How come I can't wear my basketball uniform to school? Hughley does.
Well, somebody should tell Hughley that it's January outside.
Hey, I bet I can get you a Niners jersey you could wear to school.
Cool.
Morning!
Hey, where'd you come from? You weren't in your room.
I was, uh, out...
Getting some exercise.
I was exercising. I went to the gym.
Without me?
How come Bailey gets to wear the same clothes every day?
But I can't?
Let's ponder that on our way to school, shall we?
Come on.
Oh, Bailey, don't forget my basketball game today.
And you said Hughley could spend the night after, remember?
I remember.
I'll see you there.
Victor.
I'm not gonna have time to stay for the whole game,
so could you take him home afterwards for me?
Yeah, you got another all-nighter planned?
No, I don't.
I have dinner plans.
Yeah. I'll see you at the game.
Okay.
Come on, Owen.
So, for those of us keeping score, and I am,
have you slept in your own bed at all this week?
I'm not-I'm not judging. I'm jealous.
Why?
I thought you and Deborah were, uh...
Yeah, we're fine. We're just, you know, taking it slow.
Responsibly, excruciatingly slow.
And now with her little sister in town, we'll go even slower.
So...hey, bring her by the restaurant.
We'll have dinner, I'll distract the little sister,
and you and Deborah can...
Now, when you say little, how little is little?
I mean, forget it. Okay? She's 18. She's from Tulsa.
And what? You don't trust me with her? Is that what you're saying?
Based on what I'm seeing, I don't know. But, I mean, what-what happened, Bailey?
I thought this whole sex pirate thing wasn't hoisting your sail.
Oh, come on. That's-- It's not like that, man.
Listen, Holly had a good point.
I'm not ready to be settling down with any one person yet,
so the best thing for me to do, maybe,
is to get out of the house and get out of my head...
And...relax a little bit.
Prove to myself there's more than one person out there for me.
And if that means having to be there with every woman in San Francisco?
Then so be it.
Will, I'm kidding.
Look, here...
Call Deborah. I will take excellent care of her little sister. I promise.
Okay. You better, 'cause Deb and me, we are so close.
Will, buddy.
Trust me.
♪ Everybody wants to live ♪
♪ Like they wanna live ♪
♪ And everybody wants to love ♪
♪ Like they wanna love ♪
♪ And everybody wants to be ♪
♪ Closer to free ♪
We're, uh, we're going for quality here.
Non-metal joinery, imported wood.
It takes time. A lot of our orders are custom--
How much time?
Well, that... that varies, depending on--
Well, how much time?
If I have to tell people six weeks, it's a pretty tough sell.
Okay. If it's, uh, if it's a catalog order,
nothing custom, uh...
Look, can't you just give me a ballpark here?
I'm so sorry to interrupt, I'm sorry.
I need to talk to you about that fax to Sao Paulo.
Uh, it needs to get there before the siesta.
You know, just the wording of it.
This is... it's gonna be a second.
Excuse me.
What're you doing?
You're supposed to be helping me prep for the design convention.
I am helping you. Will you just listen to me? Just listen, okay?
Now, I learned this in telemarketing,
the first rule of sales is close the deal.
Find out what they want and promise it to them.
I'm not gonna-- I'm not gonna promise them anything I can't deliver.
You are gonna deliver it to them.
You're just gonna deliver it a little bit late.
Daph, no.
Do you know any contractor who actually delivers on time?
Your own suppliers don't even do that.
You need these orders, Charlie.
Didn't you say yourself that this business was about to go belly up?
-Yeah, but I'm-- -Okay good.
I am so sorry about that.
Now did you say that you needed this order shipped in 6 weeks?
Well, six is a little long--
-Okay good. -But, um--
Then we'll ship it in four.
- Do you need a brochure? - Yeah.
The elusive flow.
What we crave every time we sit down to create.
How do we get into the flow?
Who knows?
It's an unconscious event.
You can't turn it on like a spigot.
You just have to...
Write and write and write.
So, let's try it now.
So, I want everyone just to start writing. No thinking...
On a subject I'll name in a moment.
Pens and pencils ready.
Excuse me, uh, what're we--
The subject is shadow.
What about, uh, word count or syntax? Is there--
Now, go.
