Starr & Travis [2004]

[Starr finds out "FRODO87"'s real name]
Starr: Hmmm...Travis. Gotta be cool with that name.


[Starr sees Travis walking on the street]
Starr: Travis, is that you? It's me!
Travis: (not recognizing her) Little kid, you want to get the hell away from me?


[Travis is upset that Starr lied about what her picture looked like]
Starr: Come on, Travis, what's with the attitude? Why does what I look like matter? We're connected, right?
Travis: Look, we both had parents that split up, okay, but that's not anything that we should --
Starr: We're meant to be together!


[Travis shows Starr his "hide out" -- a back alley hole in the wall]
Travis: Well, it's not the Trump Tower, but, hey --
Starr: You live here?
Travis: No. My mom has an apartment up on Fifth Street.  I just come here when I want to shut down, you know? You know, get away from things that are just too wacko. Sometimes I cut school and just hang out here, listen to music.
Starr: That's cool.


Starr: We can go anywhere.
Travis: (points to a place on one of his maps) I always wanted to go there.
Starr: California? Why not?
Travis: Just I've never seen the Pacific Ocean.
Starr: Well, it's kind of like the Atlantic Ocean, but only with bigger waves.


Starr: (to Travis) Wherever you go, I go.


Starr: Travis, what's your favorite movies?
Travis: Well, I like Rebel Without A Cause and The Godfather, and Ed Wood. How about you?
Starr: I like The Exorcist, Psycho, and Nightmare On Elm Street.
Travis: Wait, for real?
Starr: For real.


Travis: Hey, you want to watch TV?
Starr: You have a TV?
Travis: Yeah, I got it last fall for my 15th birthday. That's why I have these batteries.
Starr: Wait a minute. 15? You said you were 16.
Travis: Yeah, and you said you were 15. I only lied by six months. You lied by two years.  Guess that's why we get along, huh? We tell the same lies.


Travis: Must be nice to have a dad who cares about you. I don't know where my father is. I haven't seen him since he left my mom.
Starr: Maybe you're better off. How would you like to have a dad that always says that he's going to get back together with your mom, then one day just says, "Don't count on it"?


Travis: We got to go to the Grand Canyon.
Starr: Do you think we'll make it that far?
Travis: We'll make it wherever we want.


[Travis is talking about his sister Terry, who died a few years ago]
Travis: I used to call my little sister "Shrimp Girl."
Starr: Why?
Travis: Well, when she was a baby, she was kind of pink and she'd curl up into, like, a little ball like a shrimp and then go to sleep. You know, my sister didn't hate "Shrimp Girl" as much as you hate "Shorty."
Starr: I don't necessarily hate it. I just don't like talking about it.
Travis: Yeah, I don't like talking about "Shrimp Girl," either.


Travis: Look, you can't go off alone. You don't know the city.
Starr: I'm just slowing you down.
Travis: No, you're not. Look, we made a plan to travel across the country together. I really want you to come with me.
Starr: I never had a friend like you before.
Travis: Me, neither.


[Standing on Bow Bridge in Central Park]
Travis: It's said that if two people stand here and pledge to be true to each other and then drop their rings in the water, they'll be bonded forever.
Starr: Really?
Travis: Yeah, sure.
Starr: That's really cool, but do you really think that anybody could be bonded forever?
Travis: We can try, right?


[Starr and Travis drop their rings into the water]
Starr: Is that it?
Travis: Well, we're supposed to seal it with a kiss, but, you know --
Starr: Okay.
Travis: Are you sure?
Starr: I want to do this right. (they kiss)


[After Starr has been kidnapped by Laser, Travis meets with Todd and Blair]
Blair: Travis, thank you so much for meeting with us. We're really worried about our little girl.
Travis: Starr's the best. I really like her.
Blair: Well, we really love her, and we're hoping that maybe you can tell us where she went?
Travis: I -- I wish. Look, I never wanted anything bad to happen to her.


