"Thisis notadream." "Thisisnotadream." "Okay." "Okay." "This is not a dream." "This is not a dream." "This is not a dream." "Not a dream." "How did I get here?" "I don't know." "Somebody just transferred me here." "I don't wanna give you my information again." "I just told someone 5 times." "Can one of you behave like a real person, please?" "I'm calling about.." "Right, yes, I'm her son." "What kind of cancer are we talking about?" "What are our options?" "What about a liver transplant?" "Why not?" "Askabouther Child-Pugh score." "Trust me." "What'sher Child-Pugh score?" "B. Uh.." "Whatabouther bilirubin levels?" "If they're low enough, they might consider yttrium-90." "Holdon." "Youhave really bad social skills." "Can you pretend to not listen to my conversation?" "Nobody likes that guy." "Don't be that guy." "Eyes on the prize." "Yeah." "What about yttrium-90?" "Her bilirubin levels are too high." "Okay, listen." "I'm gonna get on a flight in the morning." "Uh, so I should be at the hospital by 3." "Just have her call me tonight, so I know I'm wanted." "Thanks." "Fuck." "Thisisaboutyourmom?" "Yeah." "Howlongaretheygivingher?" "Idon'tknow,afewyears ." "I'msosorry." "Yeah." "Whatareyoudoing?" "Igottarollajointbefore the meteor shower starts." "Why?" "We're about to watch a fucking meteor shower. "Why."" "Oh, here." "That's for when you apply to college in a few years." "Use me as a reference." "You'rea postdoctoral scientist at Tristana Pharmaceuticals." "Yup." "Soyoualreadyknew" "Oh,thatcancerystuff, yeah, I did." "Anyway, I should be able to help you get you into a top ten pre-med in a few years." "Whatmakesyouthink I wanna go pre-med?" "Well,otherthan the fact that you know what yttrium-90 is when most of your peers are still battling to crack the mysteries of parallel parking." "That'sjust because my mom " "Yourmomdiedof liver cancer." "Yeah, I know." "Your book bag has a cancer ribbon pinned to what could only be a picture of your mom." "She fits the age range." "And you guys have the same nose bridge." "Makes sense you wanting to become a doctor that saves people." "Right?" "To make up for the doctor that couldn't save your mom." "Then, with time, those good intentions will fade and it'll become about the money like it always does." "And you'll become bitter, like everyone always becomes." "And then you die, probably from cancer." "You know, because that's ironic." "Istheresomethingwrong with you?" "Probably,yeah." "Don'tworry, I'mworkingon it ." "Ijustfiredmytherapist." "Shewassuchanidiotthough." "She diagnosed me with narcissistic personality disorder." "She said I'm under the grand delusion that I'm the smartest person in the world." "To which I responded, "What if I really am?"" "You know?" "Hey,overhere." "Watchout!" "You okay?" "You alright?" "This- -thisdoesn't feel real." "What?" "Ifeellikemylife  just flashed before my eyes, you know, like in a movie where the main character dies in the beginning but he keeps going, not realizing he's dead." "Hey, what's that movie I'm talking about?" "You know what I mean." "It's like, um.." "What is it?" "It's.." "Oh,um,sure,uh, yeah." "Like, uh, Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense?"" "Exactly." "Yeah." "Wait, no." "You know what, I never saw that." "Shit." "That's the twist that everyone was talking about?" "Bruce Willis dies in the beginning of that." "That sucks." "Ah, I really wanted to see that." "Fuck." "I'msorry." "IguessIjust thought everyone had seen it." "No,don'tworry." "Now, I'm not that mad." "I mean I am, but I'll get over it." "That's a lie." "I'll probably harbor this for a few months at least and then, you know, we'll see." "See what happens." "Oh, that's cute." "Do you have an eating problem?" "Oh, not like.." "Sorry." "I shouldn't have said that." "Dude,comeon , you do realize my date isn't the one with the eating problem, right?" "Oh." "Wha.." "Uh-oh, Kimberly's annoyed." "Kimberly." "Kimberly." "Hey." "Howdoyoudothat ?" "What?" "Ihaven'tseenyou ina year  when I was literally just thinking about you." "Oh,really?" "Yeah." "Becauseof thatsong." "I was listening to it as I was walking here." "It reminded me of the hotel." "The one we stayed at for my friend's wedding in Paris." "Yeah,yeah,Paris." "City of Lights and pretension as I recall." "Wehadoneof our biggest fights." "Andthatwasyourfriend's wedding from Wisconsin, right?" "What was her name, Lenora or Lee Anora?" "Sarah?" "Right." "Irememberthatwedding." "I remember that was the one where the DJ played that Montell Jordan song twice." "I remember, the first time we thought it was ironic then we realized he just liked the song." "Definitely our biggest fight." "The beginning of the end, really." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Look,It'slike the Beatles, right?" "I mean, I liked them when I was 5." "But at a certain point, you just want something with a little more nuance, you know?" "Don't get me wrong." "I could handle them a little better when they had Pete Best to ground them but past that, I don't know, they just got so pedestrian." "Doyoucomeherealot ?" "DoI cometo thecemetery?" "Ilikecemeteries." "You know, they're romantic." "Especially this one." "Soccerisby far the most elegant sport." "Yeah, I read somewhere it's gonna overtake football in America in the next 2 years." "Really?" "2 years?" "Afriendof mine described it." "Clock'sticking." "Heblogged, "Soccer's...soccer's chess on a field."" "Doyouhaveavomit bag...vomit bags on you?" "I'llsendyouthe link." "Iguesswe couldjust.." "I'd hate to throw up on a grave." "Whydidn'tyoujustgoto  the Griffith Park Observatory then to watch the meteor shower?" "Oh,theyhaveassholes there too." "Trust me." "There're assholes all over the city" "But rarely do you get to be next to one so spectacular." "Theonlyknockonhim though, I have to say, is that he's from New York." "I can't stand that place." "Seriously." "It's so overrated." "Why?" "Becauseof all the bridges and the culture and the history they have?" "Who needs it?" "I'll take Orlando any day." "They got so many more T.G.I. Fridays." "DoI loveL.A.?" "You know,Los Angeles is just more modern." "It has a certain relevancy about it" "New York just doesn't have anymore." "Kimberly,I waswondering if I could have your number?" "What?" "Yourphonenumber?" "Dude...she'swithme ." "No." "Uh,yeah,sheis." "No,she'snot." "Not yet anyway." "At best, this is a first date." "And I'm shocked that that even happened." "I have nothing against you." "You might not be a bad guy." "Most likely you are but maybe not." "You're incredibly handsome and you were probably very handsome when you were a kid, too." "I think that explains your lack of substance and personality." "Only because nobody's ever really challenged you before." "So now as an adult you think everything you say means something, but it means nothing actually." "You don't know what you're talking about." "And it's really upsetting." "And I think she probably sees through that." "You're very pretty, but you're shallow beyond belief." "Anyway, can I have your number?" "Okay,okay." "Whatareyoudoing?" "Youjustsaid all that shit." "Yeah,butit wasjust an observation." "Andyouaskmygirl