One of us is gonna be here
One of us is gonna be runnin'
Follow into the great unknown
You're not me, you're a model of freedom
All you need are your kicks when you need 'em
Come and go, caught that slow all right
With one hand off the side
We get farther away in the blink of an eye
And it's the time we waste
Swallowed into space
It's the time it takes
To blow away
Grace!
Carl?
Order's up! Thank you.
Here, let me top you off there, Jimmy.
I've got that sausage coming right up for you, Dale.
Enjoy your meal. Thank you.
Fran, I am digging that new hair.
Did you see her hair?
Oh. Terrific.
You want me to take it?
My section, I've got it.
Hi, Amanda. Hi.
Guys.
So we made it. Graduation.
Do you mind if we order?
Yeah. What can I get for you guys?
And what can I do you for?
Let's just see here. You got any specials?
I sure do.
And I saved you a slice.
Hmm.
Hey, Owen.
Grace, how you doing?
Two more days, just two more days.
Well, we made it!
Yeah!
It's going to be so hard not to look back on these
as the best four years of our lives.
But there is a whole world out there just waiting for us...
Sorry. Hi.
Dad, I thought you were gonna wait for me outside.
A world... They started.
A whole world just waiting for us to make our mark.
Gandhi once said,
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
Congratulations, kiddo. You did it.
You are finally free.
This place!
You know, I haven't been here since I didn't graduate.
I was nearly homecoming queen.
And long may you reign. Mama!
What?
Nothing.
Just, uh, there are children here.
Well, it's nice to see you too, Meg.
Mom, what is she doing here?
It's sweet. She wanted to be here.
Oh, come on. You made her come.
Why don't we take a picture?
I'm okay, Robert. I'm fine.
Yes, come on, come on.
Mom!
This is yours.
Everybody get closer.
Closer, Meg, move in.
Scoot in.
Dad, just take the picture.
Pam, I don't want you worrying a bit about Grace on this trip.
I'm going to take good care of her.
That's just great, Emma.
No, thank you.
I'm. Fine.
Suit yourself.
More for me.
You guys, this is great. Thank you for this.
Don't thank us just yet.
Voile
Wow.
What, you don't like it?
No, no, I love it. Thank you, Robert.
That will take you to Paris and straight to NYU in the fall.
It's a Hartmann.
It's nice.
It's a Hartmann.
They're very expensive.
And that's not all.
The next thing is for both my girls.
Got to get used to saying that.
Robert and I were talking
and we thought...
Yeah?
Well, you and Emma are both heading off to Paris tomorrow.
They are not gonna know what hit 'em.
And Meg is free for the summer.
And we thought, you know, uh,
why not kick this new sister thing into high gear?
What are you talking about? Do you know what they're talking about?
No, I do not.
Meg is going to Paris, too.
And I'm upgrading everyone!
You would've said no.
No?
No to the sisterhood of the traveling to France?
Are you crazy? Who could pass that up?
Honey, you don't have to do that.
In fact, all through high school, all I could think,
on the few occasions Texas Barbie managed to make it to class, was,
"When I finally do go to Europe,
"I want it to be with Emma Perkins."
Meg..
I don't even know why she's going.
She'd be just as happy at Six Flags on beer night.
Come on. It'll be fun.
I'm not Grace's babysitter.
And I'm not her sister, no matter what
you and Pam do with your lives.
Why are you doing this to me?
Because I don't know how to make this any better.
You're 21.
You have one year of college left.
You've stayed in every weekend since the funeral.
You should be going out there, with friends.
Going to parties,
living your life.
That's what Mom would've wanted.
Of all the places she traveled,
she always said Paris was her favorite.
I guess, on the bright side, is that we are being upgraded.
Not that it's gonna make much of a difference anyway.
Everything is so much better over there already.
Everything?
Yeah, they got the clothes and the shoes.
Everything, huh?
Are you not coming in?
Don't go.
It's a week, Owen.
Just stay here. You'll be fine.
And marry me.
Yeah.
Owen.
Yeah, I mean, we been real serious for a while,
and I've been thinking about asking you this.
And where's the ring? The, uh...
The ring. The ring. Uh...
Let me ask you something.
Do you think you'd be asking me to marry you tonight
if I wasn't headed off to the City of Love tomorrow?
I think you mean the City of Lights.
Something big is finally about to happen for me.
And you choose the night before I leave to ask?
Emma, I got everything I want right here in this truck.
Now, how about you?
I've never once been outside of Texas.
Not once.
Well,
you go on, then.
Have yourself a real nice trip.
Owen?
Fine.
I will.
And I'll send you a postcard.
Yeah, you do that.
