1 00:00:02,060 --> 00:00:03,956 Previously on Awkward... 2 00:00:05,757 --> 00:00:07,157 I had sex with your girlfriend 3 00:00:07,158 --> 00:00:09,591 Everyone is talking about you. Your secret blog-- 4 00:00:09,593 --> 00:00:10,959 Not so secret anymore. 5 00:00:10,961 --> 00:00:12,761 You humiliated me. 6 00:00:14,198 --> 00:00:17,065 Jenna Hamilton tried to kill himself. again. 7 00:00:18,801 --> 00:00:20,102 I was dead. 8 00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:22,870 Metaphorically speaking. 9 00:00:23,105 --> 00:00:25,573 Like Sylvia Plath, I'd taken my own life. 10 00:00:26,135 --> 00:00:28,375 Except while hers ended in an oven, 11 00:00:28,523 --> 00:00:30,178 mine ended on the internet. 12 00:00:30,529 --> 00:00:32,747 My blog was no longer a safe haven, 13 00:00:32,748 --> 00:00:35,250 so there was only one way I could take refuge 14 00:00:35,251 --> 00:00:37,251 from the internal slaughter in my head. 15 00:00:37,453 --> 00:00:39,721 I had to put pen to paper. 16 00:00:39,994 --> 00:00:42,089 Turns out, releasing my blog to the public 17 00:00:42,091 --> 00:00:44,715 was not the answer to my problems. 18 00:00:44,816 --> 00:00:47,009 Once again, I was a pariah. 19 00:00:47,009 --> 00:00:50,088 And even though I hadn't forgiven my mom for writing the letter, 20 00:00:50,088 --> 00:00:52,029 she was wise to my guilt trips. 21 00:00:52,029 --> 00:00:54,253 So I couldn't expect she would let me stay home, 22 00:00:54,358 --> 00:00:56,403 which meant I had to ensure it. 23 00:01:00,842 --> 00:01:03,678 Mom, I have a fever! 24 00:01:06,881 --> 00:01:09,350 My hand wasn't the only thing getting hot and bothered. 25 00:01:10,687 --> 00:01:12,254 My mom was too. 26 00:01:13,156 --> 00:01:15,623 Suddenly I didn't need to play sick anymore. 27 00:01:16,199 --> 00:01:18,393 I was sick, and I needed to escape 28 00:01:18,394 --> 00:01:21,396 before I was confronted with what I expected to see-- 29 00:01:21,529 --> 00:01:23,802 My mother with a... 30 00:01:25,911 --> 00:01:27,211 Dad? 31 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:30,512 Season 2 | Episode 10 "Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me" 32 00:01:32,276 --> 00:01:33,817 How are you feeling? 33 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,660 - Uncomfortable. - Understandable. 34 00:01:37,125 --> 00:01:39,798 It's probably a little shocking to see us together. 35 00:01:39,799 --> 00:01:42,100 Seeing you together not so shocking. 36 00:01:42,101 --> 00:01:44,936 It's more of where and how... 37 00:01:45,635 --> 00:01:48,005 Just... talk to us. 38 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:49,541 What's going through your head? 39 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:51,476 Your boobs. Might want to belt up. 40 00:01:53,178 --> 00:01:55,028 I thought you were dating Hannah. 41 00:01:55,028 --> 00:01:57,390 -So did I. -I wasn't. 42 00:01:57,390 --> 00:01:59,451 Which is why I came over to clear things up. 43 00:01:59,451 --> 00:02:03,123 - And you did. - [Growls softly] 44 00:02:03,975 --> 00:02:05,561 Are you guys back together? 45 00:02:07,256 --> 00:02:08,913 We're working it out. 46 00:02:09,128 --> 00:02:11,963 Right, there's still work to do. 47 00:02:12,679 --> 00:02:15,166 And if that work was gonna happen in the house, 48 00:02:15,538 --> 00:02:17,100 I had to vacate the premises. 49 00:02:17,778 --> 00:02:20,938 Right, well, I am feeling much better now, 50 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,506 so I'm gonna head to school. 51 00:02:22,508 --> 00:02:24,710 - Well, let me get dressed. - She can drive herself. 52 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:26,410 She is not driving the slut-wagon. 53 00:02:26,412 --> 00:02:28,280 The thing will only bring her negative attention. 54 00:02:28,281 --> 00:02:29,980 < i> Car or no car, 55 00:02:29,982 --> 00:02:33,452 negative attention was about the only attention I could expect. 