All language subtitles for That Night

It was the summer
everyone thought the Russians

were going to invade
Long Island any minute,

And president Kennedy was going
to Berlin to head them off.

Sputnik had been
around the world 10 times,

And mr. Rossi, our neighbor,

swore he saw it fly
right over his backyard.

But I had other things
on my mind that summer,

And so did everyone else
on my block.

Mine is definitely big.

Is not!

Is so. 'Cause I was born first.

Bull! Mine is 10 times bigger.

Drop dead!

O.K., then prove it.

The Meyer twins were always
fighting about something.

They'd do almost anything to get
Kathryn's and Barbara's attention.

What'd I tell you?

Gross!

You're stretching it! That's a cheat.

I am not!

Look. They're even.
Exactly even, Mickey.

What are you
staring at... Toad?

Nothing.

Still can't catch a firefly?

Hey! Give it back!

They were always teasing me.

Mickey was the worst.

Once, behind the Rossi house,

He said he wanted to kiss me...

Then he spit in my ear.

Booger balls!

Yeah. He really is a creep.

Too bad he's such a great kisser.

He kissed you? When?

Last night,

during father knows best.

And... Max kissed Barbara.

Come on, Kathryn!
Hurry up.

Well, did he lean way back

and make a sound like this?

Then it wasn't a love kiss.

That's a fact, Kathryn.

Don't embarrass yourself, Alice.

Besides,

what would you know about L-O-V-E?

Hey, you guys! Wait!

Wait for me!

Kathryn was right.

I guess I didn't know much about it.

But I read everything I could,

Like modern romance, encyclopedias,

even stuff that took a whole
month to get in the mail.

But still, I felt like
it was some big secret

everyone was in on but me-

Except sometimes,

late at night,

when Sheryl came home.

Right after she moved in
last winter,

The boys started coming around.

They wanted her to go
steady and be their girl,

but she wasn't interested.

Oh, what a night!

Mr. O'Conner.

Hi, dad.

Who's, uh, who's this? Is this Brad?

Jimmy.

Yeah! Jimmy. She talks
about you all the time.

Good night.

Good night. Hope you had fun.

If I could just be her for one night,

even for just one minute.

I found out everything about her-

That she played
the same song every night-

Ruler of My Heart.

I knew that every Friday
after school,

she bought a brand-new scarf
at Woolworth's.

That she put her favorite
perfume on every night

before she went to sleep.

It was ambush.

That she thought
Brenda Lee was all right

because she turned down
a date with Ricky Nelson,

That J.F.K. Was the coolest
catholic she knew...

outside of her dad,

And that a nun at Mount Saint Mary's

slapped her in the face
with all her might

and she didn't even cry.

That she never slept in anything at all,

even in the middle of winter.

She didn't know me or my name,

but I wanted to laugh her laugh

and dream her dreams.

Your attention, please.

The 8:03 from Manhattan will
be arriving in five minutes.

I've tried just about everything.

I'm about to give up!

I'm telling you, Carol.
The answer is headstands.

What?

Headstands. Bibs swears
it. She's eight weeks.

Bibs Ginsburg?

The rabbit died?

She's eight weeks.

I have to stand on my head?

Do you want to have another baby?

Somebody ought to put
a net on that one.

They should take away her license

but-but she always drives like that.

She drove to Carvel's
and back in four minutes

Just for an egg cream.

How would you know that?

Amy Luchesi's sister said
that she ran the fastest

at Mount Saint Mary's.

She didn't even sweat.

Oh, Alice.
Roll up your window.

Hi, dad.

Hi, honey.

Thanks for picking me up.

I barely made it here.

So what else is new?

How was your day?

Hey, funny face.

How's my girl?

Hmm?

Hi, dad.

Look what I got your mom.

They're beautiful.

Hi, honey!

You'll love the beach.

I do my David Niven.

Carol, you know how
I get like David Niven?

I look him in the eye
and say the word...

Ballplayers.

The old man's dumbfounded.

He was?

Yeah. So I say,

what metropolitan life
needs isn't a better policy.

metropolitan needs
a better spokesman-

somebody everyone
can identify with.

That's great.

It means I might pal around
with Roger Maris this fall.

Did you hear Bibs Ginsburg's pregnant?

Hank was on the train.

No, I didn't.

How many is that for them?

A lot.

Dad?

Where they going to put them all?

At least we don't
have to worry about it.