All right! Come on, guys, come on!
Come on!
Yes!
Hughley, come on. Come on there, son!
Come on, come on! All right!
Whoa! Good game, guys. Good game!
Was a good game, huh?
Hughley looked pretty good out there.
He needs to work on his defense.
Let's go. Let's get into line here.
Uh, so what time do you want me
to drop him back at your place?
Or do you want to come by and pick him up?
Bailey'll be there tonight, right?
Right. Probably not until after I put them to bed, but, yeah--
Excuse me.
Guys, fellas, fellas, hey, I've got an idea. How about you stay with us tonight?
We can go out for pizza and a movie. What do you say?
Hmm? Does that sound good?
Can I spend the night at Hughley's?
I thought you wanted him to come to your house.
Yeah, but Mr. Ward wants to take us for a pizza and maybe a movie after.
Come on, Owen, let's go.
Well, it's really not up to me, kiddo, it's up to Bailey.
Well, if he has a problem, just tell him to get me at Hughley's.
Okay?
Okay.
Let's go, guys.
Excuse me. Uh, excuse me, can I... can I ask you a question?
Why didn't you turn in your piece back there?
-What? -Well, I, I saw you.
Everyone else put theirs in the pile except you.
For a good reason. It stinks.
Great. 'Cause, um, oops, sorry.
'Cause really good writing, that-that's something
you have to sweat over, right?
-Guess so. -Can I--
Can I just, um, hang on--
No, I'm not really--
Wait, this is...
Good, this is funny. Your grammar's not perfect, but...
Oh, no.
-Why didn't you hand this in? -I don't know.
I, I thought I could make it better.
Yeah. Well, none of my writing is good, either.
My answer is don't write anything.
You, you write two solid pages, and it's not that bad.
Ah, thanks, but I'm--
Look, I'm sorry to dump this on you,
but I just poured my entire life into a book,
and now it's, like, there's nothing left.
And Friday I have an assignment due.
I'm supposed to create a character,
but I can't come up with, with anything.
And I look at you, and it seems so easy.
So I'm just wondering, how do you do it?
Uh, okay, well, uh...
One thing is coffee. Tons of it.
Makes my hand move faster, and that makes my head move faster.
Also plenty of fried foods.
You know, 'cause that lubricates the brain--
-You're making fun of me. -No.
Okay, fat, why not? Coffee...
And I also like to keep myself in a constant state of yearning.
Yearning. Yearning for what?
You know, the usual stuff.
Uh, respect, material objects.
Uh-huh.
Sex.
I've tried all of that. Is there anything else?
Uh, no. Mmm-mmm.
Who's Lane Victory?
So, uh, listen. Good luck with that.
Uh, hey! What's your name?
You never told me...
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Claudia? Claudia Salinger?
Um...
Todd Marsh.
Junior High All-City String Competition?
I limped my way through a Brahms Scherzo,
and you kicked my butt with a Bach Partita?
Oh, Todd Marsh. You look so different.
Yeah. Uh, you, too.
You really, uh, yeah.
So are, are you still playing?
I, I guess.
It's embarrassing.
I mean, you're Claudia Salinger and I, I'm this, like,
sellout session musician guy.
Oh, you mean for, like...
For, like albums and stuff?
That's, that's great. That sounds so--
So what about you? Are you touring?
Are you with an orchestra?
No.
No, I, I actually don't really play anymore.
Why not?
You know, I should probably get back to my seat.
Well, you know, I, I've got an extra ticket, I--
Second row orchestra. Be a shame to waste it.
Okay.
Thank you.
Great.
So, uh, I kept meaning to call you today,
'cause the wildest thing happened--
I know, me, too. Uh, a dozen times I reached to dial you,
but work kept raining down.
You first.
Well, um...
I had these buyers in today, right?
Uh-huh. Buyers.
And Daph shows up and starts to ruin my whole presentation.
I mean, I'm about to kill her.
And then I opened my eyes and she completely saved my tail.
When she was done with them, half of them agreed to carry our stuff
in their showrooms. I mean, she's, like, a sales genius.
Or a sales idiot savant. I don't know.
Hey, guys, more coffee? Dessert?
-Uh, I think we're all set. -No, thank you.
