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Conrad closed the door as he came down the steps with two trash bags. He threw one away and as he goes to throw the other, he sees Liz standing there with a bag.

"Oh." He says as he opens the garbage can for her, "After you."

"Thank you." She says as she throws it away. Conrad tosses his in right after her. "You know, I'm almost afraid to say it out loud, but I'm... feeling hopeful. I mean, my mom's always been pretty good at schooling your dad."

"Thank you for calling Megan. I meant to say something earlier, but then..." He trails off, "It feels good to have them here, helping us out."

"Yeah." She nods

"Yeah."

Liz goes to walk away, "Can we talk about last night?"

"Honestly, last night was, uh, kind of a blur." She says, "Whatever... whatever I said..."

"You were right." He cuts her off, "I never should have ended things like that. And the fucked up thing is, I thought I was doing the right thing by you."

"You... you were going through a lot."

"But that is no excuse." He shakes his head, "And I hate the thought of you looking back on the night that we spent here together and regretting what we did."

"Of course it hurts to think about that night. But I don't regret it. I don't regret any of the times we were together." She shakes her head, "I... loved you." She says. She misses the way he tenses, "And I know you loved me, too."

"If I could go back, if I could... do things differently, I would."

"Conrad, it's okay. I mean, we both hurt each other a lot."

"And I don't ever want to hurt you again."

"I don't want to hurt you again, either. I mean, I don't know if it's something we can control, but, um..." She chuckles, "we can try."

"Friends?" She laughs. He smiles before he holds his arms out. She immediately walks into them. She wraps her arms around his neck as she closes her eyes. He holds her close as he sighs softly. Liz reluctantly lets go.

She smiles softly at him as he nods. She turns away and walks up the steps. She exhaled deeply as she shakes her hands out.

Conrad watches her walk up the steps. He leans forward slightly before he sits up and turns. Holding his hand to his chest before he walks away.

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The teens sneak into the living room as Megan and Laurel talk with Adam in the kitchen.

"Yeah. Thanks for coming all this way to back me up. They haven't been making it easy on me." Adam says as he takes a sip of his coffee.

"Oh, we're not here to back you up. We're here to back up the boys." Megan smiles

"You can't let them lose this house, Adam." Laurel says

"Well, it's done. Julia sold it."

"Actually, I, um, changed my mind." Julia says as she walks in, "Hi."

Adam laughs, "Okay, well, let's get something straight here. I'm not letting them lose anything. This has been out of my hands since the start. So don't go making me the bad guy here."

"We're not making you out to be anything. We're trying to help you." Laurel says

Conrad goes to step in, but Jeremiah doesn't let him, "Let someone else try to solve a problem for once."

"So, what? You're just gonna dissolve the trust and gift the boys the beach house?"

"No, she can't do that. She has a child of her own to consider." Megan says

"Yeah, well, I'm not gonna squander their trust to buy this house, and frankly, I'm surprised that you would support that."

"When did I ever say that? I just want you to move some money around to buy it for them."

"What?"

"Fair market value, terms negotiable, of course." Julia says

"I think, um, I'm gonna go now, because that's... That's not happening, end of story."

"Uh, you know what? I have a question for you." Julia steps up, "Why is it that those boys have been trying harder for the last three days to save this house than you have in the last several weeks?

"Adam." Megan starts

"No, shut up, Megan." He says. Conrad looks over at Liz who looks down along with Belly. Dakota clenches his jaw as he sighs, "Listen to me. You don't have a vote, okay? I know Suze made you and Laurel feel like this house is part yours, but it's not."

Conrad steps in, "Where do you get off saying shit like that?"

"Con..." He turns and sees everyone else following him in, "It's for the best. Did you really think railroading me would change my mind?" He says as he turns to the moms.

"Excuse me, but fuck you!" Megan spits

"Okay, all right, all right, let's..."

"Suze wouldn't want us fighting like this." Adam points

"You have no idea what she would want! You lost her a long time ago." Conrad says

"Can't you get past your own grief and see what it means to the boys?" Megan scoffs

"Look, I thought it would be better this way. Easier for everyone if we let this place go." Adam tries

"Easier for you." Conrad says

A short silence falls over everyone, "Yeah. Being here is hard. It's hard. Uh... She's everywhere here."

"She loved you. We tried to talk some sense into her. It's no secret I've never been your biggest fan." Laurel chuckles softly, "But she wouldn't listen, because when Beck set her mind on something, that's it."

"She set her mind on you, Adam. And on making this house a special place for our kids. Do this one last thing for her." Megan says

"Megan."

"Dad. Please?" Jeremiah says softly

Adam looks around at everyone, "Look, I'm not gonna let them use their trusts." He pauses, "But if I sell the Boston house, that could give us enough. You'd both be at school mostly anyway,
but we can't afford both houses. Is this really what you want?"

"Yeah." Conrad says immediately

"Yeah." Jeremiah nods

Adam shakes his head, "Okay, then."

Liz sighs in relief. Dakota pats her shoulder before they both go and hug Megan. She immediately hugs back and kisses their head as she pulls them closer.

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Conrad walks across the beach towards Jeremiah. He slows down as he gets closer, "Hey. I know you're still pissed at me about last night. I've been... going through my head all day, trying to think of what to say to you."

Jeremiah sighs, "I should've told you how I felt, or how I've been feeling, for most of our lives, about everything."

"Well, Jere, I j..." He pauses, "I just assumed. I mean, everything seems to come so easily to you. The way it just rolls off your back. But I should've... paid more attention. I should've looked harder. I'm sorry."

"I-I don't want to be that guy anymore. You know, like, always smiling, whether he's happy or not. It's hard."

"You don't have to." Conrad shakes his head, "It was wild, dude, you and Liz laying into me on the same night. It was almost, like, really funny, but, um..." They both chuckle, "I deserved it. I deserved it all. We talked this morning. I guess..." He nods, "we're friends now."

"Is that what you want?"

"No." He chuckles, "But it's what she wants and whatever she wants, I'll give her."

Jeremiah nods, "Maybe that's what Belly and I should do."

Conrad hesitates as Jeremiah looks at him, "But I'm being serious. I don't want to keep fighting with you. We can't keep going like this. We're all we have."

"All right, so we talk." Jeremiah shrugs, "You know, something comes to mind, we say it, and-and, whether it hurts or pisses each other off."

"We talk." Conrad nods. He looks away to the water, "I got into Stanford."

"What?"

"Yeah, I applied to transfer a while back, with Mom. And I didn't want... I didn't want to tell you 'cause..." He sighs, "I didn't want to tell you 'cause I didn't want you to think I was deserting you, or... something. But, look, I'm not gonna go. I'm gonna stay at Brown. I'm not going."

Jeremiah gives him a short nod before he pats him on his chest, "Let's go back."

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