If you close the door, the night could last forever. Leave the sunshine out and say hello to never. All the people are dancing and they're having such fun. I wish it could happen to me.
"After Hours" - The Velvet Underground

"I have to get an A on this test."

"Talking to yourself again, Sammy?"

"Just studying, Tara."

"Well, put the books away, Sammy, we are going out!"

"Kat, I can't. I have to practice with Grace later and have an anatomy test to study for the mean time. I've only just got my GPA back to where it belongs after the whole working thing. The last thing I can afford is a night out when I should be doing homework."

"But c'mon, Sammy, I'm finally back at the Academy and Kat and I only started just getting along again! You have to come out with us to celebrate. You're our best friend, our gay best friend in fact. You totally owe it to us to share your fabulousness with us and show us another side of Sydney."

"What in the world are you talking about, T?"

"What Tara is talking about, dearest Sammy, is Oxford Street. You cannot be properly gay until you have partied at the Midnight Shift! They are doing an all-ages thing tonight and my mother got us on the list. Apparently Natasha is a very big deal among your set, a gay icon or something. We're expected, darling, we can't let them down!"

"My set? Let who down?"

"The beautiful dancing gay boys, Lieberman!"

"Kat, I've been gay for like two seconds and I sort of have a boyfriend. I hardly think that Ollie would be okay with me going out without him and dancing with all these beautiful boys as you call them."

"But would he object to you dancing with us? You don't have to dance with anyone but Kat and me, I promise. We'll be your beards or protection or whatever. Kat will make sure that everyone keeps away and I'll tell them you have a boyfriend. Just come out with us, we're all going so crazy with midterms coming up and I could really, really, really use the fun!"

"I have to study, Tara!"

"You know you're going to give in, Sammy. You always give in!"

"Not this time, Kat! This time, Sammy Lieberman will prevail."

"And risk letting his two very best friends in the whole world down?"

"Really, with the guilt, T? I expected more out of you."

"I don't know why. She has that whole farmer's daughter routine down perfectly. She uses that wide-eyed innocence to get her way all the time. How have you not noticed this by now?"

"Don't tell him my secrets, Kat! He is already immune to my feminine wiles!"

"What feminine wiles?"

"Hey, I'll have you know that I can be quite sexy, Sammy. In fact, if you go out with us tonight, you can see just how I well I can use my prowess to score us free drinks. Of course, we won't be able to drink them, but I can still totally get them."

"Now this I have to see! Come on, Sammy, you have to go out with us now!"

"No fair, you two are double teaming me."

"Not really, but if that's what you're into, we can probably arrange something."

"Kat!"

"Calm down, T, I'm just kidding. Honestly, Sammy, we're not trying to team up on you. We should probably totally respect your boundaries and let you study, but we've never been to Oxford Street. Neither have you! We always do these big firsts together, and I just thought that tonight could be the night we mark this one off the list."

"Well, when you put it like that..."

"We're wearing him down, Webster!"

"Please, Sammy, pretty please!"

"Wow, T, Kat's right. You really are pretty good at that whole innocent act."

"It's not an act!"

"Uh, you just said told Sammy it was."

"Well, maybe I have split personalities, whatever! I just want him to come out with us."

"Alright, fine, give me fifteen minutes to get ready."

"Yay, Sammy, thank you!"

"Okay, okay, you don't have to hug me so tight, T. I got it, you're happy. You're welcome."

"Time's wasting, Lieberman."

"Yeah, you're welcome, too, Kat."

"Uh huh, hurry up. We'll be waiting in the lounge."

"Well, I guess I could probably manage just fine with a C."