She's at the doctor's.
- Who is? - Little girl next door.
I don't know why, though. I heard they were stopping treatment.
- Treatment? - She has leukemia.
Found it a couple of years ago, poor thing.
Is that her?
Yeah.
What is that?
- It's my mom! - Your mom?
Let's go.
Hi.
What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here.
I'm not drinking.
But if you don't dance with me, I might have to start.
Bridget.
I can't.
I can't do this, I'm sorry.
- Is it blue like this? - No, not at all.
Not at all?
This is the foot brake.
Now, you're gonna let it out very slow.
Very slow.
Relax. All right.
Don't forget to steer. That's good.
Look out for the donkey. No donkey.
So, Roberta, what do you like best about working here at Wallmans?
Pays the bills. Well, most of them, anyway.
I also work part-time over at the Sweet Shoppe across the way.
They've got one of them...
...blending machines, you know, for the mix-ins...
...and whenever I get bored...
...I do experiments.
Experiments? That's so cool.
- Here, plug that in. Sorry I'm late. - It's okay.
What's your best one so far?
Gee, I don't know...
Oh, there was one the other day and it turned out really good.
It had pralines, blueberries and a whole bunch of graham crackers.
Awesome. You know Baskin-Robbins?
They hire these ice cream scientists...
...whose job is to invent three new flavors a month.
- Really? - Yeah.
You know who would be good at something like that?
You.
You think so?
Oh, jeez! I gotta get back to work. Duncan's gonna have a hissy fit.
See you later.
Sorry.
- I know you hate it when I butt in. - It's okay.
I didn't mean to mess up the whole interview.
You didn't. You were good.
So who told you?
Told me what?
- You found out, didn't you? - We still have time for one more interview.
It's called leukemia.
Yeah, and I would like to come with you.
But are you just asking because you feel sorry for me?
I don't know.
Maybe.
Okay.
We'll just take the hem up and it'll be perfect.
- You look beautiful. - I love it, Mama.
Carmen?
Carmen, you're next, sweetheart.
I beg your pardon?
- I look like a tramp. - Oh, dear.
I'm sure Barbara can work on this for you.
Here you go.
Well, let's see here.
Well, we need to let this out here.
Right, right. Way out.
And hopefully we can dig up some extra fabric.
And this... Yes, this needs some serious work here.
Frankly, I think we're better off just starting from scratch on this one.
Okay, good.
- Can I take this off now? - Sure. Certainly, darling. Go ahead.
Barbara, I'm so sorry.
I had no idea her father would be so off when he guessed her size.
Usually a roughly constructed prototype works as a starting point, but in this case...
We could add a long-line corset for her?
- Yes, that'll cinch it in. - Right, beautiful.
It is a wedding, and I do want it to look uniform.
- I mean, will she look like Krista? - Definitely.
You know, then just never mind.
We will fix the hem on Krista's...
...and we'll just start over on the other one.
Carmen.
The other one's name, it's Carmen.
Carmen.
You know what? Just forget about the dress.
We can tell everybody that Carmen's Puerto Rican.
And it never occurred to you she might be built differently.
Or that, unlike you and your daughter, she has an ass...
...that the tailor didn't have enough bolts of material to cover.
Or better yet, just tell everyone there is no Carmen.
Carmen doesn't exist.
Carmen, honey. Carmen!
One, two, three!
Okay, ladies, time to call out the cavalry.
We've secured a spot in the playoffs, we're gonna shake it up a little.
Wendy and Karen to midfield, Bridget to sweeper.
- What? - You heard me.
I don't wanna see you go past midfield, got that?
Dear Lena, when I got your letter I screamed for about 10 minutes.
So you found a hottie after all, huh?
Well, me too. His name is Eric.
Did I mention he's one of the coaches and 100 percent off-limits?
But I don't care.
I've never wanted anything this much in my entire life.
I'm still waiting for Carma-poochie-ay to send me the pants.
And in the meantime, I'm throwing all my pent-up energy into soccer...
... although that only seems to get me into more trouble.
What can I say? I'm obsessed.
And as we all know, obsessed girls cannot be responsible for our actions, can we?
Pass, Vreeland!
Hey.
Saw you watch me play today. What did you think?
I don't know if I've ever seen anyone...
...with that much intensity...
...ever.
Well, I might've been showing off for you just a little bit.
