Once and Again (1999) s02e07 Episode Script
Scribbling Rivalry
Oh, l need red food coloring too.
For the eruption? Before l went to the store would have been an excellent time to mention this.
Hey, you.
- Hi.
- Hi.
''Red food dye number 40.
'' ls that illegal? - No.
- Yes! - What? - What? l got my learner's permit.
Great.
Careful.
[hisses.]
Mom, you're making that sound.
- What sound? - That [hisses.]
sound you make.
l'm not trying to make you nervous.
There's a lot to think about.
So many things could go [horn honks.]
Mom, you're not wearing your seat belt.
Oh, my God.
This is the most important.
You never, ever drive without your seat belt.
We're gonna be doing this for six months.
Can you please try to act like a normal human being? l can't do this.
Jake, you have to do it.
l just don't seem to be able to stay uninvolved.
No, it's okay.
lt's okay.
l want to do it.
lt's a father-daughter thing.
Well, thanks.
l appreciate it.
- No problem.
- Okay.
Bye.
What? What's a father-daughter thing? Uh, Grace got her learner's permit.
l'm going to teach her how to drive.
- Wow.
Grace hits the road.
- No, don't even start.
When l was 1 5 years old, Josie Bender and l stole her father's car and drove to Madison.
Drank, like, She was the strangest girl, had dreadlocks.
- Howard! - And her energy and her - Hey.
- Hey, Jake, how are you? l had those Bears' tickets.
You didn't even call me back.
Oh, yeah? You're such a big deal, l can never reach you.
You know this guy is a liar, don't you? - Oh, we know all about Howard.
- Do you now? l like people.
What can l say? Some folks do coke, some drink.
l just like people.
They're sizing up the place, feeling tense, and you just talk the talk.
You schmooze them a little bit, you know? And you feel that moment where you got them.
[Howard.]
Ronnie, Linda, this is Jake Manning, who you've never heard me talk about.
You have done the most amazing job with this place.
l used to come here with my family - when l was a kid.
- Don't tell me when.
What, last week, right? - Ronnie? - Yeah.
And if they happen to be female, so much the better.
Here.
Get us a better table.
Putz.
Good guy, though.
Plus he, uh, drops like, $200 every time he walks in the door.
What? Hey, check it out.
- Hi.
- Grace.
Pace and Spencer.
We were all in the same driver's ed car.
Once in a while l would end up next to Pace.
lt was like when you have a fever.
l could hardly swallow.
Hi.
Plus, our names rhyme.
Grace, Pace.
You know, not that that necessarily means And he, like, talks to me sometimes.
But he talks to everyone.
- So, you get your permit? - Now l drive with my mother.
lf l had to drive with my mother - You drive like your mother.
- Shut up.
What's wrong with your shirt? ls that sweat? Shut up, Spencer.
So you're driving now.
Kill anyone yet? Oh, yeah, tons of people.
This guy is actually dangerous to himself and to others, isn't that right? lt's time for his medication.
- [bell rings.]
- l hate when boys do that, humiliating each other in front of you.
So, you like Pace? Oh, my God.
Was it that obvious? To me, but l'm really perceptive.
Seriously, l scare myself.
And the loud one? - Spencer Lewicki.
- He seemed kind of obsessed with you.
Like that whole sweat remark? Why does it have to be Spencer who likes me? Why couldn't it be Pace? - lt could be Pace, if - lf l were a different person? lf, say, you went out with the annoyingly loud friend.
You think Pace wouldn't notice? - You're saying l should go out with - lt's basic psychology.
lt's the standard proven thing.
With Spencer, a person l have zero interest in, because Pace will notice me? That's what you're telling me to do? l'm just stating facts.
Do it your own way.
- l don't really have a way.
- Exactly.
l should go up to this insane person l barely know and ask him to the movies or something? lsn't that going to strike him as weird? Grace, guys have this huge highway, okay? Like, right down the center of their brains.
They can either think or feel, but not both at once.
That explains a lot, actually.
See, there's your file, and now you can work on it at home.
Wow.
How about if l want to get Christie's bagels? Can l do that from home too? We're still working on that technology.
- Hi.
- [telephone ringing.]
- Oh, hi.
- Oh, hey.
And nice talking to you.
- Hello? - lt's a done deal.
He likes you.
- What do you mean? - l called him, - What? - Honey, want a snack? No, thanks.
l'm studying.
lt is ridiculous the way they stress kids out with so much homework.
Excuse me.
You called him for me? lf l waited for you guys to do it Oh, my God.
Here's how it'll go down: Tomorrow by the tree by the trash can next to the library.
1 2:00.
- Be there.
- You made a date? - Carla - [dial tone.]
God.
[Spencer.]
We're supposedly going to the movies or something.
l know.
We don't have to, obviously.
No, obviously we do have to.
Obviously it's like public knowledge or predetermined or something.
You know what we should do? We should make up a story, a whole incident that happened during our date, and, like, circulate it.
- Why? - For, you know, fun.
Oh.
l thought you were just trying to get out of it.
- lf anyone's trying, you are.
- No, l'm not.
Oh.
Well, l am.
Just kidding.
No, actually, l think we should face our fears.
- What fears? - We're people who don't normally date.
- Speak for yourself.
- lt's like a whole insane ritual, like the group has spoken, like it demands some show of loyalty.
lt's like an animal sacrifice or something, like we're pawns in the game.
Can't we just look at it like we're going to the movies? Sure.
Okay.
All right.
A car is two tons of steel held on the road by and your working assumption is that everyone else on the road is either completely insane or else an idiot drunk.
- Or an escaped felon.
- Exactly.
- Okay, stop.
- [tires squeal.]
- What? - Good.
All right, just checking.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
You got to check in your rear-view before you make a stop like that.
You got to be aware at all times.
All right, that's a good job.
So, Dad, um, could you leave work long enough to give me a lift to the mall tomorrow night? Bunch of us are going to a movie.
- Yeah, sure.
Who's all going? - Just a bunch of kids.
- Grace.
- Okay, there's a guy too.
- Uh-huh.
Does this guy have a name? - Spencer.
Lewicki.
What's his real name? - Dad.
- No, l'm sorry.
- [cellular phone rings.]
- Oh, excuse me one second.
Hello.
Hey! [German accent.]
Oh, well, you know, we have ways of getting information like that.
[laughs.]
[normal voice.]
Yeah.
That's what l was thinking.
Listen.
Hey, hey.
That's what l thought.
Let me get back to you on that, all right? Let me get back to you.
