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FRANKIE AND PHOENIX: I am aware now / You’ve already won me over in spite of me / And don’t be alarmed if I fall head over feet / And don’t be surprised if I love you for all that you are / I couldn’t help it / It’s all your fault / You’ve already won me over in spite of me / And don’t be alarmed if I fall head over feet / And don’t be surprised if I love you for all that you are / I couldn’t help it / It’s all your fault

FRANKIE: Knot in my stomach and

PHOENIX: Lump in my throat

We suddenly hear a voice. It’s Jo, singing “YOUR HOUSE” as she approaches. Jo enters the Healy house like she’s done a million times before.

JO: I went to your house / Walked up the stairs / I opened your door without ringing the bell / I walked down the hall into your room / Where I could feel you / And I shouldn’t be here without permission / Shouldn’t be here...³

Jo stares at Phoenix in the bed. He waves.

PHOENIX: Hi. Phoenix. You know me from biology class?

JO: (in shock) Right. We dissected an earthworm together.

PHOENIX: Yeah. (awkward) It had five hearts. They were all still beating.

Jo takes in the scene, wordless, then runs out of the bedroom.

FRANKIE: Jo!

Mary Jane and Steve enter.

MARY JANE: (to Steve) Actually, you violated my privacy by saying all that...

STEVE: That’s kind of the point of therapy! (startled) Oh. Hi, Joanne.

Jo is trembling with rage and hurt. She begins babbling at Mary Jane.

JO: (mock-cheerful) Hi Steve. Hey, I thought you should know that Frankie is in her room with a boy in her bed! They’ve been having sexual intercourse while you were out. There’s a condom on the floor...

STEVE: What?

MARY JANE: She has a boy in here?

JO: Yeah. I’m sure he’s parkouring down the side of your house as we speak, but yeah. A guy was banging your daughter!

STEVE: Joanne!

3 “This song captures that moment of, ’Wow, I really love this person and I want to make this work, but their definition of monogamy is quite different from mine.’ It’s that sobering moment of, ’OK, not everyone is psyched about monogamy in the same way that I am.’”

JO: He was wearing dog tags with no shirt like a douche. Frankie barely knows this person. They met like five minutes ago. Also, please do not call me Joanne. I am not a fucking fabric store.

Jo runs out the door.

MARY JANE: (yelling) Frankie, what’s going on here?

STEVE: You had a boy over here? In my house?

FRANKIE: I had a friend over.

He sees Phoenix take off.

STEVE: Yeah, there goes your “friend” running down Buttercup Drive with his pants falling down.

MARY JANE: Was this your first time?

FRANKIE: I don’t have to tell you that! I have agency over my own body!

MARY JANE: Agency...what do you even mean?!

FRANKIE: Yeah, you would be unclear on “agency.”

STEVE: Mary Frances. You are 16 years old. You’re not ready.

MARY JANE: You’re too young to be doing this. Especially with a boy you just met.

FRANKIE: What if it was a girl? I’m bisexual, did you know that?