out in front of me?" "Oh,shit." "Sorry, my mistake." "I see that now." "I shouldn't have done that." "She's way too beautiful." "What?" "No." "I justshouldbe more of a realist." "I should know that I'm a C, maybe a C plus in the winter time when I can cover up my body more." "And even though you're a douche bag, you're still incredibly attractive." "So maybe it's only fair you two pair." "What?" "Itrhymed." "She'sright,it rhymed." "Let's.." "Can you just put me down?" "This is embarrassing now for everyone." "Okay." "Comeon ,Josh." "The line's moving." "Let's " " Let's just go." "Come on." "Oh,yeah.." "Gottagetagoodseat ." "Theonlythingwrongwith you is you're chicken shit." "That's all." "That'snottheonlyproblem." "Let'sgo." "Excuseme." "Excuse me." "Oneofmany." "Youokay?" "Yeah." "I shouldn't have talked." "That's when I get into trouble." "I'm sorry I made fun of your sandwich bag." "I didn't mean to." "Actually, that's not true, I did." "Sorry." "I'm really nervous." "It'sokay." "I'm sorry he bothered you." "Iwasnotnervous because of him." "Okay." "Bye." "Sheisso .." "Beautiful." "Kim,comeon , thewedding'sin an hour." "Yougottagetready." "So...haveyouever dreamt about me?" "Dreamtaboutyou?" "Yeah." "You know, in the 700 plus days we've dated." "Youever dreamt about me?" "So" "Yeah,of course." "Oh,yeah?" "Like, uh, sex dreams?" "Atfirst,butthenwehad sex, and that went away." "Ha." "Isthathow you  really wanna say that?" "SoI wasallhot  to trot for you or whatever in the beginning." "And now, you know, reality has set in." "But that's not what I meant." "I meant like.." "a dream, like ambiguous depictions of what we are or were, or could be." "Stuff like that." "Canyoustopalready?" "I got it." "Why,I oughta.." "Oh,hey,whoo." "Put that down." "You're gonna hurt yourself." "What are you doing?" "I'magiveyouwhatfor." "Oh,yeah?" "Yeah." "You good?" "Okay." "Okay." "That was fun." "Doesitbotheryou that you don't make me happy?" "Alwayswiththejokes." "I'mserious." "Seriously?" "Youwentfromsex dreams to not being happy?" "False." "I wasn'ttalking about sex dreams, you were." "And secondly, I'm a girl, so yes, we non-sequitur." "That'sa littlecliched." "Iwantababy." "Pointtaken." "Seriously." "Don't you want a baby?" "Someday,sure." "But let's burn that bridge when we get to it, okay?" "See?" "Not making me happy." "How do you do that?" "How do you do that?" "Oh,myGod." "She's beautiful." "She's beyond beautiful." "And she's real." "She seems funny, too." "And there's a hint of crazy, I can feel it." "Beautiful, crazy, and funny." "Jesus Christ." "She's perfect." "It's really annoying." "Really.." "That'stwonearcollisions for you now in a row." "Well,atleast this one's nonfatal." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Bye." "Uh,yeah." "What the fuck was that?" "Wait." "Wait." "What are we doing?" "Are we in a chase scene now?" "What are we doing?" "Wait, just stop for a second." "SoI thoughtIsaw somebody, a friend of mine behind you coming over." "So that's why I turned around and waited." "So what's the big deal?" "Itwasn'tbecause you were watching me?" "Because it looked like you were kinda watching me." "No,itwasbecause of a friend that was behind you." "So they're not there now obviously." "Besides, you were being weird." "You were talking to yourself." "What were you saying anyway?" "Yousay"so"alot." "It's really annoying." "So.." "Are you trying to make this awkward now?" "It feels awkward now." "Awkwardfeelsgoodtome." "Andawkwardfeels awkward to me." "That'sa littleon thenose, don't you think?" "I'm not trying to fuck you." "If that's what you're worried about, I mean." "I'm not gonna ask you out because I don't believe in love." "I think all relationships deteriorate into hate indifference or.." "Well, yeah, those two things." "Myparentshavebeentogether for 32 years." "And they're happily in love." "No,they'renot." "Yes,theyare." "No,they'renot." "If they haven't divorced by now probably means they've just surrendered to the fact that being apart isn't much better than being together." "You know, the lesser of two evils." "Trust me, it's like an emotional holocaust between your parents right now." "They probably have lukewarm feelings about you too." "I'm Dell, by the way." "So, no offense, but I have a-a thing about shaking hands." "Oh,myGod." "You are a little crazy." "That's great." "You'renotimpressingme." "Idisagree." "Youknow,youshouldstop  trying to sound so smart all the time." "You just wind up sounding really dumb." "It'sjustIrealized why you date guys like that." "You have terrible taste in men because you're superficial." "You're fooling yourself in the hopes of finding something redeemable." "It's because of love." "That's your blind spot." "You gotta give up on that." "Wow." "Okay." "Well, I thank you for your insight, stranger but I actually believe love is real." "I'm gonna go now." "Wait." "Can I still get your.." "Hello,boyfriend." "Hey." "Hey,listen,Roxette'son,  and the good part is coming up." "Can I call you back?" "Wait-wait,I justhaveto tell you something more important really quick." "You know that book I've been reading, "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins " "¶ Leave the winter on the ground ¶" "There'sthisfascinatingpart I just read about memes." "He basically says that ideas are like genes that self-replicate and mutate like a cultural form of evolution " "¶ Touch me now I close my eyes -- ¶" "Iwasthinkinghow that applies to us, you know?" "The idea of us, how we've really mutated and evolved " "¶ And it's a hard winter's day -- ¶" "Right?" "becauseyouthink about it, we were just dumb, young kids when we first met." "And then we broke up, got back together, blah blah blah." "And now, we're this really mature, loving couple who's grown respect and admiration for each other." "You know what I mean?" "Kimberly?" "You hung up on me, didn't you?" "¶ But it's over now ¶" "¶ From the moment we touched ¶" "¶ Until the time had run out ¶" "¶ Yeah ¶¶" "Well,maybeyoucould." "Well, because I'd like her to be at the best place." "Well, then maybe you can introduce me to the head guy at the cancer immunology lab." "Because I've taken an interest, that's all." "Yes,mom,Imeditated." "I meditate before every date, but it didn't help." "Face facts, no one thinks I'm special but you." "Well, I'm still technically on it." "But it's not working out, trust me." "He called himself a Bob Dylan song and then proceeded to call me a Britney Spears song." "I don't know what it means either, but it sounds insulting." "No,nothim." "Uh, the one  with glasses, mustache." "Looks like a child trafficker." "Yeah, yeah, that's the one." "Well, if I.." "I gotta go." "I gotta go." "CanI askyou a serious question?" "Do you think I have terrible taste in men?" "Okay, I'm back." "Uh-huh." "Well, I'm at-- Ihaveto talktoyou." "I'monthephone." "No,it'sreallyimportant." "Really important." "I'monthefriggin'phone." "Haveyouevercriedatoneof  these things?" "I was wondering." "Mom, I have to go." "Something weird is happening." "One of what things?" "Thesemeteorshowerthings." "Cried?" "Yeah,youknow,liketearsof joy, that kind of thing." "No." "I 'venevercried at one of these things." "NeitherhaveI.  