Come in.
-Were you just playing guitar? -[Sara] Yeah.
♪ Tegan didn't go to school today ♪
Do you think that you'd ever want to, you know, with Evan?
[Maya] I don't really think he's who I'm into.
So glad you're finally done babysitting, Sara.
Do you ever get tired of dropping everything for her?
[Simone] Why were you and Sara sleeping like that?
Maybe Sara shouldn't spend the night anymore.
[Sara] I didn't know if I should call or not.
[Maya] Of course, you can. We should hang out.
-Sure. -[Maya] And tell Tegan to come too.
-Okay. -[Sara] ♪ I missed you ♪
[piano music playing]
Wow. It actually sounds like you practiced this time.
Now that I did your thing, can I try something else?
Oh, yeah. Well, it's actually Chopin's "thing" not mine.
And I don't know if we should be cutting in your sister's time.
I don't mind.
All right. Go.
[piano music playing]
[June] What is that?
That's just this thing I've been working on.
That's awesome. You think you could play it on guitar?
Probably.
What if it was faster? Like...
[piano music playing]
Yeah, I like that.
All right. Okay. Two more minutes of this, then back to some sonatas, okay?
I'm gonna get a cup of tea.
[piano music playing]
[guitar music playing]
♪ She screams, I'm alive ♪
♪ Look at me ♪
♪ She screams, I'm alive ♪
♪ Hello, it's me ♪
♪ She screams, I'm alive ♪
♪ Oh, I'm alive ♪
-That was... -[Tegan] I know.
It's like a song song now.
And you're getting so good at guitar.
[both chuckle]
Okay. Well, um, I have to go meet Maya.
Okay.
[Tegan] But you're welcome to come if you want.
[rock music playing]
-Hi. -[Maya] Hey.
And Sara. What a surprise.
Oh, yeah. Well, I invited her. I hope that's okay.
[Maya] Yeah. Of course.
We have work to do.
I'm gonna go look around.
[Tegan] Okay.
Okay. I think this song will be good.
See. It's good, right?
Oh, shit, that's the one you chose?
Wrong move.
You're so wicked.
[Phoebe] Sara?
-Hi. -Hey.
Hi.
We're gonna go grab a coke. Did you wanna come?
No, I'm good. Thanks.
-I'll catch up with you, guys. -[Tegan] Okay.
What are you doing here?
Uh, my mom is just shopping down the street
and she's driving me kind of crazy, so I'm just kinda wandering.
What about you?
Oh, same. Except for the mom part.
How's stuff?
It's okay. I feel like all I really do is go to school
and then to work and home and do homework.
So you don't hang out with anyone?
No. Are you?
No. But I was also grounded for two months, so...
Ah, right.
Maybe we should hang out.
Just as friends. You could stay over this weekend.
Yeah, I don't know. My mom is still being so weird about, you know...
But we weren't even doing anything.
I know. But she's still on high alert.
Maybe my mom could call your mom.
She could just explain that it wasn't what she thought it was.
My mom is good with that kind of stuff.
Yeah.
I mean,
yeah, if you think that'll work.
I mean, it's worth a try.
[keyboard clacking]
-Will you please stop lurking? -[Sara] I'm not lurking.
I'm just standing here.
Can you just tell me what you want?
Okay.
Phoebe's mom saw me and Phoebe sleeping in her bed together.
Like close together.
But we weren't doing anything.
-It's okay if you were. -[Sara] But we weren't.
You know, when I was in boarding school, I kissed a girl.
-Please don't tell the story again. -I'm just...
I'm saying that experimenting is nothing to be ashamed of.
Yeah, I know. But we weren't.
We were just sleeping.
And her mom is being super weird about it.
She won't even let us hang out.
So, um, what do you want me to do?
Maybe you could call her.
Okay.
-Really? -Of course, yeah.
Okay. Thank you.
You want me to call her right now?
-Whenever. -[Simone] Okay.
[Sara] Whenever's fine.
And for the record, that was lurking.
Okay. Are you ready?
Okay. Yes. Yes. I'm ready. I'm ready.
Mm-hmm.
[laughter]
-Stop. -Okay.
-[Sara] Be serious. -Okay. Okay. [sighs]
-[laughs] -Okay. Now, you be serious.
Okay, okay, okay. I will. Okay.
Out of your system?
-Yes. -Okay.
[phone rings]
Hello?
[Phoebe] Well, whatever your mom said worked.
My mom said I could sleepover.
-Really? -[Phoebe] Yeah. What about Saturday?
Yeah. That's perfect.
[Phoebe] Great. Okay. I gotta go but I'll see you then.
Okay. Bye.
[Tegan] Phoebe?
Uh, yeah.
So, it's not weird or anything anymore with you guys?
No. We're gonna hang out on Saturday.
Let's keep playing.
Okay.
[Simone] Yeah, but it was nice to talk to her.
I feel like I hadn't talked to your mom in so long.
-[Phoebe] Yeah. It's been a while. -She's doing well, yeah?
[Phoebe] Yeah. She's busy but she's good.
