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Oh, boy. Deep breaths, Ava, deep breaths.

There is press over there from every fashion magazine and newspaper across

country. Yeah, this is a really big deal. You beat over 3 ,000 designers to

here. We beat out over 3 ,000 designers. How did we get here? Are we insane?

Yeah, quitting our extremely cushy jobs at the biggest fashion house in the

country? Probably.

We're ready for you, Miss Gregory. Oh, thank you. All right, honey.

You are going to go woo them.

You're going to wow them.

You're going to get us on the cover of Vogue.

W.

Teen Vogue.

Teen W.

Santa.

You are going to go get us backered.

Backered. Backered.

Ms. Gregory, how does it feel to be back down here having to prove yourself

again? And isn't it true Ian Straub offered you your own line?

Well... I can't tell you how grateful I am to Ian Straub and his entire staff.

It was an incredible experience and a great start to my career, but that was

It was just a start.

Susanna Rexford and I, we started four months ago with absolutely nothing, and

we were able to pull together what... She's doing great up there.

Anastasia Dubois, Susanna Rexford. Oh, I know who you are.

Ditto.

Welcoming a SoCal thread.

Hello.

Oh, that's a shame, because I heard the owner was really cute.

Look.

Hey.

Welcome back.

How's your mother?

Cooping.

Taking the cliched one day at a time. And you?

I'm okay.

We did a lot of talking and... And?

And... Did you miss me?

No time to. Business has really picked up. You'll have to get Nicky to help me

out. You should go away more often.

I miss you enough to know that I do not want a repeat performance. That's more

like it.

Will you shut up?

Will you miss me even when I'm...

Destitute and homeless on the street.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means I'm in the market for a new home. They're tearing down my great rent

-controlled apartments to make way for new condos.

They can just do that?

What, into this?

Look, the official.

How long have they... You had this for two months?

I was kind of hoping it'd go away.

Didn't work out too well, did it?

Yeah, I know.

That's cool. Just move in with me.

Uh, no, no, no, no, no.

What's the problem?

Well, I'm not ready for something like that. That's what. This is temporary

until you find a place. No, Jay, I can't.

Why?

Can we just not talk about this right now? Well, it seems to me something we

should be talking about.

I never should have told you.

What?

What's up?

What, something has to be up just because I don't want to move in with

just thought that's where we were headed. Well, maybe we are.

Just not this soon.

I'm shaking. No, you're awesome.

Okay, Ava G., here are your badges, your schedule for Saturday, and a copy of

the press release for your review. Thank you. Thank you.

Wait a minute. Did you know that David Rose is going to be here? And Courtney

Danner? These are all the West Coast buyers from the major department stores.

didn't want to make you any more nervous than you already were.

But if we can get these buyers interested, forget about KDB and all the

boutiques we've been going to. We could go... Global.

Is that aiming too high? Not if we had backers. We'd have the money to fill the

order.

I saw the facts from KDB.

We're not selling.

Yeah, but we should have never agreed to one rack.

We get lost in there. They put us all the way in the back.

But it's okay. We're going to get the exposure we need today, and it'll be

Bottom line, it's for me.

Well, we've spread ourselves a little thin.

Bottom line, Susanna.

If this doesn't work out, and we don't get any backers, we've maxed out

everything.

That's it? We're done? No. I mean, if things don't work out here for us today,

what are you saying? That all we have is a whole lot of debt?

Ava. Hannah, I have three kids to think about now, and you have rent and car

payments. Ava, no. This can't be happening. Ava, calm down. Calm down.

It's going to work.

It has to.

It's always a Friday day.

Gonna do my best to get the rest.

As long as you're with me, we'll be all right.

It's so beautiful.

Nope. Well, it's finally sinking in.

What is?

What is our life? You and I and Derek.

We've gotten into a perpetual existential crisis.

Nick, English, please.

Simple. We were going on a path in one possibly predestined direction and

then...

It happened.

And now we're living a life that we were never supposed to live.

I couldn't have said it better. What does it matter anyway? I mean, this is

where we are now.

