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I'm Simon Camden, table for four.

Oh, yes, you called.

Evidently, your son is running late. Would you care to be seated? Yeah.

Nice

place.

Yeah, it is. Would you like something to drink while you're waiting?

Uh, water.

Yeah, just water.

A bottle of water?

No, just water.

Dad, that's Georgia.

Georgia, this is my dad, and I'm believing about my mom this afternoon.

Hi.

It's Annie, right?

Right. Okay.

So, to what do I owe this little parental surprise?

Lying, playing one parent against the other, refusing to have a conversation

when asked. We felt like a late dinner.

Take your pick.

Order anything you want.

It's on me.

Well, it's only fair.

I mean, you're paying for the room.

Will it be the usual?

Um, yes.

Thanks.

I'll have what my son is having.

I will have the porterhouse steak, medium rare, cooked in clarified butter

encrusted

sea salt and peppercorns.

And the Yorkshire pudding.

And the broccoli with hollandaise sauce.

And a side of duck.

Anything to start, sir?

Shrimp cocktail.

Anything else?

Well, yes. Charge it to his room.

With pleasure.

Seven heavens, when I see their happy faces smiling back at

me.

Seven heavens, I know there's no greater feeling than the love of

family. Where can you go

when the world don't treat you right? The

answer is home.

7 -7 7 -7

You know, for a couple dollars more, you could have the steak.

That's an awfully expensive burger.

And what drives the price up is that everything comes a la carte.

With the salads and the fries and the appetizers.

Whoa, you have to work for a week to pay for all that, huh?

Do your mom and dad live in Glen Oak?

Yes. Um, I think you know them.

Yeah, my dad's the pastor over at the Chapel of Renewed Faith.

Your Reverend Huffington's daughter?

Yep.

If you need the room to study, I'm going to watch TV in the living room.

I'm camping out in the backyard. You can have your room. What does that mean?

I just feel like having some time to myself, so you can have your room. No, I

sense an attitude.

This has nothing to do with you, okay?

Who does it have something to do with?

Oh, Simon.

No. Oh, come on, Martin. You're upset he's with, um... What's her name? Not

Cecilia.

Yeah.

I mean, I'm over Cecilia, but still, I care about her. She's a nice person, you

know? Did you meet Georgia?

He didn't introduce you?

But you saw her, right?

No, you didn't see her. You didn't even know about her, and I just screwed up.

You're over Cecilia, right?

Yeah, I'm over her. So you wouldn't call her and say anything, would you?

Because that could be bad.

I'm not going to say anything.

I hope not. I'm not going to say anything.

If you're not annoyed with me and you're not angry at Simon, why are you camping

out in the backyard?

Ruthie.

Yep. Oh, right, dinner. You two weren't talking, but no one was talking. I

thought it was because Simon was out with, uh...

I think you said Georgia.

I was hoping you'd forget.

I didn't say I'd forget. I thought I wouldn't say anything.

What if I talked to Ruthie for you? Could you forget then? Forget what?

I'm on my way.

Hey.

That was delicious.

So, where were we?

Oh, yeah.

We have made an agreement not to discuss anything personal with either one of

you. Oh.

Do you discuss anything personal with her parents?

Everything.

Yeah, my dad created a program for teens at our church, and one of the things we

talk about is being accepting and nonjudgmental in regard to decisions

sex.

You know, a lot of teens from your church have come over to our church, you

know.

You don't have a program devoted to teen sex, do you?

Chocolate's his life.

They're going to know sooner or later.

Why can't it be later?

Why can't we just sit with the information and enjoy it ourselves for a

months before we tell anyone?

They don't need to know.

I want to get school out of the way.

And I want to get started working down at the church. And I don't want to get

sidetracked.

Sidetracked? With the baby?

You know what?

I don't want everyone looking at me as just a mother.

I've spent four years going to school and I'm graduating.

And I'm going to be a woman with a career as a minister.

And besides that, I'm not even a mother yet.

