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Here we are, face to face, a couple of silver spoons.

Hoping to find we're two of a kind.

Make it a goal, make it a goal. Together, we're going to find our

way.

Together,

taking the time each day.

So learn all about those things you just can't buy.

Do the spoons together.

You are the captain.

I'm wrong, Dex?

Well, frankly, I thought we called this meeting for H. Sharp so he could get a

jump on a rather busy day.

So far, we've managed to get a jump on his breakfast.

You know, it's not healthy to jump right into work.

You should take time for a leisurely cup of coffee, some Danish, small talk.

Dad, can I speak to you? I think we have a serious problem.

Is no one in this house without some kind of personal trauma?

What is it, son?

Now, remember I had you and Kate take that compatibility test from Hot Teen

Magazine?

Well, you guys did less than great.

Yeah, 31%. And that's less than lousy.

I appreciate your concern, son.

But I think the results of any such test are suspect when one of the questions

is, do you like to boogie?

Good morning.

Hello.

31's looking awfully high for these two.

Sorry I'm late. Shall we get down to work?

What, no coffee, no Danish, no small talk?

No, thanks.

Okay. I guess we'll just start our meeting then. Why don't you guys run

school, huh? See you later. Bye.

Bye.

The purpose of this meeting is to examine our court's overruns on our

ducky line.

Do you have those figures, Kate?

Oh, Kate?

Huh? Kate, this is vitally serious business. Where are the rubber ducky

Is something bothering you, honey?

Nothing's wrong. Let's just get down to work.

And honey is not what you call a vice president.

That's right, unless, of course, your name is actually Honey.

Kate, what is it?

Well, if you must know, last night I had dinner with Harold Zapkowski.

Whoa.

Didn't you guys leave for school yet? Okay, okay, we're going.

Gee, maybe your dad and Kate would be more compatible if she didn't go out

other guys.

You have dinner with Harold Zapkowski of Zap Toys? That's terrible.

He offered me a job.

That's terribler.

At double my salary.

That's terriblest.

Well, I'd love it if you'd keep working for me.

But I understand these opportunities come few and far between.

I told him no.

Thank goodness.

Now that that's all settled, can we get to work?

It's wonderful that you're staying.

What is so wonderful about it?

Don't just sit there. Pursue her.

upset. I am not.

Upset? Is it this job offer? Is it this job? Is it life in general? What is it?

I don't want to talk about it. Please.

No one in their right minds would turn down a great job offer like this.

But I did.

Because of our relationship.

But what is our relationship?

It's loving.

It's caring.

It's drifting. It's coasting.

It's meandering. It is going nowhere.

Okay.

Now I think we're here.

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

Where I stand.

Is that all that's bothering you?

Come on, you stand great.

Well, I don't feel great.

I have no idea what the future holds for us.

Well, the future holds good things.

What good things?

Great, wonderful, fabulous good things.

Edward, I, uh... I know it's hard for you to commit, but I always thought,

that someday we'd get married.

Me too.

Someday.

day may be too late for me.

I don't want to have to think about this, but, well, my biological clock is

ticking away.

Pretty soon it'll be too late for me to have a child.

Kate, I rushed into one marriage and it lasted all of seven

days.

I'm scared.

I know you're scared.

Maybe our timing is off.

Look, uh... I... It's my problem, not yours.

I can handle it.

Let's just forget I brought it up.

I guess we're not going to get much work done today, are we?

Deck, can I ask you a question? Of course.

Let's say that many years ago, when you were a foolish young man, you

bought a stock.

And you really loved that stock.

And... Seven days after you bought it, it collapsed and went out of business.

And from that time on, you stayed away from the stock market because you didn't

want to get burned again.

And now, 15 years later, another

stock catches your eye.

It's a nice stock.

Watched it grow for...

Three years.

And you consider buying it.

But you're afraid.

What would you do?

Oh, for goodness sake, marry her, you silly twit.

Great, you're here.

Where have you been all day?

Oh, out, doing, being, getting, arranging.

There he is.

Hi. Hi.

Hey, where are you going?

To my room.

No, no, no, no. Come on in here for a minute.

What did I do?

Son, you didn't do anything.

Can't a father and a son hang out together, huh?

You've been gone all day.

Why don't you come sit over here?

We can all hang out together.

Comfortable?

Good. Because, Kate, I have something very important to say.

As you know, I'm basically a plain and simple man.

So I'm going to say this as plainly and as simply as I can.

Is that a yes?

Yes!

Congratulations.

Edward, this is without a doubt the happiest day of my life. Well, it isn't

yet. No, because I've planned an evening celebration for us.