- Just a little bit? - Yeah.
No.
You know, it's more than that.
You scare the hell out of me.
"Single-minded to the point of recklessness. "
What?
It's what the school shrink called me.
After my mom died, a few of the teachers thought...
...that, I don't know, I needed to be evaluated or something.
So I met with a guy.
I talked and he wrote.
I've never told anyone that before.
Okay, Bridget.
No, don't say anything.
Not now, okay?
Hey, come on, I'll race you.
Here you go.
- You got a key, honey? - No.
- Doesn't look like anybody's home. - They're probably out looking for me.
- But I'll be fine, thank you. - All right.
It is very good.
Hi, this is Tibby. Here comes the beep. Hopefully you know what to do with it.
Tib, it's me, it's Carmen. I'm coming home.
Everything got screwed up, and I snapped. And I don't care, and...
I'm just fed up, and I can't be here...
...so I called you, because I knew you...
Knew you'd understand.
You know what I like most about the stars?
You look at them, at all of them up there...
...and you just know there's gotta be something more than...
Life?
There has to be.
Are you scared?
Not of dying, really.
It's more that I'm afraid of time.
And not having enough of it.
Time to figure out who I'm supposed to be...
...to find my place in the world before I have to leave it.
I'm afraid of what I'll miss.
What?
Nothing.
Bridget just lights everything up. She makes everything more fun.
And Carmen is brilliant, but she doesn't know it.
And Tibby...
Well, Tibby kind of marches to her own drum.
I'm kind of jealous of her.
Why?
Well, because she knows who she is.
Don't you?
I don't know.
I think I know who I wanna be.
What you were saying the other day, about me being afraid?
Well, it's hard to explain.
All my life, everybody's always...
...kind of seen me a certain way.
And I didn't... I don't...
- No, it's all right, I understand. - Do you?
Yeah.
Some people show off their beauty...
...because they want the world to see it.
Others try to hide their beauty...
...because they want the world to see something else.
And what do you see?
Everything.
Dear Bridget...
... I guess I was kidding myself to think that when the pants arrived...
... they were gonna make everything better.
I mean, I don't blame them for what happened, but...
Anyway, I do hope that they bring you better luck than they did me.
And even more than that, Bee, may they bring you good sense.
I know it sounds boring...
... but trust me, from recent experience...
... a little common sense, it's not such a bad thing, Bee.
Wear them well. Love you, Carmen.
Your dad called.
He wanted to make sure you got home okay.
I'm so sorry, baby. I knew this would happen.
Mom, please.
Now you know why I was so afraid of you going there.
- I don't want to say I told you so, but... - Then don't.
- Morning. - Don't you ever sleep?
- What for? - This just came for you.
Oh, my God, they're finally here.
What's here?
Do you guys realize what this means?
- That you're hugging a pair of jeans? - These aren't just jeans.
They make things happen.
Sweet.
I felt like I was living in some freak show known as "The Land of the Blonds. "
And guess who was the freak.
- I'm sure it wasn't that bad. - It was. It was horrible.
Okay, Paul, he doesn't talk. He didn't say a word.
And Krista, she's this perky little...
...nightmare.
And her and her mom, they're like Sunshine Twins on uppers...
...except when, God forbid, something happened with the wedding plans.
Because, Tibby, I don't think there was a single conversation...
...that didn't revolve around flowers, or hors d'oeuvres menus...
...or guest lists, or tablecloths or...
I'm sure they were just excited.
No, Tib, can you pretend to be on my side?
It's not about sides, Car.
There are worse things than your dad getting married.
Sure, he probably could have handled it better...
Tibby, he didn't handle it at all.
- Tell him that. - Why should I have to?
You shouldn't have to throw a rock at him, either.
I didn't throw a rock at him, I threw it at them!
They're the problem, Tibby. They're the ones who ruined everything.
And why are you giving me this hypocritical lecture...
...about treating people decently...
...when you walk around screaming, "Screw the world"...
...because that's easier than feeling something?
I think she's getting too much sun.
You're probably right.
Maybe I'll go for a walk, get some fresh air.
Can't you stay another week?
My classes start on Monday. I have to go.
I just...
I feel like...
I know.
Me too.
I love you, Lena.
What are you doing? Stop!
- Lena! - Kostas!
Lena!