Yeah, I said I will
I might not be here to get it.
Well, where are you gonna be, huh?
Your "City of Lights"?
I love Emma. I love her zest.
But you just don't want me to go to Paris alone with her.
No, I don't.
Look, I know you two have gotten close at work, but...
Mom, Emma is my friend.
I appreciate that, Grace,
and I appreciate that Meg is not your first choice,
but knowing that you'll be with a responsible adult...
Meg is whatever comes after adult.
Be generous.
You've seen me.
Mom, I have been saving for this.
This is what's gotten me through the last four years
of pep rallies and cheer squads.
Imagining myself walking along the Seine
and standing on top of the Eiffel Tower.
And having it all just
make me different.
Honey, it's not magic.
It's not going to turn you into a whole different person.
Thank goodness. I'm kind of partial to the one I've got.
Mom, you've found a whole new life with Robert.
And I'm happy for you.
Just let me go find mine.
Without Meg.
Nobody wants you to find your life more than I do.
I have to get to the hospital.
Mom.
Take the upgrade, don't take the upgrade.
That part's up to you.
Welcome to Paris.
In five days. We're never gonna get to all this stuff.
I know it's a lot, Meg,
but there's a lot to see. It's Paris.
Ten, 11, 12 stops tomorrow.
You can't do the Louvre in 20 minutes.
It's their museum. I think they know how long it takes.
Now, on your left
was Notre Dame,
one of the masterpieces of...
I'm sure we'll circle back.
Mmm.
That way. Thank you.
Sacre Coeur. Let's go. Up.
Nobody pinch me.
Miss! Mademoiselle! That way.
How are they all moving so fast?
Well,
they're not wearing four-inch hoochie heels, for starters.
Let me tell you something about shoes, Meg.
They ain't hurtin',
they ain't helpin'
OW! OW! OW!
Whew! Much better.
Thank you very much.
No problem, any time.
Oh. Australian.
Mind your step.
Precious cargo.
Good day.
Oh, no more wine. Sorry. Finished, finished. No more.
What is that?
Eat soon. Quick.
No, I can't eat that. Pardon.
Uh, I need a fork.
Well... Eat quickly, please.
Uh, I need a spoon.
Quickly, please. Okay. Thank you. On your right.
You have no luggage?
"The Junior Ambassador Suite
"offers luxury accommodation, sumptuous decor,
"and oozes charm."
Oozes.
Guys, the room doesn't matter.
Well, there has to be some kind of mistake.
Oh, yeah, why don't you just toddle downstairs
and sort it all out, en Français?
Can we just please make the best of it?
I mean, we'll hardly ever be here.
Look, I'll take the cot.
Oh, look.
I found the spa facilities.
Oh, great. Now find an outlet,
because my phone is dying
and I don't want to miss when Owen calls to apologize.
And when he does,
I need you guys... Oops.
...you guys to act like we're having a really good time, okay?
We are having a good time.
No one is having a good time.
How can you complain?
I get it, it's your thing, but come on, we're in Paris.
Ah, bonjour!
Got it!
Everybody off.
Okay.
Wow.
We're up real high.
You okay?
Yeah.
Do you have any change?
Meg has got some.
Hey, Meg, who's that guy?
What guy?
Dude, that guy clocking you.
That guy, right there.
Wow. You can see everything from up here.
There is the Grand Palais,
Les Invalides.
There's our bus.
Oh, yeah. Huh.
Hello, again.
Hi.
Look, there's Madame Valerie.
I saw you at Sacre Coeur yesterday, didn't I?
Wait a second.
Are they...
They're leaving.
My name's Riley. What's yours?
Meg, the bus is leaving!
Excuse me! Excuse me!
Oh, God.
Wait, the elevator's right here.
We don't have time! Excuse me!
No, wait!
Ten minutes to go
Go, go, go!
Yeah, I've got to go home
Ten minutes to go
Hurry!
Everybody disappear
You're in it on your own
Ten minutes to go
You know you wanna stay home
Ten minutes to go
Yeah, you wanna stay home
Ten minutes to go...
Emma, come on!
Stop the bus! Wait!
Excuse me.
Don't leave! Wait!
Excuse me! Excuse me! Wait!
Wait! NO! NO!
No! Come back.
This tour
ass
Okay, Meg, it's a disaster! Are you happy?
Hey, it's okay.
No, it's not.
What is the matter with you?
I'm just being honest.
She's right.
I single handedly chose the worst tour in all of Paris.
How did you choose it?
Meg, I'm not quite up to reviewing my process right now.
So let's just say that I'm sorry, okay?
I'm sorry.
Emma, I'm sorry that you wasted your savings.