Travis: We took the tops of water bottles and we -- you know, they're like rings? So we put them on, and then we took her ribbon of hers and we tied them together. We dropped them in the river together.
Blair: She sounds special to you.
Travis: Yeah.


[Travis looks at Todd and Blair]
Travis: You know, she made you guys sound really different than what you are. She said you guys hated each other and would yell all the time.


[Travis meets Starr's cousin River]
Travis: We just wanted to be together. If I knew this was just going to go down -- I want to make sure nothing bad happens to her. That's why I got a ticket all the way from New York. I want to do something.
River: What the hell do you think you can do?
Travis: I don't know, and I don't know how you know Starr or who you are, but -- look, I never met anybody like her. We connect, you know? I'd do anything for her.


[Todd and Blair are worried about Starr's safety]
Travis: Starr's okay. She has to be. I love her!
Todd: Travis...uh, you're not in love with Starr, okay? I want you to shut up.
Travis: How do you know how I feel?


Todd: I'm not letting Starr have a boyfriend until after I'm dead.
Travis: Look, Starr's incredible, Mr. Manning. I don't care how old she is. I mean, she even gets me...nobody gets me! Look, when I'm around Starr everything's great, and that has to be love.


[Travis blames himself for Starr getting kidnapped]
Starr: You're not the one that made me run away. You're the one that helped me get rescued. And you went all the way to Llanview. I mean, come on, I can't believe that you walked into my Aunt Dorian's house. She bites people's heads off for fun.
Travis: (laughs) No, she doesn't.
Starr: You have a nice smile.


[As Starr is leaving with her parents, Travis calls out to her]
Travis: I love you, Starr Manning! You haven't seen the last of me.


[A few days later, Travis shows up on Starr's doorstep]
Starr: Travis!! What are you doing here?
Travis: I came to see you. I couldn't stay away.


Travis: So my mom's totally paranoid. I mean, she thinks this whole running-away thing was her fault.
Starr: My mom thinks the same way, but I got new roller blades out of it.
Travis: Well, you sure know how to work it, don't you?


Starr: About the thing you said in New York...about you loving me --
Travis: Um -- forget it, okay? I just -- it slipped out.


Starr: Yeah. Well, you know, I know my mom and dad aren't getting back together, and I'm not going to die about it.
Travis: Yeah, I guess, you know, some people just aren't meant to be together. (gives her a meaningful look) Some are.


[Starr is gushing about Travis to her mother]
Starr: So then after bowling, me and Travis came here, and he had pie with cheese on it. And then after, he had coffee. He's just so cool!


Starr: There's this really cool place and it's called Reptile Roundup, and I like going there, but if you think it's sucky and stupid...
Travis: Hey, if you think it's cool, then it's cool.


[Todd is giving Travis a lecture before Travis and Starr go to the dance]
Todd: No touching, no kissing, huh? No smoking, no drinking, no dancing. All right?
Travis: Mr. Manning, it's a dance.
Todd: Okay, a little dancing.
Travis: Yeah.
Todd: But no slow dancing. No bringing her in close. You got me?
Travis: Yeah. No slow dances at all.  Gotcha.
Todd: When you see her, you tell her she looks nice. No, you tell she looks great, got it? Get out of my face.  We never had this conversation, okay?
Travis: Yeah.


[Starr tells Travis that her parents are getting back together]
Travis: Wow! That's all you've ever wanted since we hooked up on the net.
Starr: (smiles) Yeah, well, there's other things I want now.


[Starr is telling Travis about how her father saved her from drowning]
Starr: Well, he just jumped right in and saved me.
Travis: You know, if I was there, I would have done the same thing.


[Starr is telling Travis the story of how she tried to bust Todd out of police custody]
Travis: Yeah, I know, but stopping a prison van and, you know, using Matthew to pretend he's sick? That took guts.
Starr: (beaming with pride) Well, that's what my dad probably would have done for me.
Travis: ...Well, you know, I like taking risks, too.


[Starr has gotten her feelings hurt by Travis]
Blair: What's going on, you two?
Starr: Travis called me a geek.
Travis: I meant that in a good way, okay?
Starr: Since when is being a geek a good thing?!