Ever, ever." "In fact, I don't understand people that do." "It's kind of bullshit, happy crying is, isn't it?" "What are your thoughts on that?" "SoI wason thephone." "So,yeah,youwere on the phone." "Sorry." "Was it important?" "Moreimportant than your question?" "Yes." "Yes." "Mymistake." "Sorry." "I'll never interrupt you again." "Thankyou." "Okay." "Well.." "I should get back to my date." "He's probably " "ButI justwannakeep talking to you." "What?" "Iwannakeeptalkingtoyou for multiple reasons." "I mean, you're beautiful, but it's more than that." "I promise." "That'sverynice, but I should go." "Maybe I'll see you in the winter when you're a C plus." "See?" "I knewit ." "Iknewyou were superficial." "I told you." "Theonlyreasonthat you're talking to me is because you think I'm hot." "Yeah,buttheonlyreason why you won't is because you think I'm not." "Fine." "Giveme areason why I should?" "Iwassaying, "Don't miss her."" "Earlier, when you saw me talking to myself." "I was saying, "Don't miss her."" "I'm always so afraid I'm gonna miss the important things in life." "Something about you has given me a heightened curiosity to know you better." "And that is a near impossible feat when it comes to me because I hate getting to know people." "But I can tell you're not like the others." "Whatothers?" "People." "People?" "You can tell I'm not a person?" "Yeah,you'renotphony like them." "Also, I didn't say you were hot." "I said you are beautiful." "When is this dumb thing gonna happen?" "It'sa beautifulnight though." "What?" "Ineverknowwhatthat means when people say that it's a beautiful night?" "What does it mean?" "So...well,tome  means it's comfortable, familiar.." "...yet deeply moving." "Right,no" " Ifeelyou like, uh, like getting stoned and listening to Steely Dan." "No." "Nothing at all like that." "No" "I know." "More like.." "Yeah, like.." "...floating down a serene lake in a rowboat when the sun is setting or rising -- or when the sun is ...being a part of nature." "Stopspeaking." "Okay." "It'sbeautifulwhen the weather is not hot or cold." "Kinda like you don't notice it." "Kinda like it's perfect because everything is so balanced." "You don't even feel it." "And while you're feeling that non-feeling you look up in the sky and you almost think that's why." "Because how everything is right now, all the stars and planets and us and the ground, and the cells and molecules right now...is exactly the reason why now is comfortable." "You'rea nowperson." "True." "Yeah,see,I'ma 5-minutes-from-now person." "Because 5 minutes from now, a gust of wind could come in and blow H1N1 in everyone's eyes." "Right." "Except that's highly unlikely." "Or5 minutesfromnow , an earthquake could erupt and swallow us all whole." "Right." "Exceptthat.." "No, shit, that could actually happen." "Yeah." "Thepointis I'm way too anxious about what could happen 5 minutes from now to be content with now." "Can't do it." "Whatifsomethinggood happens 5 minutes from now?" "Can't that happen?" "No." "Whatdidyouthink was gonna happen 5 minutes before you met me?" "I'mjustreallyparanoid I'm gonna miss it." "I miss things a lot." "Idon'tcareif I miss it because " "You'rea nowperson." "Got it." "Soanotherweirdthing." "I don't mind your pessimism as much as I usually mind pessimism." "That'sgreat." "Ihatepeople who think I'm too negative." "Also,I likeyourhat ." "Yeah,I 'mprobablygonna fall in love with you." "Wow." "That'sit?" "Whatwereyouhopingfor?" "I'm going to fall in love with you, too?" "No,but.." "Well, yeah." "Soallthatstuffaboutnot believing in relationships " "Oh,that'sjust a pick-up line." "Do we have a deal then?" "'Cause you said you believe in love." "I don't." "Let's put it to the test." "Date each other." "Me and you." "In a relationship." "Let's do it." "WhythehellamI  shaking your hand?" "I should be scared to death of who you are as a person." "Instead, I'm scared to death of weddings." "Death." "Literally." "I'd probably have a coronary right as I'm walking up the aisle." "Oh,God,pleaseinviteme to your wedding." "I would love to see that." "Well,that'smorbid and telling." "Yeah,well,if snufffilms were readily available" "I'd probably watch them, not gonna lie." "Is that a deal breaker for you?" "No,becauseforsomereason" "I still happen to be in love with you." "No, it's because you didn't think that you'd be the one marrying me." "Youdon'tsmokeweed." "What are you doing?" "Don't do that." "Sodo youstilllove me?" "Itellyouall the time, if you died right now" "I'd visit your grave every single day." "Not every day, that's crazy." "Thatdoesn'tanswer thequestion." "Ofcourse,Iloveyou." "Itneversoundsreal  whenyousayit." "Likeitdoesn'texist." "So what are you doing here?" "Goingupnorth." "Whywouldyoudothat ?" "Idon'tknow." "Youdon'tknow?" "I'm..." "I'mkidding." "I'm going to meet someone." "Soright,okay." "How's your mom doing?" "She'sactuallyfine." "I can't believe I haven't talked to you this long." "Yeah, turns out her doctors are huge idiots." "So I kinda took matters in my own hand." "I figured out a way to dose her with that experimental drug we've been developing in our lab." "Wait." "Are you allowed to do that?" "No." "Wasn'tthat extremely dangerous?" "Yeah." "Oh,yeah." "She'sfinenow?" "Yeah,completely." "She's in remission." "So.." "Dell,that'sgreat." "Yeah." "Imean,otherthanthe totally-unethical-recklessly- risking-your-mom's-life part." "That's...that's, You -- you saved her." "Yeah,I guess." "We should probably keep that between us...by the way" "Because there's a good chance what I did was illegal...ish." "Right." "Oh." "Allaboard." "Right." "We should probably.." "Okay,right." "Well, still, wow." "I can't believe you're curing cancer now." "Does that mean you've stopped hating people?" "Notatall." "Kill Zelda Fitzgerald." "Right?" "Whoisthat?" "Really?" "Idon'tknowwho thatis." "F.ScottFitzgerald's annoying...wife." "Oh,really?" "Yeah." "Oh." "I'ddefinitelymarry Rita Hayworth." "Greathair." "Hair,right." "Guys love her hair." "I definitely have to shit out of this one." "OlgaKordinstitch?" "Who is that?" "Idon'tknow." "I'vejust  always wanted to fuck an Olga." "Iwoulddefinitely marry Tupac." "KimberlyShakur." "It's got a good ring to it." "Iwoulddefinitely "F" Edward R. Murrow." "I picture him starting up sex with" ""Good night, and good luck."" "I'd probably laugh so much that I'd have an orgasm right then and there." "From the laughter, you know?" "Iliedaboutnot seeing "The Sixth Sense."" "OfcourseIsaw it." "Everybody saw it." "It's amazing." "Who didn't see "The Sixth Sense?"" "Whywouldyoulie aboutthat ?" "Ireadin awoman'smagazine that every relationship whether it be short term, or long term there's usually, like, one big lie relative to that relationship and I just.." "I wanted to get mine over with, I guess." "Whywouldyouwanttoget a jump start on the lying?" "Because" "Becauseoffiveminutes from now." "Well,yeah..." "You'reassumingthat we're in a relationship or going to be when I'm still technically on a date with someone else." "Which I should probably be getting back to." "by the way." "Whataboutthehandshake?" "We shook hands." "You can't do that." "Iwasleadingyou