56 00:02:37,020 --> 00:02:38,522 You sure you're feeling okay? 57 00:02:39,441 --> 00:02:41,193 You don't look so good. I'm fine. 58 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:43,310 I wasn't, but how do you tell your mom 59 00:02:43,310 --> 00:02:45,363 you're about to walk into a public lynching? 60 00:02:45,363 --> 00:02:48,250 Really? Well, there are a couple small things 61 00:02:48,250 --> 00:02:49,930 that happened recently which are making me 62 00:02:49,930 --> 00:02:51,700 a wee bit apprehensive. 63 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,688 - Bitch! - Like that. 64 00:02:53,688 --> 00:02:55,323 Don't call my daughter a bitch! 65 00:02:55,323 --> 00:02:56,487 Not her, you. 66 00:02:59,912 --> 00:03:01,245 What's going on? 67 00:03:02,526 --> 00:03:04,706 So Jake broke up with me and then caught me making out with Matty, 68 00:03:04,706 --> 00:03:05,503 which shouldn't have been a thing, 69 00:03:05,503 --> 00:03:06,558 'cause I was technically single, 70 00:03:06,558 --> 00:03:08,175 but he thinks I'm a cheater because he didn't know 71 00:03:08,175 --> 00:03:09,612 that I was with Matty before I was with him, 72 00:03:09,612 --> 00:03:11,112 so he thought that we were seeing each other 73 00:03:11,112 --> 00:03:14,035 while I was seeing him, that "him" being Jake. Following? 74 00:03:14,035 --> 00:03:16,269 So I exposed my blog and basically everything about myself, 75 00:03:16,269 --> 00:03:18,276 and I didn't realize that there would be collateral damage, 76 00:03:18,276 --> 00:03:19,422 which I guess sort of kind of 77 00:03:19,422 --> 00:03:22,867 definitely involves you and the letter. 78 00:03:25,852 --> 00:03:27,895 Everyone knows I wrote the letter? 79 00:03:28,771 --> 00:03:30,273 You're disgusting. 80 00:03:31,559 --> 00:03:33,215 I know it seems like I did this on purpose 81 00:03:33,215 --> 00:03:36,622 because things aren't resolved between us. I didn't mean to hurt you. 82 00:03:38,304 --> 00:03:39,999 Have a nice day, honey. 83 00:03:47,633 --> 00:03:49,545 We need to talk. I can't. Not now. 84 00:03:49,545 --> 00:03:51,311 Please, let me say my piece. 85 00:03:52,594 --> 00:03:54,760 Writing that letter to Jenna was terrible. 86 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,406 - Agreed. - And cruel. 87 00:03:56,406 --> 00:03:57,853 - I get it. - No, you don't. 88 00:03:57,853 --> 00:04:01,431 But I do, because despite how together I may seem 89 00:04:01,431 --> 00:04:03,030 I was once a misfit too. 90 00:04:03,030 --> 00:04:04,699 Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, 91 00:04:04,699 --> 00:04:07,780 but things weren't always smooth sailing for this old kimosabe. 92 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:10,242 And do you know who always lifted me up? 93 00:04:11,641 --> 00:04:12,952 - Your mother. - That's right. 94 00:04:12,952 --> 00:04:14,949 And let me tell you, I was pretty heavy back then. 95 00:04:15,352 --> 00:04:17,855 I had a tendency to eat my feelings, 96 00:04:17,856 --> 00:04:20,653 but no matter how heavy my load 97 00:04:20,654 --> 00:04:22,291 or my ass, 98 00:04:22,292 --> 00:04:24,516 my mother could always lighten it 99 00:04:24,517 --> 00:04:26,048 with her unconditional love 100 00:04:26,049 --> 00:04:28,119 because that is what good mothers do. 101 00:04:28,119 --> 00:04:30,538 They love their kids. They don't tear them down. 102 00:04:32,321 --> 00:04:35,993 L-Dawg, I really expected we were on the road 103 00:04:35,994 --> 00:04:39,506 to being besties, but now I-- 104 00:04:40,218 --> 00:04:42,368 I don't think I can even be your friend. 105 00:04:50,671 --> 00:04:52,975 What kinda day are we looking at, lunch in the bathroom? 106 00:04:52,976 --> 00:04:54,893 Nope, I'm clear for quad exposure. 107 00:04:54,893 --> 00:04:57,218 I'm back in with the mafia, big time. 108 00:04:57,218 --> 00:04:59,836 They got my parents to buy me a car. 109 00:04:59,836 --> 00:05:01,023 You're kidding. Why? 110 00:05:01,023 --> 00:05:02,275 It's a peace offering. 