"Magnificent, aren't they?" "God's tears." "Yeah." "It's beatifI." "So are the others." "I, h..." "I gess I jst..." "have to make the right decision." "In the end, it's not yor eye that mst decide." "Yeah." "Did Rebecca call?" "Yeah." "She'II be at the restarant in an hor to take yo to the airport." "I pt yor tickets, passport, and yor new cell phone in yor briefcase and Hong will be there in ten mintes." "Thanks." "See yo in for days." "The second yo land, those gys are gonna start poking and prodding to see what yo're made of." "Are yo sre I'm the right gy for this, WaIter?" "I'm no good at this corporate stff, I hate fIying-- and isn't this Bob's thing, anyway?" "Bob?" "Come on, yo're gonna be fine." "Jst don't eat anything that wears a collar, and if yo need me, I'II be on the beach in CozmeI screening my calls." "Look...this is a big break for yo." "Bt I'm giving yo this accont becase I think yo're the right man for the job." "Besides, yo're gonna be a member of the family soon, right?" "Going down, please." "Oh." "Matthew, keep away from the bang-bang girls or Rebecca will kick my ass, all right?" "Matty." " Matty!" " Lke!" "Hey, man." " How are yo, man?" " I'm good." "How are yo?" "really good." "really good." "Good to see yo." "Yo look great." "Thanks, man." "I mean, I do." "Yo still doing that whole advertising thing in New York?" "I moved back." " When did yo get back?" " Two months ago." "Two months?" "What are yo doing?" "Yo don't call yor friend?" "Yo cold've called me." "I know." "I jst--I moved back with a girl that I met in New York and I'm working for her brother, and it's..." "That sonds serios." "Maybe." "I don't know." "We'II see." "Yo look very serios." "Look at yo." "I know, man." "hold on!" "Listen, man, I gotta go to a meeting." "Yeah, I need to probably move my car, too." "And then I'm going to China tonight." " China?" "That's weird." " Yeah, I know." "Let me give yo a call when I get back." "Monday?" "Yeah, sonds good--sht p!" "AII right, look, here's my card." "Don't wait two years--caII me!" "The old shop." " AII right?" " I will, man." "Yo look good." "That's a nice tie." "Good to see yo." "Are yo done?" "Come on!" "He's very impressed with what yo've done, and he assres yo that when yo get to China, yo'II be met with mch enthsiasm and spport." "Thank yo very mch." "Some champagne, please." "Excse me." "Excse yo." "Matthew is a, h, photographer." "BeatifIIy, wonderfIIy creative man." "And here's my favorite sister." "His only sister." "Mr. Hong, Ms. Chin, this is my sister Rebecca." "Hey, Sweetie." "How are yo?" "As yo can see," "Matthew has managed to make himself indispensable even away from the office." "Here, Sweetie." "Jst take one of these to help yo sleep on the plane." "Mr. Hong woId like to propose a toast." "Oh, yes." "To a Iong and prosperos marriage... of or two companies." "Are yo okay?" "Yeah." "Um, excse me." "I'm gonna go make a phone call." "I'II be right back." "Excse me, can I have the check, please." "Jst a minte!" "Sorry." "No, yo listen!" "And I don't feel like calming down." "It's over, okay?" "That's why I wanted to meet." "No, actaIIy I don't think it was an accident." "It's in the paper!" "I don't ever want to see yo again, daniel." "Stop following me, or I'II call the police!" "Lisa." "Lisa!" "Whoa." "Hey, come on." "Are yo all right?" "I pissed her off." "Yo wanna pt that on this card, please?" "Oh!" "This stpid..." "Need some help there, Mare?" " What's p?" " It's so frstrating." "I jst can't work ot why there's no sond." "I jst..." "Matthew?" "hello?" "Anybody home?" "I'II take this one, if yo want." "Knock yorseIf ot, kid." "Oh, my God." "Shit." " They wanna know how Iong--hey!" " Mary, I'II be right back." " Sorry." " Where are yo going?" "!" "Oh, sorry!" " Hey, gys." " Hey, Lisa." "See yo inside." "Hey." "Hey." " probably time to go, right?" " Yes." "Okay." "Pne-boandinng call fon fligIt 752 to MnnicI." "All passenngens sIold boand at tIis tie at gate 5-A" "I gess, h, this is it." "Are yo sre nothing's wrong?" "No." "No, I'm fine." "Okay." "well, call me when yo get there." "Okay." "I will." "I Iove yo." "Me, too." "Bye." "Bye." "Yon attenntionn. please." "TIis is tie finnal boandinng call fonAenicann Ainlinnes fligIt 1 53 senvice to SIanngIai." "All passenngens sIold nnow be boandinng at gate 1 0-B." "Matthew Simon." "S-I-M-O-N." "Shit." "Yeah." "Yeah." "No, he's not on the plane." "He's..." "He's sick." "No, he's very sick." "He has food poisoning." "No, he'II be there in the next copIe of days." "Lisa?" "AII right." "hello?" "Lisa?" "Hene. sweetie." "Jst take onne of tIese to Ielp yo sleep onn tie planne." "That Iine--what it does to yor caIf-- that is what we call sexy." "Wanna try pink?" "Hmm?" " Okay." " Okay." "Have a seat." "Hey." "There yo are." "Where yo been?" "Yo look like shit." "I hope she was worth it." "Hey, do we have a size ten in pink?" "Yeah, in the back." " Hey, ellie." " Hey." " I gotta talk to yo." " Lady Dragon Shoes." "Ow." "So, who is she?" "Yo woIdn't believe me." "Betcha I do." "I probably even know her." "What's her name?" "That's the thing." "Yo don't know her name?" "Oh, man." "I know that she's a dancer." "Yo mean, Iike a stripper?" "No, shithead." "Like a real dancer." "Oh, God." "I Iove a dancer's body." "Ooh." "Bt her face is like..." "Her eyes and