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There's a time for love and a time for living. Take a chance and face the wind.

An open road and a road that's hidden. A brand new life up down the bend.

There were times I lost a dream or two.

Found a trail and at the end was you.

There's a path you take and a path not taken.

The choice is up to you, my friend.

Not so long, but you might awake to a brand new life.

Brand new life. A brand new life. There we

go.

Okay. All right, Sam.

Here you are.

Manja. No, Dad, it's 5 .30 in the morning. I can't. I can't.

Hello, Mr.

Porky. Nice to meet you.

I'll be eating you.

Angela, it's one thing to talk to them. It's another thing to have a

relationship with them.

Now, listen to me, Samantha.

You've got to eat because you're going to be gone for three whole days. I don't

know when you're going to get your next square meal. Oh, Tony, relax. She's

going to be with my friend Trish. She'll take real good care of her. Yeah, but

Trish runs a modeling agency. Everybody knows those girls don't eat.

That's exactly why I'm doing this article for my school newspaper,

Misconceptions Without Beautiful Women. Tell me about it.

Oh, Sam, I'm glad you're not gone yet. Oh, see, honey, he was going to miss

Keep eating, Mom.

I want you to find the most beautiful teenage model and give her this picture.

My number's on the back.

This isn't you, this is Johnny Depp.

Hey, whatever gets me in the door.

Oh, I am exhausted.

Oh, well, Mother, you don't have to get up to see Sam off. Get up? I just got

in.

By the way, I'm going to be late getting to the office. How late?

Tomorrow.

Good night, Mom.

Well, Dad, I better get going, too, okay?

All right, Sam, now listen.

While you're in New York, you remember those three little words.

You love me. No, no.

Knee, elbow, fist.

And I love you.

Oh,

that's good, Sam.

That's good.

Shall we, Angela?

So, you and Angela were sorority sisters?

Yeah. Funny thing. We were in the same class together, only I'm ten years

younger.

That is pretty funny, because Angela says the same thing.

This is the exercise room.

I don't use it myself.

But it's important that the girls stay trimmed, so they start their day here

promptly at 7 a .m.

Whoa. To be 16 and a model in New York. These girls must wake up every morning

and thank God.

Mornings make me barf.

Girls, this is Samantha Maselli, who's writing that article I told you about.

Please cooperate with her. No problem, Trish. We'll treat her just like she was

one of us.

That's what I'm afraid of.

Where's Charlie? She said she'd be a little late this morning. Again?

Trish, I don't know why you take on grungy little street girls like Charlie.

I have my reasons.

Well, I think models should be more like... You?

Exactly.

But then there's only one of me.

And yet, it seems like one too many.

Hi, girls. All right, ladies, it's workout time. Two minutes of free

starting... Joe knows you're here, so interview away. You might want to start

with Caroline.

Caroline's the one by the mirror? Caroline is always the one by the

Hi. Is it okay if I ask you a few questions? Are they about me?

Uh, yeah.

Fire away.

Okay. Um, how many girls live here?

I thought this was going to be about me.

Caroline thought the Bible should have been about her.

I'm Emily. Hi.

Trish represents dozens of girls, but just the four of us live here. Oh, I

And what do you guys do about school?

Well, we go to a special school that's flexible, you know, so we can audition

and take jobs.

Like the school on fame?

You guys don't like dance in the lunchroom or anything, do you?

Only when they serve chili.

Okay, girls. Give yourselves some room and let's do some hamstring stretches.

Ready?

Begin.

One, two, three, four.

Two, two, three, four.

Here comes Charlie in the door.

You're late.

It's five after, so sue me.

Frisco? Yeah, who wants to know?

Apartment 4B?

Miss Sally?

I don't believe it. What the hell are you doing here?

Me? What are you doing here?

Get this. Get this.

fabulous Carlin model.

Well, get this. I am the ace reporter for the Fairfield High Sentinel.

Well, get this.

If you don't get your hiney into gear, I'm gonna boot it back to Brooklyn.

Great. I'm gonna give you 30 seconds, and already we're in trouble.

Just like old times.

Now keep those feet up.

Just five more seconds.

Four, three, two, wait.

Just five more seconds would be terrific.

Four, three, two,

Just five more seconds.

One of the many girls.

Nice workout.

Feels good, doesn't it? No.

See you tomorrow.

Bye, Joe.

Bye.

Charlie, this is Thursday, huh?

Yep. So that means in four more days, it's Monday.

Thanks, Martha. You know, being the new girl here, it's nice to be let in on all

the local customs.

