euro to -- >> i think there's room to go on the up side. >> i think off the nvidia could sell the smh. >> -- should as well. >> tnkfor tcnghas wahi. back hey, i am cramer. welcome to mad money. friends, i'm just trying to make you money. my job, is to teach you, to educate you. call at jim cramer. there is something happening here. what it is, is exactly clear.

we have become a nation of cheapskates. i say that as a compliment. nobody gets what we are charging anymore. no matter what injuries -- industry. it is happening now, it is happening fast. many companies are being left behind by the change. i see it everywhere i go. grocery store, online, in the mall, and of course in the stock market. walmart, costco, amazon, you get slaughtered, like at target. it which plunged at $33 or 20% today. that is my take away from today. the uw, gaining 139 points. nasdaq, dipping 11%. it was much uglier, midday. we think this cheapskates story is limited to retail. don't we? it is not. i have never thought about value when it comes to technology. i'm looking at the better mousetrap. how much the customer is willing to pay. pretty going to cost when it

came to that. now, largest company in the world, we are seeing something wholly different. we are seeing a company with a product that is incredibly expensive, but incredibly cheap on the other. cloud service provider and you give them 40 g for the latest and greatest chip, lack well, you can make five times that. insanely expensive as a product. their chief -- dirt cheap as an investment. nvidia, charging too much and the stock is overvalued. the proof is in the pudding. repeatedly told me about this 5:1 ratio. that is not just talk. this quarter, backed it up. helping provide for the current quarter. lives in jensen's invention, full production. maybe that was contrived. perhaps. chances, this is quote incredible. of course, they are grumpy. clueless people, hoping for another one-day game like last

earnings. they are disappointed. let them sell. i don't care. what is your hurry? don't let the door hit you on the way out. amazon, google, oracle, microsoft, and we can persist in buying these high end chips. competition of another canard. 40 g's for one of these is a buy-in. i'm sick of the bears telling me there aren't enough uses, or things are maxed out at nvidia. i say, do some darn homework. making money with your money. nvidia, is not valued. do you see the bargain-hunting i am talking about? go listen to that walmart orderly conference. this was the price of the gop weight loss drugs. now they dinged the pharmacy business with gross margins. how can the price of one drug be so important? it is because of the scarcity of gop-ones.

it is only going to get better. they are spending billions to build more plans. in order to meet the demand for the drug. nobody else can do that. they aren't rich enough. gop, they represent value. it is not just about diabetes and weight loss. hypertension, reduce major cardiovascular events. they can help control sleep apnea. of course, never mentioned, never talked about, against alcoholism. terrible liver side effects. millions of people that will never get it for alcohol. too complicated. gop wants a simple, active drug. revolutionary for healthcare. no wonder they can charge such a huge premium. it is value. what else? going out to dinner costs a lot more than it did pre-covid, they hate that. they like companies that are trying to do something about it. chili's, just crushing the numbers. making mincemeat of the competitors. texas roadhouse recently in

dallas, i spotted dinner for less than $11. grill barbecue chicken, pulled pork, two sides, $10.99. are you kidding me? 2024? not possible. chili's, they advertise during every single nfl game. fountain t, -- strings, smash burger, chips, for $10.99? you must be kidding. in 2024, yes. one more reason, why bring your intentions and roadhouse are up. 58% of the year respectively. that is value. american people are tired. they feel gals, betrayed, they feel the only thing, is that it isn't worth it. they want a better deal. evenly switch lifetime habits. these prices are up so much, you feel like an idiot if you are paying. there is a reason why costco has tens of millions of

members. we went to the costco near allentown, pennsylvania the other day. it was more of a pilgrimage. none is complete without a food court. 1984, costco ordered a quarter pound all beef hot dog with free refills for $1.50. this is the same price. are you kidding me? we were loyal to the cost of low prices. costco has instilled that in a very visible way. i like an empty stomach. you can see the small pieces lately. don't fill up before you go there. 1:50 -- $1.50 hotdog, enormous bulk, them a lot of leverage. right now, people only have loyalty to value. it is the kind of country that we have become. thank you. genes from tjx. stock is up this morning.

