Angela = Angela Chase
Rayanne = Rayanne Graff
Sharon = Sharon Cherski
Patty = Patty Chase
Rickie = Rickie Vasquez
Graham = Graham Chase
Danielle= Danielle Chase
Brian = Brian Krakow
Jordan = Jordan Catalano
Hallie = Hallie Lowenthal
Brad = Brad, Hallie's fiancee
Cynthia = Cynthia Hargrove
Doctor = Dr. Skolnick, the Chases' pediatrician
Narrator= Dr. Linda Shields, narrator on sex tape

Angela
Oh, my God.
Jordan
What're you doing?
Angela
I'm sorry!
Jordan
Slow down, slow down! Hey!
Angela
Help me! What am I doing?
Jordan
What do you think you're doing?
Angela
I don't know!
Jordan
Stop the car!
Angela
Oh, no!
Jordan
Stop the car! Stop, stop!
Angela
Well, you shouldn't have let me. I told you I couldn't drive. This is only like my second time [Jordan kisses her] -- behind the wheel. I'm really sorry. I couldn't find the brake.
Jordan
How long're we supposed to keep doing this?
Angela
I don't know. I mean -- what do you mean?
Jordan
You know what I mean.
Angela
Well, yeah, I -- well, what do you want me to do? I mean, I know what you want me to do, but -- [looks up at herself and Jordan in the rear-view mirror] Do you ever get obsessed with the rear-view mirror, like, when you're driving?
Jordan
Look, can't we just --
Angela
Just what? Just do it? Right here in a parking lot?
Jordan
We're not in a parking lot. We're in a car. [pause] Why, where do you wanna do it?
Angela
[laughing] Oh, I don't know -- how about in my room tonight after my parents fall asleep? [whispering] We'll have to be really quiet. [again, laughing] What, you actually like expect me to choose a place?
Jordan
Well, yeah.
Angela
[long pause] I better go to geometry.
Rickie
Look at that Cynthia Hargrove.
Rayanne
It's a pierced nose. It's not like an actual personality, or something.
Angela
Who were you trashing?
Rayanne
Cynthia Hargrove's nose stud. [to Rickie] It's too small! It's like a semi-precious pimple!
Rickie
She's such a sleaze. You are like such an improvement.
Angela
What do you mean? [pause] You mean Jordan went out with Cynthia Hargrove?
Rayanne
Well, went out -- I mean -- I don't know how many outside locations they actually went to --
Angela
But, she's someone Jordan used to -- um --
Rayanne
Yes, Jordan used to "um" her.
Rickie
You knew that. You must have known that. I knew that.
Angela
I must have -- blanked out. It's okay. It's no big deal. I just didn't quite know about -- Cynthia Hargrove. So -- now I know. [she leaves]
Rayanne
They obviously haven't "um-med" yet. [Rickie laughs]
Angela
[voiceover] I couldn't stop thinking about it. The like fact that -- that people -- had sex. That they just had it, like sex was this thing people -- had, like a rash. Or a -- a rottweiler. Everything started to seem like, pornographic or something. Like, Mrs. Krysanowski has sex. So does Mr. Katimsky. They both have sex. They could -- have sex together. Like right now. I am, like, the sickest person.
Graham
[on the phone] Anyways, so yeah, we're looking forward to it.
Danielle
[Patty coughs, sneezes] Mom, if you had a flu shot, then how come you're sick?
Graham
[deep belly laugh] Okay, we'll see you Friday.
Patty
I'm not sick. Sometimes, the flu shot makes you a little sick.
Graham
That was Hallie Lowenthal. They -- ah, accept.
Patty
Great.
Danielle
Who's Hallie Lowenthal?
Patty
Someone in Daddy's cooking class who we invited to dinner, with her fiancee. What's her fiancee's name again?
Graham
Uh, Brad.
Patty
That is such a perfect fiancee name.
Graham
Isn't it?
Patty
[door slams] Angela?
Angela
[from the other room] Mom, I'm not hungry.
Danielle
Dad, Mom says I have to have a flu shot. Do I have to have a flu shot?
Patty
You know, I know exactly what's going to happen. It's gonna be ten o'clock at night, she's going to be poking around in that kitchen like Princess Di asking you to make her something.
Angela
I heard that! And I won't be hungry later.