her...skin is jst..." "She jst makes me all..." "What is "wha" and "dh"?" "She jst makes yo more inarticIate than sal." "Yo are obsessed, which I don't nderstand." "I mean, I don't know how yo decide on jst one." "I mean, my cstomer over there-- she's got great legs." "ellie." "AII right?" "There is something hot abot EIIie." "The blonde at the window." "I mean, come on." "What are yo doing?" "Matty, are yo all right?" "Lady Dragon Shoes." "Can I help yo?" "The blonde?" "What are yo doing?" "Give me some shoes." " Shoes?" " Yeah." "Got lots of shoes." "I'm sorry I took so long." "Pink." "It's my last pair." "cold I help yo with anything?" "Yes." "Those shoes in the window." "The black ones with the red sole." "I'd Iike to try them on, please." "The blacks and reds." "Okay." "I'II jst go in the back and get them for yo." "That's where we keep them-- in the back--so..." "I'II be right back." "Uh, Matty?" "Maybe yo'd Iike to ask the lady what size shoe she wears." " Right." " 8 1 l2." "Like FeIIini." "Right." "I mean his movie, not his shoe size." "I don't know his shoe size, obviosIy." "8 1 l2." "Shit." "What was that?" "FeIIini!" "What the hell was I thinking?" "I have no idea." "Bt yo were right abot one thing." "God, she's beatifI." "And yo, my man, are an idiot." "AII right, look." "Here's the thing, all right?" "Yo've obviosIy blown it, she obviosIy hates yo, so yo stay right here and let the man take a shot." " Sht p." "Give me the shoes." " AII right." "Go." "Jst remember-- yo're not fnny." "Here we go." "black and red." "What do yo think?" "They're too big." "Too big?" "really?" "Lke, these are 9 1 l2s." "I'm sorry." "That's the smallest size we have." "Oh, well." "Too bad." "Not--yo know..." "not necessarily." "We can order these for yo." "special order." "And, h-- I can, h, if yo leave yor nmber," "I can give yo a call personally when they come in." "Do yo normally spy on people?" "What?" "Are yo really gonna tell me that yo're a hge fan of modern dance?" "Look, I've never done anything like that before." "HonestIy--coId yo let me take yo ot for a cp of coffee and explain?" "I don't think so." "I'II stay on my side of the table." "I promise." "Jst call me when the shoes come in, okay?" "Listen, I'm not what yo think I am, okay?" "Shit." ""Toonnow nnigIt. 6.00." "Cafe Tanngiens onn kinnzie." "Now yo wonn't lave to follow e. "" "well, my parents eventaIIy split p, and my mom moved back to Prage." "Bt my dad's still here." "He lives in california." "I wish I was in california right now." "So, why did yo want to become a photographer?" "Fish." "Fish." "tropical fish, actaIIy." "When I was a kid, I sed to go to the library and pick ot all the books with tropical fish, yo know." "BeatifI colors and shapes." "When I was eight years old, I realized someone had to take pictres of the fish." "And I wanted that to be me." "Bt I grew p and I realized that... things don't have to be extraordinary to be beatifI." "The ordinary cold be jst as beatifI." "Like what?" "well..." "Like--yo see the copie there?" "Look at the way the girl is holding on to him so tight." "Bt he can still drink his coffee." "It looks like she feels safe wrapped arond him." "And if yo believe that, I'II tell yo another one." "Take my pictre." "I feel beatifI tonight." "Bye." "Bye." "Okay." " Hi." " Hi." "Ma'am?" "I have yor dry cleaning." "Shit." "Hey, yo're not in China." "I didn't make it past O'Hare." " What happened?" " I fond Lisa." "Whoa." "Here it is." "This is the article she left behind." "The fneraI's today." "I can't believe yo're blowing off Shanghai for this." "This isn't actaIIy Lisa." "This is a compact." "What abot yor woman?" "What's her name, anyway?" "Rebecca." "Yeah, I mean, isn't-- Matt." "Matt!" "Shit." "Is it broke?" "Yo sperstitios?" "God, I am so stpid." "Here, give it to me" " No, no." "It's okay." " I'm sorry." "Yo're right." "This doesn't make any sense." "One minte I'm looking at rings, and the next I'm here, doing this." "Whoa." "Whoa, looking at rings?" "I didn't realize yo were that serios." "apparently, I'm not." "See, that's how the niverse works." "The minte yo make a decision-- yo decide on anything-- along comes temptation." "What woId yo do?" "Keep them both and hope they didn't find ot abot each other is what I wold do." "That's perfect." "asshole." "I have to find ot why she left." "She got scared." "Everyone gets scared." "No, not Lisa." "She woIdn't have left withot an explanation." "Withot some sort of letter or a call or something." "She's not Iike that." "Something mst've happened, and whatever it was" "Screwed yo p big time." "I know she loved me." "So let me borrow yor keys, okay?" "Why?" "The fneraI's today." "It's the only lead I've got." "Oh...my car." " Come on." " Okay." "I know." "I'm sorry." "Yo jst have to be back by 7:00." "I will." "Thank yo." "I've got a date." "Yo got a date?" "Yeah, I got a date." "With who?" "This actress that came into my shop a cople weeks ago, and, h..." "God, I Iike her a Iot, so please do not be late with my car." "I won't be. :00." "I'II be back by :00, okay?" ""Lisa." "I've beenn tnyinng to finnd yo." "I lave yon powden case." "Call e at--"" "Excse me?" "What can I do for yo?" "I fond a hotel key in the back yesterday." "A woman left it." "I don't know if yo saw her." "She fell right over there." "Broke