Everyone knows what happens when you fall in love.
You hold each other close,
you kiss,
and then...
you live happily ever after.
For Winnie Cooper and me, "happily ever after" had arrived.
Hi...
Hi!
After years of waiting...
We were ready to face the future, together.
Passing notes in class...
Sharing Tater-tots at lunch...being a couple.
It was all kinda...wonderful.
Well, I heard from Darlene Murphy that Johnny and Mary got back together.
No...really?
I heard from Susan Jacobs, that Darlene Murphy was lying...
And that Mary and Johnny didn't get back together.
No...really?
Kevin!
Well, I heard that Mary said that Johnny said...
Course, in eighth-grade, part of being a couple is doing what other couples do,
even if it was, well...kinda stupid.
Hey, you guys want to go to a movie Friday night?
- Sure!
- Great!
And so long as we had each other, we were ready for anything.
Well, almost anything.
You guys want to come to a little party?
Robbie Hudson.
When Robbie spoke, everybody listened.
My house. Friday.
Us?
Hey! You guys are the new couples in school.
And my parties are couples-only.
What do you say?
You have to understand...
His parties made reputations.
We'd love to come, wouldn't we?
Count me in!
Pfeiffer, right?
- Carla Healey, right?
Groovy.
Groovy! Wait till I tell her.
So. Ya in?
Of course they are!
Groovy!
Groovy.
I can't believe he invited us, can you? Isn't this amazing?
Of course!
It was quite an honor.
There was just...one little detail.
Isn't that the party where they...
Where they what?
Nothing.
You mean, where they make out?
Bingo!
Craig!
Well, what's the big deal?
You two make out, don't you?
And that was the one little detail.
Of course we do.
There, of course we did - I knew we did!
We just hadn't yet...in real life.
Well, then...you're going to love Robbie Hudson's.
- See, he's got this room downstairs...And, uh...
Great, then it's settled.
What could we say, except -
- Ho-kay...
Hey, I mean, everybody else was going.
Even Paul and Carla.
You rat!
You want to go?
I mean, since they're not going?
I'm not sure. Do you?
Well, I mean, I would, it's just, you know,
Paul might feel left out.
That's true, that wouldn't be very nice.
Good! So we weren't going.
It's just...I guess everyone expects us to show up.
Well, that's true.
We don't want to disappoint them!
So, we were going.
It's just...
We kinda promised Paul and Carla that we'd go to the movies with them Friday.
Yeah! That's right!
OK, we weren't going.
Hey guys, guess what!
Now we can all go together!
What are you wearing?
And the issue was settled. Or rather, it was settled for us.
But really, what was there to say?
We were a couple, and couples made out. Especially at -
Robbie Hudson's?
Uh-oh.
You got invited to a...Robbie Hudson party?
Wayne!
Who's Robbie Hudson?
"Who's Robbie Hudson?" Well, let's see, uh, how to put this...
He's no-one. He's just a guy in school - a ninth-grader.
Oh, well...that's nice!
Yeah, Friday night.
We wouldn't by any chance be taking little Win-nie, would we?
Wayne!
Of course he's taking Winnie.
Little did she know.
I'm sure we can arrange something.
So. You sure you're up for this?
What's that supposed to mean?
Nothing. Just want to be absolutely certain...you know what your getting into.
Oh, come on, Wayne, it's just a party.
Of course.
Of course. Just a party!
Still, there was that guy last year, he went down into Hudson's basement...
didn't know how to French kiss.
- Sure!
- Great!
Anything, but -
RFK's answer to Hugh Hefner.
This guy was no ordinary ninth-grader.
- Right!
All the other couples are going...
- We get the picture, Hobson!
- Ho-kay...
Carla changed her mind.
And he's having a party?
And I need a ride, alright?
They're a couple. Right honey?