-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS, AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪ -♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪
-♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪ -♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]
-OCTOBER 17, 1968.
-TESTING.
TESTING -- 1, 2, 3...
-I HAD ASSUMED MY STANDARD HOMEROOM POSITION,
DROOLING IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF LISA BERLINI.
BUT TODAY, THINGS WERE DIFFERENT BETWEEN LISA AND ME.
-RFK JUNIOR HIGH'S REVISED DRESS CODE
HAS BEEN POSTED OUTSIDE MY OFFICE.
ALTHOUGH IT'S FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY...
-YOU SEE, THE NIGHT BEFORE,
WE'D SPENT VERY CLOSE TO FOUR COMPLETE MINUTES
TALKING TO EACH OTHER ON THE TELEPHONE.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS ENTERING
THE FAST LANE OF THE SEVENTH-GRADE SOCIAL SCENE,
AND IT WAS UP TO ME TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.
-SECTION TWO, ARTICLE ONE -- THE MINI-SKIRT CLAUSE.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
ANY SKIRT CUT HIGHER THAN 2 INCHES ABOVE THE KNEES
WILL CALL FOR IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
[ POP, LAUGHTER ]
SECTION TWO, ARTICLE TWO.
-IS THERE A PROBLEM, MR. ARNOLD?
-UH, NO, MA'AM.
-ALL RIGHT, NOW ON TO OTHER, MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS.
-YEAH, I WAS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD NOW.
ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PLOT MY NEXT MOVE.
-RFK's FIRST FALL DANCE
WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
SO, FOR MUSIC AND FUN, DANCING AND ROMANCING,
COME ONE, COME ALL, AND HAVE A BALL.
THAT IS ALL.
-YOU'RE GONNA ASK LISA BERLINI, AREN'T YOU?
-I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE.
-THEN WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO GO WITH?
-I DON'T KNOW.
HEY, WHY DON'T YOU ASK CARLA HEALY?
-[ SNEEZES ] NO WAY.
[ SNIFFS ] NO WAY.
-WHY NOT? I HEAR SHE LIKES YOU.
-JUST STOP TALKING ABOUT HER, OKAY?
-THE WORDS "CARLA" AND "HEALY"
HAD THE SAME EFFECT ON PAUL AS SEAFOOD AND GRASS POLLEN...
SEVERE MEMBRANE INFLAMMATION.
-[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
-WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM?
-I SAID THE "C" WORD.
-"CARLA HEALY"?
-[ SNEEZES ]
-ARE YOU GONNA ASK HER TO THE DANCE OR SOMETHING?
-NO WAY. I'M NOT.
-YOU MEAN YOU'RE ASKING CARLA HEALY?
-NO, HE'S ASKING LISA BERLINI.
-LISA BERLINI, HUH?
-YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW. I MIGHT NOT.
-NO, YOU SHOULD. SHE'S NICE.
-SHE'S OKAY.
-WELL, I GUESS I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER.
-WHAT?!
-THEY'RE CALLED DEAD WHALES, PEOPLE.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHY?
-I FELT SORT OF WEIRD TALKING TO WINNIE ABOUT LISA.
BUT I FORGOT ALL THAT BY SOCIAL STUDIES.
THE LIGHTS WERE DIMMED FOR A SLIDE SHOW ON POLLUTION,
AND I WAS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF THE BEST-SMELLING HEAD OF HAIR IN THE SEVENTH GRADE.
-WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
HOW MANY ROADS MUST A MAN WALK DOWN?
-THE TIME WAS RIGHT
FOR THE MOST INTIMATE FORM OF COMMUNICATION
KNOWN TO 12-YEAR-OLD MAN...
INTER-CLASSROOM NOTE-WRITING.
[ THE BOX TOPS' "THE LETTER" PLAYS ]
-♪ GIMME A TICKET FOR AN AEROPLANE ♪
♪ I AIN'T GOT TIME TO TAKE A FAST TRAIN ♪
♪ LONELY DAYS ARE GONE ♪
♪ I'M A-GOIN' HOME ♪
♪ MY BABY JUST WROTE ME A LETTER ♪
♪ I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY I GOTTA SPEND ♪
♪ GOT TO GET BACK... ♪
-IN A NOTE, YOU COULD SAY ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO.
