought we'd hang out at your house, we've always hung out at your house the last day of school.

BEN: Henry said he wanted to go to this party. It's up at Jesse's parents' lake house, it's the same night.

ALICE: Well, that's not our agreement.

BEN: I'll talk to Henry.

ALICE: Good.

 

Ricky walks in the hall and meets Adrian.

 

ADRIAN: Don't run away. You don't have to be afraid of me.

RICKY: I'm not afraid of you.

ADRIAN: Well, she has someone in there. I'm just waiting around to see if I can go up on stage with the rest of you at graduation. I won't get a diploma yet, but it would be nice if I could at least feel as if I'm still part of the class, you know? I still can't believe this last year, lousy year for me. What's going on?

RICKY: I don't know. Counselor asked me to stop by, I'm stopping by.

ADRIAN: No, something else is going on. You and Amy are OK, right?

RICKY: Yeah.

ADRIAN: Are you and Amy going to that party, after graduation?

RICKY: No.

ADRIAN: Oh, that's too bad. I think I'm going. It'll be fun. You know, all of us together one last time. And I will be bringing someone with me, so it's not like I will be trying to put the moves on you, all right?

RICKY: No one said you were. We just have other things to do that night.

ADRIAN: All right, well, I'm not gonna make a big deal out of it. I'll be seeing you in the fall, you know.

RICKY: Don't go to the same school as me, Adrian, there are plenty of other schools. Don't cause any more trouble for me or for Amy. Start your life somewhere else, why don't you?

ADRIAN: I'll start my life wherever I want. I love you, I've always loved you, and one day I will make love to you again. I don't care what happens with you and Amy, mark my words, it will happen. Maybe not before we close out our senior years here, but it will happen.

 

The counselor goes out of her office.

 

KATELYN: Oh. Hi, Adrian. I wasn't expecting you. I was expecting you, come on in. I do have some good news for you, though. You may attend graduation in cap and gown, and we'll even present you with a diploma that's dated August, but not yet signed, but I know it will be.

ADRIAN: Yes! Thank you so much! This means so much to me! Oh, you're the best, Ms. McGillecuty. Thank you!

KATELYN: McGillecuty?

(Katelyn is alone with Ricky)

KATELYN: So, you have one more week until graduation, and that leaves you with one more week to write a speech.

RICKY: To write a speech? I thought my classes were pretty much over.

KATELYN: They are. You ended up with the highest scores, the highest average by just this much.

RICKY: Oh. Yeah, OK. Well, I guess that's good. What speech?

KATELYN: At graduation? You're valedictorian.

RICKY: No. No, thanks. I decline.

KATELYN: You can't.

RICKY: I just did.

KATELYN: No, really, this is big! I mean, this is something that you're gonna remember for the rest of your life. This is something that your mothers are gonna remember, and your dad, and Amy and... RICKY: No.

KATELYN: You have to.

RICKY: No, I don't. I respectfully decline. I don't want the honor.

KATELYN: Don't make me talk to Amy. OK, sorry about that. But you should do this.

RICKY: I don't do shoulds. I should have worn a condom, for example.

KATELYN: Are you thinking you don't deserve this? Ricky, you deserve this. After all that you've endured, after how hard you've worked to overcome your personal circumstances, after achieving the highest academic record at a top-rated high school, you deserve this.

RICKY: I can't. I really can't. Even if I wanted to do it, I can't.

KATELYN: You can do anything.

 

BOYKEWICH'S COMPANY

 

Leo arrives in office.

 

NORA: Hey there. How was lunch?

LEO: Eh, it was lunch. Any phone calls?

NORA: Let me see, let me see... Oh, yeah. Just the one. Just someone named... Huh, I can hardly read my writing here. Oh, yeah, Camille?

LEO: Oh, any message?

NORA: Yeah, she says she'd like to have an after work drink with you, if you have do you have time? She said I could just, uh, call her and let her know.

LEO: I guess I could do that.

NORA: 6:00?

LEO: OK, or whatever time she can get there.

NORA: The usual?

LEO: Yeah, don't want to make it too important, you know.