Patty
Well, good, because we're not running a restaurant.
Danielle
Lisa Yamamoto had a flu shot, and it was like, three inches long.
Patty
You know, we said we wanted to meet this -- Jordan -- if they're going out.
Graham
Are they? Going out?
Danielle
They're not going out. I would know if they're going out.
Patty
Doesn't he drive her home sometimes? We don't even know what kind of a driver he is. Not to mention --
Graham
Not to mention -- what else we -- can't mention.
Patty
Exactly. He has a car. Cars have doors and seats --
Graham
Oh, God --
Patty
They may as well have their own apartment.
Danielle
Do I have to?
Patty
We have to meet him. We have to be firm and consistent.
Danielle
Get a flu shot?
Patty
Yes.
Graham
[simultaneously] No. Ahem. Yes. He affirmed -- firmly.
Danielle
Um, when you said what else they could be doing, did you mean like foreplay? [Patty and Graham begin coughing]
Angela
Who's there?
Jordan
Hey.
Angela
It's a dream. I'm having a dream. I've had this dream, only without the cold cuts.
Jordan
Wow, food.
Angela
Wha-what are you doing--here? It's late. It's really -- [whispering] my parents are right upstairs.
Jordan
They are?
Angela
Well -- they live here.
Jordan
Well, you said you wanted to do it in your room while your parents were asleep.
Angela
I was joking. Seriously, you have to go.
Jordan
Okay. [they kiss] So, you know that empty house on Cloverdale?
Angela
[listening] Sh, wait a sec.
Jordan
The one that's been for sale, like forever? Tino found a way to get in, through this window in the back. So people have been going there, you know to -- have a place -- to go. So you wanna? Friday night?
Angela
Like breaking and entering?
Jordan
Just -- entering. So we can -- you know, be somewhere.
Patty
Angela!
Angela
[running to the stairway] Mom?
Patty
Didn't I predict this? Did I predict that this would happen? Didn't I tell you you'd be hungry later?
Angela
H -- oh, yeah. Right. Mom, um, listen --
Patty
Now look, I-I'm not trying to interfere, but it - it's just that -- that I think it's important that we all eat diner together -- as a family.
Angela
Oh, no, me too. I agree. Absolutely. As a family.
Patty
Okay. Well, finish up -- whatever it is you're nibbling on in there -- and don't leave a mess for me to clean up. Oh, and don't forget what we talked about tonight about meeting your friend Jordan.
Angela
[strangling noises] Ah, uh -- pssh. I - I won't.
Patty
What? Sweetheart, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. You like this Jordan, I have no problem with that. We just want to meet him! [they hug, kiss. Patty returns upstairs, Angela goes back to the kitchen]
Jordan
So, you like me?
Angela
Oh, shut up.
Jordan
I mean, you're mother says you like me.
Angela
[laughing] Oh, shut up!
Jordan
So, Friday night?
Angela
Oh, yeah, right. The house.
Jordan
There are, like, eight bedrooms.
Angela
That many. [they kiss. Jordan leaves. Angela sighs]
Angela
Sharon, hi.
Sharon
Hi. Oh. I'm -- returning -- your mom's chafing dish. And you're supposed to tell her thanks -- from my mom.
Angela
She's about to pick me up any minute to take me to get a flu shot.
Sharon
Ooh, I hate shots. Well --
Angela
So, y - you and Kyle broke up? I mean, was there like, a reason?
Sharon
I guess -- I'd have to say -- it was my beliefs. I didn't feel -- like I should -- give up my beliefs. Even, even for Kyle.
Angela
[voiceover] So Sharon had beliefs. Sharon had decided to stay a virgin.
Angela
So how do you, like -- I mean, you just -- told him that you didn't -- wanna -- you know, like -- have, have, um, sex with him, no matter how much he was like expecting it?
Sharon
Oh, no. Oh, no, no. We -- we had sex. I'm saying I had a belief that he was being a butthead, which was true.
Angela
You had, like, intercourse?
Sharon
Like, constantly.
Patty
Okay, come on. Angela's next.
Danielle
I was like, get it over with. And Dr. Skolnick was like, I already did.
Patty
See you outside.
Danielle
It doesn't even hurt that much.
Doctor
Well, don't say hello, or anything.
Angela
Well, hi, Dr. Skolnick.
