"Police!" "Freeze!" "What the hell's wrong with you?" "!" "Previously on Charmed..." "Do you remember what happened to you?" "No." "It's the whole Magic School thing." "I don't know why the Elders are just shutting it down." "Well, who's gonna stop them?" "I am." "When I took this job, I had no idea just how much work it would be." "Just admit it... you like me." "How can you be so sure of that?" "If she turns around, it means she likes me." "I killed another Elder." "Nobody else has to know." "Still, I don't know what to do." "I don't know how to find my way." "Yes, you do." "You just have to try." "All set." "The kids are asleep." "What about Phoebe and Paige?" "You want me to put them to bed, too?" "Paige is at school, and Phoebe went to the movies." "Really?" "On a date?" "No." "With a friend." "Oh." "That's good." "At least she's taking advantage of not having to be at work in the morning." "That's good." "You're stalling." "Look, don't make it a bigger deal than it is." "You're just one Elder calling another to see if you can help." "But what if they found out?" "They haven't." "We already talked about this." "Look, you're not gonna be able to move on if you don't let go of the past." "That's the reason you're doing this, remember?" "What?" "You'll think I'm crazy." "I already think you're crazy." "What is it?" "It's just..." "I've been seeing things lately." "Hearing voices that make me feel like I can't come back, and I-I don't know if they're real or not, but they seem like they are." "Well, that's probably just self-doubt." "Ignore it." "Or a guilty conscience." "But you have nothing to feel guilty about." "What happened was out of your control." "All that matters is what happens next, so go play nice with the other Elders." "Please let him get through this." "Hello, Leo." "Hey." "Thanks for coming." "How have you been?" "Good." "Great." "Actually, that's sort of what I wanted to talk to you about." "We can't let you back up there, if that's what you want." "No, no." "I understand." "So... any word on who killed Zola yet?" "No." "But we'll find who did it." "We have to." "So what can I help you with?" "Well, actually, I was hoping to help you." "I mean, you know, as an Elder." "Well, I don't quite follow." "Well, I want to do what I used to do before Gideon." "I'm just trying to find my way again." "A couple of Whitelighters have lost track of their charges recently." "Two in the last three nights." "It may be nothing." "Charges." "You mean..." "Whitelighters-to-be?" "Or witches?" "Witches." "Just practitioners." "Not powerful, but still..." "I'll get the sisters right on it." "Good." "Keep me posted." "He lies, Leo." "He lies." "You can't trust him." "You can't trust yourself." "Hello?" "Anybody tell you not to walk alone at night, Witch?" "Help!" "He-e-elp!" "Charmed Season 7 Episode 4 "Charrrmed!"" "Transcript :" "Intrepid." "Synchro :" "Greatouille." "Ahh, this should be so easy." "You know, I don't understand why I can't find them." "I tried sensing them, I tried summoning them, I tried scrying for them." "I've got to be overlooking something." "Or maybe there's nothing to overlook." "I mean, let's face it, like the Elder said, this could be nothing." "They're still missing, aren't they?" "Still." "Maybe you're trying too hard." "Piper, he wants me to do this." "He wouldn't have given this to me unless it was something." "Okay." "So what do we know so far?" "What are the common denominators?" "Besides the fact that they're witches, uh, the fog rolled in just before they disappeared." "Well, of course the fog rolled in." "It's San Francisco." "What?" "Nothing." "It's just I miss this." "Sleepless nights and endless exposition?" "Not me." "Do I look like a ma'am to you?" "Morning, Sunshine." "I was just at Magic School taking Wyatt to the nursery... he's fine, I "might add... and a student bumped into me and said, "Excuse me"..." "A kid with manners?" "Alert the authorities." "You didn't let me finish." "He said, "Excuse me, Ma'am."" "Do I look like a "Ma'am"?" "He was being respectful." "Something happened to me since I took over Magic School." "Paige, you're obsessing." "You're damn right I'm obsessing." "I am far too young to be old." "Okay, obsess about this instead" ""Young women disappearing around the city when the fog rolls in."" "That's what you've got?" "That's all the Elders know." "We haven't been able to find out much else." "You spoke to the Elders?" "Yes, and I promised we'd help." "Good for you." "You know, this actually sounds like a job for the young, kick-ass Charmed Ones." "Where you going?" "Come with me." "I'm gonna go scry for them." "We already tried that." "It didn't work." "Too