And the baby's not here yet, and the baby's not going to be here for a month.

Talk to me.

There's something you're not saying to me.

I am talking to you. You just don't want to hear what I'm saying.

Are you hungry?

Do you have any crazy cravings tonight?

Want me to get you anything?

I'm fine.

You know those little crispy chow mein noodles that come in a can?

I'd love some of those mixed with a can of tuna and mayo and oranges.

That's a new one.

Yeah, but it sounds good, doesn't it?

Sure.

What's the deal with Martin?

The deal is he's about to go out and apologize to him.

It's not good for your health to blame other people for what you can't control.

Go apologize.

What's your interest in all of this?

You're my sister and I love you.

That's really pathetic.

Don't they offer courses in lying at medical school?

Plenty of them. Go.

She's really growing up. I can't believe she's in high school.

I think the problem is she can't believe she's in high school.

Knock, knock.

I was hoping you'd drop by.

What's up?

You tell me.

Matt made me come out here and apologize. I told him I'd already tried

No, you didn't.

Not really.

And, you know, Ruthie, I'm really surprised you didn't apologize.

You and I are friends.

You did something wrong.

When a friend does something wrong to a friend, they apologize.

Okay, you first.

No, you first.

But if you're going to apologize, that means you did something wrong.

Okay. I did something wrong, too.

You know what? Forget about it.

You're just a spoiled brat.

You take it away with everyone because you're the youngest girl in the family

and everyone treats you like a baby.

Everyone thinks it's funny or cute when you do something wrong.

But you're not with your family when you're at school.

And other people might not find you so funny or cute.

I wonder how you lost Ophelia.

I wonder why you haven't been able to get another girlfriend.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact you don't know how to talk to

women. A woman doesn't pants a guy at school. Oh, please!

Big deal.

If one of your buddies did that, would you be acting like this? No.

You want a real apology?

A heartfelt apology?

Well, I'm sorry you ever came here.

Evidently that went well.

Yeah, I'll go see how well.

Wait a minute.

I know what might be causing Lucy to be so weird. When do you guys find out the

sex of the baby? I mean, shouldn't that be about now?

I'm not supposed to say.

How am I supposed to help you if you don't tell me anything?

Okay, it's tomorrow. But when we find out, I can't tell anyone, even you.

Believe me, she can't keep a secret any better than you can, especially a secret

like that.

So change your mind, count on it, and just be there for her.

I'm there for her.

Call me if you want.

I want to talk to you.

That better not be Cecilia.

That better not have been the apology you promised me from Ruthie.

Are you really going to rat out Simon to Cecilia just to get back at him?

It was my aunt, okay?

My aunt from New York.

I've already talked to Cecilia.

I didn't say anything about Georgia, okay? I didn't need to.

Because?

Well, I don't think Cecilia considers it a secret, and I guess everyone's gonna

figure it out sooner or later.

She broke up with Simon before she went off on vacation.

She wants to be unattached when she starts college.

So, I guess Simon just went back with this Georgia who was his girlfriend at

school.

Yeah.

I know what that feels like, breaking up with Cecilia.

I'd probably be doing the same thing Simon's doing.

Would you?

No.

Haven't you heard? I can't get a girlfriend. I don't know how to talk to

according to Ruthie.

Well, you can either believe her or you can prove her wrong.

That's pretty good advice, Dr. Camden.

You think so?

Well, good enough that I'd be willing to put it to the test.

He'll take the check.

Pay with me.

Simon.

Your girlfriend just left for her vacation yesterday. And today, today,

you're back into a relationship. Maybe it's not a relationship. Maybe you're

just hooking up.

And that's a mistake.

He told me about Cecilia.

I know all about her.

Well, in your...

teen sex classes at your church, do they talk about being emotionally ready to

have sex? Because I don't think Simon's emotionally ready.

And I don't think it's right either. But I don't think he's emotionally mature

enough. And I don't know you well enough to know if I think the same thing for

you.