Good.
Bye.
Who was that? Oh, just some guy l'm doing a deal with.
- l didn't kill the squirrel.
- Road kill.
- What'll it be? - Cola, please, on the rocks, with a twist.
Coming right up.
Well, it's all set.
Hi, Zoe.
Hi, Grace.
What's all set? He's coming with a photographer on Wednesday.
l got your dad an exclusive interview with the Evanston Review, You did not.
He's doing a whole story on the restaurant and how it's a lost tradition, a family business surviving changeover through turbulent economic times.
Billy the station manager owed me so bad because remember l told you about that guy with the really bad skin who was generally allergic, and so l got him on the regimen with no wheat, sugar and dairy? That was Billy, who's good friends with the editor.
- Oh.
- We get our picture in the paper? Uh-huh.
ls that not the coolest thing ever? What did you go and do a thing like that for? l wanted to contribute something.
Now l'm becoming a bartender, l have to make sure l have a place to work.
- You're becoming a bartender? - Yeah, absolutely, and l have to pee, which, if l don't do now, l'm going to die.
l will show you everything l know.
Daddy, are you and Tiffany going to get married? [laughs.]
[coughs.]
Carla says being pretty can be, like, a decision that you make.
You just sort of hold your face really still and then you open your eyes a little wider, like this.
And then you just kind of go blank.
[Lily.]
Grace, are you coming? She won't be ready for a while.
She's got a date.
She does? Well, no, l didn't know that.
- Did you? - Yeah, l did.
We talked about it when we were having a lesson, She told you? - Well, have you met him? - No, but l'm going to.
What do you take me for? Well, Jake, at least one of us has to meet him, Hey, Lil, take it easy.
- l'll meet him, okay? - Okay, thanks.
- Grace has a date.
- Yeah, horror of horrors.
- Not for you? - No, for her mom.
lt signals the end of life on earth, apparently.
lt's better than my mother.
All she ever did was flirt with my boyfriends.
- Was she cute? - That's funny.
When, um, when do you have to go to work? Oh, l don't know.
Soon, probably.
They're delivering all those new tablecloths.
Oh, tablecloths.
Tablecloths are very important.
Oh, shut up.
They are when they arrive ripped like they did last time.
Oh, God, you're so masterful when you talk about tablecloths.
How do they feel against your skin, your naked skin? Come on.
l got to go to work.
Okay, l'll wait till tonight.
l'll wear a tablecloth.
[sighs.]
- l can't tonight, actually.
- Really? Yeah, l got to meet this guy l'm doing a deal with.
- All night? - Well, l don't know.
l mean, as long as it takes, you know? l think l was in college when l realized that women are always disappointed no matter what you do, so finally it doesn't matter.
l guess in some way they need to be disappointed.
- What? - Nothing.
l mean, you know, you have a restaurant to run and two kids to raise and an ex-wife who's still basically your wife, only you get to have sex with me without getting in trouble.
Come on.
Yeah, you know, it's fine.
Forget it.
Darling, we've talked about this so many times.
Mm-mm, Jake.
We talk around it.
Well, talk to me.
l mean, if a woman loves you, basically you exist to make her happy.
Not that l don't want to make anybody happy.
l'm just tired of always failing at it.
Look, l-l don't know why it's so hard for me to, uh, you know, tell you what l feel.
l think that when you're married for so long, it, uh, it's hard to go back to that place where you're you're vulnerable.
l mean, it's wrong.
lt's wrong, but, l mean, you gotta know Shut up.
lf only they didn't smell so good.
Okay, 1 0:30.
Bye, Dad.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Can l meet this guy? What? Couldn't you just walk by and check him out and pretend you're from another country? That's funny.
lt'll take one minute out of your life.
- Daddy.
- Or you don't go.
[sighs.]
- God.
- [laughs.]
Of course my eighth birthday was at this very mall.
That movie store used to be a tae kwon do place.
Pace, he accidentally kicked me in the head, and l lost consciousness.
And that was the first time l tried coffee.
[slurping loudly.]
Okay, well, listen, l should, uh Grace, 1 0:30, right? We're missing the movie.
Oh, well, yeah, go.
Nice to meet you.
- All right? See you later? - Bye.
Your dad looks like Lee Van Cleef, only less mean.
Who's Lee Van Cleef? Oh, my God.
Okay, l didn't hear that.
You have no idea who Lee Van Cleef is? When l say, ''Lee Van Cleef,'' it means nothing? What? Brian, you can't see it on any of the remote cameras, [Spencer.]
Seriously, spaghetti westerns are, like, my life.
Transformers and megablasters, what kind of role models are they? Kids today have no sense of the epic.
People have stood at various times and held back the forces of chaos - through sheer will.
Manning.
- What? l can't believe you're actually watching this.
You're actually watching this? l can't believe it.
Uh, excuse me.
Your hand is on my thigh.
This so sucks.
Why is your hand on my thigh? l mean, l can tell you exactly how it ends.
- Shut up.
- What, are you kidding me? He's not even watching.
- They threw us out.
- We weren't thrown out.
- lsn't this America? - lt was being asked to leave.
A movie's not church, okay, or some kind of worship location.
l actually thought that manager was, like, amazingly polite.
l've never actually been asked to leave a movie before.
Me neither.
l hate movies anyway.
- They set you up for disappointment.
- l know.
Even the good ones.
Especially the good ones.
l know, because your life will never be that.
Exactly.
lt just rubs it in your face.
My cub scout troop used to meet, like, a block from here.
l'm, like, haunted by the past.
You should know that about me.
- Like haunted in what? - Like Japanese animation? Anime? l wish l could still enjoy it the way l used to when l was 1 0 without, like, analyzing it so much.
There's this one called Evangelion about these angels, only they're really demons trying to destroy the world, and only kids can save it.
Uh-huh.
And l used to want to be this one kid Shinji whose father didn't believe in him, but he was the one.
And, uh, l can't get into it anymore.
But when l was 1 0, it was just, like so real.
l kept saying to myself, ''Just turn your head away.
Just turn.
Just'' [groans.]
l'm really thirsty.
There's a place over there.
Thank you.
- Sorry.
- Oh, thanks.
Hey, watch, we'll wait, like, l know.
lt's like kids have leprosy.
- Grace, what? - Hi.
What, did the movie get out early? No.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
We didn't like it, so we took a walk.
Hey, this is Ronnie.
This is my girl Grace.
- Nice to meet you.
- And that's Spencer.
Hi.
Yeah, Ronnie's a friend from the restaurant.