NORA: Yeah, I know. Oh, I hope she doesn't want the job back.

LEO: I would never give her the job back, the job is all yours. You have been doing a really good job so far, so, just keep it up.

(Phone ringing)

NORA(at phone): Boykewich International. How may I help you? What's wrong, Betty? Are you crying? I'm, I'm sorry, I can't understand you.

 

HIGH SCHOOL

 

Jack looks at his case. Katelyn walks in the hallway.

 

KATELYN: Hi, there.

JACK: Oh. Hi.

KATELYN: Finding it a little scary to leave?

JACK: No, I'll be back tomorrow, we still have a week left.

KATELYN: I meant, leave high school.

JACK: No, you know, I'm kind of looking forward to a fresh start. It's time for me to leave here. Too many bad memories here.

KATELYN: Bad memories? Jack, you're captain of the football team, you can play any sport you want to, you have got offers for scholarships to both colleges you want to go to, you've done really well here. And you're popular. And on top of that, you're a nice guy.

JACK: Yeah, but I can't have the one thing I really want. Grace.

KATELYN: Grace bowman?

JACK: Yeah, we dated her first year here and then on and off, and...I love her, I've always loved her.

KATELYN: Aw, that's... wait, I, I thought you and Madison...

JACK: She's a nice girl, but grace is the one.

KATELYN: Oh, well, you never know what'll happen in life. Maybe you'll go your separate ways for now, and maybe you'll come back to each other, or maybe there's some lucky girl out there that's waiting for a guy like you're going to college, that's exciting. It's gonna be fun, you're gonna do well. Focus on that. And focus on this: Um, we would like you to say the prayer at graduation ceremonies.

JACK: Oh, really?

KATELYN: Maybe grace could help you with writing the prayer.

JACK: Yeah. Yeah, thanks, I'll do it. I'll, I'll definitely do it.

KATELYN: Good.

JACK: Yeah.

 

Ben and Henry walks out.

 

BEN: So have you and Alice been talking? Any kind of agreement between the two of you?

HENRY: What?

BEN: A custody agreement.

HENRY: That's, that's ridiculous. You're not a child, and you're certainly not our child, you're our friend.

BEN: Do you?

HENRY: Yes.

BEN: Henry! Oh, for God's sake, man, I can't be swapped back and forth between the two of you for the rest of our lives like I'm some child being fought over in a divorce.

HENRY: It's not like that.

BEN: What's it like?

HENRY: She gets you Thanksgiving day, I get you Thanksgiving night. She gets Christmas and I get new year's, it's every other Monday holiday, I get you easter, she gets fourth of July. We're not fighting at all. We have a very sound agreement that we're both happy with.

BEN: What about graduation? Because she wants to come over to my house the last day of school, and graduation's that night, and... And by the way, I am a grown man, and this is ridiculous! You two have put me right in the middle. So if you want to go to the party at the lake house with me, then tell Alice that's the way it's gonna be. Don't put me in the position of telling her, OK?

HENRY: Hey, all right, forget it. Just, just let Alice go with you. I'm the one who caused all this pain, so let her go.

BEN: I don't want to go with Alice, I want to go and have a good time and not worry about Alice. If Alice goes then I'll have to take care of her, look out for her, make sure she's having a good time...

HENRY: And you wouldn't do that for me?

BEN: Would I need to do that for you?

HENRY: I'm going through a break-up, man, I'm lost.

BEN: I'm going through a divorce. We're both lost. But you can't just lean on me, we're gonna have to lean on each other.

HENRY: Just face it, Alice is stronger than both of us.

BEN: Maybe she was, but I don't know anymore.

HENRY: Wait. Like I stole her chi? Did she tell you I stole her chi? Because I didn't steal her chi. Life energy?

BEN: Oh.

 

BUTCHER SHOP

 

Ricky enters in the store.

 

BUNNY: What's up?

RICKY: I don't know, I just got here.

BUNNY: You got a look on your face.

RICKY: No, I don't.

BUNNY: Yeah, you do.

RICKY: All right, I do. But you don't like to get involved with people and their personal problems, so, don't.

