Rochelle: And stay away from my Turtles.
Peaches: Well, you outta milk!

Adult Chris: [v.o.] After a couple of weeks at Tattaglia without Greg, I tried hanging out with a few different crowds to make myself feel better. I tried hanging out with the losers.
Chris: So what do you want to study? Math or science?
Boy #1: Dude, why are you always studying?
Boy #2: Yeah, you act like we're graduating tomorrow. Don't be such a downer.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I even tried hanging out with the break-dance crews. I only had a connection with one person in the school, and it was the wrong type of connection.
Joey Caruso: [punches Chris] What's up, Theo?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] There was only one time during the day that I didn't miss Greg. Home Ec. It smelled like biscuits, and it looked like Victoria's Secret. Greg wasn't there, but if there's one way to replace one good friend, it's with a bunch of strange women. Hey, that's how strip clubs were born.

Chris: Hi. I'm Chris.
Angel: Hi. I'm Angel.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Ahn-Hel? More like, "What the hell?"
Chris: Ahn-Hel? What's up with the outfit?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And the makeup?
Angel: I'm androgynous, silly.
[fantasy: Dr. Information presents a newscast:]
Dr. Information: Around 1986, a new trend emerged called androgyny. Inspired by the looks of personalities such as Boy George, Prince, Grace Jones and Attorney General Janet Reno, gender benders, as they were also called, stretched the perceptions of what it meant to be male or female.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] For a lot of guys, Home Ec would have been a bad choice. But for me, it was a perfect fit. Everything I did in class I already did at home.
Maria: These are good, Chris.
Chris: Thanks. Maybe I could taste your cookies sometime.
Maria: What'd you say?
Chris: Nothing. You know, I mean, like if you were to bake some here. In class.
Maria: Hm. Don't be funny.
Chris: Okay.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Because I was a guy and a good cook, I got a lot of attention.
Girl #1: Bye, Chris.
Girl #2: Bye, Chris.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] The only girl in class who wouldn't give me the time of day was Maria. Don't be mad at me because you can't make toast.

Teacher: Okay, for our second group of partners, we have Sadie and Lola, Tiffany and Amber, Chris and...
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Chris and Maria, Chris and Maria, Chris and Maria...
Teacher: ...and Angel.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I hadn't noticed Angel before, but if she looked like her name, as Greg would say, I was about to be in there.

Peaches: Rochelle? Oh, I heard so much about you. [hugs her] Oh, my God. I've been meaning to go upstairs and say hi. But, whoo, things have been so crazy since I got out.
Rochelle: Got out?
Peaches: Mm-hm.
Rochelle: Of what?
Peaches: Jail.
Rochelle: Jail?
Peaches: Mm-hm. Ooh, girl, can you believe it? I go out with this guy, he gon' knock over a liquor store. I'm in the car, and he hop in with a bag of money waving his gun talking about, "Drive, drive, drive!" Next thing I know I'm doing four to six years for aiding and abetting.
Rochelle: All right, well, I will talk to you later.
Peaches: Ooh! Girl, that is a nice purse.
Rochelle: Oh, it's all leather.
Peaches: Mm-hm. See, I knew I would like you. I love people with good taste. You're just like me.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Minus the tackiness and the rap sheet.

Chris: Ann-hel? What type of name is that?
Angel: It's Boriqua, baby. Look, I know what you're doing.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I wish I could say the same.
Chris: You do?
Angel: Yes. I know you boys like to come into Home Ec trying to do more than bake cookies. You and me, we could be friends. I could use you.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I don't think I like where this is headed.

Angel: Me, I understand fashion, hair and Madonna, but I'm terrible in the kitchen.
Chris: So?
Angel: I saw you looking at Maria. All I'm saying is that, if you help me, I can help you.
Chris: And how is that?
Angel: Chelsea?
Chelsea: What, Angel?
Angel: This boy just broke up with his girlfriend.
Chelsea: Oh.
Angel: He's depressing me with sad talk. Would you kiss him on the cheek? He needs a reason to live.
Chelsea: [kisses Chris] How's that?
Chris: Yeah. It was good.

Maria: Chris?
Chris: Yes?
Maria: Maria.
Chris: Yes.
Maria:I was wondering...
Chris: Yes?
Maria: ...if maybe you can help me make a cake?
Chris: Yes.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] She may not know how to work an oven, but she knows how to work me.
Angel: Charming, he cooks I don't know, Maria. Sounds like a catch to me.
Maria: We'll see about that after we make the cake. See you, Chris.
Chris: Yes.

Vanessa: I'm Vanessa.
Peaches: Vanessa? Nessa's Vanessa? Oh, this is your shop. Oh, this is nice. Oh. Rochelle, I should have known you worked at a nice place.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Just don't rob it.
Rochelle: Just don't rob it.
Vanessa: Rob it?
Peaches: She is just joking. I just got out of jail.