Little Black Book Page #10

schmoozing up some new recruit...

...and you're schmoozing Joyce?

No, Joyce's brother.

Robbie Moore,

the recruit, is Joyce's brother.

Joyce hooked us up

because she's trying to help me out.

Then why wouldn't you have

told me that straight up?

- I mean, why lie?

- I never lied to you!

- "Omission is betrayal."

- Yes.

Oh, okay. Now you're gonna

tell me about betrayal?

What the hell do you call this?

I would never do this to you, ever.

No?

Then answer me this.

If we shared our lives together...

...why didn't we share our lives?

You shouldn't have

to tell me everything, Derek.

But why wouldn't you want to?

Unless there's somebody else

you're waiting for.

Someone who isn't afraid to say,

"The past isn't past, Derek."

Or, "I really wanna meet your folks."

Or, "I really, really hate hockey."

- You do?

- Oh, to the bottom of the ninth.

- That's baseball.

- You see that?

I was just too afraid to be honest

with you, with myself, because...

If I was really honest...

...gut-wrenching honest...

...then I'd have to admit...

...that we weren't right

the way you guys are.

Were we?

There's your show, Kippie.

"My Boyfriend Belongs With His Ex...

...and I Just Figured It Out."

Sue me, Carl.

Listen.

I'm fully aware that you

may never speak to me again.

And I understand. I do.

But before you leave, I want you

to know that this whole idea...

...wasn't planned out.

It wasn't premeditated.

It presented itself,

and then I guided it into this...

...event. Now, granted,

it was dramatic. It was extreme...

...but you dove head-on

into the muck and came out...

...with this masterpiece.

And I hope one day

you can understand...

...that you got

what you wanted, Stace:

Your life back.

I should tear your

eyes out right now.

But how will you ever be able

to look at yourself in the morning?

Looks like we have an audience.

Stay put. Kippie Kann Live and

"Little Black Book"...

...will be back

after these words.

Move it, will you?

The question:
How does a girl

who jumps into a rabbit hole...

... plummeting into chaos,

come out unchanged?

The answer:

She doesn't.

No, it can't be closed now.

Stacy?

Stacy Holt. It's Bean.

- King. Bean King from college.

- Bean.

Bean, what are you doing here?

Inventory. We just finished.

Bean There's yours?

The coffee place?

I come here all the time.

Of course it's yours.

Wow, this all makes sense

in some cosmic way.

I get it. I get it.

This must sound crazy to you.

It's just...

I have spent a lifetime

preparing for a lifetime.

And I was beginning to think

it all went wrong somehow.

But maybe you're the reason, Bean.

- For?

- Everything.

Maybe you're the plan

I was supposed to hang on to.

Bean?

The 8:
00 was sold out.

Should I try the 10:20?

Yeah, sure, honey. I'll be right there.

That's my wife, Colleen.

You should come meet her.

Love to, but I just gotta

go jump in the river now.

Hey, come on, now.

Every plan I had for my life

went so unbelievably wrong.

John Lennon said, "Life happens

when you're busy making other plans."

- Then he got shot.

- Right.

You just gotta live.

Stop planning your moves.

Let them happen.

I mean, you might be surprised.

Do you believe in

happy endings, Bean?

Yeah, I think so.

How about you?

I do.

Isn't that funny?

I still do with all my heart.

Even when the girl

doesn't get the guy in the end.

Or, in my case, both guys.

- That's amazing. Congratulations.

- Thanks.

You go find your

happy ending, Stacy Holt.

And thanks

for the continuing patronage.

By fall, I was ready to try again.

A little bruised. A little humbled.

And, hopefully, a little smarter.

I believe we write our own stories.

And each time we think

we know the end...

... we don't.

Perhaps luck exists

somewhere between...

... the world of planning,

the world of chance...

... and in the peace that comes

from knowing...

... that you just can't know it all.

You know, life's funny that way.

Once you let go of the wheel,

you might end up...

... right where you belong.

Wow, that is such an amazing story.

I mean, you went through

all of that, and here you are.

I can do this job, Jane.

I've been preparing my whole life.

It's too bad Diane's gone.

She is?

On assignment.

She'll be back next week.

But before she left...

...she told me, "If you find

someone great for this job...

...I mean, perfect...

...don't let them go."

Welcome aboard, Stacy.

You mean...

...I got the job?

- You got the job.

Congratulations.

Stay here.

I'll go check Diane's calendar.

Thank you.

- Hello, Mama? I got the job.

- You got the job?

- You got the job! She got the job!

- I got the job! I got the job!

- She got the job!

- It's amazing, amazing, amazing.

- I knew it.

- What could be better than this?

Mama, what could be better?

Are you Jane?

I'm Carly Simon.

I'm here for the pre-tape.

Jane, Jane, Jane.

- Are you okay? Are you okay?

- Hello? Stacy?

Honey? Honey, are you there?

Hello? Hi, I've just come into the

studio, and I think your friend fainted.

She fainted?

Oh, my God. Who is this?

My name is Carly Simon.

I'm just here to meet with Jane.

Oh, I think she's coming around

again, so I'll give her the phone.

Hello? Mama?

Gone. Are you really Carly Simon?

- Yeah, I just...

- I can't believe this.

- You just really made my life.

- Are you Jane?

- My name is Stacy Holt.

- Stacy.

I just got a job here.

Please don't tell Diane that I fainted.

- You really are Carly Simon.

- You're okay?

This is the most...

Yes, thank you. I'm so mortified.

I hug people when I'm embarrassed.

So do I. I do exactly the same thing.

I think this is just about

the greatest day of my life.

So thank you. Thank you so much.

I love you.

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