[voiceover] I've been kissed 3 times. No, 4 times. No, 3 times. All of them were people I never saw again. Which I hope doesn't like, mean something.
“Dancing in the Dark” · Season 1, Episode 2
In this episode: Angela Chase (5), Rayanne Graff (2), Rickie Vasquez (2), Graham Chase (1), Jordan Catalano (1)
[After Angela has been talking loudly as Jordan walked by] Angela, he's gone. You can talk like a normal person.
Oh, God.
You have got to progress to the next phase of this. I mean, think of Rickie and me. How much more can we take?
I just don't want to look like I'm throwing myself at him.
Excuse me. People throwing themselves at people? Is, like, the basis of civilization.
She has a point.
[voiceover] If Jordan Catalano is, like, nearby, my entire body knows it. Like one of those dogs that point? I'll keep talking and stuff, but my mind won't even know what I'm saying. I keep wondering if there's like, a term for this.
I'm not saying...see, there's thinking about him, right? Which is what I do, all the time, like, like this ...
Obsession.
Right, so?
So, it keeps me going, or something, like I need it, just to get through the day. It -- it's just ...
It's an obsession.
Right. And if you make it real, it, it's not the same. It's not...it's not yours anymore. I don't know -- maybe I'd rather have the fantasy, than even him.
I completely understand this.
I totally and completely disagree. You want Jordan Catalano, in actuality, because...there is no 'because'! You just want him! Only you're programmed to never admit it.
That does have the ring of truth.
[voiceover, regarding Jordan] We both stopped talking. Part of his sleeve was touching my arm. I don't know if he knew. Then everything started to seem perfect for some reason. The feel of his shirt against my elbow, the fact that I still had an elbow. It was the perfect moment for him to kiss me, for him to anything me.
[leans closer, then opens her car door] Well, I gotta go, so... Later.
[Angela gets out]
[voiceover] I could have killed him.
Dad, I don't feel like talking. No offense.
Oh, I don't feel like talking. Certainly not to you. You want me to warm up that spaghetti?
[Angela hands it over]
[voiceover] I have to say, when my father warms something up, it tastes better than when anyone else does.
So how did your experiment go? with Brian?
He did most of it.
So was this like, a date?
Dad! It's...they're not...people just hang out. They're not -- it's not dates. There's people. Together. In a bunch.
So was there someone else there...you like?
[voiceover] It's so strange how parents can, out of nowhere, turn psychic. It's unnerving.
It's okay to like someone. But, I mean, boys your age can sometimes --
Dad, I know. [pause] 'Can sometimes' what?
Can sometimes not know how to be what you want them to be. My point is that...it's really...hard to figure out how to be a man. Practically every man I know is still working on it.
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