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Simon! It's Sandy. It's me!

Help!

Why aren't you answering your phone?

I didn't hear my phone.

Is Rose here?

No. She didn't come home last night?

No, she came home, but...

Ow! But she left early this morning.

Oh, uh, yeah, she went to San Francisco.

Are you okay? I don't know.

I think I need to go to the hospital.

And I don't want to go by myself, and your sister is

three hours away, and I don't have anyone else.

And.. Ow...

Okay, just let me throw my clothes on. Ow.

No, I don't think we have time for that.

I'm really hurting.

I think there's something wrong.

Okay, okay, let's go.

♪ 7th Heaven ♪

♪ When I see their happy faces ♪

♪ Smiling back at me ♪

♪ 7th Heaven ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ That's the one place that you'll find ♪

♪ 7th Heaven ♪

♪ Mmm, 7th Heaven ♪

♪ 7th Heaven. ♪

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Can I help?

This isn't working quite the way I thought it would.

I can't quite figure it out, but you go on.

Do whatever you want to do today.

My mom will keep Savannah if I have to go out.

Here, let me take a look.

You're going to help me with this?

You never volunteer to help me

with any remodeling stuff. What's going on?

It's not remodeling, it's putting down some tiles.

It's something we can do together.

We never get to hang out together anymore.

Let me help you.

Did it come with instructions?

Yeah, it came with instructions.

Why do you want to hang out with me all day?

Why do you want me out of the house today?

Well, you first.

Aren't you supposed to go

talk to that guy today, Sandy's dad?

If he ever calls me back, but he may never call me back.

And if he doesn't, then what?

Then nothing.

I continue to help Sandy become more self-sufficient because

I don't think her family's gonna come to her rescue.

What about Martin?

I don't know.

I-I'd like to keep him at a distance

or give him a little space... However you want to look at it.

But she can't force him into a relationship with her

and the baby... I mean, he's got to come around on his own.

Why?

Because!

What do you mean "why?"

I mean, having been in the same situation

when I graduated from high school,

I did the right thing and got married,

so I think I should talk to him.

Then you got divorced when you found out there wasn't a baby.

Still, he needs some help... From a guy.

Well, I'm helping him.

How?

By helping her.

B-By helping Sandy.

No offense, but I just want to talk to him man-to-man.

No offense, but he didn't come to you for help.

And if he's going to talk to a man,

I think the first man he should to talk to is his dad.

Yeah, okay. When's he going to do that?

When the kid goes to kindergarten?

Hopefully before that.

He better.

People are going to know.

Other than you and my dad and me, what people?

You don't really think you can keep

that kind a thing a secret, do you?

Well, I don't think I can keep

Sandy's pregnancy a secret,

but I don't know why anyone else

necessarily needs to know who the father is.

Luce, your whole family has figured it out.

And Simon and Rose know.

My whole family?!

Yeah, except for Ruthie.

You told Matt?!

He's the one who told me Sandy was pregnant.

I didn't even notice it, and then I just

put two and two together.

And you told him?!

He was going to find out eventually anyways.

And besides, he lives in New York... who's he going to tell?

Well, I don't know.

But... wait a minute... My whole family?

Wait, my mom knows?

I didn't tell her.

Your dad told her.

He told her that Martin is the father of Sandy's baby?

I think so.

I can't believe this.

I'll be right back.

What could George possibly want to see me about

other than Martin or Martin and Meredith?

He's not going to want Martin dating Meredith

if he's found out about Sandy, is he?

Well, I doubt it.

But what if it's some tiny, little problem

with one of the children... He has other children.

I mean, there's Meredith's brother and sisters.

Maybe he wants to talk about one of them, or even Cecilia.

Maybe he's having a problem with Cecilia.

Maybe, but I don't think that would require

a visit to my office on a Saturday.

How could he have found out?

Who?

How could who have found out what?

And please tell me you're not talking about Martin.

Foul play, okay?

Foul play! I am handling this.

I don't need anyone... Anyone else... to interfere.

We're not interfering, we're talking.

About Martin.

How do you even know?

She's your mother. I told her.

Why?

I, I...

She...

she figured it out.

Why shouldn't I know?

This is not a group project, this is my work.

I told Sandy that everything she was sharing with me

was in complete confidence.

You didn't tell us about Sandy.

Your father saw her when he was spying on you.