Doctor
Hello, Angela. [pause] Something is very wrong. You seem to have become fifteen years old.
Angela
Oh. Um, Dr. Skolnick, I had a question -- well, um, a medical question -- for a research project, at school.
Doctor
Oh, sure. What's the question?
Angela
Well -- it's a question about -- percentages. Of what's normal. You know, in terms of -- what people actually do. I mean, I mean, people my age. I just need to see some statistics.
Doctor
[withdrawing the needle from her arm] Sorry. Angela, I - I think I know what you're trying to ask, and as somebody who's known you for several years now, if you need to talk about anything, I'm always here. But as your doctor, I have to say, at the risk of being intrusive -- I urge you, please, use a condom and a sponge.
Graham
[on the phone] No. I definitely said this Friday. No, P - Patty, the point is they're here. They're in our living room. Well -- I-I-I can hold dinner for a little while, but -- okay, okay, all right, all right. Don't work too hard. I'll see you at -- uh, eight.
Hallie
Ha, ha, ha. Well, someone has to turn up the heat.
Graham
Hey, hey, careful.
Hallie
Why simmer when you can boil?
Brad
She's a terrible cook, but you already knew that as her cooking teacher. I mean, that's why she needs you.
Hallie
That's not why I need him, I need him because he's going to make us all rich. Where's the bathroom?
Graham
Uh, it's uh just up there to your right.
Hallie
Thank you.
Graham
What do you mean I'm going to make us all -- what'd she mean?
Brad
It's this thing we've been talking about.
Hallie
[offscreen] Shut up, Brad!
Brad
She wants to open a restaurant in the near future and she wants you to work for it.
Graham
What? Are you serious? She - she wants to open a restaurant?
Hallie
Why'd you tell him -- ooh, I wanted to tell him. So? What do you say? Say yes! Say something.
Graham
Well, I - I don't know what to say --
Hallie
Listen, listen. I may throw like a girl, but I'm a financial wizard. Really, seriously. And with Bradley's connections -- see, he's loaded.
Brad
She's marrying me for my money.
Graham
Uh-huh. I - I thought you sold commercial --
Hallie
Commercial space, yeah. I do. I sell space. Think I want to sell space my whole life?
Graham
Well, we're not seriously discussing this.
Hallie
Okay, we're not, we're not. But if we were. Come on, this is what I wanna do -- put together a limited partnership, minimize our personal risk --
Graham
[doorbell rings] That's Patty. I guess she forgot her key. [he goes to the front door. Jordan is there]
Jordan
Oh.
Graham
Oh, back at you.
Jordan
Is Angela here?
Graham
Are you Jordan?
Jordan
Yeah. Are you -- her dad?
Graham
Uh, yeah -- yeah. So, uh you, uh you guys are going to a party?
Jordan
Is that what Angela said?
Graham
You mean, you're not?
Jordan
No, we are.
Brad
So, do you have a major?
Jordan
I don't think so.
Hallie
Oh, you'd probably know -- um, if you did.
Jordan
Yeah, I probably would have gotten like a letter, or something.
Angela
Dad!
Graham
Yeah, that's my name.
Angela
[motioning for Graham to go to the other room, and whispering] Dad!
Graham
[following her] Well, I met him -- your, uh, friend. He seems -- um -- you know, um, I mean, well, what does meeting somebody prove, right?
Angela
Dad --
Graham
You-you want to meet one of my uh, cooking students and her fiancee?
Angela
Uh, not really. Dad, maybe I shouldn't go.
Graham
Why?
Angela
Because, because Mom's not home, and she said you both had to meet him before I could --
Graham
Oh, honey, no, that's okay. Uh, your mom was supposed to be home by now, but something came up at work. No, really, it's okay. This is not one of those times when your mother and I are not in sync.
Angela
Oh, 'cause I mean I'll understand it if you don't want me to go.
Graham
Honey, really. It's okay.
Angela
Oh -- great.
Angela
Are you sure we won't go to jail or something? If the cops like burst in.
Jordan
Cops never really burst in.
Angela
They don't? What if the neighbors like report us or something?
Jordan
Then we'll leave. Random : Can I have a beer, or something? Ha ha. Here's another one. Don't be shy now. Two of you take care, okay? Are you going out? Yeah, that's so funny!