her heel." "Yesterday?" "Yeah, that's right." "I remember." "Yo wanted to leave the keys with me?" "No." "ActaIIy, I, h... cold yo give her this note if she comes back in here?" " No problem." " Thanks a Iot." "Sre." "Lisa!" "Lisa!" ""Lisa." "I netnnned yon key as yo asked." ""Yo st let e see yo if onnly fon onne last tie." ""Call e." "My Ieant cann't stannd it." "All y love." "Danniel. "" "Shit." " Ass." " I'm so sorry." " Hey, I cold explain." " Yo are an asshole." "Do me a favor-- don't ask me for any more favors." "Come on." "Lke..." "I fond her." "I think I fond her." "I fond her apartment, anyway." "I'm really happy for yo, Matty." "I Ieft a note nder her door to meet me at the park tomorrow." "Gess yo gys shoId have a picnic." "Jess, man." "I said I was sorry." "My entire evening is screwed." "Look, I'm not really that late, brother." "alex doesn't wait for anyone." "Trst me." "I've already left three messages." "well, why didn't yo take a cab?" "'Case I was waiting for yo." "I was waiting for my car." "Lke, it's not that late." "Yo can still drive over there." "Go over there?" "And do what?" "Throw little pebbles p at her window?" "She's gone." "It's over." "Jst forget it." "Maybe not." "I hope, for or friendship, this is who I want it to be." "Want to see how cool I am?" "Three rings." "hello?" "Hey, how's it goin'?" "Oh, I'm so sorry." "Did yo get my messages?" "No, I lent my car to my bddy Matt, and he was a little late coming home." "No, sre." "He's right here." "hold on a sec." "She wants to talk to yo." "Fix it." "Yo have to fix it." "hello?" "He's fli of sIit. isnn't Ie?" "Yeah, he's fli of shit, all right." "YeaI." "I knnew it." "He didn't lend me his car." "I took it." "I stole his keys." "That's good." "Why would you do that?" "Becase I'm a selfish idiot." "And I had this whole thing going on that..." "I don't wanna bore yo with it." "Please." "I innsist." "Okay." "well, m..." "I was looking for somebody." "A woman." "I wasn't thinking." "Got a little desperate." "OI." "I' sonny." "No." "I shold be apologizing to yo." "And I am apologizing to yo." "I'm very sorry that I rined yor evening." "Did yo finnd len?" "I think so." "Yeah." "I fond where she lives." "Well. yo sIold go back." "annd yo sIold look fon len." "I think I will." "Thanks." "Yo're boring now." "Give me the phone." " Okay, alex." "I gotta go." " Nice to talk to yo." "Nice to talk to yo, too." "Bye-bye." "She's nice, man." "Thanks." "hello?" "Okay." "Why don't I jst-- I'II pick yo p at the theater." "I think not so, my lord." "Dear lad, believe it, for they shall yet belle thy happy years to say tho art a man." "Prosper well in this, and tho shalt live as freely as thy lord to call his fortnes thine." "I'II do my best to woo yor lady and yet a barfI strife." "Whoe'er I woo, myself woId be his wife." "alex, what's going on?" "What do yo mean?" "well, I'm sitting in the adience and I'm getting nothing." "I figred maybe I'm missing something, so I come, I take a closer look." "Bt yo know what?" "I'm still not bying it." "What the hell's the matter with yo today?" "Look, the line, "Whoe'er I woo, myself woId be his wife"" "defines yor character." "Yo're in love with this gy, and he is asking yo to help him get another woman!" "Yo're pset, yo're confsed, it's tearing yo p inside!" "We've gotta see the love, bt we've also gotta see the agony." "Yo have been in love before, haven't yo?" "Yes." "Sre." "Oh, good." "well, please, share a little something with s, hh?" "God. yo sonnd so close." "Cann't believe yo'ne 7.000 iles away." "I know." "It's crazy, isn't it?" "How's tie weatIen?" "I don't know." "It's still dark ot." "Isnn't it. like." "1 0.00 inn tie onnninng tiene?" "I--yo know what?" "I'm so zonked, I didn't even open the blinds yet, and, h... yo know what--it's actally a really nice day ot, now that I see it." "Ane yo sne nnotIinng's wnonng?" "No." "I'm jst a little ot of it, that's all." "Well. yo betten get inn it. becase today's eetinng is veny ipontannt." "Yo'll be finne." "Ionney." "I'll speak to yo laten. okay?" "I iss yo." "Bye." "Bye." ""Lisa." "I fonnd yon powden case." ""I lave to see yo." ""Meet e toonnow at 3.00." "on sal spot." "Matt. "" "hello?" "Lisa?" "Fck." "Lisa?" "Jess Christ!" "I'm sorry." "It's okay." "I'm calling the police!" "Where's the phone?" "No!" "Don't call the police!" "I'm not gonna hrt yo." " Get away from me!" " Okay!" "Okay!" "calm down!" "calm down." "It's okay." "I'm a friend of Lisa's." "A friend of Lisa's?" "Yeah." "Is that spposed to be fnny?" "No." "Yo can ask her when she comes, okay?" "I'm Lisa." "I Iive here." "Yor name's Lisa?" "Yeah." "And yo live here?" "Yeah." "No..." " I'm calling the cops." " No, wait." "Don't." "Hey, yo see that letter there?" " Yo wrote that?" " Yeah." "Yo were at BeIIcci's on Monday." "Yeah..." "I was." "And yo had a room at The Drake, room 79?" "Yeah." "How'd yo know that?" "I can't believe I did this." "I'm going crazy." "Here." "That's yors." "It's broken." "I'd be happy to pay for it." "Yo know, my bad Ick." "Wait." "Yor hand." "It's bleeding." "It's all right." "I got this." "No, I..." "I'II fix it." "I'm a nrse." "Okay." "Thank yo." "Yo know, at the restarant," "I wold've bet anything yo were this girl I sed to know." "Bt now seeing yo here, yo don't really look that mch like her at all." "Mst be