I'm just reminding you that our sociology papers due on Monday, and I

wondering if you did your half of the research yet.

Martha, relax. How long can it take to ask a bunch of teenage boys what they

want in a relationship?

It took me a whole week to interview eight girls.

Trust me, I can polish off eight guys in a lot less than a week.

So, Charlie, tell me, how'd a grungy little street girl like you end up in a

place like this?

Ah,

see if I'm talking to the girl whose ego has its own zip code.

I don't know, I was delivering groceries to this market around the corner, so

I'd be here like three, four times a week.

I mean, for a bunch of skinny little nothings, somebody around here could

strap on the old feed bags.

Anyway, after a while, Trish starts asking me all these questions about

what I want to do with my life. You know, the usual adult rag.

And I guess she felt sorry for me some, because last week she asked me to come

live here and try out this modeling stuff.

Please, will you give yourself some credit? If Trish asks you to model, she

think you have a special look.

Hey, the elephant man had a special look.

My mom?

My mom. Oh, let's see. She's done with husband number three, moved on to

boyfriend number six, and I'm out of the house.

It's perfect.

I'm sorry. I thought maybe things had gotten better.

Carlin races down the court. He's got speed.

He's got moves. He's got everything but the balls.

Samantha, Miss Sally, meet Rick Carlin, Trisha's son.

Rick's like the token male around here.

Rick always being five feet away from a bunch of beautiful girls?

You know, everybody always says that, but being around these girls week after

week, I really just think of them as sisters.

You're staring at your sister.

Why, Ricky, I had no idea you were here.

Here I am, practically buck naked.

I hope I haven't made you uncomfortable.

Me?

little buck nakedness between people who are practically family exactly

oh

my ricky it's time for my shower

hey

what are you studying chemistry

What are you working on?

Bonding properties of hyperkinetic complex molecules.

We must have skipped that part.

No, it's not you.

I'm kind of a science freak. See, you know, modeling's okay for the money, but

my real thing is to become a doctor.

Open up.

What are you doing, you nut?

I brought you a little blast from the past.

Hey, it's the telepathy brother.

We don't do that no more. Oh, good.

Yeah, we dropped out of school.

Hey, what's going on in here?

Oh,

don't get all modest now. I've seen pictures of you wearing less on the side

a bus.

Charlie, you know the rules. No boys in our rooms at night.

She's gorgeous.

Of course, who's to say when night technically begins?

I think Charlie and I need to be alone.

Charlie, how could I get the blonde to notice me?

Turn yourself into a mirror.

What did

you think you were doing bringing those guys back here?

I'm trying to have some fun. Everybody's so serious around here.

It's like they need to go to a convent to loosen up.

These girls work hard. You got a problem with that?

No, I got a problem because you're trying to turn me into one of your

goody -two -shoes Barbie dolls.

Look, Charlie, nobody's trying to turn you into something you're not, but there

are certain rules you've got to follow if you're going to live here. Oh, okay,

fine, then I'll leave. That's not what I'm saying.

Well, it's what I'm saying.

I don't need this hassle. I'm going home.

At least there, my mother doesn't care what I do and leaves me alone.

Is that what you really want?

Somebody who doesn't care what you do?

Exactly.

And maybe this isn't the right place for you.

Ah, see, once again I'm underdressed, even for the toilet.

Amazing. I do, don't I?

Come on, relate.

You know the photographer's gonna throw a fit. I am still putting on my

eyeshadow. Girl, if you put on any more, raccoons will mate with you.

Well, I'll call you in Brooklyn.

Bye.

Martha, could you return my library books? I would have done it yesterday,

had to get my hair done so it looked more...

Blonde?

Dialed. Anyway, I'm in a bind and I can't be late for the shoot.

No problem. I'll help you out.

Thanks, you're the best.

Martha, why are you taking her books back?

She asked me to. This is New York City. People ask you to do things that they

wouldn't even print in Penthouse.

What's Penthouse?

You're a great kid.

But you need to learn about survival in the big city.

I'll survive just fine.

Not if you keep being Caroline's pigeon.

She's got you flying all over town doing her errands for no reason at all.

But there is a reason.

The reason is when a friend says they need my help, I don't ask questions.

It's too bad you're leaving because you need to learn a few things too.

And I'm just the pigeon that could have taught them to you.

Better call my dad. If I don't check in every couple hours, he sends in the

Marines. Ooh, Marines.

Hi.

How's your shoot? Long.