LINES I WOULD HAVE CHOKED ON
UNDER THE GLARE OF FLUORESCENT LIGHTS
WERE COMING OUT LIKE POETRY WITH THE VENETIAN BLINDS DRAWN.
-♪ WELL, SHE WROTE ME A LETTER ♪
♪ SAID SHE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME NO MORE ♪
♪ LISTEN, MISTER, CAN'T YOU SEE ♪
♪ I GOT TO GET BACK TO MY BABY ONCE MORE? ♪
♪ ANYWAY, YEAH, GIMME A TICKET FOR AN AEROPLANE ♪
♪ I AIN'T GOT TIME TO TAKE A FAST TRAIN ♪
-THE SIGNS WERE THERE. SHE WANTED ME.
IT WAS TIME TO THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND.
-♪ WELL, SHE WROTE ME A LETTER ♪
♪ SAID SHE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME NO MORE ♪
♪ LISTEN, MISTER, CAN'T YOU SEE ♪
♪ I GOT TO GET BACK TO MY BABY ONCE MORE? ♪
♪ ANYWAY, YEAH, GIMME A TICKET FOR AN AEROPLANE ♪
♪ I AIN'T GOT TIME TO TAKE A FAST TRAIN ♪
♪ LONELY DAYS ARE GONE ♪
-THE PROBLEM IS EXCESS.
WE KEEP PUSHING, PUSHING,
AND IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BY US GOING ONE STEP TOO FAR.
-DEAR GOD, HE WAS RIGHT. WHAT WAS I THINKING?
I MEAN, ONE LOUSY PHONE CALL, A COUPLE OF NOTES,
AND, SUDDENLY, I'M ASKING HER TO THE DANCE?
IT WAS ALL HAPPENING TOO QUICKLY.
I WANTED THAT NOTE BACK.
THEN AGAIN... WHY STOP WHEN YOU'RE ON A ROLL?
-LIGHTS, PLEASE.
[ SCHOOL BELL RINGS ]
-IT WAS ALL SO PERFECT.
WITH ONE FLICK OF THE WRIST,
I'D OPENED UP AN ENTIRELY NEW AND EXCITING CHAPTER
IN MY LIFE AS AN ADOLESCENT.
LISA BERLINI WAS MINE
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,
TILL DEATH DO US PART.
-HI, LISA. YOU WANT TO GO TO THE DANCE WITH ME ON FRIDAY?
-OKAY!
-GREAT. I'LL SEE YOU.
-I HAD IT IN WRITING.
MAYBE THERE WAS SOME LEGAL ACTION I COULD TAKE.
-UM, LISA?
-OH, KEVIN.
-YEAH.
UM, DID YOU JUST SAY...
YOU'D GO TO THE DANCE WITH BRAD?
-I'D SEEN THAT LOOK BEFORE --
IN 1964 WHEN MY MOTHER PUT OUR COCKER SPANIEL TO SLEEP.
-WELL...YEAH.
-BUT...
YOU JUST SAID YOU'D GO WITH ME.
-THAT WAS BEFORE BRAD ASKED ME.
-SO?
-SO, I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GONNA ASK ME
WHEN I SAID "YES" TO YOU.
-SO?
-WELL...I MEAN...
YOU'RE NOT GONNA...BE WEIRD ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING, ARE YOU?
I MEAN, I REALLY LIKE YOU, KEVIN...
AS A...
-AND THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID IT --
THE WORD I WAS TO HEAR FROM BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
LIKE LISA BERLINI TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
THE WORD THAT STRUCK A CHORD SO VIOLENT IN ME
THAT I WANTED TO STRANGLE GUYS LIKE BRAD GAINES
WITH MY BARE HANDS.
-...FRIEND.
-AAGH!