And why couldn't you tell me?

It's me, Luce.

I've kept more secrets over the years

than you'll probably ever hear,

so don't worry, I wouldn't say anything to anyone.

And, frankly, I'm a little bit insulted

that you were so upset that your father said

something to me. I mean,

I probably would have figured it out by myself anyway.

Matt figured it out.

No, he didn't. Kevin told him.

And you told Kevin?

Well, yeah, he's my husband.

Well, I'm his wife.

All right, all right.

Everyone knows... but Ruthie...

So we have to contain this.

We have to, please.

Don't discuss Martin and Sandy with anyone else.

I'm begging you.

If Martin knew you knew...

he would be mortified,

even more mortified than he already is.

Or... knowing that others know,

he'd tell his father.

And he really... he should tell his father,

because there may be other people who know.

Other people like...?

George called... and he wants to talk to me.

George, as in Meredith's adoptive father, George.

Yes, yes, I, I know who he is.

He can't possibly know about Martin, can he?

If he doesn't know, you're not going to tell him, right?

No, but Luce... eventually people are going to know.

Why do we have to assume that the worst is going to happen?

Just don't say anything to George if he doesn't know,

and don't say anything else to anyone else, okay?

Okay. Okay.

But don't forget that Simon and Rose know.

You might want to talk to them.

I know that.

Any time Simon's name comes up in a conversation,

she just darts out the door.

Yeah, I've noticed that, too.

She knows something about the two of them

that she's not telling us.

Whatever it is, it'll come out eventually.

We met Ruthie's boyfriend.

I thought we were going to let me do the talking.

Really, I didn't know Ruthie had a boyfriend.

I don't. Yes, you do.

It's not somebody you know.

Oh.

What was the plan?

To get Mom and Dad to let you go out?

We ran into someone when we were riding bikes.

A guy from school... And he's not my boyfriend.

Are you sure?

I think he wants to be your boyfriend.

Yeah.

You know, why don't you two just go upstairs

and do something while I talk to Dad.

I don't know, I find it pretty interesting

talking to the three of you.

If you ever want to ride bikes with me again,

you'll go upstairs.

If you were going to threaten them, and by the way,

I don't like for anyone to get threatened around here,

you maybe should've done it before they

gave away all your little secrets.

So who's this boy from school you ran into?

He's on the baseball team... The shortstop Brian.

And he was just asking if maybe he and I

could go out sometime with Martin and Meredith.

He's 16.

He doesn't have a car.

So we would have to go with someone else.

You don't think that would be just a bit awkward?

I know you're friends with Martin,

and I know you're friends with Meredith,

but I also know you're kind of thinking that someday

Martin and Meredith may not be together and...

Never mind that.

I want you to meet him.

Brian, this is my Dad.

Dad, this is Brian.

It's nice to meet you, sir.

"Honest people tell the truth.

"Other people know that when they say something is so,

"they can believe it.

"Now that is very handy, because

"if you are honest and promise to do something,

"others will trust you.

"They will share things with you,

"tell you secrets, lend you money.

"Help you do many of the things that you want to do because

"they know that what you promise and what you say is true.

"They can count on it.

Only a dope will lie."

Maybe you should read that to Ruthie.

Not us. We've read that book a lot.

You're right.

Why do we have to wait for Dad?

Brian's waiting for me to call him.

He said we'd talk about it when he got home.

Well, when is he going to get home?

Where'd he go?

What is he doing?

What's more important than this?

Nothing is more important to us than you

and our relationship with you as you grow up

and become a young adult.

This is a really great book.

How's Simon?

Oh, he's fine, he's fine.

How's, uh, how's Cecilia?

She's fine. Yeah?

Besides switching colleges a few times.

Which is going to mean she's going to be in school

a year longer than she was supposed to be,

but at least she's still in college,

so I guess she'll graduate when she graduates.

You know that Meredith's older sister

is still in school with Simon.

Right, I forgot she's at Northern California

School of the Arts, too.

Loves it.

She's decided she's going to teach art

at the high school level.

She thinks art is such a good thing for kids,

attributes her emotional health to being able

to express herself through art.

She is such a good girl.

And I mean, having lived in social services

and out on the streets and still...

And she's not having any problems?

No, goodness, no.

She comes down on weekends and straightens out her sisters

and her brother if they're even thinking about of giving us

any problems, which they're not.

