Girlfriends of Christmas Past Page #9

jerks who done us ladies wrong!

What is this?

What's going on here?

- It's payback.

- For doing us wrong.

Anderson, what is going on here?

These are all

my crazy ex-girlfriends.

That's what's going on here.

[scoffs]

The Charity Santa.

That was you, right?

And then the broken skates.

And the O'Dwyers that I smell

on your breath.

And the eggnog.

It was you. Wasn't it?

Oh, you bet your

sweet little butt it was.

[Zoe] This is what happens

when you cheat on nice girls

with other nice girls

who become friends

to seek revenge.

Anderson, is that true?

- Megan, these girls are crazy!

- Is it true?

Livvy and I were over by the

time you and I started dating.

And what does it matter

when it ended?

It matters.

'Cause men like you give men

like us a bad name.

[gasping]

That was for you too.

[whispering] Thank you.

Guys.

Hi.

Can you talk?

Your check's on the dresser.

I'll have a crew sent over

after the holidays to...

clean the place up.

I'm sorry...

that I didn't tell you the truth

about Anderson.

I mean, I tried to, but...

Was that before or after

you tricked me into hiring you?

Did it ever occur to you that

I could lose my job over this?

No.

Not at first, but eventually.

I mean, that's why I tried

to keep the girls out of sight.

And then when I realized what I

got myself into, it was too late.

Hmm.

When you said that Anderson had

taken advantage of all these girls,

I didn't want you to think

I was one of them.

You were the first guy...

who hasn't treated me that way.

That's exactly

how you treated me, Livvy.

You played me like a fool.

You even had me believing that this stupid

holiday romance was the real thing.

Everything I felt for you,

Carter, here...

it was all real.

I didn't expect to fall for you

during all of this.

We just wanted to get back at

Anderson for making a fool out of us

and show him he couldn't

keep doing this to every girl.

I didn't... mean to make

a fool out of you.

Do you know

what it feels like to be...

lied to and cheated on

over and over again?

No.

No, you wouldn't.

That is... That is such crap.

Livvy...

Anderson didn't make

a fool out of you.

You girls, you did that

just fine on your own.

I mean, I understand that it

hurts to have your heart broken.

I've had that before.

Okay, but I what

I don't understand

is why you would continue to let someone

who's hurt you have so much power over you.

Anderson doesn't have any power

over me. Not anymore.

No, Livvy...

Anderson has had

all the power over you

on every decision that you've

made since the day you met him.

And even now,

after he cheated on you

and left you,

he still has all the control.

Don't you see that?

No. You wouldn't. Would you?

[sniffs]

[Murphy]

It feels good, doesn't it?

Finally socking it to Anderson

the way we always dreamed?

You know, in a way.

But in a way, it doesn't

really change much either.

What are you talking about?

I don't know about you,

but I'm never going to forget

that look on his face

when he found out.

That was classic!

[sighs] I don't know.

Maybe Carter's right.

Maybe we're not very good

at picking good men.

So, what? We should date down?

- Ew.

- No.

No. We should date... up.

You know,

like raise our standards.

How? In a world

where there aren't any.

Maybe that's the problem.

Maybe if we...

stopped settling for less

and start expecting more...

others would follow suit.

You think?

You're really smart.

I know.

You learn a lot eavesdropping on

third-graders while they eat pizza.

[laughter]

So, Murphy and Zoe told me

where you found them.

I checked out all my fans

on "rateyourex.com."

Wow.

I wanna sue you all

for libel and slander.

But I won't.

'Cause I deserved it.

You know, I know that there's not

much I can say at this point...

but I do want you to know...

I'm really sorry

for hurting you.

It's not you.

It's me.

When things in my life

get too serious,

for whatever reason...

I shut down.

Well, I don't think

it's entirely your fault.

I think we all put you

on some pedestal

that... you didn't

really belong on.

You know, the funny thing

is Megan didn't.

I think that's what

I really liked about her.

Not to say that you don't have

your own amazing traits.

I mean, not only are

you one of the most...

beautifully kind and quietly generous

people that I have ever met...

But look at all this. I mean.

You are one heck

of a party planner, my friend.

Even if it was just to...

decimate a guy that...

a guy that you once

hoped to marry.

A guy that didn't deserve you

in the first place.

So if you end up

with old Carter...

I think you'll find

it gets better.

Well, I don't know

if that's gonna happen

because I really screwed

that one up.

You're not gonna fire him,

are you?

No.

Of course not.

I am gonna have

a little chat with him

about letting wily women affect

his work performance though,

because apparently I wrote

the book on it.

Will you please forgive me?

Well, it's Christmas, Anderson.

What kind of person would I be

if I didn't? Mmm?

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

[sighs]

Did you lose your investors?

Aaah, yup. Yeah. I think so.

I tried giving them my two tickets

to the "Nutcracker, but..."

- "No danke!"

- I'm so sorry.

Oh. Whatever. Admit it.

You, you enjoyed watching Megan

dump me just a little bit.

Yeah, I enjoyed the heck

out of it, but you know what?

You deserve to be better

for yourself next time too.

Deal?

Deal.

- [Anderson laughing]

- Last one.

- Okay.

- Yeah, just last time.

[Anderson] Yeah, right, Lefty.

Livvy, honey. You know when

you're depressed,

that dessert counter only

compounds your problems, right?

I'm not depressed, Mom.

I'm just eating pie.

Honey, it's obvious you're still

hurting over Anderson.

And this pie is not gonna help

get him back.

So, why don't you

give him a call and wish him

Merry Christmas!

Maybe he's thinking

about you too today.

Anderson was...

everything

that I thought I wanted,

just nothing that I needed.

What?

A friend.

And... just because I...

have a guy I can have fun with

or some girlfriends to sing

karaoke, it does not mean

that I will ever

stop needing you.

I will always need...

shopping on Sundays

and homemade pumpkin pie.

And maybe if Dad's

not looking, then...

we can sneak out and sing

some karaoke together.

Well, I was with the women's

chorus when I was in college.

- I know, I heard!

- Hey, hey, hey.

Honey, you know I just want you

to have a good life, right?

I know.

So, whatever makes you happy,

I'm happy for you.

- I love you, sweetie.

- And I love you.

I feel like if I had like one

last slice of pie, I'd be done.

No more pie. And... No.

Out of sight, out of mind. Go.

And I

Remember it all too well

I close my eyes

And I can touch,

taste, smell

And I am there...

- Hi.

- Hi.

I got you something.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Hug?

- Hug.

- I missed you.

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