inventory for struggling retail. marking up the basic markets. killing a lot of sports. they have this thing for $15. the other guys, a pound of flesh, from venice. 15 bucks. i would take it off. this is probably not right. people are coming in from the company. i don't want to leave a bad impression on them. tj maxx, i love it. this brings me full circle to target. if you want to buy dixie paper rolls, kellogg's froot loops, tide pods, we would rather pay $48.13 from walmart, then $62 at target. those are actual prices. that is too big of a differential. simply best in target. price arena. it i think it is so much fun to

shop. order worldwide. do we care how much fun target is? if they can bring to my house roughly around the same time, why do i care if it comes in a red or white bag? walmart, offering me value. this is why she's walmart has stocked 60% up for the year. target is 14%, mostly still falling to the bottom line. these days, the whole country is about one thing. i would say this to chuck, in florida. >> how are you? >> boynton beach. my wife will be there in a month and a half. >> maybe it has to do with the nfl. watching too much football. what is going on? >> it was a pleasure meeting you in palm beach. >> did bottle signing? >> sure, yeah.

>> we got the new version. what is going on? >> i wanted to ask you about a digital bank in latin america. >> colombia and mexico as well. they had a great third quarter. they were growing. they are going to launch a mobile service as well. warren buffett has taken steak in them. jim, i wanted to get your opinion on new holding. >> i have been waiting for this thing to explode. you, my friend, have the sets. i like that stock. i have the music. i'm trying to make a new impression over here. control room people. these are the people i am up against. that fell from london.

williamson, on the timeline today. checking with the ceo. fresh off that earnings bid. networks, taking a look up at the clothes. this is what they are doing. you have every round of the first minute to be as stupid as you want to be. sitting down with black & decker ceo, to see how donald trump's trade policy could affect their business. stay with cramer.

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well well, well. would you break out? one of my favorite stocks? williams-sonoma. -- retail space has been trouble. magnificent quarter this morning. sending the stock up 27% today. truly amazing. not only did they deliver a big and top bottom line, expected -- [ inaudible ]. they have a bunch of buyback stocks. they got right. even that doesn't explain this monster move. a lot of money measures were betting against. shortly, is it part of this? they were forced to buy shares to close out their position. that send the stock even higher. new, all-time high. hoping you get shareholders higher prices. thank you. how is it they can pull this

off when so many are struggling? let's go straight to the source. president, welcome back to mad money. congratulations on a staggering, phenomenal quarter. >> thanks, jim. >> you are talking about great supply chain. you gain market share. in reality, i want to step back. one of them caught me in the conference call. we are a lot more than just a furniture brand. that is the truth about what you are doing here. isn't it? >> it is not just a macroeconomic play, associated with housing. we have lifestyle brands, and we have lifestage brands. and we have our furniture business. the truth is, we are still running. we ran negative comparisons in quarter three. and yet, we are elivering exceptional operating earnings. we are focused on our customer service. that customer service has always been world-class.

focusing on it, e build up that loyalty with our customers. they trust us. they shop online. they know how good the quality of the product is. they have seen it in their stores. also, we have approachable prices. a lot of people are selling things that are beautiful. we have great value, in the products that we sell. this time of year, which is our favorite, either way, this is the time people come to us to decorate their homes, celebrate the holidays, and buy gifts. we are stock and we are ready for the holidays. >> you are holiday headquarters. tell people some of the exciting things they have gotten. halloween, one time, i got stuff that was incredible from you. how about for christmas? >> first, let's talk about thanksgiving. i don't know if you are set for thanksgiving. i set up my thanksgiving table, and my christmas decorations last weekend. my favorite product is a thanksgiving crunch. it is like a chilly crunch.

it it taste like the thanksgiving dinner. you have people coming over that don't want to eat the turkey, or you want to make a different meal, this is instant thanksgiving in a jar. we love this. that is a new product. the favorite, i'm talking about the williams-sonoma brand, this is the favorite. this is the time of year that it comes back out. i was just in our stores near your house. in new jersey. i talked to a woman that was buying 30 of these. giving them to everyone she knows. i was so inspired. people are so excited this year. when you go out and you go to these malls, you will see how happy the shop is are, and how excited they are about the holidays. it is so different from the pandemic. we are back at retail. it is very exciting. >> i want to go back to what you said about customer service. it is very clear that you are taking market share, and are