And I don't know if you know this or not,

but Martin told Meredith he loves her.

And it's her first real love,

and she is crazy about him.

She couldn't quit talking to Christina

the whole time she was home.

And I was just wondering...

you don't think that Martin would say something like,

"I love you" to Meredith for the wrong reason, do you?

"The wrong reason"?

Well, maybe I'm paranoid,

but he wouldn't say something like that

to just to get Meredith to be, you know, intimate with him?

Why do you think that?

Well, because I've been reading everything I can get my hands on

about teen sex, and some expert said that that's

one of the ways that boys talk girls into doing things

that they wouldn't ordinarily be doing.

But I know you know about that stuff,

and that's why I wanted to talk to you about it.

You know teenage boys.

I mean, you have one; Simon's what, almost 21?

Next year, yeah.

He's still 20 for now.

Oh, and by the way, congratulations.

Heard about the engagement from Christina.

Yeah, yeah, they say they're getting married.

I mean, it's not an official engagement,

and there's always a chance the whole thing could just,

you know, fall apart.

Not that we want that to happen.

Well, it's a pretty big engagement ring

for not an official engagement.

I mean, those things aren't really returnable.

I mean, it's a what... A full one-carat ring?

I mean, I knew Simon was good with money,

but that's a humdinger of a ring, from what I hear.

Oh, dear Lord.

Tell me you knew about the ring.

We didn't have all the details.

We haven't actually seen it yet.

I should have kept to the subject,

which is Meredith.

Do you think it's safe for Meredith and Martin

to be boyfriend and girlfriend, just going together?

Do you think it's good that they're so serious

about each other when they're both so young?

Could we just put a pin in this

and-and maybe get back to this conversation, like, next week?

What?

Well, I, just, I... you know, I'd like to do a little research

before I just answer such an important question.

What? Research?

Yeah, please. Sure, okay.

Just, uh, get back to me.

Sooner is better than later.

Stop it. It's not funny.

Come on, it's kind of funny.

I shouldn't have eaten Mexican for dinner. Guess not.

I can't believe those were just gas pains.

I can't imagine what labor pains are going to be like.

Sit down; I'll get you something to drink.

Sorry you had to rush me to the hospital.

That's okay.

I'm glad it wasn't for something more serious.

Yeah, me, too, I guess.

You guess?

I don't know, it's just...

my life would have been a lot easier

if this had've all ended today.

It would have been sad,

but it would've been over.

And this is never going to be over.

My life's changed forever.

And Martin's. Maybe.

Maybe he's never going to be a part of this.

He's already a part of this.

I mean, he can't stay away forever.

I can't believe I'd do something so stupid.

I just think it's because...

I wanted you to know I slept with Martin.

I was angry that you were dating Rose instead of me.

And I'm a little jealous

that you're marrying Rose instead of me.

I wish I'd never introduced the two of you.

And I wish that you had gotten to know me better,

and I had gotten to know you better.

And I'm really not

a bad person... and I know you're not.

And I think that

you're going to make a great husband.

And someday you're going to make a great dad.

And frankly...

I don't think Rose deserves you.

Sandy, look...

What, you wanted me to lie?

No.

I just really wish you didn't say everything you just said.

Fine.

I take it back.

Forget I said any of what I just told you.

Even through it's the truth.

I don't think you always have to tell everyone the truth,

the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Maybe you should try it.

Are you happy marrying Rose?

You gonna get that?

Hi, this is Simon...

No, I'm just going to let it pick up.

Simon, call me.

And if you don't call me by midnight,

expect me to show up on your doorstep again.

Someone knows about the engagement ring

and someone's going to get in trouble.

What's going on?

That Brian guy asked me out.

No, I meant with your dad.

Why is he meeting with Meredith's dad?

Oh, I didn't know he was.

Oh, well, what Brian guy?

On your team, the baseball team.

The shortstop.

What? David and Sam and I were riding bikes

and we ran into him.

And he asked me out.

And he came over and met my dad.

And he doesn't drive, so I was asking

if we could go out with you and Meredith.

Oh, that guy, yeah.

Um, no, I'm sorry.

No, you're sorry?

I want to be Meredith alone.

Okay? If her dad still lets me.

What could they have been talking about?

Who?

Your dad and George!