on." "That'sreallyfuckedup." "That'sthebusiness." "Well,whatabout a friendship?" "Actually, what am I talking about?" "I definitely don't want to be friends with you." "Iwasraped." "Inhigh school." "Bythequarterback..." "of the football team." "Jesus." "Iknow." "Thatisaterriblelie." "Hey!" "Howdo youknow that's a lie?" "Youwereraped in high school by the quarterback of the football team?" "I don't think after-school specials are that cliched." "You couldn't have gone with, like, a cornerback or defensive end or something?" "Well,I wasjusttrying to get mine over with." " Get what over who?" " My lie to you." " You can't." " Why can't?" "BecauseI sawit coming, because we just talked about it." "You'vegotto waituntil I'm in a completely vulnerable position where I'd really fall for it." "Thatsoundsreallydangerous." "Oh,yeah, that's the problem with relationships." "Danger?" " Or worse." " Worse?" "Youcouldchange the other person." "You'rea very broken man, Dell." "Intheory." "Speaking of broken men, your goateed Philistine 'is sashaying towards us.'" " Run!" " What?" " Run!" " What?" "'Run!" "'" "Well,that'ssettled." "Wanna hit?" "Noway." "It hasaweird effect on me." "For some reason, when I'm high, I think people can't hear me and I start speaking really loudly." "Do you remember memorizing phone numbers?" "I don't remember the last time I memorized a phone number." "Idon'teither,actually." "Remember checking the newspaper for movie showtimes?" "Remember that?" "Orwritingpeoplethosenotes in those, like, folded-up triangles and then putting them in their lockers." "Do you think kids still do that?" "As opposed to just e-mails or texts?" "Noway." "It 'sall about e-mails and texts with those goddamn hugs and kisses." "I hate those things." "Whenever anybody e-mails me hugs and kisses" "I wanna just e-mail them back oral and penetration." "Areweold?" "Are we talking like old people?" "Are we on the verge of joining the sweatpants culture?" "Was I just saying something?" "What?" "Was I?" "Givemethat." " Why?" " Give me that." "Okay, that's it for you." "I think you should start drinking some coffee." "Okay?" "See,that'swhyIhate time ." "IbelieveIwantto have sex with you now." "IbelieveIshare in that belief." "Hey,uh,uh " " Okay." "We gotta get ready." "Come on." "What the F?" "I thought we were gonna make it!" "Iknow,butwegottago,Kim." "Really." "What's that?" "What is that?" "'You ordered Chinese food?" "Who orders Chinese food in Paris?" "'" "Kim, they're going to have dinner at the wedding, you know?" "'The wedding that we're supposed to go to in half an hour.'" "'And you just ate lunch." "You're not full?" "'" "Whatdoesthat have to do with anything?" "Oh,Jesus." "This is the pot talking." "You shouldn't have smoked." "I knew it." "You gotta get ready." "What are you doing?" "You made me promise to get you down there on time no matter what." "You warned me you would do this." "See,thisis whyIhate time ." "I can't enjoy my sesame chicken because of it." "Kim." "'WishI couldjuststopit or something.'" "Or at least just make it pause when needed, like now." "Or better yet, just get rid of it altogether." "Youwannagetrid oftime ?" "How would you do that?" "'Youknowhowthere's time-based art?" "'" "Movies, music, plays, it's all time-based art." "There's a beginning, and a middle and an end." "You have to see it from the beginning to the end." "You're restrained to that timeline.." "'That way of experiencing it.'" "But then there's paintings." "No beginning, no middle, no end." "You see what you want to see when you want to see it." "No restrictions, it's just there." "Okay,soyouwantlife tobe  a painting?" "Great." "What?" "Thanks." "So,doyouknowyou really love me?" "So, what's in your pocket?" "Mywallet." "It's stuffed with our saved movie ticket stubs because I'm a romantic like that." "Can you please get ready?" "Shhh!" "Can'tyousee , I'm trying to touch my toes?" "Ireallydon'twant to be that couple that's always late for things." "Can we please not be that couple?" "At least for the tenure of our relationship?" "Please." "Youdidit again!" "What?" "What, I'm just saying I want us to respect time." "'Notthat.'" "Okay,whatthen?" "Whatdid I do that I did twice now and still not know?" "Yousaid"thetenure of our relationship."" "You keep speaking about our relationship as if it's ending." "Okay." "Youseehow this relates to the time thing?" "Why don't you take your own advice and instead of seeing a beginning, middle, and end, just see it as a painting." "Kimberly!" "What are you doing?" "We're going to be late!" "And I'm gonna somehow get blamed for it, I know it." "What are you reading?" "RoaldDahlshortstories." "So, is it about a girl?" "Is it about a new girl you're going up north?" "A new girlfriend you're not telling me because you think it'll make it awkward " "Yeah." "So,right." "Okay." "New girl." "IloveRoaldDahl." "He's the best." "Which one are you reading?" "And are you sleeping with anyone?" "TheoneaboutHitler." "And yes." "Shit." "I didn't know he wrote one about Hitler." "Uh...kindof." "It's about this doctor that saves this woman's life." "'She's on the verge of death through the whole delivery.'" "And this doctor is so determined to save this woman's life and the life of her unborn child, right?" "But, it turns out that the child is Hitler." "Okay,uh.." "Did you just give away the ending?" "HowwasIsupposedtotell you what the story was about without giving away the ending?" "Whatareyoutalkingabout?" "Just say.." "It's a story about a doctor who saves a woman from a potentially fatal pregnancy?" "Becausethat'swhat the story is about." "Itis." "False,birdbrain." "Thatisnot what the story is about." "It's about the irony that the baby's Hitler." " Okay, you're mad." " I'm not mad." " You're mad 'cause of the girl." " I'm seeing a guy." "Jack." "You'reseeingaJack?" "'He'sanexecutiveatMTV. '" "Looks like a cross between Salvador Dali and Dwayne Wayne from "A Different World," which is hot." "That'sa weirdcombination." "Igottago to thebathroom really quick." "Well, that...fucking.." "...hurt." "What?" "Youhungup on me ." "What happened?" "Because." "Okay,yourealizethat'snot an answer to my question, right?" "Whatisit thatIcan help you with, sir?" "Idon'tknow." "HaveItoldyou how much New York reminds of why I hate L.A. so much?" "No,pleasedo ,because the New Yorker who opines the inferiorities of Los Angeles is bursting with originality." "'I'mserious,Kimberly' we gotta move here, it is the fucking best." "It's enough already with L.A." "It's like a mix of moral nihilism and Disneyland." "Soareyou." "Hey,didItellyoutheproof of concept on our drug passed with flying colors?" "There's actually a bidding war between a few pharmas right now." "Looks like we could be licensing it for close to 25 million." "Money for soul seems like " "Anevenswap,yes ,it'snot like I'm not happy for you but you did already tell me this all this morning, remember?" " Did I really?" " Uh-huh." "Ohshit,my short-term memory must be shot." "What with the smoking pot and whatnot." "I'myournewsecond-term girlfriend, man aren't you supposed to be, like, impressing me still?" "Yoursecond-termboyfriend just told you