111 00:05:02,275 --> 00:05:06,218 Becca's scared shitless of you, and by proxy, now me. 112 00:05:06,218 --> 00:05:07,546 Why is she scared of me? 113 00:05:07,546 --> 00:05:09,250 'Cause putting yourself up for public consumption 114 00:05:09,250 --> 00:05:11,173 is, like, batshizat on crack. 115 00:05:11,173 --> 00:05:13,185 You're the scariest kind of loose cannon, Jenna. 116 00:05:13,185 --> 00:05:14,442 You're a suicide bomber. 117 00:05:14,442 --> 00:05:16,036 I wasn't trying to blow myself up. 118 00:05:16,036 --> 00:05:17,418 Motive doesn't matter 119 00:05:17,418 --> 00:05:18,783 but mission accomplished. 120 00:05:18,869 --> 00:05:21,620 Your social suicide scared everyone silent. 121 00:05:21,620 --> 00:05:24,459 I assumed it was merely the calm before the storm, 122 00:05:24,459 --> 00:05:27,052 and as such I was battening down the hatches. 123 00:05:27,052 --> 00:05:28,737 Watch it! 124 00:05:30,042 --> 00:05:31,816 - Jenna. - Sorry, Julie. 125 00:05:31,817 --> 00:05:33,369 Julie. 126 00:05:33,370 --> 00:05:35,972 I had hit the hornets nest-- The Julies. 127 00:05:35,973 --> 00:05:37,358 They were power brokers, 128 00:05:37,359 --> 00:05:39,992 the kind of girls who could make or break a reputation 129 00:05:39,993 --> 00:05:42,741 with a simple smile or a smirk. 130 00:05:42,742 --> 00:05:44,042 Nobody wanted to mess with them, 131 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:46,111 and I definitely didn't want them to mess with me. 132 00:05:46,112 --> 00:05:48,479 - What you did was ballsy. - And psychotic. 133 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,780 It was a mistake. 134 00:05:49,781 --> 00:05:52,146 No, the mistake was ditching Matty for Jake. 135 00:05:52,147 --> 00:05:53,817 Team Jake all the way! 136 00:05:53,818 --> 00:05:57,098 Seriously, when Matty showed up at the dance, total panty drop. 137 00:05:57,099 --> 00:05:59,316 Forget you. Nothing trumps the bit with Jake 138 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:01,063 when he decked out his mom's minivan. 139 00:06:01,064 --> 00:06:02,490 It wasn't really a bit. 140 00:06:02,835 --> 00:06:04,602 That actually happened. 141 00:06:05,092 --> 00:06:07,024 Whatever. I just loved it. 142 00:06:07,432 --> 00:06:10,433 Anyhoo, gotta go. Back-up pants a-calling. 143 00:06:12,999 --> 00:06:15,767 That was strange. And unexpected. 144 00:06:15,768 --> 00:06:17,168 She just said "back-up pants." 145 00:06:17,169 --> 00:06:18,816 That was her quoting you quoting me. 146 00:06:18,817 --> 00:06:20,747 Do you realize what just happened? 147 00:06:20,748 --> 00:06:23,241 You've just been bitch-backed by the Julies. 148 00:06:23,242 --> 00:06:24,549 - Okay. - You don't get it. 149 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:26,484 You're, like, a small cable show. 150 00:06:26,485 --> 00:06:29,121 You may not have a budget or marketing, but you're interesting 151 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:30,854 and you're catching on with the right peeps. 152 00:06:30,855 --> 00:06:33,324 Peeps that get you and care what you think. 153 00:06:33,325 --> 00:06:35,059 Nobody cares what I think. 154 00:06:35,060 --> 00:06:36,660 But ironically, they did. 155 00:06:36,962 --> 00:06:38,294 I had fans. 156 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:44,835 And they wanted dating advice... 157 00:06:48,301 --> 00:06:49,774 Fashion tips... 158 00:06:52,156 --> 00:06:53,878 And a teenage perspective. 159 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:57,615 Suddenly everyone needed my opinion on their life 160 00:06:57,616 --> 00:06:58,916 and to weigh in on mine. 161 00:06:59,230 --> 00:07:02,253 It was overwhelming and exhilarating. 162 00:07:02,254 --> 00:07:04,021 I was a tastemaker. 