Beginning with a romantic dinner for two where I've reserved the entire swan

court at Bernard's by the Bay.

Oh, Edward.

You probably had him spell out congratulations on the beach using live

Not quite.

But there will be some surprises involving halibut.

Oh, well, I'd better hurry up and get ready. I need time to change.

Oh, my nails and my hair.

Ah, ah, ah, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut, tut.

Not to worry.

I have a manicurist and a large selection of evening gowns just

And also upstairs, as for your hair.

I have the one, the only, Vidal Sasson.

In person.

Oh, well, if I don't look good, he doesn't look good.

Okay, while you're getting ready, Rick and I will run the engagement

announcement down to the newspaper.

Old man's getting married. What do you think of that?

That's great.

Look, I've got a lot of research to do for my report on the common market.

I think I'll get to it.

Rick, what's the matter?

It's this whole marriage thing.

Hope you're not still concerned about that lousy score on a hot teen magazine

compatibility test.

I want you to know that even though Kate doesn't like Cindy Lauper, I think our

marriage will survive.

Dad, it's not the test.

I just wish we could have talked about all this first.

Okay, let's talk about it now.

It's too late.

It's like buckling up your seatbelt after you crash.

Besides, you don't care what I think anyway.

Of course I care.

Oh, yeah?

How come everybody in my school band knew before I did?

Son, I'm sorry I didn't think to consult you first.

I just wanted it to be a surprise.

I thought you loved Kate.

I do.

And I always thought it'd be great if you guys got married.

But then we got down on one knee.

I found myself hoping you dropped your car keys.

Son, what are you worried about?

Everything's gonna change.

Like what?

For example, when Kate moves in, she'll probably bring her cat Fluffy.

There goes all the leftover fish and chicken.

Do you know how many rubber mice with bells that cat owns?

Son, whatever's troubling you goes a lot deeper than Fluff.

Okay, you want me to say it, I'll say it.

Up till now, it's been you and me.

Now it's going to be you, me, and her.

Kate's been here.

Yeah, she's been here, but she hasn't been here.

Now she's going to be telling me what to do like she's my real mom, which she

isn't.

Son, I promise you, if any problems come up, we'll solve them, just like we

always have.

It's not going to be the same.

No, it's not. It's going to be different.

But it's going to be better different.

For some people.

Rick,

son.

What are you doing here? I thought you went to the newspaper office.

I look awful.

Oh, you don't look awful.

You're just under construction.

Well, this is the way I really look.

I was waiting until after I got the proposal.

I couldn't bear to be away from my lovely bouquet of roses a moment longer.

Oh, Rick, can you believe this?

We're going to be one big happy family.

Yeah.

Wait till Fluffy hears the news, huh?

I mean, she'll love moving into this great big roomy house.

Oh, and so will Snickle Fritz.

Snickle Fritz?

That's her new boyfriend. She brought him home last night.

A big happy family keeps getting bigger.

Oh, I better get back up and finish construction.

Oh, Rick, when I went upstairs, I tripped over your hockey stick.

I left it in the hallway.

You should be more careful with your things.

At least it wasn't a rubber mouse with bells.

Rick.

Excuse me?

You see that? It's happening already.

What's happening already?

Nothing. Nothing.

Rick is a little concerned that there might be a few teeny tiny

adjustments that have to be made when we're married.

Like what, Rick?

Oh, just everything.

I don't know why you guys have to get married.

Well, because we love each other and we want to spend the rest of our lives

together.

Why do you have to do that now?

Everything's been so perfect.

Son, Kate had a wonderful job offer and it's not really fair to her to keep her

wondering about her future.

Well, of course, that isn't the only reason your father proposed.

Was it, Edward?

Of course not. Your biological clock is ticking away like crazy.

What's a biological clock?

Oh, well, son, that... That refers to the number of years in which a woman can

have a baby. You're gonna have a baby? No!

No, no, not now.

Eventually.

In time.

Way down the road.

How way is way down the road?

sometime between next Tuesday and when your biological clock goes boing.

Edward, you're making me feel like I pressured you into proposing.

No, you didn't.

And now that I see how it's affecting the two of you, I wonder if getting

married is right altogether.

Wait a minute, you're the one who wanted to get married.

Along with me.

So look, why don't I just put away my hockey stick? I don't want anybody

away their hockey stick or doing anything they don't want to do because

Maybe we should just call this whole thing off.

Happiest day of my life? Honey,

what are you doing?

I think I just need to get away and figure things out.

Wait, you can't go out. Please.

Jack let me go.

Taking the time each day to learn all about those things

you just can't buy.