Big Movie Premiere: The Proposal Page #4

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Just never figured you for a guy

who slept his way to the middle.

I`ll have you know that

that woman in there

is one of the most respected editors.

She`s your meal ticket, and you

brought her to meet your mother.

No, no, no, no, no. She`s not my

meal ticket, Dad. She`s my fiancee.

- What`d you say?

- You heard me.

I`m getting married.

- How are you?

- Good, good. Thank you.

- Care for some hors d`oeuvres?

- l`m fine. Thank you very much.

- lt`s a tradition.

- lt`s the texture.

- l`m not a fish person.

- You`ll like it.

- You`re very sweet.

- I think if you`ll just taste it.

Thank you so much.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very

important announcement to make.

- Margaret and I are getting married.

- lt`s the paprika.

- So sorry.

- That`s OK. It`s wash-and-wear.

Yep. Honey? Where you at?

Here it is.

Come on down here, pumpkin.

- All right.

- OK.

Oh, look at her. Look at her.

Right there, ladies and gentlemen.

There she is.

- Congratulations, Andrew.

- Thank you.

Thank you very much.

- Time to celebrate.

- Let`s get the champagne.

So that was your idea of the perfect

time to tell them we`re engaged?

`Cause it was brilliant timing.

- Andrew. Hi.

- Gert? Oh, my God. Hey, hi. Wow.

How you doing? I didn`t know

that you were gonna be here.

Your mom probably wanted it to

be a surprise. So... surprise.

- Right.

- And...

...we`re being completely rude. Hi.

- Oh, God. This is my ex...

- Hi. I`m Gertrude.

- Oh, wow. Wow!

- You can call me Gert.

Well, congratulations, you guys.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

So did I miss the story?

- What story?

- What story?

About how you proposed.

How a man proposes says

a lot about his character.

- Yes.

- Yes, it does.

I actually would love to hear

the story, Andrew.

Would you tell us?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

You know what? Actually,

Margaret loves telling this story,

so l`m just gonna let her

go ahead and do that.

`Cause I think

we should just sit in rapture.

Wow, OK.

Wow, where to begin... this story.

Well...

Wow.

Yeah. OK, well...

Andrew and l...

Andrew and I were about to celebrate

our first anniversary together.

And I knew that he`d been

itching to ask me to marry him.

And he was scared.

Like a little tiny bird.

So I started leaving him

hints here and there

because I knew he wouldn`t

have the guts to ask, but...

That`s not exactly how it happened.

- No?

- No. No.

I mean, I picked up on all her hints.

This woman`s about as subtle as a gun.

Yeah.

What I was worried about was

that she might find this little box...

Oh! The decoupage box that he made

where he`d taken the time to cut out

tiny, little pictures of himself. Yes.

Just pasted all over the box.

So beautiful.

So I opened that beautiful,

little decoupage

and out fluttered these tiny,

little hand-cut heart confettis.

And once they cleared,

I looked down, and I saw

the most beautiful, big...

Fat nothing.

No ring.

- No ring?

- What?

No. But inside that box...

...underneath all that crap,

there was a little

handwritten note

with the address to

a hotel, date, and time.

Real Humphrey Bogart-type stuff.

Masculine.

Anyway, naturally, Margaret thought...

- I thought he was seeing someone else.

- What?

Yeah, it was a terrible time for me,

but I went to that hotel anyway.

I went there and I pounded on the door,

but the door was already unlocked.

And as swung open that door,

there he was...

- Standing.

- Kneeling.

- Like a man.

- On a bed of rose petals, in a tuxedo.

Your son. Your son.

And he was choking back soft, soft sobs.

And when he held back the tears

and finally caught his breath,

he said to me...

``Margaret, will you marry me?``

And she said, ``Yep.`` The end.

Who`s hungry?

That is quite a story.

- Oh, Andy!

- Gorgeous.

You are so sensitive.

Hand-cut confetti?

Hey! Let`s see a kiss from

you two cuties.

Give her a kiss!

- No. Come on.

- Oh, yeah.

- Come on!

- OK, all right.

OK. Here we go. Ready?

What is this? Kiss her on the mouth

like you mean it.

- Kiss her. Kiss her!

- Kiss her!

Kiss her! Kiss her!

Kiss her! Kiss her!

OK!

- OK. All right.

- OK.

- Here we go.

- OK.

Andy! Give her a real kiss!

- Gammy.

- A real one!

- Yeah.

- You can do it!

- Just do it? Let`s do it really fast.

- Yeah. OK.

OK.

I`m so happy for you two!

So happy! So happy!

Let`s get the champagne!

So here we are.

This is your bedroom.

Wow.

Wow, this is beautiful.

- And the view.

- And here`s the bed.

Wow! Exquisite bed. Exquisite.

So...

Where is Andrew`s room?

We`re not under any illusions that

you two don`t sleep in the same bed.

He`ll sleep in here with you.

Oh, great, `cause we love to snuggle.

- Don`t we, honey.

- We`re huge snugglers.

Oh, my God. What is it?

- Calm down, Kevin.

- You are cute.

Who is this?

- That`s Kevin. I`m sorry, Margaret.

- So cute.

We just rescued him from the pound,

and he`s still in training. Sorry.

Just be sure you don`t let him outside,

or the eagles`ll snatch him.

No, don`t you listen to her.

She`s just pulling your leg, isn`t she?

By the way, there are extra

towels and linens and things

- in here if you need them.

- If you get chilly tonight use this.

It has special powers.

- Oh, what kind of special powers?

- I call it the Baby Maker.

OK, well. Then I guess we...

gonna be super careful with that one.

- Yeah, l`m gonna...

- Don`t throw it on the bed.

We`d better turn in.

It`s been quite an evening.

So good night, everybody.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- OK, good night, Gammy.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night, Gammy.

Thank you so much. Sweet dreams.

- Bye-bye, now.

- Bye.

So, you haven`t been home in a while.

I haven`t had a lot of vacation

time the last three years.

Stop complaining.

Don`t look, OK?

OK.

Are your eyes closed?

Completely.

- Are you sure?

- Yes, l`m sure.

Those are the pyjamas you

decided to bring to Alaska.

Yes, because I was supposed

to be in a hotel alone.

- Remember?

- Can we just go to sleep?

- Fine.

- Great.

Well.

Looks like I won`t be getting much sleep

with the sun streaming in.

Thank you.

Andrew. Phone.

Andrew!

Crap. Andrew, Andrew, phone.

Andrew!

Yeah... right.

- Andrew, where is it?

- Purse, side pocket.

Hello. Hello? Hello.

Frank! Frank, darling.

Darling, Frank.

Are you there? Hello? Hello? Oh, crap.

I have horrible service, Frank.

Give me just one minute.

Oh, my God! Margaret!

One... one minute.

Frank, hold on just a second.

Frank, hold on. No, no, no, no.

Frank. Frank, l`m sorry you feel

I pressured you into doing Oprah, but...

Of course I want you to be happy.

Yes, yes.

Frank. Frank. Frank, darling.

Frank? It`s going to be fine.

I can just call them and I can cancel.

You are... you are so right, Frank.

Yes, Frank, of course

l`m listening to you.

Yeah... yes.

I love listening to you, Frank.

Sit. Sit.

No, not you, Frank.

No, no.

Frank, if I may get down to it, OK,

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