Maggie's Plan Page #7

I don't know.

I mean, her mood matches the weather.

I'm sorry.

- How's everybody there?

- Oh, we're fine. Everyone's great.

Well, I can't get any info on

when the airports are gonna open up again.

So it looks like I'm stuck here!

I mean, they're breaking out the snowshoes,

which, to me, is ominous.

Oh, that's a good one.

That's really nice.

I love you so much.

- How much? Wait, I know.

- How much?

25, 362.

That's exactly how much!

That's exactly right.

I want to live inside a bubble.

Me, too.

But I want my own bubble.

Yeah, that's okay.

We can each have our own bubble.

- Daddy has his own bubble.

- I can see Daddy in his bubble.

Oh!

I'm all right.

Typical.

We can just follow the tracks back.

Nothing really

looks familiar, does it?

You know the talk you gave yesterday

was just great.

I didn't even know

you were working in that direction.

I guess you haven't

seen anything I've written for a while.

No, I miss that!

You do?

I used to like that.

You know, give each other our stuff.

Forget about me.

That talk you gave yesterday

was the hit of the conference.

It was just all the old ideas.

You altered that passage on de Tocqueville.

- Nothing gets by you.

- Your work feels so fresh.

No one unpacks commodity fetishism

like you do.

Shucks!

- You still working on your novel?

- Yeah.

- How's it coming?

- Fine.

John?

I don't mean to be insulting

about your fiction.

It's just I'm so proud

of the academic work you've done.

You see here how much people love it.

Well, I'm not abandoning anything.

Come on. I don't want you getting too cold.

- What is it?

- I've something I want to tell you.

Okay. What?

I'm sorry.

- For what?

- For being so self-centered.

For not listening to you, to what you needed,

for not investing in your work.

You don't have to say that.

I think I became so caught up in succeeding,

in making a name for myself.

I stopped paying attention to you,

to us, to our marriage.

And now I have success,

it's as if I've emerged from a tunnel.

And I hope in the future,

to be less self-absorbed.

If I ever get another chance at love.

What are you saying?

Of course you'll get another chance.

- You think so?

- Yeah. Come on!

I'm sure they're lining up.

Are we going to die here?

No, God, uh...

Hello!

Hello!

- Help!

- It's okay.

Help!

Hey, all you French-Canadian people!

We have no f***ing idea where we are!

It's okay.

I get up in the evening

We were lost.

And I ain't got nothing to say

I come home in the morning

I go to bed feeling the same way

I ain't nothing but tired

I'm just tired and bored with myself

Hey, there baby

I could use just a little help

You can't start a fire

You can't start a fire without a spark

This gun's for hire

Than k you.

Even if we 're just dancing in the dark

Messages keep getting clearer

Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place

I check my look in the mirror

I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face

Man, I ain't getting nowhere

I'm just lucky in a dump like this

There's something happening somewhere

Baby, I just know there is

You can't start a fire

You should sing it!

You can't start a fire without a spark

This gun's for hire

Even if we 're just dancing in the dark

You can't start a fire

You can't start a fire without a spark

I have written my way so far u p

my own ass, I can't see my way out.

And the whole story bores me to death.

So stop writi ng it.

No, I can't. I feel like if I don't produce

some kind of masterpiece, you know,

Maggie's gonna give up on me.

That book is a big part of why she fell for me.

I gotta tell you, Georgette.

If I have learned one thing

in the last three years,

it's that I'm not a f***ing novelist!

I'm not!

If she truly loves you,

she'll love you whether you're a novelist

or a garbage collector.

You loved me like that, didn't you?

They've opened the airport!

We can go home tomorrow! Woo-hoo!

Better go pack.

I don't want to go.

I don't want to leave you.

- John...

- I just...

I want you so badly,

I can't think about anything.

It's like the last three years

just never happened.

- Or that I'm hallucinating.

- It did happen. It all happened.

I know. I know! I know!

We have to be real. The snow is melting.

John,

there's something you should know.

What is it?

- You regret it?

- We belong to each other.

Actually, for me, it was a one-night stand.

Seriously, I've changed.

I know I can live without you now.

I just don't want to.

Hmm. Oh, that's good.

I would like to read your novel now.

- Really?

- I know you have a copy.

I saw you marking one up.

Be careful what you wish for.

- Hi!

- Hi. Where's Lily?

Oh, uh, Felicia took her

to this dance class.

- How'd your talk go?

- It went great.

I mean, not great. It was well attended.

I got a few laughs.

Good. Oh, how was stuff with Georgette?

- Uh, she eventually defrosted.

- Good.

I should tell you something.

Okay.

- You know we were snowed-in?

- Yeah. I know that.

So Georgette and I were thrown together

for two whole days, right?

- Mmm-hmm.

- And so there was this whole, um,

atmosphere, you know, of...

I started unearthing things, you know.

Old stuff.

Good stuff or bad stuff?

I don't know.

But, uh,

emotional.

Nostalgic.

- The same stuff.

- The same as what?

Oh, f***. Oh, f***. I'm so sorry.

What happened?

Georgette and I slept together.

- Georgette was right.

- About what?

We should've, um...

We should've just been an affair.

Maggie, don't say that.

You were in such a bad place...

- What about Lily?

- ...in your marriage.

- And then I came along.

- What about Lily?

I know, I know.

- Come on, what we had was real.

- That's right.

When I met you, I was lost.

I was a f***ing mess, all right?

I was so insecure,

and you saved me, all right?

You rescued me.

Now, I don't know what to do. I...

- You know what to do.

- No, I don't.

Just go back to Georgette.

Really?

- If you love her.

- I... You think?

Oh, sh*t. Oh, f***.

Oh.

I don't know what to do.

I try that, too,

only that at school when I do that,

it usually falls on the floor.

- But when I actually do it...

- Thank you.

...after a long time,

everyone just goes, "Yeah."

And then after, like five seconds everyone,

like, totally ignores me.

- And then I'm all like, "Come on."

- What are you doing here?

Um, I accidentally ran into

your mom at school.

We both thought

it was our turn to pick up Paul.

Oh, yeah! That was so funny!

Anyway, and then your mom

graciously invited me over to...

- You finished?

- ...dinner.

You guys really need to learn how

to coordinate your schedules, huh?

Yeah, well. You know, there's no harm

in us spending time together as a family.

Except for isn't that

the point of a divorce?

That you're not a family anymore?

Great seeing everybody!

Justine, do your homework!

Mom?

What is it, Paul darling?

- I'm hungry!

- You just ate!

What can I have?

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