"Previously on October Road..." "After we're married, I want to adopt Sam." "I have to tell Ray that Gavin Goddard isn't Sam's real father." " Nick deserves to know, Hannah." " Don't do this, Eddie." "Sam, I don't kwow about the "father" of it all," " but I really love being your friend." " Thanks." " You have to give me another chance." " No, I don't." "My offer to work at Cataldo builders still stands." "Aubrey was acting all secretive, all "I can't talk right now."" " I love you." " Who was that call from?" "I'm not seeing anyone else." "Oh, yeah!" "That's gotta hurt, huh?" "!" "Die, tomato can, die!" "Yeah!" "Here we go." "I have finally perfected a way to make polenta with chocolate and cheddar cheese." "Come on, guys." "Can I play now?" "I have exactly six minutes before I have to meet Alison." "It's my sunday with the kids." "You guys aren't gonna believe this." "Ronnie was right." "There actually are different sizes of infinity?" "Aubrey's been cheating on me, lying about it to my face." " What?" " Pause for a second." " What?" "No." "Not Aubrey." " I saw her last night." "She wasn't in Boston with the Foo Fighters." "She was at that crappy motel with blue Thunderbird dude." "Well, I say we go over there, show him what's what." "In fact, I say we start a club-- "the other men punishers."" "We go from town to town knocking the snot out of other men." " Wife cheating on you?" "Call O.M.P." " O.M.P.?" " Other men punishers." " I'm in." "Okay." "I'm outta here." "I'm gonna see what's up with Aubrey." " Well, s-should we go after him?" " What, are you kidding?" "I'm almost the number one contender here, pal." "Oh." "Yeah." "Bring it." "Bring it, Philly Phil." "Well, hello there, missy." "What is zees?" "Nothing." "Just the dress that's been collecting dust at the bottom of my hope chest, the dress that you'll never get to see me wear in public..." "For it is the kind of dress one only wears to go..." " dancing." " Oh!" "Not this again." "I'm an old dog." "I don't change my spots or-- or whatever." "I don't do the dancing thing." "It's all part of the package." "So I've been told." "But every month, I go out on a limb, and I think, maybe this is the month he'll take me to ballroom madness at the V.F.W. Hall." "Just a simple girl with simple dreams." "That's me." "I don't know how many times I gotta tell you-- ballroom madness ain't all that mad." "It's a bunch of old farts that are just... making a mockery of the great american songbook." "Actually, it's the old farts who stay at home and don't go dancing." "I should know." "I just happen to be dating one of them." "Gotta go." "Got a lot of work to do." "Poppycock." "Hey, Nick." "What ya doin'?" "Uh, nothin I'm just in a hurry." "Big window emergency?" "No." "Then... where are you going?" "Uh, Sam, I can't really talk right now." "I'm gonna see you later, okay?" "Tell me this is going in your downstairs bathroom." "Actually, I have no idea where this is going." "What is this?" "A gift from Ray." "Hey, let me get another blanket." "I don't wanna scratch your floors." "Thanks." "Look at you working for Big Cat." "Yep." "Surprises just keep comin'." "You stick around long enough, you're gonna see everything." "You should come for dinner on saturday." "You, me, Sam..." "Ray." "I don't know." "I know it's one thing to work for Ray and another to break bread with him, but..." "It's not that." "Ray's been great." " I just don't wanna intrude." " No." "We would love to have you." "All right." "Thanks." "And I'm serious." "Ray's been great." "I mean, he's real generous and friendly," " and he's a pretty solid guy." " Yeah." "I mean, he told me he wants to adopt Sam." " He told you that?" " Yeah, and I think it's a good idea-- give Sam a real dad." "You gonna say yes?" "I don't know." "We were just talking about it... with everyone, I guess." " Daddy!" " Hey, sweetie." "Oh, hi, Mr. Garrett." "Um, could I-- could I speak to you for a minute?" "Um, sure." "You guys wait here, okay?" "We're gonna have fun today." "Are you a statue?" " What is it?" " It's just..." "I don't really know what we're doing." "I mean, I-I guess we're separated, though we haven't officially signed those papers or anything." "It's just, something