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But believe me, if this was happening to you, you wouldn't like it.

Thanks.

No. Last night he told me.

And the thing you said.

She's sensational.

Incredible. Knowing the fact that she's another man's girl makes her even more

attractive. I love her.

I'm speaking in a professional sense, of course.

Oh, what is this? Will you guys please put your tongues back in your mouth? Our

tongues are in our mouth. It's just hanging out a little bit.

Like these lashes, this jealousy thing is quite...

Fantastic,

Nicole. Way to go. You ever cheat on Velasquez?

You were great, babe.

As usual.

And thanks again.

For what?

For this.

Beautiful.

I didn't send you that.

Come on, you don't have to be embarrassed. Sweet.

It may be sweet, but I didn't send it.

You should.

I should know if I sent you a rose, Nicole.

Okay, so you didn't send me the rose. What are you getting so upset about?

I'm upset because I'm intensely jealous.

That's why I'd like to know who did send you the rose.

Well, I would like to know too, but I don't.

All right, which one of you degenerates sent Nicole the rose?

Don't look at me, baby. I didn't send it to her, although I should have Nicole.

You were wonderful.

Thank you. Honey, all that hard work of yours is really starting to pay off. I'm

so proud.

Come on, you guys. We've got to get a move on if we're going to make it to the

theater. Oh, you all are going to the theater.

What play?

Oh, it's not a play, Miss Grant.

It's actually a trashy movie. A trashy movie?

Yeah, just girls. You want to come? No, I can't. I've got to stay and work late

tonight. Too bad.

Why do you all want to waste your time on a trashy movie? I could have gotten

you a house seat to see Chekhov's Three Sisters tonight.

Oh, Miss Grant, Chekhov will be here forever.

Trash is fleeting.

Trash is fleeting.

Whoa, is that my friend?

I didn't know she was in this movie. She learned karate.

Two summers ago. It wasn't really a trashy movie. It was good.

Yeah. Right, right.

Patronizing. Come on, come on. It was trashy. Well, there was no nudity.

I wanted nudity. Yeah, we did. No, no, no. I don't mean that kind of trashy. I

mean trashy as in no script, no plot.

I just wanted to do that karate stuff. Yeah. Well, you know, they brought in a

master to work with me for about eight months. Oh, wow. Yeah, I think they paid

him more than they paid the director.

I know they paid him more than they paid me. You were great.

Yeah, I won't be messing with you.

Reggie, I don't need any carotid attack here. You, girl. I got my grape.

Yo,

Nikki. Hey.

I'll see you guys later. All right. Hey, girl.

So,

tell me.

Has anybody sent you any more roses or diamonds?

No, no.

You know what, though?

What? I bet we made a big mistake.

About what?

About the rose.

There wasn't even a note or card or anything that said they were for me.

Well, it is still your locker, isn't it?

This is terrible, Mrs. Berg. I know how much these files meant to you.

I feel just like somebody came into my home.

No one ever went into these files before.

Not even Mr.

Dierenforth. I know what you mean, Mrs. Berg.

They smashed my favorite chair to bits.

The one I brought in myself, not Quentin Morlock's old chair, my chair.

It'll never be the same.

You know the worst part?

They didn't even take anything.

They just destroyed it. What if they come back?

I think we should hire a security guard.

I've already talked to the school board.

Vandalism is not exactly a rare occurrence in the public schools, is it?

Money for guards is out of the question.

I have, of course, also spoken to the police. They say that although they

afford to give us our own man, they will try to drive by the school as often as

possible. Oh, that's terrific.

Too bad the vandals don't use the front door.

Good evening, everybody.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'd like to welcome you all to Pizza Night by Candlelighted Blues.

And to make it even more romantic, representing the strolling tuba styling

the lovely and talented Dwight Mendenhall.

And I'm getting out of here. You coming?

No, this is too good. It's kind of like watching a car accident.

Think, Nicole.

You must have some idea who's sending you these flowers.

Thinking. Thinking.

Did you think of him yet?

I can't think of him.

Go far away, Dwight.

All right, let me put it another way.

I'm only trying to help, Nicole. I mean, this could be some weirdo.

And I didn't like the way the guys were looking at you when you were doing the

show.

Miltie's too cheap.