I think you're missing the point, Dad.

I don't think that it matters what you think or what Mom thinks.

What matters is what I think and what Georgia thinks.

Thank you, sir.

Sir, please.

And by the way, I do think I'm pretty emotionally mature to sit here at dinner

with my mom and dad. Thank you.

Who show up unannounced specifically to ruin our evening.

I mean, I hear what you're saying. And believe me, I'm not unamused by the

whole, you know, eating enough to cost me my entire last two weeks paycheck.

But that's it, okay?

I've had it.

Ready?

Yeah.

Good night.

Good night.

Wait. How many teens are in that class at your church?

About a hundred.

Yeah, but that's including all the teens that come in from other churches.

When Simon gets home, I want to talk to him.

Well, I want to talk to him when he gets home.

Could I have a shot at him first?

Why would you want a shot at him first?

Well, do you think you and Mom are getting anywhere?

What, you think we can't handle this?

You think you can?

You think you can?

Is it possible that I could know something that you don't?

Because you're a doctor and I'm only his father and... And are you a doctor yet?

Have you talked to Martin?

Do I need to talk to Martin?

Aren't you...

Curious as to why Simon is behaving like Simon is behaving?

Is there something you want to tell me?

No. There's something I want Simon to tell you.

There's something I want Simon to tell me, too.

So you know.

How did you know?

Martin. How did Martin know?

To see you.

Good luck.

Good, good. You're home.

You ready to talk now?

We talked enough last night to last me until I get back to school.

And how are you...

Planning to pay for school this year. I mean, if you're on your own making your

own decisions, shouldn't you be on your own financially?

The old I'll cut off the money threat?

Fine. Dad, I'll get the money. I didn't threaten you. I was just asking.

How are you going to get the money to pay for school if I don't give it to

I mean, surely you're not going to go to Cecilia's dad and ask him if you're

going to work for a few more weeks. My relationship with Cecilia's dad and work

had nothing to do with my relationship with Cecilia.

What is your relationship with Cecilia?

She used to be my girlfriend. Now she's not.

I'm not relying on Cecilia's dad to provide me with work. I can get a job

myself.

And now she's not.

Hey, before you go to school, go find Martin and apologize to him. He already

left for school, so I can't apologize.

Maybe after detention.

They're growing up, Mom.

You can't just tell them what to do and think they're gonna do it. Oh, yes, I

can, and you know why.

Yes, I know why.

Because you're never too old to do what your mother tells you.

Because you're always gonna be older than me and smarter than me.

But they're smarter than me, too. I mean, kids today are smarter than when I

growing up.

And there are a lot more problems out there to tempt them.

So I'm afraid you and Dad are gonna have to get even smarter as you get older.

You're starting to sound like a doctor.

Is that good?

Could go either way.

All right, come on. We're going to school. Sam?

David?

Can I please have the courtesy of a knock? I didn't know you were home, and

time I checked, it was still my house.

Simon, come on.

What's going on with you? What's wrong?

Nothing's wrong with me.

What's wrong with you?

Well, I don't approve of you staying out all night. And I don't want you to have

sex before you're married.

Other than that, nothing.

Have you seen Sam and David?

No, I haven't.

Let's talk.

I love you.

I'm sorry you had a bad day yesterday.

School is not going to be like that every day.

Yes, it is.

No, it isn't. You make mistakes all the time.

We all make mistakes all of the time, but that's how we learn.

Please, no more learning.

My head hurts.

Learning's a good thing. Really, it is.

Let's see if today we can learn that every day is a new day and a chance to

better. Does that include you?

Yes, it includes me, Simon.

It includes you. It includes everyone.

It's a new day.

If you want to put this summer and yesterday and even this morning behind

then let's do it. We can talk about this. We can work through this. If you

respect me and you respect yourself.

And that right there, respect, it's the key to everything. I know that you

respect both me and your father.

And you do care what we think.