really weird happened the other day." "What's that?" "I got asked out on a date." "You did?" "I didn't know what to say-- what-- what to do." " I mean, have you been going on dates?" " Dates?" "I don't... yes." "I've been going out on a lot of dates." " Really?" " Yeah." "I have." "So go." "Definitely." "Go on that date." "All right." "Guess I will." "Bye." "Bye, guys." "Love ya." "Oh, man." "You're old and crap?" "Yeah?" "That's the problem if you're born a while ago." "You get to be old... and crap." " Can I help you?" " Yeah, is she here?" " Who exactly are you referring to?" " Oh." "Yeah." "Let's play that game." " Who the hell are you anyway?" " Who the hell are you?" "I like to think of myself as Aubrey Diaz's boyfriend." " Really?" " Who the hell are you?" "I like to think of myself as Aubrey Diaz's father." " I didn't know Aubrey had a boyfriend." " Yeah, I didn't know she had a father." " See, I don't believe that." " Well, I mean, I knew she had a father." "I just didn't know he ever..." " came around." " He doesn't-- not often." "He's here now, though." "Wants to make things right... with his little girl." "And he may want to stop referring to himself in the third person." "Yeah, he may." "And who are you, the firebrand?" "That touches my heart." "Aubrey picked herself out a little firebrand, hmm?" "Well, it seems to me, you lost the right to have your heart touched" " by her choices a long time ago." " Ooh, indeed-y." "Now that-- that's a very, very firebrand thing to say to me." "Yeah." " You got a name, firebrand?" " Nick." "Gabriel Diaz." "I'm glad you've come by, Nick." "I think I could use your help." " What for?" " With Aubrey." "What do you think?" "She come by here last night." "What was that about?" " Damn near run me out of town?" " She did?" "Huh." "Good for her." "Hey, whatever she told you about me-- you know, everything, all right?" "It's all true." "I'm a liar." "I'm a cheat." "I'm a womanizer." "I'm a gambler." "I'm also a gentleman, and I'm an optimist, you know?" "I'm here to make peace, man." "You understand?" "I wanna make peace with my baby girl, whom I've neglected... before it's too late." "Listen, man, from what she told me" " it was too late a while ago." " What do you think?" "You know, just because a guy wanders, you know, it doesn't mean you're lost." " Okay." "Yeah." " I mean, come on." "My own father" "I thought he was an astronaut till I was 13." "Heavy-duty training at NASA is what they told me." "You know, they think an astronaut would beat out him being a drunkard, which, in the eyes of a little boy, you know, I mean, he was." "I see you learn from the best there." "He didn't show up on my doorstep till I was 22." "He showed up with a little bottle of sweet cherry wine." "Can you imagine that?" "Cherry wine." "Loved the stuff." "We sat down with it." "By the time the bottle was empty, you know what?" "We were good." "I got it." "I got it." "I understood." "I knew who he was, and he understood me." "That's what I'm asking... from Aubrey, you know?" "To drink a bottle of wine and make everything all good?" "I'll give it to ya-- you are an optimist." "Why don't you get me an audience with my daughter?" "Maybe we can all win here." "If Alison's going on a date, then I'm going on a date, too." "Good for you." " With who?" " Well, that's the problem." "I don't know." "I have to find someone to date." "How do I do that?" "The internet?" "Actually, I know someone you might like" " Bethany." "She's in my art class." "Very cute." "Earthy." " I think I could set you two up." " Whoa." "Be careful of earthy, Owen." "Earthy equals unshaven, unwashed and unable to stop going to concerts by bands who jam to one song for hours." "Bethany is adorable." "Actually, I know a cool girl you should date." " Who?" " Jody Watson." "Wait." "Who is Jody Watson, and how do you know cool and available girls?" "Jody was my personal service rep at the cable company." "She and I have had lengthy conversations about how to best maximize my premium channels, and she knows everything about cinema." "Get her started on Sam Peckinpah's body of work." "Three hours can go by in the blink of an eye." "Oh, really?" "This was, of course, long before you arrived