Sondland's too poor.

Maybe they both pitched in.

Nicole, somebody left these on the counter for you. Me?

Nicole Chapman. That's you, right?

Who sent them to you?

It doesn't say.

There must be a dozen roses in there.

It's getting weird.

Well, I just think they're so romantic.

Me too.

Long -stem roses.

Some women go a lifetime without ever getting them. You know, the closest I

came was on my 16th birthday. My Aunt Ruth sent me carnations stuck in

styrofoam. It's just not the same.

What do you think, Santa, Nicole?

I have no idea.

Who in this school has that kind of money?

Hey, maybe it wasn't somebody who goes to this school.

I didn't even think about that.

Although you'd think that he'd send a card.

Yeah, but I send flowers and not take any credit for it.

Hey, Nicole!

Nicole, you're wasting roses. You don't waste roses.

I never got flowers before.

Be my guest.

Really?

Look, I know you guys think this is really romantic and exciting and

but believe me, if this was happening to you, you wouldn't like it.

I know I don't.

What is wrong with you?

You just scared me.

Okay. Take it easy.

Me? Are you crazy? I would not send roses to another man's girl.

I wouldn't even send roses to my own girl. 50, 60 bucks a pop?

There you have it. I'm too cheap.

Take the safe, Velazquez.

I think there's some heavy dude involved here. What heavy dude, man? Who in this

school is heavier than me?

Me? And what makes you think he even goes to this school?

Yeah, it could be some old guy in around 30 or something.

And you know, Thelma's right.

I mean, Nicole's a pretty sexy chick.

Anybody could have picked up on her.

My dentist just split up with his wife.

Now he's dating an 18 -year -old girl.

Could be a dentist.

Could be a jockey.

Could even be a lonely millionaire.

Will you stop?

So someone sent her flowers, right? Big deal.

I mean, I'm not going to make myself crazy with this, right?

Good.

It was you, wasn't it? Unhand me before I'm forced to write you off. Did

you send Nicole roses, man?

Why would I do a thing like that?

Dwight, do I know why you'd do anything?

Listen, just tell me. Did you send her roses?

I promise I won't hurt you.

What would be so bad if I did?

You said you wouldn't hurt me. Can you believe me?

You don't own Nicole Chapman.

Yes, I do.

Well, then it's a good thing I didn't send them. Hey, relax.

Relax.

You gotta keep your sense of humor about it. Laugh it off. Come on.

It'd be easy to laugh it off if you didn't know how scared Nicole was, man.

Menino, what's wrong?

My God.

My God.

They came in through the window, sir.

Animals.

How could they do this?

How could anybody in tech help us through the phone?

The phone was only functioning. Life was to keep the beat.

I don't know. I just don't know.

Excuse me.

Yeah, can I help you?

Um, yeah.

Someone sent me some flowers wrapped in a Bloomingdale's paper yesterday.

Mm -hmm. Yeah, that's right. That's me. I'm Dale, and the blooming part is

because of the flowers.

Do you get it, Bloomingdale? Yes, I get it.

Anyway, the flowers are really beautiful and everything.

But there was no card or note or anything attached to them.

This may sound kind of silly, but can you by any chance remember who bought

roses yesterday?

Roses. And it is not silly at all, because two guys bought roses yesterday.

One of them was about 65, 68, bought them for his wife's birthday, and he was

telling the truth.

The other guy was a lot younger.

Said he was buying them for his mother. Told me all about her home gardening.

But he was lying.

He was? How do you know that?

His voice gave him away.

Is that tuned in to people's voices?

All you got to do is listen.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

No, I don't think so. Thank you.

Dale. Hmm?

Did his voice sound dangerous?

Dangerous? Well,

like I said, he was lying.

Thanks.

Dear

Nicole,

I'm sorry if my roses frightened you. I would never hurt you.

And he's never revealed himself to you, huh? No, Miss Grant. I'm starting to get

really scared.

We're all getting scared, Miss Grant. And it's not just us.

There's a lot of girls in this building who feel the same way. Who knows who

this creep is? We want to learn karate.

We want you to teach him.

Hey, karate's not something you can learn overnight.

We're talking about hours, weeks, months here.

And total commitment.