163 00:07:05,599 --> 00:07:08,044 Ugh, how is the hamil-troll's star rising 164 00:07:08,045 --> 00:07:09,392 while mine falls? 165 00:07:09,393 --> 00:07:12,468 The bitch really crossed the line exposing my relationship with Ricky. 166 00:07:12,469 --> 00:07:15,098 I call shenanigans. She didn't ho and tell. 167 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:17,901 Everyone already knew about you and Ricky. Ho and tell? 168 00:07:17,903 --> 00:07:21,438 Don't make me puke with that side-stooge's lingo. 169 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,340 Look, I know Jenna's blog didn't paint you in the best light. 170 00:07:24,342 --> 00:07:27,011 But you gotta give her credit. She can spell. 171 00:07:27,012 --> 00:07:31,137 I'm not going to give her credit for anything except inducing my stress. 172 00:07:31,137 --> 00:07:35,765 She totally exaggerated Ricky's past indiscretions on that retarded blog, 173 00:07:35,765 --> 00:07:39,561 which is why I now have the worst breakout of my life. 174 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:41,091 See? 175 00:07:41,091 --> 00:07:42,180 Tia! 176 00:07:42,180 --> 00:07:46,410 Please, stop with the slang or I'm gonna slap you. 177 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:48,899 Why are you looking at me like that? 178 00:07:48,901 --> 00:07:50,400 I don't think you're breaking out. 179 00:07:50,402 --> 00:07:53,003 You've been making out. That is a kiss blister. 180 00:07:53,005 --> 00:07:54,938 What the hell is a kiss blister? 181 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,608 Herpes. 182 00:07:57,610 --> 00:08:00,524 This is not that. 183 00:08:00,524 --> 00:08:02,121 It's a zit. 184 00:08:03,329 --> 00:08:04,676 Good luck with everything. 185 00:08:11,649 --> 00:08:12,989 You should say something. 186 00:08:13,541 --> 00:08:16,092 What is there to say that hasn't already been said? 187 00:08:16,594 --> 00:08:18,728 Or read? Good point. 188 00:08:18,930 --> 00:08:20,875 With all my newfound validation, 189 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:23,757 I had almost forgotten that mattered most. 190 00:08:24,430 --> 00:08:26,368 Make that the two opinions. 191 00:08:26,368 --> 00:08:27,862 Maybe it is a good time to talk. 192 00:08:27,862 --> 00:08:31,070 'Cause my new positive approval rating could be rubbing off on them too. 193 00:08:32,176 --> 00:08:33,434 - Right? - I don't know about them. 194 00:08:33,434 --> 00:08:35,283 But it's definitely rubbing off on me. 195 00:08:35,283 --> 00:08:37,879 People have been rocking my slanguage left and right. 196 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:40,932 I've heard three Tamara "isms" in the first two periods alone. 197 00:08:40,932 --> 00:08:43,291 Although Amy Dube doesn't really get 198 00:08:43,291 --> 00:08:45,365 that a "Fail Mary" isn't a good thing. 199 00:08:46,990 --> 00:08:48,440 Go. Talk to them. 200 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:49,894 What's the worst that could happen? 201 00:08:49,894 --> 00:08:53,935 They could spit in my face. They could, but they won't. 202 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:04,540 Turns out my great expectations, 203 00:09:04,540 --> 00:09:06,098 not so great. 204 00:09:14,531 --> 00:09:16,184 Hey, do you mind if we switch seats? 205 00:09:16,184 --> 00:09:18,067 I do. I'm not on your team. 206 00:09:18,339 --> 00:09:20,379 I am. You could switch with me. 207 00:09:20,379 --> 00:09:24,478 Thanks, but my objective is to get further from someone, not closer. 208 00:09:25,012 --> 00:09:26,895 - Can we trade? - No. 209 00:09:26,895 --> 00:09:29,961 You're lame. No wonder Jenna dumped you. 210 00:09:31,057 --> 00:09:32,628 All right, frenchies, 211 00:09:32,821 --> 00:09:35,306 Miss Kang had an emergency and had to go home, 212 00:09:35,306 --> 00:09:38,246 probably 'cause she ate some bad creme fraiche this morning. 