No, you got us here.
I'm even sorry that you got dragged into this
and that I'll have to hear about it every
Thanksgiving and Christmas
for the next however many years.
Grace.
But most of all,
I'm sorry that I ever thought I was the kind of person that could come to Paris.
I'm sorry. Can we just leave it at that?
How far is our hotel?
Wait, where you going?
Inside.
She's here. Cordelia!
Cordelia, please!
Grace, wait!
What?
What in the heck was that all...
Oh, nice and big.
There she is.
No ticket? No itinerary?
I am sorry, but there is nothing.
And now do you propose I travel to Monte Carlo in the morning?
Hey, Grace, it's okay.
Yeah, yeah, Grace, you just got to pull it together.
Okay, don't!
Don't be sweet
and don't be whatever it is that you are.
Just don't talk to me.
Meg...
These are cloth.
Mademoiselle Scott, Mademoiselle Scott... No, Miss Scott,
I explain to you.
I have checked and there is nothing. No sign of package.
Does anyone here speak English?
This is not English we are speaking?
It's me, Cordelia.
Yes, I'm still in Paris.
Mother's forcing me to go to some charity thing to repair my rep.
I don't know. Polar bears, hungry people.
Where are you?
Majorca! Hmm.
If I leave now, I can catch a flight
and be on the beach by the morning.
No, I won't even check out.
Mummy will think I'm off doing her errand.
By the time she works out that I'm not there or here...
Let me call you when I get to the airport.
Emma.
It may take a while.
It appears to be raining...
Can you hand me a towel?
...quite hard.
Thanks for nothing.
Who was that head case?
Who does she think she is?
I'm telling you, trust us.
You guys, easy.
Look at this. Look, with her hair pulled back.
You look just like her.
I look nothing like her.
You didn't even see her.
I heard her.
Yeah, that's the same thing.
That's crazy.
Look this way. You guys are like twins.
Stop it!
Scowl. Do it.
If only you were British.
Poor me.
Mummy wants me to help people, poor people.
But I hate poor people.
How are you doing that? That's really creepy.
Who Cares?
It kind of sounds like a mean Mary Poppins. I like it, do more.
Okay. I want to go to Spain.
I want to see my friends. I want a golden goose.
Excuse me, Miss Scott. Good news.
The courier successfully located your package.
Oh, no, I'm not...
She's not...
No. No, there has been a mistake.
Yes, yes, we know.
We are so, so sorry.
Your package will be here in the morning.
In the meantime,
we have found, as you requested,
a 26-pound langouste.
I shall take it in my room.
In the room.
Can you imagine having a room like this and not even staying in it?
Yeah. So, we're not staying here.
Meg, you watching?
Great, now we have to make the bed.
Meg, can you just...
- Relax. - We're just resting.
Oh!
Chocolate.
Mmm!
It's like money.
Meg, come on, it's been a really long day.
Let's... Let's bond.
Fine.
Okay.
Just until it stops raining.
Hello.
Oui?
Oui, oui?
What time is it?
Oui, oui?
Meg...
Meg! Hey, wake up.
Oh, frak! Who fell asleep?
Oui!
What did they say?
I'm not a hundred percent sure,
but I think my car is here.
Oh, Mademoiselle Scott!
Just keep moving.
Miss Scott.
Miss Scott!
Miss Scott, your package. Your package has arrived this morning.
Take it. Just take it.
Merci.
Let's help you to your car.
No! We're fine.
Oh, yes, please! Thank you, again.
Miss Scott.
Your car is waiting.
No, thank you. But we'll walk.
But you cannot walk to the airport.
Airport? Yeah.
Airport. Thank you.
No! No, we're not...
Au revoir!
They really do think you're her.
What? I want to know where we're going.
We're going back to our crap tour.
We are going to Monte Carlo.
Wherever that is.
Hilarious.
Grace, what does "privé" mean? Is that an airline?
Let me see this.
See, Grace wants to go.
Forget it.
The trip is paid for, whether Cordelia takes it or not.
And she is a million miles away.
It's stealing.
It's seizing the moment.
We will get caught.
And then you'll get to say, "I told you so."
Like you're going to pass that up.
Thank you. You're welcome.
Warm nuts.
I am never flying commercial again.
I shouldn't
Oh!
Hello. Let's read all about you.
Wait a minute, that's her?
I don't look anything like that.
No, no, she has a better nose.
It's a better slope.
Mmm!
"Jet-setting heiress Cordelia Winthrop Scott..."
You're an heiress.
Was caught by paparazzi in Reykjavik when she...
Oh.
Escandalo. What?
Cordelia, you are a bad, bad girl.