- A very loyal customer.
- Yeah.
- You sure you don't want to drive? - No, that's okay.
- So? - So what? - Was this someone that you think? - He was okay.
You like him as a friend.
Uh-oh.
- Sweetie, did something happen? - No.
No, boys are just weird.
Well, in my experience, only matched by the weirdness of girls.
Girls are so not weird except in what they have to do to themselves for boys.
So, where's Tiffany tonight? She had to meet some guy at the radio station.
You know, l didn't get the, uh, l didn't get the whole story.
l'm going to do it, if anybody's interested.
Grace? Hello? Don't you want to see the volcano erupt? - More than anything.
- Grace, how was your date? Just because l tell you about something doesn't mean l want to talk about it.
She was talking about it to Julie all night.
Didn't anybody teach you not to eavesdrop, - miniature person? - Dork.
- You don't know what ''dork'' means.
- Yes, l do.
lt means ''whale anus.
'' - My point.
- Zoe.
Girls, please.
Are you going to test this volcano or not? l'm doing it if everybody would stop talking.
- Whoa.
- Oh, my God.
Yes! - Oh, my God.
- That's so exciting, Zoe.
Oh, my God.
Oh, God, my shirt.
- Grace, was he nice? - Mom.
- Daddy said he liked him.
- You talked to Dad? He said you guys left the mall early, l assumed that meant you had a good time.
- Where did he tell you we were? - A coffee shop.
Why? No reason.
Can l have a Shirley Temple? Yeah.
Hey, Grace, you want one? - l can make it with vodka.
- No, thanks.
Kidding, kidding.
The restaurant was started in what year? - Grace, do you want the cherry? - You don't like the cherry? - l'm trying to cut back on food dyes.
- She's great with kids.
How long have you guys been going out? - About a year.
ls this for the article? - Only if you want it.
You should've seen what this looked like before.
Someplace my grandma would have taken me.
- lt had this weird smell.
- Look, Tiff.
You should tell him what you've done to the place.
So, tell me.
- Well - The bar used to be over there and it was really dark, but not a good dark, and remember you could hear the washer and dryer from the laundromat? He doesn't need to hear the gory details.
Whatever you want to tell me.
Jake had a vision.
He knew exactly what Could you go check in the kitchen and see - if Giancarlo's here yet? - Okay, l'll shut up.
This has always been a great restaurant, okay? l've tried to make it a great restaurant for today.
Phil Brooks.
Phil Brooks, he taught me everything l know.
This guy defined the word ''restaurateur.
'' He was also one hell of a guy, wasn't he? [man.]
All set.
Okay, you guys, it's show time.
Daddy, do we really have to do a picture? Oh, yes, we do.
You're my beautiful girl.
Jake, you're there.
We'll put the girls on either side of you.
And, Tiffany, you want to be in this, don't you? Oh.
- Uh - Oh.
Well, maybe we can do a couple different versions.
- No, l'll just be in it another time.
- Oh, no.
You sure? Don't be silly.
Yeah.
Come on.
l want to see those smiling faces.
Okay.
Well, let's Can we do it? Okay.
Good.
That's nice.
Everybody around the sign, and one big happy family.
Zoe, just tell me you'll go to sleep this century.
l'll try.
lt's a good thing l'm not officially babysitting here because l think l lack a certain moral authority with your sister.
- She's that way with everybody.
- That's a relief.
Or with you.
lt's pretty much done.
Don't worry.
l just have a little biology l can finish up in study hall anyway.
- l wish they had study hall for life.
- Yeah.
Oh, how's driving coming, by the way? A lot better now that Dad's teaching me.
Yeah, he's definitely, like, the good dad driving-teacher type.
lt's so weird when you start driving 'cause it's this huge deal and it's so hard and dangerous, and you look around, and all these dumb people are just doing it, no problem.
- lt's so humiliating.
- [telephone rings.]
l'll get it.
[ringing.]
Hello.
Hey, babycakes, is Tiffany there? Yeah.
When are you coming home? Well, that's what l have to talk to Tiffany about.
He wants to talk to you.
- Hey, what's up? - Hey, listen, l'm so sorry, but l'm going to be stuck here a little while longer.
- How long? - Well, l'm not really sure, - ls that a problem? - Yeah.
Oh, yeah, no.
l'm not officially babysitting anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Well, you could take off if you want.
That's okay.
l want to talk to you anyway.
- What's the matter? - No, nothing.
l just, um, l'll talk to you later.
He's doing some deal with some guy.
He's always doing some deal.
He works so hard, your father.
l worry about him sometimes.
[telephone rings.]
What now? Oh, sorry.
- Hello? - lt's Pace.
- Hi.
- How are you doing? Fine.
How did you know l was here? l called your mom, She gave me the number, So are you doing anything? l was at the library, - and l thought maybe, you know, - Oh.
l mean, if you weren't doing anything really exciting, maybe we could, uh, you know, just - You mean, like, now? - You know, whatever.
Hang out, chill, just as long as you're not, uh,,, Uh, no, no, that's Um, hang on a second, okay? - l guess l am babysitting.
- Thank you.
Okay.
So So, great.
What's your dad's address? So this isn't the same guy as last night? Way to go, Grace.
No, see, it's really weird.
They're, like, best friends.
Uh-oh.
l know.
l don't know if l should do this.
What, go outside and talk to somebody? Come on, it's a free country.
- Yeah, yeah.
- You should blot your lipstick.
Oh.
So l heard you got asked to leave the movie.
- Yeah.
- Cool.
So, you like him, right? Right? l, uh Because have you seen him yet today? He is beyond happy.
- l mean, way beyond happy.
- Wait.
Just Um, why do you want to know if l like him? l mean Because, Grace, l've known him since second grade and l've seen him do this a million times, okay? - Do what? - Fall in love.
Most of the time it's with people who don't even like him, then he just walks around like a dead guy for months at a time.
So l guess what l'm trying to say is l'm praying this time it's different.
lt is, isn't it? Come on.
l guess.
- So, that's why you came over? - Yeah, yeah.
Hey, you know what l just realized? Our names rhyme.
Grace and Pace, isn't that cool? So you're pretty good friends with Carla, huh? Yeah.
Does she ever mention me? Sometimes l wonder why l ever hope for anything.
- Hey.
- Hey.
l thought you were Grace.
What do you mean? She went for a walk.
- What? When? - What time is it? lt's 1 1 :1 5 on a school night.
Tiffany, where's Grace? She went out to meet some guy.
lt wasn't supposed to be She went out with a guy? What guy? - A friend of the other one.
