Allen Fawcett: Pete Crawford

Quotes 

• Cheryl : [At their junior prom, Pete is dancing with Karen when Cheryl comes up to them]  Hi, Karen, Pete... Pete, would you care to dance with me?

  [the couple look at her, then at each other] 

  Karen Hughes : ... It's okay.

  [She goes for something to drink, then looks back at Cheryl dancing with Pete. Jealous, Karen goes outside and sits by herself. Pete rejoins her] 

  Pete Crawford : ... If you didn't want me to dance with Cheryl, then why did you say it was all right?

  Karen Hughes : It was the way you were dancing with her.

  Pete Crawford : How was I *supposed* to dance with her?

  Karen Hughes : You know what I mean.

  Pete Crawford : No, I don't.

  Karen Hughes : She was practically taking your clothes off!

  Pete Crawford : So what *did* you want me to do, just shove her away?

  Karen Hughes : Yes!

  Pete Crawford : ... Come on, let's go back in.

  Karen Hughes : I don't want to go back there.

  Pete Crawford : Where you want to go?

  Karen Hughes : I don't know... Can't we just be alone somewhere for a while?

  [Later, at the Hughes residence] 

  Karen Hughes : ... Why don't you take your jacket off?

  Pete Crawford : When are your parents coming back?

  Karen Hughes : In a couple of hours; they took Alice to the movies. Hey, want to see a picture of a guy who looks just like you...? Here it is.

  Pete Crawford : Are you kidding? He looks like a munchkin.

  Karen Hughes : No, he doesn't; he looks terrific.

  [She puts her arms around his neck and kisses him, then pulls him to the floor on top of herself. Giggling, they make out for a few seconds; then she abruptly pushes him off] 

  Karen Hughes : ... Pete, don't!

  Pete Crawford : What is it with you?

  Karen Hughes : I don't know; it's going too fast, that's all.

  Pete Crawford : Too fast?

  Karen Hughes : Yes! Can't you just give me a chance?

  Pete Crawford : What's *that* supposed to mean?

  Karen Hughes : Well, can't we simply *be together*? I mean, do we have to sleep with each other?

  Pete Crawford : Just tell me where I went wrong with you, and I'll apologize!

  Karen Hughes : I'm not ready, that's all!

  Pete Crawford : Oh, man, I don't believe this. One minute, you're acting like you want to play with the big kids; and the next you're...

  Karen Hughes : *Everybody* wants me to grow up before I'm ready. Why are you trying to make me do something I don't want to do?

  Pete Crawford : *I'm* not trying to make you do *anything*. You're the one who wanted to leave the dance, not me. It was your idea to come here, not mine.

  [He gets up and starts to leave] 

  Karen Hughes : All you care about is yourself. You don't give a hoot about me, or how I feel!

  Pete Crawford : Look, this just isn't gonna work out.

  [He departs]