Well, regardless, I'm sold enough to make my own decisions.

I'm going back up to school early to find a job up there.

Go ahead. Call if you get work.

Hewlett. Nice.

Yeah, yeah, and I'm glowing, too.

If you're just going to tell me I'm pretty but I can't take over for

can't take over anything Chandler was doing, then just tell me now so we can

it over with so I can start looking at another church for work because I'm

to work.

I'm going to work because I'm finishing school and that's what I want to do.

I can work and be a mother.

So? So, I was wondering if you'd like to start a new type of Sunday school class

down at the church.

Really?

What kind of class?

Well, you're young. You're just getting out of college.

And it hasn't been that long since you were in high school. And I thought maybe

you'd be the perfect person to start a class on abstinence.

Really? That's where you think I should start?

I do.

We need you, Luth.

I never realized until last night how much we need you. We need you.

Would you do it? Would you be willing to serve the church in this way?

Well... Where is my car?

If you're talking about Matt's car, he dropped Ruthie off in school in it.

Great.

He'll be back. Yes, but even then, it will still be his car.

And, well, you don't have insurance.

Since when?

Since I decided this morning not to pay the premium.

So you knew that the car wasn't out there the whole time I was making my

about leaving?

As your older sister, I don't mean to get in the middle, but... Then butt out,

okay?

Okay, but stay out of my apartment. It's for married couples only.

I'll do it.

Thanks, Dad.

But it can't be just about abstinence.

What can't?

I'm starting a class down at the church for teens.

You know he's only asking you to do that because George's dad stole teens from

our church with a class just like that.

True. Guilty as charged.

Chapel of Renewed Faith has something that we could have had a long time ago.

Are you up to the challenge?

Yeah, I am.

Thanks.

If you just say what your real agenda is, you can often get what you want.

I'm not falling for it.

I'm not going to discuss my life so that you can pay the insurance on Matt's

car. I'm not giving up my freedom, my privacy, for a lousy car.

Okay, Georgia can give me a ride. I can get a ride from Georgia to school.

And when I get to school, I can get my own job, save my money, pay for my own

car and the insurance.

Anything else I used to get from you.

That would be terrific.

I just got around to opening yesterday's mail, and were you aware that...

You're on disciplinary probation with the school? I know I wasn't aware.

The letter came with a bill for the fall semester's tuition.

Now, I know your grades aren't bad. They're not bad at all, so...

Something must have happened.

Where are you going?

With you.

Why are you all dressed up?

I thought maybe we'd dress up.

Why? Because maybe we'll go out shopping and go out to dinner after we get the

news about whether we're having a son or daughter.

But I'm not dressed up.

I'll take you out to buy you something afterwards.

Anything and everything you want.

Well, I may need to pick up a couple of things.

Not necessarily maternity things yet.

Whatever you want.

Well...

Don't you want to ask me why I might need a couple of things?

I thought it was kind of obvious.

My father asked me to start a Sunday school class for teens and talk about

You're the perfect woman for the job.

Thanks.

I'm really happy about it.

It's okay, Luce.

Everything's going to be okay.

I don't know if I can do it.

The class?

The other.

You mean being a wife and a mother and a minister of a church?

You can do anything you want, and I'm going to be there for you and support

in everything you do.

I don't know if I can have a baby.

I want to change my mind.

What?

Well, now it's going to be real. I mean, it's going to be a boy or a girl. It's

going to be a real boy or girl.

I'm going to have to give birth to him or her, and it's really going to hurt.

I'm scared.

I don't know why I said we should have a baby.

Of course you're scared.

But you have to be excited, too.

And we're ready. You're ready.

No, I'm not.

Luce, everything is going to be fine.

We don't even have a place to put the baby once it gets out.

I told you, as soon as you're ready, we'll find a house. There are plenty of

houses out there.

I want a house. close to here. There aren't any houses close to here.

We'll wait for a house close to here.

Come on.

Let's go find out if we have a son or daughter on the way and then celebrate.