and made it so there is a lantern in the mine shaft of my mind." "Honestly, have you all gone nuts?" "If you wanna meet a lady, you come to Eddie Latekka." "I got a hot divorced chick for ya, Owen" " Vanessa." "Vanessa's got what you're looking for." "How much do you wanna bet Bethany's the one?" " Well, how much you got?" " How about 50 bucks?" " Whoa." "I'll put that on Jody." " What are you guys doing?" "Okay, 50 bucks and a girl in the pot." "Bethany versus Jody versus Vanessa." "An old-school cage match for Owen Rowan's slightly mangled heart." "Whoever makes an honest love connection wins." "My feet are sweaty." "This is a nice surprise." "I missed you last night." " The concert was" " Don't." "I..." "I know about your father." "What?" "I saw you last night." "I followed you to the motel." " You followed me?" " You lied?" " I can't believe you followed me." " Well, I can't believe you lied." " It's complicated with my father." " So why didn't you just tell me that?" "You ever ignore something, hoping it'll go away?" "This is what he does." "He shows up once or twice a year, full of promises about how he wants to make things right, make up for lost time, blah, blah, blah." "At first I resist." "Then he gets all sad-eyed and penitent, so I give in, and I open my heart to him, only to have him vanish again, once he hears of a game where the stakes are high, or" "or an old girlfriend emerges from the mothballs of a marriage and wants an encore or whatever flimsy excuse he needs to perfect his knack for leaving." "I'm sorry." "Me, too." "I'm sorry I lied." "If you're going through something," "I want you to feel like you can tell me." "I just want to be a part of your life." "You are." "It's my father who isn't, and that's the way I want to keep it." "Hey there." "I thought we might break in the new bathtub." "Brought my own bubbles." "You told Ikey you wanted to adopt Sam?" "How could you do that?" "I'm sorry." "I was excited." "I was moved to tell the world." "You really need to slow it down, Ray." "Slow what down?" "It's like you feel it's necessary to gather everything in a hurry as if you're worried it's all just gonna blow away." "Hang on." "That is not what I'm doing." "Well, then what are you doing?" "Because it all just seems so panicked." "Panicked?" "Well, is there something I need to be panicked about?" "No." "There isn't." "What is this really about?" "And do you even want me to adopt Sam?" "Because you haven't said a thing to me about it since I asked." "I just don't want to open it up to the Ikeys of the world when I'm still trying to figure things out." "I just want an answer either way." " It's not that simple." " Yes, it is." "I mean, there are forms to sign, and we need to speak to Sam, and we need the birth father's okay, but other than that, it is that simple." "Hey." "Sam, what goes on?" "You in the market for a new window?" "'Cause I can set you up." "I just came by to tell you that you're a liar." "What?" "You said even if you weren't my dad, you wanted to be my friend." "That was a lie." "Oh, Sam, I'm sorry about yesterday." "I was just distracted" "It's not about yesterday." "Ever since you saw my mom in that wedding dress and realized it's never gonna happen for you two, you've just been gone." "I'm sorry, Sam." "I-I-I've" " just been busy" " I was stupid to believe you." "I should have known you were just using me to get to my mom." "I wasn't, Sam, I promise." "You know, my whole life, I never even knew you existed." "Now I kinda wish you didn't." "So that's when I said, maybe cubism just isn't for me." "I like people to look like people..." "And flowers to look like flowers." "That probably sounds totally unsophisticated to you." "No, it makes perfect sense." "I think I'd be uncomfortable to talk to a person who looks like a flower..." "The same way it'd be weird to give a dozen peoples to a girl on Valentine's day." "I like him." "He's eccentric." "I always wanted to be eccentric." "Well, you should wear a top hat and drive a unicycle..." " And have a pet ostrich named Stan." " Yes!" " Who wants more champagne?" " Oh, I do." " Me, too." " All right, this is fun, right?" "Maybe you guys could pick another CD, and I will go and get