I don't know, but I know my dad likes you.

So I don't think he'd be telling George

not to let Meredith go out with you.

And you guys are alone all the time.

Do you have to be alone tonight?

Yes, we do.

But Brian doesn't have a car.

Yeah, I know that. He's been trying to get

a ride from anyone on the team who will give him a ride.

Look, I don't want any company tonight.

I need to be with Meredith alone.

"Need to be"?

Yeah, I need to talk to her.

Yeah, sure.

What does that mean?

It means that you don't want to help me out.

That's not what you think it means.

You think it means I want to do more than talk.

I didn't say that.

All right...

I'm going to ask you a question,

and I want the two of you to answer at the same time

without taking a cue from each other.

How old is this Brian that you're trying to go out with?

Sixteen. Eighteen.

Eighteen?

Why would I lie?

I don't lie.

Why would you lie?

'Cause I had to.

Oh, good, you're home.

What happened?

What?

Does he know about Martin or doesn't he?

Uh, I'd say he doesn't know yet,

but he's in the process of putting it all together.

I'm pretty sure he's going to know soon.

That's all you found out?

No, that's not all I found out, no.

No, I found out that Simon gave Rose an engagement ring.

You know about the ring?

I knew, but I couldn't really say.

Because...?

Because I said I wouldn't.

Because...?

Because he should be the one

to tell you. And yet, he wasn't the one to tell me.

Well, I can't help that.

Look, it wasn't my place to tell you.

All I could do is tell him to tell you.

Is that the same thing that you're going to be saying

to Martin's dad when he comes storming over here

asking why we didn't tell him that his son

is going to be a father?

I'm handling it, okay?

All by yourself.

You're handling an unwanted pregnancy

that involves a young man who, who lived in our home

for two years and now lives across the street with his dad.

A-A young man who your younger sister worships.

A young man we all love.

You're handling his problems all by yourself?

Yes, I am.

He asked me to.

And you're also handling the problems

of the young woman who's having his child.

A young woman who's a friend of your brother's.

A young woman who has no other friends or family to turn to?

Yes, I am.

And you're in the middle of your brother's

relationship problems, not to mention the problems

he's about to have with your mother and me?

And, at the same time,

you're trying to fulfill all the obligations you have

from your commitment to the church, all while...

bringing up a daughter and remodeling a house,

and you just graduated from college.

And you have no practical experience,

because you're just in your first year of work?

Are you jealous that all these people came to me for help

instead of talking to you?

Is that the problem?

No, that's not the problem.

So what's the problem.

The problem is...

Oh.

Hello?

Oh, could you hold on for just one second?

Okay.

I'm sorry, but I have something I have to do.

But stop worrying.

I... I'll admit I have a lot going on,

but I've got this all under control.

No, you don't.

She doesn't.

She... She really doesn't.

I have to go meet Sandy's dad.

Hold on, I'll follow you.

I got it, okay?

I'm just going down to the Promenade

to meet him for coffee.

I'll just be nearby if you need me.

Have you been talking to my dad?

About...? About my taking on too much.

No, but I'm not surprised he would think that.

He thinks that maybe you should

give some consideration what we're both telling you

before someone gets hurt or you get hurt.

All right, all right, I hear you.

Consider it considered.

Okay, bye-bye.

Mommy will be right back.

Are you gonna follow me or not?

The guy sounded a little creepy on the phone.

Want to go for a ride?

Hello.

Ruthie?

Oh, hi.

Is it a bad time?

Kind of. I'm a little angry with your boyfriend now.

Is that why my dad asked if we could not go out tonight?

I don't know.

You dad doesn't want you going out with Martin tonight?

He was nice about it;

he just said he felt like I was going out a lot lately,

so maybe Martin and I should take a night off.

I just find it kind of odd,

since he met with your dad this afternoon.

So you don't know what your dad could have said to him

to make him think that Martin and I were going out too often?

No. Are you sure it was something my dad said

that made him decide that?

No, but I...

I have to call you back. I'll call you back.

I think we should talk.

I'm sorry.

I won't do it again.

I won't lie about a guy's age

just so I can try to go out with him.

That's an excellent start.

And I won't ask Sam and David to lie for me ever again.

That was stupid.

It was wrong.

I meant to say wrong first.

You just seem so determined to go out with guys

who are older than you.