Travis: Starr, I'd hate it if you were just one of those girls who, you know, looked at clothes and jewelry and talked about famous people. Come on, they know you by name over at the Reptile Roundup.
Starr: Well, they did say that they'd give me a job over there when I turn 16.


Travis: What other girl could have handled those big guys like you did in Central Park? Starr, I think you're amazing.
Starr: I think you're amazing, too.


Starr: You're lucky you don't have a nanny. It's a drag.
Travis: No, she's pretty funny. (imitates Hedy) "Starr Manning, you will be the death of me!"


Starr: You know, it's weird -- we met on the internet and you could've been this freak, but you're not. You're my boyfriend. Well, I mean, if you want to be. I mean, if not, then I don't really --
Travis: So that makes you my girlfriend. I mean, if you want to be.
Starr: Cool. I mean, definitely.


[Travis and Starr access The Banner-Sun web site]
Travis: You know, I bet if we had his password, we could get all kinds of cool stuff.
Starr: (types in the password)
Travis: "Oh great one"? But that's your screen name.
Starr: I really am great, aren't I?
Travis: (grins) I guess so.


[Starr and Travis mess around on The Banner-Sun web site]
Travis: You know, I bet we could change all kinds of stuff and no one would ever notice.
Starr: Yeah, "like woman gives birth to baby elephant."
Travis: Or vice versa.
Starr: "Elephant gives birth to baby woman!"
Travis: Or "man gives birth to baby elephant."


Starr: This really weird lady came over my aunt's house and picked up Jack and took him out for a while. It was really scary.
Travis: Is he all right?
Starr: Oh, yeah, he's fine, but my parents are losing it. They said that I'm not allowed out of the house till I'm 30.
Travis: 30? So I guess I'm going to have to be visiting you for the next 17 years.


Starr: I have an idea. Why don't we hack on to The Banner-Sun?
Travis: Yeah, cool, sure. So, who do we trash this time?
Starr: How about Kevin Buchanan for going after my dad?
Travis: Sweet. What do we accuse him of this time?
Starr: How about drug dealing?


Travis: You know, you're the most amazing person I ever knew.
Starr: Yeah, well, you're the most coolest person I ever knew and a lot more. You know what? Knowing you was worth getting kidnapped.


Starr: I want everybody to know how much of a sleazebag Kevin really is. I hate him.
Travis: Well, if you hate him, I hate him, too, okay?


[Starr is typing up a fake article for The Banner-Sun]
Starr: "It's still a mystery who hacked into The Banner-Sun's computer, but a source said whoever it was must have been a genius to get through all the security."
Travis: Yeah, that's great. But what should the headline be?
Todd: (entering the room) How about "Kids Busted for Computer Fraud"?


[Todd has brought Starr and Travis to apologize to Kevin for the fake article]
Travis: Mr. Buchanan, we apologize.
Starr: It was my fault. I had the idea.
Kevin: What idea?
Starr: Well, I wrote stuff about how you were mean to the people who worked for you and I tried to get it printed in the newspaper.
Travis: Yeah. Um -- look, we're the ones that hacked into "The Banner's" mainframe.
Starr: But I made up what to say. I'm sorry.
Travis: No, we're -- we're both sorry.


Todd: (to Kevin) Why don't you be a man and accept their apology?
Kevin: Well, I can't accept their apology because it isn't one.  It's a lie.
Travis: Hey! Starr's not a liar, okay? Everything she said is true.


Starr: (to Viki) In just one more week, Travis will have to go back to New York. And he has to live in a rat-infested apartment and in a neighborhood where dozens of people are murdered by the day.
Travis: Starr, Starr --
Starr: Okay, fine. It's a "transitional neighborhood."


[Starr asks Viki to hire Travis's mother]
Starr: And we're a family, and that's what family's for, right, is to help each other out?
Viki: Well, that's called nepotism.
Starr: Listen, Aunt Viki, you have to do this for me, okay? If you don't, I will have to live the rest of my life alone and die heartbroken.