Hey, what do you say, Curt? Last night in town - you guys gonna have a little bash before you leave?
Steve The Moose have been looking for you all day.
Steve [hands check to Curt]
They got worried - thought you were trying to avoid them or something.
What is it? What do ya got?
Steve Mr. Jennings gave it to me to give to you. He says he's sorry it's so late, but it's the first scholarship the Moose Lodge has given out. And he, uh, says they're all very proud of you back at the lodge.
Cute. Why don't you hold it for me for awhile?
Steve Hey, I don't want it. Take it - it's yours.
Steve Maybe, before I leave, we could, ah, agree that, that seeing other people while I'm away can't possibly hurt, you know?... I think it would strengthen our relationship. Then we'd know for sure that we're really in love. Not that there's any doubt.
OK. I can't expect you to be a monk or something while you're away.
Steve I thought that since this is our last night together for three months, you might want to dance with me.
[pushing him away]
Get your cooties off me.
[Steve grabs her]
Go ahead, slug me, scar my face. I wouldn't dance with you if you were the last guy left in this gym.
P Peggy
[She starts dancing with Eddie]
Joe College strikes out.
K Mr. Kroot
All right, Bolander, break that up. You know the rules. You and your girlfriend want to do that, go someplace else, huh?
Steve Hey, Kroot! Why don't you go kiss a duck?
K Mr. Kroot
What did you say?
Steve I said, go kiss a duck, marblehead.
K Mr. Kroot
OK, Bolander, you are suspended. Don't - don't even come in on Monday. You're out, you're out!
Steve Hey, hey, Kroot. I graduated last semester. Remember?
You know, it doesn't make sense to leave home to look for home, to give up a life to find a new life, to say goodbye to friends you love just to find new friends.
Steve Wait a minute. Could you say that again?
It's something Curt said.
Steve Oh, figures. You must've talked his ear off trying to get him to stay.
Oh no, Steven. That's not true at all. I didn't say anything. Curt just said at dinner tonight that he didn't see what the big hurry was. He thought that he ought to stick around and go to J.C. for a while, and try and figure out what he wanted to do with his life.
Steve That sounds logical.
Steve Sure. I think Curt's probably right for Curt. Not for me, though. [She turns away] Laurie, look at me. Now you know what I want out of life. And it's just not in this town.
I'm not going with you to the airport tomorrow.
Steve [they kiss, Steve pressing for more, but Laurie rebuffs him]
It's our last night together for three months...I'm gonna miss you so much. I need something to remember you by. You don't want me to forget you, do ya?
If you're not gonna remember me for anything else, why don't you just go ahead?
Steve Oh come on, you want it and you know it. Don't be so damn self-righteous with me!
[Laurie kicks him out of her car]
Steve Why should I leave home to find a home? You know, why should I leave friends that I love to find new friends?
Wait a minute, wait a minute... I've heard this already. Aren't you the one that told me for eight weeks that you have to leave the nest sometime?
Steve I realize that. I realize that.
No, no realizing. You've been telling me all summer that it's time to stick your head out of the sand and take a look at the big, beautiful world out there somewhere... I feel like a mid-wife.
Steve I may have been wrong, Curt. I may have been wrong.
Wrong nothing. You've been telling me for eight weeks. God-dammit. Just, you're just mentally playing with yourself. If you just relax, we'll talk about it at the airport.