High point exactly.

Yes, well, thank you, Nikki, once again for an incredible headache.

Thought I could help.

Hey, where are you off to?

To try and make my existential crisis less crisis -like.

Okay, Cameron seems to have forgotten that I'm still alive, and now I'm down

one friend in this bad seaside community, and guess who that is?

Amber. Amber.

Interesting. The girl you almost killed at the beach party.

The very same.

Ironic, huh?

Pretty weird.

Welcome to the real world, Brayden Westerly.

We're the only ones who don't have a finale. How could we have missed that?

Every show ends big. All the big fashion houses do.

But we have five pieces, five models, five chances to get this right. We're

haute couture.

Stacey Harris, head of the fashion show, loved and approved all of our outfits.

Even if you wanted to change something, you can't. I mean, Jeff is just trying

to get under your skin.

Jeff and the t -shirt team have a finale.

Hey, guys.

Derek.

Martha called.

Again?

All she wants to do is talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.

It's exhausting.

Oh, hey, come on now. Talking is, uh, good.

Yeah, I guess.

But she keeps bugging me. Wants to take our relationship to the next level,

whatever that means.

I think she wants, like, to go out on a date or something.

Any suggestions?

Hmm.

Well, um, a first date should be really special.

I bet if you took her to the movies and you sprung for some popcorn, she would

really like that.

Oh, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to call Stacy. Maybe if I'm really

convincing, she will let me switch the red dress. The designs are locked.

You should take Derek and Martha to the movies.

Oh, no, I can't. We have a ton of things to do. I have a ton of things to do.

You are done. You're finished.

I can't concentrate with you freaking out around here over nothing.

Fine. Cool.

Johnny, how about it?

Why don't you come, too? You know, that is a great idea. Then I can have some

peace and quiet around here.

All right.

Double date.

Oh, well, no, honey. It's not a double... date.

Hey, have you finished your shift yet?

Five minutes. Thank God. I'm all sticky.

He isn't here.

Who isn't here?

Cameron. He's off today.

Who said that I was looking for Cameron?

Of course you weren't.

He's still being weird.

Yeah, and the really weird thing is, I have no idea why.

I can ask him if you want. No, no, no, no way.

I don't want him knowing that I'm even wondering, even a little bit, about what

he's thinking.

Hey,

Amber. What's up, girl?

Hey, Carrie.

You remember... Yeah, I remember.

Hey.

So, are we still hanging out at your place tomorrow?

Of course.

You should come.

Yeah, maybe.

You want us to wait for you?

No, I'm good.

Later then.

No, you weren't going to invite me?

There's nothing to invite you to. We hang out at my house all the time. It's

just what we do.

You can come if you want.

I'm gonna go fuck out.

I want you to come, alright?

Happy.

Oh, wait, you guys. Not too far. There's hardly anybody here, Ava. I think we

could manage to keep an eye on them. Okay, well, we'll be right up here.

I have my phone in case Susanna needs me.

You need to slow down.

You've done your job, and who's better at Susanna's job than her? Who?

Johnny, the truth is we're in trouble, and Susanna's just downplaying it.

Hence the phone.

What's the phone?

Which I'm turning off. Thank you.

How cute is that? That's so cute. That reminds me of our first date.

Really? I can't believe you took him to see Die Hard 2.

Well, in retrospect, probably not the best date. I didn't think we had to go.

Mr. was playing right next door. I still remember seeing all those couples

coming out of the theater holding hands, practically groping each other.

So if I'd taken you to see Ghost... Please, who are you kidding? What? You

so nervous, you would have never... Nervous? Me? No.

Oh, how about you were halfway through the popcorn before you realized you

bought it for me?

You know, we were friends already.

You know, I liked you so much as a friend, so taking that next step, or at

trying to, that's why I was nervous.

Me too.

Well, hello.

Please don't say I told you so.

I'll try.

I had no idea how lucky I was.

You mean with me?

With my apartment.

Yeah. I could have warned you about the rent situation.

