Matt quotes from 7th Heaven

Simon

(just waking up) Hey where's Grandpa?

Eric

I'm sorry Simon but...he's gone.

Simon

Wow him too?

Eric

No, to Phoenix, Simon he went back to Phoenix.

Simon

(chuckling) Oh. I thought you meant---

Matt

Come on Simon let's go.

Matt

(about Simon and Ruthie) The munchkins are still conked.

Annie

Oh good, the poor things must be exhausted!

Lucy

So am I!

Mary

Me too. I feel like I could sleep for a week!

Eric

I think it's been a rough time for us all.

(cheerfully) Don't worry, it's all gonna be okay!

Eric

Wouldn't this work better if I were consoling you?

Matt

Mary's a team player. She has basketball to fit in. Simon already knows who he is, and Ruthie's five.

Eric

You forgot Lucy.

Matt

No I didn't. She's the one you need to worry about.

Eric

Why's that?

Matt

Well, because she always feels left out.

Eric

Hey, what punishment can I give Simon and Ruthie for wandering off the way they did?

Matt

Hmm... that's a tough one. Ruthie's so cute.

Eric

Yeah. She reminds me so much of your mother. And Simon's so funny, it's hard to be mad at funny.

Matt

You know, maybe you could not let them out of the house for a week.

Annie

Nice try not unless one of you wants to be locked up with them.

Matt

I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't even think.

Eric

Those are all normal feelings and reactions.

Matt

Not for Mom. She's been so calm about everything, and I just sat there while that piece of junk took all our stuff.

Eric

What do you think you should have done?

Matt

I don't know. Something. Anything but just sitting there and letting some guy rip off Mom's wedding ring.

Eric

You can't blame yourself. Whatever you did, it was perfect. It was perfect because it got you and Mom home safely. And it was just a ring. It wasn't our marriage.

Matt

I don't know what's wrong with me. I just can't pull it together.

Eric

Matt, last night, a man held a gun to your head and threatened your life. Now it would be nearly impossible for anyone to just pull it together.

Matt

You know, Mom, isn't this a time where Aunt Julie really needs her family to be there for her, to help her through this?

Annie

I understand what you're saying, Matt. But I can't have you and your siblings put in danger. I won't allow it.

Ruthie

Is Aunt Julie going to die like Grandma?

Matt

Well, I hope not, but it's up to God to decide when somebody dies.

Ruthie

God sure has a hard job.

Matt

Mom, Dad, this is Tia.

Nice to meet you.

Eric

Nice to have you with us. Hope you weren't bored.

No, I loved your sermon. It was very deep.

Matt

I told you she was terrific.

Eric

Oh, and perceptive, too.

I think it's so neat to see anyone's parents at work. Work is so much a part of what people are whether it's working in the home like Mrs. Camden, or out in the community both are such important contributions to society.

Annie

Thank you. I don't hear that often enough. Matt, if you two don't have any plans, would you like to bring Tia by for Sunday dinner?

Matt

Well, I was thinking that we'd grab something on our own.

Actually, if it's no trouble, Sunday dinner with the family sounds really nice.

Matt

Um, sure. Ok.

But only if you'll let me help, Mrs. Camden.

Annie

Oh, well, it's great. Matt, would you mind stopping and getting some ice cream on the way home?

Matt

No problem. See you then

Bye-bye.

Annie

Nice meeting you.

Thanks for dinner, Mrs. Camden. Could I help you clear the rest of these dishes?

Annie

Oh, no. Relax. We're enjoying your company.

Eric

Yeah, it's not often that anybody around here wants to talk about my sermons after church.

I just think that frost poem you quoted was so beautiful.

Annie

It was a good choice, wasn't it?

Eric

Yeah, I'm surprised you're familiar with the death of the hired man.

Yeah, it's in our English lit book, but I never heard it read out loud before. It was perfect. I mean, the safe choice would have been something like the road not taken.

Annie

Exactly. Wouldn't it? You know, when Eric and I first started dating, he wrote some pretty wonderful poetry himself.

Matt

I bet it wasn't anything you could read out loud in church, huh, dad?

Eric

I wouldn't say that I would.

Annie

It was very personal.

Could you quote the frost poem again?

Eric

Well, I think people around here have probably had enough eloquence for one day.

Matt

That's right. We wouldn't want to have to call the poetry police.

Please, just a line or two?

Annie

Go on honey, I thought you were pretty terrific myself.

Please? The line about home.

Eric

"Home, he mocked gently. Yes, what else but home? It all depends on what you mean by home. Home is the place where, when you have to go there. They have to take you in."

Excuse me.

Annie

Matt, go see about her.

Matt

Dad made her cry.

Eric

Your mom picked the poem.

Matt

I'm going.

Eric

What do you think that was about?

Annie

I don't know, but she's obviously in a lot of pain.

Eric

Should I...

Annie

Not yet.

[Crying]

Matt

Come on. Tell me what's going on.

I'm sorry. I generally try not to burst into tears. Unless I'm alone.

Matt

No, that's ok. We're, uh, we're big on emotions around here.

I know it doesn't seem like any big deal, but my parents just got divorced.

Matt

I'm--I'm sorry.

You don't know how lucky you are to be part of this family.

Matt

Oh, oh, yes, I do... But I'm also lucky that I met you.

Lucy

[after being surprised with a party] I didn't deserve this. Thanks.

Mary

You're right, and you're welcome.

Matt

Don't listen to her, Luce, you deserve the best.

Matt

Mary and I would like to go to dinner with John and Keisha tonight if that's ok. We'll be home early.

Eric

Well, what's the occasion?

Matt

No reason. We just haven't seen John and Keshia for a while, and we thought we'd grab a burger together. That's all.

Eric

Where?

Matt

The Varsity.

Annie

[to Eric] He's now covered who, what, when, where, and why.

Eric

What's this?

Matt

That's a glass.

Eric

Did you buy it at the Varsity?

Matt

No. I didn't buy it.

Eric

Did you take it without paying for it?

Matt

Dad, everyone takes something from the Varsity. It's like a school ritual.

Eric

It's like stealing. No, it is stealing.

Annie

That was Patricia. She and Morgan were wondering if we'd like to drive up to Stedmond Caves tonight and go camping!

Yes!

Annie

No. No. Just me and your dad.

Eric

And what, we'll put the kids in a kennel?

Annie

No. They can stay here with the Hamilton kids.

Eric

And who's gonna babysit?

Matt

Not me.

Eric

No, of course not. Who would keep an eye on you?

Matt

I'm 17.

Eric

Exactly.

Annie

Hey, you know, don't stay up too late and um... don't eat too much junk food and have a good time!

Matt

How are they gonna have a good time if they can't eat junk food and can't stay up late?