"You know, the way you talked up this day qualifies as false advertising." "You're not having fun?" "Sure I am." "Almost as much as my last endoscopy." "Go get a mammogram, then we'll talk." "I'm starving." "Wanna get something to eat?" "Oh, surprise me." "Anything in the menu drawer is fair game." "Oops." "Graceful." "Hope you're better in the operating room." "Not much, heh." "Well, whatever it is, make sure it's fast." "Charlie will be home from karate in two hours, so you gotta be gone." "Right." "Uh, if you're looking for the, uh, Chinese, it's probably hiding in the den." "Good call." "You sure it's in here?" "I don't see it." "Amanda?" "Hey, Amanda?" "Thought I'd bring dinner tonight so you don't have to cook." "You know what you feel like?" "I don't know, John, seeing that it's 8:30 in the morning I'm not really focused on dinner." "You think we could pretend last night didn't happen?" "Is that possible?" "Sure." "Frankly, the last six months have been a bit of a bust maybe we can block those out too." "We're having sarcasm for breakfast." "Phony smiles are really more your specialties." "You know what, forget it." "Cook." "I honestly don't care." "Anything but Gino Chang's." "I'm turning into a dumpling." "We can talk about it again tonight if you want." "I mean, I don't know when I'm gonna be home, but..." "Sure." "Okay, if you want." "All right, I'll call if I'm gonna be late." "I'm at a /oss here." "I can't decide between won tons and empanadas." "Amanda?" " Amanda?" " What?" " Are you okay?" " Um..." "Empanadas." "Good." "I'll call it in." "Is it June yet?" "Shockingly, no." "Damn it to hell." "You wasted a curse word which means you get two more for the week or you owe me a dollar." "First, I'm not playing that game." "Second, "damn it's" not a curse word." "Yeah, but "hell" is." "Oh, damn it." " Hannah?" " Oh, hey, Topher." "Wow." "I didn't think you knew my name." "We've got three classes together." "Roll call in every one." "Yeah." "So, um, do you want my Art History notes?" "Oh, uh, no." "I noticed that you like to write because I see you scribbling in your notebook." "So I figured you might like poetry." "So there's a reading at Burke's coffeehouse." "Or if you like old movies, they're showing Casab/anca at the retro theater." "Ice skating's fun." "Look, uh, Amy, the Asian-African Alliance Club is, uh, having a meeting." " Hmm?" " Over here." "We should check this out because it's important that they all get along." "Uh, can I see this, please?" "Hi." "Uh, still here." " Right." "Right, heh." " Heh, heh." "Uh, so, um..." " Uh, are you asking me out?" " Yeah." "Not sure how it's going." "Well, I promised myself I'd ask, so I did." "But you don't have to answer right away." "Open offer, okay?" "Nod if that's okay." " Yeah." " Heh, heh." "Oh, my God, he's so cute." "Yeah, thanks for not making it awkward." "Hey, I did my best under pressure." " This is so momentous." " Shut up and walk." "Hey, I have a brilliant idea." "If you have to tell me it's brilliant, chances are it's not." " We should have dinner." " That's not even a new idea." "Unless..." "Do you mean out?" " Well, I was thinking..." " No, that's great." "Hold hands, watch the rumors ripple through town get dressed up nice for our public flogging." "Black-tie optional?" "I could dig up my evening bag." "My house, party of four." "You, me, Charlie and Delia." " Are you there?" " I'm processing." "Listen, Amanda." "We need to tell them before they find out on their own." "Well, how would they find out?" "The same way I found out about Mrs. Lahey's penchant for biting." "And Tim Joyce's son isn't really his." "It's called small-town-itis." " Ronny isn't Tim's son?" "I'm serious." "If they hear about it, it should be from us." "Delia's been asking questions." "What kind of questions?" "Well, the kind that I can't answer truthfully." "Well, what exactly would we tell them?" "Well, I think that we spend time together and that, uh, we're good friends who care about each other and just leave it at that." "I'm in." "Let's do it at my house." "I'm the one still married, I get home-court advantage." "Fair enough." "Good." "So it's a plan." "I'll call you later." "You're not hanging up." "What is it?" "Uh, nothing." "It's just, um..." "What?" "Charlie