And I found a nice refrigerator box on the coast highway, but they wanted two

months deposit.

At least you haven't lost your sense of humor.

Barely.

Jay.

You know what I said? Yes, the office still stands.

But it can only be temporary.

It can be for as long as you need or want.

Oh. Oh.

Miss Rexter.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This is Anastasia Dubois wants to

with me tomorrow.

Did you deliver a message like this to anybody else?

Excuse me?

Word on the street is Anastasia Dubois is looking to take on, i .e. back a new

designer. This would really save us.

So... No.

No what?

I didn't deliver messages to anyone else.

Would it be creepy or weird if I hug the messenger?

Okay, thank you so much.

You're drinking alone.

So it's come to this?

I'm celebrating.

What are you celebrating?

Anastasia Dubois is looking for designer to back, and she wants to meet with us.

Are you kidding?

No. She wants to meet with us.

She called.

She wants to meet with you. Because I am the business behind the fashion

business. Oh, my God.

Johnny, come celebrate with us. Johnny. What?

Anastasia Dubois wants to meet with us.

Oh, my God.

Johnny, she's a backer. Backer. That would be... Huge.

To huge. Oh, yes.

Ava, is everything okay?

Yeah, I was just going to get a snack.

Couldn't sleep, huh?

Not really.

Want some company?

Sure.

All right.

The thing is, if everything we want to happen happens at this show, we might

have to be in production as soon as next week.

Finding factories, hiring employees, looking for space. And then what if we

to travel?

Kids are going back to school in two weeks.

Well, we'll all pitch in.

Just a lot of change.

Yeah, and we know how much you like change.

Look, I know you have to drag me kicking and screaming most of the time, but

there seems to have been a lot lately.

Derek, dating?

It was just one date.

Actually, that was one of the best dates I've been on in a long time.

Yeah, well, it always was easy with us. Well, apparently not that easy.

I guess not.

Johnny.

Oh, you.

You go first.

I was just going to say, since we both can't sleep, you want to, you

know, like we used to?

You mean... Yeah, I'd like that.

Hello there.

We can live like Jack and Gabby if we want. Where you can always find me.

And we'll have Halloween on Christmas.

When in the night, we'll wish this never ends.

We'll wish this never ends.

Morning. Morning.

Morning. Oh.

Hey. Hi.

You know what? This is not what it looks like. Just watch TV.

Nobody said anything.

I know. Well, everyone's up early, huh?

Johnny and Aunt Ava fell asleep watching TV on the couch together.

Okay. We couldn't sleep.

Last night.

Um, would anyone like some breakfast?

Oh, pancakes!

Great idea.

Uh, how about you guys get the ingredients, um, and could you, uh, help

upstairs with something?

When does the drama end around here?

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All right, I give in.

What? I asked Eric to move in with me.

Oh, okay.

But, uh, don't you think this is something that you should check out with

us first? Oh, it's just temporary. She got kicked out of her place.

No, I'm cool with it. I just think we need to run it by Susanna and... Oh,

well... And there's the kids now.

Johnny, point taken.

It just came up all of a sudden. I offered without thinking.

Oh.

And now the regrets are sinking in.

Actually, I'm excited as hell.

But also a little freaked.

No, I'm feeling good and secure.

Okay, how many bucks, my friend?

Maybe, but... I told her I loved her

last week.

I don't know what came over me.

Actually, I looked her in the eyes and the words were just... rolling out of my

mouth without a moment's hesitation.

Okay.

Big stop.

Huge. Huge.

Don't I feel good?

Yeah. I feel great.

I'll certainly use a little bit of that.

Only with Ava?

Is it that obvious?

Come on, I can't really do that. I can't do that.

Hey.

All right, okay, you got me.

Look, Ava and I, we had a really great day yesterday.

I mean, one of the best dates I've had... In a while.

It's been a long time since it was that easy.

And I mean, in the midst of all this chaos, it just felt so... So what's the

problem? The problem is it's Johnny.

Here we go.