part of it because you are offering a super premium product at what many people think is a valued price. how are you able to explain that to people? no one else is doing that. no one. >> we have been added for a long time. it we have had these partners for decades. children have been doing it. we have built our businesses together. we work together, to bring great products to life. also reducing costs. constantly looking at ways to make the product better. it is directly sourced. directly sourcing, we have our teams in asia doing that work. going, making sure the quality is perfect. we have a few issues here and there. we do the best to make it right for our customers. our perspective, when we price them the first time, we want you to say wow, it is a great price. how gorgeous is that product? that is the focus we have had since the pandemic. we continue to pull back on this promotional pricing that so many of our competitors run. they are running buy more, save

more. it is all good for the short term. then you get customers trained to wait for that promotion. which is never a good thing. you are competing with yourself. in the short term, you can see the negative numbers. i have been singing the song for the last two years. pulling back. now you can see the real effects of that price business. the customers are trusting us on the pricing integrity the first time. >> i think everyone else is caught in that spiral. congratulations for you not being caught. it is amazing how prevalent it is. it never works. you are doing something. it we can see a lot of collaborations. you have big-time collaborators. driving brand heat. bring you new customers. two of our favorite people. i can't wait to buy them.

>> they come to our store, they signed books, they love what they do. it is really infectious when they do. just amazing. it he has a new color out that we love. he has new products coming all the time. thanksgiving partner. beyond just the williams-sonoma brand, which we talk about the most, and has the biggest spike christmas and holiday season, the other brands have amazing partnerships. especially our children's home furnishing businesses. we have had this incredible partnership. they can do such a beautiful job with their proprietary look. we have developed a whole bedding and bedroom collection around it. we keep adding to it. it is great for dorm rooms. we love that. we do fun things. we are doing national lampoon. this is at pottery barn. all of these brands. we have a variety of taste

makers, and people who are just in the cast of being popular and fun. it brings new customers in. it gives our current customer something new to buy. >> at the same time, you are more competitive than ever. it talk about what marked them up today. you are just unstoppable. i brought up the fact that you talk about these wins. jw marriott in vegas, ritz carlton, google, sony, these are big wins for you. you do so many things. you beat other great competitors to get it. >> this is a real growth driver for us. i think it has been underestimated. we haven't even begun to scratch the service on the potential. a lot of people don't even know we are doing it. we continue to build the infrastructure. we have an incredible team of people selling products to all the people that you just mentioned, and more. we can design the whole thing

for you. we don't just have one line. we can do the whole thing if you need something very special. we can work on that together. it is a big deal, it is a big part of our growth story. >> i want to congratulate you with your shareholders for doing a remarkable job. one of the toughest environments i have seen in a very long time. surprisingly tough, given where unemployment is. president of williams-sonoma, fabulous that you came on the show. thank you so much. >> thanks, jim. >> mad money, his back after the break.

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what you make of these results from palo alto networks? powerhouse, has been a huge winner for my trust -- trust. i thought it was an excellent quarter. a person's earning beat, higher- than-expected sales. up 14%. all the key enterprise software metrics, next-generation security, annualized recurring revenue, they were great too. you have a strong guidance for the current quarter. raises your forecast for 2025. this stock has a habit of selling off responsive earnings. that is where we pick it up every single time. i tell our club members, it is

time to go. if the stock was up almost 15%, i think some investors wanted more bullish forecasts. i say, give me a break. this is the way it is. give me a closer look at the chairman and ceo of palo alto networks, to learn more about it. learn more about this two for one split. >> thank you very much, jim. >> maybe you can fill us in where the big orders are coming from. >> i said in our prepared remarks and earnings call, this idea. we talked about it over the last 12 months. platform is asian, is finally taking center stage. we look at how many of our peers are looking at platforms. 50% increase in our entire industry. i have got a platform too. we are the platform as a relates to network securities, relating to cloud security. relating to the new area.

this is all through a.i.. we are seeing a tremendous amount of interest. two videos that we showed. the customers used to be customers of our products in one category. palo alto networks across the board, getting them better security. saving the money, and into less work. we are seeing that trend take off. this is into some of our cured areas. we are seeing generally strong demand across the board. >> great momentum in the platform position. amazingly, this is a renaissance of the firewall businesses. there is a refresh going on. it is falling into your lap. >> i said his to one of the analyst that asked the question. we are delighted that some of our industry peers have refresh cycles. it allows our customers to say that we can finally consolidate on a single platform, with palo alto.