213 00:09:38,246 --> 00:09:41,193 Some creme not-so-fraiche, huh? 214 00:09:43,548 --> 00:09:45,052 C'est la vie. 215 00:09:45,052 --> 00:09:46,912 Well, I didn't have time to call in a sub, 216 00:09:46,912 --> 00:09:48,169 so you're watching a movie. 217 00:09:48,169 --> 00:09:50,021 It's called Jules and Jim. 218 00:09:50,021 --> 00:09:52,303 So in case you wanna tune out and take a napster, 219 00:09:52,303 --> 00:09:53,197 here are the highlights. 220 00:09:53,197 --> 00:09:56,302 "Two best friends fall in love with the same woman, 221 00:09:56,302 --> 00:09:58,650 who leaves the insecure one for the passionate one, 222 00:09:58,650 --> 00:10:00,172 causing friction between them. 223 00:10:00,172 --> 00:10:02,565 Then the woman drives one of them off a bridge." 224 00:10:02,565 --> 00:10:06,111 A stupid suicidal girl comes in between two friends. 225 00:10:06,111 --> 00:10:07,551 That sounds familiar. 226 00:10:07,551 --> 00:10:10,132 Oh, it's just like Jenna Hamilton's life. 227 00:10:10,132 --> 00:10:14,466 Except the movie is better because the girl actually dies. 228 00:10:15,818 --> 00:10:17,292 I hope you're taking notes, 229 00:10:17,292 --> 00:10:19,526 'cause Matty's not in the wrong-- You are. 230 00:10:19,526 --> 00:10:22,524 Listen, I appreciate your opinion, but you don't have all the information. 231 00:10:22,524 --> 00:10:24,397 Actually, I do. I read the blog. 232 00:10:24,397 --> 00:10:25,871 Good for you, but there's no way 233 00:10:25,871 --> 00:10:27,743 a stupid movie's gonna give me a new perspective. 234 00:10:27,743 --> 00:10:30,251 I'm never talking to that asshole again. 235 00:10:38,678 --> 00:10:39,725 We should talk. 236 00:10:42,022 --> 00:10:44,367 Why didn't you just tell me that the camp girl was Jenna? 237 00:10:44,367 --> 00:10:45,210 I don't know, man. 238 00:10:45,210 --> 00:10:48,788 I was still figuring it all out when suddenly you were into her, 239 00:10:48,788 --> 00:10:51,671 and every time I tried to tell you, it got more complicated. 240 00:10:51,671 --> 00:10:53,217 More complicated than this? 241 00:10:53,735 --> 00:10:56,602 Dude, I don't want our friendship to go out this way. 242 00:10:56,604 --> 00:10:59,037 - Neither do I. - So what do we do? 243 00:10:59,039 --> 00:11:02,493 We just move on. And we tell each other the truth, okay? 244 00:11:02,493 --> 00:11:03,234 About everything. 245 00:11:03,234 --> 00:11:06,242 Yeah. Good for me. Me too. 246 00:11:08,483 --> 00:11:11,017 - So you should know-- - So you should know-- 247 00:11:12,319 --> 00:11:13,866 - I still love Jenna. - I still love Jenna. 248 00:11:18,526 --> 00:11:20,992 Can you help get me somewhere safe and out of the spotlight? 249 00:11:21,061 --> 00:11:22,361 I got you, J. 250 00:11:22,363 --> 00:11:23,662 Back off, sycophants. 251 00:11:23,664 --> 00:11:25,398 Jenna doesn't have all the answers. 252 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,495 But you do have all the answers. 253 00:11:27,495 --> 00:11:28,816 Have you read my blog? 254 00:11:28,816 --> 00:11:30,402 I don't. My life is a mess. 255 00:11:30,402 --> 00:11:32,218 Au contraire. 256 00:11:32,273 --> 00:11:33,706 That's French for "on the contrary." 257 00:11:33,708 --> 00:11:35,073 I gathered. 258 00:11:35,075 --> 00:11:36,742 Your life isn't a mess. It's amazing. 259 00:11:36,744 --> 00:11:40,611 You have friends, a bro-down, and a very nice way with words, 260 00:11:40,615 --> 00:11:43,282 which I know because I devoured every last one of them, 261 00:11:43,584 --> 00:11:45,317 virtually speaking of course. 262 00:11:45,319 --> 00:11:46,685 Of course. 263 00:11:46,687 --> 00:11:48,153 So here's what I need to know. 264 00:11:48,155 --> 00:11:49,688 I was bracing myself. 265 00:11:49,690 --> 00:11:51,065 Will you help me write my memoir? 266 00:11:54,345 --> 00:11:56,493 This is getting insane. I'm not a role model. 267 00:11:56,563 --> 00:11:58,464 No, you're a Lifetime movie. 