Is... Is that just so that you can show Martin

that you're old enough to date guys his age?

Ruthie...

I know you have this fantasy in your head

about someday being Martin Brewer's girlfriend,

but maybe it's time to let go

of that dream and get a new dream.

You know, maybe a dream that's not about a guy, but about you.

About graduating at the top of your class

and getting into college, you know,

and studying something you're passionate about

and pursuing a career

and succeeding at it and traveling around the world.

Why?

Why?

Yeah, why?

I'm not trying to ruin Martin's relationship

with Meredith or anything.

I just know that it's not going to last forever,

and it may be that he'll have another relationship after that

and another one after that and another one after that

and another after that

before he even sees me as more than a friend.

But, someday, that could happen.

I want that to happen.

Sounds as if you're willing to do

whatever it takes to make that happen.

Well, if it did happen...

If he did want to go out with me...

Would you let me go out with him?

Dad?

I'd have to think about that.

What?!

Why would you have to think about it?

You know what a nice guy he is.

This is more about you than about Martin.

You just lied to us about Brian,

so let's just focus on how you're going to win back

out trust so that, eventually, we can let you date again.

It's just... it's so hard to tell you the truth

when I know you're not going to like what I'm telling you.

It's this simple...

Don't do things you know are wrong

and then you won't have to lie about them.

Say that we didn't know that you lied to us about Brian's age,

and you went out with him.

Would you have enjoyed the date?

I mean, could you have just put it out of your head

that you lied to us and then had a good time?

Or would you have been worried the whole night

that we were going to find out

and you were gonna get in trouble?

You're right. I know you're right.

It's just why do you have to put me in a situation

where I have to lie to you?

Why can't you just trust me to make my own decisions?

Well, for one thing, you lied to me.

Well, is there another thing?

Well, yes, there is, as a matter of fact.

I don't want you to end up being a young woman

who will do whatever it takes to get a guy that she wants.

Whenever you find yourself in that frame of mind,

obsessed with getting a guy,

the feeling that you just have to have him...

You'll do whatever it takes to get him...

I just... I want you to question

whether getting him is really worth losing who you are.

Hey, it's not like I'm Rose.

Yeah.

If what you mean is

you don't want me to have sex just to get a guy,

I want you to know that I would never do that.

Thanks.

I'm going to hold you to that.

Until the day you're married.

To Martin?

Oh...

Is it because he told me that he loved me?

No... yes... maybe.

I, I just don't want you to get into any trouble with Martin.

I'm just saying, let's slow it down a little.

Look, I went through years at social services

without having sex,

which is more than I can say of most girls in my situation,

so please don't think that I'm gonna get talked into anything

just 'cause a guy's in love with me.

I didn't know that about you.

I'm very happy to know that about you and I trust you.

Your mother and I trust you.

So you don't trust Martin.

Why?

I don't know.

I guess because he's a guy who's in love with you.

But I apologize.

I have no reason not to trust you.

And I'm sure you're going to do the right thing for yourself.

So, if you don't feel

that you and Martin are getting too serious too fast,

and if you don't think you're headed

toward a relationship that wouldn't be good for you,

then you go out with him, tonight, or any other night.

As long as you're doing well in school,

I'll let you make your own decisions.

And, after all, you've been making your own decisions...

And good ones... for a long time.

Thanks.

But you know what?

I will take the night off and do something else,

just to show you that my whole life

is not centered around Martin.

I love being in this family.

I love you.

Really, was it me telling you

that Martin told me that he loved me

that made you feel that you couldn't trust us

or did something else happen?

Well, I've never had more than one child in this house.

Cecilia was the only one... No siblings...

And I just think it's wonderful

how you and your sisters and your brother,

you care for each other and you look out for each other.

My sister told you

that Martin had sex with Simon's friend Sandy.

Well...

Why would she tell you that?

I told her not to tell anyone.

Regardless of that...

I trust you, Meredith,

and I meant what I said.

You make your own decisions regarding this relationship.

And, that being said, I hope you make the right one.

And if you want my help, or your mother's help,

we're here for you to talk to.

Lucy Kinkirk?

Oh, yes... hi.

I'm Lucy Kinkirk.

I'm Sandy's friend

and the Associate Pastor at Glenoak Church.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Edward Jameson.

I'm Sandy's dad and, I'm...

Are you okay?

You seem a little...

