Life as We Know It Page #9

I just Iive right around the corner

in the TV room.

You know. I knew I'd seen you

somewhere around here.

ExceIIent choice in the crushed watermeIon.

by the way.

I'm sorry if I'm a IittIe nervous.

It's just that I don't usuaIIy

meet babies Iike you.

To be honest. I....

WeII. I Iike oIder women.

WeII. not that much oIder.

You are getting warmer. kiddo.

-I can't beIieve you've never come here.

-I never used to eat out much.

My ex-wife. she wouId cook.

so we stayed home a Iot.

-You were married?

-You Iike how I snuck that in there?

Mm. CIever.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

-I'm so sorry. I thought I turned it off.

-That's okay.

Messer. I get one night off.

Look. I'm not caIIing for you.

I'm caIIing for Dr. Love.

Okay. AII right. hoId on.

I'm sorry. he wants to taIk to you.

It must be a Dophie question.

Hey.

It couId be a coupIe things.

Take her down to the ER at Dt. Augustus.

It's Friday. so Dr. Mooney's on caII.

I'II teII him you're on your way.

You won't have to wait.

We'II see you there in about an hour. Okay.

Dophie's temperature spiked.

They're gonna need an hour.

so I was hoping--

We gotta go.

Or we couId go.

Great. Thank you.

[DOPHIE CRYING]

Do Dophie's got a urinary-tract infection.

We're gonna put her on an antibiotic drip.

That gets the medication

into her system a bit faster.

I'II stop back by first thing in the morning

and check up on her.

-Thanks.

-Thank you so much.

Yeah. I was kind of Iooking forward

to dropping you home.

I had rehearsed this whoIe thing

in my mind.

That was even better than I rehearsed it.

-I'II caII you Iater.

-Okay.

Thank you again.

Hey. her temp's coming down.

CIothes. daycare. monthIy food biII...

...and now a $1200 biII

from the emergency room.

If something happens to the car.

one of us is gonna seII a kidney.

Having a kid is expensive.

We taIked about that.

Having kids and an expanding shop.

it's a bit much.

Where'd you get the fIowers?

Oh. Dam sent them today.

I haven't even caIIed him back yet.

I mean. how can I? I'm a disaster.

I can't be this girI on the second date.

This is what you save for marriage.

Like 10 years in.

Don't stress about the money.

We'II be fine.

I'II just caII Lonnie

and we'II patch up the waII...

...and maybe in a few years.

we can revisit it or something.

Wait. so you're gonna puII the pIug

on the remodeI?

I can't increase the construction Ioan.

It's okay. you know?

I'II just have a shop and not a restaurant.

It's fine.

It'II be okay.

You know. I can give you the money.

-I have savings.

-No. No. I can't Iet you do that.

-I wouId never take your savings.

-I want to.

We're raising a kid together.

We have this house together.

This is just part of it.

Look. having somebody heIp you

doesn't mean that you faiIed.

It just means that you're not in it aIone.

Um....

Okay. but it can't be a gift.

I won't take it unIess it's an investment.

Fine. I'm an investor in Fraiche.

You're....

You're an investor in ''Fraiche.''

-''Fraiche.'' Dorry.

-''Fraiche.''

That entitIes you to 2 percent of profits.

-Three percent.

-Two.

And. hey. a discount on food and wine.

-Discount?

-Ten percent.

-Fifteen percent.

-Ten percent.

It's a great discount.

-Then you throw in dinner.

-Oh. deaI.

-AII right.

-Awesome. Okay.

Oh. my God. Thank you so much.

That's huge.

Okay. dinner. tonight. on me.

You and me.

AMY:

HeIIo.

-You Iook so pretty.

-Oh. thank you.

Oh. my God.

-Hey.

-Hey.

Do here are aII the numbers.

My ceII phone. his ceII phone.

the restaurant and the pediatrician.

Yep.

You know you actuaIIy have to

Ieave the house for me to do my job?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Okay. AII right.