And to say it in front of
Alice! You know it upsets her.

Alice doesn't know what
we're talking about.

Of course she does!

It makes her uncomfortable.

You're so oblivious sometimes!

I'm oblivious?

Larry, that's not fair!

Well, it's true, isn't it?

Unbelievable!

The wrong lane!

I didn't know there was anything
worse than a gutter ball.

I swear, mister. I never
saw her before in my life!

How should we score that?

Minus zero!

What a dufus!

You got my heart a-beating wildly.

You and me, Saturday night.

There'll be magic in the air!

Come on, sweetheart.
Your Romeo's arrived.

Give me a little smile-something!

Give me an indication.

Come on.
What's the matter?

Saint Mary's girls don't drink beer?

We're afraid you wouldn't know
which end of the bottle to suck.

If I wanted it busted, I'd do it myself.

Who are you?

I work here.

I'm Rick.

Want to let go of my hand?

Think you can control yourself?

I'll stop shaking when you do.

My shoe size is 7.
I want the green laces.

They're gone.

They're not gone!

Jeff holds them
for me every Saturday.

Jeff's gone.

You want a tight fit or loose fit?

What do you think, genius?

I think you're a catholic girl.

Just give me my shoes, all right?

Do you believe in
love at first sight?

No.

Me neither.

Yes!

Beat that one, Mickey!

See, I always score higher.

You do not.

She stuffs.
She definitely stuffs.

Yeah, they're
definitely cheaters.

No. They're real.

Oh, right!

Like you might know.

We're friends. I see her all the time.

You're a liar! She wouldn't
be caught dead with you.

She would so.

Oh, yeah?
Then prove it.

Get her to sip this.

Come on. She's your bosom buddy.

Go ahead.
Yeah, Alice.

I'm not asking her!

Are you scared?

Just go! Go! Go!

Keep going!
Go on!

Sheryl O'Conner.

Sheryl O'Conner, please come
to the cashier. Sheryl O'Conner.

I thought that if either
of my parents died,

I'd die, too.

That if they stopped breathing,

They'd draw me back inside.

Like they once told me,

they kissed each other

and breathed me into life.

That Sheryl still lived,

that she put on her shoes
and combed her hair,

all with her father dead,

seemed more surprising to me

than anything else in the whole world.

Sherry, my condolences.

Sheryl?

I-I apologize!

What?

I apologize about your dad.

I mean, I'm sorry...

A- about your heart.

I mean, his heart.

Your dad's?

I can't right now, O.K.?
Leave me alone, please.

I didn't know you could bowl this late.

Hey, now.

So you are...

Alice. Alice Bloom.

From across the street.

Some people call me Alley,

But not my dad or my teachers,

Only people who I like,

who like me back.

But there aren't a lot
of people like that.

Anyone seen Sheryl?

Listen, Alley. Could you
keep a secret if I asked you?

Me?

You never saw me tonight, O.K.?

It's really important.

Sure.

Ha ha.

Thanks.

Hey, Sheryl!

What's your favorite color?

I guess it's blue.

Hey, now.

We're closed.

I just wanted to bring these back.

Sure.

No charge.

Thanks.

Hey, you want to talk?

About what?

Those aren't exactly party
clothes you're wearing.

What'd they say?

Time heals all wounds?

God has his reasons?

Truth is... Maybe he does.

Doesn't make
a god damn bit of sense.

It's a mortal sin to say that.

It's a sin to believe anything else.

You don't know what
you're talking about.

Then why did you come here?

I told you...

I just-I walked out in your shoes.

Yeah, you did.

I had nowhere else to go.

Then don't go anywhere.

You said you were closed.

I lied.

Hi. This is Sheryl-

Sheryl O'Conner.

My dad died.

This is stupid.

I don't want to do this.

O.K.

Here's something.

Tonight this old guy-

I don't even know who he was,

but he was telling me

that when my dad was young,

he was this really great dancer,

and all the girls at the copa

used to hang all over him.

I would have loved to see that.

I never even saw
my daddy dance before.

I mean... Not really.

What am I supposed
to do with this?

Bury it.

For what?

You know, for like a time capsule.

Then we'll pick a day

and get together and dig them up,

like July 4, 1999.

You made one of these?

A long time ago,

after my old man split.

Doesn't seem like a big deal.

Just because
they're your parents

doesn't mean
you got to love them.

I love-

I loved my dad.

Then you're one of the lucky ones.