Well, we've already tried it, and then we tried it again. The two weeks when

Johnny and Beth broke up and you were lonely was not trying it again. And the

first time it was... Now we know, Tracy.

You weren't ready to commit then either.

You were afraid of taking that next step.

You were afraid of becoming your sister.

If it doesn't work out this time, that would be it.

And what about the kids? I mean, they love Johnny. And Johnny loves them.

What am I thinking? I can't do it. I can't do it to any of them. Again,

worried about hurting everybody else if it doesn't work out.

What if it does work out?

Stop overthinking it. I'm not.

I'm just trying to be practical here. Our choices have consequences.

Consequences, please. That's just an excuse.

What you need to do is commit.

One way or the other.

Stop sitting on the fence. Make a move.

Maybe you're right. I know I'm right. Look, I have to go.

Are you sure I shouldn't go with you? No, you have done your job. Let me do

mine.

Thank you. For what?

For being the one constant in my life right now.

Yeah. Okay.

Good luck. Thanks.

I guess I'm early. No prob, like I said. It's just a casual thing.

Great. Okay.

My sock.

Thanks. So there isn't any pig's blood around, is there?

What?

Very.

And not your friend, Carrie. No, the Stephen King novel.

Not the popular girl gets invited to prom by way of popular guy.

And the date ends up in the gym being drenched in pig's blood.

But you want to drink.

Sort of fine.

Only got that.

I'm guessing you never read Carrie.

I'm more into, like, Vogue, Elle, Glamour.

I love, love, love Glamour magazine.

I do, too. I mean, I totally live by the do's and don'ts. Well, so do I.

Um, my aunt's a fashion designer, so if you ever needed a discount at Juicy or

CP or whatever, I could do it. Cool.

What's up, girl? Hey, Carrie. Hey. I didn't think you'd show.

I'm sorry to disappoint you.

What are you doing here?

Amber invited me.

Oh, I just didn't think this was your scene.

I don't know what my scene is anymore.

Is the new girl ready for a game of truth or dare?

No,

actually, the new girl is just going to sit back and watch everybody else play.

That's not how it works. You're either in or you can, like... Oh, wow.

That's brutal.

How about it? Yeah, I'm in.

Thank you so much for meeting me here.

Oh, I thought you'd be taking care of last -minute details.

Miss Rexford, I've been watching you since you started at the Instra.

What you have done with your teen line, well... Well, that's all Ava.

Was it Ava that marketed it overseas, made sure it ended up in every

store in every major city in Europe?

Well, no, I mean, that was... You.

I'm sorry, I, you know... I want you to come work for me.

Excuse me?

I saw what you have done with Ava's line in such a short space of time.

Three months in.

You're already in stores?

Well, one, but, I mean, Ava and I did that together. We're a team.

Maybe.

But I'm not looking for a designer.

I am looking for someone to oversee product development and marketing for my

company. You'd be going back and forth to New York, the occasional trip to

London, Paris.

This would be, as you Americans call it, the big time.

I just thought I was here to talk about our collection.

That's what's got you here.

Now, the question is, are you ready to stay?

I'm offering you a job, Miss Rexford.

The chance of a lifetime.

My surprise, thank you.

Everything okay?

I got offered a job today.

A real job.

As opposed to your fake job with Ava.

A paying job.

With the Anastasia Dubois conglomerate. A chance of a lifetime since Anastasia.

So what are you going to do?

I don't know what I'm going to do.

I mean, I know it's a huge opportunity.

So then you know what you're going to do. No, I'm just trying to figure it

Johnny. I mean, I really don't.

And you have no idea what's happening with our business right now. We are

totally maxed out, and I'm not just talking about the credit cards that Abe

I used.

Stocks gone.

Wow. Almost my whole truck spun. Surprise.

And everybody fooled.

But who knows? I mean, everything could change tomorrow, and our, you know, line

could totally take off. So I guess we need to keep our fingers crossed.

Susanna? What's the time? Thanks.

You're thinking about starting things all over again with Ava, aren't you?

What? No.

