And Then Came Love Page #4

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Well, yeah, but you're on the road

all the time.

It's quality that matters,

not quantity, right?.

Ted, I don't know.

I know I'm not conventional

husband material...

...but that's a good thing.

And we have so much fun together.

And I like knowing you're here

when I come home.

Stability.

I don't wanna just be

your boyfriend anymore.

I wanna be part of your family.

I don't know, Ted. Marriage?.

I won't even make you

change your name.

[CHUCKLlNG]

JULlE:

Yeah.

So, what happened next?.

And so it occurred to me that the only

fair solution was to burn it all. Everything.

[PHONE RlNGlNG]

I started with the books,

but the curtains caught fire.

And the flames spread

through the entire house.

MAN [OVER lNTERCOM] :

I'm really sorry, Julie...

...but there's a Jenna 's mom

on line 2 for you, really insistent.

Something about taKing the Kids

to the museum?

Tell her it's fine but he has to take a nap.

Absolutely takes a nap.

-Tell her I'll call her later.

MAN:
Your mother's on 1.

Mom, I'm on deadline. Gotta go.

Uh, I'm sorry.

MAN:
There's a Miss Missy on line 2.

Also, your 1 1 :
00 is running late.

Julie Davidson.

Oh, no. What happened now?.

Ohh.

But this is only strike two, right?.

Yes, I'll have the nanny

head over right now.

KlKl:
Jake, stop.

JAKE:
No.

-Jake, stop.

-No.

Give me the keys,

time to go home.

I don't wanna.

I wanna go back to the park.

-Your mom is gonna give you a big time-out.

-Wow, what's the problem?.

-Jake, now.

-Whoa, man.

-Who are you?. I don't talk to strangers.

-I'm not a stranger.

I'm the Southside Samurai.

[MAKlNG KUNG FU NOlSES]

[KlKl LAUGHS]

-Here.

-Thanks.

-You're funny.

-No, man, I'm Paul.

-Hey, is this your building?.

-Yeah.

Do you mind if leave something inside

for Julie Davidson?.

-That's Mommy.

-No way.

-Uh-huh. I swear.

-How do you know Julie?.

-She saved my life one night.

-Wow.

Now you can officially tell her

I'm an actor.

Really?. Have you been in anything

I would know?.

Not unless you saw

the Williamstown production of Medea.

I love Euripides. He's so intensely tragic.

I go to NYU. I'm a philosophy major.

Well, this is my first official,

barely-paying part in a play.

-On Broadway?.

-No, on Kennedy.

In Weehawken.

-Do you like Yu-Gi-Oh?.

-Yeah, man. I got all their CDs.

-Hey, do you like Nintendo DS?.

-Uh-huh.

Ohh. Check this out.

All right?.

Would you mind

giving this to Julie for me?.

You might as well give it to her yourself.

Here she is.

PAUL:
Oh!

JULlE:
You....

-Uh, you.

-I guess that means you remember me.

I have that effect on women.

-Paul, I got you to the next level.

-Oh, cool, man, let me see.

JAKE:
Hi, Mommy.

-Hi.

So, uh, I got a part.

Oh.

PAUL:
The Importance of Being Earnest.

-Great. Congratulations.

I told you not to give up.

-How'd you find me?.

-This guy at that bar, he gave me your card.

And then the ladies at the office said

I'd just missed you, so I figured I'd come....

Anyway....

I don't know, I just thought

we kind of connected that night.

And I was hoping you'd come see it.

-The play.

-Me?.

Or your critic friend.

-Ah. Yeah.

-Can I come see Paul in the play?.

We'll try. I'll try.

Wait. Mommy, I wanna show Paul

my Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

Mommy wants to spend

some time with you.

-I wanna show Paul my Yu-Gi-Oh.

-Listen to your mother, Jake.

-You know, I should go.

JAKE:
No.

-Please, Mommy.

-Hey, I've got a great idea.

Paul, come over tomorrow when

I babysit and we'll get you a new pack.

-Really?.

KlKl:
Is that all right?.

He usually goes to sleep

within the first hour. You free?.

Sure. I mean, if that's okay with you.

You don't mind, Julie.

I've brought friends before.

An Elemental Energy Booster Pack.

Come on, Mommy, I'm starving.

I want mac and cheese.

Time for a coffee?.

Yeah.

KlKl:
Awesome.

We'll go right around the corner.

Montreal and Toronto?.

Well, if you think it's worth it, it's fine.

Okay, bye.

I suppose I should be honored

that you didn't cancel.

Well, I should have. I leave in less

than two weeks for a 1 0-day book tour.

I'm completely overwhelmed.

What's so important?.

Lunch. With your mother.

And you'll never catch a man

dressed like that.

-Four, please.

-Four?.

-Never mind, I see them.

-Them?. Who's them?.

You remember Joan?.

And this is her son Artie.

-You remember me telling you about Artie?.

-It's a pleasure to meet you.

Artie has just returned to New York City

to be closer to his mother.

Artie's a CPA for the Heart Society.

And this is my oldest daughter, Julie.

Julie, who works

for the Metropolitan Magazine.

I'm quite sure

you are familiar with her work.

-I'm a big fan.

-Thank you.

Mom, I'm on deadline.

I don't have time for--

Food and family?. Sit.

JOAN:

Artie just ran the Boston Marathon.

-You did?.

-lt was his 20th marathon.

-Eighteenth, actually.

-Tell Julie your time.

-He got an award, a medal.

-Everyone got a medal, Mom.

My Artie is very modest.

Please, tell her the time.

-3:
32.07.

-Wow. You are modest.

Julie ran one of those marathons

in Central Park.

The Susan G. Komen, only a 5k.

Where's the waiter?.

You know, Julie, Artie just moved back

to New York after living in Chicago.

He was with one of those

Big Three accounting firms.

It's "" Big Four,"" Mom.

And I hear you're quite the uncle.

Takes the nephews to football games.

Basketball, actually.

Knicks fan.

That's really why I left Chicago.

Can somebody flag down a waiter?.

I need to lose 93 words by 3:00.

Did I tell you Julie has a little boy?.

No father.

-I've gotta go.

-Julie.

It's nothing personal.

I usually don't do lunch, I have a deadline.

-I understand completely.

-I'm sure you're a really nice guy.

My mother tends to forget

I already have a boyfriend.

In fact, he may just be a fianc.

[MONA GASPS AND CHUCKLES

THEN CLEARS THROAT]

-You're gonna get married?.

-Um....

Not exactly.

This is how you tell me?. Julie.

Did you hear that?.

My daughter's getting married.

Ooh!

[KNOCKlNG]

PAUL:
Nice look.

-Got the cards?.

Bam.

-You again?.

-Hey.

-You like the Yankees?.

-Absolutely, man.

We're not gonna be watching

boring baseball all night, are we?.

[PAUL CHUCKLlNG]

PAUL:

Ohh.

I won't be late.

What's up?.

What do you wanna do first?.

JULlE:
I've been thinking about

this nature-versus-nurture thing...

...and there's no consensus.

Whether it's environmental

or parental or genetic.

So there's a new study that said

that siblings might determine--

-Jules, Jules, Jules.

-Yeah, what?.

-Shh. That's enough about work.

-Well, it's not really about-- No.

I don't know. I've got a lot on my mind.

I loved writing the book.

-But the book tour, it's....

-Well....

It's a necessary evil.

Gotta promote the book, right?.

JULlE:

Yeah.

But....

You don't have to do it

if you don't want to anymore.

Work, I mean.

If we got married,

you could go freelance, like me.

Or stop.

Maybe we could both stop, you know,

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