Jordan
Angela. There's like no empty rooms right now, so --
Angela
So what do we do?
Jordan
See, I was wrong. The -- there's only like three bedrooms.
Angela
Oh.
Jordan
Someone told me there were like eight -- but -- they were wrong.
Angela
Right. [voiceover] It was exactly like when I was waiting to get my flu shot, only I didn't even have a magazine to read.
Jordan
I'll be right back.
Rayanne
Tino, I'm coming!
Angela
Rayanne!
Rayanne
Wow, you're here?
Angela
Well, yeah. Rayanne --
Rayanne
I gotta go. Tino's waiting for me -- he's going to give me a lift.
Angela
No, wait, Rayanne --
Rayanne
No, seriously, he'll leave without me. So you're -- with Jordan? [Angela nods] That's so cool. I'll see you tomorrow. [she kisses Angela] Keep your shirt on!
Jordan
There's an empty room now, so --
Angela
Um -- I-I'm kinda worried -- about Rayanne.
Jordan
What about her? I - I thought I just saw her leave.
Angela
Exa-exactly. I mean, I mean, um, see - see, I know her, I mean -- I-I was there when she almost ODed and -- I just -- just now she looked pretty out of it. I think -- you know -- I should I should -- sorry, I should I should go.
Jordan
So go.
Graham
Are you crazy?
Hallie
Come one, admit it -- it's a great idea!
Graham
I didn't say it wasn't a great idea, I said -- [Patty enters] Hi.
Patty
Hi. What's a great idea?
Hallie
Because my handy guy Brad her can flip through his Rolodex --
Patty
I am so sorry, you must think I am just the rudest person on the face of the planet.
Hallie
Hardly, since I actually hold the title.
Brad
Hi.
Patty
Hi. I-I-I-I really had no idea I would be this late.
Hallie
Don't apologize! We ate every scrap of food and left like eight million dishes.
Graham
She's kidding.
Hallie
No, in fact, there are dishes in there we got greasy -- just to mess with your head. Oh, oh, here, here. [hands Patty a wine bottle] Catch up.
Patty
Cheers.
Hallie
Cheers.
Patty
Mm. So, um -- what's the great idea?
Patty
I can't believe it. I can't believe that Jordan Catalano was here, and I missed him.
Hallie
Oh, honey, we're talking gorgeous.
Patty
I can't believe it. I miss everything! [to Graham] What is he like?
Graham
Oh, you know --
Patty
No! I don't know! That's why I'm asking!
Graham
Well, I don't know -- he's a - a - a kid, you know.
Hallie
Psh. You're asking a man [to Graham, Brad] -- sorry, sorry -- to describe someone when I'm sitting here? Here's what he's like -- fairly -- out of it, not unintelligent. Sort of um -- stray puppy, you know the type you're always trying to ease their pain. He may even be a halfway decent person, but let me tell you -- trouble. Way too gorgeous.
Patty
Thank you.
Graham
Bye, drive safely!
Patty
Bye, bye, be careful!
Graham
She's kind of loony.
Patty
Oh, she's fine.
Graham
That fiancee is such a Brad.
Patty
Big time Brad. So -- um she's not serious about this restaurant scheme, is she?
Graham
Oh, who knows? I know I'm not getting involved with it.
Patty
Oh, she thinks you are --
Graham
No, no, no -- that's just the kind of person she is.
Patty
I mean, do you know the failure rate for new restaurants -- it's like the riskiest business there is.
Graham
Patty, I just said I wasn't doing this. Of course, some new restaurants must succeed -- I mean people have to eat somewhere.
Patty
Graham, you'd be gambling -- with what passes for our savings. I mean, in three years Angela's going to go -- never mind. I'm just going to drop this whole subject.
Graham
Why? Without running it into the ground? You?
Patty
Very funny.
Sharon
So -- Angela -- went home sick I heard. Uh, reaction to the flu shot, or something?
Rayanne
Fake. Faking. She can't face Jordan Catalano.
Sharon
What did he do to her?
Rayanne
Nothing. He's just mad 'cause she wouldn't have sex with him. It's so tragic to see her making this whole big deal over this -- thing that's like over in -- like three seconds.
Girl1
Well, I like it when they take a really long time.
Girl2
Who are you kidding? You've never even done it!
