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so I just...

I don't...

I like to do the same

to them as an adult.

Well, bringing Christmas magic

is your day job.

You do know I'm not

actually Santa, right?

So, uh, what time

do you fly tomorrow?

Actually, later today.

Let me be the first to officially

wish you a Merry Christmas.

Back at you.

Al, it was tough to

see you so sad tonight,

especially

on what's always been

your favorite night

of the year.

It's not sadness, really.

It's...

I don't know what it is.

Well,

whatever you call it,

you want to see something that

should make it feel all better?

Yes.

All right, follow me.

You all set?

I've been set. Hit it.

What do you think?

It's fantastic.

It's like you were

born to do this.

What, born to decorate?

Is that a compliment?

Definitely.

My dad was right.

This is amazing.

The local kids

must've freaked.

Well, it's one

of the bonuses of the job,

that and the wads of cash.

So now that I have

improved the lighting,

how 'bout telling me why you

came looking for me tonight?

I didn't come looking

for you. I just...

I saw you across the street

bringing in the presents, and...

Well, you didn't

come across the street

to talk to me

in the middle of the night

on Christmas Eve

without a reason.

Do friends need reasons?

Well, Al, we haven't

really been friends for years.

I mean, we're not even

fake Facebook friends.

Yeah.

So, no,

while not everyone

would need a reason,

I think you would.

I guess I wanted to see

if it was true

that you wanted to

ask me out senior year.

Ho. Your mom told you.

Yep, she finally dragged

it out of herself.

Yeah, I had it pretty bad

for you back then.

Everybody knew.

Not me.

What my mom

said was true.

I thought of you

like a brother.

Ouch.

I mean, I appreciate

that you use past tense,

but that doesn't make that

any easier to hear.

I get that.

Is that what this is about,

you coming to find me?

Honestly, I don't know.

No idea about... about Cam?

About any of it.

I thought he was it,

but after

I broke up with him...

Wait. You broke up?

We broke up, like,

a year ago, okay?

And I thought that I

made this huge mistake,

that I threw away

something great.

So you took him back?

Well, went back.

Right.

So now you're the happy

couple I saw tonight,

which is why we're

standing here at 2 A.M.

You know, and then my mom

starts talking about senior year,

and I start thinking

about roads not taken.

Don't you want

to go back to a time

when things

were just simpler,

you know, when we knew

what was gonna happen next?

We didn't know

what was gonna happen.

We were just young and

stupid enough to think we did.

Ali, I don't think

the answer you're looking for

has much to do with me.

What?

I'd like to think that I'm

more than just a distraction

and some tool for you to

figure out what you really want.

Wow, okay,

that's not harsh.

Okay, tell me

it's not true.

So what, Nick,

am I the only one

feeling

this connection here?

Well, we're not

gonna figure it out

while you're still

so unsure about everything

and definitely not while

you're living with a guy

that you're

not even sure you like.

Wow, okay.

No, you're right.

I guess whatever I thought

we had was just in my head.

No, that's...

that's not what I meant.

You know what?

I should get some sleep.

Ali, I'm sorry

that sounded harsh.

No, Nick,

it sounded real.

You should go

on that family fix-up.

Lila? How did she

come into this?

Good night.

Well, hold on.

I have to power down

the display.

You know what? I'll be

fine. I'm gonna walk.

Ginny.

Ginny, I need you.

Some help, you are.

Big day today, huh?

You believe that

this time tomorrow,

we're gonna be

strapping on skis?

Now that, that is

a Christmas vacation.

So what's this been?

This? Uh,

obligatory family visit,

I guess.

I mean, I... I get it.

You gotta keep the folks

happy, blah-blah-blah,

but I got the get out

of jail free card.

Okay, yeah, see, I...

Cam,

I wanted to be here,

not because

I feel obligated,

but because

I love these people,

and I don't get

to see enough of them.

And that's how

I'm playing it, too.

Now, come on.

Let's go get through breakfast,

and we'll get our stuff

and get out of here.

I don't want

to go with you, Cam.

Of course you do.

We're practically

the same person,

basically share

the same brain.

We like to travel.

That's what we do.

I've been waiting months

to be in one place

with my whole family,

and if

you can't see that,

then we're definitely

not the same person,

not even close.

Is this about

our fight last night?

Because I said

I was sorry.

No, you said

you weren't mad anymore.

There's a difference?

Alison,

just talk to me.

I thought you were

gonna propose, all right?

What? When?

Last night at the club,

the little box,

the one that was

supposed to fix everything,

I thought it was gonna

be an engagement ring,

not a plane ticket

out of here.

I had no idea

that you thought that.

I know you didn't, Cameron.

That's the problem.

So don't say you're sorry,

because I'm not looking

for an apology. I'm just...

I'm trying to give you a

sense of where we are here.

No, let me get a sense

of something here.

You and marriage,

a futile alliance

of two families.

Okay, so let me make sure

I understand this.

First, you don't want

to have children,

and now you don't

believe in marriage?

Of course I believe in

it. I believe it exists,

It's been around since

the dawn of mankind.

I mean, cavemen were just

as nuts as the modern man.

That's not what I'm saying.

You know what I'm saying.

My point is, is that you

don't want to get married.

I don't want a piece of paper

dictating our relationship.

It's a commitment,

a partnership,

It's...

It's a promise of love.

Human beings are

serial monogamous, okay?

This

happily-ever-after scam

is a bill of goods

sold to us by society.

Cameron,

stop coming up with lame,

pseudointellectual reasons

for everything.

Just be honest.

You do not want

to get married.

You do not want children.

I do not, okay?

I don't see

a need for it,

but if it's something that

is important to you, Alison,

of course I'd be

willing to consider it.

I mean, I guess

I could see us

with a couple of kids maybe

backpacking through Peru, sure.

Do you even hear yourself?

I don't want you to be

willing to have a kid with me.

And you can't just drag a toddler

all the way around the world.

Yeah, there's a law

against that somewhere?

I don't even know what

you're saying anymore.

Will you

just talk to me?

This isn't gonna work,

is it?

This, meaning us?

Yes.

You're breaking up

with me?

Am I?

I... I guess I am.

Wow, this is rich.

I was considering

doing the same thing,

but I didn't.

No, I got us

tickets to Aspen

as a last-ditch effort

to save this relationship.

What was so broken about it

that you couldn't talk to me?

Talk to you? When am

I gonna talk to you?

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