haIIcinating." "I was crazy abot her." "So, what abot the, h..." "what's-his-name in the cadillac?" " daniel." " Yeah." "What's his story?" "He's been stalking me." "He scares the hell ot of me." "That's why I was staying in the hoteI-- becase I didn't want him to find me." "I hope he didn't follow yo here." "I don't think so." "No." "How's yor hand?" "It's okay." "I wasn't even hngry or anything." "ActaIIy, yo know what?" "Thank yo for everything." "For the bandage not calling the cops not beating me to death with the little bronze ballerina, or..." "Yo're leaving?" "Yeah." "I'm late, yo know." "Very late, actaIIy, for China, so..." "China." "That's fnny." "That's what my friend said, too." "well, maybe yo shoId wait." "I can't." "I mean..." "I gotta go." "Do yo really think planes are still taking off this late?" "What are yo doing?" "I'm scared." "Of him." "I haven't stayed alone here since his wife died, and..." "WoId yo mind if yo stayed?" "Lisa, yo don't even know me." "I broke into yor apartment" "I know." "I know." "I know." "Bt--don't take this the wrong way, bt I jst think yo're a nice gy." "That's all." "Okay." "Good." "Where does a nice gy sleep?" "A nice gy sleeps on the coch." "What are yo doing?" "I'm watching yo sleep." "Lisa!" "Hey, how are yo?" "What are yo doing here?" "I gotta talk to yo." "Now?" "Yeah, it's kind of important." "Wanna go get a drink or something?" "It's freezing ot here." " Okay." " Okay?" "Come on." "My friend gave my stff to this head of the agency, and... he liked it." "So... he offered me a job in New York." "That's great." "It'II help me pay my rent, bt..." "Bt what?" "Why not?" "Move in with me." "I--I know it's only been a cople of months, bt I jst, m..." "Yo're the reason I don't wanna move to New York." "I wanna make my Iife here with yo." "Look, I'm really late for rehearsal." "Can we talk abot this tomorrow?" "Sre." "Matthew, trst me, okay?" "Jst meet me tomorrow in the park." "Same time." "Bye." "Have yo seen Lisa?" "Lisa?" "She's gone on a Eropean tor of Cabanet." "It all happened real fast." "They came to or rehearsal and jst picked her ot, and she was gone." "Like...did she say anything before she left?" "Like what?" "Like, h..." "cool." "Thanks." "Okay." " Hi." " Hi." "Yo want a cp of coffee?" "Yeah, sre." "Thanks." "No." "No." "No." "Yeah." "He broke all my cps." "That's original." "Sgar?" "Thanks." "Yeah." "Thank yo." "To s." "Leaving?" "Yeah." "I have to go to work." "I'm de at the hospital." "That's right." "Yo're a nrse." "I got a doble shift." "Yo shoId stay." "Yo have a key?" "Yeah." "well, I shold be back by 10:00." "will I see yo later?" "Maybe." "Yeah." " Bye." " Bye." "Yo wene at Bellcci's onn Monnday." "YeaI." "I was." "Hello?" "What happened to yo?" "Hang on." "Jst a minte!" "Look, cold I stay at yor place for a cople of days?" "YeaI. of conse." " Great." "well, I've gotta call daniel first, then I'II be right over." " Okay." " Bye." "Lisa!" "Oh, shit." "Get p." "Yo knnow." "at tie nestanannt." "I wold've bet annytIinng yo wene tIis ginl I sed to knnow." "Bt nnow seeinng yo Iene. yo donn't neally look tIat cI like len at all." "Hi." "Come on, Lisa." "Let's jst talk abot this, all right?" "Don't start shit like that." "Look, I don't have time" "I don't wanna talk abot it anymore." "Stop acting like a goddamn child abot this crap!" "Stop screaming at me!" "Lisa, what are yo doing?" "Jess Christ." "Be carefI." "It's over." "Get ot of my hose." "Stop!" "Enogh!" "Get back in here now!" " Yo're gonna kill yorseIf!" " Don't do it!" "Lisa, stop this!" "Is this how yo deal with yor problems?" "Hh?" "Yo rn away and act like a child?" "Go home, and don't bother calling me, okay?" "Hi." " Goddamnit!" " Can I come in?" "Of corse." "I'm sorry." "I hate to bother yo, bt, m, my...ex-boyfriend jst told me he's seeing someone else." "I took a chance." "I hope yo don't mind." "No, not at all." "Lisa, this is stpid, all right?" "Come on!" "Go home!" "Excse me, are yo leaving?" "I'd Iike to park." " Hey!" " Hey." "I'm sorry I didn't call." "I, m..." "Don't worry." "I've jst been thinking." "Are yo okay?" "I'm going to London." "Why?" "A friend of mine started his own company." "He's asked me to choreograph." "Oh, my God." "That's amazing." "When do yo leave?" "Tomorrow afternoon." "Is it okay if I stay another night?" "Of corse." "No, it has to be tonight." "well, then I'd say the 10:1 5 flight to Los angeles woId be yor best bet." "Yo can catch the flight to Shanghai from there." "Bt there's only coach available;" "yor ticket's for first." "It's okay." "I'II tell yo what." "I think I can get yo an pgrade." "Why don't yo come back in a few hors." "Arond 4:00." "Something shoId've opened p by then." "Okay." "Thank yo." "See yo at 4:00." "The hotel thing was jst stpid." "I knew daniel woId find me." "So..." "Why don't yo come with me?" "well, I've got great shifts at the hospital now, and, yo know..." "And the gy who gave yo that." "Yeah." "well, come on." "tell me!" "Last night we did it on the sofa in the doctor's Ionge." "Yo little sit." "I'm jeaIos!" "The bad part is I'm already seeing his best friend." "Another srgeon." "He's adorable and he adores me, bt he's the clinging type." "So she had the same name, same perfme, same shoe size?" "That's so hot." "Or--or maybe this is creepy." "I think it's a little bit of both, actaIIy." "So, did yo hit it?" "No." "Um..." "I slept on the coch, yo know." "When I woke p in the morning, she was gone." " Bt yo wanted to hit it, didn't yo?" " Come on." "Come on." "I'm going to China tonight, I'm practically engaged--do I need to remind yo?" "The lies we tell orseIves." "So, what abot yo and AIex-- how's that?" "How was yor date?" " It was great." " Good." "I mean, what-- yo wanna wanna hear abot it?" "I don't know." "Sre." "Well. aften I left yo." "I wennt to pick p Alex fno tie tIeaten. nigIt?" "sie las tIis dinecton--tIe gy is sci a cIeese ball." "Not tIat ipnessive." "I eann. sie sIold be onn Bnoadway on soetIinng. 