We're starved. Well, we've got carrot sticks, celery sticks, and for the very

adventurous, we've got this new locale dip.

Trim dip. A non -fat, artificial, sour cream -like substance.

Keep away from open flames.

How's the paper coming?

Well, I wrote up my part, but I don't know what to do about Charlie's half.

I mean, I can't go up to a bunch of guys and say, let's talk relationships.

No way.

Well, what would you talk about with the guys you dated in Idaho?

My dating experience is a little bit limited. How limited?

I went to the movies once with my brother.

Martha, forget research, okay?

Guys only want three things.

Looks, looks, and looks.

Aren't there any guys that would want a girl even if she wasn't good looking?

Yeah. They're called prisoners.

Don't listen to her. There are plenty of guys who care about a girl's mind.

Oh, right. Lots of guys say, hey, check out the set of thoughts on that babe.

Rick, we could really use a man.

All right.

We just want to ask you a question.

I knew it was too good to be true.

That is a fine -looking Sunday.

Thanks. I need to put on a few pounds for basketball season.

I haven't had a Sunday in months.

What do you want to ask me?

What characteristics do you find most important in a girl?

Now, I know you all think guys are insensitive slobs who only care about

The good ones do.

I hate to break it to you, but I care about other things.

Like people's feelings.

Being aware that something is upsetting them.

That's what it's all about.

I guess I'm what you call your classic sensitive guy.

Richard T. Garland upstairs now.

Full name and middle initial. This can't be good.

Yes, Dad, I'm taking very good care of myself.

Yes, I'm brushing after every meal.

Yes, and before I go to bed, too.

Dad, when could I possibly have time to get in trouble? I'm too busy brushing my

teeth.

Okay. I love you, too, Dad.

All righty. Bye.

Hey, open up. It's me.

normal person.

I didn't feel like running into anybody.

Listen, I need you to do me a favor and give this to Martha.

It's my half of our paper.

Wow.

Fifteen pages?

This is a lot of work.

Yeah, well, when you spend a day in front of army recruiting, you find a lot

guys willing to talk to you about what they want in a woman.

I'm done with the typewriter if you want to use it.

Oh.

This is a good brushing right about now.

Oh, listen, Martha.

I don't know if this is any good enough, but I worked all day and... Here.

Charlie, this looks great.

Thanks.

When you left, I didn't think you'd follow through.

But you did.

I guess you owe me.

I owe you?

Sure. I taught you to follow through.

Now you need to teach me about survival in a big city.

That's kind of a big subject to cover in two minutes.

Just give me a beginning lesson.

Okay.

Uh, give me a watch.

Sure.

I just flunked, didn't I?

Martha, in a city like this, when people ask you to do things, you gotta ask.

back in, you'd have more time to teach me stuff like this.

Listen, I gotta go.

Keep in touch, Charlie.

I will.

And Charlie, give me back my watch.

You learn fast.

And I like you.

So, uh, here's your wallet.

Hey, you know, they do have a front door.

I told you, I don't feel like running into anybody.

If you mean Trish, she's not home.

Come on, I'll lock you down.

I got something.

Listen, say hi to your dad for me when you get back to Connecticut.

Okay.

Hi, Charlie.

Trish!

You sandbagged me.

Hey, I learned from the best.

Sam told me about the paper.

Yeah, well, don't get all teary -eyed.

I just like hanging out in front of Army recruiting centers.

Helps me to be all that I can be.

Listen, Charlie, admit it. You're not always the tough guy, and you know it.

Yeah, well, see, that shows how much you know about me.

I'll tell you what.

I want you to come over here, look in this mirror, and tell me what you see.

Humor me.

Okay, what do you see?

I see two people.

And one of them has better things to do in her time than look at herself in the

mirror.

Well, I see.

A girl who grew up in a home where she couldn't depend on anybody.

So she started pretending she didn't care about anyone else.

Even though she did.

Because it hurt too much when nobody cared back.

Where do you get off judging my life?

Who says I'm talking about you?

You?

Come on, Charlie, what do you say?

Move back in.

I don't know, I just, I don't feel like I fit in, you know?

Well, I do.

But then I'm just a grungy little street girl. What do I know?

You know, if I do move back, I'll probably drive you nuts.

Probably.

You'll probably drive Caroline nuts, too.

Okay, you got a deal.

Thanks for everything, Trish. It's best to be helping Charlie.

She's still a little wild, but she'll settle down.

Okay, craps again.

Come on, eight.

Freeze.

Give me a buck on eight the hard way.