- Damn it.
- Don't yell at me about your daughter.
- You just let her walk out of here without asking who she was with? l'm not the babysitter.
l was waiting.
A 1 5-year-old isn't supposed to be out on the street.
- l'd run away from home - That's my point.
What's that supposed to mean? l don't have time to explain what a normal family is.
- This is a normal family? - Not now.
l've got to go find Hey.
Where were you? l went out.
Tiffany knew.
Tiffany didn't know where you were.
Do you know what time it is? - 1 1 :00.
- On a school night.
Dad, l'm sorry.
l thought l'd be back sooner.
l don't care how much you like this boy.
- lt has nothing to do with that.
- lt does.
- l can't find you wandering.
- lf you came home when you said Excuse me! Your mom and l both agreed you'd tell us where you were and who you were with.
Where were you and who were you with? - What? - Never mind.
Grace.
[gasps.]
What? - You're in trouble.
- Zoe! God.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- You look tired.
- Oh, yeah.
Was there more after l left? No.
You pretty much got the highlights.
- Here, sit down.
- Oh, no, no, l can't stay.
Okay.
- Jake.
- l know l've been really busy lately.
No, it doesn't have anything to do with, um, being busy.
l feel like l've been breaking up with you since we met.
ls that what you're doing? l got it in the beginning.
l was the exact opposite of your wife, and that was fine, and l didn't want anything from you.
l still don't.
But l might someday want something from someone.
What, just not from me? That's sort of been up to you.
l'm sorry.
- That's not necessary.
- No, it is.
No, you're agreeing with me.
- No, wait, wait.
- No, it's okay.
lt was fine in the beginning, you know, when it was just about sex, but unfortunately, this has become a relationship, and you don't like being in relationships.
You're just doing this? Yeah, l am.
Um, so l need to kiss you now and then l need to go.
- Uh, hi.
- Hi.
- l'm sorry.
- No.
lsn't Dad at the restaurant? Yeah.
l just What's wrong? No.
Hi, Grace.
l just broke up with your father.
- You did? - Yeah, l think l did.
- l mean, l did.
- Whoa.
Yeah.
So l just came by to get some stuff of mine - while he's not here.
- Yeah.
Sure, sure.
l'm not sure what l'm supposed to say.
- l'm sorry.
- That's sweet.
l know that it's - made you sort of uncomfortable.
- No, no.
No, l mean, l don't even blame myself.
l mean, it's hard to see your dad with somebody who's not your mom.
Yeah, l know.
l've been there.
l guess.
The thing is, your dad is a very attractive man.
That probably makes it harder to be his daughter, you know, because women are going to want to be around him.
Makes it harder to be his girlfriend, to be perfectly honest, and the thing is, l love your dad.
l do.
l'm just not sure if he ever really saw me.
Have you hit that place yet where you finally get how a guy sees you, and you're like, ''This has nothing to do with my hair or my legs or my body? This is all about him and his dream of my breasts and my legs and my body, and l'm not even in the room.
You know, it really doesn't matter who l am.
'' lt's not a very nice thing to do, you know, because they're just using you to make themselves feel more attractive or bigger or more.
And no one should do that to anybody, and people do it all the time.
Oh, God.
l'm going to stop talking now.
Uh - Will you give Zoe a kiss for me? - Yeah.
l Okay, l did not do that to Spencer.
l don't think.
[bell rings.]
So, what are you going to do now? l don't know.
l'll tell him the truth, l guess.
That you were completely manipulating him and lying about liking him at all? Guys expect rejection.
lt's part of their genetic code.
So, Pace likes me, huh? Hey, Manning, so l got a tape you have to watch.
Don't even try to object.
This is the cornerstone of my theory on the epic.
lt's Leone's director's cut - of Once Upon a Time in the West, - l need to talk to you.
Claudia Cardinale.
She's so hot.
- Let me talk.
- Dress like her.
You'd get a lot more attention around here.
Excuse me? See the movie and make yourself look like Claudia Cardinale.
You wouldn't worry about whether guys will like you.
- What do you mean? Who the hell? - l know what goes on in your head.
You know? That's a joke.
You're not thinking, ''Oh, God, he likes me now.
That's a disaster? How will l get a cool guy if he's my boyfriend?'' Am l wrong? - You're not my boyfriend.
- l know l'm not.
Then what are you talking about? l don't know what l'm talking about.
What are you talking about? l'm just - Spencer - That's articulate.
Spencer, l don't want a boyfriend right now.
So, who's asking you? Well, from what you were saying l just want to use you and discard you like some toy.
Get out of here.
Are you going to watch this movie with me or not? - Why would l watch a western with you? - You'd widen your horizons beyond your provincial, estrogenated sensibilities.
You'd like Jane Austen too.
There you go.
Just straight back.
Cut hard now.
That's it.
Good.
Good.
Cool.
So, you and Tiffany broke up.
She told me.
Yeah, yeah, we did.
You know, Tiffany's a great girl, you know, but she's just not She l don't think there was ever really much of a future for us, you know? How's it going with you and Spencer? Dad.
Listen, Grace, what happened with Tiffany and me, it's, uh l mean, sometimes l worry that what happens between me and other women, or say, - what happened with your mom - Dad.
Come on.
Just listen, please.
Between your mom and me might give you the wrong idea about what men and women - l don't want this conversation.
- Your mom and l were happy for so long.
You know that, don't you? l guess.
l just hate to think that, you know, being around all this or, you know, being around me might make you reluctant or scared or something.
Fall in love again? Yeah, l guess l'd like that.
Of course, with my track record, if l were to guess, l'd have to say fat chance.
What can l say? Being in love is the most amazing feeling in the world.
You think driving is cool? You are not going to believe what it feels like the first time it hits you.
The problem, you see, is The problem is l don't know if l've ever really been in love or if l'm even remotely capable of anything resembling it.
Dad, do you mind if we just drive for a while? And l keep my mouth shut? Sure, sweetie.
But then l think to myself, l have been in love, real love, twice in my life, and it never went away and it wasn't questioned or difficult.
So l don't understand why, if l am capable of it why l can't let anyone touch me the way my two daughters have.
l think about that, you know, that they're women, just like the ones l can't deal with.
l mean, is this what my life is going to be like? Because what's the point of that? - l'm late.
- For? Are you pregnant? We're in this together.
- Oh, my God! He did it! - Wow.
What happened to your hair? - So, where are you guys going? - Out.
