>>BRECK: Dude, I've been waiting on our corner, what's the deal? We're so gonna miss first period.
>>ASTER: I'm not just gonna miss first period.
>>BRECK: You're cutting class?
>>ASTER: Me and school? Not a good combination today.
>>BRECK: Have you talked to Vivian?
Aster!
>>ASTER: What?! Do you think I like not talking to her? Damn it, this is the problem. She's gone, I'm here.
>>BRECK: She's a half an hour away.
>>ASTER: It's not just how long it takes to get to her, it's the distance.
She has this whole other world without me now, where am I in that? What am I supposed to do?
>>BRECK: Start by getting off your butt and talking to her.
>>VIVIAN: Aster, where are you? I've tried to reach you every way possible. Please, please, call me back.
Damn it.
>>SOPHIE: Everything O.K?
>>VIVIAN: Yeah, yeah. Things are good.
>>SOPHIE: I mean, I wasn't listening. Just seemed like something was wrong.
>>AUNT JODIE: Sorry. Sorry, I'm on a deadline, forgot to look at the clock. I'll write you a note.
>>SOPHIE: Hey, ride with us.
>>AUNT JODIE: I'm down with that.
I worked so hard to make that come out right.
>>VIVIAN: Hey. I'd take the bus but they all just seem to go to the mall.
>>JONATHAN: Alright, let's go.
>>SOPHIE: So, looks like I won the bet.
>>JONATHAN: The bet?
>>VIVIAN: We used to bet on who'd be the first to drive, and the first to...
Well, other things.
I spent a lot of time here, as a kid.
>>SOPHIE: Yeah, we shared everything. Except, you'd never give up any of your Buffy stuff. You even had Willow underwear.
>>JONATHAN: You and Sophie shared underwear... awesome.
>>VIVIAN: We didn't share underwear.
>>SOPHIE: We were eleven, Jonathan, stop it.
He was just being a guy.
>>JONATHAN: Yeah, about the bet, Sophie might have her liscence but she's not driving this car.
>>PRINCIPAL: I have a new rule. People who eat in this office instead of the cafeteria work for me.
>>ARCHIBALD: You won't be sorry. I'm good to go with any xeroxing, or stapling, or... I'm happy to make a coffee run.
>>PRINCIPAL: Yeah, I bet you are.
>>ARCHIBALD: Whatever you want me to do, I'm up to the job.
>>PRINCIPAL: How about for now you just be my eyes and ears around here? Anything interesting comes up, make a mental note.
And don't go anywhere. You'll be helping me with this morning's homeroom announcement.
>>JONATHAN: Fuck! >>VIVIAN: Shit!
>>ARCHIBALD: Hey. >>ELIZABETH: Hey.
>>ARCHIBALD: So, what should I say?
>>ELIZABETH: Just give a shout out about the play.
>>ARCHIBALD: Um... here's a little shout out to you all. You probably know the drama club is putting on...
>>ELIZABETH (whispering): The Seagull.
>>ARCHIBALD: The Seagull. And Elizabeth Matthews is here to give you the skinny.
>>ELIZABETH: I'm really psyched about our first production. Oh, and it's not about a bird. That's just a symbol.
It's about people trying to figure out their relationships, and it's a story about... well, love.
>>ASTER: Why is it so freaking hard?
>>BRECK: Are you coming?
Really?
>>VIVIAN: Hey.
>>ARCHIBALD: Oh, hey. I see you've been properly fitted for humiliation.
>>VIVIAN: Could it get any worse?
>>ARCHIBALD: Yes, it can. Didn't you hear the P.A announcement this morning?
>>VIVIAN: It wasn't that bad.
>>ARCHIBALD: I'm a disaster. I lose all ability to speak around her.
Girls.
>>VIVIAN: Girls.
>>ARCHIBALD: Problems?
>>VIVIAN: I don't know.
>>ARCHIBALD: Something happen? Did you do a bad thing? Did she do a bad thing?
>>VIVIAN: No, it's not like that.
>>ARCHIBALD: You don't think I'm deep enough to understand?
>>VIVIAN: I don't understand.
And I'm suddenly starving. If I don't get a double cheeseburger and fries soon I'm gonna die.
Which means there must be a problem cause I always get ravenously hungry when things aren't right.
Do you feel like hanging somewhere? I'm not really in a hurry to get home.
>>ARCHIBALD: Did I not just hear the word cheeseburger?
>>AUNT JODIE: OK. This isn't working. Where is she?
>>GABE: Well, she didn't run away. All of her clothes are still here.
>>AUNT JODIE: You're right. She's probably with a friend. Should we try calling her cellphone? Or is that not cool parental behavior?
I'm just remembering what I used to get away with.
>>GABE: Well, you were a bad girl, that's the difference.
>>AUNT JODIE: Gosh, you were always bailing me out of these stupid situations.
>>GABE: That's what a big brother-in-law's for.
>>AUNT JODIE: God, I had such a crush...
>>VIVIAN: I'm sorry. I totally lost track of time.
Are you mad?
>>AUNT JODIE: I don't wanna be. You need your independence, I get that. But...
>>GABE: You should have called.
>>VIVIAN: I'm just not used to this. I had my own life before and now it's... I don't know, not mine.
>>AUNT JODIE: Not mine, either.
>>VIVIAN: I'll be more responsible next time.
>>GABE: Yes, you will.
She's here, she's not drunk or high. She knows she stumbled.
>>AUNT JODIE: This is new to me.
>>GABE: This is new to everybody.
>>VIVIAN: Aster, come on. Get me out of here.
I'll let you keep that.
>>ASTER: Oh, I'm keeping it.