much time has passed since the last one disappeared." "Okay." "Why don't we try to find out if anyone has disappeared more recently?" "I'm sure the Elders would've told me." "Not if they don't know about it yet." "Hmm." "Well, what about Morris?" "I'm sure he can ask Missing Persons." "Yeah." "Go ahead." "You can go ask him." "He's outside." "They're watching us?" "Staking us out." "Uh, is that legal?" "Apparently, Sheridan wants us real bad." "Which means you can't very well go running around the city looking for missing witches." "Unless there's a distraction." "Phoebe still at home?" "Well, I don't understand." "I sent the blood sample back east three weeks ago." "What do you mean you can't find it?" "You know they can see us, right?" "I want them to see us." "Sheridan." "Inspector Sheridan." "S.F.P.D. The Halliwell Case." "No, it's not a murder investigation." "I don't know what it is." "That's why I need the damn blood results!" "I hate Feds!" "So, uh, where'd you get the blood sample from?" "From Piper's bedroom when I was curiously knocked out." "What do you think the blood's gonna show you?" "What's really going on around here." "You might want to put on a happy face." "Good morning, Inspector." "You must be hungry." "Breakfast?" "Most important meal of the day." "Look, if you think that this is going to..." "Yeah." "Okay." "That's better." "Are you out of your mind?" "Will you unfreeze her right now?" "Sorry." "Can't." "We need to talk." "Listen, I've got nothing to say." "I've already made that clear." "Yeah, so I've heard." "About the string of missing women that you're not telling the press about..." "How'd you find out about that?" "Because they're witches and we need to find them." "So have any been reported missing in the last twenty-four hours?" "Piper, listen, you know I can't help you." "Look, Darryl, if you want to help Sheridan hang us out to dry, that's your business." "But this is not about that." "This is about people who are in trouble." "So are you gonna help us or not?" "Listen, there was one on the missing report this morning." "Brenda Castillo, 22." "She lives in The Heights." "Roommate said she never came home last night, but until she's missing 24..." "We'll find her in twelve." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Now will you hurry up and unfreeze her?" "... Get me off your tail..." "Now, Inspector, why would I want to do that?" "Nice try." "It's all right!" "I'll clean this up!" "Okay, Paige, you're on." "Brenda Castillo, The Heights." "Don't bother screaming, love." "No can hear you." "What?" "What do you want from me?" "We don't want nothing." "However, my Captain would like a word with you." "Oh, my..." "God?" "Afraid not." "You'll have to settle for Captain Black Jack Cutting." "Aye-yae, Captain." "Don't you just love clichés?" "Well, don't just stand there, you fool, bring her closer." "Ah, the stench of witch." "I'd know that anywhere." "What do you want?" "I want you to die, but not too fast." "One of your kind cursed me with this a very long time ago." "Of course, then I used it to cut her heart out." "Take her away." "But what about The Charmed Ones?" "All good things to those who wait." "Do as I say, or I'll have you in irons!" "Knock, knock." "Phoebe." "Hey, uh, what are you doing here?" "I'm just... returning your phone call." "Wow." "Returning my call." "Um, most people return phone calls with, uh..." "I don't know, phone calls." "Yeah." "Well, I kinda needed to get out of the house." "We're experiencing a bit of a pest problem." "Ooh." "Is it serious?" "Too soon to tell." "So what did you call about?" "Well, it was... a little timely..." "I had to make a decision, but you did give me free reign, didn't you?" "Yes." "Absolutely." "I mean, how else would I be enjoying my sabbatical, right?" "Exactly." "So that's it, huh?" "Nothing else you needed to talk to me about?" "Um, nope." "I can't think of anything." "Ask me - nothing?" "Nah." "Okay." "Uh, wait." "There was one thing, actually." "I was, um..." "I was looking through some of your notes and ideas last week, and I found something about a contest." "Oh, the "Win a Date with Phoebe" contest." "Yeah, that was Elise's idea." "Yeah." "I think it's a great idea." "I mean, readers love to be talked to and not down to." "I think going on a date gives you a chance to make them feel like you're really a part of their lives." "Really?" "You know, it's a great P.R. move." "Still " "I really..." "I would love to leave you with more readers than you had when I came." "That's really sweet, Leslie, uh, but I think I'm taking a break from the dating world, as well." "Besides, you never know who's gonna win a contest