You better get in there

before you get in trouble.

Yeah.

Well, listen, I'll see you

on the 4th of July, 1999.

O.K.

I'll bring the potato salad.

And I'll bring the fireworks.

Hey.

Hey, now.

Hey, now.

Thank you.

I mean, thanks for tonight.

It's my pleasure.

Sherry? Where have you been?

Oh, honey.

"Yes, girls, can you believe it?

"two years ago,
I was turned down

"for modeling jobs in Hollywood.

"they said I was too flat-chested.

"I tried barbells, swimming.
Nothing helped.

Then I discovered
new Lady Magic Cream."

These will grow, too, right?

Your nipples?

No. They stay the same-

exactly the same.

"Results in just 30 days
or your money back."

That's perfect.

They'll be just right
for Mickey's party.

We'll have to wear a bra.

Probably.

They won't get... too big.

I wouldn't worry about it, Alice.

Hey!

Woo!

Wow.

Ow! Hey!

Shit!

Ozzie and Harriet live here?

I think I saw Doris Day.

Oh, my god.
It's the lube head

From the strike and spare.

He's kind of cute...

For a greaser.

Her father died.

My condolences, ma'am.

Could you just tell her it's Rick?

Hey, now.

Want to go get
a coke or something?

Yeah. Definitely.

Now hold on a minute.

Is he your friend?

Yeah, mom, he's a friend.

What are you,
afraid to come alone?

Well, you know, we were
in the neighborhood.

I don't want you
leaving this house.

Mom, I'll be all right.

I can't breathe in there.

That is so trampy.
Come on, Barbara.

Let's go.

Alice.

Don't get all excited.

They're not going to
ask you to come along.

Sherry, who are these boys?

I don't know.

Doo-woppers, punks,
communists, mom.

All right.
We're out of here.

Bye, mom. Don't worry.
I'll be O.K.

Come on. A little more.

A little more.
Come on.

O.K., sweetheart.

You're on.

I thought you said you
went to catholic school.

Yeah.

But they've been telling us

about guys like you

since I was in the first grade.

I don't want to say anything,

but do the girls in Queens

actually fall for this kind of routine?

What routine?

You know, stuffing me
with oysters and tequila.

You got your hair trimmed.

You've got on aqua velva.

It's not aqua velva.

Well, it's too bad.

It's my favorite scent.

I was waiting for you to call.

Thought I should
give you a little time.

That's funny.
All I got is time.

It's like it all just stopped,

Being in that house
with my mom all alone.

It's so horrible

That people you love
can die like that,

That they can just disappear.

Just because they're gone doesn't
mean you got to stop loving them.

I mean, you never know.

You might see him again.

Where?

On the other side, that's where.

You got to keep your
options open, right?

I like that.

Your turn.

I couldn't say

Venus was in the sky that night,

but it could have been.

After that night,
they were inseparable.

I saw them everywhere.

Like at the strike and spare,

she'd hang around all afternoon

waiting for his break.

Sometimes they'd even
hang out on her lawn

when her mother wasn't around.

No one was happy about it.

Mr. Bell said if he'd wanted
them in the neighborhood,

he would have never left Queens.

And mr. Rossi, he heard
they all had records,

and he'd call the cops
if it kept up.

But me, I didn't care

if they'd all been in Sing-Sing.

I wanted them
to stay around forever.

Best of all is when he'd
bring her back late

and park down the block,

not to wake her mom,

and it would just be us

in the middle of the night
in the darkness.

Did you try the headstands?

Yeah, I tried it.

Felt like a jackass.

I bet.

And 11.

Thank you.

Look, enough of the headstands already.

Did you try a vinegar douche?

Maybe I'm not ready
to have another baby.

Maybe it's his plumbing.

Aah! Ah...

Jesus.

If her shorts get any tighter,

she'll have to have
them surgically removed.

Why don't they
lie down on the grass

and get it over with?

Ha ha! Hee!

Aah!

Oh...

It's probably just a phase.

My princess better not
go through that phase.

My innocent little one.

Oh, god.

The front seat of Gene's buick.

Tex Williams playing on the radio.

Must have been 1948.

That was your first kiss?

You're close.

Do you remember when
Larry kissed you like that?

Yeah.

Don't, don't, don't.

Hey, what is that?

It was supposed to be a surprise.

What is that?

You got a tattoo?
That's beautiful.

That's going to be
there forever, you know.