really loves his dad." "You're gonna fall." "Not gonna happen, little man." "Left foot on green." "Impossible." "No fair, she distracted me." "I demand a do-over." " Yeah, a do-over." " Um, after dinner." "Sam, go wash up." " Unh." "So do I get to stay for dinner?" " Well, you didn't say the magic word." "What's the magic word?" "Foot rub?" "Oh, wait, no, no, no." "I know, I know." "Spa day." "Yeah." "Okay." " You can have dinner." " Heh." "Oh, uh, just three plates." "Hannah's gonna eat at Amy's tonight." "Mm-hm." "So, what did Carl want?" "You were, uh, yelling on the phone, it was hard not to eavesdrop." "I mean, "hear. "" "Uh, just Carl being Carl." "I thought when he sued for custody, it meant he was committed to fatherhood." "I'm gonna need a little more." "It's father-son day at Sam's school." "Carl suddenly has a business trip." "Sam was looking forward to it which means high expectations, which means pouty kid, but anyway..." " I could go." " Go where?" " With Sam to the thing." " Uh, no." " Why not?" " You're not his father, he's not your son." "Oh, come on." "These days with single parents, in vitro fertilization surrogates, two mommies, three daddies I really don't think mom's boyfriend is gonna throw anyone." "Well, I appreciate your offer but Sam and I have been through this and I will figure it out." "I can't reach the faucet." " Coming, sweetie." "I want Jake." "On my way, little man." "Okay." "I'm thinking this one." "It's girlish and yet sexy, but not too sexy." "We don't want Topher to get the wrong idea." "Given who I am, that seems unlikely." "I would appreciate some enthusiasm." "I am lending you some very choice items." "I know, and I really appreciate you diving into your fancy section." "But I just haven't even decided whether I'm gonna go or not." "Hannah, you have to go." "Even if you don't like him which you do, because you should, he's who the Yahoo personals would choose." " It's like..." " A milestone, I know." "You keep saying." "But didn't you think it was weird the way he asked me, in public like that?" "Heh." "What did you expect him to do, come to your house with a horse-drawn carriage?" " I don't know." " Yes, you do." "You're looking for excuses." "And I know why." "It's my brother." " You're still waiting for him, aren't you?" " Waiting is the wrong word." "I prefer "pining. " Maybe "longing. "" " Hannah." " You can't help who you like." "It's chemical." "I'm obsessed with your brother." "Yeah, but it's because you're not allowing anyone else to penetrate the force field." "Do you not think Topher's cute at all?" "Well, yeah, but..." "Okay, so go with that." "It is one night." "Two hours of your life." "Which rounds to four episodes of Laguna Beach." "That's a lot of good TV." "I'm just not ready yet, Amy." "I know you want me to be." "I wanna be, too but I guess I just need more time." "Okay?" "Don't hate me." "Mm." "Let's see, we got, uh, cheese, we got pepperoni." "Oh, you want that." "And, ooh, pineapple." "Hungry much, pig boy?" "Why don't you get your pizza and eat it at your house?" "Whoa." "I cannot believe you were ever my boyfriend." "You are such a jerk." "Oh, yeah?" "Well, you're a snob." "Everyone in class says so." " They do not." " Cut it out." "Why are they even here?" "Well, actually, it was my idea, Charlie." "Your mom and I have become good friends." "We've been spending time together, so I thought it'd be nice if we had dinner." " Are you dating?" " No, they're not dating, idiot." "Charlie." " Well, it sounds like dating to me, jerk face." "Delia." "Well, it's not." "My mom's married to my dad, which means she's not allowed to date." "You don't know what you're talking about." "Your dad isn't really awake." "Delia, I want you to apologize, right now." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean it bad." "Well, uh, let's just eat our pizza and we can talk about this later." "I don't wanna talk about it!" " Ever!" " Charlie." "Charlie, sit down." "Get out of our house." "You don't belong here." "You're not allowed." "My dad's coming home soon." "He is." "Charlie." "Honey." "Dad, I didn't mean to make him cry." "I know you didn't, honey." "I know you didn't." "We're in the fina/ round and we have a c/ose race going on..." "Come on, Charlie, let me in." "Leave me alone." "Please, buster." "I wanna talk to you." "with 200 points." "Our fina/ category today is quotations." "Contestants, are you ready?" "Ready." "Ready." "A/ right, Janice, you're..." "I wanna ta/k to you." " Can it wait?" "I'm in the middle..." " No, it can't wait." " You called a lawyer?" " Ahh." "I didn't call." "You got his card." "Susan gave me his card." "I wasn't gonna call until..." "Until what?" "I can't believe it." " You're not here, John." " We have a little boy." "And mortgage payments and a summer house." "And, I mean, you know how many people would kill to have what we have?" "I mean, this is what partnership is." "It's good times and bad." "Sickness and health, or did you forget that?" "No, I didn't forget." "I made vows to someone I loved more than anybody in the world but I don't know where he went." "Do you remember what our life used to be like in the beginning?" "We'd dance in this house without music." "We would ride in the car without a map." "We'd run away for a week, to places nobody had even heard of." "You can't trek through the rain forest with a 5-year-old." "Who says we can't take Charlie to the end of the world?" "That was the whole point." "My God, when did you become so afraid?" "Just do what you have to do." " You hear that surround sound?" " Yeah, it's pretty sweet." "Oh, yeah." "My dad just got it." "You're such an ass." " One of us is in trouble." " You are ruining her life, you know that?" " Uh, that rules me out." "You could be talking about, like, 10 different chicks here." "Her who?" "Hannah." "Topher Cole asked her out, she's not going because for some reason she likes you." "She's been brainwashed and needs an exorcism." " So, what do you want me to do about it?" " I don't know, it's your fault." "Right?" "Uh, I love Hannah." "I wish her all the best, but I'm staying out of this." "Thanks, I'll remember that." "Be a good person." "For once in your life." "Look, little sister, I can't help it if I have a way with the ladies." "Like you can't help the fact that you're an obsessive, neurotic chick." "Hey, he's kind of got a point." " I thought you weren't getting involved." " No, not the neurotic thing." "Let's face it, you and I know that Bright is nothing but a good-looking empty shell, devoid of any redeemable characteristics yet women are still attracted to him." "It's their fault." "You're not helping." " Really, man." " Hannah deserves this date." "She's ready." " So tell her that." " I'm sure that conversation's taken place." "Okay, so you've done your part." "You've been superfriend Amy." "If she doesn't wanna listen to you, maybe you should let it go." "Fine." "Do nothing." "But if Hannah doesn't leave her house, doesn't fall in love, never gets married ends up being one of those old ladies with a lot of cats, it's on you." "It's the subwoofer." "It's like a movie theater, huh?" "Yeah, it's pretty sweet." " What about The Incredib/es?" "Sam seen it?" " I don't think the DVD is out yet, is it?" "You forget, I'm from Los Angeles." "Oscar screeners are as easy to score there as painkillers." "Self-deprecation." "It's my new thing." "Ahh, well, I am sure that Sam will love it." "Oh, great, then maybe I can come by tomorrow night and, uh, we can all watch it together." "You know what, I got a better idea." "How about I come to you?" "You'd come to my place?" "Really?" "Mm-hm." "It's the least I can do after that foot rub." "Plus, you could show me that flat-screen TV you never shut up about." "Heh, actually, it's more of a chubby plasma." " Well, what about Sam?" " Ah, he's 8." "About time he stared working." " Hannah will watch him." " Really?" "Awesome." " Or we can go to the movies." "Mm-hm." "Or we can go dancing." "Do you like dancing?" "Sounds great." "We can work out the details later." "Nina, refill, please." " I gotta get that table." "Come in." "Hey, Nina said I can come up." " Uh, just a sec." "Sorry." "It's cold." "You sure you don't need another blanket?" "I can still see your wrist." "Ahem." "What are you doing here?" "I heard about Topher." " Oh, my God." " You don't have to be embarrassed." "Ahh." "In fact, I do." " Hey." "Chill out." "I just, uh..." "I just came here to tell you that I get it." " What do you get?" " I've been in