like that." "Well..." "I would win it." "I mean, just to protect you, of course." "Are you asking me out on a date?" "Strictly professional." "Look, how about this?" "We go tonight." "We get it over with." "Get it over with?" "Oh, yeah." "So we don't infringe on your life away from here any more than we already have." "Well, call me stupid, but shouldn't you actually run the contest in the paper before you decide who wins it?" "Oh, details." "I'll just..." "I'll hold the copy on the date and print it afterwards." "So what do you say?" "Maxine's?" "8:00?" "All right." "Eight o'clock." "Can I help you?" "Hi." "I'm Paige Matthews." "I'm here about Brenda Castillo." "Are you from the police?" "No, I'm just somebody who's concerned about her." "I'm sorry." "No, please" " Is Brenda a witch, by any chance?" "Because if she is, I think I can help find her." "Come in." "Are you one, too?" "A witch, I mean." "Yeah." "You?" "Oh, no." "No, that's Brenda's thing." "You don't believe in witchcraft?" "I will if it'll help find her." "She wouldn't just not come home, you know?" "She never has." "But the police, they won't do a thing." "Yeah." "It's the whole 24-hour deal, right?" "You guys seem pretty close." "Are you sisters, roommates?" "Um, no." "Partners." "It's another reason the police won't do anything, you know?" "They think it's just a lovers' quarrel or something, like it's just a big joke." "I know it's not a joke." "Look, if I'm gonna find her, I'm gonna need something, anything to go off of." "Maybe this will help." "I found it on the floor when I got home." "I've never seen it before." "What do you think it means?" "Brenda?" "Brenda?" "Brenda?" "Go away." "Hurry." "Took you long enough, Dearie." "We've been waiting for you." "You wouldn't just orb out and leave an innocent stranded, would you, witch?" "You look like you've been out to sea for quite some time." "Nearly three hundred years in a place beyond time and space." "Only when the mystical fog rolls in do we get a chance to come and play in fair port cities like your own." "You see, I would have chosen London." "I did." "They didn't have what I want." "And what's that?" "You and your sisters." "Only you can get me the treasure I so desire." "Oh, I guess I forgot where I buried it." "Oh, you're very quick with the tongue." "Let me ask you, when the Gathering Storm arrives here, will you be making jokes then, huh?" "Gathering Storm." "I'm so sorry." "I don't speak pirate, matey." "This is not pirate lore." "This is something very real, very dangerous, and I don't intend to be stuck here when it arrives." "Sword!" "Excuse me." "Would you mind?" "Okay." "You're supposed to be..." "Dead?" "He wishes." "That's gonna leave a mark." "You let her escape!" "I let her go." "She's no good to us alone." "But her sisters..." "Will come... when they realize they've got no choice." "Are you questioning me, First Mate?" "You remember your oath?" "You do as I say when I say it, understand?" "You all will, or this hell we're in will never end." "What about the Golden Chalice?" "We've had trouble procuring it, sir." "There may be another way." "For now, make yourself scarce." "We want the witches to rescue her, remember?" "All right." "You need to slow down and relax." "Okay." "I can't, because we need to find Brenda." "Look, whatever their angle is, whatever their reason is, we can't go in there blind like you did, which, I may add, was very dangerous." "All I did was scry for her with the coin." "Is that so bad?" "And look where it got you." "If you go back in again, you could be walking the plank." "Cute." "Strangely, there is nothing in here about pirates." "Leo, do you know anything?" "About pirates?" "A little before my time." "Are you sure there's nothing in here?" "You need glasses there, "Ma'am"?" "No!" "I'm just a little woozy." "Which is why we need to know what we're up against." "Yeah, well, okay." "Then we need to go to Magic School since they're obviously not of this time." "Who's not?" "Oh, just, you know... pirates." "Pirates?" "Like hot Johnny Depp pirates?" "Yeah, probably not." "Tell her, Paige." "Tell her what?" "Why we left an innocent stranded?" "No." "Why we almost lost a sister." "If they'd wanted to kill me, they would have." "They're obviously after something else." "Yeah, like wanting to kill all of us." "Okay." "What's going on, you two?" "We'll catch you up on the way to Magic School." "Right now, we need to go brush up on our pirate lore." "Can you watch the kids?" "Yeah, but..." "No, no." "You already did your part." "Now let us do ours." "Okay." "What if we don't find anything?" "I mean, pirates aren't known to be magical." "Do you have a better