Mom at Sixteen Page #3

- Whatever.

- The kids here are cool.

As long as you stay away

from the riffraff.

The posers are lame,

the jocks are retarded...

...but the mainstream nobodies are cool.

- All right, ladies, in the pool.

Good job. Get your head in the water.

In the water. And pull all the way through.

Alison, pull all the way through!

Werner, head down!

You're gonna drown out there.

All right. Good.

I'll call you back.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Hey, tell me, did you

ever swim in competition?

- A long time ago.

- Yeah?

Because a bunch of our strong

swimmers graduated last year.

- We could really use your help on the team.

- I don't really swim anymore.

All right. Call me, you know,

if you have a change of heart.

Because "swim team" looks

really good on a college application.

And it gets you out of P.E.

We meet twice a week,

and swim meets start in a couple weeks.

- Did I mention the really snappy swimsuits?

- I'll think about it.

There's this girl, this child,

who still has braces... Hi.

- And is even too young to drive,

by the way...

...she comes to my office today to tell me

that she thinks she's pregnant.

So this young girl who hasn't been to

college, no less graduated high school...

...who sits home and watches cartoons all

day, why can she have a baby and I can't?

So, what'd you say?

I convinced her to talk to her mother.

She went to the doctor.

She's not pregnant, by the way. The point

is, she could have a baby if she wanted.

- Sandra?

- Yeah?

Hi. Aren't you supposed to be

studying for the SATs?

- Now might be a good time.

- Okay.

No, no, no. Now.

- Now would be a good time.

- Okay.

- Sorry, what's the point?

- Point is, they don't make the connection...

...between having sex...

That that can result in having babies.

Honey, they don't wanna listen

to a sexy woman...

...who's having sex with a sexy man...

...to tell them they can't have sex.

It's hard for me to be in a school

with all these girls...

...who can get pregnant, and I can't.

- We gotta get dog food.

Hello. Are you listening to me?

Yes.

Come here.

I think if the in vitro doesn't work...

...we should reconsider adoption.

- What?

I'm calling the agency

and getting back on the list.

I can't go through that process again.

- You can go through that again?

- Well, we might have to.

I wanna make sure

we have a backup plan...

...so I don't watch you collapse again.

- Excuse me.

You were just as wrecked as I was.

You just won't show it.

But I can recover.

What are you saying?

You're saying I had a choice?

What choice did I have, Bruce?

What..? What choice did I have?

No, I did not. I did what I did.

That's what I had to do

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