Aah!

They're definitely doing it.

Definitely.

Doing what?

You know, doing it-

Banging, boffing, balling.

The sex thing.

Forget it. She's too
young to understand.

I am not. I know as much as you.

My parents do it on their heads.

Oh, Alice.

You're such a weenie.

Dummy, the guy gets
on top of the girl.

Wham, wham, wham.

Then you have a baby.

Only if the guy sweats.

The guy's gotta sweat and
the lady's gotta drink it.

Who told you that?

Dad.

Maybe it's not
the sweat she drinks.

Maybe it has to do with
where you go to the bathroom.

Oh, ooh!
Oh, ooh!

Hey, she'll know.

Yeah.

You go ask her.
We'll wait here.

She's your best friend, right?

I'm not asking her.

Hey!

Let go!

Stop it! No!

Ow! You're hurting me!

Stop it!

I'm not asking her!

Let go!

Don't!

Stop!

No!

Aah!

Ohh!

Alice castrated Mickey!

Ohh!

Alice, I'm not going
to ask you again.

She said it was an accident.

I think the best thing to do

is to apologize to the
Meyer boy. Let's go.

Listen to her for once.

Stop taking her side.

Mickey's a liar. He said
Sheryl and Rick were doing it.

Doing what?

Banging.

Banging?

Banging, boffing, balling.

O.K., now, that's enough.

Mom, why do boys

have to be such babies
all the time?

Well, they need the practice

so they can become husbands.

Now, good night.

Mom, you love dad, don't you?

Yeah.

And he loves you, too.

Now go to sleep.

How come you and dad never
kiss like Sheryl and Rick?

Well, we did.

It's just, um...

We used to, but
it's different now.

It changes.

Why?

Well, you just
get older, that's all.

You just get older.

No, the problem
is with your daughter.

Dad said it was over,

like polio and the iron lung.

Sheryl's mom put her foot down.

Rick wasn't allowed
to come around anymore.

And I had to apologize
to Mickey Meyer

And go to his birthday party.

Honey, look who's here.

Sorry we're late.

No problem. Hi.

The twins are really
looking forward to this.

The whole gang's downstairs.

It'll be all right.

Mom!

Have a good time.

We have chips and dip, m&ms.

I'll take this.
She'll be fine.

Have a good time at the play.

Hi, Alice!
Hi, Alice!

Do you need more candy?

No, thanks, mom!
No, thanks!

How's the game?

Great!
Great.

Can I get anything?

No, thanks.
No, thanks.

O.K., I'll see you all later.

4.

1, 2, 3, 4.

She's gone.

Get the book.

"This is the first time

"the inexperienced bride has ever
seen a full-blown erect penis.

"She will sometimes
become so excited

"that she'll squeeze too hard

and unwillingly hurt her partner."

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

No way!

That's it! I'm never doing it!

Nobody's touching mine!

Don't you want to have a baby?

I'll buy one.

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

Go, Barbara!

Oh, god!
She frenched him!

French!
French!

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

Go on, Alice.
Kiss and make up.

Open your mouth so
he can tongue you.

And close your eyes.

Wider!

Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!

Her mother should
take her into her room

and explain the facts of life,

the birds and the bees,
and all that.

Then her father should
take her into a room

and explain trash-

How about I go to Carvel's
and get some shakes?

That's a great idea.
I'll come with you.

Mom, you can't just ground me like this.

Yes, I can.

What is it?

It's the girl from across the street.

I think she's puking.

Hey! Hey, now!

God, what's the matter?

What happened?

I want...

To kill him.

Oh, one of those, huh?

Well, O.K., come on.

Boys. Oh, I swear.

Some guys just function that way.

This guy Larry Winant put
a rat down my back once.

Did you get bit?

No. It was dead.

See, when they like you,

they got to do something
to drive you crazy.

Then six months later,
he gave me my first kiss.

How many glasses is that now?

It's them!

It's the Meyers.

I'm not going back.
I'll drown myself.

Alley, calm down.

God. Relax,

O.K.?

Leave it to me.

Hello?

No, this is Sheryl
from across the street.

Yeah, she's fine.

Everything's O.K.

Hold on. She
wants to talk to you.

Can't you stay with me
until my parents get home?

Alley, I'm not staying
here all night. I'm sorry.

But we don't have to stay here.

No one would have to know.

Only Rick.

What?

You could tell your mother
you were babysitting.

