Dating Daisy Page #7

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Excuse you?

F*** off to Stockholm.

You want my job, Daisy?

Do you want my boyfriend, Liz?

Wow.

You use that term loosely.

Eleanor...

There...

I give up.

Nathan, don't touch that ring.

You want to make

your own decisions,

turn against your family,

go ahead.

[sniffles]

He's a grown man, right?

He can make

his own decisions, right?

Fine, then, you go ahead,

and you give my mother's ring

to whomever you like.

You just let us know,

so maybe we can come

to the wedding

and sit in the back!

What the f*** just happened?

I don't need this sh*t.

- Oh, come on.

- No, I'm out of here.

Happy Thanksgiving, Mom.

[rock music]

Mazel tov.

Okay.

Thank Thee Heavenly Father for

what we are about to receive.

And pray Thee

for Thy continued blessings.

Thank You for this food,

and thank You for this family.

Amen.

[Donna] Amen.

[soft acoustic guitar music]

Steady woman,

won't you come on down?

I need you

right here on the ground

I've walked the outskirts

of this town

Been terrorized

by what I found

I saw

a standing virgin bride

Where holy Dionysus died

She tore the heart

out of his side

And laid it there,

and there she cried

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

She said,

"Hello, I'm a monster, too

What poisons me

is what poisons you"

Into these animals we grew

But when we were young,

our eyes were blue

I think I've come

a long, long way

To sit

before you here today

And they're yours alone,

the songs I play

[laughs] Is this...?

To take with you

or to throw away

I'm a beggar in the morning

I'm a king at night

My belt is loose,

and my trigger is tight

May come without warning

At the speed of the light

Make it shine so pretty

Make it shine so bright

So you...

want to come over?

[chuckles]

- I missed you.

- Me too.

I want to know everything.

What's been going on with you?

Well...

my car's radiator blew out,

and I had to hitchhike home

practically with this guy.

Oh, no.

Yeah.

What was he like?

He has a cute butt.

Yeah.

You should've heard my parents

going on and on about you

and everything you're doing.

It's really inspiring me

to think more aggressively

about my career.

That's good, babe.

We're gonna get you there.

I want to talk to you

about something.

Okay.

I've decided to look

for another contract.

- Abroad?

- I know, I know.

Just hear me out. I...

I've been thinking

about it a lot,

and it's really

in my heart to travel more.

Okay.

And there's this opportunity

that could turn

into a real full-time job.

- What could?

- This NGO in China.

I'd be working

with kids every day,

teaching orphan girls.

- It just sounds...

- Wow. China, that's, like...

I know.

- Wheew.

- [both laugh]

I know. Baby, I just

wanted to bring it up,

so we could talk about it,

like, as soon as I knew.

- Yeah.

- Okay, so first of all,

it wouldn't even start

until April,

and it's not like we haven't

done long distance before,

and you could come

visit this time

because you're trying to get

out of your day job anyway.

China is really connected.

You could do your work

from there,

and I'd be in a job that

actually matters, you know.

Like, I'd really be making

a difference.

Yeah.

I hear you totally.

Yeah, okay.

Um...

Wow.

So you... you've...

You want to go.

You've decided.

Okay, and you want...

Me to go?

Not necessarily.

We could work

on us either way, but...

I mean...

would you?

Maybe. Um...

I mean,

I would need to look into...

Well, like...

Yeah, I-I don't know.

I don't know.

Okay.

There's not, like, a job

you could find that you like

that's not in North Korea

or whatever, you know,

'cause, like, I'm here.

Okay, it's not like I want

to choose this over you.

That's not what I want.

It feels like you do.

Isn't that kind of

what you're doing?

What do you...

I have a career here.

Like, I have people

that depend on me.

Yeah, and that's

what I want, too.

- That's what I'm trying to find.

- Right.

I think that that's

there for me.

Right, okay, but how long

would you be gone for?

You see, it's like you

can't just ask me to...

Okay.

Come on, don't, don't, don't...

What? Don't what?

Okay, well, why...

Can't we just talk about...

It could be forever, you know?

Like, I...

You can't just put that on me.

Like, all I've ever tried

to do is make this work,

and I thought you wanted to give

this a real shot, you know.

I thought

that you sent the...

I don't...

I'm sorry, I don't know.

I wish you and I could've had

a conversation

before Liz sent

you all that sh*t.

Why is that?

Well, because we're the ones

in this, Michael,

and I deserve the chance

to talk with you

about how I feel.

Yeah, well, I guess

she's just trying to help.

[scoffs]

What?

How often exactly

does she talk with you?

I don't know. She's my friend.

We were broken up, and she

was, like, really there for me.

She'd call you?

No, she was in town a few times,

so she came over

to check in on...

Wait, you called my cousin

to your place?

Um...

That's weird, Michael.

We drank Nesquik.

We talked about you.

Oh, okay, so, like,

it wouldn't be weird

if I went to hang out at Zach's

place, just the two of us.

Not if you were drinking

Nesquik.

Wow.

I just can't believe

this right now.

Are you...

Nothing f***ing happened!

Do you know how much

nothing f***ing happened?

I didn't even think it was

weird to invite her over.

It didn't even cross my mind.

What? I can...

Okay, I can't believe

I'm defending myself right now.

You do realize that while

you were in Cambodia,

I didn't do a single f***ing

thing with another girl, right?

You didn't?

No.

I didn't know that.

Did you...?

Did you...?

[sighs]

[somber music]

[breathing shakily]

You slept with someone.

A friend... a friend of a friend

in Phnom Penh,

we...

we partied and got drunk,

and it was, um...

it was just physical, that's it.

So... so you would call me,

crying about your shitty day

teaching these brats,

and then on good days,

you were with him.

What the f***?

You seriously have the gall

to rip me a new a**hole

for getting hot cocoa

with your cousin.

That's not fair, okay?

We weren't together then!

And you're the one who told me

that you intend to date

while I was gone.

You, like, spelled it out

for me.

I thought that guy

was gonna be, you know,

my last huzzah, like, ever.

And I did... I did come home

to be with you.

I couldn't...

I couldn't even go

through with it.

He took me up,

and we undressed...

Stop.

Michael.

I know how much I've hurt you.

And I feel so...

I don't even know

how to forgive myself anymore...

- Sh*t.

- Because...

I look at you and...

How amazing you are and...

And this feeling...

this feeling that won't shut up

keeps coming back,

and... and I don't understand it.

[sniffles] And I know...

How much you hate me for it.

I don't hate you.

I hate myself more

because I don't want

to hurt you anymore.

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