He makes you drunk.
It was nothing! We were just dancing!
You made promise to me. Does that mean nothing to you too?
It does not mean nothing to break the hearts...
...of those who love you?
You call that nothing?
I'm sorry.
In this life...
...family is the most precious gift we are given.
The most sacred.
Turn your back on them...
...and that is when you truly have nothing.
It happened just how I always imagined it would.
So why do I feel this way, Lena?
How can something that's supposed to make you feel so complete...
... end up leaving you so empty?
I just wish so much I could talk to my mom.
I need her...
... and that scares me.
Mom, I told you, I can't babysit today. Bailey and I have an interview...
Bailey's in the hospital, sweetheart. Her mom called.
Honey, she's not doing well.
It's Bethesda Memorial. I tried calling you.
- Come on, I'll drive you over to see her. - That's okay, I'll...
I'll go by there if I have time.
But, I mean, if you're, like, shooting squirrels or something like that...
I am mad at my dad.
Why is that so hard for me to say, Tibby?
I have no problem being mad at you.
I noticed.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Tibby. What I said, it was not nice.
It was awful, and I'm sorry.
Well, maybe sometimes it's easier to be mad at the people you trust.
Why? Why is that?
Because you know they'll always love you, no matter what.
Well, your mom told me about your friend Bailey.
Yeah. Bailey.
Yeah, she's not really my friend.
Well, you know... I mean, yeah...
Yeah, a little. But, you know, she's 12.
Your letters, they made her sound like...
She drives you crazy.
We'll be doing interviews, right? Talking to people...
...and she'll just jump in and start asking these questions.
She'll ask them anything she wants about their lives...
...like she's trying to get to know them or something.
Well, is she gonna be okay?
I don't know.
Lena Kaligaris?
Papou.
I need to say something to you.
You can pretend that you don't understand me, but I know you do.
People have always said to me that I take after Yia Yia...
...that I have her face and her smile...
...but what no one ever sees is that...
...there's this whole other part of me that is just like you.
Quiet and stubborn and afraid of showing too much.
And then I met someone who changed everything...
...and he showed me I can take a chance, even if it's only for a moment.
Lena...
You had that same moment once, when you met Yia Yia.
And you risked everything for it.
That was your chance, Papou. And I'm asking now to have mine.
Go.
Kostas!
I thought I'd never see you again.
I love you.
What do you get in this box?
I'll be right back.
Hello?
Dad, it's Carmen.
I'm glad you called.
- I just... I want... - It's all right. You don't...
You don't have to apologize, sweetheart. You were upset. I know.
No, Dad, you don't know.
That's just it, you've never known...
...because I've never been able to tell you.
- Tell me what? - That I'm angry with you, Dad.
This entire thing. About you, and Lydia and the kids...
It's my fault.
I should have told you about them before, and I'm sorry.
Yeah, you should've warned me, but it's more than that.
It's the fact that you've found yourself this new family...
...and I feel like some outsider who doesn't even belong to you anymore.
It's like you traded me and Mom in for something that you thought was better...
...and I wanna know why. Are you ashamed of me?
Are you embarrassed?
Just tell me, Dad, what did I do wrong?
Why did you leave? Why did you have to go?
And then tell me that we were gonna be closer?
But that never happened.
Dad, why does Paul visit his alcoholic dad every month...
...but you only visit me twice a year?
And I know... You just seem so happy about being Paul and Krista's dad...
...but you never even had the time to be mine.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
I wish that were enough, Dad.
Where's your little friend these days?
Kind of got used to having her hanging around.
Couple of weeks ago, she saw I was having a bad time of it...
...asked me if I wanted to talk.
She's kind of special that way, huh?
Dear Tibby, my heart is too full to write about it just now.
And you won't believe I'm saying this...
... but I really think the pants did bring this to me.
We were right all along, Tibby. The pants are magic.
And I know that if you let them, they'll bring you some too.
All my love, Lena.
It's about time you showed up.
What's that?
It's "Dragon's Lair. "
Brian came by yesterday and dropped it off.
He said it wasn't as good as the real thing...
...but at least it'd keep me practicing.
He helped me get to level 10...
...the one where the castle's under siege.
That's cool.
He's a pretty decent guy, Brian is.
Yeah, he is.
Oh, man, you were right, and I was wrong, but I'm...