Okay. Well, enjoy the rest of your night.
-Thanks. -So, what is the rest of our night?
'Cause I read an article in The Weekly about this new club.
Kingdom Come.
Kingdom Come? No. No way.
What? Why not?
It is supposed to be this ultra-skeevy meat market.
Actually, you know what? It's not that bad.
You've been to Kingdom Come?
How? How did you get in?
Can you get us in?
Uh, sure, yeah. I know the owner.
That's if you guys wanna go.
Um...
Um, I don't know. It's a little late.
So, Will can put you to bed and Bailey can take me.
You don't mind, do you?
No. Not at all.
See, this is great.
You two have fun.
Come on. Let's go.
Don't worry. She'll be safe with me.
Well...
Now that I have you all to myself--
Um, how long have you known Bailey?
Um, pretty much my whole life, I guess.
I don't like him.
Oh...
Hey. What time is it?
Late. As usual.
Like yesterday, I'm late for every meeting.
As it turns out, Dr. Miller's gonna be at the cocktail party tonight,
so we had to prepare our pitch for the gabapentin study.
You remembered about the party, right?
You gonna be there?
Yeah.
Okay, good. 'Cause I need all the support I can get.
I mean, this is what I wanted to gossip to you about yesterday.
The guy is our last hurdle.
We need him. But I swear he thinks
psychopharmacological research peaked in the 70s.
Why doesn't he just go into his own private practice, you know?
You think I'm a hack.
Shut up. I think you're great.
For a Hip-Hop hack.
You know, you seemed like you were having fun.
Well, we were. I mean...
You know, you could, too.
What? You mean, this?
Yeah. You sight-read, right?
Mmm, well, yeah. But--
Well, then the only other thing that you need to do
to be a session musician is to go out with me.
Sorry?
Um, see, there's this party tonight...
-And I-I was just-- -Oh, you know what?
I mean, it's really nice of you to ask, but I--
Oh, okay, maybe, maybe party's too strong of a word.
It's really just the guys that I play with,
and the people who book our sessions, who you should meet.
It doesn't really have to be a date.
We, we could just meet there, or--
No, you know what? That's--
Yeah, that sounds great.
Great.
So what happened,
you see they found the sub on the bottom
with 200 pounds of undershirts blocking the water intake.
And it was dropped overboard by the crew of this ship.
So it's the first and last time that an enemy sub was sunk
with a depth charge made of laundry.
Um, so, um, why don't you go ahead and, and look around
for a few minutes, and then we'll go below. All right?
So this is Lane Victory, huh?
Yeah.
I couldn't think of what that was
till I remembered reading about her dedication ceremony last year.
So, undershirts?
You're very creative, Adam Matthews.
Well, you know, the true story is not worth the price of admission.
Can you take my picture?
-So... -Right.
Oh, okay.
-Hold on one second. -Uh-huh.
If you'd get up against the ship, I'll take a picture.
All right. Ready?
One, two, three.
Good.
So, look, you know that creating a character assignment that I told you about?
Well, I thought I would mold my subject around you.
What?
Well, I just thought if I...
Wrote about someone who's not blocked, then that might help me.
I mean didn't you say you were supposed to "create" a character?
But then when I tried to find you,
you weren't in the facebook.
Which made me think about how you didn't wanna hand in your assignment,
or tell me your name.
There's no Adam Matthews enrolled at CFA, is there?
Um...
You know, I really, I really gotta get back uh, to my crew.
You know, I could have checked. I could have called the school, uh...
I thought I'd rather hear it from you.
Hey.
Hey, man.
So, did you have fun last night?
Yeah.
How much fun exactly?
Hey.
Oh, Victor.
We'll get into this later, okay?
No, we won't.
Victor? I'm sorry. I'm so, so, so sorry.
What? Who died?
Me. When you kill me.
Owen's spending an extra night at Hughley's.
So we're not going to need you here tonight.
And I totally spaced and forgot to call. I'm sorry.
Hmm.
Did Hughley's father call you?
Owen did. Why?
Well, it's just, last night, after you left the game,
when Stan found out that I'd be watching the kids,
he went over and said something to Owen,
and suddenly they're spending the night over there.
And you think--
Well, look. I mean, I know the vibe.