-TOUGH BREAK WITH THIS LISA BERLINI THING, HUH?
-AT LEAST PAUL WAS HAPPY TO HEAR OF MY REJECTION.
IT MEANT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK
CARLA HEALY TO BE HIS DATE.
-AREN'T YOU GONNA EAT YOUR HAMBURGER?
-I'M NOT HUNGRY.
-I WOULDN'T EAT IT, EITHER.
YOU SEE HOW THEY MAKE THE HAMBURGERS?
OH, THEY PUT ALL THIS GROSS STUFF IN IT.
-IT TASTES ALL RIGHT TO ME.
-I HEARD EDDIE OBIN BIT INTO A HAMBURGER
AND A BUG FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE BUN.
-NO WAY.
-THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
-I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
-I DO. IT'S DOCUMENTED FACT.
-[ SLAMS TABLE ] -ALL RIGHT, THAT DID IT.
THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH ONE GUY COULD TAKE.
-FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO WAY
A BUG CAN BREATHE UNDER A HAMBURGER BUN.
AND IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SUFFOCATED
BEFORE EDDIE EVEN BIT INTO IT.
-THAT'S RIGHT.
AND BESIDES THAT, A BUG IS TOO QUICK
TO GET CAUGHT IN A HAMBURGER TO BEGIN WITH.
-LET'S SAY IT DID GET CAUGHT UNDER THE BUN
BUT DIDN'T SUFFOCATE.
IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE FLOWN AWAY
WHEN EDDIE PUT THE KETCHUP ON! -WHEN EDDIE PUT THE KETCHUP ON!
-WINNIE AND I ALWAYS SAW EYE-TO-EYE ON STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT WAS LIKE WE WERE BORN UNDER THE SAME SIGN OR SOMETHING.
-SUIT YOURSELVES.
I'M GETTING AN ICE-CREAM SANDWICH.
-[ SIGHS ]
OH, IS THAT THE NEW LUNCH MENU?
-YEAH.
PIZZA BOATS, CHILLED PEARS, AND CARROT STICKS ON WEDNESDAY.
-MAYBE IT WAS THE BUZZ OF THE CAFETERIA,
MAYBE IT WAS THE STING FROM LISA BERLINI,
BUT SITTING THERE ACROSS FROM WINNIE
I FELT A HUNGER BURNING WITHIN ME.
-SLOPPY JOES, TATER TOTS, AND AN ORANGE WEDGE ON THURSDAY.
-I LOVE SLOPPY JOES!
-ME TOO.
-HER MESSAGE SEEMED CLEAR ENOUGH.
BEHIND THE CHARADE OF THE LUNCH-MENU RECITAL
BURNED THE UNTAPPED RAGE OF OUR SECRET PASSION.
-ON FRIDAY, IT'S MACARONI AND CHEESE,
PEANUT-BUTTER COOKIES, AND FRUIT COCKTAIL.
-WINNIE, WILL YOU GO TO THE DANCE WITH ME?
-DANCE?
I CAN'T.
I'M ALREADY GOING WITH KIRK McCRAY.
-GOD.
WINNIE COOPER AND AN EIGHTH-GRADER.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
-REALLY AMAZING.
-I MEAN...HE'S ACTUALLY...
COOL!
-SO I'M TOLD.
-CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM, MR. POPULARITY...
-LOOK, PAUL...
THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN BEING COOL, ATHLETIC, AND POPULAR!
-IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH TO TAKE.
FIRST LISA BERLINI HAD OPENED THE WOUND,
NOW WINNIE COOPER HAD POURED THE SALT.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE SOLUTION LEFT
WITH REGARDS TO THE UPCOMING DANCE.
-SO I GUESS IT'S JUST YOU AND ME FOR THE DANCE ON FRIDAY, HUH?
-NOPE. I'M NOT GOING.
-WHAT?!
YOU'VE GOT TO GO.
-NO, I DON'T.
-KEVIN, YOU KNOW I CAN'T GO IF YOU DON'T GO.
-YES, YOU CAN. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT.
