Starr & Cole [2007]
[Cole's team lost the game]
Cole: This was supposed to be a victory celebration. If I hadn't screwed up, then it would be.
Starr: Last time I looked, there were 11 players on the team, not one.
[Starr kissed Cole in public]
Cole: Don't -- don't you think that's a little weird?
Starr: What part?
Cole: Uh -- the part where you kissed me?
Starr: Weird bad like I did it wrong?
Cole: Oh, no, no, I didn't mean like that. It was just -- just kind of weird. Unexpected -- but not in a bad way, and I said a little weird, not a lot. And it was kind of risky, too, because there was a lot of people around.
Starr: Well, nobody's around now.
Cole: (to Starr) I liked kissing you, ok? But, I mean, was that really Starr Manning? Listen, you don't have to be a certain thing or -- or act a certain way. I mean, all you have to be is you.
Starr: I'm just the same old person -- screwed up, can't do anything right, the problem child.
Cole: Whoa, ok. Now I know there's something wrong.
Starr: I'm out of here.
Cole: Hey, listen, listen, I didn't have to know you since the kiddie pool to know you would never talk about yourself like that. I mean, you are the most confident person I know.
Starr: (to Cole) When I saw Britney all over you, I got so mad at her that I wanted to set her hair on fire.
Cole: So you're jealous of Britney?
Starr: No. My mom and dad get jealous. I do not.
Starr: (to Cole) I'm all screwed up. My mom is in the hospital and I don't know whether she's going to get better or not. My dad is acting like a complete nut job, and the only thing that I know for sure is that I like you. And I needed to let you know that, because I can't remember the last time that I told my mom that I loved her. And I might never get the chance to again. And I didn't want to lose my chance with you.
Starr: Oh, our parents are going to freak, not to mention Langston. Do you think I'm worth all this trouble?
Cole: Well, my mom always said anything worth having is worth fighting for. And, yes, you're worth it.
Starr: Hmm. Wow. Who knew?
[Starr meets with Cole in the library]
Cole: Hey. Did you get my note?
Starr: No, it was just a big coincidence. Of course I got your note.
Starr: Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could go to the movies or go ice-skating?
Cole: You skate?
Starr: No. Actually, I -- I rollerblade. I was just saying that because that’s what people usually do on dates in the movies.
Starr: You would think with Spencer Truman's murder that our parents would have more important things to focus on than you and me.
Cole: Apparently not. I mean, their sole purpose in life is to keep us apart.
[Starr has a fantasy in which Todd is the king, she is his daughter, and Cole is her forbidden lover]
Todd: He's a commoner, Starr.
Starr: I don't care! I love him!
Cole: And I love her. I've asked Princess Starr to be my wife.
Starr: And I said yes -- in a couple of years.
Starr: Things haven't even been close to normal for us.
Cole: Is that why you like it?
Starr: What?
Cole: This sneaking around -- is it because you like being with me or because everyone tells you you can't?
Starr: Ok, is that you or your mom talking?
Cole: Sorry. Comes with having a shrink for a mom.
Cole: My dad was a poetry freak. Instead of bedtime stories, he would tell me poems, but promise you won’t tell anybody about that.
Starr: Only if you recite some more.
Starr: Look, Cole, I don't -- it's just that this is the first time -- oh, never mind.
Cole: The -- the first time you had a boyfriend?
Starr: Well, I -- I had one before when I was younger, but nothing happened.
Starr: If anybody caught us, we would be locked up until we're 40.
Cole: And then we'd be too old to have any fun.
Starr: Oh, I forgot to tell you -- I walked in on my dad and his lawyer kissing.
Cole: The -- the lawyer was a woman, right?
Starr: Uh -- yeah! If she wasn't, I would have led with the story as soon as I saw you.
Starr: (to Cole) So now, my mom is running off to bail Aunt Dorian out of jail, and everybody's saying that we're the problem.
[Jack showed Cole pictures of Starr when she was younger]
Starr: You didn't look at my whole photo album, did you?
Cole: Almost all. Does that bother you?
Starr: Well, isn't it obvious? I was a geek.
Cole: No way. You were adorable. But what's with all the snakes?
Starr: I like snakes. When I get older, I actually want to be a herpetologist. That's a reptile scientist.
Cole: Wow.