he made his bosses close to 25 million dollars today." "I'mnotmaterialistic." "Iknowthat, but 25 million dollars sort of, I don't know, makes that sound retarded." "Okay,seeingas there'sno new information in this call" "I am going to go." "I'm almost at the gun range." "Hey,don'tyouthink it's cute that you own a gun card and I own a pot card?" "'Nowyousoundretarded.'" "Listen,weshouldprobably stop saying retarded." "I'm starting to feel like an asshole." "Oh,isthatjust now starting?" "What'sgoingon ?" "You sound off." "You'reoff." "'No,no,no ,I'mserious.'" "'Your cadence is all over the place.'" "You sound a little like Miss Teschmacher when she betrayed Lex Luthor." "Something's wrong, I can tell." "What's going on?" "Oh,God, this is gonna blow." "What'sgoingon ?" "Oh, shit, this is bad, isn't it?" "This is like infidelity bad." "I definitely heard a silence just now!" "What is going on?" "!" "Youokay?" "Yeah,youokay?" "So...it'sbeenawhile." "Yup." "I'mgladyou'refinallyhere ." "Yeah,metoo." "I'vebeentryingtogeta  hold of you for a long time now." "Do you want a tour of the place?" "No." "Oh,okay." "Seriously?" "Oh,yeah." "Youknow I don't care about stupid shit like that." "'Right,sorry, I've adjusted to normal people' so your presence is gonna take some realignment." "Youmoving?" "Uh,no,kind--kind of." "Um, do you want anything, by the way?" "Like, uh.." "Iwantto talk." "What?" "Nothing,forasecondI.." "I forgot what you looked like." "Fortherecord,I'venever forgotten what you looked like." "Okay,chillout,okay." "I didn't sleep with anyone!" "Okay,didyousee and /or touch another man's penis in any way?" "'Really?" "Outof allthe  things you want to know' 'this is what you wanna ask me the most?" "'" "Whatkindaquestionisthat ." "Of course that's what I want to know the most!" "No." "Penises were not involved." "Wereyourboobs and/or vagina " "No." "Itwastexts." "That's all it was." "Ishouldneverhavegone  against my own advice." "I should always be the better looking one in the relationship but I just sort of hit an impasse on that." "Honestly,gosh,Dell,doyou really think that that " "'Whowasit ?" "'" "Itwasmy  in-between ex..." "Jack." "Jack,theMTVexec?" "Are you fucking serious?" "I thought you hated MTV!" "Isn't he short?" "He'snottall." "Wha.." "Areyouseriously defending him?" "You can't call him short, you have to go with "not tall?"" "Jesus, you like him?" "Why the fuck are you being 'so sangfroid over this shit?" "'" "'You're being way too easy on yourself!" "'" "You should know I'm standing in the middle of a monsoon right now." "Well...so,maybeIshould let you go then?" "Why?" "BecauseI'mstanding in the middle of a monsoon?" "No,becauseyou-- Yes, because you're standing in the middle of a monsoon!" "Um..." "Are you okay?" "What are you staring at?" "'Oh, my thesis.'" "'That reminds me." "I've been keeping articles about you.'" "'They said that your drug led to major breakthroughs' 'in cancer treatment." "It's amazing, Dell.'" "Your mom, especially, must be proud." " That's me and " " Jack." "How long have you guys been engaged?" "So...whatareyou talking about?" "You'veboxedup  a lot of old kitchen appliances over there which means you've either declared a fatwa on General Electric or you're wedding registering the fuck out of your friends and family." "You've been fidgeting with your ring finger non-stop." "You're also giving me that look like you're trying to think of a lie real quick." "Imightbeat the shit out of you." "The wedding's in a few weeks." "Questionis, where's the ring?" "It'sgettingsized." "Huh?" "Question number two, why didn't you tell me?" "Iwasgoingtotell you before you did your whole annoying MacGyver thing." "Idon'tthinkthat'sthe reference you're looking for." "Does Jack even know I'm here?" "Trustme,he knows you're here." "Whatdoesthatmean?" "Why did you scoff?" "Whatscoff?" "Ididn'tscoff." "Youscoffed." "You guys fought about me coming." "I'm actually kind of flattered, didn't know yours truly could threaten the evil prince of the MTV generation." "Firstofall, Jack's leaving MTV." "His article in Esquire was optioned by George Clooney." "Yeah,well,Iwon myfantasy baseball league last year." "Let'snottalk about Jack, okay?" "I'mhappyto not talk about Jack." "What's the smoking rule in here?" "Is he making a face?" "Is that.." "That's just how he looks." "So, I had a very vivid dream the other night about us." "Avividdream?" "Whatwas it about, this vivid dream?" "Itwasadreamofmemories." "'Uh,conversations thatwe'vehad.'" "'Isavedyourlife.'" "You owe the person that saved you, don't you think?" "You had a dream that was really a series of memories of conversations we've had?" "Yeah,don'thurtyourself, it's not that complicated." "'Cause to the brain, there's no difference between reality and dreams." "They were just memories of us over the years." "What if I don't subscribe to a culture of indentured servitude?" "Youcan'tunsubscribe." "It's a thing of nature it's here to stay." "Theyweavedin andout  of each other like those M.C. Escher drawings." "So, one second I'd be on that train that time we got back together after our first breakup another second I was on the phone in New York." "The last time we ever talked to each other." "But they blended together like a.." "'Painting?" "'" "I saved your life." "If it weren't for me, you would have been run over by that car." "'You would have been splat' just like my timeless life painting thing." "Andtheywereall real.." "...but there was one moment in the dream that was, um.." "Well, it -- it -- it was one we never had, it was the only one." "'Whatwasit about?" "This made-up moment?" "'" "It'sgonnasoundweird, but it was us talking after not having talked for however long." "'So,wait,I'mconfused." "It was --'" "Thismoment." "Thismoment that we're having right now." "So me coming over, seeing your apartment, your life with Jack and reconnecting.." "Oh, God, I feel sick." "I blame L.A. for this." "This is what happens when you fall in love in Los Angeles." "Fuck!" "So, what is this?" "Are you breaking up with me?" "'Idon'twantto, no. '" "Butyoulike this Jack guy, right?" "Do you realize Jack Tripper was one of my favorite characters in all of fiction and you've forever ruined his good name?" "Shit!" "Can I.." "Shit, I can't even order a Jack and Coke anymore!" "A vodka soda!" "A vodka soda?" "My life is ruined!" "Okay." "Weshouldjust get off the phone, okay." "You're mad, and any words we exchange now are gonna be bleak at best " "I can't believe this." "You used to never want to get off the phone." "No,I usedto wanttogetoff the phone, I just used to not." "Andnowyoucan 'twait to get off the phone." "Idon'tevenknowwhat we're fighting about anymore, okay.'" "If you wanna yell at me about Jack, fine, but I'm too tired for another one of your meta arguments." "Idon'tdeserve to be treated like this." "'I thought you were supposed to be my indentured servant?" "'" "'Whatever happened to that, huh?" "'" "So,whatareyou  talking about right now?" "'I'mtalkingaboutthat-that prescription to life thing.'" "Right,exceptit 's subscription to nature." "Whatever." "No,youhavethisbackwards, kid, I saved your life." "'ButthenIsavedyour life .'" "When were on the train, we ran into each other, and we got back together." "Youmean,whenyou stalked and followed me onto the train?" "'Isavedyourlifebecause you got off at Chico.'" "'You weren't supposed to get off at Chico.'" "You were supposed to go on to Portland, but because of me you got off at Chico instead and you weren't on the train when it derailed." "You could have died." "'Noonedied,Dell.'" "Thepointremains" "No,that'snot the same, okay." "You would absolutely have died had I not saved you." "Plus, I saw that car coming." "I knew it was going to hit you, and I saved you." "I knowingly saved you." "Yeah,well,that'sstarting to feel like a minus, not a plus." "Bethatas it may,you didn't know you were saving me." "You were just trying to get back in my pants." "No!" "I wastrying to get you back!" "Which just happens to include getting into your pants." "Soyourswasasinister doing, mine was pure altruism." "ButI knowingly saved you too." "Wejustwentoverthis , pothead " "Youweresupposedtogetoff at Portland to meet Jack but I knowingly saved you from him." "Except I didn't, did I?" "Fuck!" "I should have told you I loved you more." "When we were together, I mean." "'I was also such a dick to you' but I thought you'd find it endearing for some reason like -- like people feel about Don Rickles or Mussolini." "It's not an excuse, it's just a reason." "Anyway, I'm sorry, okay." "Ineedadrink." "In a bad way." "There'sa barcarhere, they sell drinks." "Let's go." "No,doesn'tthatmeanwehave to walk in between the cars?" "No,I can'tdo that while the train's moving." "Oh,don'tbe suchapussy." "Saidthedick." "Besides,theworld's at war right now, so I think we should " "We should take every little opportunity to put ourselves in harm's way." "Alleviate some of the guilt, you know?" "No,no,there'sall the scary noises that the train makes and what if I fell?" "I don't have the best relationship with gravity." "PutyouriPodon and play something calming that'll drown out the sound, and I'll hold your hand." "so you don't fall." "Come on." "Come on." "I won't let you go." "I promise." "¶ Tied to my bed ¶" "¶ I was younger then ¶" "¶ I had nothing to spend ¶" "¶ But time on you ¶" "¶ But it made me love it made me love ¶" "¶ It made me love more ¶" "¶ Do what you said the words she said left out ¶" "¶ Over unto the sky where I'll soon fly ¶" "¶ And she took the time ¶" "¶ To believe in to believe in.. ¶¶" "Have you ever tried asking someone" ""Where's my fucking money?" You ever done that?" "Youmean,at random, or when I'm actually owed money?" "No,atrandomobviously." "Right,I don'tknow what I was thinking." "It'sfun,youshould try it." "Ask me." "Ask me where's my fucking money?" "Where'smyfuckingmoney?" "Where'smyfuckingmoney?" "Oh,no,motherfucker." "Where's my fucking money!" "IfI don'tgetmyfucking money right fucking now " "Where'smygoddamnmoney, you motherfucker?" "Whatthefuck?" "Jesus." "Thatwasreallyfun ." "Wait." "It's just that.." "Say what you were going to say, and then, after you say it maybe we should, like, not talk for a minute." "You know, like, let a whole minute pass by without saying something." "But go ahead and say what you were gonna say and then we can start right after that." "I'mreallygonna miss you tomorrow." "So,wait,you'resayingyou dreamt this conversation?" "A conversation that didn't take place until now?" "I'msayingIdreamt a bunch of conversations, including this one which led me to come here, because it made me think about how much I regretted.." "Doyouregret meeting me, Dell?" "No,ofcoursenot ." "I'mgladwe dated." "I needed to date you." "Before you, I only dated guys that looked good on paper." "Yeah." "Wait, what?" "Youwerereally, really smart, but also selfish, crass.." "not always in an entertaining way, mind you." "You hated your job and life and you were completely comfortable being miserable." "You're horrible on paper." "And I loved you." "Being with you made me realize it.." "...doesn't have to look good on paper to feel good." " What kind of sandwich " " PB and J." "Of course." " What's your favorite word?" " Comet." " "Comet?"" " Right." "Notlike "proliferate," "ensconce"" ""kerfuffle," or "serendipity."" ""Comet?" Like.." "..."comet?"" "Yeah." "Exactlylikethat." "Whataboutyour least favorite word?" "Idon'tstrongly dislike any word." "I sort of have a love-hate relationship with the word" ""fingerfuck," but that's technically two words and I like each one separately." "So,doyoueverwish  you could, like, control society for a couple of minutes?" "Like make them all hate MTV or something?" "Idon'tthinkMTV isas important as you think it is." "You'resowrong." "MTV is so manipulative." "It's like a drug which you get hooked on at age twelve that you can't wake up from until you're probably, like, thirty when you finally realize how awful it really was." "But by then, it's too late." "They've, like, won." "You've watched all their commercials during their week's sweep." "Ibelieveit 's"sweepsweek."" "Youdon'tdeserveme." "I can tell." "That'sperfect." "I want someone I don't deserve." "You think you've won me." "I can't believe you think you've won me already." "Areyoukidding?" "You ditched a much prettier man to stay with me." "I've definitely won you." "You'resowrong, my friend." "Holyshit." "Youareso easilyamused." "'Cause of the boots, huh?" "Sarah's stupid idea." "Louis L'Amour is her favorite novelist, so, here we are." "You know I just realized." "I don't even know why we're here." "I don't even like Sarah." "Fire." "Just let me have this, and then we'll go." "What are you doing?" "This feels like a dream..." "Iloveit when you look out windows." "Sir.." "...did you damage the bathroom about thirty minutes ago?" "Well,I 'mobviouslygoing to tell you that I didn't." "Sir." "What?" "I'mgonnahavetoaskyou to get off at the next stop." "Don't let me find you on here after Chico." "Okay." "Yougotme ?" "Yes,sir." "I'msorry." "Idon'tevenwannaask." "Looks like our little tryst is about to end." "Getoffat Chicowithme, please." "We can have an hour to two hour talk." "And then if you want, I'll get you another ticket to Portland." "Anhourto twohourtalk ?" "That's a long time, Dell." "Well,I 'mnot meeting anyone so." "Wait,what?" "There'sno...girl." "So,wha-- whatwas this?" "Just another one of your stupid mind games, Dell?" "Why did you lie?" "And what happened to your hand?" "You're always hiding things!" "I'm sitting somewhere else." "Now,listen,wait-- No, no." "Stop, stop, stop." "I'm sorry." "I lied because I thought it'd make it easier, okay?" "Youthoughtit 'd make it easier?" "Yeah." "Youthoughtit 'dmake what easier exactly?" "Talkingtoyou." "Whywouldit makeiteasier?" "BecauseI didn'tthink you'd talk to me if you knew I was trying to get you back." "Sowhatwasthis?" "Is this a plan to win me back?" "Yes,itwas." "Itwasa whim that turned into a plan." "Howdidyouevenknow  I was on this train?" "BecauseI 've" "I 've- - I've stalked you." "Youcould'vecalled,Dell." "You haven't talked to me in a long time." "Iknow." "Youhavemy phonenumber, you have my e-mail but you haven't contacted me once, not once in months." "Just" "Look,Iknowagreat  public library in Chico where