Nightmare Best Friend

Wish I could.

- Hey. - Hey.

You're working late tonight? - Nope.

Darlene got us weekend passes to Jazz Fest.

Nice.

- How about you? Any big plans?

Let's see.

Yard work, bills,

washing dirty soccer uniforms.

- Oh, slow down, Katy. -

I'll see you Monday, Bob. - All right.

- Goodnight. - Night.

Night, Des. - Hey, see you, Bob.

Hello?

Anyone there?

Hello?

Hello?

Careful.

- Hey, mom, could we climb the fire ladder?

Please? Please?

- Absolutely not. - Dad said we could.

- Oh, no, I didn't, and just so you know,

you're getting broccoli in your soccer snack today.

- Just once can we? We'll never ask again.

You two are hilarious.

You can't even reach it. - Sure we can.

It's easy through the upstairs bathroom.

- Shut up. - Mm-hmm.

That's not for fun.

It's dangerous. It's for emergencies.

Back me up here, Judy. - Your mom's just trying

to keep you out of a body cast this summer.

- I don't know, sounds pretty fun to me.

- Not helping. - Thanks, Judy.

Get ready to go, guys. Tournament's in an hour.

What was that for?

- No reason. - Mm.

I swear, every time I go online,

someone is going on a safari or whitewater rafting

or jumping out of an airplane.

- I really wish you would reconsider Costa Rica.

I mean, hang gliding, scuba diving.

It's all included in the package.

- You know I don't mind if you go.

We talked about this, Katy.

I don't want to go with the guys.

I want to go with you.

- Oh, someone tagged me in a photo.

Oh, my God.

- Wow. - Wild.

Those dresses, that hair.

Who's the wild child?

- That's Gina, my best friend back in Lakeridge.

- Oh, you went to school together?

- Yeah, she's a couple years older.

he got held back in middle school.

Great girl, but missed a lot of school

because of her crazy home life.

Huh. See you soon?

Okay.

Gina Mancetti?

Katy the Greatie.

I'm so happy to see you.

What are you doing here? I thought you lived in Austin.

God, not since years ago.

- I just want to hear everything.

Oh, God, this is my husband.

- Andy. - Yes.

- I know. I recognize you from all the poolside pics

that Katy posts online.

Love the Speedo.

Wait, what?

- Okay, so I'm guilty of posting TMI,

but you, you are a mystery.

I want to hear everything. -

- Then I met this smoking hot drummer

and moved to Miami Beach, but we broke after a year,

so then I ended up back in Riverside.

- Wow, so in the years since we left Lakeridge, that's--

Seven cities, ten jobs.

- Yeah. - It's a lot.

- One city, one job, and one man.

- Mm. - What about you?

Is there someone special in your life right now?

Okay, everyone ready?

I haven't seen Gina in years.

Would it be terrible if I don't come?

- Honey, I don't think they're gonna revoke

your soccer mom license if you miss one tournament.

You girls stay here, catch up.

- Actually, I have a better idea.

I was thinking we'd take a road trip back to Lakeridge,

visit Washington High.

Look what I'm driving.

- Ahh! You still have it?

Girls' trip, I love it.

- Please? I promise I will take great care of her,

and I will have her back before bedtime.

Bye!

- Whoo! - Ready?

- Bye! Love you! - Bye!

Oh, so good.

Whoo!

- Ah, look! -

Oh.

- Oh, my God. Is it open?

I don't know.

- Oh! - Damn it!

Thank you.

- I literally don't think I've had fries this good

in 15 years.

- Good old . They're amazing, right?

Mm-hmm.

- I get them every time I visit my mom.

- Mm, your mom still lives in your old house on Hickory?

We should go visit her.

- I don't know. I didn't even tell her I was in town.

Hey, isn't that where we made out with those Romero brothers?

Yeah, the juvie twins.

How could I forget? You had Jake. I had Jerry.

- Jake had better hair, but Jerry was a better kisser.

Wait, you kissed my twin?

- No, they tricked us, remember?

- Oh, right, they switched T-shirts during that party.

Those tricky bastards.

- Yeah, come on, I would never betray you like that.

We've been together all day,

and you still haven't told me if you're seeing anyone.

- His name's Ray. - Mm.

- And he's gorgeous and smart and full of surprises.

- I swear, excitement follows you everywhere.

I think that's why I was always drawn to you.

When I was young and things got tough,

I dreamed of being you, Gina.

Our friendship got me through high school.

God, you got me out of the house after my mom died.

My dad was a wreck. I love him,

but completely unprepared to raise a preteen girl.

- Well, we didn't make it easy on him.

Remember when I let you drive my car at 14?

- The good times we had in that car.

Do it, baby!

- Hey, watch where you're going, Neanderthal.

I'm so sorry.

What'd you call me? Huh?

- Neanderthal, like a big, stupid brute.

Gina, what are you doing?

Gina, he has a knife.

Oh, caveman make sharp tool.

Gina, Gina--

- I told you Ray was full of surprises.

That was not funny.

- Come on, back in the day you would have loved that.

- Don't be mad at her. It was my idea.

Gina said you guys were nearby.

She wanted to show you a good time.

I--I couldn't resist the opportunity. I'm sorry.

- Couldn't resist pulling a weapon on us?

Who carries a knife like that?

- You know, that's a little judgmental, don't you think,

for someone that nearly hit me with a car?

- Well, it nearly gave me a heart attack.

I think I need a drink.

- Now you're speaking my language.

Hey, Gina says the best beer in town's at the Tavern, huh?