your situation before and it may seem impossible to believe, but back in 8th grade there was this chick, Lisa, who refused to go out with me." "Uh, her mom wouldn't let her date someone that wasn't Jewish and I told her I would convert." "Still, no dice." " Um, you were gonna convert?" " Not really, but she didn't know that." "Anyways, the point is, I made this vow that I wasn't gonna go out with anybody until she went out with me first." "And it was just a stupid vow." "Just..." "Do you understand me?" "Heh, not even a little bit." "Yeah, huh." "I don't want you not going out with Topher because he's not as good looking as me and is not as quick with the jokes." " Oh, my God, heh." " He's generally a decent guy." " Heh." "I'm sorry, um..." " What?" " Oh..." "That was..." "Heh, heh." "That was really sweet." "Um..." "Totally narcissistic and off-base, but sweet." "Look, you don't have to worry about it." "You're not the reason I'm not going out with Topher Cole." " I'm not?" " No, heh." "So you just don't like him or...?" "Well, actually, I really like him, heh." "He's incredibly smart and funny in an Owen Wilson kind of way which is the best." " Plus, he's got these freckles..." " Okay, okay so you dig him." "Well, that's..." "Why don't you go out with him?" "If we go out, we'll have a good time, then we'll probably go out again." "And then we will probably fall in love go to the same college, get married, have kids, and I just can't do any of that." "Okay." "Uh, why?" "Because I don't know if I'm gonna be alive long enough for all of that." "Remember what I told you about my dad and Huntington's?" "Well, I might have it too." "I mean, I don't know for sure if I do, but..." "Yeah, yeah, right." "Amy told me about the test." " You're not gonna take it, right?" " No, heh." " It's just not the way I do things." " Okay." "No, I get it." "Well, I mean, I don't get it, but..." "You know." "I know, heh." "It's..." "You know, back when you told us about it I didn't know if I should, you know, bring it up to you or not." "People don't normally come to me for real stuff, they come to me for fun." " I'm not good with the real stuff." " I don't think that's true." "Anyway, we don't have to talk about this." " You know, it's..." " Yeah." "Bottom line is, I have watched my mom give up her entire life to take care of my dad." "And before he got really sick, I just saw how guilty he felt about it and I know that that's how I'd feel." "I can't have kids." "I can't let someone fall in love with me, as unlikely as that may be." "It would just be too awful." "Especially if I loved them back." "Does that make any sense?" "Well, you know, you see, it's like I said..." "I don't know." "But if you think so, uh..." "Yeah." " Um, I probably should go to sleep, so..." " Yeah." "Okay, I'll let you do that, uh..." "Um, hey, but could you do me a favor and not tell Amy about this?" "I think it'd be easier if she thought it was you." "Yeah, I can do that." "Sleep tight, Hannah." "Welcome to my cold war." "Will you be staying long?" "Oh." " Charlie still not talking to you?" " He won't come out." "I leave his meals on a tray outside his door." "Since I've got the prison-guard-routine thing down, I know what to be for Halloween." "Yeah, I'm sorry my brilliant idea turned into a bit of a fiasco." "Well, there's an understatement." "What's in the bag?" "Oh, this?" "It's just one of those GameCube things." "I bought it for Charlie." " Tell me you're not that guy." " What guy?" "The guy with the yellow Corvette who tries to buy my son's affection." "I don't have a yellow Corvette." "Look, I thought it might help." " My kid's not for sale." " I know that." "It was a bad night." "Charlie's gonna be fine." "Kids are resilient." "They just..." "They just think about things differently, it takes them a little longer to understand." "Or they understand more and it takes them less time to see what we can't." "Am I missing something?" "Why do I feel like you've packed your bags and left the country?" "Maybe we should quit while we're ahead." " Maybe it would be easier to stop now." " Easy for who?" "We denied it, we fought it, I had an ulcer, but I'm in this." "You can't just walk away over a lousy dinner and a video game." " Ahh, Andy, please." " I didn't