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Thanks, Emily. You are the hostess with the mostest. You come over any time you

like, Paige. Put me down for Oscar night, so long as Chad lets us watch on

six -thousand -inch plasma, baby.

Pizza money's on the side table, huh?

Good evening.

We're looking for Chad Kent.

Are you him?

Depends.

What do you want?

We have a warrant for your arrest for the crime of credit card fraud.

credit card from.

What? No, there must be some mistake.

Sorry, Emily.

No, wait.

Should I come?

No.

No, you stay.

I'm sure we'll get this all sorted out.

Wow.

How cops was that?

Are you okay?

Paige, you should go.

Are you sure?

TV's all ours.

Slate and I have exams. Could you just go, please?

As you wish, hon.

Thanks for your help.

Nothing like an all -nighter at the police station.

Where's Chad?

In jail.

That big race he told us about?

It was a lie, Lexi.

He was fired.

Mom, that was six weeks ago.

What's he been doing all this time?

Oh, besides buying new plasma TVs with stolen credit cards.

Mom, it's okay.

We'll send it back, and then we're fine, right?

TV's gone. Loser's in jail.

Get rid of him.

What?

I, uh... I gave him a card with his name on it.

He took advantage of me, Lexi.

Now I'm in the hole for six grand.

That's not a hole, Mom. That's the Grand Canyon.

I know.

How did he put six...

thousand dollars on your card told me he was making the payments line number two

you're not paying those charges bank says my credit card my problem we need

card to pay the bills i mean i'll work double shifts but uh i'm not sure it's

gonna be enough you know it's our problem okay and we're gonna get

through it promise

Doomed on my functions exam.

Doomed! How am I supposed to be your fab university roommate if I fail?

Assuming I don't already have a room you lined up of the blue -collar, sexy

mechanic type.

Yeah, right. Sean's like, hey, let's check up and real serious about our

yo. Is that so completely unbelievable?

I think it would be great to have some extra stars. Like, a little home

together.

Um, you're 17. You have your whole life to settle down behind the white picket

fence. Well, excuse me for wanting to move in with my boyfriend.

And you're so sure he wants to move in?

Why wouldn't he?

Because there's only one four -letter word in the young male dictionary.

Commitment.

I used to love dispensing artificial

nacho cheese product.

That ooey, gluey texture.

Great. First the cops raided my house, and now you see me wrapped in polyester.

Real attractive.

Hon, if you needed a job so bad, you could have asked me.

Of course, I can only pay you in T -shirts.

My mom needs the cash fast.

Big faceless corporations weren't the only ones Chad stole from.

You racked up my mom's credit card, so... Um, I wish I could do something.

I mean, maybe I could lend you a little bit?

No, I'll be fine.

So, um, how is the lovely and talented Miss Carlette these days?

I think Miss PhD was plumbing it with me.

Besides, we had zero in common. It just wasn't worth my time.

Well, if Miss Snooty Pants thinks she's too good for you, she is invited to my

housewarming party.

Man, these appetizers are like tiny little flavor bombs. How does Paige do

She's just a culinary wizard, I guess.

Even the devil has her fine points. Ellie, don't start, okay? You told her

was okay to date Jesse.

But I can't help it.

So there's plenty more fish in the sea, okay? We'll hit a club. Put you out

there. Great, meeting guys at a club.

Yay.

You mean it.

With Jess.

Paige, this is my new girlfriend, Mel.

You said invite people. Their movie ended, so I did.

Now where can I change into this loser suit?

Mel's been telling me she might be able to get you out of that.

Sexy uniform.

Yeah. They're looking for cute servers where I work.

Where's that? A strip bar?

Club Zanzibar. A perfectly respectable cocktail bar.

On one side.

Crazy hot peelers on the other. Or so I've been told.

Yeah. They prefer to be called exotic dancers.

Five. I work in the bar.

Fully clothed at all times.

Good tips. I want 50 a night.

And they're hiring?

