Paper Heart Page #6

down there

in one of the family law courts

in Houston, in Harris County,

and she was practicing law

in that court.

And I thought that I would

really like to go out with her,

not to mess up

our professional relationship.

And I hinted to her boss

that I would like to do so,

and I think she put pressure on Sally

to do that,

to go out with me.

- True?

- Yes, she did.

She threatened to fire me

if I didn't go out with him.

And I did not want

to go out with him at all.

I had another boyfriend at the time.

I was not interested

in dating, but...

The other boyfriend

never talked, though.

Well, that is true.

But in order to keep my job,

yes, I did go out with him.

And I had a fairly decent time.

But what really convinced me

that I wanted to go out with him again

was a little later.

Maybe a week or two later

after our date

it was a downpour in Houston.

And I was at the courthouse.

I was wearing

a pair of Gucci loafers

that I had just purchased

the weekend before.

And I spent more money

on those Gucci loafers

than I had ever spent

in my life on a pair of shoes.

I think they might have been $154.

I was just devastated

because I had parked

several blocks away from the courthouse

and I had to leave

and it was pouring down rain.

And as I left his court,

I think I probably said

something like,

"Well, I sure don't want to ruin

my new shoes,

but I guess

it's pouring down rain."

And it was just a gullywasher.

And I remember Don saying,

"Don't worry about it.

I'll take care of it."

He goes,

"You just wait right here."

And he said, "I'll be right back."

He went and got in his car,

which was a Jeep,

and he drove it up

onto the plaza

in front of the family law courts

building in Houston

and drove up under the porch.

And so he opened the door

and said, "Hop in."

And I just walked dry,

under the porch,

got in his Jeep and we drove off.

And he took me to my car.

And I thought, "Now that's cool.

Who would drive up

on downtown Houston

up onto the plaza

of the family law courts building?"

And I thought, "You know what?

I think I'd better stick with him."

Then I had to move to Amarillo

because I lost my job over that.

No, he did not.

That is not true.

We moved to Amarillo

because we wanted to.

True enough.

You want me to make you dinner,

Charlyne?

Really?

Yeah.

Do you have any food?

I know how to make a few things.

What do you feel like?

Um, I don't know.

That's enough. Thank you.

- We can go grocery shopping together.

- Okay.

- Want to go right now?

- Okay.

- Let's not make any plans.

- Be spontaneous.

- Yeah.

- Real wild.

Let's finish this real quick.

I feel awful now.

You didn't have to do that.

- Do you want to go right now?

- Yeah.

- Are they gonna come?

- Um...

- It might be a little embarrassing.

- We'll catch up.

- You want to come?

- Yeah.

Sorry.

It's okay.

We'll be quick.

- You guys want to catch up?

- Just go.

Okay.

- What do you want to get?

- I don't know.

Maybe when we look around

it will give us some ideas.

Yeah.

I don't know what to make you

since you don't eat meat.

We can make grilled cheese,

quesadillas.

This is all dog food.

Not true... puppy.

Puppy food, dog food

and nylon stockings.

Yeah, we're not gonna find

our dinner in this aisle.

I think I'm so hungry

that I don't know what I feel like.

- Same here.

- Nothing sounds good enough.

We've been here

a half-hour now

I'm not even

hungry anymore.

We should be

eating by now.

Let's look in the frozen food section.

That might be our best bet.

There... cheese.

"Crisp Crust."

Party pizza?

We can order a pizza

faster than that.

I think we should order one.

Hey, Charlyne.

How's it going?

How are you doing?

Did you enjoy

the pizza

that we got?

Should we kiss?

Okay.

Seems appropriate.

- What are you laughing at?

- Nothing.

- Why are you laughing?

- I'm just laughing.

It's out of the way now.

Now what should we do?

Ooh, this is pretty fun, man.

Yeah.

Uh, I was wondering...

if we always have to shoot

me and Michael.

We haven't had any privacy,

you know, since the moment we've met.

Everything's under

a magnifying glass...

me, you and all of them.

Charlyne, I mean, we did

agree to do this.

We said we were gonna make

a documentary

and we were gonna film everything,

and that's where the story's going now.

Yeah.

Let's say you and Mike went on a date

and we decided not to film you

and you guys had an amazing night

and it was the first time you ever

told each other you loved each other

- and we didn't get it.

- Don't worry, that's not gonna happen.

Okay, but just like the principle of it...

we need to.

I feel awkward about it.

I know Mike does.

But I honestly don't know

what else to do.

We're making a movie.

Yeah.

If we're shooting everything,

how come we're not shooting

me, you know, sleeping?

We'll shoot you sleeping.

We'll do a night of it. Could be fun.

- Serious?

- Seriously.

Awesome.

- We got a deal, Chuck Yi.

- My life just got a lot more interesting.

I do two general readings

and I'll tell you what's going on with you

and kind of where you're headed.

Okay.

Okay, here we go.

Okay, emotion, breakup...

love, difficulty.

Separation from someone you love.

And to me this is romantic.

Highs and lows, so good and bad.

So it's almost like your life

is a rollercoaster.

Okay, are you seeing

somebody right now?

Yeah.

Okay, all I need is just

his first name.

- Michael.

- Michael, okay.

Okay, Mike.

Romantic... definitely romantic,

absolutely.

He's got a big heart.

He's very sensitive.

A nice guy.

I get a really good energy for him.

Well, he does love you,

that's for sure, so I do get that.

But he's kind of interested in you

for money reasons, okay?

'Cause of all the money

that comes up here.

But I have no money.

I keep getting financial,

so business,

financial, career.

You have a key to him

building his career, okay?

But he is more successful than me.

That's what I'm telling you.

I'm saying, what does he think of you?

He does love you,

he does care for you,

but there's still some

business connection,

or that he can succeed

or you can succeed

or he can help you.

That's fine.

I'm gonna just leave that out there.

You think about it, okay?

You know what?

It's a good chemistry,

it really is, between you and him,

but it's not gonna work.

I have to tell you that.

Do you know why?

Oh, that's a good question.

Let me see why.

It will end, but, okay,

let me see.

Okay.

It's just you're each gonna

go down your own roads.

You will outgrow each other

and have different philosophies

and go down different roads

eventually.

You're meant to be together now

and it's great.

It works now, so good.

Okay? Anything else?

Do you think it was real?

No. And I apologize

for saying

I wanted you to go

to a con artist.

I thought it was going to be

a lot more fun and funny

and I think seeing

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