We'll deal with everything else tomorrow.

Let's make it a good day.

A day we can tell our child about when he or she grows up.

You're really excited about this, aren't you?

Sure I am.

Okay. I love you.

And if I could have the child for us... I would.

Really? Well, I'd love to experience growing a human being, but I totally

understand your fear of the birthing process.

I think I'd rather take a bullet for you.

I love you.

Glad you stopped by.

What? I messed up yesterday.

I don't know why Ruthie did what she did, but I don't know why I reacted to

so strongly.

I was just surprised. It wasn't that big a deal. And I'm wondering if I could

have a chance to work this out with Ruthie myself.

I don't want her to have to spend her first week of school in detention just

because I lost my sense of humor.

Of course.

Have you tried to work things out already?

I haven't.

Well... I tried getting some of the Camdens to work it out for me, but I'd

a shot at it myself.

Being in a big family is new to me. I never had a sister, and Ruthie's a

challenge. Well, the Camden kids have always been a bit of a challenge.

You don't usually back off of detention, but if Ruthie came to me with a

different attitude than she did yesterday, we could probably work

Good luck.

Wait up.

I want to apologize.

You're right.

I didn't have a sense of humor yesterday.

And after all your family's done for me, it wasn't right of me to make you ride

in with someone else the first day of school.

My dad talked to you?

Yeah, but that was more about the two of us.

Matt talked to you?

Yeah. He thinks he's wise.

Yeah, but he knows stuff.

Look, he may be in medical school.

But he's still just mad.

Pretty goofy.

Sweet, but goofy.

You look at him like that.

But I'd anchor up with him.

I see him a little bit differently.

I see him as a guy who's about to be a doctor.

A guy who's pretty good at giving advice.

A guy who thought you would rat out Simon to Cecilia.

Overhearing is my purpose in life.

Maybe you could switch to listening. Become a shrink.

Wow.

I really, really like the idea of that.

You do?

Maybe you can't talk to women.

Yeah, maybe.

I feel really, really stupid for doing what I did.

And even more stupid for blaming you for it.

I don't have any excuse.

I'm sorry.

If you mention that to the counselor, I think she's going to let you out of

detention.

I talked to her.

I appreciate the effort, but no thanks.

For the couple of cute guys in detention, I think I'll stick it out.

The end.

What are you doing here?

I didn't know where else to go.

What are you doing here?

I'm looking for you.

How did things go with Dad?

I haven't talked to him yet.

You're going to have to talk to him.

I don't know how to tell him things they don't want to hear, you know?

Are you having sex with Georgia?

Just because you're upset that Cecilia broke up with you.

How did you know that?

She told Martin and Martin told me.

Cecilia seems to think that you would have told everyone.

So are you?

What if I talk to you and you talk to Mom and Dad?

What if you talk to me and then you talk to Mom and Dad?

What if I talk to you and then you talk to Mom and Dad before I talk to them?

Okay, I could do that.

It's okay, Simon. Tell me what's going on.

Hey, how was your day?

Well, I didn't get any phone calls from the school.

Did you get any notes from the school?

Afraid so.

What did they do this time?

They tried to show a girl a mouse. The mouse ran away. They ran away. They got

lost. Teacher found them. The end.

Well, at least they didn't hit anyone or hug anyone.

But now they want a mouse.

I said no.

But maybe.

Where's Simon?

Around. Matt went to find him.

I've been running every conversation I've had with him for the last 24 hours

through my mind, and I don't feel good about any of them.

I sound like my dad.

I mean, I sound like every dad who is about to kill a relationship with his

because he won't do the right thing.

You know, you do as I say or I won't give you any money.

Yeah, same thing here. I don't feel good about anything I've said to him. I

mean, no wonder he doesn't want to talk to us. Well, I don't know if we should

be so quick to blame ourselves for all of this.

Simon gets some of the responsibility as well.