idea?" "Actually, yes, I might." "Pirate movies?" "You want to know about pirate movies?" "Yeah, I do." "Just tell me everything you know." "I thought you were on sabbatical." "It's not for my column." "It's personal." "Ok, well, I guess "Mutiny on the Bounty" is the very best pirate movie." "The Clark Gable version." "That's not a pirate movie." "That's a swashbuckler." "There's a big difference." "Sorry." "I couldn't help but overhear." "Do you have your doctorate in pirates as well?" "Well, I grew up watching pirate movies with my dad." "Hey, I got this." ""Captain Blood", "Cutthroat Island", "Blackbeard's Ghost"." "I mean, I've seen them all." "Even "Yellowbeard"." "It was a great spoof." "You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" "Wait until tonight." "We're still on, aren't we?" "Come on." "You wouldn't want to break the pirate's oath." "The pirate's oath?" "What's that?" "Oh, yeah, pirate's oath." "If a Captain gives his word to his crew, he gotta hold to it or face mutiny." "Hmm." "And would I be the Captain or the Crew in that analogy?" "Well, it is your column." "Yeah, I wouldn't want to disappoint my readers." "So what else do you want to know about pirates?" "Tell me this isn't happening." "I cannot freakin' believe he's gonna pull us off this case." "Listen, the truth is we don't really have that much to go on." "Oh, we've got plenty to go on, Morris, and we'd have a hell of a lot more if you came clean." "You think I know more than what I do." "Look, don't insult me, okay?" "We both know that you're covering for them." "So don't pretend like you're not." "All I know is the Halliwells are really good people." "They do good things." "Yeah, like send us on a wild goose chase so that they can do god only knows what." "Six years of unsolved crimes of all types, all mysteriously connected to them." "I don't care what you say, Morris." "That's not good people." "Who are you calling?" "The captain wants tangible proof." "I'm calling the Feds, see what happened to that damn blood sample once and for all." "You want the Feds?" "You got him." "I think I found something." "I said I think I found something." "What, are you deaf now, too?" "Well, you're gonna go deaf first." "Don't forget, you're the older sister." "Yeah, I love you, too." "Okay." "So does Black Jack Cutting sound familiar?" "No, actually." "We weren't formally introduced." "Well, it says here he tricked a witch into falling for him in the 18th century so she could give him immortality." "Hmm." "That's quite a spell." "Yeah." "It didn't help her much." "Um, he cut her heart out with the same athame she used to curse him." "Who?" "What do you mean, who?" "The Captain." "The guy we're talking about." "Right." "Right." "Right." "Uh..." "Wait." "What was the question?" "Are you all right?" "You don't look so good." "I look fine, and, yeah, I'm just concerned with Brenda, I guess." "I don't know." "Okay." "Let's see." "He did say something about a storm, a "Gathering Storm"." "Well, there is nothing about a storm, just the curse." "Huh." "Well, I guess I better make these potions a little stronger." "Yo-ho, hello." "Did you just call me a Ho?" "How'd you get here?" "A pirate never betrays his vow of secrecy." "Leo orbed me." "Go ahead." "Ask me anything you want to know about Buccaneers." "I know everything." "You see a movie critic, and suddenly, you're an expert." "No." "I ran into Leslie, and he taught me everything he knows." "Hmm." "I bet." "Looking forward to your date tonight?" "No, I'm not." "It's just a publicity stunt." "Mm-hmm." "Right." "Paige?" "What happened, honey?" "What's wrong with your hand?" "Uh..." "I don't know." "I think that athame did more damage than we thought." "I'm just gonna go sit on the couch, okay?" "Um, maybe you guys concentrate on Brenda and... making more potions." "Are you sure that we're talking about the same man?" "All right." "Thank you." "Okay, Agent Brody, you check out... for now." "Great." "Now can we get to work?" "What Agency did they say he was from?" "Homeland Security." "What Division?" "The Classified One." "You're, uh, pretty protective of the sisters, aren't you, Lieutenant?" "I've known them a long time." "Six and a half years to be exact." "I did my homework." "So what are you doing here?" "What do you want?" "I wanna know where you got that blood sample from." "Why?" "Because whatever it is, it's not human." "DNA showed a triple helix." "Now, we've only got two." "Plus plasma, platelets, Rh factors, they're all incredible." "Somebody messed up." "You were not supposed to find that blood." "I don't understand." "You wanna explain it to her?" "Explain what?" "What kind of being that