Give me that.
What did I do?
What didn't you do?
And I'm here. Late.
I still made it before the little monster arrived.
Look, here it is.
Miss Scott!
On behalf of the Marchand Family Foundation
and Save the Children,
it's my pleasure to welcome you to Monte Carlo.
I am Bernard Marchand and my son, Theo.
Miss Scott.
And you've brought some friends?
Uh, yes, this is Emma Perkins and Meg Kelly.
Friends from the States that I picked up somehow.
Just follow my lead.
Beaujolais! How do you do?
It is a pleasure to meet you.
I hope we're not disturbing you.
Meg speaks French. Yeah, I just got that.
Let's get you settled
and Theo will be back to pick you up this evening.
Yes, I will escort you to the ball.
This keeps getting better and better.
I'm sorry, the what?
The ball.
Ball?
The Prince's ball. The one being thrown in her honor.
Oh, that ball.
Yes, that ball.
Perfect. Come on, please.
Thank you. Merci
Thank you. Thank you.
Merci. Thank you. Thank you.
We've got to get out of here.
Why?
This is all paid for. You never leave when it's paid for.
What are they teaching you in college?
Emma, Meg is right. This is too crazy.
You guys.
You don't take somebody's private jet to Monte Carlo...
But you made us!
...find out they're throwing you a ball in your honor
and then go, "Oh, no, I couldn't possibly!"
You go.
Is this a real conversation?
Emma,
we are way out of our league.
They're going to see right through me.
Grace, you'll be fine.
Just keep up the accent and look down your nose.
I'm sure Meg can help you out with that.
You know, I'm out, okay?
This was never part of the plan. I'm out.
The plan.
You know what the problem is with you two?
It's that you are exactly alike.
We are nothing alike. We are nothing alike.
Hmm.
Okay, fine, you kids want a plan?
Here is the plan.
We go to that ball,
real Cordelia gets to play hooky for a few days,
Frere Jacques gets his charity girl,
and we
all get the vacation that I deserve.
How's that for a plan?
All right, I'll tell you one thing right now, heels are a no.
Grace Bennett
in an Oscar De La Renta.
Oh, I just did my make-up.
Save the tears for the police.
Can you just for one minute...
Nice, Meg.
Thank you.
Y'all, I think mine is on backwards.
Or maybe the other me has a little more going on upstairs.
Just feels like something...
Is missing?
Maybe two things.
No. Just one.
You're late.
He's so mean.
Are you coming?
Thank you.
So ding-dangy delicious.
So I guess I'll have to wait and see
How is Owen?
But I'm just gonna let something brand new happen to me
And it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
Bright lights and the big city
Belongs to us tonight...
Say, Owen.
Hey, man, how you doing?
What are you hearing from the girls?
Nothing much.
Paris, man, that is far out.
Yeah, how so?
We don't call it the City of Love for nothing.
It's the City of Lights.
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Hello.
Hello, who's this?
Who's this?
It's Owen.
Is that Emma? Is Emma there?
She is...
She's what?
Not available to you.
Not available to me.
Yeah, well, we'll see about that.
Would you relax? She is with French fry.
I thought you were keeping an eye on her.
No, no, no.
We need to stay focused.
Why?
Hello.
Focus, Meg.
You're ridiculous.
Why do people keep staring? Is something slipping?
It's the necklace.
Your donation for Friday's auction.
For Friday's auction.
On Friday.
Because I'll be here
all week.
Oh. My father says we can build 20 schools
with the money we will raise.
That's amazing.
That's a lot of futures you're changing.
It almost makes dressing up worth it.
Well, people are maybe looking at your necklace,
but me, I have been admiring the boots.
Theo. Dom, how are you?
Good. You?
This is Cordelia Winthrop Scott.
Prince Domenico ad Silvano.
Oh, uh, how do you do?
Fine, thank you.
Hello.
Hey, how you doing? - Yeah hi.
Hey, Cordelia, you were supposed to wait by the door.
I was, but then he had me working the room.
Would you care to dance?
No, thank you, Dom.
He's not talking to you.
Enchanté.
My father is very grateful to your aunt.
She persuaded your mother to donate to our charity.
My aunt?
Alicia Winthrop Scott was married to your late Uncle William.
How do you know that?
Well, hello, it's called HELLO! Magazine for a reason.
He died two years ago on safari.
Who? What?
Okay, you were born in Shropshire, parents divorced.
Schooled at Le Rosey, but you were expelled
because you set your roommate's hair on fire
in her sleep.
Cordelia!
Aunt Alicia! Oh.
Well, don't you look lovely.
I'm so glad to see that you're here.