Miss Grant, we understand that it's asking a lot.

This thing with Nicole's got us scared. I mean, New York can be a tough town.

It's a whole lot scarier than Pueblo, Colorado.

And I wasn't that comfortable there.

You walk down the street, you get on a subway, and there's a weirdo around

corner. Yeah.

Now you, where you coming from?

What made you think karate's the answer?

We're just sick of feeling helpless and scared.

Don't you feel a lot better now that you know you can defend yourself?

Yeah.

I do.

Ladies, we are about to embark on the art of karate.

It is a discipline not unlike the dance that requires concentration, control,

total dedication, and pain.

Are you ready?

I'll take you down, I'll take you down

I can't believe this.

I campaigned so hard to get these books for a year and a half.

And now they're all slashed.

I'm so sorry.

25 years I've been at this school, I've never seen vandalism like this.

We have no protection, no guards, no budget to speak of, and now...

No supplies.

I don't know why I go on with this. Never, Beth.

Say, Uncle Miltie!

Uncle Miltie!

Still having trouble achieving maximum leverage.

Let's try it again, huh? Pass.

Cole, don't you think you're carrying this thing a little too far?

What is your problem? problem. You were just as upset as I was that some weirdo

was sending a flyer. Well, I guess I was. Of course I was. But I mean, you

haven't heard from him in three weeks. Don't you think you can relax a bit?

Kate, please.

Can't you see I'm in mourning here? Just one more minute.

Well,

they could still be out there, you know.

Besides, it's nice to know that I'm not helpless anymore.

And you really think this stuff is going to make a big difference in the real

world? You are so threatened.

Threatened? Me?

No, no, no. See, I just don't want to see you get hurt. That's all. I am not

going to get hurt. For the first time in my life, I feel like I can take care of

myself.

I'm just afraid that you're going to take somebody out, and what you should

is run away.

Jesse, I am not going to go out looking for trouble. I am not going to go out

busting up bars.

I'm doing this for my own protection.

I'm not an idiot, you know.

You could agree.

It's just not feminine.

Not feminine? Oh, but being a victim is, right?

Where are you going?

I'm going to class. I'm on the verge of a very important breakthrough.

Yeah, like what? What important breakthrough?

Luck.

All right, Nicole, that's good. This time put more hip into it. Okay, let's

Right away. Come at me.

Morning, you, Nicole. I'm not fooling around anymore.

Whenever you're ready.

want to talk about it.

What was I supposed to do? You kept coming at me.

Forget it.

Well, how about if we try it again tomorrow?

You can throw me.

Hey! Are they something or are they something?

Come on, let's hear it for these ladies. There's a thing to hark out for you.

Okay, kiddies, that ends another great night of fantastic entertainment here at

Lou's. Eat up, pay up, get the hell out.

Watch out for the muggers on the way home.

I love you all, especially those of you who exceeded your minimums.

Good night.

Thank you. Oh, thank you.

Thanks for doing a double shift tonight.

I was going to get Mendenhall and his tuba back, but I don't know. Somehow I

can't get behind that music. You know what I mean?

Lou, you trying to tell me you don't like tuba?

Hey, it's great.

Half time at the Cotton Bowl.

But for me, I'll take pretty girls every time.

Cokes are on me.

How do you turn that thing off?

Oh, Lou, you don't turn it off. You get into it.

I can't stand to see you sad.

How do you show?

Ready, ready.

Take over the place.

All right.

Everybody.

Six, seven, eight, one.

But I totally lost my confidence.

Everything I had learned went right out of my head.

Excuse me. Do you have a hall pass?

Dwight.

I'm speaking to her.

She's with me.

Everybody. I see.

Six, seven, eight.

Honey, you can't expect to be the female Bruce Lee overnight.

like any discipline takes time and practice to master.

The karate didn't fail me.

The karate never even entered my mind.

I thought it was something that I'm not.

Well, so maybe you were a little overconfident before. That's how you

things out. It's not the end of the world. You're making progress in class.

Grant, I totally fell apart.

I've been fooling myself the whole time. I am nothing more than a scared little

girl and I probably always will be.

Nicole.

Rambo, you ain't okay.

But you're a lot tougher than you're giving yourself credit for.

Now, come on. Let's go back to class. Come on.