I'M STAYING HOME.
-KEVIN, ONLY LOSERS STAY HOME.
-THEN I GUESS I'M A LOSER. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL, ANYWAY?
IT'S JUST A STUPID DANCE.
-JUST A DANCE? JUST A DANCE?!
-UGH! LEAVE ME ALONE, PAUL.
-KEVIN, YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE.
-NO, I'M NOT. NOW GO AWAY!
-WELL, I CAN'T JUST SHOW UP TO THIS THING ALONE.
-THEN DON'T.
GO ASK CARLA HEALY AND STOP BOTHERING ME!
-MAYBE I WILL.
-FINE! -GOOD!
[ DOOR SLAMS ] [ SNEEZING ]
-JEANNIE, I WANT TO HAVE A --
-OH, MASTER! OH, I HAVE BEEN SO UNHAPPY!
ALL I WISH TO DO IS PLEASE YOU!
-WELL, UH, JEANNIE, I CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT.
YOU'VE NEVER BEHAVED THIS WAY BEFORE.
-OH, NO, MASTER. I ONLY WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
-OH, WHAT I WOULD HAVE GIVEN FOR ONE OF THOSE.
-IF YOU GUYS WANT TO EAT TONIGHT,
YOU'VE GOT TO SET THE TABLE FOR ME.
-FINE.
-UH, HOW MANY CHAPTERS OF THAT BOOK HAVE YOU READ?
-AND I'D APPRECIATE IF YOU'D DO IT NOW.
NOT IN AN HOUR, NOT AFTER "I DREAM OF JEANNIE," BUT NOW.
-YOU SAID YOU'D DO ANYTHING I WANTED.
-FIRST LISA BERLINI, THEN WINNIE COOPER,
NOW MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD.
WOMEN WERE PROVING TO BE THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE.
-[ SIGHS ]
-KEVIN?
-HUH?
-ARE YOU FEELING ALL RIGHT?
-YEAH.
-SOMETHING HAPPEN AT SCHOOL?
-NO.
-I WAS TOO COMPLICATED TO BE PRIED OPEN LIKE THAT.
I HAD MY DIGNITY.
-YOU SURE?
-I DON'T THINK MRS. COOPER'S A VERY GOOD MOTHER.
-I BEG YOUR PARDON?
-WELL, IT'S JUST THAT
SHE'S LETTING WINNIE GO TO THIS DANCE
WITH THIS BIG EIGHTH-GRADER, AND HE'S A REAL JERK.
I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD LET HER GO.
-WELL, IS THERE SOMETHING MRS. COOPER SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THIS EIGHTH-GRADER?
DOES HE TAKE DRUGS OR SOMETHING?
-NO.
-WELL, WHAT IS IT, THEN?
-WELL, IT'S JUST THAT HE'S THIS EIGHTH-GRADER,
AND HE THINKS HE'S SO COOL, AND...
WINNIE'S VERY YOUNG, MOM.
-I KNOW.
SHE IS.
DID ANYONE ELSE ASK HER?
-WELL, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?
I'M NOT EVEN GOING.
-WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY
ABOUT WHO WINNIE GOES TO THE DANCE WITH.
-I KNOW.
-AND JUST BECAUSE YOU GO TO A DANCE WITH SOMEONE
DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SPEND
THE WHOLE NIGHT DANCING WITH THEM.
-YEAH.
-THE GREAT THING ABOUT A DANCE...
IS THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
-MOM'S ADVICE ALWAYS FOLLOWED A CERTAIN LOGIC,
BUT SOMEHOW IT WAS GONNA TAKE THAT EXTRA MATERNAL NUDGE
TO KICK ME INTO ACTION.
-BUT IF YOU DO DECIDE TO STAY HOME,
WE'RE HAVING COMPANY FRIDAY NIGHT.
SO YOU CAN BE MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER.
-HI. WOULD YOU CARE TO DANCE?
HELLO, THERE.
I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING YOU ALL ALONE OVER HERE.
YOU WANT TO DANCE?