268 00:11:58,466 --> 00:12:01,667 Seriously, we should think about adapting your blog. 269 00:12:01,669 --> 00:12:03,335 This isn't a movie, this is my life, 270 00:12:03,337 --> 00:12:05,804 and I don't have a remote to take control 271 00:12:05,806 --> 00:12:08,307 or delete the traumatic episodes involving Matty and Jake. 272 00:12:08,409 --> 00:12:10,175 They're never gonna talk to me again. 273 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,723 That's so major! 274 00:12:11,723 --> 00:12:13,063 May-jer! 275 00:12:13,380 --> 00:12:14,980 May-jer! 276 00:12:16,716 --> 00:12:18,283 May-jer, may-jor. 277 00:12:18,285 --> 00:12:19,952 Lose the E and stress the O. 278 00:12:19,954 --> 00:12:21,520 Amazeballs. And so are you. 279 00:12:21,522 --> 00:12:23,489 You really dodged a bullet with that Ricky reject. 280 00:12:23,491 --> 00:12:26,311 Rumor has it he's rocking some nasty STDs 281 00:12:26,311 --> 00:12:27,339 in his sex-cretins. 282 00:12:27,339 --> 00:12:28,503 sex-cretins. 283 00:12:28,503 --> 00:12:31,277 But he is a cretin, that's for sure. 284 00:12:32,399 --> 00:12:34,594 See, Jenna? Nothing to worry about. 285 00:12:34,594 --> 00:12:36,626 You're on a positively positive upswing. 286 00:12:36,737 --> 00:12:38,738 The boys are bound to come around. No doubt. 287 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:40,874 I mean, it's not like you gave them herpes. 288 00:12:47,881 --> 00:12:49,247 Shit. 289 00:13:02,993 --> 00:13:04,827 Finally, the tide had turned, 290 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,973 and I was about to get the smackdown I had anticipated. 291 00:13:08,102 --> 00:13:09,770 Okay, here we go. 292 00:13:10,946 --> 00:13:13,580 Lay it on me. I'm ready. 293 00:13:14,341 --> 00:13:17,143 We've decided not to let a girl come between us. 294 00:13:17,144 --> 00:13:19,646 I understand. So you need to choose. 295 00:13:20,748 --> 00:13:24,050 Him or me. 296 00:13:24,051 --> 00:13:25,383 Team Jake! 297 00:13:35,574 --> 00:13:36,874 I know. 298 00:13:38,324 --> 00:13:39,624 I know. 299 00:13:40,261 --> 00:13:42,295 I know! Just let me be! 300 00:13:43,186 --> 00:13:45,887 Mom? I'm home. 301 00:13:47,156 --> 00:13:49,190 - Please don't. - Hello. 302 00:13:49,792 --> 00:13:51,194 I'm fine. 303 00:13:51,796 --> 00:13:54,530 My mother is not a monster. 304 00:13:55,932 --> 00:13:59,844 Has this been happening all day? Honey, don't worry about it. 305 00:13:59,845 --> 00:14:01,146 How 'bout a snack? 306 00:14:01,147 --> 00:14:03,639 Apparently my stigma hadn't disappeared. 307 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,624 It transferred to my mother. 308 00:14:05,624 --> 00:14:07,554 Mom, I'm so sorry. 309 00:14:07,554 --> 00:14:10,269 You have nothing to apologize for. 310 00:14:10,552 --> 00:14:11,411 I deserve this. 311 00:14:11,411 --> 00:14:14,373 This isn't tit for tat, I swear. I know. 312 00:14:14,373 --> 00:14:19,137 Because even though you haven't forgiven me, you have never been cruel. 313 00:14:19,137 --> 00:14:20,526 But I have. 314 00:14:20,526 --> 00:14:22,143 That letter was cruel. 315 00:14:24,023 --> 00:14:26,156 So why did you write it? 316 00:14:32,569 --> 00:14:34,995 The day I wrote it, my mother laid into me, 317 00:14:34,995 --> 00:14:38,743 telling me that I wasn't raising you right. 318 00:14:38,743 --> 00:14:42,615 And instead of tuning her out, I tuned her in. 319 00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:47,850 And I did what I never wanted to do. 320 00:14:47,851 --> 00:14:51,874 I attacked you the way that she has always attacked me, 321 00:14:51,874 --> 00:14:55,282 and it wasn't right or fair. 322 00:14:55,472 --> 00:14:59,150 It was just a family pattern that apparently I couldn't break. 323 00:14:59,151 --> 00:15:01,374 We need to call dad. No, please don't call him. 324 00:15:01,374 --> 00:15:04,492 He can fix this. I know, but he can't fix me. 325 00:15:05,370 --> 00:15:09,115 I'm a monster. That's not true. 326 00:15:09,572 --> 00:15:10,455 Jenna. 