'case sie was awesoe." "It was spen late by tie tie sie got cIannged." "So we wennt ot." "Iad a cople dninnks annd a cople lagIs." "Onn tie way Ioe." "I told len tie wIole sondid stony abot yo annd Lisa." "So now, finally, he's fond her." " Wow." " Yeah." "And did she explain why she disappeared?" "No, not yet." "He jst wrote her this note." "They haven't actaIIy spoken, bt they're spposed to speak soon." "Yo okay?" "No, I'm not." "Yo know, I don't..." "I don't feel very well." "Yo're kidding me." "No." "Do yo mind jst taking me home?" " Yeah." " Yeah?" "Thanks." "So, I was thinking, maybe I cold go pstairs with yo and I'II make yo a nice big cp of hot chocolate pt a bnch of little marshmallows p on top." "We'II watch TV and jst hang ot." "Do yo love me?" "I jst wanna be alone." " WeII" " I'II call yo." "I'II call yo tomorrow." "alex." "alex, wait a second." "Yo gotta be kidding me." "This girl's nbeIievabIe." "Yo know what?" "Don't call me, okay?" "Don't call me ntiI yo figre ot what yo wanna do with yor life, 'case I can't deal with this." "Every time, it's a different story with yo, all right?" "Wait, I--I'm sorry." "I'II call yo tomorrow." "God!" "This girl is ridicIos." "Taxi!" "Annd we lad sex all nnigIt." "Annd tie nnext onnninng." "I made her my dad's worId-famos breakfast, and..." "I don't know." "It was pretty perfect." "That sonds really good, man." "It was pretty good." "When do I get to meet her?" "Tonight." "Yeah, tonight." "Tonight is her-- she's got this play." "It's the big opening." "It's Shakespeare." "Shakespeare." "Shakespeare." "I know." "Bt it's spposed to be good." "Trst me." "I'm spposed to leave tonight." "Yeah, bt it's early." "Yo can go to the play, then get on the plane." "Have yo seen my compact?" "Yo know, the silver one." "No, I haven't." "I hope I didn't leave it at the hotel." "It was a gift from my grandmother." "Where did yo get this?" "Um...it's srgeon nmber two's." "He left it here last week." "Oh, my God." "It's so mch like..." "What?" "Matthew." "So yo're not getting into too mch trobIe?" "Thanks." "Take care of yorseIf, okay?" " Come on, Iet me film yo." " No." "Yo first." "Come on, alex." "Are yo shy?" "Yo can't be shy if yo wanna be an actress." "Here." " Shakespeare?" " This is yor big break." "That's Shakespeare." "I can't do that." "That's too hard." "HapIy, when I shall wed." "that lord whose hand mst take my plight shall carry half my love with him, half my care and dty." "SreIy I shall never marry like my sisters to love my father all." "So tre, my lord." "In Iife--oh!" "I blew it." "I'm sorry." "That was bad." "No, that was amazing." "Yo know, the thing with acting, alex, is yo jst have to commit." "Otherwise, yo're jst a phony." "I can't hear anything." "I know." "That's weird." " Is it hooked p right?" " Yeah." "Can yo take it back?" "I know a place I can get it fixed, actaIIy." "Do yo believe in love at first sight?" "well, who is he?" "Don't even try to lie abot it." "I haven't met him yet." "I've jst seen him." "I don't think he's got a girlfriend." "I can tell." "Don't wait." "The good ones go fast." "well, I gotta go get the video camera, so I'II talk to yo later." "AII right." "Hey...promise yo'II talk to him?" "Yeah..." "I'II think abot it." "Okay." "Bye." "I'II be right back." " Sorry." " Matthew, where are yo going?" "Sorry." "My God." "it's so ci like..." "MattIew." "Don't be silly." "It belongs to one of the doctors at the hospital." "Why woId yo think of Matthew?" "cold I borrow yor car again tonight?" "Oh, sre." "Thanks, Lisa." "well, I better go." "I'II see yo later." "Okay." "Hi, excse me?" "I was in here a cople of days ago." "I think I might have left a compact." "It's silver, engraved." "Um, Iet me ask." "Tony, did anyone trn in a silver compact?" "No." "Sorry." "Okay." "Thank yo." "Lisa?" "Yeah?" "A gy did come in here looking for yo." "Said he fond yor keys." "Oh!" "And..." "He left yo this." " Thank yo." " Sre." ""Lisa." "I've beenn tnyinng to finnd yo." ""I lave yon powden case." ""Call e." "MattIew. "" "Hey, Lke, can I talk to yo for a second?" "Hey, ellie, do me a favor." "will yo help her ot?" "Yeah, sre." "How's it goin'?" "Hey." "I jst wanna say thanks for everything and, yo know, yo've been great." "What abot the play?" "I thoght yo were comin' to the play." "I don't wanna miss another flight, yo know." "Listen, I'II make it p to yo when I get back." "I promise." "Hey, taxi!" "Yo have fn tonight, thogh, all right?" "Say hi to alex for me, and, yo know." " Yo're a Icky gy." " Yo got plenty of time." "It's the late flight." "I really want yo to come to the play." "please?" "See, things, m...it's jst not going that well with