expect Charlie to welcome me and call me Dad, but then again, neither did you so, what's really going on here?" "You look at me like I'm the best thing since peanut butter and I want it to stay that way." "But there's a lot of stuff you don't know about me." "So tell me." "What?" "I've been lying to you." "Wow." "You look..." "You're stunning." "Thank you." "So, what time does the play start?" "Theater always starts at 8." "Except in Denver, apparently, where it starts at 7:30, heh." " Hee-hee." " We should probably get going." "Oh, I should get it." "Could be Sam." "Sam, heh." "He/o?" " Nina." "Oh, my God, I'm so sorry to interrupt your date, but I just didn't know what to do." "Uh, what's going on?" "Well, uh, there's a bird in the house." "Aah!" "And it just broke a vase." "Okay, I'm back." "Sam and I are under the table." "Don't panic." "Did, um, you call Andy?" "He's not home." "I tried Dr. Abbott, but I cou/dn't find him, either." "Ever since I saw the movie The Birds birds just really freak me out." " I'm rea/y sorry." " Don't be sorry." "Just calm down, take a deep breath." "Sam, cut it out." "Oh." "Okay, Hannah." "Just, uh, stay where you are and I'll be right there." "What's going on?" "Is Sam okay?" "Yeah." "But I need to go." "There's a bird in the house and the kids are hiding under the table." " Heh." " Heh, I am so sorry." "Oh, that's okay." "That shouldn't take long." "We can still make it to the show." "I'm sorry, but tonight's just not gonna work." "Okay, forget about the show." "I'll come back to your place with you." "I have a way with birds." "It'd be better if I see you tomorrow." "What are you talking about?" "I'll come with you." "I don't want you to come with me." "I don't need your help here, okay?" " I know you don't need my help..." " Please stop." "You're not getting it." "No, I'm really not." "What's going on?" "I don't want you to come to my house because I don't need Sam getting any more confused than he already is." "I thought if I came here, acted like a regular single person a single person who doesn't have kids I could figure out where all this is going, but obviously that's just not possible." "Of course it isn't." "You're a mother and I already knew that and I'm into that." "I'm not into it." "I'm not into you being Sam's surrogate dad and him falling in love with you because what happens when it doesn't work out with us?" "I can't watch Sam face the disappointment of another man walking out on him." "I can't let that happen." "I'm sorry." "You said, "When. "" "What?" "You said, "When it doesn't work out. "" "You never really thought it would, did you?" "This whole time?" "I have to go." " "Four Seasons. " What is that, "Spring"?" " I can never tell which is which." "Remember that time we saw the Chicago Philharmonic perform?" "And it was the first time you told me that you loved me." "Now I'm smothering your spirit." " The very thing I fell in love with." " I thought it was my exuberance." "Before you, I dated all these women." "It was easy because I didn't care if they left." "But you came along and I was petrified." "Because you were the one." "And for the last 10 years, I've lived with the fear that you would leave." "At least I don't have to be afraid anymore, because that day is here." " It hurts like hell, but it's almost a relief." " John." "I'm gonna give you what you want." "You can have your divorce." "I don't know if that's what I want." "I don't know." "Yes, you do." "It's okay." "Okay?" "But there's only one thing." " I don't want you to take Charlie away." " I would never." "No, what I mean is I want Charlie." "You what?" "I..." "I'm not gonna be one of these fathers who sees his kids on holidays or weekends." "I won't have him living out of a suitcase." " So, what are you saying?" " What I'm saying is you're free to go but if you do, I want Charlie to stay with me here, in this house." "Where he belongs." "You thought about getting a divorce." "I thought about all of it." "Divorcing John, leaving Charlie." "I don't know if I would have in the end, especially Charlie." "But for a moment, it was in my head." "And?" "Know how many times I've wanted to leave the kids at a bus stop?" "Oh, come on." "It's not the same thing and you know it." "I've been walking