327 00:15:11,939 --> 00:15:14,907 Your dad didn't stay with me for me. 328 00:15:15,674 --> 00:15:17,324 He stayed for you. 329 00:15:17,324 --> 00:15:19,874 And while I will always be your mother 330 00:15:19,874 --> 00:15:23,296 and I will always love you, 331 00:15:24,454 --> 00:15:26,222 you have a choice. 332 00:15:28,524 --> 00:15:30,294 You don't have to love me. 333 00:15:32,396 --> 00:15:35,764 Again, my life was full of unexpected choices. 334 00:15:35,765 --> 00:15:38,201 Choices that I didn't want to make. 335 00:15:39,903 --> 00:15:43,161 You can handle this with medication. 336 00:15:43,161 --> 00:15:45,123 I don't want to take medication. 337 00:15:45,123 --> 00:15:48,610 I want to wring Ricky's neck. And you should. 338 00:15:48,610 --> 00:15:50,246 A real man would have disclosed. 339 00:15:50,246 --> 00:15:52,884 He's branded you for life. So should I break up with him? 340 00:15:52,884 --> 00:15:55,669 I don't know. Who else is gonna want you now? 341 00:15:57,153 --> 00:15:59,822 Actually, a lot of guys. 342 00:15:59,823 --> 00:16:02,724 According to the commercials, one out of every four. 343 00:16:05,061 --> 00:16:07,950 It's my doctor. I'm too nervous. Answer it. 344 00:16:08,882 --> 00:16:10,205 Hi. 345 00:16:11,774 --> 00:16:13,439 Yes, this is Sadie. 346 00:16:15,919 --> 00:16:17,321 It's not herpes. 347 00:16:18,088 --> 00:16:20,140 - So it's nothing. - I told you so. 348 00:16:21,472 --> 00:16:24,967 I was just about to break up with Ricky thanks to you... 349 00:16:25,781 --> 00:16:29,393 I'm gonna go before I wring your neck. 350 00:16:31,054 --> 00:16:32,455 Dropped a new word today. 351 00:16:32,456 --> 00:16:35,758 "Adora-whore-able." 352 00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:37,679 Adora-whore-able? What's it mean? 353 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:38,990 Slutty yet sweet. 354 00:16:38,991 --> 00:16:41,630 -You've heard it? -Unfortunately. 355 00:16:41,631 --> 00:16:45,139 Amanda Shillingford said it in reference to me on my way out of Geometry. 356 00:16:45,139 --> 00:16:48,037 God, I'm so on fire! I'm trendsetting. 357 00:16:48,037 --> 00:16:49,949 And I'm trending in two categories, 358 00:16:50,006 --> 00:16:52,408 hashtag Jenna-pick-Jake and Jenna-pick-Matty. 359 00:16:52,409 --> 00:16:54,342 Why can't everyone just mind their own business? 360 00:16:54,343 --> 00:16:55,751 You need to breathe. 361 00:16:55,752 --> 00:16:57,380 And then tell us, who's it gonna be? 362 00:16:59,082 --> 00:17:01,683 - Is it Matty or me? - No pressure or anything. 363 00:17:01,685 --> 00:17:03,616 -I appreciate that. -But we need to know. 364 00:17:04,588 --> 00:17:07,268 And so did everyone else. 365 00:17:07,991 --> 00:17:09,958 I just-- I can't think like this. 366 00:17:10,356 --> 00:17:11,338 Then don't. 367 00:17:11,338 --> 00:17:12,528 We'll do it for you. 368 00:17:12,528 --> 00:17:13,752 I can vouch for Matty. 369 00:17:13,752 --> 00:17:15,312 He's a good-looking guy 370 00:17:15,312 --> 00:17:16,536 with a great head of hair 371 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:17,864 and a really big heart. 372 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:20,289 Wow. That means a lot, man. 373 00:17:20,289 --> 00:17:21,661 And see, it's that kind of thoughtfulness 374 00:17:21,661 --> 00:17:23,605 that makes Jake the better contender. 375 00:17:23,605 --> 00:17:25,756 He's about the best kind of friend to have around 376 00:17:25,756 --> 00:17:29,271 when the going gets tough. Well, you're no slouch in that department either, man. 377 00:17:29,271 --> 00:17:30,724 I don't know, what would I have done without you 378 00:17:30,724 --> 00:17:32,064 when my brother went to rehab last year? 379 00:17:32,064 --> 00:17:34,844 And when my mom had that cancer scare, you were right by my side. 380 00:17:34,844 --> 00:17:35,975 And I'll be there again. 