sample came from." ""Being"?" "How would I know?" "Don't worry, Lieutenant, I'm not after you." "I'm after the Halliwells." "And the recent rash of missing women that you've been ignoring matches a pattern that goes back for decades." "Barbados, Panama, Newfoundland, New Orleans, and now here." "Except they aren't missing women." "They're missing witches." "Witches?" "!" "Just like the three sisters." "And if I'm right, then, uh, one will lead us to the other." "So you're saying that the Halliwells are not... human?" "No, no, they're human, all right, but this sample, it just came from something... else." "So if I were you, I'd watch my step." "People tend to disappear around these girls, especially cops." "Now, I have been working for a long time to prove my theories." "Now all I gotta do is catch them in the act." "But how?" "You got any Golden Chalices lying around?" "Maybe Paige scared them away." "It's possible." "Pirates don't run from fights." "They lure you into them." "Piper!" "Come here." "Grab that lantern." "You must leave." "Who did this to you?" "The pirate." "He cut me with the athame." "Wait a minute." "Who are you?" "What's your name?" "Brenda." "Save your sister." "We gotta go get Paige." "Paige?" "Are you okay?" "Paige?" "Well..." "NOW I'm a ma'am." "Oh!" "Easy, easy, easy." "We got ya." "We got ya." "Took a little more out of me than I thought." "Here." "Couch." "Couch." "Leo?" "Get up here." "Are you two back together?" "I forget." "Leo?" "What's the matter?" "What happened?" "Just heal this... now." "Heal?" "Heal what?" "It's Paige." "It's just Paige." "She's just..." "Don't ask." "Just fix her." "Fix it?" "What happened?" "Well, she got cut by a cursed athame, and she's aging." "Aging?" "Well, I can't fix aging." "I can't find a reversal to the curse in here anywhere." "Naturally." "Still, Captain Cutting must be banking on us finding a reversal to the curse so that we can save them both." "Maybe I should go check with the Elders, see if they know..." "No." "We don't have time." "She's gaining years by the hour." "Forget about me." "You have to save Brenda first." "Uh, sweetie, we lost her already." "Yeah, but we're not gonna lose you, too." "Shiver me witches." "Shiver me witches." "You've got to be kidding me." "No, Piper!" "Don't blow him up." "Fine." "Obviously, he was sent here for a reason." "What's it say?" ""Captain Black Jack Cutting cordially invites you to Treasure Island."" "Uh, we were invited." "Invited?" "Or were you tricked?" "Now, you wouldn't want to be violating parlay, would you?" "Phoebe, now is not the time for stupid pirate facts." "How would you know about parlay?" "Actually, I know everything about parlay." "Everyone does." "It's the sacredness of the Captain's word." "Right, Piper?" "Hmm?" "You remember." "Pirates of the Caribbean?" "Uh... okay." "So?" "So... it's what keeps the crew from mutiny." "Yeah?" "It's the oath of the pirates, right?" "As long as The Captain keeps his word, you're bound to him." "Forever." "Yeah, and what's it to you?" "Well, quite honestly, it just doesn't seem fair." "I mean, he's the one that's cursed, not you, right?" "I mean, how are you ever supposed to move on?" "What are you jabbering about over there?" "Bring 'em closer." "Easy." "Come to save your sister, have you?" "How noble of you." "You're wasting your time." "We don't know how to reverse the curse." "You don't have to." "You just need to call forth the Fountain of Youth." "That's a myth." "So are three-hundred year-old pirates who sail the high seas searching for revenge." "Take it from me, the Fountain of Youth is very real." "Only Ponce de Leon had it wrong." "I've got it right." "And finding it is the only way to save your precious sister's life." "He wants you to do what?" "You heard me." "Break into a museum." "To find the Fountain of Youth." "No, to steal a Golden Chalice that turns on the Fountain of Youth." "Piper, you can't do this." "Well, I don't have a choice." "Without the chalice, I can't cast a spell." "Without the spell, I can't save Paige." "So there you go." "What if you get caught?" "This is exactly what Sheridan wants." "Forget about her." "This is about family." "A family, by the way, you have to be able to take care of if anything happens to us." "Piper..." "No." "I mean it, Leo." "You need to promise me you'll be able to take care of them." "I can't believe you're saying this." "Well, believe it." "Ignore the voices, and you'll be fine." "You have to be." "So far, so good." "Oh, yeah?" "Oh, wow." "If we pull this off, Paige owes me Prada." "And baby-sitting for a year." "You're getting a call now?" "Oh, no." "Oh, no." "Piper, it's Leslie." "I totally forgot