BUNNY: You're asking her to marry you, aren't you?

RICKY: What?

BUNNY: That's it, isn't it? OK, just tell me that that's it and I'll stay out of it, but I won't be able to keep the smile off my face until I see the ring on her finger.

RICKY: No. That's not it. That's not it at all. I'm valedictorian.

BUNNY: You are?

RICKY: Yeah, I am. And now I've got to give this stupid speech at graduation, and I don't want to. But I got to. So...

BUNNY: So that's good, too. Congratulations. And you're asking Amy to marry you?

RICKY: All right, all right, I don't know how you figured that out, but yes. But only if it all works out and the timing is right, and...

BUNNY: Mmm. Congratulations.

RICKY: You're the first person I've told. But you're a very important person to me, bunny. You've made a big difference in my life. You've taught me a lot.

BUNNY: I know.

 

JUERGENS' HOUSE

 

Ricky comes to talks to George.

 

GEORGE: She's not home yet.

RICKY: Good. I wanted to get here before she gets here.

GEORGE: I'm happy you're here before she gets here. We're talking about your mother, right?

RICKY: Right. Is everything going OK?

GEORGE: Oh, everything is going very OK.

RICKY: Is Anne OK with her staying here?

GEORGE: Oh, Anne is more than OK with her staying here.

RICKY: What does that mean?

GEORGE: That means that I think someone has a crush on someone, know what I mean?

RICKY: I have no idea what you mean.

GEORGE: I saw Anne looking at your mother and I saw your mother looking back at her.

RICKY: Huh?

GEORGE: Oh, yeah. There's a romance brewing all right. I saw it with my own eyes.

RICKY: Between Amy's mother and my mother? No, no that would not be good.

GEORGE: Are you kidding? That would be great. That'd mean the whole time I was cheating, I had a reason to cheat because my ex-wife is gay. That would mean that nothing was my fault, it was all her fault. If those two hit it off, I hit the jackpot, all guilt is resolved and I am king!

RICKY: Anne is not gay, OK? She had a boyfriend, that architect, and then there was her old high school boyfriend, and...

GEORGE: And none of those relationships worked out either.

RICKY: That doesn't mean she's gay.

GEORGE: Well, not in and of itself, but, I sense a strong possibility, very strong possibility.

RICKY: No. I think my mom would have said something to me.

GEORGE: Well, wait around until she gets home, and maybe you can get her to say something. RICKY: That's not what I came by for.

GEORGE: What'd you come by for?

(Nora comes in)

NORA: Oh, hi, honeys, I'm home.

GEORGE: Hi.

RICKY: Hi.

NORA: What's for dinner? Are you and Amy eating with us?

RICKY: No, no, we're eating at home. Speaking of which, I better go. Yeah, I better go. Goodnight.

 

Ricky leaves.

 

NORA: What was that all about?

GEORGE: I don't know. He came over here to see me about something, but never got around to telling me what.

NORA: Oh, no. You didn't say anything about your stupid theory, did you?

GEORGE: I couldn't help myself.

NORA: OK, now he's gonna say something to Amy, and Amy's gonna say something to Anne, and Anne is gonna drive over here, and kick me out of this place, and then I'm gonna have no place to go.

GEORGE: There's no reason the three of us can't live here together.

NORA: Snap out of it!

 

RICKY'S APARTMENT

 

Amy goes home.

 

AMY: Ricky? Huh, daddy isn't here. I wonder where daddy is.

(Cell phone ringing)

AMY(at phone): Hello?

MADISON(at phone): That idiot invited Adrian to the party!

LAUREN: He's not an idiot, he just didn't know.

AMY(at phone): Oh. Well, I don't think I can talk Ricky into it anyway.

MADISON(at phone): No, Amy, we have to go. We shouldn't let Adrian ruin this for us.

AMY(at phone): But the three of us are kind of seeing this as our party, and it's not our party.

MADISON(at phone): Uh, yes, it is! It's our last chance to be with these seniors at a party and you have to talk Ricky into coming! I mean you got him that special ice cream thing, whatever it was and, and you washed his hair. I mean, I don't think he'd marry you for that, but he should at least come to one stupid party for you for that.