alex." "I've been kind of exaggerating a little." "What do yo mean?" "well..." "Lying." "Uh!" "I've been lying!" "It's 'case my Iife's so pathetic." "No aII-night marathon?" "God, I'm Icky if I get a kiss at the end of the night." "So I was thinking that if yo came to the play, I think that wold really help." "I mean, I'd be so mch more confident with yo there." "And then I can go to the bathroom and yo can tell her, yo know, what a great gy I am and rmor has it I'm really good in the sack, and that, m..." "I'm hng like a cameI-- I don't know." "please?" "I woIdn't ask if it didn't mean a Iot to me." " I'II be there." " Oh, yo're the best." "Thanks, bddy." "7:30, all right?" " I got it." " Good." "There yo go." " See yo, brother." " Yeah." "Yo the man." "Thanks, man." "well, yo're all set." "Yo're on flight 1 559." "First class." "Have a good trip." "I will." "Thanks a Iot." "Um, I'm booked in a flight to London today." "I'd Iike to postpone it ntiI tomorrow, please." "TIose sIoes." "tie black onnes witI tie ned sole." "I'd like to tny tie onn. please." "Oh, excse me, dear." "cold yo tell me how to get to this msem from here?" "I think it's..." "I think it's back here." " Let me show yo." "I'II walk yo." " Oh, thank yo." "alex, ten mintes!" "This is it right p here." " Here." "Keep the change." " Thanks." "Thanks." "How mch better that man shoId fall before the lion than the wolf." "The clock pbraids me with the waste of time." "Be not afraid, good yoth." "I will not have yo." "And yet when wit and yoth is come to harvest, yor wife is like to reap a proper man." "I'm right here." "Sorry." "There lies yor way." "De west." "Excse me." "Then westward ho." "Grace and good disposition attend yor Iadyship." "Yo'II nothing, madam, to my lord by me?" "Stay!" "I prithee, tell me what tho thinkst of me." "That yo do--think..." "Sit down." " Yo are..." " Sorry." "Not what yo are." "Is that her?" "Yeah, that's my girl." "Then think yo right." "I am not what I am." "I wold yo were as I wold have yo be." "WoId it be better, madam, than I am?" "I wish it might, for now I am yor fool." "Yo'ne inn love witI tIis gy." "annd Ie is askinng yo to Ielp Ii get annotIen woann!" "Yo'ne pset. yo'ne connfsed." "it's teaninng yo p innside!" "Yo lave beenn inn love befone." "Iavenn't yo ?" "By my innocence, I swear, and by my yoth," "I have one heart, one bosom, and one trth." "And no woman has, nor never none shall, mistress be of it to save I alone." "And so adie, good madam." "Nevermore will I my master's tears to yo depIore." "She's good." "Look, I shold really get to the airport." "Yeah." "Yeah." "If yo have to go, go." "I'm sre alex is gonna be disappointed she didn't get a chance to meet yo." "tell her she did a great job." "And I'II see yo on Monday." "I will." "Hey, Matt, thanks for everything." "It means a Iot to me." "I'm sorry yo didn't find Lisa." "Yeah, me, too." " I'II see yo arond, hh?" " AII right, man." "Hey, alex." "alex, it's me." "please go away." "C'mon, baby." "Open the door." "I don't want yor friend to see me like this." "He won't." "He left." "What?" "He left?" "Did I scare him away?" "Scare him away?" "Yo blew him away." "Yo blew everyone away." "Yo were nbeIievabIe." "He jst had a plane to catch." "A slow one to China." "Open the door." "Did he find her?" "What?" "Yor friend--did..." "Did he find Lisa?" "No, it jst trned ot to be some...psycho with the same name, same everything." "He slept on her coch and ran away as fast as he cold." "Are yo okay?" "Alex. yo've gotta Ielp e." "What's wrong?" "well, I booked this job-- a Eropean tor of Cabanet." "Oh, wow!" "That's fantastic!" "I know." "Some girl broke her ankle, I'm taking over." "Bt listen, I can't find Matthew." "I've been looking all over for him, and my plane's leaving in two hors." "Did yo leave him a message?" "I can't really leave this on his machine, yo know." "It's too complicated." "I wrote him a letter." "Do yo mind giving it to him?" "I've never even met him." "He doesn't know who I am." "It doesn't matter--jst tell him yo're my friend." "It'II be fine." "Yo know what, and if he's not there... jst let yorseIf in and leave it on his bed." "I really appreciate this." "Thank yo so mch." "Sre." "Okay." "AII right." "He asked me to move in with him." "Oh." "What did yo say?" "I didn't really say anything." "I was late for a class, and I jst sort of ran away." "I said I'd meet him tomorrow." "If I don't show p, yo know, he'II go nts." "Anyway, I have to go." "Thanks again, and I'II call yo when I get there, okay?" "Are yo gonna do it?" "Of corse." "I Iove him." "Bye." "Bye." "Hey. tIis is MattIew." "Please leave a essage." "Hey." "It's e againn." "Where are you?" "Did yo get y letten?" "Annyway." "I' inn Panis." "I' at tie Iotel." "Yo got tie nnben inn y last essage." "Matt. please call e." "TIis is dnivinng e cnazy." "I nneed to speak to yo." "Look. if yo'ne anngny at e." "tIenn donn't be." "Jst call...please." "Bye." "I donn't knnow if I cann stay witI tie slow." "I feel like I lave to coe Ioe annd look fon Ii." "No, I..." "I wasn't gonna say anything before, bt when I broght him the letter he wasn't expecting me, and I fond him in bed with another woman, Lisa." "I--I cann't believe it." "Jst...forget abot him." "The best thing for yo to do is stay with the show and... jst forget him." "I neally tIogIt I knnew Ii." "Jst forget him." "He's not even worth it." "Lke, I'm so sorry." "No." "Shh...it's okay." "I'm so sorry." "No." "please, don't apologize." "please." "God." "I know yo're doing the best yo can." "I jst..." "I jst want yo to know that I..." "that I Iove yo." "AII right?" "And I don't wanna play games anymore." "What's the point?" "I'm jst terrible at them anyway." "Do me a favor." "Grab that, woId yo?" "hello?" "Hello?" " Who's this?" " Who's this?" "TIis is MattIew." "WIo is tIis?