Kevin...I've met someone!
Wh...?
Winnie Cooper was my first real love. She grew up in a house across the street.
She was the first girl I'd ever kissed. And now...
She'd broken up with me.
But it wasn't until the next day that I understood what it all meant.
This is all a mistake!
Huh?
What happened - with Winnie and me?
Oh, that.
It's just a big misunderstanding, right?
Well...
She's probably just mad at me. Don't you think?
Kev...
Yeah?
It's over.
What?
Well, I'm sorry, but that's what I think.
I mean it's pretty clear. She met this guy...she likes him better...
Who asked you?!
Well, you did. Remember?
Hey, Arnold! Heard the "Super Cooper" dropped you like a rotten egg. Sorry!
Great.
One little tiff with my girlfriend, suddenly I'm headline news.
Kev? Maybe you should just...accept it.
Yeah? Well, I don't, OK?!
Hey, I was fourteen. Acceptance was not exactly a major part of my emotional repertoire.
What I needed was a little support - a sympathetic ear.
Kevin?
A wolf in sheep's clothing.
Madeline!
I'm sorry about what happened with you and Winnie.
I guess...breaking up is hard to do.
Yeah. Well we're not really broken up.
Oh.
I just thought...
Yeah...Well it's not like that, OK?
We're just working it out.
Well if you want to talk...I'm always available.
Thanks, but I won't need that.
The whole thing's been blown out of proportion.
I had to quell these rumors.
She's here.
It was kind of a big moment. The first step toward making up always is.
...pretty well.
Winnie?
Kevin. Hi.
How are you?
OK. How are you?
Great!
Good.
And they said we'd split up.
- Kevin... - Hey! Don't give it a second thought.
No sense dwelling on the past. It was all behind us now.
Hey, Winnie. Our pizza's ready.
Hey.
Kevin, you remember Roger.
Hey!
How you doing?
OK.
I wanted to crush every bone in his hand.
Uh...It was good talking to you Kevin.
Yeah.
Yeah. Great talking.
Don't do it.
Good. Because it's a "losers" move.
Course, Wayne had been dumped by every girl in the tri-county area.
So he did speak with a certain authority.
OK, then what should I do?
- You keep your distance... - Uh-huh.
- You make her suffer... - Uh-huh.
Otherwise, you're just some road kill on the side of the highway,
waiting to get run over a second time.
Wayne, this is none of your business.
Fine! Do what you want.
But if you do call her back, may as well hang a billboard up saying"Winnie, come back, please."
Better yet, maybe you should throw a party for her.
Uh-hhehhe.
Huh. Talk about stupid!
The very thought of a party - talk about ridiculous! What would I do - invite her,
get her alone, work a little magic on her?
I'm having a party!
A what?
It seems like a good time. What do you think?
Why are you having a party?
Well, I have a lot of friends I can invite.
Hey, no need to show all of my cards.
Like Winnie?
Yeah, for example.
Frankly, Kev...
It sounds a little obvious.
Uh-huh.
Well...that's why we're gonna have it at your house.
What?
Paul, if you're a friend, you'll do this.
Forget it.
Yeah, I'd love to go!Great, great.
It was a stroke of genius, planned...
By a mastermind.
Well, see you there.
So what'd she say?
She's gonna come.
Really?
And she thinks the luau thing is a going to be perfect.
What?
You have any good recipes for spinach dip?
Paul! Did my name come up?
Oh, of course!
She asked if you were going to be there.
Good...good. Did she seem happy?
Yeah...yeah, she was happy.
I knew it!
Kevin?
Hi.
Uh, I'd better be getting home.
Got a party to plan!
Oops! Sorry!
Paul tells me you're going to be at his party.
Well, yeah, yeah. I'm going to help him with some stuff.
It was so thoughtful of him to ask me!
Well, I had a little something to do with that.
I just want to make sure it was OK.
Sure it's OK. Yeah, it's gonna be a ball!
Yeah, everything was working out.
Just a matter of hours now, before we'd be together once again.
Then we'll see you there!
"We"?
Uh-huh.
Kevin, it's just so nice you invited us.
"Us"?
Uh-huh.
Either Winnie had become royalty overnight, or...
Winnie!
Bye!
I was going to throw a party for the girl that I loved...
And her boyfriend.
By the next day, I had figured out a very workable solution to my problems.
- Paul! - Kev, forget it, I am not canceling the party!
Why not!
Because everybody is coming.
My mom already bought seven cases of cola, eight bags of potato chips.
And four different colored streamers.
Just like the guy - always thinking of himself.
Paul, you gotta cancel it.
Kev, you're the one who told me to invite them.
I told you to invite her, not uh, "What's-his-name".
Roger?
Sorry.
"Sorry"? That's all you have to say is "sorry"?
How was I supposed to know that she was gonna bring him?
Well, I...you're th-
Kev, forget it. The party's happening.
Faced with a betrayal of this magnitude, the line had to be drawn.
OK, then - I'm not coming.