She had a great time, too, you know.

How do you know?

I mean, I don't... We're just popcorn in a movie, we... I'm really not ready to

discuss this right now. Well, your timing may not be as bad as you think.

You're the constant around here, remember?

Not me.

So, shoot their dare.

Dare.

I dare you to kiss Patrick.

Why does Patrick need Patrick?

You never had a problem with someone being dare before. What makes her so

special?

Whatever.

What are you waiting for?

You don't have to do this if you don't want to.

Hey. Need some help with that?

Just taking a break.

Talk to Jay?

About what?

Take that as a no.

I'm moving in with Jay for a while.

Cool.

You sure?

Absolutely. It's only temporary until I find a new place.

Oh.

You sound disappointed, Kansas.

You know, I know a little bit more about things moving too fast in a weird

direction than I used to.

Oh, you mean you and Sarah?

No.

You doing okay?

I know it's crazy, but I...

Can't stop thinking about her.

How she's doing.

Feeling guilty.

You did a good thing, Brayden.

And when she comes to the other side of that, she'll understand it too.

Thanks.

I guess there's only one way to find out if you're doing the right thing, but

I'm sure you already know that.

Yeah.

Welcome to the family.

Great kisser.

I can't believe you went through with it.

And I didn't think you cared what people thought.

You obviously care.

Hey, you're just full of surprises.

You are.

That's the spot, Paul. Hey.

Hey, back.

Let's have a look.

Fresh salmon steak, fresh asparagus, and the finest chardonnay a serpent shark

can afford.

Wow.

I thought the least I could do was cook us some dinner.

Oh, okay.

Unless... No, I just said it's, uh... All right, babe.

I need to go have a few drinks with the boys.

No big deal. We'll do it another time.

You know what?

To hell with the boys, eh?

See, this is exactly what I was afraid of.

What? Just us suddenly changing our routine, dancing around each other's

This was a bad idea after all, and I knew it.

It's not.

It's just going to take some getting used to.

You know what? I've got this great idea.

Why don't we cook dinner together?

Ourselves. You and me.

At home.

Alone.

Really? Really.

That's on me.

Oh.

I'll just lock up.

Hey.

Buddy, can you take this downstairs? Sure.

So, is Anastasia Dubois ready to take on Ava G?

You know, she said she's going to have to get back to us.

Oh. Well, I have great news.

First thing is, I went to KDB.

I gave them all the false samples on consignment.

This way, if we do well tomorrow, KDB is a place that people can go to right

away to buy the line. And if we don't sell, no harm to them. Win -win.

Exactly. The other thing is, I came up with a really good idea for...

Hello?

Yes, Miss Dubois.

Hello? Ava, hand me the phone. No, thank you. No, I appreciate that. Ava, let me

talk to her for a second. I am very proud of her. Well, we've been working

really hard on the line and, um, forgive you if Susanna

leaves.

No, of course I'll forgive you.

Um, she's right here. Let me put her on the phone.

I can't believe you're going to walk after everything we've been through.

she just offered me the job. I haven't decided one way or another. You

to this. We are in this together. If you leave, we're finished.

I'm the business, remember? You can get a handful of people to do what I do.

That's not true and you know it. This could be a very big thing for me, Ava.

have your designs and you got the kids.

And as much as you deny it, you have Johnny.

What do I have?

I have a room in a great rent -controlled beach house.

And a whole lot of debt.

Susanna, this was our dream when we were back in school.

Look, it doesn't matter.

We were going to work our way up, create our own line, travel.

Yeah, marry guys who were best friends and have kids that were best friends.

Go to all the fashion shows.

We're doing it.

Barely.

So what was your big news?

Huh? You said you went to KDB with samples on consignment.

Yeah, I think I came up with a really good idea for our big finale.

I'm going to go home now.

The party's just getting started.

We had a deal.

I guess we should stick to it or everyone's going to know your little

I'm leaving now.

Hey, easy there, slick.

No, Cameron, it's okay. I'm just going to go home.

Not before she gives me my kiss.