And I think that Stan Ward doesn't want his son
anywhere near Owen's gay nanny.
-Okay. -Wait, wait. Where are you going?
I'm going over there and I'm going to bring Owen back home.
But, come on, Bailey, Owen's not gonna understand.
Good. I don't want him to understand.
I just don't want him hanging around those people.
Well, that's only gonna make things worse. You have to talk to him.
And what? And say what? I'm just gonna get him outta there.
-Okay, that's great for starters, but-- -Victor, I'll talk to him.
Okay? Believe me, you won't have to worry about this anymore.
Okay.
But, Dr. Miller, complex co-morbid cases
make lousy precedents for--
It's just Daph again. I'm sorry,
Uh, you were...you were talking about gaba...
Uh, it's gabapentin.
It's an anti-epileptic analog used for partial seizures.
I'm sorry. Maybe I should just--
You know, I've got a drug-resistant case on the research ward.
And I would love to discuss it. I would.
Um, but would you mind--
Would you excuse me just for one second?
I'll be right back. Thanks.
Daph, no way. No. Tell them that we need it to be centrally located.
Yeah, the booth will get lost in a corner.
Hey, you should just go. Go, go and help her.
Hold on a second.
No. No, I should be here with you.
Well, you're not. Not really, and that's okay.
I mean, this convention is a big deal, right?
It could launch your whole line.
Daph, I'll be there in a half an hour.
-Bye. -See ya.
Okay. That was scary.
I had no idea it would be an audition.
It wasn't an audition. It was just a jam session.
You were incredible.
Hmm, my pitch was off.
You have perfect pitch.
In fact, Joanne's gonna call you about a film score
that we're doing this week.
She is?
Wait, this week?
This, this week. I, I can't. I have to practice. And practice, and--
You can't.
I mean, that's the thing. None of us
ever knows what the music will be till we get there.
Man, that, that is horrifying.
Totally.
At first, but then it's kinda liberating, too.
I mean, you know you're gonna make mistakes
and it'll never be perfect,
But then you learn to listen to yourself,
to hear how you blend with the other instruments.
You learn how to trust your instincts.
I don't know if I could do that.
You can.
Believe me.
I, I'm sorry.
Claudia, wait.
I'm sorry, Todd.
I can't.
So, four years and not a word?
No. She sends postcards.
Pictures of her in the outback studying aborigines.
That, that kind of thing.
But she doesn't send any money.
No. When my Dad died, all he had was debt.
So...
-You know, It's sad, but it's true. -I'm just--
I mean, Adam, not only are you constantly
on the verge of getting caught,
But you also, I mean, you can't get grades or credit
or feedback like any of the rest of us can.
Now the thing is, you probably could.
I mean, you'd get financial aid.
Forget it, I can't.
I mean, they see me around.
If I go to the Dean of Admissions,
he will recognize me.
-Adam-- -No.
Look, I don't want to risk it.
-Here you go. -Why not? Thank you.
You know how I found out I like to write?
It was, um, in the hospital when my Dad had died.
And my Mom was such a basket case,
so she asked me to write the obit.
So I just-- I just made up this whole second career for him.
And then people kept coming up to me at the funeral
and saying, "You know, Hal never told me he knew how to yodel.
And he toured Switzerland? Really?"
And ever since then, you know, the writing is...
Look, I want to keep going there, Julia.
You know, to hear the professors,
to just be around the people who know how it's done.
I don't want to lose that.
Here, let me get you another soda. Would you relax, please?
He'll be here any second.
Ah, see? Speak of the devil. There he is.
Hey. What are you doing here?
Where have you been?
Joe said you'd be here an hour ago.
Why? What's going on?
You weren't by any chance with Megan, were you?
Megan?
Deborah's sister. Megan?
Who you had sex with last night.
Will!
Did you know she was a virgin, Bailey?
Until last night, did you know that?
What?
No way. W-wa-wait.
How was I supposed to know that, Will?
I mean, this girl was practically begging me--
Just shut up, okay? Megan is wrecked right now,
because the jerk that she was stupid enough to sleep with,
for the first time in her life didn't have the decency to call her.
If I had known--
I mean, I'm sorry, Will--
Forget about it. You can't say you're sorry now.