Starr: "Wow" as in that's really weird?
Cole: No. I mean, I think it's great. I have no idea what I want to be, except --
Starr: Except -- what?
Cole: Your boyfriend.
Starr: (to Cole) I don’t see why we have to suffer for something that our parents did back in college.
Langston: Look, other teachers aren’t as cool as Ms. McBain, so Starr and I came up with a plan where you two don’t have to talk to each other when other people are around.
Starr: Yeah. It's like "Cyrano de Bergerac. "
Langston: Mm-hmm.
Cole: All right. You two are losing me here.
Starr: It's a play -- Cyrano is this dude with a big nose and he's too shy to hook up with this hot girl named Roxanne, so he gets this guy named Christian to write love -- no, wait, that's not right. He writes love letters for a guy named Christian, who also likes her.
Cole: Oh.
Langston: Mm-hmm.
Cole: Wait a minute. You guys are going to have to help me out with this one. All right, why -- how is that like us?
Langston: Ok, look, I can talk to you and I can talk to Starr without getting in trouble, so I'll be, like, the middle man. For example, Starr still wants to hang out after school today.
Cole: Ok. Does that make you the guy with the love letters or the guy with the big nose?
[Starr copies Marty's signature]
Starr: I happen to be an excellent forger. It's one of my many talents.
Cole: Let me see. (he looks) Wow -- that is amazing.
Starr: Well, your mom has a very easy signature. I could do it in my sleep.
Starr: Cole, we totally lied to our parents. If they found out that we were here together, you'd be thrown in jail and I'd be thrown in a convent.
Cole: You better tell me what's wrong because I'm not going to let this go.
Starr: Yeah, because nothing turns me on like pressure, Cole. Thank you.
Starr: Cole, could we please not talk about our parents? All we ever do is talk about our parents or hook up. What is fun about that?
Cole: The hooking up part?
Starr: Not right now, it isn't.
Cole: Hey, can I tell you something?
Starr: Yeah.
Cole: I love you.
Starr: You do? How did you know?
Cole: I -- I -- I walk into a room and -- and I want to know if you're there. You know, and something good happens, something rotten, I want to tell you and just you, and then there's the kissing part and -- and that you're so incredibly beautiful and --
Starr: Cole? Cole? I love you, too.
Todd: There's going to be other boys, believe me.
Starr: I don't want other boys, dad, I want Cole!
Todd: I just don't think Cole's worthy of you, sweetie. He's an idiot.
Starr: Cole, if my parents are so stupid, they can't trust me to make the right decision, they won't let me live my own life. And if they make me choose, I choose you.
Starr: Where are we going?
Cole: We're going to Cleveland. Ok, I know -- I know it's not very romantic or anything, but it does have the rock and roll hall of fame. And, of course, Lebron James.
Starr: (to Todd) I'll break up with Cole. If you leave him alone, I promise I won't have anything to do with him ever again.
Cole: Starr, what are you saying?
Starr: Cole, this is the only way. My father nearly killed you!
Todd: And I don't like to leave things unfinished.
[Starr explains to Natalie why she broke up with Cole to save him from Todd]
Starr: The thing about Cole and me is that we get along really well together. The only problem that we have is my dad. I really thought that he was going to kill Cole. And I would've been known as the girl who got her boyfriend whacked instead of the one who cost the Llanview Llions their precious title.
Natalie: Hmm. I never had that problem. Roxy didn’t really care who I dated as long as it got me out of the trailer. For what it’s worth, I think you did the right thing.
Starr: I wish it felt better.
[The school musical is beginning auditions]
Starr: (to Langston) God, every morning, I -- I wake up and the first thing I think about is when I'm going to see Cole that day. And then I remember that I can’t talk to him, I can’t touch him, I can’t even be around him, and I get this feeling like -- like I can’t breathe, like there’s this hole in my heart, and I don’t think that’s going away by singing about cowboys and farmers.
Cole: You've never heard me sing.
Starr: Yes, I have.
Cole: When?
Starr: After school, before we were going out -- um -- you were sitting on the wall near the field, and you were listening to your mp3.
Cole: And I -- and I was singing? Like, out loud?
Starr: Yeah, kind of really loud.
Cole: Oh.
Starr: Did you even, like, read "Oedipus Rex"?