we can talk." "We can talk about all of this." "Youwannago to  a public library to talk?" "Thatseemscounter-intuitive." "Well,theyhave a talking area." "Youhappento know of a public library in Chico with a talking area?" "Yeah." "First,answermy question." "How come you never proposed?" "Comeon,Kim, you broke up with me." "Howcomeyoudidn't fight for me?" "Itfeltlikethe  end of days when you left." "I ate Ramen for months." "I had a huge sodium imbalance." "I barely got through it." "I didn't think I could do it again." "Felt like my fucking world was gonna blow." "Someleavingyou constitutes your world blowing up?" "Yes." "Itdoesactually." "'Next stop, Chico.'" "Please,comeon ." "Iwantyoutodothis." "Whywouldn't you want this forever?" "I'd like for once to understand why you wouldn't want this always." "It'salwaysas scary." "There's a finality to it." "I just don't ever want you to feel like a limitation." "Okay, let me go a different way with it." "Why are girls so scared of cockroaches?" "'Cause you think they're gonna hurt you even though they can't." "Just like I'm afraid "always" will hurt me." "They'rebothirrational." "Falseonso manyfronts." "Why?" "Girlsareafraid of cockroaches because they're gross and they carry disease, proven by the fact that they were one of the biblical plagues." "Also, they also love to lay eggs in your vagina." "Secondly, it's not irrational to think that commitment can hurt you.." "...because it can." "Know that when a steal a girl's twenties.." "...it's dangerous business, buster." "You're officially on notice, Mr. Pink Lighter." "Dulynoted, Mrs. Pink Lighter." "Nope,can'tcallmethat ." "You don't want to marry me, remember?" "Ididn'tsaythat." "Where'smyphone?" "Where's my phone?" "Where's my fuckin' phone?" "Whydon'tIcallit?" "Whyareyou acting like that?" "Likewhat?" "Uncomfortable." "In the two years we've known each other" "I've rarely seen you uncomfortable." "'I" "I 'mnot.'" "Youare." "You're hiding something from me." "'Ah,God,youjust got too stoned, Kimberly'" "'And I thought we were going after your last cigarette.'" "'What'reyoudoing?" "' What'reyouhiding?" "Youknowsomething?" "'There'sno"something."'" "'You just got too high.'" "Youbestmotherfucking believe there's a something." "There's always a something." "Okay?" "This is not the first time I've felt that." "'Feltwhat?" "' You.." "...saying something like you've slipped." "'Ididn'tslip--'" "Likea cartooncharacter on a banana peel." "'Youknowwhat?" "You 're actually starting to freak me out." "There's nothing going on.'" "Well,it'sabout time you're freaked." "Okay." "I hate always feeling like the freak in this relationship!" "'Why'reyoudoingthis?" "'" "Becausethere'ssomething you're not telling me." "Okay." "I know you, and I know when you get uncomfortable." "And it's so rare that I've formed an acute discomfort detector on you." "Now, are you gonna tell me what it is or are you going to force me to be late to my own annoying friend's Louis L'Amour goddamn western-themed wedding?" "Kimberly,let'snotdothis ." "This is paranoia." "Hey." "Kim." "Look at me." "Keep looking." "You're right." "You're right." "There is something I've been wanting to tell you." "In the dream, I told you I wanted to be with you." "I wanted you to leave Jack and to walk out the door with me." "Wow." "Doyoufeelthat?" "What?" "'Okay, calm down." "Maybe you just need some air.'" "'Let's go up to the rooftop.'" "So, what else happens in this dream?" "Do I.." "Do I go with you?" "All happily ever after and the like?" "Or do I slap you and tell you to be gone." "Idon'tknow,actually." "We were looking at each other and I went to kiss you and before our lips touched, I woke up." "'What?" "'" "'MaybeI neversavedyou  that night we met.'" "'Maybe you did die, hit by that car.'" "And this is just some afterlife fantasy playing out in your head." "What?" "Somethingfeelsweird." "RememberhowIusedtolove flipping the pillow over to feel the cold side?" "Yeah." "That'swhatour relationship felt like." "Constant tossing and turning looking for that perfect balance." "Sometimes it was there, and other times " "Iknow,Iknow." "Youalwaysexpected us to break up." "Why was that?" "Is that because of your dumb five-minutes-from-now rule?" "Youknow,after we stopped talking the five-minute rule started shrinking." "It went to four minutes, to three, then two, then one.." "Let'sgoup to  the rooftop." "Come on." "Ithoughtmy unconsciouswas  trying to tell me something, you know." "By dreaming that dream a few nights ago." "Coming here, talking to you." "That might close the gap, that last minute." "Or.." "Or none of this is really happening." "This could still be your dream." "¶ Dum dum dum ¶¶" "Fuck!" "What?" "Whathappened?" "'Fuckin'birdcarcass on my windshield!" "'" "What?" "Okay." "Slowdown, tell me what's going on." "I'msaying a fucking bird just committed suicide on my windshield!" "'What?" "Inthemiddle of our conversation?" "'" "Whatisourconversation have to do with anything?" "Itmustmeansomething." "It must mean that the -- that the.." "Maybe the bird was commenting on our situation." "Commenting?" "You think this is commentary?" "Definitely,I mean, it's something, the universe cosmos, all that, via the bird, sent us a signal." "Yeah." "Okay." "I want you to listen to me very, very carefully." "Okay?" "Okay,you'regonnabemean ." "aren't you?" "On this already horrible call, you're gonna be mean on top of it." "'Youarevery,very,very ..'" "You know what?" "I can't even say "very" enough so just imagine an infinite number of "verys." Okay?" "Well,I don'thave that kind of imagination." "I barely picture odd numbered things." "Well,freakin'try,okay?" "'Cause that number of "verys" precedes sick." "Sick." "S-I-C-K." "Toldyouyouwere gonna be mean." "And condescending, as if I didn't know how to spell sick." "You are not being a nice person right now!" "So,I 'matthegun range." "Thisisanightmare." "Sartre was right, "Hell is other people."" "Ishouldgo , I've got my goggles on." "'Youdidthison purpose, didn't you?" "'" "You wanted me to find out when I was three thousand miles away." "You were telegraphing all the signs like you were Samuel fucking Morse." "You wanted me to know." "That's the part that hurts the most." "'WhywouldIwantthat ?" "'" "Becausemaybeyourfeelings for him are real." "Howlonghas it been going on?" "Abouta month." "'Amonth!" "Oh shit!" "'" "'I'm so sorry for interrupting the honeymoon period.'" "I hear those are the best parts of a relationship." "I-I'mgonnago ,okay, I've got my goggles on " "Yes,I fuckingheardyou ." "Enough with the goggles already!" "Jesus Christ!" "How're you gonna get off the phone and just go about your day after this, huh?" "BecauseI don'tthink all of our conversations need to necessarily feel good." "'Theyshouldfeelbad then?" "'" "Theyshouldbe whatever the conversation should " "I don't know." "Why are you analyzing this so much?" "'Oh,I 'mnot analyzing you yet.'" "I'm just giving you my initial gut reaction." "CanI pleaseget off the phone with you and not feel like shit " "You hurt me!" "You really hurt me this time, Kimberly." "I wanna break up with you." "I don't love you." "Dell,that'snotwhat you want