I'm wrong about most people, so...
The important thing is...
...you always change your mind about them.
I brought something for you.
The Traveling Pants.
Yeah. I just got them back. From Lena.
- The one in Greece? - Yeah.
She said that we were right all along, that they really are magic, and...
Well, I don't know the details, but I do know Lena...
...and for her to say that means...
...that it must be true.
So I was thinking, you know, maybe you could have them for a while.
- They didn't fit me, remember? - Yeah, I know.
I know, but that doesn't really matter. You know?
None of it really matters.
Listen, you have to take them, Bailey.
Okay? You have to let them help you.
Please.
I know that you're tired, okay, but you can't give up.
These pants will give you a miracle.
You just... You have to believe.
But, Tibby...
...the pants have already worked their magic on me.
They brought me to you.
I want you to do something for me.
What?
Finish your movie.
Why?
Because you can.
Hello?
Oh, no.
I'll let her know.
I painted the porch.
Say, what do you say we go to Mario's to celebrate your homecoming?
Maybe later, Dad. I'm pretty tired from the trip.
Hey, it's me, Bailey.
You don't have to use this in your movie or anything.
Although, now that I think of it...
... fainting in Wallmans does kind of qualify me as a loser.
But then again...
... wearing a price sticker on your forehead probably makes you one too.
You know, I don't know, Tibby.
Maybe the truth is there's a little bit of loser in all of us, you know?
Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect.
Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things...
... like wearing these pants...
... or getting to a new level of "Dragon's Lair"...
... and making those count for more than the bad stuff.
Maybe we just get through it...
... and that's all we can ask for.
- Hello? - Carmen, it's Lena.
I have to talk to you about something.
Don't you answer your phone anymore?
- Carmen, I really don't have time... - Tib, Bridget needs us.
- Tib, God. Just open it. - That's what I'm trying to do.
I told you the smell of junk food would wake her up.
We have invited ourselves over for a sleepover.
- But it seems you are already asleep. - Yeah.
I feel so tired.
Well, then you should talk to us.
So that we...
...can fix this.
This is the perfect pizza.
- It's the bacon. - I think it's the olives.
- Bacon. - Honestly, you two.
- Maggie. What...? - Hey, Maggie.
Maggie, no!
Hey, do you know who would have loved this P, Bee? Your mom.
Yeah.
I remember this one time she decided that she'd make one herself.
She always woke up starving after one of her episodes.
I was just sitting in the kitchen doing my homework...
...and she just walked in...
...and just started making this thing.
You know, I don't even know if you could call it a pizza.
It was more like the entire contents of our refrigerator on a round crust.
Craziest part is we actually ate it.
Of course you did.
We ate every single bit of that pizza in like 10 minutes.
Yeah.
And we were laughing the whole time.
It was great.
I remember thinking that maybe there won't be any more bad spells.
Maybe she'll just be happy like this forever.
It's okay to miss her, Bee.
I mean, as hard as it is to be sad about it...
...don't you think maybe it's harder not to be?
You don't understand.
Bridge...
I can't.
It hurts too much.
- I know. - No, you don't know.
I just want to feel good and happy and alive.
Because...
...if I feel alive...
...then it doesn't seem like she's dead.
And if I'm not sad...
...then it proves that I'm not like her.
Bee, you don't have to prove that to anybody.
I mean, you have a strength in you that your mom never had.
As much as she wanted to, she couldn't find it.
Yeah, and you have something else too.
What?
You have us.
And we're not gonna let you go anywhere, okay?
Thank you.
Come here.
Come back.
Bye.
Miss you too.
Not now, Maggie.
Maggie!
Maggie! Morning.
Get back here, now! I mean it!
Maggie. Excuse me.
Mags!
Sorry.
Maggie.
Did you lose these?
Yeah, I think I did.
Thanks.
So, what are you doing here?
I was looking for you, actually.
Yeah, we're on Hobart Place, not Street.
- It's really confusing. - Yeah, that would do it. That would do it.
- So I'm on my way back to Columbia. - That's not exactly nearby.
No, it's not exactly nearby.
I just wanted to say that what happened between us...
...was my fault.
Fault?
Not fault. My responsibility. I should've known better. It's just...
Well, I didn't exactly tell you to slow down.
Problem is...
...I wanted it for all the wrong reasons.