Girl1
So, neither have you.
Rayanne
[slow, sultry] What I like, is when they run this ice cube up your body, very, very slowly until you think you'll lose your mind --
Girl1
Somebody seriously did that? To you?
Rayanne
Mickey Rourke did it.
Sharon
So -- you're saying she's like, scared? To have sex?
Rayanne
Who knows? All I know is that she's out some.
Girl2
Uh, Mickey Rourke? Does he like go to this school? [Rayanne laughs]
Narrator
Because -- intimacy is more than a sexual act. Intimacy fills every moment of your day with sensual delight. I'm Dr. Linda Shields, and what I'm about to show you is the true story --
Sharon
[fast forwarding] Yeah, yeah -- we've all heard about intimacy. And there's this whole boring relationship stuff. Oh, okay, here we go. Shelley and Mitch. They really love each other, but lately their sex has been kind of routine and mechanical.
Angela
Your parents actually watch this?
Sharon
Are you kidding me? They've had it for like years. You can keep it for a while, though. They won't even notice.
Angela
Why would I want to keep it?
Sharon
I don't know. Why were you asking me all those questions? So -- you and Jordan ever -- ?
Angela
[voiceover] There's this dividing line, between girls who've had sex, and girls who haven't, and all of a sudden, we realized that we were looking at each other across it.
Sharon
Look, you're allowed to ask me things --
Angela
What things? [pause] So -- did you use something?
Sharon
Angela, of course we did, we used condoms, you have to -- promise me you'll make him wear a condom if you decide to do it!
Angela
Okay. Let's stop talking about it. [pause] So how did you like -- decide to, I mean
Sharon
Look, I told Kyle I wanted to wait -- until -- I was ready. And then one night, I totally was. The only strange thing is that after that, having sex was like -- expected, because, you can't like -- go back. I mean, I kinda -- stopped mattering if - if -- like -- I wanted to.
Narrator
Shelley and Mitch learn to prolong their pleasure by lingering over the basics --
Sharon
Blah blah blah. Okay -- here's where they finally do it.
Angela
So were you different afterwards?
Sharon
This is going to sound -- stupid, but afterward I looked at myself in the mirror, just to, just to see if I looked different. Do you think I do?
Angela
No.
Sharon
You know, you should talk -- to Jordan -- because you have this tendency to shut people out.
Angela
I know.
Graham
Has anyone seen my tennis shoes?
Sharon
Oh! [they jump off the bed and quickly eject the tape. As they remove it from the machine, they fumble the tape. It drops to the floor]
Angela
Uhh, Dad -- where's that -- thing that Mom told me to give to Sharon to give to Camille? [as she distracts him, Sharon pushes the tape underneath the bed with her foot]
Sharon
Uh, maybe we should check your room again!
Angela
Okay.
Sharon
Okay.
Sharon
Bye.
Angela
Bye.
Sharon
I'll see you -- tomorrow.
Angela
See ya. [Brian is riding by] Um, Danielle took my bike because she hates hers. I was just -- um, I'm sorry.
Brian
What?
Angela
I'm sorry. I was going to ask if I could borrow your bike, but -- forget it. I'm always doing this, I'm always asking you for something that's totally unfair of me to ask you for. It's like a sick habit, just because you're polite about it doesn't mean it's right. It's not, it's wrong. It's totally unfair of me, and I'll never do it again. Okay? [Brian gets off his bike] I'll have it back by tonight.
Narrator
Gunther and Liz learn that no human desire is shameful --
Graham
Found it.
Patty
Excuse me?
Graham
Who's your favorite couple? Mine's Gunther and Liz.
Patty
Excuse -- I've never seen this tape before.
Graham
Now, now, now -- don't be coy --
Patty
I'm serious. Why would I get a tape like this?
Graham
Uh, because our sex life has become routine and mechanical?
Narrator
Soon they began to trust each other enough to be able to divulge their most secret fantasies.
Patty
Do you really think that? That our sex life is mechanical?
Graham
Oh, Patty. [watching the tape] Whoa!
Patty
That really hurts my feelings.
Graham
Why do you take me seriously when I'm not serious?
Patty
Well, I mean, how do I know? What you're serious about these days?
Graham
What does that mean?