around this town with everyone looking at me like I should be..." "I should be walking on water when in fact..." "In fact what?" "You thought about getting a divorce." "You decided against it you gave up the last five years of your life to take care of your husband." "Because I felt guilty." "Don't you get it?" "Everything I did for John I did for the wrong reasons." "I'm not the person you thought I was." "Admit it." "It's different now, isn't it?" "Now that you know." "When I came to Everwood almost three years ago I did it out of guilt." "I didn't do it for love for my children." "I barely knew them." "It's what Julia wanted so I did it for her." "Now, when I look back on it I think it was probably the smartest decision I ever made." "I failed John." "I know I did." "You didn't cause his stroke." "You didn't make the hole in his heart." "Oh, no, I just tore it to shreds." "And I still feel guilty about it." "Even now." "I know you don't hate me for this, but I hate me." "I do." "Please don't." "Andy, I need you to go now." "Come in." " Oh, for the love of Pete." " I gotta take you somewhere." " Now?" " Yeah." " I've got bird poop on me." " That's okay." "Are we getting beamed somewhere?" "How cool would that be?" "No, actually, uh, we're here." "This is where you wanna take me?" "The front porch?" "Do you remember what happened here?" "You tried to kiss me." "About right here." "Thanks for reminding me of the most embarrassing moment of my life." " Until right now, that is." " But that's the point." "See, you got everybody fooled, Hannah." "You know, you pretend to be all shy and intro..." " What's that word?" " Introspective?" " Introverted?" " Right." "Those." "You act like you're somebody who doesn't take chances, that's not true." "See, I saw that other side of you." "I was here." "You leaned in and you tried to kiss me." "And you didn't think about it, you just did what you wanted to do." "And for a brief second, you saw it." " Saw what?" " A future." "Or, you know, the possibility of one." "You know, and then..." "I mean, damn, you called me on my crap which honestly, no girl has ever done before." "Which means you're way stronger and cooler than you think." "You can't let this thing this not-knowing thing stop you from living your life." "Because, God, Hannah, your life is gonna rock." "You think so?" "Yeah, hell, yeah." "This Topher thing I don't know, go out with him, don't, but live your life out." "Because you never know, you know?" "I mean..." "Ahh, none of us know how long we're gonna be here." "My friend Colin sure as hell didn't." "I think about it every single day." "At least I try to, you know?" "You just gotta..." "You gotta treat every moment like it's..." " Like..." " Like a gift?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "You can't give it up and you can't give it back because, God, Hannah, you are too good for that." "Okay?" "Okay." "Okay." "Oh, and, uh, one more thing." "Don't say it's unlikely someone's gonna fall in love with you because they will." "They will." "They will see all the things I see and more and, I don't know, unlike me, they'll actually deserve you." "Whoa." " Is this for me?" " Oh." "Now he speaks." "Yeah, it's for you." " Cool." "I..." "Can I go play it?" " Maybe have some breakfast first?" "Thanks, Mom." "This is awesome." "Uh, don't thank me, thank Dr. Brown." "He's the one who got it for you." "It's okay, you don't have to call him." "You can thank him for me if you want." "Next time you see him." "Actually, I don't know if there's gonna be a next time." "Why not?" ""Why not?"" "In case you haven't noticed, you and me haven't talked in about three days." "I miss you, buster." "You are my number one guy." " And if my friendship..." " More than friendship." "Right." "You're right." "If my more-than-friendship with Dr. Brown is gonna ruin you and me then I'm not gonna hang out with him anymore." "You and me is how it's gotta be, forever and always." "You got that?" "Um, you do seem pretty happy lately." "Is it because of him?" "Little bit, yeah." "Then I guess that's good." "Right?" "It's as good as it gets." "Now go play." "Hey." "Wait." " What?" " Go get your lunchbox." "It's upstairs." "Hey, big guy." "Ready for your first day of kindergarten?" " You're a