Do you have a problem with me and Eli? You could have told me what you had in mind.
Grace! Grace!
For the eruption? Before l went to the store would have been an excellent time to mention this.
Hey, you.
- Hi.
- Hi.
''Red food dye number 40.
'' ls that illegal? - No.
- Yes! - What? - What? l got my learner's permit.
Great.
Careful.
[hisses.]
Mom, you're making that sound.
- What sound? - That [hisses.]
sound you make.
l'm not trying to make you nervous.
There's a lot to think about.
So many things could go [horn honks.]
Mom, you're not wearing your seat belt.
Oh, my God.
This is the most important.
You never, ever drive without your seat belt.
We're gonna be doing this for six months.
Can you please try to act like a normal human being? l can't do this.
Jake, you have to do it.
l just don't seem to be able to stay uninvolved.
No, it's okay.
lt's okay.
l want to do it.
lt's a father-daughter thing.
Well, thanks.
l appreciate it.
- No problem.
- Okay.
Bye.
What? What's a father-daughter thing? Uh, Grace got her learner's permit.
l'm going to teach her how to drive.
- Wow.
Grace hits the road.
- No, don't even start.
When l was 1 5 years old, Josie Bender and l stole her father's car and drove to Madison.
Drank, like, She was the strangest girl, had dreadlocks.
- Howard! - And her energy and her - Hey.
- Hey, Jake, how are you? l had those Bears' tickets.
You didn't even call me back.
Oh, yeah? You're such a big deal, l can never reach you.
You know this guy is a liar, don't you? - Oh, we know all about Howard.
- Do you now? l like people.
What can l say? Some folks do coke, some drink.
l just like people.
They're sizing up the place, feeling tense, and you just talk the talk.
You schmooze them a little bit, you know? And you feel that moment where you got them.
[Howard.]
Ronnie, Linda, this is Jake Manning, who you've never heard me talk about.
You have done the most amazing job with this place.
l used to come here with my family - when l was a kid.
- Don't tell me when.
What, last week, right? - Ronnie? - Yeah.
And if they happen to be female, so much the better.
Here.
Get us a better table.
Putz.
Good guy, though.
Plus he, uh, drops like, $200 every time he walks in the door.
What? Hey, check it out.
- Hi.
- Grace.
Pace and Spencer.
We were all in the same driver's ed car.
Once in a while l would end up next to Pace.
lt was like when you have a fever.
l could hardly swallow.
Hi.
Plus, our names rhyme.
Grace, Pace.
You know, not that that necessarily means And he, like, talks to me sometimes.
But he talks to everyone.
- So, you get your permit? - Now l drive with my mother.
lf l had to drive with my mother - You drive like your mother.
- Shut up.
What's wrong with your shirt? ls that sweat? Shut up, Spencer.
So you're driving now.
Kill anyone yet? Oh, yeah, tons of people.
This guy is actually dangerous to himself and to others, isn't that right? lt's time for his medication.
- [bell rings.]
- l hate when boys do that, humiliating each other in front of you.
So, you like Pace? Oh, my God.
Was it that obvious? To me, but l'm really perceptive.
Seriously, l scare myself.
And the loud one? - Spencer Lewicki.
- He seemed kind of obsessed with you.
Like that whole sweat remark? Why does it have to be Spencer who likes me? Why couldn't it be Pace? - lt could be Pace, if - lf l were a different person? lf, say, you went out with the annoyingly loud friend.
You think Pace wouldn't notice? - You're saying l should go out with - lt's basic psychology.
lt's the standard proven thing.
With Spencer, a person l have zero interest in, because Pace will notice me? That's what you're telling me to do? l'm just stating facts.
Do it your own way.
- l don't really have a way.
- Exactly.
l should go up to this insane person l barely know and ask him to the movies or something? lsn't that going to strike him as weird? Grace, guys have this huge highway, okay? Like, right down the center of their brains.
They can either think or feel, but not both at once.
That explains a lot, actually.
See, there's your file, and now you can work on it at home.
Wow.
How about if l want to get Christie's bagels? Can l do that from home too? We're still working on that technology.
- Hi.
- [telephone ringing.]
- Oh, hi.
- Oh, hey.
And nice talking to you.
- Hello? - lt's a done deal.
He likes you.
- What do you mean? - l called him, - What? - Honey, want a snack? No, thanks.
l'm studying.
lt is ridiculous the way they stress kids out with so much homework.
Excuse me.
You called him for me? lf l waited for you guys to do it Oh, my God.
Here's how it'll go down: Tomorrow by the tree by the trash can next to the library.
1 2:00.
- Be there.
- You made a date? - Carla - [dial tone.]
God.
[Spencer.]
We're supposedly going to the movies or something.
l know.
We don't have to, obviously.
No, obviously we do have to.
Obviously it's like public knowledge or predetermined or something.
You know what we should do? We should make up a story, a whole incident that happened during our date, and, like, circulate it.
- Why? - For, you know, fun.
Oh.
l thought you were just trying to get out of it.
- lf anyone's trying, you are.
- No, l'm not.
Oh.
Well, l am.
Just kidding.
No, actually, l think we should face our fears.
- What fears? - We're people who don't normally date.
- Speak for yourself.
- lt's like a whole insane ritual, like the group has spoken, like it demands some show of loyalty.
lt's like an animal sacrifice or something, like we're pawns in the game.
Can't we just look at it like we're going to the movies? Sure.
Okay.
All right.
A car is two tons of steel held on the road by and your working assumption is that everyone else on the road is either completely insane or else an idiot drunk.
- Or an escaped felon.
- Exactly.
- Okay, stop.
- [tires squeal.]
- What? - Good.
All right, just checking.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
You got to check in your rear-view before you make a stop like that.
You got to be aware at all times.
All right, that's a good job.
So, Dad, um, could you leave work long enough to give me a lift to the mall tomorrow night? Bunch of us are going to a movie.
- Yeah, sure.
Who's all going? - Just a bunch of kids.
- Grace.
- Okay, there's a guy too.
- Uh-huh.
Does this guy have a name? - Spencer.
Lewicki.
What's his real name? - Dad.
- No, l'm sorry.
- [cellular phone rings.]
- Oh, excuse me one second.
Hello.
Hey! [German accent.]
Oh, well, you know, we have ways of getting information like that.
[laughs.]
[normal voice.]
Yeah.
That's what l was thinking.
Listen.
Hey, hey.
That's what l thought.
Let me get back to you on that, all right? Let me get back to you.
Good.
Bye.
Who was that? Oh, just some guy l'm doing a deal with.