Listen.
I said no to this girl like a hundred times. I swear I did.
She was going home with somebody.
I asked you not to.
You promised me you wouldn't.
I mean, why did you have to go and sleep with her anyway, Bailey, huh?
What the hell is the matter with you?
Kirsten, come on. You said you'd be here.
I know, I know. And I want to be there.
I could use the moral support.
Charlie, I am going to be there as soon as I can.
Okay, okay. The sooner the better.
Okay.
One pine king-size bed
and two pine night tables, one armoire.
Excuse me, excuse me.
-And we just sign here. -Daph, Daph.
-Hey. -What is going on here?
I know. It's a little bit crazy.
Here. Can you just put your company address right there?
Thank you so much.
See, I realized that if you need to sell something,
it's good to display all its potential uses, right?
So, things just started to get a little bit out of hand.
Yeah, a little bit.
And it was this last minute idea.
Otherwise I would have called you.
So I just called Ginger and Pinky.
They said yes, and, um, I need you to specify
Cherry, oak, or maple. Thank you so much.
Daph, Daph, are they actually naked underneath the sheet?
Um, you know, isn't Kirsten coming?
We could really use her help.
-She's coming later. Listen-- -Say cheese.
It's really great that there's all these people here, okay?
But I'm not sure that this is the image that we want to project.
Oh, please tell me you brought more order forms, because we're almost out.
-Out? Already? -Uh-huh.
Yeah, oh, hold on one second.
Uh, you next. Oh, you wanted the two nightstands
-as well as the bed, didn't you? -Yeah.
Great. Hop on in.
Go for it, Norman.
Okay. Say "cheese."
What are you doing? It's freezing out here.
Nothing. I was just...sight reading.
I thought you weren't playing anymore.
I'm not.
Then why are you out here?
I don't know.
He said I should trust my instincts, and you know what, I should--
But my instincts, they're like all over the place.
-He who? -This guy.
This really cute guy who tried to kiss me, but I got scared.
I mean, he's nice and smart and plays the violin.
And I just-- I don't know,
he thinks I'm like this totally sophisticated person.
Wow! He sounds great.
Yeah, but he's got his own job, his own car,
and it's like, you know, okay, here I go again,
dating this guy who's so far ahead of me,
so I'm gonna have to move so fast, you know,
to keep up with him. Maybe too fast.
Well, maybe he's not so great, then.
Oh, no, no, no, no. He's amazing.
Julia, and I wanted to kiss him.
I mean, I wanted to kiss him, but...
I just don't know if I'm ready.
You know, then I can't help you, Claudia.
I mean, you're the only one who can say, right?
Where are my instincts, you know?
'Cause I used to have instincts.
Hey. What are you doing up here?
I thought we were going to the comic book store.
I don't really wanna.
Okay, who are you and what have you done with Owen?
I'm gonna go outside for a while.
Okay, okay, not so fast.
It's like wherever I am today, you're not.
Can I go outside, please?
Yeah, yeah, sure.
As soon as you tell me what's going on with you.
What?
What did I do?
You're a faggot.
What?
Hughley said you're a--
Okay, you know what? Can we not use that word again?
I'm not yelling at you.
I'm just, do you even know what that word means?
But it's bad.
Hughley said.
What else did Hughley say?
He said you're gonna make me one, too.
Owen, no. I--
I thought Bailey was supposed to talk to you about this.
Why? What'd I do?
Nothing. You didn't do anything.
It was, he was, he was supposed to explain.
Explain what?
Okay. Um...
The first thing you should know is...
Every single person in the world is different.
Different like how?
Okay, um...
You know how some people like DC Comics and some like Marvel?
Yeah. I like both.
Right. And some like both.
Um, people like different things.
Which is not good or bad,
it's just what it is.
Man, Kirsten was supposed to be here like four hours ago.
Where is she?
Uh, running towards us, dodging a hand truck,
catching her breath, and...
I'm late, and-- and I missed it, didn't I?
God, how was it?
It was a huge success.
Charlie here is a big ho-ha now.
I kept trying to get away,
but Miller got me into this question and answer session--
It's no problem.
I am the project leader, Charlie.
Yeah, yeah. They can't do anything without you.