Drunk?

When was the last time you spoke to Sandy's mom?

I know all about the baby, if that's what you want to know.

And?

And... I'm a drunk.

What do you want me to do?

Well, have you ever thought about, say, getting sober?

Not recently.

I've been drinking my whole life.

I like to drink,

so I'm gonna keep drinking.

So why did you even meet me?

So if you get any crazy ideas

about my being able to help my daughter,

you'll forget 'em.

Don't you want to help her?

Does she need money?

Well, yes, of course she needs money.

Well, so do I.

It's really difficult holding down a job

when employers are so prejudiced against functional alcoholics.

And yet, I have managed to always pay child support.

One job at a time, most often, one day at a time.

I don't think Sandy is aware of your paying child support.

Well, I'm not surprised her mother never told her; I...

Of course, I've never told her

because I'm not allowed to have contact with her.

Because...?

Judges are also prejudiced against functional alcoholics.

You keep saying "functional alcoholic."

I mean, I drink and yet I function.

It's pretty tough to do, if I do say so myself.

She's 21.

No judge can keep you from having contact

with your 21-year-old daughter.

Really. She's 21?

Not that you should contact her in your present state

of functional alcoholism...

No, possibly not.

But if she is 21...

my financial obligations have ended.

And that's good news; that's very good news.

I guess my dear ex-wife forgot to mention that.

Or maybe you promised to...

to help her until she was finished with college?

Did I?

Yeah, Sandy said that her mother told her

that, um, that you were obligated to help her

until she was finished with school.

I may have promised something like that.

Her mother would know.

Her mother is stone-cold sober,

with an emphasis on stone-cold.

I detested being married to her.

That's why I started drinking.

And the memory of being with her is why I keep drinking.

She's probably the reason Sandy started drinking.

I'm sorry?

Always seemed ironic to me... Drinking while working

to put my daughter through drug and alcohol treatment programs.

Sandy went through drug and alcohol treatment programs?

Yes, before she could even drive a car.

And they worked.

Sh... She quit; she gave it all up.

Well, I take that back.

She gave up the booze and the pot

and substituted that for sex, but...

that's when her mother and stepfather

threw up their hands and said that's it.

It's especially painful for them,

since they can't have children of their own.

His problem, so I hear.

Your comments, Reverend?

You want to hear my comments?

Okay, here are my comments:

Despite your being an alcoholic...

Functional alcoholic.

Despite your being a functional alcoholic,

despite Sandy's mother and stepfather giving up on her,

despite the fact that she went into rehab at an early age,

despite the fact that she came out of rehab

and possibly started using sex

as a substitute for drugs and alcohol and is now pregnant,

despite all of that... Or you know what?

Maybe because of all of that... I think Sandy is going to overcome

all of the challenges she's been presented with.

All of them.

And she is gonna be just fine without you

or her mother stepping in to help her.

I'm really not surprised by that.

I mean, after all, you believe that pie-in-the-sky lie,

don't you, Reverend?

Hey, hold on!

Stop, stop!

Would you let me go?

I don't think so.

Why, thank you, sir.

You stink!

You're not the first person to tell me that.

Good day.

Interesting to see how you actually work.

Are you sure you don't want me to talk to Martin?

No, I... I can handle this.

Luce, it's a lot to handle, and you're getting in deeper

and deeper and more and more people are getting involved

whether you want them involved or not.

You can't handle this alone; it's too big.

I can. I have to.

You can't.

I say this as someone who loves you: you can't.

You just pummeled a guy in broad daylight.

Well?

Mom said you wanted to talk to me.

Yeah, she and I were talking.

About my punishment?

Not so much that as about you.

We were talking about you.

We were thinking that you need

to get more involved in activities other than dating.

Oh. Great.

Well, you know, just to give your life more balance

so that you have something or someone in your world

that you're interested in other than guys.

Well, I could go back to riding horses,

but Sarah sold her horse, so you'd need to buy me one.

Or you could find a new interest...

Some club at school or some project at school

or down at the church that you could become involved in.

Something that helps other people...

some way of making a contribution to your community.

So my punishment is to inflict

some kind of community service on myself?

It's not a punishment.

It sounds like a punishment.

Let me finish.

I have to do something more than community service?