That's perfect.

She said if we were going
to chase the night together,

I'd have to change my looks.

I didn't mind.

I didn't mind at all.

What if we get caught?

He said he'd been with
lots of girls before me.

No big deal, right?

I set him straight.

You can see it in his eyes now.

I can tell nobody ever
really loved him before me.

I knew the moment we met
we'd be together forever.

W- well, who told you?

Nobody tells you.
You just feel it.

It's like being on fire.

Your body's glowing,
like you're burning up.

Your heart beats so fast,

it feels like it's going to burst.

I knew it.

I wish I'd been in love
10,000 times already.

Checkmate.

Oh, not possible.
Not again.

You shouldn't have
exposed your queen.

Two moves ago, you
could have had a draw.

What is it with you?

You dress like shit and clip people?

I just dress like shit.

Hey, now.

Hi.
Hey!

What are you doing here?

I had to see you.

God I was ready to
bust in your door.

I couldn't get out.

Sherry, that ain't right.

You can't have her
doing that to you.

She's really scared,
my dad gone and all.

She'd do something
crazy, I know her.

How'd you get out tonight?

Well, I'm babysitting.

Somebody put a frog down
her throat, and she got sick.

Hi, Alice Bloom.
I ate the frog.

No, Rick, you have it all wrong.

It's not that they don't like you.

Mrs. Carpenter thinks
you look exactly like

Frank Sinatra or Little Joe.

They just think that Sheryl's
too young for you, that's all.

Well, tell them that Romeo
and Juliet, they were 13.

Tell them to mind their own business,

Starting with your old man.

What?

Nothing, Alley, it's nothing.

Don't worry about it.

My dad?
What did he do?

He said something to my mom.

It's no big deal.
Who hasn't?

Who cares, right?

So come on. Let's go have some fun.

They took me under the boardwalk.

He said there was
nothing to be afraid of,

but I was scared.

How you doing?

Here you go, sweetie, have a sip.

Alley, don't.

You want to dance with me?

Me? No, I-I- me, I can't.

Come on.

I wondered if anyone
would ever feel about me

the way Rick felt about Sheryl.

She said I should make a record

About all the stuff
that happened that night,

Both the good and the bad.

Then we'd bury it with hers

and play it again in 50 years.

I couldn't stop talking.

But Sheryl was worried
about getting me home,

and that was that.

I've got it all figured out.

You should run away together.

How about Hawaii or Tahiti?

Look, I have all these maps.

Get in bed already, would you?

Ha ha ha ha.

Oh, you wear ambush, too?

It's my mom's.

Well, mr. Bell- it's Barbara's dad-

He said Rick was in prison.

Is that true or false?

No. He's just made a couple
of wrong turns, that's all.

I guess you're a right turn.

I'm all he's got, really.

He doesn't have any family.

See, if he had died
before meeting me,

he would have never
been loved by anyone.

You need someone to love
you to keep your spirit alive

after you die.

It's like my baby brother,

I guess.

What?
You have a brother?

I did.

He had trouble breathing
or something.

They say he never
cried or anything.

I didn't know that,
Alley. I'm sorry.

My dad, he-he bought him
this yankees' cap.

It's still outside in the garage

with some of his other stuff.

I wish-I wish I were
Roger Maris or someone.

Ha ha ha ha.

No, you don't.

You'd be in the dugout all the time.

You and I wouldn't be tight like we are.

We're tight?

Yeah.

O.K., good night.

Good night.

Alley! You listen to this record, too?

Well...

Yeah, I just bought it.

That's some view, Alley.

They're here.

O.K., not a word about tonight.

When do we bury our records?

Uh, maybe tomorrow.

Lose the scarf, blue.

Sheryl!

Sheryl!

Hey, blue.

I got my record.

I can't today, Alley.

I must have a hangover or something.

You sure?

Yeah. I just don't feel right.

Yeah, I think I
have a hangover, too.

Yeah, right.

See you soon.

Wait, Alley.

Listen, can-

Could you help me?

Sure.

Tell Rick that, um, that I'm sick,

and tomorrow night,
midnight, I promise.

Uh, I'll go.

No, I'll run.

I'll get my dad to take me.

Drink lots of ginger ale.

I thought you said you never
wanted to go bowling again.

I've been practicing...
In my room.

Why don't I get the shoes,

and you can grab a couple
of cokes and some pizza.

I can't. I mean,
I'll stay with you.