i'm really excited about their refreshers. they obviously have it every year, because of the stuff that we saw six years ago, comes to the end of life. i'm delighted that people are running out of old irewalls. i have always maintained firewalls over 6%. this is in the market. we have constantly and steadily shown that. every year, the market share goes up 300 points. it is sticky. the only people are the ones that go to the cloud. i keep reading that because of hybrid strategies, it is getting expensive. we are in a good space. we like where we are. we don't try to set the bar too high from an expectations perspective. >> that is what we want. last time, we just got the ibm deal. this is a feel for how that is working. >> jim, i was mentioning one of my board members that i have this debate in my board meeting. which deal is going to be

better? this is the max browser deal. he would bet on that browser deal. i'm delighted that he did not go too well. the idea has been amazing for us. 15,000 customers this quarter. $80 million from that business with them. billion-dollar pipeline together between ibm and us. we never had a pipeline between us and ibm ever. this is good. good business in the future. of course, we have to do a lot of hard work. it is a force event. people have to migrate, against the blessed platform. -- best platform. >> that is a fine deal. this was clearly not for show. this is a very substantive, rigorous deal that you have. >> we have a small investor market. i didn't know this deal was in play. we would love to participate.

you must have loved a good deal. those guys are very smart. why did we know about this? you feel like you got a great deal. it is great for both us and ibm. >> talk to me. i'm using you as my sherpa to understand ideas. particularly in san francisco. we have seen that market, and why this is so important. explain this to me. >> what is interesting, is the cloud security market. we made mistakes. somebody is configuring the aws wrong. it is the user's response ability. the whole class of security capabilities, this was emerged. we have the cloud in there. as we see the cloud workloads going to production, as we see people deploying a.i., we can see them deploy in production. this is where the response starts to play a part.

this includes a number of agencies that we sold. protect the production, and take the noise that i am getting, and the configuration space, prioritize it. i'm only focused on fixing the most important things first. i think this market converges in the next three to five years. it this is from the next cycle. they become equally important. again, points towards the x product. we have so successfully sold over the last few. >> let's talk about government business. we have a change in administration. i don't know if that makes things more interesting or more hot. obviously, the enemies don't really care. they just want o beat us. contract in play, how are you doing with that? >> great. the u.s. government has a lot of legacy infrastructure that needs to be replaced or upgraded. we have seen the technology focus. some of them need to go faster.

things to get more optimized. we are using this to employ technology. this is only going to come if you deploy a.i.. this requires data centers and new technology. things that the new ministration are going to do. i said in the earnings call, we see a lot of strategy decisions most likely that will be good for us. high risk, means you can have a high return. i'm positive that someone is going to look at these changes. accelerating the investment technology, that you have to automate. you have to deploy a.i.. you have to do that securely. that is where we all come in. >> i'm very happy. my trust is very happy. you give us the two for one split. more people should recognize, you are a science and math guy. it doesn't create more value. it does make it people -- easier for people to buy a

share. >> we make sure everyone in your club can participate. >> we are certainly looking at it. so great to have you on. excellent quarter. chairman and ceo of palo alto. of course, it s great to have you on the show. >> thank you very much. >> mad money, his back. -- is back.

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today, stanley black & decker, the iconic power toolmaker, helping invest in the new york stock exchange. they have home -- long-term

targets for the business. the past couple of months, something we know from the chapter trust. black & decker, roared into the short rate. long rates come down. they come cheaper. people spend more on anything housing related. this time, didn't play ball. moments are up from when the fed first moved. when stanley black & decker, talked about headwinds, i understood. since the end of 25, of course we are worried about the potential trade and tariffs. unless the stock went from 110 to 85 and change, i still think it works over the long term. certainly it wouldn't own the stock. let's check in with the president and ceo of stanley black & decker. where the company is headed, welcome back to mad money. >> great to be here, jim. >> you talked about a lot of very exciting long-term goals. across the board, you want to make things bigger and better. why don't you get a sense for