about our date." "Don't you mean your "Publicity Stunt"?" "What do you want from me?" "I want you to admit that maybe you like him a little." "No." " Are you gonna answer it?" " No, I'm not gonna answer it." "We're a little busy right now." "What am I gonna tell him, that we're robbing a museum?" "Okay, deep breath." "Clear your mind." "Think positive." "Think positive." "Ready?" "Ready?" "Ready?" "Okay." "After you." "Easy." "Careful." "Okay." "Now what?" "Nicely done." "This is bad!" "This is bad!" "How did you know they'd be here?" "What're you doing?" "What do you mean?" "I'm gonna bust 'em." "Not with that thing, you're not." "Besides, I don't want to catch them stealing." "I want to catch them using magic." "Welcome back, ladies." "Stow it." "Here's your chalice." "What's your hurry?" "Now... the spell, if you will." "With these offerings, I call on thee," "The Goddess of Fertility, rise now, show us the truth, give us the gift of eternal youth." "He's young again." "Mother of god." "Now, my sister." "What about her?" "Run them through." "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "He just broke his oath." "He promised not to hurt us, remember?" "I said kill them." "What are you waiting for?" "He doesn't care about his oath or parlay." "All he cares about is himself." "He promised you treasures, right?" "He promised you freedom, but where is it?" "He lied." "He broke his oath, and now you can, too." "I'll have you drawn and quartered, sir." "Raised from the highest yardarm until sun rots your skin." "Then I'll feed you to the sharks." "Looks like mutiny to me." "You'll die, too, you know." "You're only alive because of me." "It's a fate worse than death, I can assure you." "Thank you." "Nice speech." "There's still some left." "We've gotta get it to Paige." "Wait." "We don't want this happening any time again soon." "Hold it right there!" "I don't know how you did that, but just don't move." "Darryl, do something." "I can't." "Face down, on the ground." "Now!" "Dart gun." "I told you, Morris, I wasn't after you." "She'll be all right." "She'll wake up with a hell of a headache, though." "Who are you?" "Someone you owe now." "Go on, get out of here." "I'll take care of her." "You got a sister to save, right?" "You think you can give me a hand with her?" "Seriously." "I think I'm gonna need some help." "Hey." "Hey." "How are you feeling?" "I feel young." "I feel grateful." "You're not gonna hear me complain about getting old again until I'm at least 75." "The good news is, you know, you'll be there before I am." "You're right." "Hey, what did that Agent Brody guy want anyway?" "I don't know." "But that's tomorrow's problem." "He did a good job." "Yeah, he did." "Think it'll stay that way?" "I hope so." "All right." "Good night, Sweetie." "Good night... ma'am." "It's not over yet, you know." "His wounds won't easily heal." "They may never." "I know." "Just don't give up on him, Piper." "We're all going to need him back." "Before the Gathering Storm." "Knock knock." "Oh, you're really mad, aren't you?" "No, no." "I get stood up all the time." "I'm sure that's not true." "Listen." "I would've called you, but I..." "But what?" "Why didn't you?" "You know what?" "It's kind of complicated." "You know, you use that excuse a lot." "I mean, is it something you're not telling me, or do you just think I'm stupid?" "No, of course I don't think you're stupid." "Well, then what is it?" "What are you afraid of?" "Who says I'm afraid of anything?" "You're afraid of commitment, aren't you?" "Commitment?" "What are you talking about?" "What commitment?" "I thought this was just a publicity stunt?" "Oh, the hell you did." "I mean, why can't you just admit you like me?" "What is the big deal?" "Oh, you're one to talk, mister." "You're the one that had to orchestrate this whole contest because you were too afraid to ask me out straight." "That is not true." "Oh, no?" "It's not true." "Oh, really?" "Okay." "Then how come you didn't tell me about it until after you already printed it?" "Until after you won the contest?" "Yeah, that's right." "I knew the whole time." "And you didn't say anything?" "No, you didn't say anything." "You never called me back." "Oh, you know what?" "That's lame!" "If you knew about the contest, why did you agree to go through with it?" "Well, because " "Yeah, because of what?" "Come on." "Honestly?" "You wanna know the truth?" "I didn't wanna embarrass you." "Wrong answer." "You know what?" "You don't know me." "You won't let me know you." "That's not true." "You're afraid of getting involved with me because you're afraid of getting hurt again." "Save the advice for your readers." "You read me..."