dessert." "What do you think, Owen?" "Can we find something we both like?" "We can." "What do you think about jam bands?" " Ooh, I hate 'em like a pestilence." " Hooray!" "Go ahead and pay me now." "We have a winner." "Desert island select-- you can take one cd to the desert island where you are to spend the rest of your days." "What do you take?" " "Purple rain."" " Wow." "Not even a hesitation." ""Purple rain" makes me happy." "My kids and I dance to "when doves cry"" "all the time." "We choreographed a whole routine." " Oh, right." "Your kids." " Wanna see a picture?" "Um, that's Connor." "It's kind of an old picture." "Here." "That's a better one." "And Caitlin." "Well, in this one, she's with her mom, so..." "I'm married." " Oh." "Right." " Well, separated, I guess, though we haven't officially set that up or anything." "I mean, can you imagine your wife cheating on you with your best friend?" "At first, you blame yourself." "Maybe I could be in better shape or have better hygiene, but I think I have good hygiene." "Alison-- well, that's my wife-- she sometimes questioned my breath." "She thought it smelled musty." "I don't agree." "I think it's naturally minty on account of the mouthwash that I use." "It gets retained." "Do you wanna smell it?" " Feeling better?" " Oh, a little better." " Can I ask you something?" " Sure." " Thanks." " Yeah." "You know, all those years ago..." " did you... hate me for leaving?" " What?" "Oh, that's crazy." "Of course not." "I mean, I-I can handle it all, Nicky... except, um, the missing you part." "That was tough." "But when you were a little boy," "I warned you never to speak to strangers, never knowing that, uh, years later, I'd qualify as one." "Dad, you were never a stranger." "Oh, that doesn't matter now." "I mean, you're back." "You're here, and that's what counts." "Remember this... life isn't then." "Life isn't when." "Life is this..." "Here, now." "You get that off a fortune cookie?" "No." "I got it from your ma... who probably did get it off a fortune cookie." "Well, you know what it means?" "It means that life's too short not to go dancing with the Dean." "Bethany's great." "Thank you so much." "I knew you'd like her." "You know, I don't have to go out with those other two girls." "You should just take the money, and I'll take Bethany." " I was hoping you'd say that." " Bethany's leaving." "I forgot." "I have a project due tomorrow, so I should probably go." "Oh, okay, well, uh, I'll just get your number from these guys." "I don't think you should." "Really?" "Why not?" "You know, just because, um... there'd be no point." " Oh." " I'm sorry." "I'll see you in class?" "Thanks for dinner." " Sure." " Okay." "Judy says I can't go back to bowling 'till I'm well enough to hang shelves in the garage." "Women and their deals." "It's like they're all sitting down at potsdam looking for ways to divvy up Berlin." "How--how are things with Leslie?" " She wants to go dancin'." " Dancing." "I'm sorry." "I used to like to dance back in the pocket comb days." "I also liked to ride motorcycles really fast and drink till dawn, but I bet she wouldn't be happy if I suggested we do that along with the dancin'." "But still, it must be nice to find love again." "I mean, especially at your age." "My age?" "You're not that much younger than me, Doug." "I sorta am, Robert." "Just fix my back so Leslie and I can go to the prom." "Okay." "Let's start with an x-Ray, and we will have you up and jitterbugging in no time." "Okay." "Boy, these small towns, I'll tell ya." "I asked the meter maid, she ever heard of Nick Garrett, and after a brief litany of obscenities about some horrible novel," "I'm promptly directed right here." "Gabriel Diaz," "Eddie Latekka." "Eddie Latekka, Gabriel Diaz." "Hello, Mr. Diaz." " I heard bad things about you." " Only the worst are true." "So... any progress?" "She doesn't want to see you..." "ever again." "I know that." "You know life intervenes, though." "I mean, look at you." "You showed up at my motel when you're needed the most." "I mean, that's wild, isn't that?" "That-- that's just-- that's kind of serendipity." "I mean, you never know when these moments of change are gonna happen like that, right?" "But when