[ New York accent ] YO, BABE. ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
I DON'T GOT ALL NIGHT.
[ STEPPENWOLF'S "MAGIC CARPET RIDE" PLAYS ]
-♪ I LIKE TO DREAM ♪
-JUST LET IT ALL HANG OUT.
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR BODY.
-♪ TALL AND TAN AND YOUNG AND LOVELY ♪
♪ THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA GOES WALKING ♪
♪ AND WHEN SHE PASSES, EACH ONE SHE PASSES GOES ♪
-♪ LOUIE, LOUIE ♪
♪ OH, NO ♪
♪ ME GOTTA GO ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ I SAID A-LOUIE, LOUIE ♪
-THIS WAS NOT FOR US. NOT IN PUBLIC.
BUT IN PRIVATE...
-♪ BORN TO BE WI-I-LD ♪
♪ GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN' ♪
♪ HEAD OUT ON THE HIGHWAY ♪
♪ LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE ♪
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ] ♪ IN WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY ♪
♪ YEAH, DARLIN' ♪
-ARE YOU SURE I LOOK BETTER WITHOUT MY GLASSES?
-YOU LOOK LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.
HOW DO I LOOK?
-I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.
-♪ I LIKE SMOKE AND LIGHTNING ♪
-THERE'S WINNIE. -WHERE?
-OVER THERE BY THE PUNCH BOWL.
-♪ RACING IN THE WIND ♪
-THAT'S MR. CUTLIP, PAUL.
-OH. YEAH.
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
-THE GOAL AT A JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL DANCE
IS TO LOOK AS BUSY AS POSSIBLE...
WITHOUT ACTUALLY SETTING FOOT ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
-♪ ...ALL OVER THE WORLD TONIGHT ♪
♪ ALL OVER THE WORLD ♪
♪ YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS OF LOVERS IN LOVE ♪
-GOOD JOB, PAUL. LOOK WHO YOU JUST HIT.
-[ SNEEZES ]
-WHY DON'T YOU GO OVER AND ASK HER TO DANCE?
-[ SNEEZING ]
IS SHE LOOKING OVER HERE?
-NO, SHE'S NOT LOOKING OVER HERE!
-GOOD.
-SHE'S COMING OVER HERE.
-♪ SO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY ♪
♪ CLOSER, NOW ♪
-HI, PAUL.
-HI, CARLA.
-[ SIGHS ]
-♪ IT ISN'T A DREAM ♪
-CARLA?
I THINK PAUL, OVER HERE,
HAS A LITTLE SOMETHING TO ASK YOU.
-[ Laughing ] OKAY!
-♪ FOREVER AND EVER ♪
♪ THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH ALL OVER THE WORLD ♪
-IT WAS AS SORROWFUL A SPECTACLE
AS I HAD EVER SEEN ON THE EVENING NEWS.
-♪ YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF LOVERS IN LOVE ♪
-BUT THEN AN AMAZING THING BEGAN TO HAPPEN.
PAUL ACTUALLY BEGAN TO ENJOY HIMSELF.
BY MY THIRD CUP OF PUNCH,
HE WAS HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.
-♪ OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ NOW, IF THERE'S A SMILE ♪
-AND I BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT A MISERABLE TIME I WAS HAVING.
AND IT WASN'T JUST PAUL.
LISA BERLINI WAS HAVING THE TIME OF HER LIFE.
MRS. RITVO WAS HAVING THE TIME OF HER LIFE.
EVEN RODNEY THE CUSTODIAN WAS HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.
I...WAS IN HELL.
AND THAT'S WHEN WINNIE COOPER ENTERED THE GYM.
I HAD NEVER SEEN HER LOOK PRETTIER
THAN SHE DID STANDING THERE IN THE DOORWAY...
UNTIL KIRK McCRAY WALKED IN BEHIND HER.
THEN SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL!
IT WAS ALL SO UNFAIR.
I MEAN, THIS GUY ALREADY HAD EVERYTHING.
AND NOW HE HAD MY WINNIE.