And all the things that I was trying to run away from...
...just ended up catching up with me that much sooner.
Anyway, friends?
Okay, friends.
When you're 20...
...and probably a soccer star at some huge college...
...and there's a million guys after you...
...promise me you'll give me a shot.
Deal.
All right.
- Thank you. - Take care.
You too.
That's pretty impressive.
- Oh... - My...
Oh, my God, Lena, look at you.
You're all here.
- I missed you so much. - I don't believe you.
Bee, I am so sorry.
When I found your letter, I tried to come sooner.
- Do you forgive me? - Forgive you? Who the hell are you?
I wasn't sure I'd see you here.
I thought you'd change your mind about your dad's wedding.
Nope.
- We decided we'd change it for her. - Yeah, how about a little road trip?
- What are you talking about? - Come on.
- What? No. No. - Come on, you got to.
It's your father's wedding. It's important for you to be there.
If it's that important then my dad would tell me that himself.
Maybe he's still recovering from the last conversation you had.
- I'm not sure that's entirely helpful. - I'm just saying parents screw up.
- It's what they're good at. They do. - It's up to us to see things they can't.
- He's gonna throw me out of the wedding. - No, he's not.
- That's so overdramatic. - Lf he does, we'll be there for you.
What aren't you guys understanding? I am not going.
Why aren't you understanding you are going?
So this is the view from my window.
- It's beautiful. - And these are my cousin's donkeys.
This is George and George Junior.
My grandparents, caldera.
- Forget the caldera. I wanna see the guy. - Where's the boy?
I'm sneaking in the back once the ceremony begins.
You know, the caldera is actually the top of a volcano.
- Okay, Lena, seriously. - Once the ceremony's done, we're leaving.
- Look. Cute. - Oh, my God. Lena.
I know. Isn't he gorgeous?
- I was referring to you holding a fish. - Oh, you know what?
No fair attacking the driver.
Is it fair to bribe the driver to go back home?
With what money? Tibby's the only one working this summer.
Hey, I actually stacked my last shelf at Wallmans, thank you very much.
Does this mean there's gonna be a ceremonial burning of the smock?
No, actually, Duncan took the smock, but I do have my nametag.
Can we burn it?
Hey, how did your suckumentary turn out?
Well, it actually evolved into something quite different than I expected, so...
What are you gonna call it?
Bailey.
Carmabelle, come on, we're gonna be late.
What is she doing in there?
Carmen?
I changed my mind, guys. I can't do this.
- Yes, you can. - No, Lena, I can't.
- Carmen? - What?
Carmen, please come out.
I promise you everything's gonna be okay.
Bee, how do you know that?
Because of what I'm holding.
Wear them. They'll make you brave.
Bee, I can't wear a pair of jeans to a wedding.
And besides, your week isn't up.
Well, rule number 11:
In the event of an emergency...
...the pants will automatically go to the sister in need...
...regardless of the schedule.
- Bee, there is no rule number 11. - Well, I think there should be.
And I'm invoking it now.
- That sounds like a really good rule to me. - Yeah.
So are you gonna put them on yourself, or are we going to have to do it for you?
Dearly beloved...
...we are assembled here, in the presence of God and these witnesses...
...to celebrate the joining of this man and this woman...
...in the unity of marriage.
Sorry, could you... Hold that thought for one minute. I'm sorry.
There's an important member of our family...
...who should be up here with us.
My daughter.
Carmen.
Dad, I'm not dressed, I...
I need you.
I'm sorry.
- I gotta get married. - Okay.
Sorry.
You can go ahead.
Dearly beloved...
...we're assembled here, in the presence of God and these witnesses...
...to celebrate the joining of this man and this woman...
...in the unity of marriage.
There are no obligations on earth sweeter or tenderer than those...
It would be easy to say that the pants changed everything that summer.
But looking back now...
... I feel like our lives changed because they had to...
... and that the real magic of the pants was in bearing witness to all of this...
... and in somehow holding us together...
... when it felt like nothing would ever be the same again.
Some things never would be.
But we knew now that no matter how far we traveled on our own separate paths...
Somehow we would always find our way back to each other.
HAnd with that, we could get through anything.
To us. Who we were, and who we are.
And who we'll be.
To the pants.
And the sisterhood.
And this moment, and the rest of our lives.
Together and apart.
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