Maggie's Plan Page #4

to Georgette anymore.

And please... Please can I...

Can I sleep in your bed?

I don't want you to have a baby

with the pickle man.

I want you to have a baby with me.

Uh...

- I need to tell you something.

- What?

I tried... I tried already.

When?

Uh, recently.

- What happened?

- It didn't work! It didn't work.

- I just had to tell you because...

- Because why?

Because I love you. I'm in love with you.

You want to put them in?

Okay, here. Hold them. Hold all of them.

You got it? Now put it in.

Goodbye.

What about... Try mine again. See.

- Cold.

- Cold. It's a cold one.

You can't start a fire

Sitting 'round crying over a broken heart

This gun's for hire

Even if we're just dancing in the dark

You can't start a fire

Worrying about your little world...

Daddy!

Hey! What happened to my music?

- Oh, it was so loud!

- Yeah, well, you know, that's the idea.

Shall I go turn it back up?

- You really are from Wisconsin, aren't you?

- I am.

Do you think

you could watch her for an hour?

I have a conference call.

Well, I was gonna write some more, but...

You done with this?

But, no, I can watch her. I can watch her.

- Thank you.

- You put too...

- Can I bring Froggy?

- Yeah, bring Froggy, bring Froggy.

We got Froggy.

So what do you want to do?

You want to make a mess?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, me, too.

Yes. The last time we spoke,

you had wanted to do something

with skateboarding and architecture.

Is that still what you're thinking?

Absolutely.

I want to be a fragile little human

scaling some big architectural monolith.

Yeah, like skateboarding

down the ramp of the Guggenheim.

- Yes! Exactly. That's perfect.

- But I didn't mean the actual Guggenheim.

Why not?

- Hello?

- Mommy!

One second. John?

Froggy is drowning!

John?

Froggy is drowning, Mommy!

Hold on a second.

Hi. Um, sorry about this,

but I have another urgent call.

I'll be right back on. One second.

- Mommy!

- I'm just glad that the...

Oh, okay, no...

- Froggy fell in and then he was hungry.

- Rats. We'll get this.

Oh, goodness! You've made a big mess.

What's this?

We're gonna save him!

- Can I wash him, Mommy?

- Yeah, let's go wash him. Here, I'm gonna...

I wanna wash him.

See, we saved him! We gotta figure

out how to clean all that up.

But first, I'm gonna see if this...

Hello? Hello?

- Did you take care of Froggy?

- Yeah, but why didn't you?

The guys from Parallel Press called.

- Great! What'd they say?

- They said they want to meet me at 4:00.

But you said that

you were gonna watch Lily this afternoon

because I had a meeting with a student?

Right. Uh...

Maybe I could push it.

But who's gonna pick up Paul and Justine?

- F***. All right.

- No!

I'll reschedule my meeting.

- You don't mind?

- No.

- Really?

- Yes.

All right. All right. Thanks.

Uh, hello. He what?

All right. Yeah, yeah. Hold on.

Hey, Maggie.

Paul twisted his ankle in eurhythmics.

Can you go pick him up?

Now?

- Okay...

- Where's Dad?

He had a meeting, sweetie.

Does it hurt a lot?

We have a while before Justine gets out.

All right. Here, let me just get...

Let me just get Lily in.

Okay. Good job.

Okay.

Doing a dance!

I have been...

Oh, great.

Hello? Hi! Oh, great.

Thanks for returning my call.

Just one second, sorry.

- Hey, Paul! Paul.

- Yeah?

Why don't you go check

and see what's taking Justine so long?

- Okay!

- Okay. Great.

Hi! Thanks for waiting.

Yes, so I was hoping to schedule a meeting,

uh, for one of our grad students.

Komiko Krauss.

And she has just patented a toy

and we would love a chance

to present it to you guys.

Great! Oh, yes! Okay.

Great. Fine. Thank you.

- Hi!

- Hi!

- Got caught up in the locker room?

- Yeah, I couldn't find my shoes.

Mmm. Well, we're all here now.

What's for dinner?

That's a good question.

I'll pick something up.

Your dad's in a meeting.

Okay. When's Mom coming home?

I don't know, but I bet there's a plan!

Yeah.

Here we go!

Georgette...

Georgette, the advance is only $5,000 more.

Just go to the house with a better editor.

Okay, no...

Now you're talking yourself in circles.

Munroe is the right editor for this book.

No...

For all the reasons we've

been talking about!

So how was

your meeting with Parallel Press?

Oh, yeah. It got pushed

till Thursday.

Georgette had another one of her crises.

I couldn't get her off the phone!

What happened?

Well, she has two different offers

from UK publishers and she couldn't decide.

Wow.

She doesn't have anyone else

to talk to about something like this

- except for her ex-husband?

- Oh, come on.

Especially since her new book is all about

our affair and how it ruined her life.

Okay, look. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I messed up your day, okay?

It's not just my day. It's my student.

Komiko. She's a fragile person.

And I had set up a meeting with her

to discuss the potential meeting

with the toy company.

But I had to cancel that meeting

because you had a meeting,

and then you didn't even go

to your meeting with the publisher

because you were talking Georgette

out of her tree!

And why does nobody ever

talk me out of my tree?

'Cause you're never up a tree, hon.

Come on.

If you did, you'd get down all by yourself.

Am I so capable

that I don't deserve any

attention, is that it?

The squeaky wheel gets the grease,

and the cactus never gets water?

Come here. Come here.

Come here. Come here.

You need to start thinking of yourself

as indispensable.

Okay, first of all, I'm not.

I'm totally dispensable.

I mean, on a practical level,

you'd be fine without me.

Do you realize

that Paul faked the ankle thing today

because he wanted you

to come pick him up at school

and then you didn't even show?

What do you mean?

He ran on it when I asked him

to go check on Justine. He forgot.

- Well, that's weird.

- No, it's not weird.

You want to know why?

Because his mother is in Reykjavik right now

studying the maternal techniques

of the Icelandic.

He needs his father's attention.

So do I.

Let's go away together, just us.

As soon as Georgette gets back, huh?

Hmm? Please?

I'm gonna start pouting more.

Georgette'll give you a tutorial.

She's good at that.

Who did you sit with at snack?

- Allison.

- Maggie?

Oh, hi! Hi, Guy!

Hi. This is my friend Guy.

Is that...

Oh, oh, no! No! This is Lily.

I got married.

I should have told you.

I met my husband around the same time

that you gave me the sample.

- How are you?

- Oh, intense. Intense.

I just heard that Whole Foods are gonna be

carrying my pickles nationally, so...

Yeah, we'll have to expand production

post haste!

That's amazing.

So I'm just manning the stall.

Get away from the chaos at the factory.

Well... Oh, do you still have

those Bavarian pickles?

Sure do. They're our most popular pickle.

- Oh. Well, let's get a... Can I buy a jar?

- Yes!

When are we gonna eat the pickles?

Let's go get some pickles.

Let's see what they are.

Sounds good. Oh, my goodness.

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