This study is just really important--
I heard all about the study last night, Kirsten, remember?
I was-- I was at your thing.
Yeah, you were.
Course you were taking calls on the cellphone all night.
Well, I guess I really should have been here,
But I knew how important that party was to you,
so I found a way to do both.
Look, it's just--
Today went incredibly well.
And I wanted to share that with you.
I mean, to be with you at all lately would be great.
I'm busy, Charlie, like you are.
What can I do about that?
Try harder.
I mean, something's gotta give here.
Someone's gotta make a concession.
Which one of us should that be?
Are you volunteering?
Excuse me, who's Aaron?
-What? -Aaron. Aaron Martin.
You know, your character study.
What, you couldn't have even, like, changed his initials?
You were supposed to create something, Julia, create.
But this-- This is totally me. It is my life.
No, no, it's not. I changed all kinds of stuff.
Both his parents are dead, which is arguably me more than you.
And he lives in Des Moines.
You wrote that he is going to school without paying tuition.
Okay, okay, so I used some of that stuff.
But it's just an assignment. One professor's gonna see it, that's it.
-I'm not publishing it. -One professor.
Well, guess what?
One professor is all it takes.
Why? What do you mean?
One professor who has half a brain
that he happened to notice the 900 similarities between Aaron and me.
Adam, what happened?
He checked up on me.
Just like you did.
Found out there's no student enrolled in my name,
so he called president Erwich, and I am done.
Banned from campus.
Oh, God, Adam. I never planned--
And you said you were blocked.
Man, I guess I had no idea you were this far gone.
Oh, Victor, thank you so much for staying late.
Had a computer meltdown. I thought Joe was on it,
he thought I was on it, so...
So...
I guess you didn't get a chance to talk to Owen about--
Uh, no.
Not yet. But I will.
I hope so.
'Cause Owen was afraid I was trying to turn him into a faggot.
What?
His words, not mine. Actually, Hughley's words.
And I can only imagine where he got it.
Victor, I'm sorry.
He didn't know what it meant. He just knew that he didn't want to be one.
What did you say?
I told him the truth.
I had to.
And he seems to be okay with it now, but--
What?
I wasn't supposed to have that conversation with him.
I know. I just, I didn't know how to explain it to him,
So I thought if I just got him out of there--
I'm not his parent, Bailey.
He needed to talk about this.
Look, I know you have a lot on your mind right now.
But the thing is, if my being here with Owen
is making it easier for you not to be,
then I don't know-- I, I mean--
I wonder if I should even be here. I wonder if I should leave.
-Victor, wait. -Look, look.
Don't get me wrong, okay? I care about Owen a lot.
And I know that he cares about me,
but you're the one he needs.
Adam, wait.
You know, if this is "I'm sorry," then it's too late.
It's not. It's better than that.
It's you might be able to stay here.
Not according to president Woodshed,
whose shoes I'm digesting. Backwards.
No, according to someone who I know on the board.
He read your stuff, thinks you're great,
said if you just apply, they might be able to find a place for you.
Well, how?
How? Fill out an application form,
check the box that says financial aid, write some essays--
Which they'll be all over.
I mean, you've seen how I spell.
Well, I'll proof it for you. You won't have a problem.
You get your high school to send in your transcript, and that's it. It's done.
-J-j-just forget it. -Adam, why can't you--
'Cause I never finished high school.
Okay?
My Mom was gone, and I needed to work.
I mean, come on, why do you think my grammar is so lame?
Why do you think I can't spell?
Adam, you can still get through that stuff.
You can still get a place.
You know what? Julia, please.
Just leave me alone, all right?
What are you doing?
Getting ready to practice with you.
I thought Victor was gonna practice with me.
Victor's not coming today. Today's your day with me.
Cool.
But listen, before we start,
there's something I want to say, okay?
Um, first of all,
I'm sorry that I've been kinda AWOL this past little bit.
Because the thing is...
There's been some stuff going on since Sarah left,
that's just been kind of distracting to me.
Stuff? What stuff?
Um, nothing. Nothing.
I'm just, I just-- I'm saying that I want you to know...
One thing will never change.
And that's how important you are to me.
Okay? I care about you more than anything else.
Anything in the world. And that will never, ever change.
Okay?
You ready to play?
