Flirting with Forty Page #7

No.

Good.

I can't keep leaving my

real life for a fantasy life.

Fantasy life?

That's what it feels like.

- See you tomorrow.

- Thanks, bud.

Look, Jackie, you don't have to

call it a fantasy life to end things.

But don't pretend like

what we had wasn't real.

I'm not. I...

I'm saying it feels that way.

...because you're on the

other side of the world.

You know what I think?

I think your daughter got hurt

and it scared the hell out of you.

As it should have.

But now you're feeling guilty for it,

so you're crawling back into your hole.

- You don't have children, Kyle.

- So what?

I mean, all of this is much

more complicated for me.

Life is simpler for you.

That may be true.

I don't know what to say.

I'm not good at goodbyes.

Then don't say goodbye.

Say, "I'll see you later. "

I don't think I'll see you later, Kyle.

Take care, Jackie.

You, too.

- Where are you?

- Sorry.

When was the last time you spoke to him?

Couple months ago. August.

You know, all I want to say is that.

I'm sorry we ever said anything.

You were happy with him,

Jackie. Jetlagged, but happy.

Now lately you seem so...

Kristine, I'm fine. Really.

I mean, you know, just like Annie said...

...kids come first, and

I need to be with them.

You know that Will has a girlfriend?

And not a two-week girlfriend.

A girlfriend since July.

I know we're mothers.

But that doesn't mean that we

should just lie down and die.

Okay? I'm not gonna martyr myself

for my husband and my kids 24l7.

Besides, you know what she told me?

She and Phil haven't had...

...in over a year.

Yeah, well, we all make sacrifices.

Come on.

What about Kyle? Can't he come here?

You know what? That's... That

was becoming an issue, too.

All I'm saying is just

give him a call. Touch base.

Happy Halloween.

You know you want to.

Hello?

Hi, is Kyle there, please?

He is, but he's in the shower

right now. Can I take a message?

No, I'll call back.

Hi, sorry I'm late.

Is something wrong? You seem preoccupied.

Preoccupied? Clare, I see you every day.

I see you more than all of

my other clients put together.

Well, I asked you to be here at noon.

Yeah, you called me at 10:00 last night

to change the 4:
00 meeting to 12:00.

- I got here as soon as I could.

- Fine.

Actually, it's not fine.

I don't think you realize how

much I bend over backwards.

...to accommodate you.

From now on you can call

me at home up until 6:00.

But not after and not

before 8:
00 in the morning.

And if you want to pay

me less, then that's fine.

- Done?

- Yes.

Feel better?

Yes.

And then I found out they'd given

partner to that infuriating little creep.

- No.

- What?

And I yelled...

At the top of my lungs, right?

And everybody turned around and

looked at me like these people here...

...and I said, "Excuse me, gentlemen...

"that was just the sound of my

head hitting the glass ceiling. "

So take that shattered glass

and add that to 300 times.

...my annual salary, and

you'll get what it will cost.

...to retrain and recruit my replacement.

- Wow. Smarty.

- Yes!

Gosh, you are so brave. You said that?

No.

But, well, you quit? Yeah?

No.

No, but that's what I wanted

to say to those bastards.

They're jerks. They're jerks.

I mean, seriously.

It's okay, I'm fine. I'm over it.

Let us drink and be merry.

Okay? Party like we agreed.

Okay.

Okay, okay, okay, Annie. Annie,

your quarter, your quarter.

My quarter.

Phil's leaving me.

We haven't had sex in seven

months, one week and one day.

He said that it's my weight.

That it's irresponsible

to our marriage for me.

...to have "let myself go" the way I have.

What? That's bull.

- Drink.

- Hell, yeah.

Any other crappy news, anyone?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I called Kyle.

A woman answered the phone.

- Said he was in the shower. So, hang up.

- No.

Jackie. I'm so sorry I was so hard on you.

No, you were just jealous.

I was. I was.

That young hard body jumping

your puny little bones.

All that sex. All that sex! Oh, my...

Chad wants to set you up

with someone at Thanksgiving.

- He's coming.

- Who?

They play golf. And he's your age with

a six-figure salary. Maybe even seven.

I met him once, and he's totally cute.

Golf?

- Here you go, Will. Silly girl.

- Thank you.

Okay.

Hey, Amelie, give the kids

some pie when they're done.

And for the big table.

- Are you sure we haven't met?

- Yeah. No, actually we have.

Okay. Where?

My daughter was in an accident this summer.

You were her surgeon. Jessica.

- Jessica. It was a leg, right?

- No. The arm.

I'm sorry.

It's okay. You know, I'm

sure she'd be glad to see you.

How is she doing?

- Great.

- Yeah?

You know, she missed tennis

lessons during the summer...

...but other than that, you did a great job.

Phew.

Phew is right.

Well, you know what? I'm

gonna check on the kids.

Okay. Sure.

So, how's Suzie doing?

Hey.

Did you hear? Daniel and Melinda broke up.

Really? No, he didn't mention it.

Yeah. Phil told Annie, Annie told me.

How's the doctor?

You're not gonna believe this. He

was Jessica's surgeon this summer.

You like him?

Stop.

For instance, if you take a procedure.

...like a laparoscopic

splenectomy, for instance...

which you would use for

certain immunological disorders.

...like an idiopathic thrombocytopenic

purpura, for instance...

I'm sorry. Am I boring you?

- No.

- You sure?

- No.

- Great.

Well, it's something you can only do on...

Could I interest you in a dessert menu?

Oh, no, thank you very much. I don't

think we're gonna have any dessert.

I really gotta watch my

calories. Check, please.

- Very well, sir.

- Thank you.

Where was I?

Hey.

I'm so glad you're here.

I take it the date didn't go well.

Oh, my gosh, he wouldn't let

me order dessert or coffee.

- What's that? What are you doing?

- I'm making lists.

Excuse me?

Lists of possibilities. Lists of

things that I gave up on, like Kyle.

You didn't give up on Kyle.

Okay. Okay. You did.

Did I ever tell you I had this

fantasy of going to Argentina.

...to live there for a

month and learn to tango?

And one day, I just

thought it wasn't practical.

But you know what? I'm doing it.

Summer vacation. Taking the kids.

- Good.

- Yeah.

- And may I?

- Yeah. I have 59 things.

Learning to cook French.

"Climb Mount Rainier. "

"Save the environment. " That's a big one.

Yeah. But you know what? We can do

something about it. We're only 40.

I mean, we might have 60 more years of life.

I'm not gonna spend the rest of it.

...pretending that I care

about something when I don't...

...like skipping dessert.

No. Not when I can be...

When you could be what?

Surfing.

I'm open. I'm open. Over here!

That's it. Attaboy!

Yeah, good teamwork!

I'm open.

I heard you and Melinda broke up. I'm sorry.

Sure you are.

No, I am. I care about you.

Let's not get into it.

Get into what? Wait...

I care about you. And you care about

me. You just talk to me with such...

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