AMY(at phone): He doesn't have to go to the stupid party if he doesn't want to go.

MADISON(at phone): Well, you want to go.

AMY(at phone): I don't know if I do, Madison, not if Adrian's gonna be there.

MADISON(at phone): We can't let Adrian ruin this for us.

AMY(at phone): OK, well, um, look, I want to get John ready for bed before Ricky gets home. I have to run, bye.

 

MADISON'S HOUSE

 

LAUREN: She shouldn't let Adrian keep her from going.

MADISON: Why did he invite her?

LAUREN: Jesse was just being nice. You know, he wanted me to feel comfortable, and have some of my friends there.

MADISON: Well, I already told my dad that your dad said yes.

LAUREN: He'll say yes. He's already leaning towards yes. I made it an issue of trust. My family's really big on trust. So, I'm going to that party.

MADISON: But you don't sound very excited about it.

LAUREN: Yeah, I don't know. I thought about it, and I just wish Jesse asked me about the whole thing first. I don't really want to go to a big party, I'd rather just be with him. Big parties are just trouble waiting to happen. And if anyone does anything stupid at this party, then somehow I'm gonna get in trouble.

MADISON: Um, hello. If anyone gets in trouble, it's gonna be Jesse, it's his party.

LAUREN: Yeah. He doesn't seem too worried about it, so, I guess it'll be OK.

MADISON: You guess it'll be OK? Just OK? No, it's gonna be great. I really want to go to a party. I have never been to a party. Not a real, like, unchaperoned, no parents, fifty Miles away from civilization kind of party.

LAUREN: Yeah, I know. Neither have I. But I don't know why, I'm just not getting a good feeling about it now that I've made it so important to go.

MADISON: Well, you're just nervous, it's gonna be fun.

LAUREN: I hope so. And I hope Jesse doesn't have any plans to try anything again. He promised he wouldn't, but he won't, will he?

MADISON: I think you've made your feelings about not wanting to have sex pretty clear.

 

RICKY'S APARTMENT

 

Ricky goes home.

 

RICKY: I picked up dinner. Sorry, I should've left you a note.

AMY: No. Here you go, buddy. That's OK, that's so nice of you. Oh, I love Chinese. It always reminds me of that weekend in New York.

RICKY: We didn't talk about going to parties or socializing with friends, or any of that over that weekend in New York, did we?

AMY: No. And we don't have to talk about that now because that is not a problem. If you didn't want to ever socialize with my friends or ever go out to parties, then that would be a problem, maybe. if just this one time, you don't want to go, well, it is your graduation and I'm gonna do whatever it is you want to do because that night is all about you, not me.

RICKY: I tell you what, Amy, if after graduation, you still want to go to this party, then you go. I totally trust you. And if you want to have some fun with Madison and Lauren, you should go. And I'll be happy to stay home with John.

AMY: But it's your graduation. We should celebrate together.

RICKY: Truthfully, I just can't wait to get it over with.

AMY: Oh, no. I hope I haven't ruined it for you. Wait, Ricky, you should be enjoying every single minute of it.

RICKY: I, I can't.

AMY: Why? Because I've been pushing you about this party? I'm so sorry, Ricky. I'm really sorry.

RICKY: No, it's not that.

AMY: What is it?

RICKY: I'm, you know, the, uh, valedictorian.

AMY: What? Ricky, congratulations! Oh, my God! That's insane! That's awesome! That's wonderful! I love you!

RICKY: I love you, too.

AMY: What? Is something wrong?

RICKY: No, no, nothing is wrong. I just found out today, and it's a lot of pressure. And I just want you and John to be proud of me.

AMY: Oh, my gosh! We're so proud of you. We were proud of you before, we're proud of you now, and I just hope you're proud of yourself.

RICKY: I love you, Amy.

AMY: I love you, too. Valedictorian! That's insanely good!

RICKY: Have you talked to your mom lately?

AMY: No.

 

LEO’S CAR

 

Camille joins Leo in the car.