Hey, now.

Size 11 and a 5.

Lane 13. You all have a good time.

I'm telling you these aren't right.

They're size 5, sweetie.

They're the wrong color.

Come on, Alice.

Red always makes me feel sick.

Remember, I used to get
bloody noses all the time?

That was red.

O.K.! O.K., change 'em.

She can't make it.
She's got a bug.

What are you talking about?

She's got a bad stomachache.

She's sick.
She can't make it.

Get out of here.
Hey, guys.

How do you know him so well?

From getting shoes.

I don't want you anywhere
near him. He's a punk.

He is not.
He's an electrician.

Sheryl told me.

They're still in love.

Sweetheart, you
don't know about love.

Sheryl is 17, O.K.?

Well, Juliet was 13.

That's a made-up story, Alice.

The Meyers met in high school.
They're still married.

And what about Cinderella?

What about Cinderella?

She was the youngest sister.

She couldn't even drive
when she met the prince.

I want you to be more
careful who you talk to.

Me? You're the one who
should be careful.

Honey come here.

It's all your fault.

Why did you have to stop them?

What're you talking about?

Why do you have to make
everyone's life miserable?

What'd they ever do to you?

Alice-

Jesus, Alice!

You don't know anything about love.

Just how to make it go away.

Alice!

Hi, gang.
Have a good time?

What happened?

So, I explained to Alice

That I'd spoken to Sheryl's mom

Because I knew her husband

would've wanted to do
the same thing.

You know what she said to me?

"Did he write you
a letter from heaven?"

I don't know what we'll do with her.

Larry she's a little girl.

Hey, Carol, she's out of control.

In the middle of the bowling alley,

she's yelling at the top of her
lungs that I don't know about love.

Well, maybe you don't.

What do you mean by that?

I asked you a question, Carol.

It might be
a headache on its way,

a stomachache on its way-

I asked you a question.

Maybe I don't want
to have another baby.

Maybe it's not time.
It's only been a year.

I mean, Larry, maybe I just can't,

O.K.?

Carol.

They all thought it was over,

that Sheryl had come to her senses

and forgotten him.

I was the only one who knew

that she would sneak out
night after night

and go to him.

"S-h-e-r."

I could be anyone.

Sherwood.

Sherman.

Sherbet.

We could have been born
thousands of miles apart,

spoken different languages
and everything.

Never even met.

Nothing else matters, does it, Rick?

I mean, not our family,
our friends, nothing, right?

What's the matter?
You're about to dump me?

No.

Hey,

why do I always want
to be inside you?

I don't know. It's just
something about being...

Being this close all the time.

And I can't stand not
being with you, Sherry.

You got to tell your mom
we're going to see each other.

I can't.
I can't do that.

Well, why not?
What's the big deal?

We're not kids anymore.

Rick, I know.

We have a priest over at
my house every five minutes.

She's already threatening
to send me to some retreat.

So, I'll come and rescue you.

I can't tell her now.

When are you going to tell her-

When I'm driving a Buick?

After I apply to school
and I've got some fancy degree?

That's just a bunch of bullshit, Sherry.

I know.
I know it is.

Well, listen,

Friday night, I got tickets
to Roy Orbison, O.K.?

Now, it's real simple.

You talk to her and you
tell her what's going on.

Then we'll go over to vacra's first.

We'll celebrate.
We'll have a great night.

It's just so hard.

I mean, what if stuff
goes wrong, you know?

What, like your mom?

No, it's not just about my mom.

I mean, people stop liking each other

all the time, you know?

And, like, what if you
decided to go to school?

Or what if I got pregnant?

Hey, now wait a second.
School was your idea.

O.K., you're not going to
get pregnant. We're careful.

Yeah, but what if?

Look, I don't know, you know?

We go to Mexico.

You know, we find some guy,

We drink a bunch of
margaritas. I don't know.

Rick.

See you Friday night.

Don't worry about your mom.

Bet you can't catch me.

Father John says it's the
best unwed mother's home

in the state.

He's taking care of everything.

I have to talk to him.

That's not a good idea, Sherry.

Don't.

I can't just disappear like that!

That's not fair, mom!

What has fair got to do with it?

I can't disappear!

Do you think it's fair
that your daddy died?

No!

I'll lose you, Sherry.
I won't have anyone.

I have to see him.

For god's sake, Sherry,
you're 17 years old.

Then I'll have an abortion.