they do, Nick, you gotta trust... they come along for a reason." "Why should she believe you this time?" "Because you get to be a certain age, and there can, um... there's no percentage in the lies." "You know who you remind me of?" " Shrek." " Ah!" "Thank you." "I love that movie, watch the DVD with my kids all the time." "I-I-I-I mean, uh, my friend's kids." "My-- my-- my-- my brother's..." "friend's kids." "Just, it's, you know, kids, in general." " I've never even seen the movie." " You've never seen "Shrek"?" "Who's never seen "Shrek"?" "How can you work at the cable company and not see "Shrek"?" " I hate movies." " You hate movies?" "Who hates movies?" "But I" " Phil said you two discussed movies with great intelligence." "So you wanna head back to my place?" " Um, um, I'm sorry, what?" " We're both single." "No, I don't find you particularly attractive, and I can tell you find me a little unpleasant, but it's a lonely night, there's rain in the forecast, and I've got a great bottle of absinthe back at my nest." "So why don't you come over?" "We'll get alcoholized and bend our backs in bed a bit." " Hey." "How's the back?" " Oh, back is gonna be fine." "Muscle relaxers are kickin' in." "I know I'm gonna have a date with the heating pad for the next couple of nights, but all right." "Oh, well, I'm still glad you saw the doctor just to be sure." " Thank you for going." " No." "Thank you for making me go." "And as a token of my appreciation-- this." " What is this for?" " For you to dust off that red dress, 'cause you're gonna be the finest-looking woman that the V.F.W. has ever seen." " Robert..." " Mm-hmm." "Oh, Robert, we really-- we don't-  we don't have to" " We're gonna." "You know why?" "Life isn't then." "Life isn't when." "Life is this-- here." "Now." "Did Doug give you happy drugs?" "No." "He didn't have to." "It's... the sort of thing you do for people you love." "Love?" "It wasn't that strange, but it wasn't mantis-like, and it certainly wasn't praying." "Totally." " Who's that?" " My dad." "Gavin?" " Did you call him, or did" " Yeah." "Ma's here." "You wanna talk to her?" "No, no, I have... something in the oven." "I'll just call him later." "She says she'll call you later." "When are you gonna come up again?" "Maybe we can go to another Celtics game." "Really?" "Yeah, that would be awesome." "I should've asked myself, "what would Eddie do?"" "'Cause I know you would've taken that girl home, and" "Actually, no." "I mean, just 'cause they wanna have sex with you doesn't mean you have to have sex with them." "But... maybe Jody's the best I'm ever gonna get." "Bethany wouldn't even stay for dessert, and it was Boston cream pie." "Wait for Vanessa." "Vanessa will be the cure for what ails you." "My father still hasn't left." "Got a million messages on my machine." "Guess I should've refused to see him a long time ago." "It's the only thing that's made him stick around." "You know, when I first got back," "I met Sam." "It blew my mind-- you know, not just the idea that I might have a kid, but... that I'd been missing from his life for ten years without even knowing him." "Yeah, but you wanted to be Sam's dad." "When you got the chance, you wanted to be a part of his life." "That's the difference." "I guess, but the point is, I got a chance." "I mean, who would've known?" "I get writer's block, take a 1-day teaching job, and then boom-- my whole world changes." "Life intervenes." "He's a really bad guy, Nick." "Yeah, well, certain people may have said that about me." "Mm, it's not the same thing." "Yeah, but I just don't know where any of us would be if everything stayed unforgiven." "No, no, no, no, no." "You put the pepperoni in the microwave first, then you put it on the pizza." "That way there's no puddles of grease when it comes out the oven." "I've always been more of an onions and eggplants kind of guy," " as opposed to pepperoni." " Eggplant's for parmesan." "Pepperoni is for pizza." "What's with this kid, Hannah?" "I thought you were raising him on the right." "Actually, my father makes eggplant calzone-- blows you both out of the water." " What's so great about it?" " Oh, can't reveal the trade secrets." "Like I'm gonna open up a restaurant, put