Tom: My name's Tom.
Girl at Interview: [shaking hands] Nice to meet you. I'm Autumn.
Narrator: As he listened, Tom began to realize that these stories weren't routinely told. These were stories one had to earn. He could feel the wall coming down. He wondered if anyone else had made it this far. Which is why the next six words changed everything.
Summer: I've never told anybody that before.
Tom: I guess I'm not just
anybody.
Tom: Either she's an evil, emotionless, miserable human being, or... she's a robot.
Girl at Interview: Have I seen you before?
Tom: Me? I don't think so.
Girl at Interview: Do you ever go to Angelus Plaza?
Tom: Yes. That's, like, my favorite spot in the city.
Girl at Interview: Yeah. Okay, except for the parking lots, but...
Tom: Yeah. I agree.
Girl at Interview: Yeah, yeah. I think I've seen you there.
Tom: Really?
Girl at Interview: Yeah.
Tom: I haven't seen you.
Girl at Interview: You must not have been looking...
Tom: [Montage of Summer] I hate her crooked teeth. I hate her 1960s haircut. I hate her knobby knees. I hate her cockroach-shaped splotch on her neck. I hate the way she smacks her lips before she talks. I hate the way she sounds when she laughs.
[Fade to black as Swayze's "She's Like the Wind" plays briefly]
Tom: I HATE THIS SONG!
Bus
Driver: [Open to Tom standing while bus comes to a sudden stop] Son, you need to get off the bus.
Narrator: Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin, and they end, with no lasting memories made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life. May 23rd was a Wednesday.
Summer: We've been like Sid and Nancy for months now.
Tom: Summer, Sid stabbed Nancy, seven times with a kitchen knife, I mean we have some disagreements but I hardly think I'm Sid Vicious.
Summer: No, I'm Sid.
Tom: Oh, so I'm Nancy...
[Pancakes arrive]
Summer: Let's just eat and
we'll talk about it later. Mmm, that is good, I'm really glad we did this. I love these pancakes... What?
[Tom gets up and walks away from the table]
Summer: Tom, don't go! You're still my best friend!
Tom: It's official. I'm in love with Summer.
[while Montage of Summer plays]
Tom: I love her smile. I love her hair. I love her knees. I love how she licks her lips before she talks. I love her heart-shaped birthmark on her neck. I love it when she sleeps.
Tom: That was actually my nickname in college. They called me "Perfectly Adequate" Hansen.
[Starts to take a drink of champagne]
Summer: They used to call me "Anal Girl".
[Tom nearly gags on his drink from that and looks at her like "What?"]
Summer: I was very neat and organized.
Narrator: There's only two kinds of people in the world. There's women, and there's men. Summer Finn was a woman. Height, average. Weight, average. Shoe size, slightly above average. For all intents and purposes, Summer Finn was just another girl. Except she wasn't.
Rachel Hansen: Now look, if it were me, I'd find out now before you show up at her place and, well... She's in bed with Lars from Norway.
Tom: Who's Lars from Norway?
Rachel Hansen: Just some guy she met at the gym with Brad Pitt's face and Jesus' abs.