 

LEO: Hi.

CAMILLE: Hi. It's good to see you. Where's Mike?

LEO: Oh, Betty called. After we made our plans Betty called, her mom died, and I let Mike take her to the airport. I'm having her go home on the corporate jet.

CAMILLE: And you didn't want to see her off?

LEO: Maybe I should have, but, no, I didn't want to see her off. I was looking forward to seeing you. I was hoping I'd be seeing you wear that bracelet that I sent you. You didn't like it?

CAMILLE: I loved it. I was hoping that you would help me put it on.

LEO: I'd love to.

CAMILLE: Thank you.

LEO: Thank you for waiting.

CAMILLE: Yeah, 25 years is a long time to wait.

LEO: I'm not divorced yet, you know. But I think it's all gonna go just fine.

CAMILLE: I hope so.

LEO: I know so.

(They kiss)

LEO: Want to go to dinner?

CAMILLE: I'd love to go to dinner.

 

AIRPORT

 

Betty waits someone to pick up.

 

MAN: We'll come and get you in 10 minutes, Mrs. Boykewich. Sorry, last minute call, we just want to make sure that everything is perfect for you.

BETTY: Oh, thank you. Well, just make sure the wings are perfect. That's all I'm really worried about. You know, the wings falling off.

MAN: I'm sure the wings are fine. We're just making sure that the catering is in place.

BETTY: Oh, good, 'cause I'm really hungry. You know, all this grieving that I have been doing has just given me a really huge appetite.

MAN: We'll be right back to get you.

BETTY: OK.

 

The man leaves and another man joins her.

 

MAN: So sorry to hear about your loss. May I sit down?

BETTY: Mmm-hmm.

MAN: Uh, it wasn't your husband by any chance, was it?

BETTY: Oh, no. No, it wasn't my husband. My husband and I are getting a divorce.

MAN: What! Who would divorce a lovely lady such as yourself?

BETTY: Leo Boykewich.

MAN: The sausage king?

BETTY: Yeah, but actually I was the one that asked for the divorce. I'm gonna go back to college. And I'm starting a whole new life on my own.

MAN: Divorce attorney. If I could be of any help whatsoever, you give me a call. And I am very sorry for your loss.

BETTY: Oh, well, thank you. So, you have your own jet?

MAN: Belongs to a client of mine. And you too could have a jet, sweetheart, if you want one.

BETTY: Really?

 

GRACE’S HOUSE

 

Kathleen is at phone with someone.

 

KATHLEEN(at phone): I'll think about it. No. I will. I will. I promise. I miss you. In fact, I miss you so much I just might do it. OK. OK. Goodnight. I love you.

(She hangs up. Grace is here)

GRACE: You might just do what?

KATHLEEN: Oh, I just might go to Kenya to meet Jeff and stay in this resort with him for a week. Just so we can see each other, and...Honey, I don't know. I miss him. I really do. I just don't know if I would ever move there. You know, although I've never been anywhere in Africa, so, maybe I should go.

GRACE: If you go, when might you be going?

KATHLEEN: I might be going the week school is out. That would be the best time to go. I think. GRACE: Yeah. Mmm-hmm. That would.

KATHLEEN: Did you need me for something? Did you want to ask me something?

GRACE: No. I just want to get something to drink.

KATHLEEN: Oh. OK. You didn't want to ask me something about some party at a lake house?

GRACE: Oh, yeah, that party. And yeah, I hadn't really decided if it was something I wanted to go to yet. You know, with Daniel. He's in college and I don't know if I want to take him to a high school party. How did you even know about that?

KATHLEEN: How else?

GRACE: Damn Jack!

(Jack comes in)

JACK: Hello, ladies.

KATHLEEN: Hello, Jack.

GRACE: I hate it when you get to my mother with information before I do.

JACK: Oh, you mean the party. Yeah, I was just telling her that if you didn't go with Daniel, that I could give you a ride and I'd keep an eye on you.

GRACE: I don't need you to keep an eye on me.I don't need you to give a ride. I can get a ride with Adrian.