Maybe he's just hoping he'll get kicked out of the house so we won't know that

he's on probation.

Maybe.

Uh, well, Kevin called. He wants to have steaks on the grill. He asked Lucy out,

but she wants all of us to eat together. I think they have something they want

to tell us. You think they found a new house?

No, I think they had a doctor's appointment today.

And I think that we're going to find out if we're going to have a granddaughter

or a grandson.

I can't believe we're grandparents.

Neither can I, Grandpa.

Grandma.

Hey,

look at that.

You too.

Still in love after all these years.

That's what everyone wants.

To be in love, get married, have children, grandchildren.

Or no children.

Are you and Sarah starting a family?

No, no, no, no. Sarah and I aren't starting a family until we get out of

Here's the thing.

Sometimes people who are in love aren't married and don't want to get married.

Sometimes they're in love and they just want to be with each other.

Sometimes they're not even in love and they just want to be with each other.

Especially teenagers.

I mean, I see it every day.

Girls 13, 14, finding out they're pregnant.

The father's just some guy they like they're hooked up with.

Yeah, the statistics really are surprisingly high.

More than half of teenagers will have had sex by the age of 17, and by the age

of 18, 65 % of girls and 68 % of guys have had sex.

I'm familiar with the statistics, so... Well, if you talk to these teenagers,

the teenagers who are sexually active, they want to talk to their parents, but

they feel like they can't. A lot of them are confused or hurt or scared, even

when the parents are good parents.

Even when they talk to their children about sex all their lives.

Some kids feel like they can't say anything because the parents don't want

hear it. And a lot of parents really don't want to know if their daughter or

their son is sexually active, even though the signs are all there.

Please tell me you haven't been to the chapel of renewed faith for classes.

Have you?

Let me just review for you.

Simon is with a young woman one day after Cecilia breaks up with him. She

up with him?

That's not the point. That's part of the point.

Mom, you saw Simon come downstairs out of his room with a woman in the middle

the afternoon and try to sneak out of the house.

And I asked him if they had been having sex.

Yeah, and he didn't answer you.

He and Georgia got a room at a hotel.

He spent the night out with her. He spent lots of nights out with her.

why he's on disciplinary probation.

Exactly what are you trying to say?

I'm trying to say that Simon is waiting to talk to you.

And you're not going to like what he has to say, but he needs to talk and you

need to listen. And someone needs to help him.

Well, that was fun. I can't wait to put on clothes that actually fit. And I

can't wait to tell everyone.

I'm sorry I fainted.

It's okay.

I was just overwhelmed.

But don't worry, I intend to be there for every second of the delivery.

I'm sure you'll be fine.

Thanks for making this a family celebration.

Thanks for changing your mind.

I'll go change.

It's nice to have you home.

I wish you and Sarah lived here.

Ah, maybe eventually we'll move back to Glen Oak and start a practice here.

Well, by then I'll be gone.

I'll be in college.

Promise?

What? I promise you're going to college.

Promise you're going to finish college? Promise you're going to start a career,

then get married, then have children?

Well, that's not what you did.

That's not what Mary did. That's what Lucy did.

You don't have to do what any of us did.

Well, maybe I want to. My point is you don't have to.

You can do things differently.

You can live your life the way you want to live it.

You should make your decisions based on what you want in life.

Do what it is to your benefit.

And you think your plan is to my benefit?

Yeah, I do.

But maybe you have your own plan.

It's really important to have a plan.

I think what you're trying to tell me is that it's important for me to have a

plan to wait to have sex until I'm married.

Yeah, I'd like to know that that's your plan.

Any plan that keeps me from having the conversation that I'm sure is going on

the living room right now is a plan I'd like to live by.

Thanks.

Thanks for?

For talking to me like an adult. A young adult. You're not an adult yet.

You know, you're starting to take on a voice of authority, Dr. Camden.

Am I?

Yeah, and as funny as it sounds, it kind of suits you.

Any news?

Any news other than you went shopping?