Come by.

I'll get you an interview.

Jay's girlfriend works at Zanzibar to help the pre -use. Guess NASA wasn't

hiring.

How are things at the garage?

Okay.

Hopefully not so good.

Kind of dead end.

Need to upgrade my skills if I want to run my own shop.

Have you considered a technical high school?

I need hands -on experience and a paycheck.

So you're just going to skip high school? Forget your diploma?

I can get all the training I want and get paid for it.

Where?

Nowhere.

Forget it.

Forget what?

Where is this wonderful, merry, magic mechanic land?

This isn't exactly how I wanted to tell you this.

It's the armed services.

You're not serious.

Yeah, I am. I signed up already, passed my physical.

I'm pretty psyched, actually.

You know, with your skills, you might be a perfect fit.

I'm sorry I've lost my accent.

Catch up?

The girls are all friends here.

You'll like it.

Thanks, Stephanie. I'll see you tonight for my first shift.

Hey, work

buddy.

Thank you so much. You got it. That's amazing.

That was cool, but then there's...

This is Vlad.

Hi. The owner.

Alex is our new server.

Welcome, Alex.

You are prettier than many of my dancers.

Well, thank you. I think in a close -on sort of way.

My girls are very well paid and they're very happy.

Maybe sometime you want to audition.

Oh, definitely not.

I understand.

I'm sure you will make a great waitress.

Like this one.

You weren't lying, eh?

I think I've said a hundred already.

It's nothing.

Girls on the other side are rich and happy like movie stars.

She doesn't look so happy to me.

Maybe not, but she is paid well.

Small price to pay for your soul.

Lexi, if you were so against stripping, then why are you working here?

Why else? I need the money.

So does she.

The only difference between her and us is that she needs it more.

Hey.

Were you sleeping on popcorn until 2 a .m.? I quit. I got a job as a waitress

the Schmancy Bistro.

Goodbye, minimum wage.

Hello, crazy tips.

That's great.

I'm really happy for you.

Your happiness is overwhelming.

We're getting evicted?

Yep.

We have ten days to come up with the money.

You know anyone with a spare two grand kicking around?

How?

How did this happen?

Well, we've been bouncing rent checks for the last two months and I had no

Mom, how could you not know that? Chad hiding the letters from the building

manager, that's how.

And no, I'm not proud I trusted that scumbag. Okay.

What do we do now?

Well, I asked for a raise again.

They turned me down again.

I never wanted it to be like this, Lexi.

I let you down.

Chad did this, Mom, not you.

We pulled.

We pushed.

We pull and we push, push.

Go banging.

Go banging.

Give me some, some crush. Okay, tell me I don't look completely idiotic. Well,

not if you're on your way to a rap video shoot.

Or, say, the stage at Zanzibar's.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

This is why you called me here at 9 o 'clock in the morning.

Kinda.

Whatever happened to a small price to pay for your soul? Well, my soul just

a whole lot cheaper.

Try not to laugh, okay?

Rolling in.

Nice and slow. I need your help.

Another hip circle. And then we just do one step. We pull in. We push, push.

Go banging.

Give me some.

Go banging.

Give me some.

When you do it, don't.

When you do it, don't. Slash, slash.

Don't bring me on the floor.

Don't let me come meet at the door.

Nice little confidence, jerk.

I'm worried.

I'm on three hours sleep. Maybe it's just too early for me to picture you as

exotic dancer.

Who am I kidding? I can't do this.

And that's bad?

There's got to be another way. Sure.

Armed robbery, prostitution, drug mule, tiger poaching.

What about Paige?

Paige looks a lot better off than she is.

Not that I'd ever ask.

Sean, are you crazy?

If Principal Haslaca sees you out here, she'll... She'll what? She'll give me

detention? I'm outside.

Just talk to me, all right? I've been calling you around the clock.

I know.

So why haven't you answered?

Because I can't believe you'd make such a stupid decision without even talking

to me.