- l didn't kill the squirrel.
- Road kill.
- What'll it be? - Cola, please, on the rocks, with a twist.
Coming right up.
Well, it's all set.
Hi, Zoe.
Hi, Grace.
What's all set? He's coming with a photographer on Wednesday.
l got your dad an exclusive interview with the Evanston Review, You did not.
He's doing a whole story on the restaurant and how it's a lost tradition, a family business surviving changeover through turbulent economic times.
Billy the station manager owed me so bad because remember l told you about that guy with the really bad skin who was generally allergic, and so l got him on the regimen with no wheat, sugar and dairy? That was Billy, who's good friends with the editor.
- Oh.
- We get our picture in the paper? Uh-huh.
ls that not the coolest thing ever? What did you go and do a thing like that for? l wanted to contribute something.
Now l'm becoming a bartender, l have to make sure l have a place to work.
- You're becoming a bartender? - Yeah, absolutely, and l have to pee, which, if l don't do now, l'm going to die.
l will show you everything l know.
Daddy, are you and Tiffany going to get married? [laughs.]
[coughs.]
Carla says being pretty can be, like, a decision that you make.
You just sort of hold your face really still and then you open your eyes a little wider, like this.
And then you just kind of go blank.
[Lily.]
Grace, are you coming? She won't be ready for a while.
She's got a date.
She does? Well, no, l didn't know that.
- Did you? - Yeah, l did.
We talked about it when we were having a lesson, She told you? - Well, have you met him? - No, but l'm going to.
What do you take me for? Well, Jake, at least one of us has to meet him, Hey, Lil, take it easy.
- l'll meet him, okay? - Okay, thanks.
- Grace has a date.
- Yeah, horror of horrors.
- Not for you? - No, for her mom.
lt signals the end of life on earth, apparently.
lt's better than my mother.
All she ever did was flirt with my boyfriends.
- Was she cute? - That's funny.
When, um, when do you have to go to work? Oh, l don't know.
Soon, probably.
They're delivering all those new tablecloths.
Oh, tablecloths.
Tablecloths are very important.
Oh, shut up.
They are when they arrive ripped like they did last time.
Oh, God, you're so masterful when you talk about tablecloths.
How do they feel against your skin, your naked skin? Come on.
l got to go to work.
Okay, l'll wait till tonight.
l'll wear a tablecloth.
[sighs.]
- l can't tonight, actually.
- Really? Yeah, l got to meet this guy l'm doing a deal with.
- All night? - Well, l don't know.
l mean, as long as it takes, you know? l think l was in college when l realized that women are always disappointed no matter what you do, so finally it doesn't matter.
l guess in some way they need to be disappointed.
- What? - Nothing.
l mean, you know, you have a restaurant to run and two kids to raise and an ex-wife who's still basically your wife, only you get to have sex with me without getting in trouble.
Come on.
Yeah, you know, it's fine.
Forget it.
Darling, we've talked about this so many times.
Mm-mm, Jake.
We talk around it.
Well, talk to me.
l mean, if a woman loves you, basically you exist to make her happy.
Not that l don't want to make anybody happy.
l'm just tired of always failing at it.
Look, l-l don't know why it's so hard for me to, uh, you know, tell you what l feel.
l think that when you're married for so long, it, uh, it's hard to go back to that place where you're you're vulnerable.
l mean, it's wrong.
lt's wrong, but, l mean, you gotta know Shut up.
lf only they didn't smell so good.
Okay, 1 0:30.
Bye, Dad.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Can l meet this guy? What? Couldn't you just walk by and check him out and pretend you're from another country? That's funny.
lt'll take one minute out of your life.
- Daddy.
- Or you don't go.
[sighs.]
- God.
- [laughs.]
Of course my eighth birthday was at this very mall.
That movie store used to be a tae kwon do place.
Pace, he accidentally kicked me in the head, and l lost consciousness.
And that was the first time l tried coffee.
[slurping loudly.]
Okay, well, listen, l should, uh Grace, 1 0:30, right? We're missing the movie.
Oh, well, yeah, go.
Nice to meet you.
- All right? See you later? - Bye.
Your dad looks like Lee Van Cleef, only less mean.
Who's Lee Van Cleef? Oh, my God.
Okay, l didn't hear that.
You have no idea who Lee Van Cleef is? When l say, ''Lee Van Cleef,'' it means nothing? What? Brian, you can't see it on any of the remote cameras, [Spencer.]
Seriously, spaghetti westerns are, like, my life.
Transformers and megablasters, what kind of role models are they? Kids today have no sense of the epic.
People have stood at various times and held back the forces of chaos - through sheer will.
Manning.
- What? l can't believe you're actually watching this.
You're actually watching this? l can't believe it.
Uh, excuse me.
Your hand is on my thigh.
This so sucks.
Why is your hand on my thigh? l mean, l can tell you exactly how it ends.
- Shut up.
- What, are you kidding me? He's not even watching.
- They threw us out.
- We weren't thrown out.
- lsn't this America? - lt was being asked to leave.
A movie's not church, okay, or some kind of worship location.
l actually thought that manager was, like, amazingly polite.
l've never actually been asked to leave a movie before.
Me neither.
l hate movies anyway.
- They set you up for disappointment.
- l know.
Even the good ones.
Especially the good ones.
l know, because your life will never be that.
Exactly.
lt just rubs it in your face.
My cub scout troop used to meet, like, a block from here.
l'm, like, haunted by the past.
You should know that about me.
- Like haunted in what? - Like Japanese animation? Anime? l wish l could still enjoy it the way l used to when l was 1 0 without, like, analyzing it so much.
There's this one called Evangelion about these angels, only they're really demons trying to destroy the world, and only kids can save it.
Uh-huh.
And l used to want to be this one kid Shinji whose father didn't believe in him, but he was the one.
And, uh, l can't get into it anymore.
But when l was 1 0, it was just, like so real.
l kept saying to myself, ''Just turn your head away.
Just turn.
Just'' [groans.]
l'm really thirsty.
There's a place over there.
Thank you.
- Sorry.
- Oh, thanks.
Hey, watch, we'll wait, like, l know.
lt's like kids have leprosy.
- Grace, what? - Hi.
What, did the movie get out early? No.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
We didn't like it, so we took a walk.
Hey, this is Ronnie.
This is my girl Grace.
- Nice to meet you.
- And that's Spencer.
Hi.
Yeah, Ronnie's a friend from the restaurant.
- A very loyal customer.
- Yeah.
