Girl #1 (Excited): Oh my goodness! (To another girl) Do you know who he is?!
Girl #2 (Realizing it herself): It can't be!
Girl #1: It is! It's really him! (They ran up to him) Um, Mr. Nesmith? Could we have your autograph?
Mike: No!
Girl #1: But we?
Mike: Maybe you didn't hear me! I said `no!' (Mike walked up to management) Could I have a secluded booth please?
Manager (Realizing who it was and taking a quote from the show): "I have a booth that is so secluded that three of our best waiters couldn't find it."
Mike (Catching on and now being sarcastic): Ha, ha, ha!
Manager: Sorry. I couldn't help it! It was one of my favorite episodes. Right this way, Mr. Nesmith.
Girl #2: What's wrong with you, Mike?
Mike: I don't want bothered! Is it that hard to understand?
Girl #2 (Crushed): No; I guess not.
Mike (Seeing her eyes; sighing): I'm sorry. I'm having a bad day.
Girl #2 (Forcing a smile): It's okay I guess. Mike: Here. (Mike took a piece of paper and signed his name)
Girl #1 (Getting her autograph): Thank you.
Mike: Welcome. (To the manager) Could I have my booth now?
Manager: Right this way, sir. (Mike followed the manager to a secluded booth) Anything you want, you name it and it's yours.
Mike: Thanks. (Mike sat down, ordered his food and sat in thought again)
(**Warning: Sensitive part of the story again**)
(Mike's memory...)
"Mike's Dad: YOU BITCH!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT US!!
Mike's Mom (Crying): WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?? THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE UNTIL THEY SAW MIKE!!
Mike's Dad: WELL MIKE TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND NOW I'M IN HOT WATER!! I ALMOST GOT FIRED FROM MY JOB BECAUSE OF IT!! (The beating began and Mike stepped in)
Mike (Yelling and crying): THAT'S ENOUGH!! LEAVE MOMMY ALONE!!
Mike's Dad: NO!!
Mike (Trying to hit his dad): LEAVE HER ALONE!!"
(Mike's thoughts were interrupted again by someone else.)
Woman: Penny for your thoughts sir? (Mike turned his attention toward a beautiful red-head girl) May I have a seat?
Mike (Small smile): Hi Pam! (Pam sat down) How'd you know to find me here?
Pam: Andy called me and was a little worried about you. He told me you might be here so I took my chances and came down. Andy, also, told me about your sister and said you were hiding something about your past that was bugging you. I figured that if you needed to talk to someone about it, it should be me.
Mike (Depressed sigh again): You're the only one who knows about it.
Pam: That's because I used to take you away from it all when we were kids.
Mike: What do I do, Pam? I buried that part of my past and now it's come back to haunt me because of a girl that shows up and says she's my sister.
Pam: Maybe you should hear her out.
Mike: I don't wanna hear her out.
Pam: You're afraid that she wants you to meet up with your dad right?
Mike: How'd you get to know me so well?
Pam: Babe, I wasn't your best friend growing up for nothing. Just because we're divorced doesn't mean I've forgotten about you and your past.
Mike: I don't wanna talk to him?see him or anything like that. It's too painful.
Pam: Sometimes we have to face our past before we can heal within ourselves.
Mike: There you go; being philosophical again.
Pam: I can't help it. That's the way I am, babe. You'll just have to take me as I am or not at all. (Mike laughed because she used to say that when they were married) Ah-ha! Michael Nesmith "does" know how to laugh.
Mike: Only you can do that, Pammy. Only you.
Pam: What, Katie doesn't make you laugh?
Mike: Not like you. She's more of a serious person than anything else.
Pam: Like you? (He looked at her) You know how you are. What was it Micky used to say about you? Oh yeah, "Mike's the serious one of our group, I'm the funny one, Peter's the unknown one and Davy's the babe magnet."
Mike: Don't talk about them right now!
Pam: Why not? I thought you were meeting with them for a reunion?
Mike: I was; `till Davy decided he was going to take charge of the whole thing and kick me out. He said I was letting my `personal' life interfere with the practice and he didn't want me being that way while we were on tour.
Pam: Want me to talk to him?
Mike: You can't talk to that?to Davy. He's impossible.
Pam: You can be too at times. (Mike just gave her a scowled look) Maybe you need to explain to Davy and the other two why you're letting your past interfere?
Mike: I can't, Pam. I just can't talk about it and I wish everyone would quit trying to get me to.
Pam: I think you should at least talk to your sister about it. Let her know why you don't want any contact with your dad. (Mike didn't say anything) Will you at least go home and think about it?
Mike: Yeah; I guess so. (Mike and Pam went on talking for a little bit)
(Mike finally returned to his own home just around 1:00 a.m. Katie was a little upset at her husband for his late entrance.)
Katie: Where have you been? I have been waiting up for you and I've been worried sick that something might have happened to you!
Mike: Well I'm fine! You can quit worrying about me!
Katie: You've been acting strange since you came back from Asher's earlier this afternoon; why is that?
Mike: I've just been thinking is all.
Katie: About what?
Mike: Nothing important. Let's go to bed. I'm tired.
Katie (Hand to her stomach): Ah!
Mike: You okay?
Katie: Yeah. I just got kicked is all. This baby is very active.
Mike: It's probably telling you to go to bed. C'mon! (Mike and Katie turned out the lights and went to their room to bed)