Patty
I mean one minute you don't want to take the class, and the next minute you're teaching it, next thing I know you want to open a restaurant.
Graham
I don't want to open a restaurant!
Patty
Well, then, then why the pointed comment about the many restaurants that do succeed?
Graham
Because it's a fact! Some of them do! What! Oh, fine -- you -- you, well -- y-y-you don't believe that a restaurant that I work for could possibly succeed -- that's the that's really the problem, isn't it?
Patty
How can you say that? That is just not true? [Patty goes to the bathroom and shuts the door. Graham leaves]
Narrator
Having shared the most sacred love a human being can know, Shelley and Mitch talk intimately of their secret hopes, their fears, their dreams, every moment of their lives bringing them closer together.
Angela
Hi. I'm sorry about Friday night. I-I just had this flu shot and --
Jordan
Quit lying. Tino told me. Rayanne Graff has been clean for like weeks. Since the night she almost ODed, right?
Angela
I guess.
Jordan
I mean, you can think what you want about me. I never lied. I can't believe it, I let you drive my car.
Angela
It's so hard to explain because -- it's not going to sound right, because -- part of me really wants to --
Jordan
This is the whole reason I didn't want to start this the first place --
Angela
Why, because you knew you wouldn't get sex? You'd just be wasting your time?
Jordan
Because you just don't get it, okay? You're supposed to! It's accepted -- it's what you're supposed to do! Unless you're -- like -- abnormal. Uh.
Graham
[Angela is in the bedroom, retrieving the tape from beneath the bed] Patty, have you seen my -- ? [Angela gets up suddenly, tries to shove the tape in her bag. She drops it and picks it up. Graham sees her with it.]
Angela
I don't want to talk about it. [leaves]
Brian
I just have to turn in this permission slip for the chess tournament, and then I get a whole half day off next week.
Driver
[holding a backpack] Hey, Curly, you're on my bus, right?
Brian
Um, yeah. Someone leave that on the bus?
Driver
No, I'm just carrying it for my health. You know who it belongs to?
Rickie
Isn't that Angela's backpack?
Brian
Oh, yeah, it is.
Driver
[gives Brian the backpack] Thanks, Curly.
Brian
[he and Rickie are watching the tape] My parents have a vibrator. It sounds like a lawnmower.
Rickie
I wish I could get away with bicycle shorts. [they tilt their heads in unison watching the tape]
Angela
I can't believe you let Brian Krakow look through my backpack.
Rickie
I didn't let him. He was trying to cram it into his locker, and the sex tape fell out.
Angela
It's actually Sharon Cherski's.
Rickie
Yeah, right.
Angela
Rickie, I had someone -- to be with, you know?
Rickie
I know. I can't even imagine it.
Angela
I feel so stupid -- my entire relationship with Jordan Catalano, every minute of it just completely sucked. And now it's over. I should have just had sex with him. Why not? It'd've been so simple.
Rickie
But maybe it shouldn't be. So simple. I mean, not that I know -- I know what I'm talking about, or anything, since I've never, you know, experienced this, or what have you. But even if I did meet the perfect person, I just think that it should be like a miracle, like seeing a comet -- or just feeling like you're seeing one. Seeing the other person's perfectness -- or something. And if you do it before you're ready, how are you going to see all that? Not that I would like know, or anything.
Cynthia
[emerging from a stall] What you said -- how it was like so beautiful that's exactly what it's like. [to Angela] I know -- we don't like know each other or anything, but -- could I just ask you something?
Angela
Sure.
Cynthia
Did you ever work at Big Guy Burger?
Patty
[watching Graham put cat food in a dish] You always buy the cat nicer food that I do. Uh, we delivered the brochures. I thought I'd come home a little earlier -- for a change. Spend a little time before the girls get home. Graham, I've been thinking --
Graham
I've been thinking too, you're right. I guess, I guess I just got caught up in --
Patty
There's nothing wrong with getting caught up, I mean --
Graham
No, it's too big a risk -- it - it'd be risking our whole future. So -- so that's it.
Patty
What if it's worth it? Because I want you to have -- you know -- what you want -- in life. And if this --
Graham
But I do. I do have everything I want. Oh. I mean, you know, no one has everything they want, but --
Patty
But -- as long as we have each other.
Graham
While New Age music swells in the background.
