Starr & Cole [2006]
[Cole and Starr's first meeting; Cole comes to Starr's rescue when a creepy guy starts hitting on her]
Starr: Back off of me!
Cole: Hey, you heard her, man. She's not into you.
Langston: Same goes for you, too.
Cole: Forget them.
Starr: Yeah, well, it's hard to when they're in your face like that. So, who are you?
Cole: I'm Cole.
Starr: And I'm Starr.
Langston: So you're on the football team?
Cole: Wide receiver. I caught the pass to win the game tonight.
Starr: So are you fishing for compliments, or what?
Cole: Actually, yeah -- it was a tough catch.
Cole: You know, you're really bossy.
Starr: It runs in my family -- both sides.
Cole: You know, a lot of people couldn't make that work. You kind of do.
Starr: And for a football guy, you're not so bad.
Cole: So you didn't get in trouble when you got home?
Starr: No, I just hid the clothes that Britney spilled beer on, wore your sweats. No one noticed a thing. They never do unless you're missing a limb or dating someone that they don't approve of.
Starr: So, we're supposed to wear costumes to this party, you know.
Cole: I heard. I was thinking of going as a guy named Cole who plays football.
Starr: Where's the fun in that?
Cole: You're really into this, aren't you?
Starr: My family's always been into Halloween. It's a Manning thing.
Cole: That's actually kind of cool.
Starr: The Mannings are nothing if not cool.
[Cole arrives at the penthouse to pick Starr up for the Halloween dance]
Starr: Trick or treat?
Cole: Treat, definitely. All right, I guess it's time to meet the parents.
Starr: No, no, no, no, no. We got to go, now. We'll take the stairs.
Cole: Stairs? That's, like, 25 flights.
Starr: Well, you have to train for your football team, right? So why don't we just take them? Let's go.
[Starr is mortified to see Todd and Blair at the school Halloween dance]
Cole: Hey, you want to dance?
Starr: Sure. Can we do it in another state?
Starr: I can't believe you met my parents.
Cole: I know. I'm scarred for life.
Starr: I can't believe my mom came to a high school dance dressed like that.
Cole: I can't believe you're still talking about your parents. If you'd shut up for one minute, I'd tell you how you look really cute tonight in that costume.
Starr: Thank you.
Cole: I don't think your dad likes me too much.
Starr: Why not?
Cole: Just a hunch. I mean, it might have something to do with the rude gestures he keeps making at me with his scythe.
Starr: Oh, my God!
Cole: No, I'm just kidding. Really, it's not a big deal. It's -- you know, it's just something that dads do.
Starr: Yeah, well, knowing my dad, I'm not sure how far he's going to take this whole grim reaper thing.
[Starr has just been humiliated by Britney at the school dance]
Cole: So are you going home?
Starr: You still want to be seen with me?
Cole: Hey, I dropped a pass in the end zone last Friday night. You want to be seen with me?
Starr: Sure. Want to dance?
[Cole addressed Todd as "sir"]
Starr: "Sir"?
Cole: Parents eat it up -- well, most, anyway.
Starr: If you haven't noticed, my parents aren't like most parents.
Cole: Yeah, they're actually kind of cool.
Starr: You can say that with a straight face after the slide show that Britney made up? You must think we're a bunch of freaks.
Cole: I like freaks.
Starr: If that's supposed to make me feel better --
Cole: I'm sorry. Bad joke. But I do like you.
Cole: I was wondering something. Your dad -- did he really rape somebody?
[Starr flinches]
Cole: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked. I just didn't know if Britney made it up or not.
Starr: It's ok.
Cole: No, it's not. I mean, it's your dad's stuff, and if he did, then, you know, it's -- it's old news.
Starr: He did it a long time ago. He did it in college, and then he did time for it, ad he would never do anything like that again.
Cole: You think -- I mean, maybe -- would it be ok if I kissed you?
Starr: You want to kiss me?
Cole: Well, yeah, I mean, unless you don't. It's fine. It's not a --
Starr: No -- I mean, I do, it's just --
[Cole kisses her]
Cole: Well, I got to go. Coach is pulling us out of PE to chalk talk about the panthers' formations. You see, listen -- on offense, they have this stupid formation where they come up right here, double-winged, and then when they pull it to the left -- you have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?
Starr: I understood "PE."
Cole: You coming to my game?
Starr: I hadn't thought about it.
Cole: Well, you know, if you're not there cheering me on, then I might not play well and then you'd be the one to let down the whole school.
Cole: Like your costume.
Starr: I like your costume, too.
Cole: It's gear. Pads, jersey, and helmet is gear.
Starr: Well, I'm sorry. I like your gear.
Cole: Better.
Langston: (about Cole) You really like him, don't you?
Starr: I keep trying to find something wrong with Cole, but I can't.
[Starr and Cole talk after the football game]
Starr: Hi -- um -- so, running the funny-shaped ball to the big "H" -- that's a good thing, right?
Cole: See? Football's easy.
Starr: You make it look easy.
Cole: I'm glad you were here.