him out of business?" "No, but sometimes you just gotta know when to keep your mouth shut." "It's kinda funny being here with you and Ray when he's pretty much the guy who ruined my life." "At least Ray had the decency to tell Owen what was going on." "I know." "And one could argue that it was you who pretty much ruined your life" " when you took up with Alison." " Believe me, I know." "The worst part" " Eddie." "I mean, Owen" " I can understand that." "It was his wife." "But Eddie?" "He's the maddest of them all." " Eddie is?" " Yeah." " That's unbelievable." " I know, right?" "Wait." "Why is-- why is it unbelievable?" "Just..." "I mean, the guy sleeps with hundreds of women, and he's taking the moral high ground with you?" "Yeah, but none of them hundreds were his best friend's wife." "True." "I don't know." "It's just, Eddie and I were partners." "We worked together for years." "I saved him from drowning that summer." " I don't remember that." " Yeah, it never happened, but I convinced myself it did." "I gotta maintain my outrage, you know?" "Well, I'm sure it's a tough situation he's in." "He's trying to figure out what to do." "Just give him a chance." " He's just so furious." " Yeah, well... he's never been the same since he almost drowned." "Yeah." "I always thought I'd go crazy after my divorce-- become a wiccan, maybe join a coven." " Like, witches?" " Good witches." "But then I realized, I'm just a mom." "You know, a regular mom." "I like living in a small town, and I loved being married." "Me, too." "Just couldn't convince my husband to love being married, although, funnily enough, his 22-year-old massage therapist could..." "Which is where the witches came in." "I thought maybe I could cast a spell," " turn them both into cockroaches..." " And then turn yourself into a big," " rolled up newspaper and gush!" " Exactly." "Oh, that girl's in my yoga class." "Come on." "Let's say I." "Alison, hi." "Hey, Trent." " This is" " Hi, Owen." "You guys know each other?" "Owen is my ex-husband." " Ex-husband, huh?" " It's a figure of speech." "I am so sorry." "I had no idea." "You gotta go on a date here, in this shop where we buy ice cream for our kids, our shop?" " Aren't you here on a date?" " Yeah, but... not with him." "Come on, man." "Look, we don't want any trouble." "How long you been sleeping with him?" "It wasn't just my best friend, was it?" "Your yoga teacher, too?" "And who else?" "Hey, ice cream boy!" "You sleeping with my wife, too?" " Owen, stop it!" " You're taking this too far, pal." "Do not "pal" me." "I am not your pal." " I am the furthest thing from your pal!" " Lounge out, man." "Just..." "lounge out." "Oh, oh, god." "I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Come in." " Hello, Robert." " Oh, Dr. Doug." "What's this?" "I thought house calls were a thing of the past." " Well, in general, they are." " Uh, my back's getting better." "Oh, and Leslie and I are going dancing after all." "Good." "I'm glad, but, I, uh, I thought I owed it to you as a friend to tell you this in person, and I knew you'd never show up if I asked you to come back into the office," " so-- - what's going on?" "Well, I'm concerned, Robert, about something that turned up on your x-Ray-- some gray patches." "I'd like you to come in for another test-- a bone marrow aspirate, and I'd like you to see a friend of mine-- an oncologist." "What the hell are you talking about?" "An oncologist?" "That's cancer." "Look, we don't know anything yet." "Let's just do the test." "These are rock-hard times, Sully." "I gave a girl a black eye tonight, but not on purpose, but her eye is black, just the same." "You know, maybe there is just one person for each of us on this planet." "I hope not, otherwise I'm paying alimony" " to three ladies who don't deserve it." " Maybe Alison was that person for me, and I messed it up, or she messed it up, but either way, it's really over." "My time of happiness has passed, and now there's no one on this planet who will make me feel the way Alison did." "So..." "line 'em up." " What are you juicing' tonight?" " Nah!" "No juice." "I want chicken wings-- Sully's finest wings, as many as you got back there." "You keep cooking' 'em, I'll keep