Bite your tongue.

Don't make me call the police.

Sherry!

You don't love him.

How do you know that?

What are you going to do?

You want him to go to school

And support a wife and baby?

We will make it.

Honey, he's going to end up

working in some damn bowling alley

and hating you for the rest of his life.

Sherry, honey, if you
really do love him,

you'll let him go.

That's what your daddy would have said.

I know that, mom.

I know it.

Oh, baby.

Baby.

Sheryl said her mom had found out

she'd been sneaking out to see him,

and she was going to
send Sheryl away.

I had to get to Rick.

Don't punk out on me, Alley.

O.K. I promise.

I imagined him coming for her

in the middle of the night.

Her suitcase would be packed.

He'd throw pebbles against her window,

and they'd escape to some island

no one had ever heard of.

Maybe they'd take me, too.

Mom, I've got to go out.

I got to get my bike fixed.

It needs a new chain...

Rick took us down by the water.

The ocean's different at night, dark.

No, stop! You can't listen to it.

Leave it alone.
It's mine!

I have to go take my bike!

Hey, whoa!

You're not going anywhere.

Leave me alone!

I have to go!

Hey!

They said she was going
to her aunt's in California.

I couldn't get to Rick.

I couldn't get to anyone.

The next day was
the hottest day of the year.

The TV said there was
a storm front

over the Atlantic,
and it would rain any day.

There was no wind, no rain,

nothing.

You could hear yourself breathe.

You could hear your heart beat

if you listened.

Listen, mrs. O'Conner,

if Sheryl doesn't want to talk to me,

let her tell me herself.

Oh!

What's the matter?

Did you guys have a fight or something?

I don't know.

Come on, man.
Cool out.

You're going to see this chick again.

I don't want to just see her again, man.

I need to talk to her.

What's the matter?
You falling for this chick?

I got to talk to her, man.

Watch out!

What are you doing here?

I came to talk
to Sheryl, mrs. O'Conner.

I got a right to talk to her.

Sherry's not here.
Please leave us alone.

Sherry?

Sheryl?

Sheryl!

Listen, I don't want to
cause any trouble here, O.K.?

I just want to talk to
your daughter. Sheryl!

Sherry.

Sherry!

Sheryl!

I want you off my property.

I need to talk to Sherry. Sherry!

I'm calling the police.

No! Sheryl!

Hey!

Sherry?

Somebody help me out here!

Dad!

Come on, guys.
Help me out here.

Stop! Larry?

Oh, god.

Stay out of the neighborhood!

Sheryl!

No!

Sheryl!

No!

Rick is going to be O.K., honey.

Please come out.

Alice, he was going to
hurt mrs. O'Conner.

She's not visiting her
aunt in California...

Is she?

No, honey.

No, she's not.

Where is she?

Tell me the truth.

Sweetie,

Sheryl got pregnant by that boy.

She had to go away to a place

where young girls go to have babies.

That's what happens
when you're not married.

F- for how long?

A long time, sweetheart.

A long, long time.

That's what happens.

Mom said Rick was in jail
for a whole week

And that they should have
charged him with melodrama.

Dad said if he ever
came around again,

he'd kill him.

What are you doing here?

Rick.

You should be at home.

It's for you.

She still loves you.

Where the hell is she?

Where's the rest of the note?

I ate it.

I memorized it, and then I ate it.

Alley, I'm not going to
take you. Now, that's that.

So just tell me where she's at.

Where is she?

They'll never let you see her,

and I can help.

If I get caught with you,
that'll be kidnapping.

Do you understand that?

Well...

I drew a line.

It's 325 miles one way.

I can be back tomorrow night.

I'll tell them that I
hid behind the library.

Let me see that.

I have to see her, too.

Then I-I'll come right back.

I promise!

He told me some things,
things I didn't know,

like how his dad walked out one day

and never came back

and how his mom went crazy

and landed in some bug house.

He couldn't stop talking

about all the trouble
he'd been in after that

because he didn't care
about anyone or anything

and how Sheryl
had changed all that.

I told him some stuff, too,

like about Sheryl's baby.

One thing was for sure-

My parents would be glad to take it

If it was a problem.

Visiting hours are
Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00.

You'll have to come
back with a parent, dear.

But I just want to drop off some stuff-

Her hand cream and her favorite perfume.

Tell her it's cousin Alice.

I'm sorry. There's no exceptions, dear.

But I have to see her.