If you volunteer to get involved with anything

that benefits someone other than yourself,

we're gonna take that as a sign

that you're growing up and you're maturing

and we're gonna let you choose who you go out with,

provided that you continue to make good grades,

you know, you stick to a curfew

and we know where you are and who you're with

and that your choices are reasonable and...

Are you kidding me?

I get to go out with any guy I want?

Even Jack?

Even Brian?

Even Martin, someday?

Find a project.

I love you!

I can't wait for next week for you to get back to me.

So...?

I know about Martin.

I didn't know when I came to see you today.

All I knew then was that Martin was

telling Meredith he loved her.

But then when I sat down and I talked to her about

why I was so worried,

she confessed to me that she's never had sex

and didn't think she was going to until

she was much older and in a committed relationship.

Now, I'd prefer marriage, but she said committed relationship.

Anyway, after we talked, she said that Martin had had sex,

but only once and with a much older girl, Sandy,

one of Simon's friends, and Meredith said

that she still felt she could trust him

because he felt it was such a big mistake,

and therefore I could trust him, too.

But that's when I remembered that Christina...

The one who'd told me about the engagement ring...

Mentioned that Simon's friend Sandy is pregnant.

And I just feel like crying...

for Sandy and for Martin and for my little Meredith.

I'm sorry. I couldn't tell you.

Martin's dad doesn't know yet.

Martin doesn't even know I know.

People are gonna find out.

I found out.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't know you had company.

Hi, George.

Lucy.

He knows.

I didn't tell him, but he knows.

You know?

Oh.

Yeah, well, I'll let you two talk.

Um, call me. Let's stay in touch, please.

Night, Reverends.

Long story.

You know, bits of information

from different sources, and he... he figured it out.

Meredith doesn't know.

Does Ruthie?

Nope, but...

when she finds out and she finds out that we all knew

and didn't tell her, she's gonna be very angry

for a very long time, and hurt,

and she's gonna feel that we all lied to her.

What are we gonna do?

We?

I'm sorry, you gave me that tip

last week about relying

on a higher power for my strength and well, I...

I guess I got kind of high thinking of my possibilities

without realizing my limitations.

I really need your help.

We're all gonna need each other

to get through this one, Luce.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about how I've behaved.

I know the right thing to do, but I...

But that puts you ahead of most people.

Take this home, start reading it to Savannah now.

Okay.

We'll talk?

You bet.

Hello?

Hi.

Simon.

Dad.

I was hoping you'd call.

You threatened me.

Oh, yeah, well, about that, I... I apologize.

I was very angry with you

when I found out about that engagement ring.

And now?

I'm still angry, plus your mother's angry.

So Lucy told you.

I figured she would.

No, she didn't tell me.

Meredith's sister saw the ring

and she mentioned it to her dad

and he mentioned it to me.

Oh. Yeah.

I hear it's a full one-carat.

Yep, it's the one she wanted.

I had to get it.

Because...

Because you made her move out of my apartment.

You can't blame that on me.

You wanted her to move out of your apartment,

and she never should have moved into your apartment

in the first place.

But still, I didn't want to lose her.

So you bought a ring you can't afford.

H-How are you gonna pay for it?

I don't know.

I'll pick up extra hours at the radio station

or I'll pick up a second job.

You know... when you charge something like that,

you just pay for it over and over.

I know that.

Why'd you buy something

you can't pay for?

Because after the way she got kicked out...

I had to let her know I was really gonna marry her, Dad.

And, Dad, I am really gonna marry her.

A year from next May; after you both graduate from college.

That's the plan.

No, the plan was

to get engaged this May,

so no more surprises, okay? Stick to the plan.

I will.

Promise.

Promise.

Hi!

Hey.

Oh, my dad's on the phone.

They found out about the ring.

Is Rose there?

Yeah, Rose just walked in.

She went to San Francisco today to see some designer.

I don't know, something for school, I guess.

Okay, well, I... guess I better let you go.

Okay.

Thanks, Dad.

Good night, Simon.

Want to see my dress?

What kind of dress did you buy?

The kind that goes with my ring.

You bought a wedding dress?

Yes! Want to see?

We're not getting married until a year from next May!

I know, but I found the perfect one.

It still needs some alterations, but let me show it to you.

That's okay, I... I think it's bad luck if I see it.

Well, we don't want any bad luck, do we?

Nope.

So, how was your day?

Interesting.

Very interesting.