KATHLEEN: Well, I haven't even said that you could go yet.

GRACE: Can I go? May I go?

KATHLEEN: Maybe, I need to think about it. And it depends on who you're going with. I might want to talk to the parents first.

JACK: Goodnight.

GRACE: I will get you a number.

KATHLEEN: Thank you.

 

Grace catches up Jack in the hallway.

 

GRACE: Maybe I don't want to go to that party.

JACK: Or maybe you do. I mean, if your boyfriend wants to go, or if he'll let you go alone.

GRACE: He doesn't tell me what to do. I just don't want to go unless he wants to go. I don't think.

JACK: All right. Well, whatever. Look, I need your help with something.

GRACE: Oh, yeah. What?

JACK: I'm saying the prayer for the graduating class.

GRACE: Are you kidding? You're like the worst public speaker ever. Jack, you're giving the graduation prayer. I'll totally help you.

JACK: Thanks Grace.

GRACE: It'll be my graduation present to you. Good night.

 

Grace leaves and Tom joins Jack.

 

TOM: She was always a sucker for helping people.

GRACE: Shh. I know that.

TOM: I need a favor.

JACK: What's that?

TOM: I would really like to go to that party.

 

CONDO

 

Someone knocks on the door.

 

OMAR: It's me. It's Omar.

ADRIAN: And, uh, what made you think I'd be alone and at home?

OMAR: I wasn't thinking, I was just hoping and praying.

(Omar kisses Adrian)

OMAR: I can't stay. I just wanted to do that. I've been thinking about doing that since the last time I saw you. Made you forget about your old boyfriend for a few seconds, didn't I? Not your husband, your old boyfriend. You know I just ruined him for you, right? 'Cause if you ever kiss him again, you're gonna be thinking about me and that kiss that we just had.

ADRIAN: Whoa! Don't go.

OMAR: Oh, no, no, no. You got to be sure about me. Because I'm sure about you. So when you know in your heart of hearts that you are no longer in love with that man, you let me know.

 

BEN’S BEDROOM

 

Alice and Henry come together.

 

BEN: Hey, look who's here! Are you guys...

ALICE: Look, Ben, we don't want to get into this at school today.

HENRY: No, because it's no one's business but ours.

BEN: What is no one's business but ours? OK, there is no custody agreement. You cannot have custody of me, either one of you. This is ridiculous. We've all been friends since the third grade, and you're gonna have to figure out a way to still be friends. Be friends! I want you to be friends. It's not gonna happen overnight, but it should happen before the first holiday where I'm assigned to one of you.

HENRY: We've decided that we will never be friends.

ALICE: And because we'll never be friends...

HENRY: We shouldn't be friends with you either, either one of us. For the time being. It just makes things more painful for both of us.

BEN: Oh. And why shouldn't I be in pain too? As if I haven't been in enough pain already this year? Did you two make this decision with my feelings in mind at. No, of course not. It's all about the two of you. The whole world is about the two of you. Fine. Goodbye. We'll all break up then. Bye, Ben.

HENRY: So, I'm only allowed to say bye or goodbye. So, goodbye. I'll call you!

ALICE: We agreed, Henry!

HENRY: Bye.

 

Henry and Alice leaves, Leo comes to see her son.

 

LEO: Hey, good morning. Did I hear Alice? Did Alice come by?

BEN: Alice and Henry. Jeez, this is one nasty break-up.

LEO: Lot of break-ups are. You and I have been lucky that way. We were able to dissolve our marriages without any of that awful stuff. Of course, our exes, I can't believe I'm even saying that, "our exes." Anyway, they each had something they were excited about. Something that's gonna be better for them. So, if you could find something better for those two, maybe that would help.

BEN: Uh, I was hoping Henry would go to this graduation party at Jesse's lake house. Well, his parents' lake house, he's Lauren's boyfriend. He's inviting a lot of people and I was hoping there might be someone there for each of us to get excited about.

LEO: What party?

BEN: Oh, it's, uh, it's on the last day of school. Graduation is that night and Jesse invited a bunch of people to drive up there and spend the night at the cabin.