things that you talked about? long-term, i think things are going to go very well here. >> we spent three hours with key investors, and a variety of other inlets that were in person, or here virtually. we focused on making sure that folks understood how we were going to change this transformation. more importantly, we were going to do, to drive more value at stanley black & decker, getting it initially up to 5.2 million by 2027. we see the opportunity to go beyond that in 2027. really going to be driven by a modest growth story in the short term. over time, gaining more market share, with the stanley brenda products, driving more opportunities than the supply chain around product platforming. better strategic sourcing, et cetera. we are really excited about telling that story today. allowing us to really get people to focus on a longer

period of time, versus just the next 12 months. >> let's focus on the brand. and tools. craftsman, stanley black & decker, these are unbelievable brands. a lot of times, i know i am definitely from this opinion. these brands are bigger than the company's stock prices. remarkable brands that everybody knows. could you explain to people how important they are? they talked about this being the biggest product. somehow, things get lost in translation. we start talking about tariffs. we don't talk about the best in the industry. how do we jive the chew -- at two so to speak? >> this is the best in the industry. we start with our brand. the program for the construction industry. it is the best professional construction brand out there. we have the stanley brand. trades, construction, occasionally doing it.

more oriented around handtools. they are power tool oriented. craftsman, do-it-yourself enthusiasts, the person that works in their garage, works around their lawn. these three brands, fit incredibly well together in a strategy. nobody in our industry that has the power of these three brands. when you look at the other brands here, irwin, black & decker, and club cadet, we are calling specialty brands. allowing us to be targeted in certain markets. they are not as broad as the three big brands. they are very unique, very specialized, and they differentiate themselves very well. >> it is hard to outrun the story of housing. it is the worst housing market for turnover in 30 years. we also don't understand exactly what is going to happen with tariffs. you can necessarily go and blow things out. this would actually go in your favor.

>> we all agree. long-term, this is a great interest. interest rates coming down where mortgages levels are coming down to 5%. this is an important hurdle for us to get to. this would free up the home sales, new home construction and housing starts, that would really allow this industry to get back in a much stronger place than it has been. >> let's talk about one that is strong, and one that is not. incredible things going. in arrow, and auto. auto is slow. why doesn't god get rid of the auto? you don't want to sell out of the trough. this is just terrific. i'm feeling the great nature of it getting lost in the shuffle of the brands. i don't know. >> the automotive fast business is very much a d business. when it goes down, it goes down hard. when it recovers, interestingly

enough, this is lower interest rates. it is effecting car purchases as well. as that changes, then i think you are going to start to see a recovery. the business goes up fast. if you look at the previous recessions for the business, this is exactly what they experience. >> i told many people in the club. this is the best stock for the long-term. would you say to people right now that don't know? next year, going to be a breakout year. 2027, maybe. is it worth holding? what are we saying? >> one of the things we try to get across to people today, the power of the cash flow with this company. we have really brought back to it the last few years. next year and beyond. allows us to get the leverage where we want it to be. eventually buy back our stock. this is part of the strategy we focus on. there are going to be some short-term things like tariffs to navigate. >> $200 million headwind.

>> we think we have a plan that we can execute on. we start -- start to talk to customers about pricing. talking to the new administration. really, making sure we have a voice at the table around the process. i completely understand what donald trump is trying to do. i wonder if it is really something that shouldn't be based, but looking at certain industries were chinese products are more challenging coming into the u.s. market. that is not necessarily our case. those types of things, 50% of what we sell on the u.s., we make. 25% of what we make and sell in the u.s., we make in mexico. remaining portion comes from china and asia. >> it has been important. you have been working on this for a long time. i think all of these things are momentary. we have to think long term. we have to stick with the stock.

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california. >> hey there. thank you so much for telling us to buy a nvidia. i bought a boat load. in fact, i have about $235,000 worth of nvidia and bpo. i did a no no. it just might become a yes, yes, yes sir. i actually almost stopped diversifying about eight months ago. i bought a whole bunch of nvidia. my account is doing incredibly well. it is like being a basketball owner. lebron james. let's switch gears. my stock, el un, r, which is an intuitive machine. >> you did switch gears. it is kind of the polar opposite of nvidia. it makes no money. it loses a lot of money. i'm not going to fight the speculation. everybody wants a piece.

they don't have it yet. i'm not going to bless it. i'm not going to fight it. let's go to jeff, in new york. >> hello, mr. cramer. in the finger lakes region. buffalo bills are making everybody very excited up here. >> i love the buffalo bills. they are my sister team. afc east. what is happening? >> it's how bad that they have been doing this year. it has a 3.5% yield. i'm down 20% in stocks. should i buy more? >> we have the odds right now. if you have the fed cutting rates, you shouldn't own the stock. if you have people saying that junk food is not good for you, you can't own the stock. it has just become too darn hard. even though it has a 3.5% yield, unfortunately, i think it goes lower. let's go to jane, in texas.