- You sure you don't want to drive? - No, that's okay.
- So? - So what? - Was this someone that you think? - He was okay.
You like him as a friend.
Uh-oh.
- Sweetie, did something happen? - No.
No, boys are just weird.
Well, in my experience, only matched by the weirdness of girls.
Girls are so not weird except in what they have to do to themselves for boys.
So, where's Tiffany tonight? She had to meet some guy at the radio station.
You know, l didn't get the, uh, l didn't get the whole story.
l'm going to do it, if anybody's interested.
Grace? Hello? Don't you want to see the volcano erupt? - More than anything.
- Grace, how was your date? Just because l tell you about something doesn't mean l want to talk about it.
She was talking about it to Julie all night.
Didn't anybody teach you not to eavesdrop, - miniature person? - Dork.
- You don't know what ''dork'' means.
- Yes, l do.
lt means ''whale anus.
'' - My point.
- Zoe.
Girls, please.
Are you going to test this volcano or not? l'm doing it if everybody would stop talking.
- Whoa.
- Oh, my God.
Yes! - Oh, my God.
- That's so exciting, Zoe.
Oh, my God.
Oh, God, my shirt.
- Grace, was he nice? - Mom.
- Daddy said he liked him.
- You talked to Dad? He said you guys left the mall early, l assumed that meant you had a good time.
- Where did he tell you we were? - A coffee shop.
Why? No reason.
Can l have a Shirley Temple? Yeah.
Hey, Grace, you want one? - l can make it with vodka.
- No, thanks.
Kidding, kidding.
The restaurant was started in what year? - Grace, do you want the cherry? - You don't like the cherry? - l'm trying to cut back on food dyes.
- She's great with kids.
How long have you guys been going out? - About a year.
ls this for the article? - Only if you want it.
You should've seen what this looked like before.
Someplace my grandma would have taken me.
- lt had this weird smell.
- Look, Tiff.
You should tell him what you've done to the place.
So, tell me.
- Well - The bar used to be over there and it was really dark, but not a good dark, and remember you could hear the washer and dryer from the laundromat? He doesn't need to hear the gory details.
Whatever you want to tell me.
Jake had a vision.
He knew exactly what Could you go check in the kitchen and see - if Giancarlo's here yet? - Okay, l'll shut up.
This has always been a great restaurant, okay? l've tried to make it a great restaurant for today.
Phil Brooks.
Phil Brooks, he taught me everything l know.
This guy defined the word ''restaurateur.
'' He was also one hell of a guy, wasn't he? [man.]
All set.
Okay, you guys, it's show time.
Daddy, do we really have to do a picture? Oh, yes, we do.
You're my beautiful girl.
Jake, you're there.
We'll put the girls on either side of you.
And, Tiffany, you want to be in this, don't you? Oh.
- Uh - Oh.
Well, maybe we can do a couple different versions.
- No, l'll just be in it another time.
- Oh, no.
You sure? Don't be silly.
Yeah.
Come on.
l want to see those smiling faces.
Okay.
Well, let's Can we do it? Okay.
Good.
That's nice.
Everybody around the sign, and one big happy family.
Zoe, just tell me you'll go to sleep this century.
l'll try.
lt's a good thing l'm not officially babysitting here because l think l lack a certain moral authority with your sister.
- She's that way with everybody.
- That's a relief.
Or with you.
lt's pretty much done.
Don't worry.
l just have a little biology l can finish up in study hall anyway.
- l wish they had study hall for life.
- Yeah.
Oh, how's driving coming, by the way? A lot better now that Dad's teaching me.
Yeah, he's definitely, like, the good dad driving-teacher type.
lt's so weird when you start driving 'cause it's this huge deal and it's so hard and dangerous, and you look around, and all these dumb people are just doing it, no problem.
- lt's so humiliating.
- [telephone rings.]
l'll get it.
[ringing.]
Hello.
Hey, babycakes, is Tiffany there? Yeah.
When are you coming home? Well, that's what l have to talk to Tiffany about.
He wants to talk to you.
- Hey, what's up? - Hey, listen, l'm so sorry, but l'm going to be stuck here a little while longer.
- How long? - Well, l'm not really sure, - ls that a problem? - Yeah.
Oh, yeah, no.
l'm not officially babysitting anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Well, you could take off if you want.
That's okay.
l want to talk to you anyway.
- What's the matter? - No, nothing.
l just, um, l'll talk to you later.
He's doing some deal with some guy.
He's always doing some deal.
He works so hard, your father.
l worry about him sometimes.
[telephone rings.]
What now? Oh, sorry.
- Hello? - lt's Pace.
- Hi.
- How are you doing? Fine.
How did you know l was here? l called your mom, She gave me the number, So are you doing anything? l was at the library, - and l thought maybe, you know, - Oh.
l mean, if you weren't doing anything really exciting, maybe we could, uh, you know, just - You mean, like, now? - You know, whatever.
Hang out, chill, just as long as you're not, uh,,, Uh, no, no, that's Um, hang on a second, okay? - l guess l am babysitting.
- Thank you.
Okay.
So So, great.
What's your dad's address? So this isn't the same guy as last night? Way to go, Grace.
No, see, it's really weird.
They're, like, best friends.
Uh-oh.
l know.
l don't know if l should do this.
What, go outside and talk to somebody? Come on, it's a free country.
- Yeah, yeah.
- You should blot your lipstick.
Oh.
So l heard you got asked to leave the movie.
- Yeah.
- Cool.
So, you like him, right? Right? l, uh Because have you seen him yet today? He is beyond happy.
- l mean, way beyond happy.
- Wait.
Just Um, why do you want to know if l like him? l mean Because, Grace, l've known him since second grade and l've seen him do this a million times, okay? - Do what? - Fall in love.
Most of the time it's with people who don't even like him, then he just walks around like a dead guy for months at a time.
So l guess what l'm trying to say is l'm praying this time it's different.
lt is, isn't it? Come on.
l guess.
- So, that's why you came over? - Yeah, yeah.
Hey, you know what l just realized? Our names rhyme.
Grace and Pace, isn't that cool? So you're pretty good friends with Carla, huh? Yeah.
Does she ever mention me? Sometimes l wonder why l ever hope for anything.
- Hey.
- Hey.
l thought you were Grace.
What do you mean? She went for a walk.
- What? When? - What time is it? lt's 1 1 :1 5 on a school night.
Tiffany, where's Grace? She went out to meet some guy.
lt wasn't supposed to be She went out with a guy? What guy? - A friend of the other one.
