- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: That night, I didn't feel like going home, facing the inevitable questions. It was only 9:30 so I thought I would hang out in the garage for a while. Maybe, spend the night there. Unfortunately, someone else was already hanging out in the garage.
- [Kevin opens the door to the garage]
- Kevin Arnold: Dad?
- Jack Arnold: Hey.
- [Kevin closes the door]
- Kevin Arnold: What are you doing?
- Jack Arnold: [Jack is fiddling with a piece to the lawnmower] I'm trying to get this damn mower repaired.
- Kevin Arnold: [silence] You need any help?
- Jack Arnold: Nah.
- Jack Arnold: How are things going? With uh, Winnie, I mean?
- Kevin Arnold: Uh, things are pretty much over with us, you know.
- Jack Arnold: I guess it must hurt a lot doesn't it?
- Kevin Arnold: I guess so.
- Jack Arnold: I wish I could say it gets easier.
- Kevin Arnold: Can we go inside?
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: But I knew I wasn't gonna make it inside.
- [Kevin gives his dad a hug]
- Jack Arnold: You just hang in there, now.
- Winnie Cooper: Kevin, could we talk?
- Kevin Arnold: Talk about what?
- Winnie Cooper: [Winnie sighs] We shouldn't be acting like this.
- Kevin Arnold: Well, how do you want us to act?
- Winnie Cooper: I don't know. Kevin, I care about you. You mean a lot to me.
- Kevin Arnold: I do?
- Winnie Cooper: And... I need you...
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: I wanted to take her in my arms right there and tell her how much I missed her.
- Winnie Cooper: ...to be my friend.
- Kevin Arnold: You're friend?
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: The words cut my heart out. I couldn't have been more unprepared. I said the first thing I felt.
- Kevin Arnold: I don't want to be your friend. I got enough friends.
- Winnie Cooper: Kevin...
- Kevin Arnold: Look, Winnie, lets just both do ourselves a favor and keep away from each other!
- Winnie Cooper: You really mean that?
- Kevin Arnold: Of course, I really mean that!
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: I guess I was hurting her. But I just didn't care anymore.
- Kevin Arnold: I'll tell you another thing, Winnie, This whole thing's stupid. It's really not that big a deal. And to tell you the truth, our relationship didn't mean that much to me, all right?
- Kevin Arnold - The Narrator: It was the biggest lie I ever told, and she believed every word of it.