- Ashley: Not only did my dad tell me he's gay, but he left us for his boyfriend. I've come to a decision, my dad is cut out of my life.
- Terri: C'mon Ash, you're overreacting.
- Ashley: No, I'm not, I have my mom and Jeff and I even have Toby.
- Terri: I don't have a mom. Do you know how that feels?
- Ashley: That's different.
- Terri: Yeah, it is, because you have a choice. My mom is dead. She's never coming back.
- Robert Kerwin: [Shows up at Degrassi] Ashley.
- Ashley: [Unhappily] I have to get to class.
- Robert Kerwin: Ah, I signed you up for the rest of the afternoon. Ash, we need to talk, please?
- Ashley: [They're sitting outside] Were you ever planning on telling me?
- Robert Kerwin: Ash, you were too young to understand.
- Ashley: Too young? Well you left us, ok but, you guys had 5 years.
- Robert Kerwin: I didn't handle it correctly, I admit but, we thought it would be best if we waited until you were older.
- Ashley: Guess what, I'm older.
- Robert Kerwin: That's still pretty hard to hear, right? This is going to sound so selfish and um, incredibly lame, but I have to define myself, Ash, even if it meant hurting you and your mother. It's nobody fault and it's not wrong. It's just the way I am.
- Ashley: So, why didn't you 2 get married? You didn't love mom.
- Robert Kerwin: Ash, of course I did. I still do, but I'm not in love with her. I tried to make it work, but I just couldn't. And I hate myself for hurting you, but it was the best thing I could do, honest.
- Ashley: Have you... . you know... . been with...
- Robert Kerwin: Other men? Mmm-hmm, but mostly just 1 man: Christopher.
- Ashley: Christopher?
- Robert Kerwin: My partner. He's a great guy.
- Ashley: Christopher?
- Robert Kerwin: Mm-hmm.
- Ashley: The blonde guy with the mustache. The one we went to the zoo with that day when I got that horrible sunburn?
- Robert Kerwin: Mmm-hmm.
- Ashley: The guy you said was your friend from work, Dad, we had him over for dinner at our house!
- Robert Kerwin: Honey?
- Ashley: You left this room.
- Robert Kerwin: Ash, it's not that simple. We fell in love. I'm sorry but I just don't know how else to say it.
- Ashley: [voice cracking] No.
- Robert Kerwin: Ash.
- Ashley: How could you do this to me?
- Robert Kerwin: You see, this is exactly why I wanted to wait until you were older so that you would understand.
- Ashley: Understand?
- Robert Kerwin: Yes, and not just hate me.
- Ashley: For what, Dad, huh? For knowing that you're gay but all you ever done is lie to me!
- Robert Kerwin: Ashley.
- [Ashley walks away, going back inside the school]