[Simone] Right. Right. Are you liking school? How's it all going?
[Phoebe] It's good. It's hard, but I like it.
[Simone] It's so nice having you back here. It's been too long.
-Yeah. -Hi.
Hi.
We're just gonna go downstairs.
All right. Don't call me if you need anything.
-Okay, Mom. -Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
Hey!
-[Tegan] Hi! -[Phoebe] Hey, how are you?
[Tegan] Oh, I'm good.
[Phoebe] Hey, what's with the guitar?
Oh, uh, Sara and I have just been playing music together.
-[Phoebe] Seriously? -Yeah.
[Phoebe] Can I hear?
I don't know. We've only ever played for our parents.
Please.
♪ Wherever I look, I only see you ♪
♪ I'm here and you're standing there ♪
♪ Hey, I'm just like you ♪
♪ Maybe I'm sloppy and blue ♪
♪ But, hey, I'm just like you ♪
♪ Except I've got nothing to prove ♪
♪ But we're headstrong tonight ♪
♪ Beating through the rainbows of right ♪
♪ Gold covered prism of light ♪
♪ Make us headstrong tonight ♪
-[Phoebe] That was amazing. -[Tegan] You think so?
Definitely.
If I were you, I would be playing for everyone I know.
-[Simone] Tegan, Maya's on the phone! -Okay!
-Bye, guys. -Bye.
I didn't realize you could do that.
[Sara] I didn't either.
But when I picked up the guitar, it was like
I already knew what to do.
What?
Nothing.
I've just never seen you like this.
You actually care about something.
I've cared about other things.
Other than that.
I missed you.
And I missed you too.
So why don't we stop missing each other?
I'm different now.
-I don't... -I know you liked
being more than friends, didn't you?
Yes.
So why can't we do that again?
I like boys.
But...
I like you too.
I only like you.
-I really had fun. -[Ali] What is this anyway?
[Natalie] Yeah. Seriously. You guys are being so dramatic.
-And that's coming from me. -[Sara] Hold on.
[Ali] Hey. Get down.
If you scratch my brother's car, I'm the one who gets murdered.
Shh. You worry too much.
[chuckles]
-[Maya] What's going on? -[Tegan] Oh, hold on. Just listen.
Okay. So, thank you all for being here...
At school? Which we're required to attend?
Yeah. So Tegan and I have been writing some songs
and we've been told they don't totally suck
-and we wanna play them for you. -[Maya] Wait. What?
How many of these are about me?
None... yet.
[Natalie] Unbelievable.
[Sara] ♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪
♪ Look at me ♪
♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪
♪ Hello, it's me! ♪
-♪ She screams... ♪ -[Lily] Okay. No offense,
but is this like actually you?
Yeah.
So you've just been a musical genius this whole time?
[Natalie] This song is like really, really good.
I would listen to this like a hundred thousand times in a row.
[all chuckle]
-♪ Hello... ♪ -[Tegan] Hey, where are you going?
♪ I t's me! ♪
♪ She screams, I'm alive! ♪
[rock music playing]
[Tegan] It's not gonna work.
[Maya] Yes, it is. Trust me. I'm very persuasive.
Yeah. I guess you are.
Hey!
Drinks are on me.
Thanks.
We forgot our IDs. So stupid.
[Josh] Yeah. No problem.
You know what? I'm a bartender over at JJ's, if you want to stop by.
Sometimes people who forgot their IDs hang out there.
Cool. Thanks.
Cool. All right. See ya.
See ya.
[Tegan] I can't believe you got him to do that.
It's not that complicated.
Guys will do anything you want if you flirt with them.
You should try it.
I don't think I could pull that off.
I don't have a ton of that kind of experience.
Oh, have you not...
You're not missing much.
You don't like it?
I mean, it's all right.
It's a good way to not think about the things I don't wanna think about.
Are you serious?
Why would I know any Bruce Springsteen songs?
I'm not a middle-aged man!
Because he's great!
-I doubt it. -I'll prove it to you.
Me and you, Blacktop Records.
Okay. But not because I think you're right.
Just because I like hanging out with you.
I like hanging out with you too.
Um...
you know, there's a lot about my life that's shitty,
but when I'm with you, I kind of forget about all that.
Was that so lame?
Yeah. Totally.
Nothing about you is lame.
I've never had a friend before that's just mine.
It's really cool.
Am I lame now?
No.
[rock music playing]
-[Tegan] Hi. -[Maya] Hey.
And Sara! What a surprise.
[Tegan] Oh, yeah. Well, I invited her. I hope that's okay.
Yeah.
Of course.
[Tegan] We have work to do.
I'm gonna look around.
Okay.
Okay. Convert me to Springstianity.
So as an entry point, Born in the U.S.A. is a safe bet.
Okay.
But I see you more as a Darkness on the Edge of Town type.
I don't know what any of those words mean.
[chuckling]
[Tegan] Well, let's keep looking.
Oh, but I do love this one.
I don't know which one to choose.
Let's see.
Oh.
-That's the one you chose? -Why?
-Wrong move. -Wait. Really?