eatin' 'em." "Let's go." "Phil told me you were here." "Yeah, burning the midnight oil." "Anyway, we have a shocking amount of paperwork for such a small amount of jobs." "You and I need to talk." "Okay." "You have to knock it off with Ikey." "You have to forgive him." "You can't-- you can't stay mad." "Okay." "And, uh, when exactly did this become any of your business?" "He's your friend, and he's a mess." "So he screwed up." "He's trying to make things right." "You know, he's sorry." "He should be sorry." "And my question's still hanging out there, dangling." "Why does this concern you?" "How can you act so self-righteous and ep a straight face?" "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" " It means you're being a hypocrite." " A hypocrite?" "Come on, Eddie." "Like you don't know what it's like to sleep with your best friend's girl." "You were a hot mess when Nick left town, Hannah, and a lot went down that summer besides you and me, and you have never dealt with any of it." " I deal with it every day." " No, I don't think you do." "I've come to you twice before asking you to come clean." "You wanna keep it a secret, fine." "My mouth is shut, but look at Ikey." "Nothing stays a secret forever." " Is that some sort of threat?" " Not at all." "I made my peace with this a long time ago." "You're a great mom, Hannah." "You're fierce and decent and loyal, but there is one thing that you have never been, and that's accountable." "So don't you come walking in here telling me what's what, like you're little miss virtuous, because we both know that's the biggest lie out there." "You're right." "I am?" "Yeah." "You are." "So I'm gonna do something I should have done a long time ago." "What's that?" "Be accountable." "One bottle of sweet cherry wine." "Okay." "Let's give this a shot." " You wanted to see me?" " Yeah." "Thanks for coming." "I was thinking maybe we could sit down over a big bowl of ice cream and just talk." "Okay." " What flavor do you want?" " I don't know." "What are you getting?" " I was thinking about cherry." " Okay." "I'll have cherry, too." "Listen, Sam, I may not know much about being a good friend." "I haven't been the best at sticking around, but I'm here now, and I'd like to try, if you'll let me." "We may not know each other that well yet, but... from what I've seen, well, you are, I think, a thing to be amazed by." "I can't make up for lost time-- all the things that you never had, all the time that we never spent together... but I meant what I said, Sam-- if I can't be a father to you, well, I really do think" "that I can be your friend." "Isn't this fabulous?" "The best." "Another round." "Oh, there it is." "The old firebrand." "It looks like the sweet cherry wine has done it again." "Yeah, life intervenes, firebrand." "That much we know, yes?" "Yeah." "Yes." "Well, good night to you both." "Well, do you want me to walk you home?" "Or me?" "Or both of us?" "I'm good... for now." "Thank you, Gabe, and thank you, Nick." " Good night." " Good night." "Hey, come on." "Walk an old man home." "What's wrong with that guy?" "Are you okay?" "You know, thank you for everything, Nick." "Really, I'm glad you found me." "I'm glad Aubrey found you, you know?" "Yeah, me, too." " Uh, there's a car following us." " Yeah, I know." "Why is that?" " I'll just be a minute." " Yeah." "All right?" " What was that about?" " Nah." "It's, uh... my past catching up to me." "You know, debts having to be paid." " It's all bull." " What kind of deb?" "The kind that either I pay, which I can't, or I run or I get my ass beaten to a pretty pulp, mm?" "You're not saying you just came back into Aubrey's life just to leave it again." "Life intervenes, firebrand." "Now that much we know, right?" "Is Sam here?" "Yeah, he got in a little while ago." "He's in his room." " You okay?" " I am." "You were right, Ray." "I've been hesitant and dragging my feet 'cause I've been afraid, but..." "I'm not afraid anymore." "Okay." "I love you so much, and I want us to be a real family." "I still have to talk to Sam, but... as far as I'm concerned, we should just... move forward." "Okay, wait." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying "yes."" "Yes, you can adopt Sam."