Bright Abbott quotes from Everwood

Bright

I know you don't want to have sex because of the Bible, but I was thinking like, I'm not sure that there's anything in there that says you can't take your girlfriend's bra off.

Hannah

Well... it's not about the Bible... it's, it's, it's about timing. It's just not bra removal time.

Bright

Oh yeah... out of curiosity, when exactly would you say would be bra removal time?

Bright

My chest hurts and I just want to sleep all the time.

Rose

Here, let me see if you have a fever. [feels Bright's head] Nope, you don't feel warm to me.

Bright

I feel warm to me.

Rose

That's because you just pulled your head out of the laundry. What you have is a heartache.

Bright

Can't I just have whooping cough or something?

Hannah

[answering her cell] Hey, Amy.

Amy

Are you sitting down?

Hannah

Yeah, why?

Amy

I need to talk to you.

Bright

[answering his cell] The boy is back in town, how was New York, man?

Ephram

Fine. I need to ask you something.

Hannah

What's the matter?

Ephram

Say you ran into an old girlfriend.

Amy

Are you sure you're sitting down?

Bright

Don't tell me you saw Madison?

Hannah

[to Bright] He saw Madison?…!

Ephram

No, not Madison.

Amy

So, I went over to Ephram's last week.

Ephram

And you weren't planning on anything happening…

Amy

And we were just supposed to study…

Ephram

And things got a little heated…

Amy

And there was no one there…

Ephram

And then something kinda…

Amy

And we totally had sex.

Hannah

You and Ephram slept together?!!

Bright

[to Hannah] What?! No way!

Ephram

"No way" what?

Amy

I've been meaning to tell you.

Ephram

Hello, you there?

Amy

I just felt so weird.

Bright

Dude, did you and my sister get back together?

Amy

And I don't know what it means yet.

Ephram

What? Who told you that?

Hannah

I can't believe this.

Bright

I can't believe you.

Hannah

Bright. This is so…Great.

Bright

…Bad.

Ephram

Have you talked to her?

Amy

And he said he's still in love with me.

Ephram

Did she say we were back together?

Amy

And we haven't spoken since.

Hannah

Okay, listen, come and get me right now.

Bright

Okay, stay where you are.

Hannah

We have to celebrate.

Bright

Time for some serious damage control.

Amy

This is not a celebration, Hannah.

Ephram

I don't need damage control.

Amy

I'll be there in ten.

Ephram

Fine, if you're coming, bring breakfast, and beer.

Hannah

Guess that bike ride's gonna have to wait.

Bright

Yeah.

Bright

Aw yeah, B plus. Career high. Who puts the stud in American Studies? Bright Abbott does, ladies and gentlemen. I could do this professionally.

Ephram

You want to be a Historian?

Bright

God, is that what it would make me? Never mind.

Hannah

I think you should shut your piehole Bright Abbott before I come over there and shut it for you!

Bright

Bring it on Splotchy!

Amy

[to Hanna] Wow, you're actually expressing a feeling. And it's negative. Maybe we should throw a party.

Bright

She doesn't like parties.

Well, you know what they say. If the sex is good it's five percent of the relationship. If the sex is bad, it's ninety five percent.

Bright

Well, what do they say if there's no sex at all?

Harold

You're not a bad person, Bright. Your impulses may not always be the best, but they are always honest. You have a good heart. At the end of the day that's all I could ask for.

Bright

So, is that all the stuff mom told you to say?

Harold

No. It is true she has always understood you better than I, always knows what to do. I've been at a loss more times than I care to admit. The fact is I'm a little jealous of you...

Bright

Now I know you're messing with me.

Harold

No, God no, not at all. Your ability to make friends at the drop of a hat: something I've never mastered. You approach life with an ease and natural social grace and I've always been hindered in that department. I've been waiting for a moment like this between the two of us.

Bright

Really?

Harold

I've always hoped that I would have something of use to say when you would need me, I guess. Of course after our camping debacle last fall, I'm thinking that maybe that time has past and you don't need me any more. And I really wanted to give you something, because the fact of the matter is you have taught me a great deal. Taught me how to laugh, take myself less seriously. I admire you.

Hannah

[as Bright lies unconscious in the hospital] Please don't die. [Puts her head down on his bed and starts to cry] Please don't die.

Bright

[Coming around] Okay.

Ephram

You're not working on any plan. I came in here yesterday and you were watching the Lifetime channel.

Bright

That was all in the spirit of research, my friend, okay? Besides, Meredith Baxter Birney? Total MILF.

Bright

So you come any closer to making a decision? About school, you know?

Hannah

Ugh. No. It's getting ridiculous since my registrations is due like tomorrow.

Bright

I think you should go to Notre Dame, Hannah.

Hannah

What?

Bright

It's not because I don't love you, I really do love you, but this is... it's the right thing to do.

Hannah

I don't understand. Why...

Bright

I was all ready to tell you to not go to Notre Dame, I had a whole pitch all planned out, and knowing my charm it probably would've worked out. But I was doing it for me. Okay, because I couldn't bear the thought of not seeing you every day, and because part of me was hoping that maybe we could get back together, or something. But I was being selfish. I mean, come on, if there's anything you taught me, when you love someone you gotta put them first. You worked your ass off to go to Notre Dame and you should go. You deserve to go.

Hannah

Yeah, but I...

Bright

The only reason you wouldn't go is cause you're afraid to lose us? Come on, Hannah, that's not gonna happen. Alright, we're always gonna be here. I'm always gonna be here for you. I know I let you down before, I promise that will never ever happen again.

Hannah

Right.

Bright

So it's gonna be me and you, just best friends, for life.

Hannah

For life.