to say..." "ThatiswhatIwant  to say actually." "I don't.." "I don't love you, Kimberly." "Honestly, I don't know if I ever really did." "'And you definitely didn't.'" "If you're capable of making choices that knowingly hurts the other person, that's not love." "Okay,you'remad, you're mad.." "How can you say that?" "'RealityisIcouldhave met any number of girls' 'to be with for a few years.'" "That was your lie." "Alright?" "'Texting Jack behind my back.'" "'It came when I least expected it.'" "I fell for it hook, line and sinker and it fucking hurts." "That was your lie." "Bravo." "'Okay,fine.'" "You wanna hurt me?" "You wanna be right?" "Fine, go ahead." "Be right." "AllI everwanted was the truth." "No,no,youwannaberight ." "'No." "Truth is not what you're after.'" "'Because if you wanted the truth, then you would have to accept' 'the fact that I do --'" "Whoisthis?" "'I'msorry,is thisDell?" "'" "Who'sthis?" "'Yes,hi." "ThisisNancy.'" "'I'm your mother's nurse." "We met a few times.'" "Yeah." "'I'mreallysorry to have to tell you this.'" "'Your mother passed away.'" "What?" "That's impossible." "She's been okay for years now." "Her cancer's been in remission." "'Shehadaheartattack.'" "Heartattack?" "Why?" "'Sometimesthese things just happen.'" "'Thisfeelsstrange.'" "'Not what I expected my train ride to feel like at all.'" "Whatwere you expecting?" "Iwasexpectingto read that short story." "TheRoaldDahlone ?" "You already read it though." "You know the ending." "Sometimesit'snot about knowing the ending." "It can't be the same like it was the last time." "It has to be different or we'll wind up right where we started." "Iknow." "Iknow." "I promise you a change." "I promise, okay?" "Youknow,I'mfallingout of love with you, right?" "Justshutup  for a second, please." "Whatdoyou wanna tell me, Dell?" "Kimberly.." "I used to find it annoying when you said "so" all the time." "It bugged the shit out of me." "And I love it." "I love it now." "After we have sex and you shrug your shoulders and you say, "I'm here all week."" "I love that." "I love that a single strand of your hair can fall so perfectly to the side, and you don't even know." "I love the little blue veins behind your eyes." "I love your eyes." "Knowing you goes down as easily the best thing that's ever happened to me." "Easily." "If I were a restaurant, you'd be my special but nobody could order you because I'd just want you to be mine, just all mine." "Not in the biblical, slavery-owning sense or, uh, the pimp-prostitute dynamic of," ""You be mine, bitch!" but -- but, just in that.." "You're my love." "You're my love." "But my favorite thing of all." "I like you because you like me." "I think that says a lot about how great you are as a person." "'So, um...'" "'Dell.'" "Believe me." "Believe me when I say.." "...you almost had me." "'Isthatweirdto imaginethatoneday' 'thiswill allbeoldtous?" "'" "This walk, us meeting." "It'll just be an old memory." "Thatsounds.." "...sad." "Hey,I gottaaskyou  a really big question." "I don't know if you can handle it." "It's -- It's really big." "What?" "Forgetit." "It's stupid." "What?" "'Forgetit.'" "It's a stupid joke." "You'd probably even figure it out by now." "WhywouldIknowthejoke?" "BecauseI 'vealreadysaidit." "When?" "Earlierintheconversation." "When?" "Hey,comeon." "I'm so confused!" "SometimesI wannastop people on the streets..." "Who?" "Anybody,fromall walks of life." "On their way to work, to the gym, to school!" "I wanna stop them all, grab them like I'm grabbing you right now." "Rightnow?" "Rightnow." "Iwannalook  right into their eyes and I wanna ask them one simple question." "Where's my fucking money?" "IthinkI'mgoingtofall in love with you too." "Areyoucrying?" "Shutup." "'There's still my theory..' '...that this is just part of that strange dream.'" "'And so..' '...even if we do kiss, you'll just wake up' 'and it'll all be over.'" "Thiscan'tbe adream." "Whatifit is ?" "What're you doing?" "Something'swrong." "I know it, Kimberly, I know you." "You have circles under your eyes." "You were the type of girl that could sleep through wars." "And despite that, you're still looking so beautiful." "More beautiful than ever, in fact." "It's usually a sign you wanna remind the world that you're a sexual being because your man's not picking up the signal." "You've checked out of this relationship, haven't you?" "You're not happy." "Also, you're listening to Roxette." "I know that means the beginning of the end." "And let's get real for a second about the ring, alright." "You're not having it sized." "I'm sure you had your ring-size burned into Jack's memory years ago." "Fuck, I still remember it, 4.5." "You didn't wear the ring because you didn't want me to see it." "Don't marry him, okay." "I want you back." "I know you want me back too." "That's why I'm here." "That's what you've been wanting to say to me this whole time " "Dell." "What?" "I'mpregnant." "What?" "Morningsicknesshas been keeping me up." "I just really love Roxette." "And I dressed this way not to announce to the world anything." "It was you." "I wanted to look good for you." "Because no matter how bad our relationship got" "I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for it." "Because I needed it." "I needed you in this life." "That's what I wanted to say." "Igotta.." "I gotta sit down." "I'msorry." "I'm not leaving Jack." "I love him." "Wow." "You'repregnant." "I didn't see that coming." "Do you know what it is yet?" "Notyet." "Hoping it's a girl." "Uh,I almostproposed to you, you know?" "When we were in that hotel room in Paris." "I even picked out the ring." "I had it with me." "I was about to give it to you, and then I took it and I flushed it down the toilet." "I keep replaying that moment over and over again in my head." "Whyareyoucrying?" "I'mjusthappytoseeyou." "And it's such a beautiful night." "I feel like I'm in the wrong world." "'Cause I don't belong in a world where we don't end up together." "I don't." "There are parallel universes out there where this didn't happen." "Where I was with you, and you were with me." "And whatever universe that is that's the one where my heart lives in." "I wanted so badly to go back into that dream I had the other night." "I tried so hard...to go back to sleep." "You know, I never thought love was real." "I didn't." "And now I think life isn't real without it." "That sounds like a really bad greeting card " "Don't." "Don't make it a joke." "Truth?" "I think you always believed in love." "Thisisso stupid." "So irrational." "Why am I so hell-bent on getting you back?" "You fucking hate Pixar movies for crying out loud." "You still have an AOL account." "I don't wanna be with a person like that." "Why does it feel so impossible to let you go?" "It's an addiction, you know." "That's all it is." "It's a biochemical addiction." "It's so stupid." "If you think about it relationships are all totally narcissistic." "Basically, you're just looking for someone who'll love you as much as you love yourself." "That's all it is." "No,it'snot." "Yes,itis ." "No,it'snot." "No,it'snot." "I don't know anything anymore." "But I know I do love you." "Dell- - Justgiveme aminute,okay ."