- Damn it.
- Don't yell at me about your daughter.
- You just let her walk out of here without asking who she was with? l'm not the babysitter.
l was waiting.
A 1 5-year-old isn't supposed to be out on the street.
- l'd run away from home - That's my point.
What's that supposed to mean? l don't have time to explain what a normal family is.
- This is a normal family? - Not now.
l've got to go find Hey.
Where were you? l went out.
Tiffany knew.
Tiffany didn't know where you were.
Do you know what time it is? - 1 1 :00.
- On a school night.
Dad, l'm sorry.
l thought l'd be back sooner.
l don't care how much you like this boy.
- lt has nothing to do with that.
- lt does.
- l can't find you wandering.
- lf you came home when you said Excuse me! Your mom and l both agreed you'd tell us where you were and who you were with.
Where were you and who were you with? - What? - Never mind.
Grace.
[gasps.]
What? - You're in trouble.
- Zoe! God.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- You look tired.
- Oh, yeah.
Was there more after l left? No.
You pretty much got the highlights.
- Here, sit down.
- Oh, no, no, l can't stay.
Okay.
- Jake.
- l know l've been really busy lately.
No, it doesn't have anything to do with, um, being busy.
l feel like l've been breaking up with you since we met.
ls that what you're doing? l got it in the beginning.
l was the exact opposite of your wife, and that was fine, and l didn't want anything from you.
l still don't.
But l might someday want something from someone.
What, just not from me? That's sort of been up to you.
l'm sorry.
- That's not necessary.
- No, it is.
No, you're agreeing with me.
- No, wait, wait.
- No, it's okay.
lt was fine in the beginning, you know, when it was just about sex, but unfortunately, this has become a relationship, and you don't like being in relationships.
You're just doing this? Yeah, l am.
Um, so l need to kiss you now and then l need to go.
- Uh, hi.
- Hi.
- l'm sorry.
- No.
lsn't Dad at the restaurant? Yeah.
l just What's wrong? No.
Hi, Grace.
l just broke up with your father.
- You did? - Yeah, l think l did.
- l mean, l did.
- Whoa.
Yeah.
So l just came by to get some stuff of mine - while he's not here.
- Yeah.
Sure, sure.
l'm not sure what l'm supposed to say.
- l'm sorry.
- That's sweet.
l know that it's - made you sort of uncomfortable.
- No, no.
No, l mean, l don't even blame myself.
l mean, it's hard to see your dad with somebody who's not your mom.
Yeah, l know.
l've been there.
l guess.
The thing is, your dad is a very attractive man.
That probably makes it harder to be his daughter, you know, because women are going to want to be around him.
Makes it harder to be his girlfriend, to be perfectly honest, and the thing is, l love your dad.
l do.
l'm just not sure if he ever really saw me.
Have you hit that place yet where you finally get how a guy sees you, and you're like, ''This has nothing to do with my hair or my legs or my body? This is all about him and his dream of my breasts and my legs and my body, and l'm not even in the room.
You know, it really doesn't matter who l am.
'' lt's not a very nice thing to do, you know, because they're just using you to make themselves feel more attractive or bigger or more.
And no one should do that to anybody, and people do it all the time.
Oh, God.
l'm going to stop talking now.
Uh - Will you give Zoe a kiss for me? - Yeah.
l Okay, l did not do that to Spencer.
l don't think.
[bell rings.]
So, what are you going to do now? l don't know.
l'll tell him the truth, l guess.
That you were completely manipulating him and lying about liking him at all? Guys expect rejection.
lt's part of their genetic code.
So, Pace likes me, huh? Hey, Manning, so l got a tape you have to watch.
Don't even try to object.
This is the cornerstone of my theory on the epic.
lt's Leone's director's cut - of Once Upon a Time in the West, - l need to talk to you.
Claudia Cardinale.
She's so hot.
- Let me talk.
- Dress like her.
You'd get a lot more attention around here.
Excuse me? See the movie and make yourself look like Claudia Cardinale.
You wouldn't worry about whether guys will like you.
- What do you mean? Who the hell? - l know what goes on in your head.
You know? That's a joke.
You're not thinking, ''Oh, God, he likes me now.
That's a disaster? How will l get a cool guy if he's my boyfriend?'' Am l wrong? - You're not my boyfriend.
- l know l'm not.
Then what are you talking about? l don't know what l'm talking about.
What are you talking about? l'm just - Spencer - That's articulate.
Spencer, l don't want a boyfriend right now.
So, who's asking you? Well, from what you were saying l just want to use you and discard you like some toy.
Get out of here.
Are you going to watch this movie with me or not? - Why would l watch a western with you? - You'd widen your horizons beyond your provincial, estrogenated sensibilities.
You'd like Jane Austen too.
There you go.
Just straight back.
Cut hard now.
That's it.
Good.
Good.
Cool.
So, you and Tiffany broke up.
She told me.
Yeah, yeah, we did.
You know, Tiffany's a great girl, you know, but she's just not She l don't think there was ever really much of a future for us, you know? How's it going with you and Spencer? Dad.
Listen, Grace, what happened with Tiffany and me, it's, uh l mean, sometimes l worry that what happens between me and other women, or say, - what happened with your mom - Dad.
Come on.
Just listen, please.
Between your mom and me might give you the wrong idea about what men and women - l don't want this conversation.
- Your mom and l were happy for so long.
You know that, don't you? l guess.
l just hate to think that, you know, being around all this or, you know, being around me might make you reluctant or scared or something.
Fall in love again? Yeah, l guess l'd like that.
Of course, with my track record, if l were to guess, l'd have to say fat chance.
What can l say? Being in love is the most amazing feeling in the world.
You think driving is cool? You are not going to believe what it feels like the first time it hits you.
The problem, you see, is The problem is l don't know if l've ever really been in love or if l'm even remotely capable of anything resembling it.
Dad, do you mind if we just drive for a while? And l keep my mouth shut? Sure, sweetie.
But then l think to myself, l have been in love, real love, twice in my life, and it never went away and it wasn't questioned or difficult.
So l don't understand why, if l am capable of it why l can't let anyone touch me the way my two daughters have.
l think about that, you know, that they're women, just like the ones l can't deal with.
l mean, is this what my life is going to be like? Because what's the point of that? - l'm late.
- For? Are you pregnant? We're in this together.
- Oh, my God! He did it! - Wow.
What happened to your hair? - So, where are you guys going? - Out.
Do you have a problem with me and Eli? You could have told me what you had in mind.
Grace! Grace!