>> jim, hi. so good to see her voice. i just want you to know, i'm a first-time caller. i have been listening to your show all that long. i really enjoy, and i value what you have to say. >> thank you. >> i really want to hear what you have to say about accidental petroleum. >> i think it is okay. i don't know why they ended this one. you got a very good preferred deal. this is the way i like to do this thing. by the way, they are not deniers. tom jordan, the stock is on a tear. people realized this is a different position. oil and natural gas. this is a buy. we have michael. >> mr. cramer, longtime here.

my stock blows wide. >> interesting medical, connecticut care supplement. eight times earnings. i'm going to tell you it is fine. it is exciting, not boring. in north carolina. >> gentrified -- gentry. >> let's go to work. they actually are supposed to help last spring. all of the earnings have been hereafter a great summer. >> i am thin on fat. i am fat. i don't know it.

you deserve a good answer. i will get it for you. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round.

is it time for a marlboro

friday in retail? probably a few people on earth that remember marlborough friday. april 2nd, 1993. i don't even talk about cigarette stocks these days. i certainly wouldn't recommend them. i have scruples. when i was the hedge fund manager, i was a lot less into scruples, if it meant making on stocks with the value. i remember, home office in bucks county, pennsylvania, on that beautiful spring day. converted garden shed. most of the time it was incredible fun. early work from home. i wasn't a happy camper on april 2nd, 1993. decided unprovoked, to reduce the price of cigarettes by 20%. taking a huge hit to its earnings. crushing them. the stock dropped almost 30% in response. he took down all of the consumer packages and goods placed with it. why did he do such a silly thing? it saw the writing on the wall. generic cigarettes were eating their lunch. there was no loyalty in

tobacco. for all i know, you couldn't taste the difference. i don't know, i never smoked, i couldn't see the appeal. people wanted to go the way of their competitors with their endlessly stinking -- and sinking stocks. recovering marlborough. he recovered much stronger than any of its competitors. not only that, it only came out on top. one of the most lucrative breakups in history. splitting the tobacco business into leaving domestic businesses. prosperous, high-yielding company. in recent years, it still dominates. i'm actually looking at this situation developing retail. someone just has to blink. someone must do it. someone other than walmart and costco. they have the ultralow price. these competitors needs to pull off a friday by staking out a must shop proposition. maybe it is the dollars first. it is mostly goods now that cost a buck and change at least. maybe most obviously, after

today, it is a target. it is simple. they don't have to mark down the whole store. they need to rollback prices for the important in each aisle. all, falling back to 2019. pre-pandemic levels. i don't care if they lose money on the transaction. as long as it brings in traffic, and brings back customer loyalty. i don't know if many people from this current retail execs remember marlborough friday. maybe they have never heard of it. do you want to be a market leader? they are beating on price. this is when the consumer is desperate for value. more accurately, shareholders have to take a beating. belongs to the shareholders. you have to be willing to do the one thing that we are all told you are never supposed to do. you have to crater your own stock. rip off the band-aid. whoever slashes prices aggressively enough, will be

able to make a comeback from the dustbin of retailers. those who don't escape from the dustbin, are headed right for the dumpster. retail executives, the choice is yours. do you go and google it? chat gpt? or you become irrelevant. i always like to say that there is always a bull market somewhere. we promise to find it for you right here on mad money. i am jim cramer. see you tomorrow. ♪♪e you tomorrow. [ french accent ] and i'm david meniane. and we live in los angeles, california. and we're the owners of victoria's kitchen. david and i grew up together in paris. our parents were best friends. we went to the same high school. even though we started as friends, i've always known, deep down, that we would end up together. we're made for each other. she's cooking in this one. she's probably making it.