Well, where else would I be than here,
in Monte Carlo, where I'm supposed to be?
At my ball, Aunt Alicia.
Yes.
I just wanted to come and verify your presence for myself.
Some peace of mind for your poor mother.
Well, lovely to see you. Now if you'll excuse me.
There's something different about you.
Different?
Yes. Yes, I can't quite put my finger on it.
People do change, Aunt Alicia.
Well, here's hoping.
I'm bored.
You can report back to Mother that I'm doing as told.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I want to dance.
Excuse me.
Well, you two seem very close.
Mmm-hmm.
Everything is okay?
I'm so worried about Cordelia.
I've been crying for so long
Fighting tears just to carry on
How long are you here in Monte Carlo?
As long as possible, Dom.
Really?
Emma. We got to go.
No, I'm good.
Emma!
Dom is a prince.
Okay, my aunt is here.
Aunt Brenda?
Where?
Aunt Alicia,
here to see her favorite niece, Cordelia.
Oh. That's bad.
And we have to stay here till Friday.
Oh, that's good.
She totally bought it.
You see? We're good.
Meg, come on.
No, I'm telling you, she thinks you're Cordelia!
You were just crazy enough! Excuse me,
I'm going to dance with her. Sorry.
It was thrilling.
Hello.
Hi.
Excusez moi... Bon jour.
I'm looking for a taxi.
Taxi? Yeah.
Okay, you have a taxi station just over here. Straight on.
Merci. You're welcome.
Mademoiselle Scott?
Oh, thank you.
Mmm.
This is so nice.
Time to flip.
You have to rotate every three minutes for optimal coverage.
It's a science.
Biology is a science.
Hey, Meg.
Classy.
You know,
I picked out a dress for you.
I fixed your eyebrows.
Why are you picking a fight with me?
I'm not.
Always. Little digs.
I know what you think of me.
You have no idea how little I think about you.
You see, Grace, she's just not happy
unless everybody around her is miserable.
Emma. Trust me,
I forgot about you the minute you left high school.
And so did everybody else.
Yeah, right.
And who quits high school for a catalog shoot in Dallas?
I was on the cover.
Of a Clip 'n' Save. You are so delusional.
Okay, you know what this is? We had a big night last...
You know what your problem is? It's that you are just jealous.
Jealous? You're a waitress.
Your best friend is an 18-year-old girl.
Excuse me? And your boyfriend...
Okay, who died and made you such a...
Emma!
That's not what I meant.
If you'll excuse me.
Meg, she didn't... Nice friend.
Okay.
Ma petite-amie Emma. You answered her phone.
Come on, help me out. She's my fiancée. Here, take a look.
Have you seen?
Yeah, you know her. Where did she go?
But she's gone. Oh!
Well, yeah...
But where?
Hey, Meg.
Riley?
Hey.
Hi.
You're not following me, are you?
Following?
No. No, I didn't...
You okay?
I'm good.
So, where's your bus?
It left us behind a long time ago.
Stupid bus.
Cordelia!
Oh, hey. What's up?
You're late.
Late for what?
Are you... What?
You sound... Something different.
Chip-chop, spit-spot, come on, let's go!
Off we go! Quickly, come on!
Let's go.
Okay.
Did somebody get flowers?
Meg?
Grace?
Me.
"Emma, please allow me the honor..."
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da..
"I'll pick you up at 8:00. Domenico"
Cheers, thank you.
Okay, all right. Yeah?
All right, this is what you've been waiting for.
Bring it on. I want to see this.
I mean to just...
Au right, I'll have a go. All right.
You want to? Go?
Ready?
Go ahead.
There we go. That's it. You actually know how to do it.
That's good.
Bonjour Lucille, this is Mademoiselle Scott.
Lucille will take care of you, she'll show you to your room.
Where are you going?
I have to go change.
Change? I'll see you on the field.
Cordelia!
There you are.
Ah, Aunt Alicia.
I'd love to stay and chat,
but I must change, so...
Really!
Merci.
Polo, how hard can it be?
Hey! I think we are going the other way.
Oh, right. See, at home they usually just bring the ball to me.
Right. The other way. Okay.
Go right.
Your niece plays with spirit.
Usually with more finesse than spirit.
I'm ready, ready to run free
That's a nice one.
Thank you.
I'd like to know what lies beyond the blue sea
You live once, so drink the honey
I learn my lessons from the birds and the bees
I want the sky to open wide
Illuminate this fire inside
I want the sky
So, you just go wherever you like?
Yeah, that's the idea.
For how long?
I'll let you know when I'm done.
And your parents are okay with this?
I think they were just happy to see me walk out of there, you know?