I WASN'T GONNA JUST STAND IDLY BY.
IT WAS TIME TO DO
WHAT ANY HOT-BLOODED 12-YEAR-OLD GUY WOULD HAVE DONE
IF HE WERE IN MY SHOES...
-DO YOU WANT TO DANCE?
-SURE!
-...TRY TO MAKE WINNIE AS FURIOUSLY JEALOUS AS I WAS.
THE KEY WOULD BE
TO APPEAR LIKE I WAS HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE
AND DANCE AS I HAD NEVER DANCED BEFORE.
-♪ THE TEARS OF A CLOWN ♪
-APPARENTLY, WINNIE WAS PLAYING THE SAME GAME.
-♪ OH, YEAH, BABY ♪
♪ NOW, IF THERE'S A SMILE ON MY FACE ♪
[ "CHERISH" BY THE ASSOCIATION PLAYS ]
-DO YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?
-SURE, I GUESS SO.
-♪ "CHERISH" IS A WORD I USE TO DESCRIBE ♪
-IT ALL MADE SENSE AT THE TIME.
THIS WOULD BE THE MOMENT
WHEN WINNIE'S EYES MET MINE ACROSS THE DANCE FLOOR
AND WE'D BOTH REALIZE
THAT WE WERE REALLY MEANT TO BE DANCING WITH EACH OTHER.
-♪ ...THAT I HAD TOLD YOU ♪
♪ YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES ♪
♪ I'VE WISHED THAT I COULD HOLD YOU ♪
♪ YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WISHED... ♪
-UM, EXCUSE ME.
I'M JUST GONNA GO OUTSIDE FOR A MINUTE.
-♪ CHERISH YOU ♪
♪ "PERISH" IS THE WORD THAT MORE THAN APPLIES ♪
-SITTING ALONE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL,
I KEPT WONDERING WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE
IF I HAD ASKED WINNIE FIRST.
HAD I MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL TO HER?
HOW COULD SHE HAVE FORGOTTEN ME SO QUICKLY?
[ BOING! ]
-[ As Jeannie ] OH, MASTER! WHY SO GLUM?
[ LAUGH TRACK ]
PLEASE DON'T BE UPSET WITH ME, MASTER.
I ONLY WISH TO PLEASE YOU.
[ LAUGH TRACK ]
-HUH?
-I WAS ONLY USING HIM TO MAKE YOU JEALOUS.
[ LAUGH TRACK ] -I KNEW IT!
HOW COULD YOU SLOW-DANCE WITH HIM?!
YOU NEVER EVEN SAID A WORD TO ME ALL N--
[ BOING! ]
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
-WELL, YOU CAN'T BLAME A GUY FOR DREAMING.
BUT, REALLY, I KNEW THAT I'D ALREADY BLOWN IT.
FIRST I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT WINNIE,
NOW SHE'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME.
I GUESS IT WAS ONLY FAIR.
-KEVIN?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?
-NOTHING.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?
-I DON'T KNOW.
-DO YOU LIKE HIM?
-HE'S NICE.
-[ SIGHS ]
WINNIE...
CAN I ASK YOU ONE MORE THING?
-♪ I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU ♪
♪ TOO LONG ♪
♪ TO STOP NOW ♪
-AND SO WINNIE AND I HAD OUR ONE SLOW DANCE, AFTER ALL.
BUT THINGS WOULDN'T BE THE SAME BETWEEN US.
WE WERE GETTING OLDER.
AND WHETHER WE WANTED IT OR NOT,
THE LISA BERLINIS AND THE KIRK McCRAYS
WERE CHANGING US BY THE MINUTE.
ALL WE COULD DO WAS CLOSE OUR EYES
AND WISH THAT THE SLOW SONG WOULD NEVER END.
-♪ OOH, BEEN LOVING YO-O-U ♪
♪ A LITTLE TOO LONG ♪
♪ I DON'T WANNA STOP NOW ♪
♪ OH, OH, OH ♪
♪ I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU ♪ �