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you want me to be.

Why don't you stop being

so self-righteous

and let me be who I am?

You're right.

I just worry about you,

probably more than I should.

I just see these glimpses of

the Megan I fell in love with.

It doesn't matter.

I guess

you've made your choice.

Where have you been?

Just thinking.

I can't.

I can't take it anymore.

Please.

This is my limit.

[ crying ]

Help me.

Please.

What's that?

Is that really

what I think it is?

Plane!

It's a plane!

Wait!

Hey!

Come on, where are you?

I can hear it.

There!

Hey!

- Hey!

Hey!

- Hey!

Down here!

- Down here!

Hey!

- Come on!

Help!

Wait!

Don't go. Don't go. Don't go.

Come on.

Please work.

Chris' flare!

Over here!

He's turning around!

Down here!

They see the flare!

Come on. Down here.

Hey!

Hey!

Down here!

Yes! Yes!

Over here!

Over here!

Yes!

Hey!

I think he sees us.

Yeah!

Yes! Come on!

We're going home!

Yeah!

- Hey!

Yes!

Yes.

[ knock on door ]

Hey.

- Hi.

Wow, you look great!

- Thank you.

Not bad for your first day

back at work.

It's too bad

about those shoes.

I can't believe you and Mark

are a thing.

I don't know what the rest of us

are going to do.

But there's a new guy.

Not only is he tall and rich,

he's divorced.

Congratulations.

I was going

for "glad you're alive,"

but this was all they had left

at the bakery.

I think it confused

some people.

Nice.

Just glad

to have you back.

Thanks.

Hey, Mark.

Hey.

So, um, I owe you

a new pair of jeans.

Oh, thanks.

Do you want to get something

to eat tonight?

Some Chinese food?

I can't. I've got too much

to catch up on.

Megan:

What's the occasion?

Chris:

Being alive.

John got it for me.

Nice.

People I've never met

kept stopping by my desk

and eating it.

The cake,

not my desk.

Got it.

So, crazy day, huh?

Not really.

John pretty much was me

while I was gone.

Not much for me to do.

Uh...

Hey, in all of this, I didn't

get the chance to thank you.

You got us home.

The plane helped.

It wasn't all me.

But they never would have

seen us,

and it's not just that.

You really saved us.

You're welcome.

Listen, about what happened,

I wanted to apologize.

You were right

about me judging you.

I shouldn't have said --

you...

You don't

have to apologize.

I just wanted you to know

that I'm glad you introduced me

to the gospel.

Going back to not having that

in my life,

I can't imagine it.

Knowing that I'm not alone

makes all the difference.

Uh.

You're, uh...

You're welcome.

Look,

today is my last day.

Okay, I'm ready.

Let's go.

I'll talk to you later.

Hi, john.

- Hi.

Need a hand?

Something you want

to tell me?

I'm leaving.

Whoa.

Did they fire you?

No, it's not that.

It's, um...

It's time.

Chris.

I need to move on.

So, how did you survive?

We ate fruit and coconuts,

anything we could find.

But then I got to thinking,

"what about fish?"

So I made this spear.

I go knee-deep in water

and just waited.

Wow.

Skip to the end.

You guys haven't even heard

the best part.

Tell them about how you got

everyone off the island.

So, I gather up all my stuff,

mousse and shaving cream,

and we put the stuff in coconuts

so we could make a flare.

Then I got to thinking,

"How are we gonna get

these flares up in the air?"

So we build this catapult,

right?

Hey, John.

Hey.

Where's Chris?

He's gone.

Oh. Do you know

when he'll be back?

He quit.

He did? When?

Yesterday.

You saw him.

He didn't even

say goodbye.

Maybe he didn't

get a chance.

Did you guys hear everything

Mark did on that island?

Yeah.

I was there.

Oh, yeah. Sorry.

I forget about that.

So, what is going on

between the two of you?

I don't know.

Mark:

Let's go get some dinner.

Woman:
I thought you and Megan

were involved.

Megan's nice,

but we're just friends.

Really?

This may sound awful,

but she's a little shallow.

I don't know her

that well.

You should have seen the bag

she brought on the plane.

That alone was enough

to take us down.

[ crying ]

There you are!

- Hi.

Hey. Okay, so,

this weekend, Vegas.

A bunch of us are going.

Are you in?

Can't.

I have Church this Sunday.

You're picking Church

over Vegas?

You are starting to sound

like Chris.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing.

It's just a little geeky.

Maybe.

But thanks

for inviting me.

Okay.

We'll send that

right over.

Thank you.

Hey, Megan.

- Mark.

I don't have any plans tonight.

Want to go out?

Thanks, but no.

What about

tomorrow night?

It's not an issue of when.

I think I'm a little

too shallow for you.

What?

You have a better offer?

Hey, this is Chris.

Sorry I'm not around.

Leave a message

and I'll get back to you.

Where is he?

- Who?

Chris.

He's not answering his phone.

He said he was

going to relax a bit,

clear his head

or whatever.

Hey, this is Chris.

Sorry I'm not around.

Leave a message

and I'll get back to you.

Hi. It's Megan.

I heard you were out of town,

and I wanted to see you

and talk.

Give me a call back whenever.

Yeah. Bye.

Hey, Megan.

- Hi.

Did you find Chris?

Sort of.

He's at his sister's.

In Hawaii?

I called him,

but he hasn't called me back.

Maybe he didn't check

his messages.

It might be kind of awkward

over the phone anyway.

Why?

Well, he told me --

I said that --

It's a long story.

One of those, huh?

Yeah.

It'd be better

face-to-face.

Then go see him.

I don't know

that he'd want that.

Well, there's only one way

to find out.

I don't know.

Look, if it's important to you,

isn't it worth it?

Yeah, a window seat's fine.

Are you sure there's not

anything else leaving today?

Two hours?

No, no.

I can make that.

[ car door closes ]

Hi.

Hi.

I don't know if this is

the right place or not.

I'm looking for Chris.

Are you his sister?

You must be Megan.

Yeah.

He went down

to the beach.

Thanks.

You didn't get enough

of the beach?

I figured

you'd come here.

I called around, trying to find

your sister's address.

I called the Bishop

to get your parents' number.

That was after

the Elder's Quorum President

and the

Relief Society President

and, well,

you get the idea.

Your parents were suspicious

about a random girl calling.

They finally told me

where you were,

and I got a flight here.

How'd you know I'd go

to my sister's place?

You said you come here

to clear your head.

So, quit your job.

It was time.

I was thinking

of quitting, too.

Why?

It might be awkward,

working with Mark.

I liked

who he pretended to be.

I kept convincing myself

that's what I wanted.

I finally realized

you were right about Mark

and also about me.

I was changing who I should be

just to try and please everyone.

You made me realize that,

even if I didn't want to.

You're a better influence

in my life

than Mark

or anyone could be.

I only regret...

Well, I have two regrets.

What?

One, I was doing

all the wrong things.

I might have opened your eyes

to the Gospel,

but you opened mine

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