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hey, what's p, kid?" "I thoght yo left." "No, h..." "What are yo still doing here?" "I' oven at tie... girl's apartment." "Yo went back to the crazy girl's hose?" "What the hell are yo doing there?" "I'm really starting to worry abot yo, man." "I'm starting to worry myself." "It's nnot jst tIat." "I coldnn't evenn get onn tie ainplanne." "The thing is there's something abot this apartment." "It's like Lisa's beenn Iene." "I knnow tIis sonnds innsanne. bt..." "I tIinnk tIis is len place. ann." "Well. aybe yo'ne jst Iot fon tIis cnazy ginl." "Finst tIinng yo gotta do is get ot of len apantennt annd get oven Iene." "I'll tell yo abot soe stff. too." "I've lad tie ost aazinng nnigIt of y enntine life last nnigIt." "Okay." "I'll be oven." "Jst give e a cople of inntes. okay?" "All nigIt." "I'll wait." "Laten." " hello?" " Hi. ..." "May i speak to Matthew, please?" "Who is this?" "U...tIis is Lisa." "I' a fniennd of lis." "I' callinng abot y copact." "I think he might have fond it." "Uh...which Lisa is this?" "Pandonn e?" "UI..." "I'll tell yo wIat" "Ie's actally spposed to be Iene inn a cople of inntes." "hello?" "Hello!" "Hi." "Hi." "I'm sorry I didn't come back." "My, m dobIe shift trned into a triple, and I jst coIdn't get away." "That's okay." "Don't worry abot it." "Ane yo ad?" "No." "Not at all." "I had a great time." "Where are yo?" "well, I'm still at work bt, m, I'm jst leaving now, so wIy donn't yo wait?" "Yeah, I'II wait." "Okay. gneat." "I'll see yo soonn." "Let e." "I..." "let e gnab yon pIonne nnben annd I will lave Ii call yo wIenn Ie gets inn." "Um, yo know...actaIIy, cold yo jst tell him to meet me at 3:00?" "He'd know where." "Um, I'II be waiting for him." "3.00." "Okay." "I--yo know what, it can't be him already, bt I' expectinng Ii." "Soeonne's at y fnonnt doon." "so aybe it is Ii." "So Iold onn a seconnd." "Matthew, trst me, okay?" "Meet me tomorrow in the park." "Same time." "Bye." "YeaI." "I' sonny." "It wasnn't Ii. it was soeonne else." "Bt I pnoise yo I will give Ii yon essage." "Okay?" "Oh." "Okay." "Thank yo." "I went to get cigarettes." "What's going on?" "Matthew." "He didn't leave." "He went back to that girl's hose." "The crazy one." "Oh, the plot thickens." "Oh, yeah." "It gets even better." "Listen to this." "So I hang p the phone, and five seconds later, Lisa called." "The real Lisa." "The one from two years ago." "She wants to see him." "Yo tell him?" "No, not yet." "I'II wait till he gets here." "He's gonna be so happy, he's gonna hit the moon again." "I have to go!" " What do yo mean?" " I'II call yo later." "I promise." "Bt I made breakfast." "My dad's famos potatoes." "Lisa called." "sie wannts to see Ii." "So, will yo let me meet yor friends?" "Don't yo have a store to rn?" "Oh, okay." "I can take a hint." "So we're going ot tomorrow, right?" " 7:00?" " Sre." "Okay." "Bye, and thanks for the lift." "Bye." "Matty." "Hey." "Matty!" " Matty!" " Lke!" "Hey, man!" " How are yo, man?" " I'm good." "How are yo?" "really good." "really good." "Oh, excse me." "cold I order an espresso while I wait for my friend?" "AbsoIteIy." "He's veny ipnessed witI wIat yo've donne." "annd Ie assnes yo tIat wIenn yo get to CIinna witI cI enntIsias annd sppont." "I'm sitting over here." "Excse me." "Champagne." "Excse yo." "No." "Uh, Miss Chin, this is my sister Rebecca." "Shit, shit, shit!" "As yo can see, h..." "Here, Sweetie..." "Hello." "Bellcci's." "May I Ielp yo ?" "hello, may I speak to my friend Lisa, please?" "She's the blonde." "She's sitting at a table behind the bar." "Yes." "Jst a innte. please." "Excse e. ane yo Lisa?" "PIonne's fonyo." "It's a little nnoisy Iene." "WIy donn't yo take tie lose pIonne anonnd tie connnen." "Okay." "Thank yo." "To a Iong and prosperos marriage..." "of or two companies." "Excse me." "I'm gonna go make a phone call." "I'II be right back." "No." "No." " Hello?" " Hey, Lisa." "It's me." "Hey. wIat Iappenned to yo ?" "I know." "I'm so sorry." "I got stck at work." "Look." "Danniel's fonnd e at tie Iotel." "Hang on." "Jst a minte!" "Look, cold I stay at yor place for a cople of days?" "Yeah, of corse." "Um..." "Go there right now." "I'II--I'II meet yo there." "Hey." "Hey." "How are yo, Lisa?" "Good." "How are yo?" "Good." "Thoght yo'd be in China by now." "That makes two of s." "Sit down." " What's that?" " It's a present." " For me?" " Yeah." "I saw that yors were-- yors were broken, so..." "Uh, wanna try them on?" "That's very sweet." "Yo didn't have to do that." "Oh, that's okay." "They're a little big." "What size shoe do yo wear?" "Seven." "These are 8 1 l2." "I would've told you what size I was if I knew you were gonna get me some shoes." "It's okay." "I cold exchange them." "Yo don't have to do that." "I..." "Anyway, I told a friend of mine