Cole: Hmm, just the online study guide.
Starr: Yeah.
Cole: Well, at least we don’t have to do that play.
[Starr stops Cole from kissing her]
Starr: Because then both of my parents will kill you and I already broke my promise to them by dancing with you.
Cole: Well, then I'm already dead and this is the afterlife and we're in love, so what’s the problem?
Starr: I want you to let go of me. I have to get over you.
Cole: So what’s the plan, Starr, huh? You go "Eternal Sunshine" on me and wipe me from your brain?
Starr: Would you just please shut up?
Cole: Or are you just going to keep lying and tell everyone you don’t give a crap about me until you actually believe it?
Starr: If you really think that, then you don’t know me at all!
Cole: You're the only person in this stupid town I care about, and you won’t talk to me. To what? Protect me?
Starr: Yes.
Cole: Bull. I love you. The only person I see you protecting is you.
Starr: So you're taking Britney out on a date tonight?
Cole: Yeah, why?
Starr: Why? Because she's her and you're you.
Blair: You know, if Cole is all into you, like you say he is, why would he go out with the one girl -- the one girl he knows that you can't stand in that entire school, hmm? -- No matter how many games or tricks she's doing to get him? You know what I think? I think he's sending you a big message.
Starr: What message?
Blair: You say it's over. And he's telling you he's hearing you.
[Blair tries to convince Starr to go to prom]
Starr: Because even if there was a guy I could ask or one that would ask me -- which there isn’t -- how could I go there the whole time and watch Britney hang all over Cole? I would want to throw up. That would not be fun for me. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.
Cole: My mom has lost her mind. But she swears she knows what she's doing.
Starr: That's what all crazy people say.
Cole: Do you know how bad I want to go to the prom with you tonight? I'm not the one that wanted to break up.
Starr: I didn't, either! Did you forget about our parents? This was the best thing for everybody.
Cole: Is this the best thing for you, or us? Because you don't seem happy to me and I'm -- well, I'm completely miserable.
Starr: What do you want me to say?
Cole: Just start being yourself again. When we first met, you weren't afraid of anything. That's part of what made me fall in love with you. And you loved me till you lost your nerve and just threw it all away.
Starr: I'm so sorry I was so mean to you.
Cole: You were just doing what you thought was right.
Starr: I have never been so wrong.
Cole: Well, I tried telling you that.
Starr: It's not funny, ok? My parents always lie to each other. And it never worked -- it was a disaster. I should've learned by now.
[Starr and Cole are reunited at prom]
Cole: I still can't believe all this is real. I mean, I actually drove you home from the prom.
Starr: I know, and the whole night started out like a nightmare.
Cole: And ended like a dream.
[Marty wants Cole to stay away from Starr]
Cole: You're not a hypocrite, Mom, except with this. I know it’s hard without Dad around, and I know you're trying to do what you think he'd want. But with this, you're wrong. I mean, he would like Starr. She’s different, she -- she’s funny, she’s -- she’s great -- like you. Thing is, we know the mistakes that you and Mr. Manning made, and we're not going to make the same ones. All right, we were taught better -- you taught me better. So, please, Mom, don’t get in the way of us.
Starr: Mom, don’t you want me to be happy?
Blair: Oh, no, no. Don’t you start with me, Starr.
Starr: I'm not starting anything, Mom. With all the things that have been going on, Dad’s gone. And with all the stuff that’s been happening at school, the only time that I am happy is when I'm with Cole. Without him, I hate my life. I thought that you out of anybody else would understand that. Everybody always tried to tear you and Dad apart, even Aunt Dorian. But you fought to stay with him, just like I am with Cole.
Langston: What now?
Cole: My mom changed her mind about us.
Langston: And the problem is --
Starr: My mom’s talking bars on the windows and a chastity belt.
Cole: Oh, hey, there’s that new movie coming out today -- "Kill Fast, Die Slowly III."
Starr: Oh, please -- I couldn’t die fast enough getting through the first one.
[Starr is furious when she finds out Cole knew that Miles had Todd hostage and said nothing]
Cole: I wasn’t thinking -- that’s it. I -- I told you that --
Starr: You were thinking. You were thinking about how it would affect you and your mother --
Cole: That’s not true.
Starr: Not how it would affect my dad and us.
