Pumpkin Page #4

One more last word, Carolyn.

Jeanine, here, has been taken out of Coventry.

When she saw what your attitude

had done to this sorority she felt

remorse for her own lack of spirit.

She finally uderstood that each of us

is just another link in the chain.

It's the only way, Julie,

that we can still win SOY.

Hi, Carolyn.

Poor Carolyn, ostracized by your own house.

We don't think it's fair.

Yeah, word has it, Carolyn...

you went on quite a date yesterday.

There are rumors that you have a thing

for this little retarded boy.

Of course that's nothing that we would believe.

If you three b*tches come near me again,

I'll rip your f***ing heads off!

Unfortunately, I have to discuss

with you some administrative bullshit.

Your final grades will be based 40 %

on class participation...

30% at your sincere attempts at

producing some acceptable poetry.

Do you have a problem, Miss McDuffy?

I thought poetry was supposed to be sacred.

How can you grade us?

You carry on like you're some kinda rebel.

Yet you conform just like the

people that you find contemptible.

Everyone, even you...

is forced to conform in this f***ing world!

And the minute you try to do

something from the heart...

every-f***ing-body beats you down.

I'm sorry.

I can't take any more...

of this bullshit!

I don't have a lot of time

to coax you, Miss McDuffy.

Thousands of students come here for counselling.

Most of them are helped.

It's not a big deal.

You're obviously hurting...

otherwise you wouldn't be here.

It's horrible.

I can't tell you. I can't.

Have you been raped, date-raped..

drugged, fondled, assaulted or

sexually harrassed?

No.

Are you having mental problems?

Such as high anxiety, depression...

manic episodes, multiple personalities...

or maybe even voices urging

inappropriate actions on you?

No.

Are you having sexual feelings or fantasies...

towards members of your own sex...

your immediate family, your professors...

or any non-traditional subject?

No...

Not exactly.

You're not helping me very much Miss McDuffy.

I assure you that anything you say

here is confidential.

I'm not gonna judge you.

You have nothing to be afraid of.

It's not exactly sexual, Dr. Cruz.

It's just that I'm afraid I'm falling in love.

I don't want to. It's ruining everything.

Love is not such a bad thing, is it?

Yes, it is.

He's mentally retarded.

You say, retarded.

Retarded's not a medical term.

- How retarded?

- Retarded retarded.

He's in the Challenged Games and

I'm his mentor.

He has this beautiful soul.

It's like my poetry teacher says...

"Only people who suffer can grow into beauty"

You definitely have a problem.

I've been in this business for

over 20 years and...

Do you have a boyfriend that's not retarded?

We've been having problems.

I haven't been myself.

Let me suggest something to you, Carolyn.

You are letting your compassion

take over...

to create a fog of poetic...

romantic fantasy.

You need to ground yourself in what's real.

That's in your relationship with your boyfriend.

The one that's not retarded.

The fantasy will disappear...

and the fog will lift.

Thank you for coming, Miss McDuffy.

Dr. Cruz, you don't know

how badly I want my life back.

- I was so happy!

- Good, Carolyn.

Just remember that when you

indulge in these fantasies...

you dangerously affect

the object of your compassion.

Oh, my God!

What are you doing with

your late father's magazines?

Those are not for little boys!

I'm not a little boy.

I'm a man.

You're right.

You are a man now, but...

How am I gonna explain this to you?

You're a special man...

which means that this kind of

stimulation isn't good for you.

You don't have natural restraints.

My God, how can I make you understand?

Believe me, Pumpkin, it's better this way

And you shouldn't be walking like that,

Pumpkin, you'll fall.

Now what are you doing?

He's calling on the phone, Mrs. Romanoff!

No more cleaning, Ramona.

You can go home now.

Information?

Yes.

So--Sorority House.

Ah... A-O-Pi.

SCSU.

C-Carolyn McDuffy.

Carolyn McDuffy?!

So that's what's gotten into you.

What were you doing when she

kept you out all night?

Those magazines--that is not what

challenged athletes think about!

Oh, I know you and Carolyn didn't

do anything naughty.

But what happened to my Pumpkin...

who wanted to beat Orange County so much...

with the discus and the javelin

and the shot-put?

I want to talk to Carolyn.

Trust me, Pumpkin...

she's not good for you.

You two live in different worlds.

Sorry, Kent.

I just want everything perfect again...

the way it was.

With birdies...

and sunshine...

and loving sorority sisters...

and Kent beating Arizona State...

and Kent kisses...

and Kent smiles...

and Kent hugs.

Kent... Kent.

I wanna talk.

Now?

What?

I've been having some problems

with the Greek System.

What do you mean you think you're having

some problems with the Greek System?

Well, it just seems to divide people.

You have the people who get in

and the people who don't...

the good fraternities and the bad fraternities...

the good sororities and the

not so good sororities.

It just seems like a way for some

people to feel better than other people.

And there's no good reason for it.

Especially in a public university

that's paid for by taxes.

Kent, do you think I'm intelligent?

This is all about that guy!

That Pumpkin, guy.

Isn't it?

Pumpkin?

Anne Chung will be your mentor

from now on.

Your mother and I decided this

change would be best for you.

Great.

Casey, this is Carolyn.

She'll be your mentor from now on.

Tell her what your events are.

Do you know soccer?

Game, Kent Woodlands.

Woodlands leads:
6-2, 4-1

Second set.

15-luv.

30-luv.

Yeah!

40-luv.

Isn't Kent amazing?

Look at those Tri Omega drool over him.

Julie, are you going to take

Carolyn out of Coventry?

I mean the Formal's coming up and

Kent's not going to go without her.

You can't forget they were voted

King and Queen.

I don't know what we're gonna do, Julie.

I mean, it never hurts to have the

top school athlete at your Formal.

Sure would score points with

the Greek Council for the SOY.

You know what?

For the sake of A-O-Pi, maybe

Jeanine should go sound her out.

Carolyn.

I got permission to see how you

felt about things.

The girls and I were talking

about the Formal...

and how you and Kent, y'know...

what a cute couple you two make!

What have they done to you, Jeanine?

You sound just like them.

I was so unhappy, Carolyn.

Julie suggested a therapist

and he put me on medication.

And you have no idea how much it helps!

You used to be such a rebel...

now you're like a Stepford wife.

40-15.

She left.

She left in the middle of a point.

Game, set and match.

Todd Ridgeway, Arizona State.

Thank God you're finally done.

I need to talk to you.

Carolyn, do you realize what

you just did to me?

What?

You f***ing walked out

in the middle of a f***ing point...

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