You look great.

So, girl or boy?

Are we uncles or aunts?

We're waiting for Dad and Simon. And Mom's finishing up something in the

kitchen. Where she can hear what's going on in the living room.

It could be a long wait.

We're waiting.

I understand that...

You thought it would be difficult to tell me, but wasn't it more difficult

you to live this way?

Well, it wasn't at first.

First, it was great.

Then it got less great, and I started feeling lousy and guilty, and I

really just don't want to be with Georgia.

Then why did you start going out with her again just yesterday?

I don't know.

I ran into her, you know, and she...

She's kind of persuasive. No, no, no.

Let's not put your mistakes off on the power of a woman's seduction and your

inability to control yourself.

Okay, sorry.

So you and she spent so much time out of the dorm and cut so many classes to be

together that you actually got on probation.

What?

You just told me not to say anything about being seduced or out of control.

right, Simon.

I don't like what you've been doing. And it's really difficult to believe that

after growing up in this family, you could just so easily abandon what you've

been taught and what I think you believe. But I do love you, son. I do.

I hate what you've been doing, but I love you.

So what do I have to do?

About Georgia? You know, I have to break up with her, right? Your priorities

seem a little off.

Are you more concerned with breaking up with your girlfriend or getting your

life back on track?

I think I need to break up with Georgia first.

Then maybe I could start getting my life back on track.

How about the first thing you do is ask for God's forgiveness, and the

second thing you do is make a commitment to yourself not to have sex again until

you're married? Just a suggestion.

This isn't an easy conversation for you or me.

I'm thinking that...

Maybe we started in the wrong place.

When you... When you got to school, you did go to therapy and try and

work out your feelings about the car accident, right?

What does it have to do with that?

Oh, everything.

You told me you were going to therapy.

You stopped going?

No, I went.

Once.

I got distracted.

Sometimes when you don't deal with an emotional issue, when you keep your

feelings buried, they reemerge in other areas.

Say, your relationships with other people.

I'm not following.

I'm trying, Dad. I just, I don't understand what you're saying.

Is it possible, son, that you were so desperately trying to avoid your guilt

grief over the young man who was killed in the car accident that you involved

yourself in a relationship?

And kept yourself so busy that you didn't think about things that are

bothering you. No.

I know that on an intellectual level that you understand that you're

not at fault for the accident, but... No, Dad, I said no, okay?

The accident was a long time ago. I'm over it.

Tell me what you need me to do for you right now, Simon. How would you like me

to help you?

I need you to help me by telling me that you understand that I'm just like every

other 18 -year -old guy, Dad.

I need you to tell me you want me to be safe and responsible.

That just because I slept with Georgia doesn't mean I have to stay with

I want you to tell me that you're on my side, Dad. I need you to be on my side.

Say that what was right for you may not be right for me.

Say what I did was okay.

And if it's not okay, that it's understandable.

I'm on your side.

And I want to help you.

That may be the best that I can do from that list right now.

And I do hope that you've been safe and responsible.

Of course.

Well, that's something.

But you are different from other 18 -year -old guys.

You're not the type of guy who can just go from casual relationship to casual

relationship for no other reason than you have more than a casual relationship

with Christ.

Hasn't the past year taught you that, I mean, if nothing else, that sex outside

of marriage is complicated and filled with confusion and guilt and even pain?

Yes.

Maybe it'll get better, you know?

I doubt it.

Simon, would you be willing to see a therapist here, have a few sessions, and

then sit down and talk with your mother and me again?

I'm not going to just send you back to school for more of the same.

Because sooner or later, I think you'd have bigger problems than just dumping

Georgia. I'm not going to therapy, Dad.

What do you think about it?

Yeah, sure. I'll think about it.

Good.

You think and I'll pray. We'll see what happens.

Thanks for talking.

Everything's going to be okay.

Can't still have this conversation with mom.

Well, we'll talk to her together.

I'm hungry.

It's a girl!

Thank you.