[Todd has been rescued and now he's in the hospital]
Cole: Is your dad ok?
Starr: Um, well, they moved him into another room, but he'll be fine.
Cole: Well, when you go see him, I want to go with you.
Starr: I don’t think that that’s such a good idea. I mean, he’s still in bed and everything, but he might find enough strength to sit up and strangle you.
[Starr, Cole, Markko and Langston are playing strip poker]
Starr: Bow-chicka-bow-bow. Now it's getting interesting.
Cole: Hey, you never told me you knew how to play poker.
Starr: Well, you never asked.
Cole: You know, this reminds me of the first time we met.
Starr: Britney spilled beer on me and you loaned me sweatpants?
Cole: I wanted to kiss you that night. I should have.
Starr: Well, what a difference a year makes.
Cole: I left my boxers here? Wow, talk about bonehead moves.
Starr: You didn't notice that they were missing when you took off your clothes to sleep?
Cole: Honestly?
Starr: No, lie to me.
Cole: I haven't really been doing too much sleeping lately. Just, you know, being worried about my mom and all. But yeah, it's pretty much playing video games, watching movies, and passing out on top of covers. And it's weird, because Nigel even changes the sheets and I don't even sleep on them.
Starr: Well, why don't you tell him?
Cole: Well, I would, but I actually think he likes it. I mean, he's been doing so much with Asa for so long now that I don't think he has anything to do -- except karaoke with Matthew -- all the time.
Starr: Ooh
Cole: All the time.
Starr: He must be lonely.
Cole: Yeah, actually, sometimes, I mess up my own bed just so he can fix it.
Starr: Oh, that's really sweet. Or totally insane.
Starr: My dad can kind of be his own worst enemy sometimes. He kind of messed with Margaret’s mind. He made her think that he really liked her when they first met because he wanted something. He kind of does that sometimes.
Cole: Hey, it’s -- it’s ok. I -- I'm not in love with your dad.
Starr: Well, that’s a relief.
Starr: We could take Comm. Science together.
Cole: What?
Starr: Ooh -- we could join band.
Cole: Band?
Starr: You don’t want to be a band geek? No?
Cole: No. Or you could -- could skip a grade.
Starr: Ok, I know I'm smart and everything, but we would probably have better luck being in the same gym class together, but that wouldn’t really be fair to you, because I would just cream you in football, and beat you in everything else -- just completely ruin you.
Cole: Oh, yeah?
Starr: Yeah.
Cole: Bring it on, big shot.
Cole: How did you get so good at making me feel better?
Starr: Maybe it’s in my genes or chromosomes or something.
Cole: In your jeans, huh?
Starr: Hey!
Cole: What? You're the one who said it.
Starr: You're the one who can’t keep your head above waist level.
[Cole insists that Todd and Blair only got married to get custody of Todd's son]
Starr: My parents are still in love with each other!
Cole: That marriage was a load of crock, and we both know it. And what sucks the most is that you're trying to con me just like they're conning you.
Starr: Why are you being so mean?
Cole: Because your parents are screwing you over. And all I'm doing lately is holding your hand.
Starr: Well, I didn’t know I was so hard to deal with. God.
Starr: Cole, what would a Cramer do?
Cole: You're asking me?
[The teens are watching a horror movie]
Cole: Shh, we're going to miss a good part.
Starr: There are no good parts. It’s just a whole bunch of clueless teenagers doing everything a horror movie tells them not to.
Cole: If they didn’t do those things, there wouldn’t be a movie.
[Starr freaks out on Cole, Langston and Markko because she thinks there's someone lurking outside the house]
Langston: Don’t you think it’s at all possible that maybe you're --
Starr: That I was what, overreacting to a scratching tree branch? Sure, because that’s what crazy people do. They make a big deal out of nothing!
Cole: We didn’t say it was nothing.
Starr: You just don’t believe me -- it’s plain and simple. It’s like the whole funhouse thing all over again. I tell people that I see something freaky till I'm blue in the face and nobody believes me until the funhouse is burning down and is about to burn a man alive! So what are we going to do? Are we going to wait until the funhouse burns down or are we going to do something about this?
[Everyone stares at her in confusion]
[Cole is on the run after shooting Miles]
Starr: You can't go to prison, Cole. My dad has been there. You won't survive.