-[chuckles] -You're so wicked.
[Phoebe] Sara?
[Sarah] Hi.
-Hey. -[Tegan] Hi. We're gonna go grab a coke.
-Do you wanna come? -No, I'm good. Thanks.
I'll catch up with you, guys.
That seemed awkward.
I didn't think so.
Hey, you wanna come over so you can be there for the first time
I ever hear Bruce Springsteen,
get my reactions in real time?
[Tegan] I can't.
I promised Sara that I would do something with her later.
What kind of something?
[Tegan] Nothing interesting.
But I expect a full debrief of your reactions later though.
-Track by track. -[Maya] Mm-hmm.
[Heartland by Bruce Springsteen plays]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Well, lights out tonight ♪
♪ Trouble in the heartland ♪
♪ Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts man ♪
♪ I'm caught in a crossfire that I don't under... ♪
[phone rings]
[Tegan] [over phone] Hello?
-Hey, it's me. -[Tegan] Hey.
-Are you busy right now? -[Tegan] Um...
Uh, I just wanted to see if you wanted to meet up somewhere.
[Tegan] Be quiet.
Sorry, that was to Sara. What did you say?
I just wanted to see if you could...
[Tegan] Maya, can I call you back?
-Sure. -[Tegan] Okay. Bye.
Bye.
[dramatic music playing]
[Tegan] But you admitted that Kurt Cobain is a better songwriter than Billy Corgan.
[Sara] No, I didn't!
[Tegan] You did. I remember.
[Sara] I never said that.
[Tegan] No. You definitely said that!
-Hey! -[both] Hi.
Sorry, we're just... [chuckles] It doesn't matter.
You never called me back last night.
[Tegan] Oh, yeah. Sorry.
I was going to but we just got busy
and some stuff took longer than we thought.
-It was Sara's fault. -Shut up.
At least I was taking it seriously.
[Tegan] I was taking it seriously.
Well, that's not the way I remember that happening.
-[Tegan] But that's what happened. -[Sara] No. I don't think so.
[Tegan laughs]
Hey! You don't want to come sit with us?
Um, I'm not really feeling the group thing today.
Oh, is everything okay?
Yeah.
Um, it's just we haven't hung out, the two of us, in a while.
[Tegan] I know.
Sara and I have been working on this thing,
but what if we hang out later?
-Okay. Yeah. -[Tegan] Okay.
Well, I'm gonna go, but meet me in the parking lot after school.
Mm-hmm.
[woman] I really had a lot of fun.
I mean, seriously, you guys are so dramatic. More dramatic than me.
[Ali] Hey, get down.
If you scratch my brother's car, I'm the one who gets murdered.
Shh. You worry too much.
[Maya] What's going on?
[Sara] Oh, hang on. Oh, just listen.
Okay. So, thank you all for being here...
[Natalie] At school? Which we are required to attend?
[Sara] Yeah. So, Tegan and I have been writing some songs,
and we've been told that they don't totally suck,
and we want to play them for you.
Wait, what?
[Natalie] How many of these are about me?
[Sara] None. Yet.
[Natalie] Unbelievable.
♪ She screams I'm alive ♪
♪ Look at me ♪
♪ She screams I'm alive ♪
♪ Hello ♪
♪ It's me ♪
♪ She screams I'm alive ♪
♪ Oh, I'm alive ♪
♪ She screams I'm alive ♪
♪ Oh, I'm alive ♪
♪ Look at me ♪
♪ She screams... ♪
Hey. Where are you going?
I thought we were supposed to hang out.
Yeah, something came up.
Did you not like the song?
Everybody else loves it. Why do you care what I think?
[Tegan] Why are you being like this?
Because it sucks to find out you've been lying to me
about this thing you've been doing.
[Tegan] Well, I wasn't lying. I was...
I was embarrassed. What if we weren't any good?
Well, apparently you don't have to worry about that.
[Tegan] Why are you so upset about this?
You've been blowing me off to hang out with Sara,
even though she's been so shitty to you.
I don't get why you're just giving in to her.
I'm not "giving in to her". We found something we like to do together.
Whatever.
You've been using me as, like, a filler friend while Sara was ignoring you.
You're not a filler friend.
-You're really important to me. -Yeah.
As long as Sara's not around.
[Tegan] That's not true.
You should go back to your adoring fans.
[dramatic music playing]
[rock music playing]
-[Josh] Hey. -Hey.
[Josh] So did you, uh, you find that ID yet?
Can't seem to locate it.
[scoffs]
[Josh] Is that good?
Yeah.
[rock music playing]
[Seether by Veruca Salt plays]
[singer] ♪ Seether is neither loose nor tight ♪
♪ Seether is neither black nor white ♪
♪ I try to keep her on a short leash ♪
♪ I try to calm her down ♪
♪ I try to ram her into the ground ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[Tegan] Is this because you feel bad for me?
♪ Believe the things they tell you they lie ♪
They should play at the party.
Yeah, it's too bad we can't play one of these songs.
-[Tegan] It's ours. Maybe we can. -[Sara] How?
I'm sure we can figure something out.