Cole: So, how many football games have you been to?
Starr: Can you count my dad having it on TV, and I'm reading in my room?
Cole: Uh -- no.
Starr: Then this was my first.
[Cole, on a roid-rage, starts tearing into Starr when she won't have sex with him]
Starr: What is wrong with you?
Cole: What's wrong with me? Nothing is wrong with me. Everything is fine.
Starr: Then what are you doing?
Cole: What am I -- I'll tell you what I'm doing. Well, I'll tell you what I'm not doing. I'll tell you what we're not doing. I can tell you all about that.
Starr: I'm sorry! I'm just not ready to --
Cole: Sorry? Ha-ha! Screw that! Oh, wait -- you don't do that, do you, Starr?
Starr: I'm leaving!
Cole: Don't you know that I won the football game all by myself? I'm a freakin' football star. You are lucky to be with me.
[Cole's roid -rage continues...]
Cole: You know, you've been throwing yourself at me for weeks. Now all of a sudden, I'm not good enough?
Starr: Not like this. No, you're not good enough. You're disgusting like this!
Cole: But this a freakin' party. Why can't you act like a normal girl for once, you uptight little -- agh!
Starr: You want "normal"? I'll go get Britney and I'll tell her to bring her kneepads!
[Todd and Blair accuse Cole of attacking Starr because he knew she was Todd's daughter]
Todd: Cole, what was it like? You didn't know who she was before you became interested in her?
Cole: I still don't know who she is! I mean, all I know is she's a girl that I go to school with, and that she's really smart -- and I know something about her family, but everybody in Llanview knows. What I don't understand is how you know my mother. I mean, how are you all connected, and why do you all hate each other?
[Cole comes by the penthouse to apologize to Starr for attacking her]
Cole: I have something I need to explain. You know, I just need a chance to tell you -- I just needed a chance to explain what happened. Please, it'll only take a minute. Just one chance and then I'll leave, please. This is tearing me apart.
Starr: Good.
[Cole tries to apologize to Starr]
Starr: You had something to say to me?
Cole: Yeah, I'm sorry.
Starr: You already said that outside and at the police station.
Cole: I know, but, see, it's not even like that. I mean, when somebody steps on your toes, they say "I'm sorry," and that's it and it's not -- it's not that big of a deal. They just step on your toes and ok, that's it. And when I say "I'm sorry," it kind of sounds like the same thing, like I just stepped on your toes and that's it. It's not a big deal. Wow. I should've paid a lot more attention in English class because I know there are words for how I feel. I just don't know what they are or how to say them. You know what I mean?
Starr: Go on.
Cole: I lost my temper and I threw things and I grabbed you. And that was because of the steroids and I truly believe that. But I said some really, really mean and horrible things to you and I can't blame anything or anyone else but myself. I mean, I'm not saying that steroids didn't -- didn't make me want sex more -- a lot more. But I tried to force you into it and I called you a tease and that was mean.
Starr: That's really reassuring.
Cole: I wish I could be more like you.
Starr: Me?
Cole: Yeah. I mean, you don't care what anybody else thinks.
Starr: That's not true.
Cole: Yeah, it is.
Todd: (about Cole) You want to see him again?
Starr: Well, mom's still seeing you, isn't she?
Todd: Cut that out. This is not about her and me.
Starr: Oh, it's not? It's always about you! I like a guy and he likes me, and I think to myself, "finally, someone who gets me. He doesn't listen to what those stupid girls say about you. He doesn't care. None of that matters." Everything is good, and then he does something stupid, and I see him for who he is. Now I'm back in my room watching reruns and you guys are out living my life for me.
Starr: What do you want, Cole?
Cole: You.
Starr: So, your mom told you about her and my dad in college.
Cole: Mm-hmm.
Starr: Yeah, I don't know what to say to you right now, honestly.
Cole: Yeah, me, neither.
Cole: Langston was looking out for you. There's nothing wrong with that.
Starr: There is a long line of people looking out for me -- one more and my lifeboat will sink.
Cole: Yeah, but sometimes friends can make you listen when no one else can.
Starr: And sometimes they make you wish you were deaf.
Cole: What do you want?
Starr: It would be a lot easier for me to tell you what I don't want.
Cole: Tell me.
Starr: I don't want people making decisions for me.
Cole: I know the feeling. What else?
Starr: I -- I don't want people looking at me like I'm a problem that they have to solve. I don't want langston to be mad at me and I don't want to go to boarding school.
Cole: Your folks are senng you away?
Starr: My dad tends to talk about it when he's angry.
Starr: You've made a mistake -- welcome to the real world. I forgive you, Cole. Start forgiving yourself.
Cole: Thanks.
[Starr and Cole run into each other at the hospital]
Starr: So what are you doing here?
Cole: Blood tests. And counseling. You know, they just put me on this new anti-depressant, so if I seem a little off --
Starr: No, you seem fine.
Cole: Huh. Thanks. Well, I'll -- I'll tell my psychiatrist that. And my mom, who interrogates me daily.