Patty
[sighs] So, do you think you actually store sexual energy between your toes?
Patty
[phone rings] Mm. The machine'll get it.
Graham
Why doesn't it pick up.
Patty
The tape is probably full; I'm the only person who ever rewinds it. Oh, God, I don't want to talk to those travel people.
Graham
Oh, honey, it might be Hallie Lowenthal -- she was going to talk to a friend of hers at Shearson's today --
Patty
Should you pick it up, maybe, I don't -- know.
Graham
Well, why, you know I'm not going to go into business with her.
Patty
Well, I know that, I just -- um --
Graham
Anyway, it's true most restaurants fail --
Patty
Yeah, but some of them have to succeed, don't they?
Graham
I know you think things have gotten out of hand -- around her -- I mean with me.
Patty
I don't think --
Graham
No, they have been, but I think actually it's a good thing.
Patty
No, oh -- so, so do I.
Graham
I mean, I may not know were it's all going to lead --
Patty
I know. But it'll work out. I have faith in you. [kiss] Are you tired?
Graham
Yeah. I got like -- no sleep last night.
Patty
Yeah. Well -- I -- actually have like a million things I -- should be doing, too. [Graham goes to sleep on the couch]
Brian
Hi, is -- uh?
Danielle
She's upstairs, playing that same mushy upsetting song, like, fifty times in a row.
Brian
Oh, great, well, here's her stupid backpack. You would not believe what was in it. Never mind. Forget I said that. Not to mention the fact that she still has my bicycle.
Danielle
She doesn't have it. She left it at Jordan Catalano's.
Brian
What? [Angela appears on the stairs] What do you think, that I don't like need my own bike? That you can just leave it all over town?
Angela
I -- pssh.
Brian
Well, don't just take it. Yell back at me. [pause] I mean did something -- I mean obviously something, something happened.
Angela
Nothing happened to me personally, I just -- I guess just kind of sad, that's all. About boys.
Brian
Well, what about boys?
Angela
Just how they only care about -- you know, getting you into bed, or something. [Graham, listening, slumps down further in the couch] I mean, don't they?
Brian
Not all boys. So is that -- is that like a problem you're having?
Angela
Mm-hm. I mean, I think about it. All the time --
Brian
What, you think about it all the time?
Angela
Brian! Yeah, shut up! Boys don't have the monopoly on thinking about it!
Brian
They don't?
Angela
No!
Brian
Okay, well. I still want my bike back.
[Patty is pulling out of the Chase driveway. Jordan is parked in front of the house, and is taking Brian's bicycle out of his trunk. Patty attempts to catch a glimpse of Jordan as she pulls out]
Jordan
[to Brian] She left her bike at my place.
Brian
Actually, it's my bike.
Jordan
Oh.
Brian
I don't need it right now. Just -- leave it here. Case she needs it. You know.
Jordan
Is she home?
Brian
I'm not sure.
Jordan
I brought your bike back. Or whoever's it is.
Angela
So are we supposed to say something? Like official, because --
Jordan
You don't have to say anything.
Angela
It's sort of like when you were letting me drive your car. And I loved it -- it made me feel really powerful -- but also really terrified, like I wasn't ready -- for that much freedom.
Jordan
Well -- you should know. I won't hold it against you -- if your name ever comes up.
Angela
Thanks.
Jordan
No sweat.
Angela
Because it - it is a big deal. I mean, because sex made your whole life start, and if you think about life as like a circle or something, then sex and death are the same -- look, I'm not I'm not saying they're the same, I mean, I've thought about having sex with you, and and and God, I've I've never seriously thought of killing you, but --
Jordan
Okay. Okay. At least -- you got in some driving practice.
Angela
Yeah.
Jordan
Just -- ah, don't take your turns too wide, or anything. I'm sure you won't.
Angela
[voiceover] Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart. [to Jordan] Your hair. Like it's really soft, like in the back. I'm gonna miss it.
Jordan
Yeah.
Angela
Well, I guess this is it. So -- goodbye.
Jordan
Bye. See you tomorrow. [kiss]
Angela
[riding a bicycle up the street] People always say you should be yourself, like yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster, or something. Like you can know what it is, even. But every so often, I'll have like -- a moment, where being myself, and my life right where I am is, like, enough. [she releases the handlebars and rides up the street, no hands]