No way the guy was going to throw a party without me. Heh-heh.
Too bad. You're going to miss the party of the decade.
Still, at least I stood my ground. For what that was worth.
Hi, Kevin!
Hey.
Did I hear that Paul Pfeiffer is having a party at his house tomorrow night?
Well, sort of. Kind of. Anyway, I'm not going.
Well that's a surprise!
What do you mean by that?
It's just I know you're one of Paul's best friends...and I just...expected...
Well I decided not to go.
It's gonna be stupid and boring...
and there are going to be a lot of people there that I don't want to see, anyway.
Winnie?
I must have been as transparent as a piece of cellophane.
Uh, no.
Uh, yeah.
She was thinking of maybe coming by.
I can imagine that must be hard.
What?
Going to a party alone, that she's going to be at.
Now wait a minute. What was this girl saying here?
Why couldn't I go to my best friend's party?
And who said I had to go alone?
Madeline?
Yes?
Do you want to go to a party?
Cheeseballs?
As the party was getting into gear, Paul was on edge.
Do you want a soda?
Sure.
I was a veritable pillar.
Whatever lay ahead, I was prepared.
Not to mention I was armed with the best-looking date at the party.
Thanks.
Yep, I was feeling pretty confident. I was ready for anything.
Well look who's here.
And that's when anything walked through the door.
With Mr. Anything.
Come on!
Where?
I want you to meet someone.
No sense in putting this off. It was time to fight fire with fire.
- Hi. - Hi, Kevin.
Have you ever met Madeline?
Of course...I knew it was a cruel blow.
Hi, Madeline.
Hi.
But I was merciless.
Madeline, this is Roger.
- Hi. - Nice meeting you.
- Hey. - Hey!
And it was high time for them to turn tail and run.
Hi, guys! I'm glad you could make it - the spinach dip is amazing.
Hi, Paul.
Oh, let me take your things.
Rats! Foiled by spinach dip. It was time to call an audible.
- Let's dance. - Good idea.
The gauntlet was down. I had no choice but to become the life of that party.
I danced with abandon.
I answered the question on everybody's lips.
"Is there life after Winnie Cooper?" You better believe it!
Kevin Arnold was a fun-loving guy with a beautiful date.
No doubt about it. I was the center of attention.
Sorry.
Maybe it's time for you to take a breather, Kev.
Hey! Is this a party or what?
I don't get it.
Sheesh. What was this guy's problem?
I wasn't hurting anybody.
Do you want to dance?
That depends.
What do you mean?
Are you going to be dancing with me...Or her?
What are you talking about?
Maybe it's time you made up your mind. About Winnie.
Huh?
She's making a fool of you.
Kevin!
Find me when you make up your mind.
Thought I'd spend some time with the washing machine...
Hi.
Hey.
Kevin, can we talk?
Talk about what?
We shouldn't be acting like this.
Well how do you want us to act?
I don't know...
Kevin, I care about you.
You mean a lot to me.
I do?
And...I need you...
I wanted to take her right there and tell her how much I missed her.
To...be my friend.
Your friend?
The words cut my heart out.
I couldn't have been more unprepared.
I said the first thing I felt.
I don't want to be your friend.
I got enough friends.
Kevin...
Winnie, let's just do both ourselves a favor and keep away from each other.
- You really mean that? - Of course I really mean that!
I guess I was hurting her, but I just didn't care anymore.
I'll tell you another thing, Winnie.
This whole thing's stupid. It's really not that big a deal.
And to tell you the truth our relationship didn't mean that much to me, alright?!
It was the biggest lie I ever told.
And she believed every word of it.
So how'd it go?
Fine, fine. Piece of cake.
Uh...Winnie Cooper was anyway.
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Madeline...Get lost!
Kev, where are you going?
That night I didn't feel much like going home.
Facing the inevitable questions.
It was only nine-thirty, so I thought maybe I'd hang out in the garage for awhile.
Maybe spend the night there.
Unfortunately, someone else was already hanging out in the garage.
Dad?
Hey...
What are you doing?
I'm trying to get this damn mower repaired.
Need any help?
Nah.
Uh...how are things going?
Unh, OK.
With, uh...Winnie I mean.
Well...things are pretty much over with us you know.
I guess it must hurt a lot, doesn't it?
I guess so.
Wish I could say it gets easier.
Can we go inside?
But I knew I wasn't going to make it inside.
You just hang in there now.
Love makes you do funny things.
It makes you proud. It makes you sorry.
Hi.
I'm sorry about what happened tonight.
You cold?
No. No, I'm fine.
I'm gonna go home. I just wanted to stop by.
Well I'm glad you stopped by, Kevin.
Yeah, well. What was I gonna do? Never talk to you again?
Pretty stupid party, huh?
Yeah, pretty stupid.
That night we talked. About life. About our times together.
Maybe we weren't the same two kids we had once been.
But some things never change.
Some things last.
And even though I didn't know what was going to happen to us, or where we were going...
I just knew I couldn't let her out of my life.
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