Please!

But I'm her cousin Alice.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Where are they?

What did they say?

I'll be back.

Excuse me.

Have you seen Sheryl O'Conner?

Alice?

Alley, this is insane.

How'd you get here?

We drove all night.

Wait- Rick's here?

Yeah, in the car outside.

He wants to see you tonight

at the diner down the road.

Can you get there?

But he came to get you.

Hurry up. She's coming!

Midnight. I'll tell him
that you'll be there.

I don't know if I can, Alley.

Come on. Come on. Come on.
You got to go.

O.K. Hurry.

Go down the stairs on the left.

It's your favorite.
I'll see you tonight.

So what's the deal?

I saw her!
She's fine.

She wants to meet you tonight.

What did she say?

She was so surprised.

Is that it? Did she say something else?

Well, she said that-
that she missed you...

And she couldn't wait to see you.

Good girl.

He sat... And he waited.

He said he knew she was coming,

But I could tell he was scared.

I was scared, too.

Hey, now.

Want some coffee or something?

I'm sorry.

I mean...

Everything happened really fast.

Um...

I tried to get to you, Rick.

It doesn't matter.

I tried...

To call.

Hey.

I want you to come with me...

Tonight, right now.

Aren't you even going
to mention the baby?

Yeah.

Um... I'm going to
put it up for adoption.

Um... They said that there's

a catholic hospital,

and they'll give the
baby a really good home.

They say?

What do you expect me to do, Rick,

Go to Mexico and get
drunk on margaritas?

I can't do that.

Hey, I'm not asking you to do that.

We don't have any money.

And we don't have insurance.

Babies get sick all the time,

And you need money for insurance

and food and...

A house.

I'll sell shoes.
I'll wash windows.

I'll clean toilets if
that's what I got to do.

I can make it work.

And we'd end up splitting up

after a couple of years.

I drive all the way up here,

At least you can look at me.

Come on.

Look at me.

It's my whole life, Rick.

That's what you're asking for.

Yeah.

I never said I was this tough.

You can pawn it for the
insurance or something.

You said nothing could change it.

Alice?

That once you love someone like that,

nothing else matters.

No. You don't understand, Alley.

We could run away together,

Take a freighter to Bali

or drive all the way to South America

on the Pan American Highway.

It'll be just the three
of us, like that night-

Stop. Stop.
Stop it, Alley.

You've got it so twisted up,

following me around like
I'm some god damn princess,

wearing my perfume and
listening to my records.

I'm just this girl that lived
across the street from you,

and I don't now.

You have to go home.

But I don't belong there.

You have a family.

You can't just leave them like that,

'cause if you do, it'd just kill them.

It would just kill them, Alley, that's all.

Alice, come on. You have a bus to catch.

Go on, Alley.

Hey, now.

I'm going to be traveling on,

so soon as I land someplace,

I'll drop you a line.

Come on.

We gave it our best shot.

Come on. You'd better get on the bus.

Alley oop!

You be good.

I wanted to call out
to them, to say goodbye

or just a hey, now.

But it was enough
just to see them together

one last time.

Alice?

Oh, sweetie!

Larry!

Larry, she's home.

I thought I was a dead man.

But he said things
about love and forgiveness,

things I was only
beginning to understand.

Someone heard
that Sheryl had run away.

Mrs. Carpenter
swore she saw her in Manhattan

with an older man.

Mrs. Rossi said she had
an abortion in Mexico

and was living in El Paso.

But I got a postcard
from Salt Lake City.

Sheryl said that
they were heading west,

and so far, things were going fine.

And by the way,

she hoped I had buried my record

and I shouldn't dig it up
for 50 years.

Hey, Alice.

Hey, Max.

It's Mickey.

Oh.

Hey, I heard you ran away.

Yeah.

For two whole days?

Mm-hmm.

That's cool.

You know, I'm not coupled
up with Kathryn anymore.

I didn't know you were steadies.

Well, we weren't.

I mean... Not really.

I like her and all,

but her feet were kind of big.

You know...

I'm getting a Chevy
coupe when I get older.

A V-8. In red.

A Chevy?
That's nice.

Take you out for a spin sometime.

I mean...
If you want.

Maybe.

Hey, now.

The Russians never did
invade Long Island,

and mr. Rossi turned out
to be all wrong

about seeing Sputnik
flying over his backyard.

But I learned some things
that summer,

things I'd never forget.