There's over.

Yeah, and I want my kiss.

We never kissed, okay?

I promised to tutor him if he lied about kissing me.

Are you happy?

I didn't do anything.

That's what you wanted, right?

To show everybody what a geek I am.

That's for sure. Well, you got your wish.

God,

you guys are idiots.

Hey, Nick, wait up.

Look, I'm already embarrassed enough you don't have to make fun of me. Hey, I

just came to tell you that was pretty brave what you did back there.

It took a lot of guts.

Really? Because it just felt like I was making a big fool out of myself.

Well, there was a little bit of that. But overall, I think you came out

pretty good. Thanks.

I think.

So, uh, you can go back to Amber's if you want.

Uh, no. I was ready to leave.

Oh.

Why have you been avoiding me?

I heard you and Amber on the promenade.

What are you talking about?

You called me a jellyfish.

Oh, so you heard that.

Yeah.

I guess you didn't hear what I said next. I said that you were the best

jellyfish in the entire ocean.

Wasn't that supposed to be a compliment?

Well, kind of.

So, friends?

What do you think?

Cold one?

Fine.

So Susanna thinks she doesn't fit in anymore.

She's not happy, huh?

Well, not at all.

Hey, but we all knew this wasn't going to be easy.

I guess I was just naive enough to think it might work.

What are you talking about? It's working.

In a few hours, your line is going to debut.

And whether Susanna takes the job or not, that's the dream.

And that is what you've got to hold on to.

This is your day.

You have been waiting for this your whole life.

Johnny, she has to take that job.

There's no way she can turn it down.

Well, it doesn't mean it's the end of your friendship.

I just wish that we could turn back the

clock.

Go back to the way things used to be.

Get it right this time.

Hey. What are you doing here?

You invited me, remember?

I didn't think that you would show after, you know. It was an embarrassing

moment, but somehow your rep is still intact.

My rep?

What did you say?

What you don't mean to say. That you and Cameron are really tight and that you

didn't want to diss him in front of that great Patrick.

But I thought that you were on their side.

You can thank me later.

That's what friends do.

We'll be right back.

Put your hands together for the lovely and talented Ava Gregory.

Thank you all for coming. We look forward to seeing you next year right

the Club SoCal Dress -Up Show.

Thank you.

Bye. Thanks, Susanna.

Oh, thanks, guys. That was great. Absolutely great. I can't thank you

Thank you.

Hey.

Hey.

That was really something, huh? Yeah.

Yeah, it went well. It did. We were really, you were amazing today.

So then why are you going?

Why are you quitting us?

I'm not quitting us.

I'm leaving our business.

And I know you can't see it right now, but it's not about our line or how well

it did today.

And it's definitely not about our friendship.

It's about me.

I need to do this for me.

Ava, please.

Can't you understand that?

Honestly?

No.

Because if Donna Karen or Mark Jacobs had called me today or yesterday and

offered me a job, I would have said no.

Because you and I were doing this together.

I really need to...

I will help you find someone.

And I will help you with the transition, I promise.

You're my best friend.

It's not goodbye.

No, of course not.

What is this?

Welcome home, baby.

Jay.

Before you say anything, I just want to say that I understand your ambivalence.

I've certainly given you more than enough reasons to proceed with caution.

I just don't want to come across as the needy girlfriend or that I'm trying to

trap you or pigeonhole you in any way. I hear you.

And now you listen to me.

Maybe we're moving too far. I don't know. And for the first time in my life,

don't really care.

But I'm a big boy.

I can handle it.

We can handle it.

What?

Nothing.

Come here.

Love carried me on.

And love comes blind.

Oh, my love.

My darling.

Hey. Hey.

Is that the Righteous Brothers?

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Sprung for the limited edition.

Digitally remastered whole kitten caboodle. Kids are tucked in. You have

curfew and you can be up as late as you want. Got a big bowl of popcorn.

I'm sorry. I can't do this right now.

It's been a really long emotional day.

It's okay.

Can we watch the movie another time?

Sure