Gidget Page #7

Well, look, I was wondering...

Well, would it be all right

if I came inside for a while?

Oh, well, uh,

it's a little late,

and I had planned on getting

to bed pretty soon.

Um, all right, angel.

If it's that important, come on.

Gee... I guess

you could call this

ones of the major

steps in my life.

Make yourself at home, Gidge.

I'll, um...

see if I can scare up

some coffee or something.

Look.

Come on.

Oh, young man,

could you help us?

We're looking for our

daughter, Francie Lawrence.

Francie... No, I'm sorry...

I believe the boys

call her Gidget.

Oh, Gidge, yeah.

Do you know where she is?

I don't know.

But Moondoggie helped himself

to my car to follow her.

Follow her where?

Well, he said she went

with Kahuna to Joe's place.

Joe's place?

What is that, a restaurant?

Could you tell us

how to get there?

I don't know where it is,

but it's no restaurant.

It's just some beach shack.

Beach shack!

Gee, this is a real

den of iniquity, isn't it?

Yeah...

You sure you wouldn't

rather have coffee?

Well, how about it?

How about what?

How about one of your little

private parties?

How about one of my little...

private parties?

Are you, um...

are you sure

that's want you want?

Well, well, uh,

I mean... well, sure.

That's what I came here for.

In that case, we need

the right atmosphere, hmm?

Nice, huh?

Nice.

Ah, the language of love.

Oh, um... maybe you'd like to...

slip into something

more comfortable, hmm?

Oh, well... Well, no,

I don't think so, no.

I've got just the thing.

You'd be surprised what the past,

uh, tenants have left here.

Yeah, there we are.

Just right.

We'll keep it right there...

for whenever you want it.

Outside, the ocean.

Inside, you and me,

and nothing else matters, hmm?

Who was it that said,

"Suspended in time and space,"

"your lips on mine,

the soft contours of... "

I don't know.

I did.

I just made it up.

You inspire me.

Oh?

Hey...

Hey, you... really are sweet.

Oh, no, I'm just...

just a little...

Soft...

and sweet...

and lovely,

and cute...

What is it?

It's time for you to go

home, that's what it is...

before I forget

it's just a game.

All right, now, get out.

Come on, beat it.

Oh, it's Moondoggie!

I could just die.

I suppose you'll tell him

how you dusted me off.

Oh, that'll slay him.

It'll really slay him.

The two of you

can fall down laughing.

Come on, open up!

Come on, I know she's in there!

Come on, open up!

Hey, look, pal,

I'm a little busy in here.

Get lost, huh.

Not a chance.

This is something I would've

never pegged you for.

Bringing a broad to a place

like this, that's one thing,

but the Gidget...

What's wrong with the Gidge?

Personally, I find her

delightful company, and...

a very good sport.

Hey, you had enough?

I'll tell you what

I've had enough of...

That's the place. Right over there.

Right down there.

All right, lady, stand back.

We'll take care of it.

I told Walter

the minute we saw

that girl go in...

trouble.

I got an eye for

things like this.

I can spot trouble through

a crack in the blind,

and when that other one

went banging on the door,

I told Walter,

"Call the police."

No, just a friendly

little tousle, officer.

There won't be any more trouble.

I can promise you that.

All right, Matthews,

we'll hold you to it.

Thank you.

All right, where's the Gidget?

She's not here.

You may as well know, she's scarcely

the charmer I made her out to be.

I guess you heard her

squawking for help, huh?

Why you...

The party's over, now blow.

I'll blow when I'm ready.

Get ready.

Underneath it all,

I always did think

you were a little bit

of a square.

Yeah, well, listen, if

cutting corners like you...

Bury it.

Either a man's got a talent

for a certain way of

life, or he hasn't.

You never really did belong.

You just lost a customer.

Ohh!

Oh, gee, thanks for stopping.

You see, I got a flat.

Isn't it kind of late

for you, young lady?

May I see your

driver's license please?

Oh, my purse...

well, you see I left home

in such a hurry that...

Uh-huh.

Where have you been?

Oh, just on the road

at a friend's house,

down the highway.

Oh?

Well, honest. I mean, I don't

remember the exact address,

but I can prove it.

It was the little white house

with a long boardwalk.

Can't you get on the radio

and notify the prowl cars

to be on the lookout

for my daughter?

You have radios

in the cars, don't you?

Yes, sir. Sir, if you

just calm down a little,

we might be able to help you.

I'm sorry, sergeant.

What's the girl's name?

Frances.

She's about this tall, blond,

and she was wearing a little...

Orange dress with some white

strings on the front?

Francie! Oh, Mama...

Where have you been?

We found her on the road.

She's obviously

been to the shack

where they'd been drinking

beer, had a fistfight...

Oh, no!

If you ever dare

to go out again without...

I'm afraid the place

you daughter was,

it looked like a real brawl.

Just a tip, sir.

Kids need some supervision,

a little parental interest...

Thank you. Thank you, officer.

I assure you, nothing like

this will ever happen again.

Frances Lawrence,

now, listen to me.

If I have to lock you

in your room,

you will never again go

near those beach hoodlums.

Don't worry. I never again want

to lay eyes on them again.

Francie!

Hey, Francie, come here!

Listen, girl, and

please don't get sore

because it's been so long,

because everything's fixed now.

And we've made some real

conquests down at State beach.

Yes, and there's

this one extra guy

who says he even

prefers tomboys.

I'm sorry, girls, but I guess

I'm just not interested...

and even if I was, last night,

my dad was on a real rampage,

and he says he's

running my social life

from here on in.

Thanks anyway.

Oh, poor Francie.

I don't know how

she's going to face

going back to senior year.

With nothing to show

for the whole summer!

Hurry up, Francie,

you'll be late.

Darling, what is it?

Aw, Mom, the other girls,

they don't seem to have

any trouble,

but me, I'm hopeless.

I can tell you right now,

I'll probably die an old maid

and never have made the step.

The step?

Aw, Mom, I could perish,

I could perish with shame.

Last night, after all those

hours of concentrated effort,

I come home as pure

as the driven snow.

Darling... you're right.

A girl does have

to become a woman,

but you've got it a

little mixed up, Francie.

Come here.

Grandma's old sampler, remember?

Read it.

"To be a real woman is to

bring out the best in a man."

Sweet, but tell it

to the boys today.

Oh, anyway, it's too late.

I just don't care anymore.

Oh, Francie!

Francie, girl!

You have a visitor.

Jeffrey Matthews is here!

Oh, Mom, do I have to go?

Oh, darling,

your father's so anxious

for you to find new interests,

so why don't you go, hmm?

Come on.

I'll be down in a minute.

I know

that you and Francie

will have a lot in common.

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