I'd meet him for coffee before I Ieft, so..." "What?" "Yo're leaving?" "Yeah." "Bye." "Hey, Lke." "It's me." "Let's meet." "Jess Christ." "What are yo doin'?" "I thoght yo were comin' by." "I, h..." "I was comin' by." "I jst lost track of the time." "I got good news for yo." "Let's go have a drink." "I want yo to meet someone." "Come on." "Come on." "Hey, babe." "I came as soon as yo called." "Look who I ran into." "It's Matthew." "Matthew, alex." "alex, Matthew." "finally yo two meet." "Hi." "hello." "Have a seat." "Hi." "hello." "Want a cocktail?" "Excse me." "Hi, how can I help yo?" "What do yo want?" "A vodka rocks." "DobIe." "Wow." "Baby?" "Yo know what?" "I'II have, m, I'II have a Seven and Seven." "Pt it in a bcket." "Not like a doble, bt more like a one and a half." "He knows how to do it." "Thanks." "Yo got it." "So what happened with yor psycho?" "Yo can say it in front of alex." "She knows the whole story anyway." "Sometimes when yo see someone from afar yo develop a fantasy." "Then when yo see them p close, nine times ot of ten, yo wish yo hadn't." "I have no idea what yo're talking abot." "I was confsed, so I went back to her apartment, and thoght I'd find what I was looking for, bt I fond something else." "Did yo talk to her?" "Jst long enogh for her to convince me that she's a liar." "No harm, no fol, thogh, right?" "What do yo think, alex?" "I mean, yo know the whole story." "It's easy to stand back and jdge." "Yo don't know anything abot this woman." "I know that she has no conscience and no regard for anyone bt herself." "I mean, what else do I need to know?" "Yo make yorseIf into sch a victim." "Nobody made yo be with her." "Yo can't even see what a hypocrite yo're being." "I'm being a hypocrite?" "How am I being a hypocrite?" " Yes, yo are!" " Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Yo gys." "Hey, relax." "No, Lke." "Hey, hold on." "alex, I'd Iike yo to explain to me how I'm being a hypocrite." "Who's to say this woman hasn't been in love with yo for a really long time?" "And now that she fond yo again, she wasn't abot to let yo go twice." "What?" "Maybe... the first time she saw yo, maybe she felt the way yo did the first time yo saw Lisa." "Yo remember that." "Love makes yo do crazy things." "Insane things." "Things in a million years yo never thoght yo'd see yorseIf do." "There yo are doin' it." "Can't help it." "Jess Christ." "Lighten p, yo gys." "This woman--she's a nt." "She's psycho." "She's cckoo-bananas, all right?" "End of story." "Can we change the sbject?" "I actally have something to cheer yo p." "Did yo, h, leave a note with the bartender here a few days ago?" "Yeah, I did." "How do yo know that?" "'Case Lisa called." "What?" "Yeah!" "After yo got off the phone." "She said to meet her at 3:00." "She coIdn't wait long, 'case she had to get on a plane to London." "W-where am I spposed to meet her?" "She didn't say." "She said yo'd know." "Yo don't know?" "I think yo know where." "It hasn't been that long, has it?" "What?" "Yo know, h..." "I'II ask Tony." "Maybe he'II know something." "Yo knew she was here the whole time?" "This belongs to yo." "It's from her." ""Matt. please donn't tIinnk tIat I' nnnnninng away fno yo." ""I was so ovenwIeled wIenn yo asked e to ove inn." ""I coldnn't speak." ""My annswen. of conse. is yes." "I love yo." "annd cann't wait to coe Ioe. "" "I'm not going to apologize for what I've done." "This is for me to live with now." "Now you see me for who I am." "Yes, I do." "Hey." "Where yo goin'?" "Hey." "Where yo goin'?" "I know where she is." "AII right." "tell me what happens." "That gy." "He's m... more drama than a Mexican soap opera." "Lke!" "This..." "This is over." " What's over?" " Us." "How can it be over?" "We haven't even started yet." "I'm not who yo think I am." "I sed yo." "Taxi!" "Come on." "Hey!" "Hey, come on!" "God!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Sorry." "Thanks." " Goin' to Wicker Park." " Yeah, right away." "Yon attenntionn. please." "FligIt 862 senvice to Lonndonn is nnow boandinng." "Hi!" "There yo are!" "Where've yo been?" "Yor flight got in an hor ago." "I've been down to Iggage claim and back." " Rebecca." " Hey." "I, m..." "What's the matter?" "Rogh flight home?" "Did yo bring me back that little Chinese dress?" " Rebecca" " Yo okay, Sweetie?" "I didn't go to China." "What are yo talking abot?" "Hi, alex." "Yo're never gonna believe what happened." "Matthew's back in town." "I can't marry yo." "It wold be a hge mistake." "Yo're gonna have to help me ot, baby." "Did I do something wrong?" "No, yo didn't-- Yo didn't do anything wrong." "Rebecca, I..." "I've been doing something wrong for the Iast two years." "I'm not..." "I'm not this person." "I can't go back with yo." "I can't do this." "I was gonna meet him in the park, bt he didn't show p." "YeaI..." "I knnow." "What do yo mean?" "Lisa." "I've beenn doinng soe neally..." "Ionnible annd selfisI tIinngs." "What are yo talking abot?" "I've beenn keepinng yo apant." "When we met two years ago, I was in love with someone else." "And she jst came back into my Iife." "She broke my heart-- and I'm sorry!" "Oh, my God." "I--Rebecca, I know..." "I know that I'm still in love with her." "I jst--I needed yo to know." "Know what?" "Know what, Matthew?" "That I'm not the girl that can break yor heart?"