-Okay. AII right.

-Okay. have fun.

MEDDER:
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

This pIace is amazing. HoIIy.

I can't beIieve I haven't been here before.

Look at you. You're a kitchen ninja.

-You don't foIIow any kind of a recipe?

-No.

This is the onIy pIace in Iife

where I do not foIIow a pIan.

HOLLY:

You got under five minutes. No.

MEDDER:

I was technicaIIy awake.

[DPEAKING INDIDTINCTLY]

-Are you sure you wanna do this?

-A bet's a bet. I can do this.

-You don't have to.

-You know what I'm not sure about?

The heImet. It's Iame.

I want something with thunderboIts on it.

We're gonna puII out the choke.

-The what?

-The choke.

-Okay.

-AII right?

Turn on the ignition. puII in the cIutch.

Here. HoId that in. HoId that in.

-Okay.

-Push the starter button.

AII right. there we go.

AII right. Ieft hand is the cIutch.

right hand is the throttIe.

-Okay.

-AII right. Iet's get your kickstand up.

Oh. I'm on a freaking motorcycIe!

Easy there. Rain Man. We're not done?

Now we're in first gear.

-Okay.

-HoId that.

-Don't Iet go of that cIutch tiII I get on--

-Let go?

[HOLLY YELPD]

[MEDDER GADPD]

-Oh. my God.

-No.

Oh. my God. Oh. Messer.

Oh. Messer. I'm so sorry.

-No. it's okay. Are you aII right?

-Yeah. yeah.

Oh!

Oh. no.

Oh. no. Are you mad?

No. I'm just-- I'm gonna sit down.

HOLLY:

I thought you said. ''Let go.''

Do you want me to go taIk

to the bus driver maybe?

-God, l am so sorry, Messer.

-Don't worry about it.

-I'm gonna pay for it. I promise.

-I'm actuaIIy in awe.

You didn't even drive it a foot

before you destroyed it.

-I feeI so bad. I'm reaIIy sorry.

-It's fine. Okay?

It's just a bike.

Do you mean that.

or are you just saying that...

...because you think if I keep taIking.

you're gonna cry?

Get inside.

[HOLLY GIGGLED]

-Hi.

HOLLY:
Hi.

I didn't wanna move her.

HOLLY [WHIDPERING]:

That's okay.

[WHIDPERING]

Amy. wait a second.

Here you go. Now. come on. no backsies.

-Thanks. Amy.

-Thank you. Bye-bye. Have a good night.

I think you guys

make a reaIIy cute coupIe.

[DOOR OPEND AND CLODED]

Dhe said the same thing about TayIor Dwift

and that Twilight kid.

[HOLLY GIGGLED]

Oh. my God. we're in their room.

It's not so scary.

-This room is beautifuI.

-Yeah.

-How come we haven't used it at aII?

-I have no idea.

What thread count are these sheets? Ooh!

HOLLY:

You think they pIanned this?

MEDDER:

What?

Us? No. No.

They tried that once before.

We know how that worked out.

HOLLY:

WeII. I kind of get it now.

What. why they set us up?

Yeah. I never understood it before.

but now that I know you better...

...I can see what AIison was thinking.

You have a Iot in common with her.

-With AIison?

-Yeah.

You'd think it wouId be Peter.

but it's her you remind me more of.

Dhe was just so fun and easygoing.

you know?

-I have a surprise.

-What?

-Domething I found earIier.

-What?

-A IittIe contraband.

-Oh. my God. no.

-What do you mean. no?

-We can't.

-Dophie is asIeep in the next room.

-Dhe's asIeep.

Come on.

it'II heIp us stave off gIaucoma.

[HOLLY LAUGHING]

-No.

-Come on.

No. AbsoIuteIy not.

We cannot smoke that.

Don't.

[MEDDER LAUGHING]

-Why are you Ieaving them?

-I'm just taking a few.

We're not gonna eat aII these.

AII right. Come on. Iet's go.

What are we watching?

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