One, two, three, four,

five.

You know, it's getting tougher to leave this place every night.

I hear you, girl. It's like who knows what mess is going to be here waiting

us tomorrow when we get here. You coming, Mr. Derenforce?

In a minute, ladies.

You can't stand guard all night.

Well, you're right. I can't.

Oh, here they are.

Who knows?

Maybe they can find our vandals before they strike again.

Well, I'm out of here.

Aren't you forgetting something?

No, I don't think so.

Your files, Mrs. Burke. What about them?

You forgot to lock them. Who forgot?

I'm just trying to minimize damage to school property.

They want to trash my files, I can't stop them. But at least they won't have

break up any more furniture to get to them.

Now that's what I call a negative attitude.

Negative schmegative. I know when I'm licked. Mrs. Berg, it is our duty to

their task as difficult as possible.

Now, I admit that locking the files is a small gesture, but we have to make it.

Otherwise, they'll think they've won.

Where have you been, Mr.

Derenforth?

Come on, guys.

Give it a rest.

You know, actually, it would be pretty nice just to have to concentrate on

school. You know something, though? I really feel like karate's helped my

concentration in everything.

It not only trains your body, but it trains your mind. Yeah.

What's that?

Hey, Nicole, what is it?

Nicole?

You guys go ahead, okay?

What's wrong?

Nothing, I'm fine, really. Go ahead.

Nicole, what?

what this is I'm playing.

I call it the Menderphone.

I made it up out of what parts I was able to salvage from our beloved

instruments.

It was you the whole time.

I know.

Dear Nicole, this is my last letter to you. I'm sorry about the roses and the

other note which frightened you. How could you do this to me, Dwight? How

you mess with my mind like this?

I didn't do it to mess with your mind.

I did it because I like you, Nicole.

I didn't have the nerve to tell you.

Dwight, that doesn't give you the right to turn me into a basket case.

I can't tell you how sorry I am.

Then don't.

You terrorize me. I had nightmares, I couldn't eat, and then you give me

note?

Well, there's something different about this note.

I signed my name to this one.

What are you going to do?

Me? You're the one who knows karate.

Go get him. Come on, let's go.

Wait, I can't.

You're crazy.

I'm going to call the police.

You will call the police when we leave.

I'm too late. You are crazy.

I might be crazy. There might be a lot of things, but one thing I'm not is a

coward. Do you mind?

All right, I'm a coward, but I'm still going to go out there and take care of

those guys.

Of course you want to go.

Forget I said that.

Stay here.

Well, please. I'm calling from the School of the Arts. I'd like to look for

crime in progress.

Breaking and entering.

Destruction of property.

I'll be off in a minute. I thought I told you never to call me here.

Broad. It's all yours. You're right.

Hey!

Come on, man. You want to mix it up? I don't think that's going to be

necessary. What's the matter, man?

You chicken?

I like you guys. I don't fight guys. I like. Oh, he likes them.

Did you hear that, Joey? He likes us.

Well, that's right, Joey. I hope we can be friends. Oh, yeah. You really think

we have that much in common, huh?

Well, on the surface, I'd say no, but who among us really can say?

I don't think that's funny.

I don't think that's funny at all.

Hey, I think we're having our first fight.

You mock me?

You mock me?

I dare you!

Look, Vinnie, I think he's a little perturbed. Oh, did I perturb you?

What are you going to do about it?

Forget I did that. I didn't mean it. I acted rashly.

You see what happens when you let your emotions get the best of you? Now you're

going to have to pay for it.

Those jerks never knew what hit them.

Nicole was absolutely incredible.

He didn't do so badly yourself, Dwight. You know, he took those two guys on all

by himself.

They would have killed me if Nicole hadn't come to my rescue.

Well, we're all indebted to both of you. Hopefully this incident will discourage

any other vandals from messing with the school of the arts.

Hey, I feel safer already.

Maybe we can all get back to normal.

Well, the whole thing has inspired me to come up with a brand new filing system.

That's wonderful, Mrs. Berg.

Maybe I'll be able to understand this one.

Call me Ninja Nicole.

I'll see you later, Ninja. Okay.

So, how does it feel?

Well, you were right. I'm a lot tougher than I thought I was.