I thought you'd be happy for me. You know, spreading democracy, peacekeeping,

protecting our country, these are all good things.

Sean, you would hate it.

The army is all about taking orders and being told what to do and what to think.

So being told what to think is wrong?

Isn't that what you're doing?

This is different.

How?

Because I'm your girlfriend, Sean.

If you join the army, you could get hurt.

And I need you right now.

Why?

Tell me. I can take it.

Honestly, I'm not sure you can.

Describe the function of enzymes in metabolic reactions in mitochondria.

How about not?

Break time? I thought you'd never ask.

So, uh, I have some news.

You are looking at a newly single girl.

You broke it off with Jesse?

We had zero in common, honey. It wasn't worth my time.

Well, it sounds like you got it all figured out, Paigeie.

Hardly.

I was...

Supposed to be at Banting, fast -tracking to an MBA. I was supposed to

sorority girl sipping Cosmos with Brittany and Amber.

But here I am, chilling with you, and it

feels right.

Why is that?

Why do you keep doing this to me?

Sorry, I... I thought the door was kind of open.

Yeah.

It's been open for weeks. The problem is you keep opening it and then closing it

and opening it and closing it. Just make up your mind.

Look, you're cool with being a lesbian, but I don't know what I am. The word is

bisexual, Paige, and it's just a label. Who cares?

My parents already have one gay kid.

Oh?

So I just dropped out of university. Let them deal with one major parental

crisis at a time.

Great.

Everything's always on your schedule, isn't it?

I am supposed to give them grandkids one day. You do not get the pressure I am

under. Pressure?

Excuse me for finding your idea of pressure pretty, pretty damn pathetic

now. Hon, don't cry.

You don't get to break my heart and then comfort me too.

This is my worst nightmare, Manny. My boyfriend is joining the war machine. He

could get himself killed protecting big corporations from the poor.

Well, at least you're keeping an open mind, Shay.

Look, I'm sure Sean's doing it for the right reasons, and I bet one of them is

you.

I know.

I just... I had these plans for me and Sean, and him joining the army wasn't

among them.

And you don't like it when things don't go according to plan.

No. I really, really don't.

Um, we're getting into control issue zone.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yes, I'm fine. This is just Sean, okay?

Oh, Jack.

Jack?

Hello?

All right, guys.

See you.

Thank

you.

What was so important that you couldn't tell me on the phone?

I'm worried about you.

You might want to sit because this is going to freak you out.

I don't need to sit.

I know what's going on.

You're emotional, you're scattered, you have trouble concentrating it.

It adds up.

You're anorexic again, aren't you?

No.

Sean, you're not even close.

I'm pregnant.

You're right, I am going to freak out.

Are you sure?

You do a test?

We'll do it together, okay?

Tell me something good, Mom, please.

How did it go with the building manager?

Get that extension?

I tried.

You tried what? What did you do?

Well, turns out he doesn't have a thing for me after all.

So we're still being evicted.

You think they'll remember us at the women's shelter?

We're not going back there, Mom.

Ever.

I know what to do.

I thought we had all the bait in the cupboard.

And sometimes you hit a home run.

Accidents can happen. Maybe the pill didn't kick in.

Time's up.

It's negative.

Yes.

Don't get too excited.

Both negatives are common. I have all the symptoms. I'm days late.

So now what do we do?

We talk. We make decisions. I never thought I'd abort, and there's always

adoption, but... Oh, Emma, Emma, the test said it was negative.

All right, just take a breath before you start getting all worked up about this.

Okay.

I'll breathe.

My God.

You're actually going to do this?

I would explain the outfit, yeah.

Vlad just let you?

No auditions?

Apparently I have natural talent.

Might as well use them.

So you just changed your mind?

I've changed it for me, Mel.

Lexi.

I've seen so many girls do this.

If you go out there, it changes you.

And now, let's welcome a newcomer to our stage, the beautiful Ecstasy.

Not going out there, though.

Ecstasy is...