Ready.
Nice.
There you go.
-Hey. -Hey.
Look, thanks for coming.
I just-- I had to say a few things.
Yeah, me, too.
About the other night.
I can't keep doing this.
I mean, I might have been able to fool you for a little while longer,
but sooner or later, I'd laugh and spit milk through my nose
or space my contacts and trip over something.
What are you talking about?
My sister dresses me.
What?
The clothes, the hair, the clip-on--
It's all my little sister, Lisa.
She says hi, by the way.
I'm still just the same geek from seventh grade.
I don't want to be, but I am,
and between work and school and extracurrics,
I've pretty much never had time for a girlfriend.
Pretty much ever.
And I'm sure you could tell by that ultra-lame kiss.
No, no--
It's just when I saw you,
I thought, man, you finally have a second chance with her.
Just don't blow it by being yourself.
Anyway, that's all.
Whatever you came to say, I'm sorry.
Todd...
I was just gonna ask...
Do you think you can still get me into that film scoring gig?
I mean, you know, us band geeks, we have to stick together.
So everybody, um, before you go back downstairs,
if you want to take some pictures of the communication tower,
the best light you're gonna get all day is right about now.
So, uh, go ahead.
Okay, go.
Ok, look, I have been thinking,
and you are not being fair to yourself.
The whole high school diploma thing...
My sister checked out the G.E.D.
It is not gonna be a problem.
And the stuff that you don't know,
your grammar and your spelling, I'll help you with that.
No, no, thanks.
You know, you've really done plenty for me already.
Adam, what are you afraid of?
Here it comes. Free therapy.
No, listen to me. You made me promise to keep your secrets
so you could keep going to classes, right?
And then, what? The second you find out
your work is gonna be judged like all the rest of us--
Ok, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
So it's why I am afraid? Now what about you?
I mean that is why we're here in the first place.
You were afraid to try anything new, so you wrote about me.
-Face it, Julia-- -No, you face it, Adam.
Okay. Okay, fine.
Okay, you'll apply for school?
-Maybe. -Good.
But not unless you deal with your stuff, too.
Adam, this isn't about me.
Okay, fine. We're done, then.
Wait. Okay, okay.
Whatever.
You think I have something to deal with, I'll deal with it.
Okay.
Good.
-What? -Get up there.
-What are you gonna-- -No, it'll be fun.
-It'll be great. -What?
-So everyone! -No, no.
I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.
Julia is here from Seattle,
where they just, um, decommissioned a frigate,
that I'm sure you'd all love to hear about.
-Julia? -What?
Tell them about your frigate.
What frigate?
You know, the, uh, what is it--
The S.S. Spontaneous.
No, I don't.
-Adam, I'm not-- -No, go ahead.
Okay, well, um...
They called her the S.S.S.
Because during the Great War,
she made the German SS shudder.
And, and another interesting fact,
actually, um, the word 'frig' didn't start where you think.
It started when the sailors who were scared,
'cause they saw one coming over the horizon,
they would yell, "frig it, we're dead!"
Which reminds me of the bloodiest battle actually they ever had.
You know, most history books don't tell the real story.
Hey, you.
Hey.
Listen, um, we didn't really talk about the other night,
and, uh, we need to.
Um, does it have to be now, 'cause I'm--
No. Now, Kirsten.
Okay.
This is worrying me. I mean, we gotta find a way to, you know...
Stay connected.
Okay.
How?
Maybe dinner together a fixed couple of nights every week.
Or go to Napa again.
Remember that bed and breakfast we stayed in that one time?
Which one?
You remember, that place where you wore the, uh...
The little red satin thing?
The thing you ripped off me with your teeth?
Did I do that?
I thought I was in high school again. All that groping.
First of all, the zipper was broken.
And second of all, that was not groping.
That was... That was caressing.
Caressing. I've always loved that word.
Can you, can you say it again?
But wait, start, um...
Start from the beginning and remind me what happened.
Well, uh...
There was a romantic walk back home.
You were cold and put your hand in my pocket, remember?
Uh-huh.
Keep going.
And we weren't even through the door
when you started with that whole ear thing.
With my teeth? Uh-huh.
I'm pretty sure we got the front door closed,
but I don't really remember.
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