381 00:17:38,754 --> 00:17:40,316 So? 382 00:17:40,589 --> 00:17:42,743 I've made a decision. 383 00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:46,236 You should date each other. 384 00:17:59,485 --> 00:18:02,576 Is mom coming to dinner? She went to bed. 385 00:18:02,578 --> 00:18:03,878 It's 6:00 o'clock. 386 00:18:03,879 --> 00:18:07,948 She's had a rough couple of days, and she's gonna get through it. 387 00:18:08,450 --> 00:18:10,148 With you? 388 00:18:10,786 --> 00:18:12,432 I'm not going anywhere. 389 00:18:18,023 --> 00:18:20,217 Did you only stay with mom for me? 390 00:18:21,963 --> 00:18:23,830 Your mom tell you that? 391 00:18:23,832 --> 00:18:25,457 Yeah. 392 00:18:28,150 --> 00:18:29,570 Uh, when we were younger, 393 00:18:29,572 --> 00:18:32,872 I did and said a lot of awful things to her, 394 00:18:33,627 --> 00:18:37,266 things she's forgiven but clearly hasn't forgotten. 395 00:18:38,814 --> 00:18:41,781 I-- I wasn't always the best guy. 396 00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:44,990 Let's be real, 397 00:18:45,221 --> 00:18:47,149 she hasn't always been the best either. 398 00:18:47,150 --> 00:18:47,794 No, I know. 399 00:18:47,786 --> 00:18:50,239 But you've got to cut her some slack. Because what 400 00:18:50,239 --> 00:18:54,024 you don't know is that I wasn't always around 401 00:18:54,024 --> 00:18:57,948 as much as I should have been. And when I was, 402 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:00,558 you didn't want me to hold you. 403 00:19:00,558 --> 00:19:02,976 That's not true. You were the only one who could put me to sleep. 404 00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:04,583 With your mom's song. 405 00:19:06,235 --> 00:19:11,811 Singing that lullaby was the only way to get you to calm down 406 00:19:11,813 --> 00:19:14,572 So your mom taught it to me. 407 00:19:15,150 --> 00:19:17,517 She wanted me to be your hero. 408 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:19,786 You are my hero, dad. 409 00:19:20,416 --> 00:19:22,975 And your mom is mine. 410 00:19:29,061 --> 00:19:30,997 In an unexpected turn of events, 411 00:19:30,999 --> 00:19:33,833 I was neither a winner nor a loser. 412 00:19:33,835 --> 00:19:35,502 I was a chooser. 413 00:19:35,504 --> 00:19:38,138 But someone had to win. Someone had to lose. 414 00:19:38,140 --> 00:19:39,973 And I was still left to choose. 415 00:19:39,975 --> 00:19:41,541 It was a big decision 416 00:19:41,543 --> 00:19:43,677 and not an easy one to make. 417 00:19:44,435 --> 00:19:48,324 BURK: TEAM MATTY. VERA H: TEAM JAKE. 418 00:19:50,496 --> 00:19:52,666 So I had chosen... 419 00:19:55,669 --> 00:19:56,857 my mom. 420 00:20:01,329 --> 00:20:06,281 ♪ Special wonderful surprise ♪ 421 00:20:06,669 --> 00:20:09,636 ♪ rest your eyes ♪ 422 00:20:09,638 --> 00:20:12,906 ♪ rest your eyes ♪ 423 00:20:12,908 --> 00:20:17,687 ♪ what a blessing you will make ♪ 424 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,080 Both: ♪ when you wake ♪ 425 00:20:21,082 --> 00:20:24,150 ♪ when you wake ♪ 426 00:20:24,152 --> 00:20:29,589 ♪ strong and beautiful you'll be ♪ 427 00:20:29,591 --> 00:20:32,559 ♪ next to me ♪ 428 00:20:32,561 --> 00:20:35,728 ♪ next to me ♪ 429 00:20:37,468 --> 00:20:38,693 Next on Awkward... 430 00:20:38,693 --> 00:20:40,709 "If you had to do-over, how would you handle it?" 431 00:20:40,709 --> 00:20:43,359 A do-over-- It was an interesting concept. 432 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:44,649 I was afraid you weren't gonna show. 433 00:20:44,649 --> 00:20:48,460 Wait. "Enough about Matty. I'm pro-Jake." 434 00:20:48,460 --> 00:20:49,547 So I'll break it off with Matty, 435 00:20:49,547 --> 00:20:51,992 you get rid of Lissa, and we can be together. Cool. 436 00:20:51,992 --> 00:20:55,391 I didn't have to choose between Matty or Jake, but I wanted to. 437 00:20:55,391 --> 00:20:57,694 And I finally knew who it would be with.