LEO: And what night is that?

BEN: Why?

LEO: You're gonna be gone all night?

BEN: Yeah. Yeah, so have fun. Don't worry about me, the guy who just lost his two best friends.

LEO: I'm sure you'll all be back together in no time.

BEN: You're just high from your dinner with Camille last night.

LEO: Maybe.

 

GRACE’S HOUSE

 

Adrian knocks on the door.

 

GRACE: Hey, what are you doing here?

ADRIAN: I've been up all night.

GRACE: OK. Doing what? Oh, no. Omar?

ADRIAN: No. No, not exactly. But Omar did come by last night. But he left two minutes later.

GRACE: And?

ADRIAN! And he kissed me.

GRACE: Oh, I had assumed you guys had already done more than just kissed.

ADRIAN: No. Why would you assume that? Never mind. He kissed me. And it was... I don't know, it was powerful and hypnotic. I can't get him out of my mind, I really can't, Grace. I have never been kissed like that by anyone before.

GRACE: Not even Ricky?

ADRIAN: Well, uh, you see, the thing is...

GRACE: Uh-oh.

ADRIAN: It's been a long time since I have kissed Ricky, a very long time. So, I really have to kiss him again. I have to. My life depends on it. So how can I do that?

 

JUERGENS’ HOUSE

 

Nora is at phone with someone. George joins her.

 

NORA(at phone): I know, I know, he's an idiot. Oh, gotta go. Yeah, bye.

GEORGE: So, you and the ex talking about me again?

NORA: You're not the only idiot we know.

GEORGE: So you were talking to Anne.

NORA: No. Not necessarily. Hey, did you hear who's valedictorian at grant high school this year?

GEORGE: Amy?

NORA: Amy is not graduating from high school this year.

GEORGE: I thought you meant in the coming year.

NORA: I said, "this year." Jeez, you really are a bad communicator.

GEORGE: Is that what she said? That I'm a bad communicator? I'm not a bad communicator, I just don't tell her everything.

NORA: I am trying to tell you something!

GEORGE: Well, then you're the bad communicator. Try harder.

NORA: Ricky is valedictorian.

GEORGE: Ricky who? Your Ricky? Amy's Ricky? He's that smart?

NORA: Yes, he's that smart, apparently. He called me this morning to tell me. And Amy called Anne, and...

GEORGE: And that's what he must have come over here to tell me last night.

NORA: Why would he come all the way over here to tell you, when he called me this morning? He would have called you.

GEORGE: Well, what else would he have come over here to tell me?

NORA: Well, I don't know but if he came over here to tell you that, he would have just told you in front of... Oh!

GEORGE: What?

NORA: I bet he's gonna ask Amy to marry him.

 

MARGARET’S APARTMENT

 

Ricky visits Margaret.

 

RICKY: He's got to spend the summer in juvie? The whole summer? Just for sending out a naked picture of his girlfriend?

MARGARET: He's gonna have to do a whole summer of community service work. He's gonna be able to visit us from time to time on the weekends, if we get permission from his case worker, which I would imagine we can. But he's not moving here until the fall, and that's only if he behaves himself during the summer. But that's not what you're here for, to ask about that, what's going on?

RICKY: Couple of things.

MARGARET: A couple of things? Like what?

RICKY: I'm valedictorian of my class.

MARGARET: Well, isn't that something? I am so proud and I know Shakur will be, too. Top of your class. Valedictorian. Good for you, son, good for you. I couldn't be any happier than I am right in this moment.

RICKY: Yeah, well, hold on to that feeling because I have something else to tell you, and I don't know how you're gonna feel about it.

MARGARET: You're gonna ask Amy to marry you. Is that it?

RICKY: Yeah.

MARGARET: Yes! I knew it. I could feel it in my bones the last time I saw you with her. Of course, it goes against everything I always thought, but I have to tell you, I'm... I'm thrilled. I'm absolutely thrilled for both of you.

RICKY: Well, she hasn't said yes yet.

MARGARET: Well, what could possibly happen that she wouldn't say yes to a proposal of marriage from you?

 

End of the episode.