big man now, got responsibilities." " Yup, gotta get my lunchbox." "Okay, you get your lunchbox, we'll get out of here." " You mind if I take him to school?" " You didn't give me much choice." "I could say the same to you." " What did you make me?" " Liver." "Ew." "Okay, how about a bologna sandwich?" "John, you okay?" "Oh, my God." "John!" "John!" "John!" "We've got an emergency here." "I'm not ready to break up." "I don't think that qualifies as an emergency, Jake." "Thing is, I was a little pissed at the way everything went down until I realized that this isn't about me." "This isn't even about Sam." "You told me it was, but you lied." "You used Sam so I'd go and you wouldn't have to deal with what's bothering you." " Oh, and what's really bugging me?" " You're scared." "You're absolutely crazy about me, it's freaking you out." "I'm glad your ego is still intact." " Hey, Martha." " Hey." "Hmm." "A lot of guys would have fallen for the Sam excuse, but I'm too savvy." "It's not that you don't worry about Sam." "You do and you should." "You're worried about you." "You don't want Sam to get invested in me, you don't wanna get invested in me." "You think I'm gonna leave you just like Carl did." "Decaf?" " Yeah, thanks." " Sure." "So you're a shrink now?" "I did a psychiatric rotation during medical school but here's the thing, I'm not going anywhere." "I know your M.O. You'll be in Los Angeles before I even know that you've left." "No." "You're talking about the old me." "Sure, yes, yes." "That guy would have weaved in and out and prayed for as little damage as possible." "But now I want damage and pain and all the good stuff that comes along with it." "Damage and pain is the good." "Can't wait to hear the bad." "The bad part is you giving up before we have a chance to find out what this thing is." "I wanna know if I can fall in love with you, lady." "Don't you wanna know?" "I mean, wouldn't it be, heh, amazing if it actually happened?" "I know that it might not." "I know there's a thousand things that can mess it up but you gotta see the movie before you review it." "And if we do fail, I can almost guarantee you that it'll be my heart we'll be picking up off the pavement, not yours." "And definitely not Sam's." "But I think you're worth the risk." "Mm." "I thought they'd, you know, applaud or something." " Hey." " Hi." " Did you knock?" " No." "Interesting." "Do you, uh...?" "You wanna come inside?" "Uh, no, no, this is an outside conversation." "Just out of curiosity, did you know that I'd be making a milk run tonight or were you gonna sit here until I went out for the morning paper?" "Sit down, Andy." "I'm sorry I didn't call you earlier." "I wasn't trying to freak you out, I just..." "I needed some time to stew with this one on my own, and I have and now I know what I have to do." "Well, before you do it, can I just say thank you?" "Well, obviously, you're welcome, but what for?" "For being you." " For pushing me." " I..." "I didn't come here to end things." " You didn't?" " No." "Heh, how could I walk away now?" "I mean, you saw..." "You saw the dark parts, the inside." "And you're still here and you're still looking at me with those kind, kind eyes." "I'm old enough to know how hard that is to come by." "I can't let you go now." "The thing that I realized, the thing I know that I have to do is that I have to call that lawyer." "That lawyer?" "Yeah." "I'm gonna finish what I started five years ago." "I'm gonna leave John." "What are you reading?" " Summer by Edith Wharton." "Haven't you read that, like, 40 times?" " Just call me a romantic." "Theoretically, maybe, but in real life, you're a vile temptress of doom." "Ugh." " No, it's a compliment." "Look at this guy." "Dejected, wasting away before our eyes." "I'm gonna talk to him." " Why?" " It's a mitzvah." "I don't know, sometimes he's conveniently Yiddish, heh." "What's wrong?" "Having second thoughts?" "You wish you said yes." "Maybe." "So then why don't you go out with him?" " You can do something tonight." " No, I can't." "Why?" "You can flake on me." "It's not that." "I have to get up early tomorrow for an appointment." "What appointment?" "With a doctor out in Denver." "I think I'm gonna get the test." "Huntington's test?" "I think I'm ready to know."